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Letters: Kids on planes, Camembert on planes
Airline seat switching Re: Airlines should be up-front with parents, April 5 I am writing in support of James Gordon’s recent column about families travelling on Air Canada. I recently had an...
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Ottawa police get another year to crack Algonquin student's password
Using multiple computers around the clock, Ottawa police have been trying to crack an Algonquin College student’s laptop password for more than a year, and have now been granted a 12-month extension to...
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The UpBeat: Coming Up
Coming Up The Glebe Collegiate Institute’s athletic council will hold its second annual Blue & Gold Auction on Thursday, April 16 from 6 p.m. to 8:30. Funds raised will be used to support the...
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King: How Ottawa's 'town that never was' went off the rails
A piece of Ottawa history hidden for almost 100 years off Hunt Club Road was quietly buried recently to make room for a mall parking lot. It was called Rideau Yard and it was the nucleus of a town that...
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Real estate: Five Sawmill Creek homes on the market
Sawmill Creek is a neighbourhood south of Hunt Club and west of Albion Road surrounded by green space, including biking and walking trails. A highly attractive area for families, it’s located near Bank...
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Marketplace: Original decor ideas
We’re slowly starting to see signs of our overdue spring and one of them is the return of the Originals Spring Craft Show April 16 to 19. Looking for a unique gift for that someone special or in the...
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Homes calendar April 11 to 17
This 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 Friday and...
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Volunteer Roundup
Volunteer Rendezvous and DiverseCity on Board Launch, Wednesday, April 15 at City Hall. Need more info? Call Volunteer Ottawa at 613-736-5270 or visit www.volunteerottawa.ca The Parent Resource Centre...
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Letters: Support for Senate reform continues
Re: Most Canadians support either abolished or reformed Senate: poll, April 7. The current Angus Reid Institute poll results of 45 per cent support for Senate reform, elected, as opposed to 41 per cent...
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Letter: Bike paths require basic maintenance
Re: Ice, low barrier make bike path along canal ‘treacherous’, April 2 I am a senior cyclist who has been riding all year long for many years and my attitude is that it is up to me to try my best to...
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Driver who fled from 417 crash was impaired, police allege
A driver who allegedly fled the scene of a multi-car collision on Highway 417 Tuesday afternoon is charged with impaired driving and other offences, police say. Ontario Provincial Police say officers...
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Denley: Why Ottawa's roads are in such bad shape
It’s pothole season, and if you think the city’s roads are bad, you’re right. The bad news about the bad roads, though, is that this isn’t a seasonal problem. It’s chronic and long-term and it’s not...
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Special Investigations Unit probes death of man in Perth
The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 63-year-old man Wednesday morning in Perth. The SIU confirmed the man was arrested in his vehicle...
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Diplomat's sons ripped off dealers in Canada: police documents
MIAMI — The teenaged son of a Canadian diplomat accused of involvement in a drug-related rip-off in Miami that left his older brother dead said they had pulled similar stunts in Canada, police...
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RCMP looking for help after car towed from parkway hit-and-run
The RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a car that was towed from a hit-and-run crash on the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway before police arrived at the scene. Policy say the vehicle was...
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Editorial: Bilingual Ottawa
The old social structures that supported francophone culture in Ottawa are very slowly losing ground. That doesn’t spell doom for the bilingual nature of the capital. In fact, bilingualism has steadily...
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Tourism operator bemoans loss of Paul's Boat Line canal tours
The demise of Paul’s Boat Lines’ popular Rideau Canal tours will hurt the tourism industry in Ottawa this year and probably in 2016 as well, says the owner of a prominent local tourism business. Glen...
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Blast, fire in Glebe destroys businesses, closes streets
An explosion and fire at a building on the southeast corner of Bank Street and Fifth Avenue has “incinerated” a popular hair salon and coffee shop late Thursday. Bank Street is closed between Fourth...
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Planned Parenthood holds weekend family planning workshop for LGBTQ
For some, starting a family requires more planning than others. For the LGBTQ community, navigating the practical, legal, medical and emotional waters of such areas as adoption, surrogacy, and sperm...
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Buyer's guide to new homes: Are you ready?
Editor’s note: This is the second in a seven-part series that offers a step-by-step guide to the new home buying process. Next week: Diving in — Signing the sales agreement and understanding what’s...
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