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Homes calendar April 16 to 24
This weekend Original decor: Looking for a unique gift for that someone special or in the mood to spruce up your home? Then check out the Originals spring craft show on Thursday to Sunday. More than...
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Nancy Lane murder trial: Son wore police wire in homicide probe
Alex Lane hates ‘that day’ his father died, but his love for his mother didn’t stop him from helping homicide detectives to build a case against her. Alex Lane, a rising union leader at 24, spent...
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Model home tour: Style and grace in Stonebridge
Drive to The Orchard, Uniform Urban Development’s planned community of singles and towns in Barrhaven’s Stonebridge, and you will likely wonder about the choice of name. There are more construction...
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Condo Scene: An anthropological view of why we like the penthouse
I recently had the chance to sit down with one of the world’s foremost anthropologists to talk about condos. Dr. Lionel Tiger grew up in Montreal as a friend of Leonard Cohen. Ever heard the term male...
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Real Estate: Kemptville Landing condo project launches
With a nod to tradition and a curtsy to modernity, LA Group has debuted its latest project in small-town Ontario: a 43-unit condominium called Kemptville Landing in that growing community south of...
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Finally the full Fury squad seems set to play
Marc Dos Santos was probably dreaming about his lineup and what it could do during the long cold winter in Ottawa. And finally that vision of the Ottawa Fury seems about ready to play just in time for...
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Ottawa's urban Inuit renaissance
On her first day of school in the south, Lynda Brown and her mother were called in to see the principal, who told them it wasn’t appropriate to send a child to school in “slippers.” Lynda looked down...
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Home buyer's guide: Keys to your contract
Once you sign an unconditional contract, it’s binding. “For freehold there’s no cooling off period,” says real estate lawyer Leslie Kirk, so buyers “have to be prepared to know that even if their life...
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Home buyer's guide: Signing the deal
Editor’s note: This is the third in a seven-part series that offers a step-by-step guide to the new home buying process. Next week: Design details — Navigating the often overwhelming process of options...
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Former Tory MP urges Harper to legalize pot
Canadian conservatives who have launched a cheeky new billboard campaign in Ottawa are urging Tories to embrace their libertarian roots and legalize marijuana. A group called Canadian Conservatives for...
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Petition against anti-terrorism bill collects nearly 200,000 names
With a second round of protests against the federal government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation set for this weekend, an online petition calling for the bill to be scrapped is nearing 200,000...
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Ottawa man guilty of rape in teen pimp case
The only john charged in Ottawa’s notorious teen pimp case has been found guilty of raping a then-17-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution for a night in May 2012. Joseph Donnelly, 41, stood...
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Photos and video: Hockey fans for game 2
Hockey fans from Ottawa and Montreal for the NHL playoff first round Game 2 between Senators and Canadiens on Friday, April 17, 2015. Ginette Reno signs autographs as she arrives at the Bell Centre...
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No longer in play, toy testing council clears shelves
The Canadian Toy Testing Council sold off its remaining toys and books at its headquarters in Ottawa on Saturday, after the volunteer organization announced this week it will be closing its doors in...
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Jenn Jefferys: Gender neutral washrooms come to Ottawa
I like to think of myself as pretty progressive. I’ve been to my fair share of Queer Mafia parties at Babylon – for which washrooms are always temporarily marked “gender-neutral” for the night, in...
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Jenkins: The terrible beauty of the War Memorial
A great symbolic memorial, one that is conceived with honesty and depth of thought, executed with great skill and care, and situated where it allows extended contemplation of the best and/or worst of...
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Crews battle big blaze on Old Montreal Road
Fire crews tackled a heavy blaze at a large rural building Sunday night in Cumberland. At around 10:45 p.m., Ottawa Fire Services arrived at 1295 Old Montreal Road after receiving multiple calls for a...
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Letter: Potholes sometimes made by workers
Re: Why Ottawa’s roads are in such bad condition, April 9. Randall Denley’s recent column is correct: Bad city roads are not a seasonal problem but a chronic long-term problem. One thing that drives me...
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Letter: A sister city for Ottawa
Re: Finding Ottawa’s twins, April 5. This is in response to columnist Phil Jenkins’ thoughtful invitation to suggest “twin cities” for the City of Ottawa. Ottawa has a great tradition of opening its...
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Letters: New security clearances; and other views
New security clearances Re: Union fights “invasive” new security process, April 20. It is unfortunate that the government of the day is bent on rolling out a new and invasive security clearance down...
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