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Ottawa man critically injured in Miami hit and run
A 23-year-old Ottawa man remained in critical condition in a Miami, Florida, hospital on Monday, the victim of a hit-and-run early the previous day. Det. Alvaro Zabaleta with the Miami-Dade Police...
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Letter: Geography question still dogs Mike Duffy
Re: Old Duff or old fraud, March 28. The Citizen’s lengthy article on the how Sen. Mike Duffy got in this mess answered every question one might have, except perhaps the most basic one: Why was someone...
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Letter: Time to turn Ottawa into an architectural symphony
Re: Rising up: Higher condos let architects get creative, March 28. The trend that developers are beginning to build tall “signature”-style architecture in Ottawa can only help the look and enhance the...
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Real estate: Wellington Village semi snapped up
Location: 180 Huron Ave. N. Features: Three-bedroom, two-bathroom semi-detached home with a unique layout, immaculate condition. Asking price: $547,000 Selling price: $570,000 Days on market: Two Word...
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Worst traffic: Ottawa is third most congested city in Canada
For the amount of time spent sitting stagnant in your car on the 417 every year, you could work a full-time job for a week, take a couple of long naps and still have some time to kill. Ottawans are...
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Suspect with stretched earlobes sought in three robberies
Ottawa police are on the hunt for a suspect wearing earlobe-stretching “gauges” after three bank robberies in the last week. Police said the man gave a note demanding cash to a teller at a bank at the...
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Woman charged in Miami hit-and-run: Ottawa man still critical
A Miami woman has turned herself over to police in relation to a tragic hit-and-run incident that has left a University of Ottawa researcher in critical condition. Olivia Bennett, 26, of Florida is now...
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Ottawa's traffic hell, or at least traffic heck
For Gina Beaudoin, a staff member at Carleton University, living in Embrun means an arduous 52-kilometre commute to and from work. Without traffic, a one-way trip takes about 40 minutes on the highway,...
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As demand for mental health services grows, funding stagnates
Mental health service providers in the Ottawa region say they are struggling to cope in the face of continued provincial funding freezes. The largest of them, Royal Mental Health Centre, announced job...
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Homes calendar April 4 to 10
Next weekend Fibre art: Get warm and fuzzy at the annual Fibre Fling Show and Sale put on by more than 40 artists from Out-of-the-Box. Find quilting, felting, stitchery, rug-hooking and more April 10...
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Decorate with your heart, Tommy Smythe tells Ottawa crowd
An impish designer with a personality the size of Lake Ontario urged a reserved widow to be courageous Tuesday — to follow her heart and buy a baby grand piano to sit in the bay window of her home...
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'Earlobe bandit' strikes again
A suspect with stretched earlobes has robbed another bank, his fourth in a week. Ottawa police say the man, who has prominent earlobe-stretching “gauges,” tried to rob a bank in the Gloucester Centre...
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For suds fans, beer school is the latest boom
For Roger Mittag, the craft-beer boom has created demand from suds drinkers who want to learn about new beer styles and flavours. Things have really taken off. So much so that Mittag, through his...
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Letter: Thanks for booking Kanye West, Bluesfest
Re: Kanye West’s Bluesfest date sparks controversy, March 31. The “controversy” surrounding Kanye West’s Bluesfest appearance would be hilarious if it didn’t hint at something supremely sinister about...
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Police seek missing Ottawa man
Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to find a 50-year-old man who has been missing since Monday. Jon Moberly was last seen by his family in Westboro. He is described as white, six-foot-two,...
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Women's World Cup trophy tour starts up in Ottawa
The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy began its tour of Canada in Ottawa Wednesday afternoon at City Hall. The trophy has already been to the other 23 countries participating in the Women’s World Cup,...
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Ex-Carleton student and political activist jailed for rape in Glebe
Former Carleton University student and political activist Delroy Dyer, 26, was jailed on Wednesday for raping a woman in the summer of 2010 as she slept at her home in the Glebe. Dyer won a black-youth...
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City archives, museums go digital
Ottawa’s history is going online with the launch of the Ottawa Museums and Archives virtual collections catalogue. The virtual catalogue includes digitized records and artifacts ranging from old...
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Johanu Botha: Canada is not a hostage of federalism
A version of the following joke is known to anyone who’s observed Canadian politics: An American, a German, and a Canadian walk into a bar. The bartender says they are in luck – the best beer in the...
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Tiny house aims big
Martin Bisson is a firm believer that good things come in small packages and he plans to prove it with the unveiling of the Lumbec Tiny House at next weekend’s Cottage & Backyard Show. Owner of...
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