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Landscaping tips to increase your home's value
Maybe your yard is a blank slate. Maybe it’s “landscaped” but has been neglected. Or maybe it’s simply time for a change. Whatever the situation, putting some time, energy and money into your landscape...
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Scanlan: Redblacks take to the home field without a full house for the first...
In a previous CFL life, Ottawa football games were a game-time decision. That is, fans decided shortly before game time if they were going or not. Because the franchise depended on game-day sales to...
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Thurso infant found with shaken-baby symptoms has died
A six-week-old baby who was found unconscious in a Thurso home on Wednesday has died in hospital, Sûreté du Quebec Sgt. Ann Mathieu confirmed on Friday. Police responded to a call Wednesday to a home...
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Two-year-old boy alive after being found unresponsive in swimming pool
A two-year-old boy was lucky to be alive after a close call in a swimming pool Saturday afternoon. Police and paramedics responded to a house on Bank Street near Greely after the child was found in an...
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K-pop in O-town: Local troupes try to dance their way to contest in Korea
Only moments before her dance team took the stage in front of hundreds of people Saturday night, Sarah Seward-Langdon wasn’t shy to admit she had the jitters. “I always feel nervous,” said the...
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Callaghan: Make new central library about people, not books
Now that the city has set itself on a path towards a new central library, it is important to revisit the purpose of a library in the 21st century. As a kid, I spent days in libraries, and while I found...
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Where did all the hotels go? Ottawa's innkeepers doing fine, despite the many...
It seems like every few months, another Ottawa hotel takes down its vacancy sign. Most recently was the mom-and-pop Southway Hotel near Bank and Hunt Club, the latest on the list of former innkeepers....
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Top 20 ridings likely to receive the most from increased benefits for...
The government is increasing the value of the monthly universal child care benefit (UCCB) starting Monday. Here are the top 20 ridings that are likely to receive the most money per month for children...
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Top 20 ridings likely to receive the most from increased benefits for...
The government is increasing the value of the monthly universal child care benefit (UCCB) starting Monday. Here are the top 20 ridings that are likely to receive the most money per month for children...
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Family of five displaced after fire on Kelly Farm Drive
A family of five has been forced out of their home after a fire at a two-and-a-half storey home on Kelley Farm Drive on Sunday. Investigators were looking into whether a gas leak or a lightning strike...
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Letter: Rideau Canal not the same without Paul's Boat Lines
Re: Stroll along canal showcases Ottawa’s beauty, July 13. I would like to thank Phil Jenkins for his lovely recent column. He captured the atmosphere and vividly described the beautiful corners as...
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Real estate: What they got in Elmvale Acres
Location: 2033 Camrose St. Features: Five-bedroom, two-bathroom detached home on an extra-large landscaped lot. Asking price: $424,900 Selling price: $415,000 Days on market: 28 Word from the sales...
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Small farmers' crops the focus of Mexican student's drone project in Ottawa
The family farm in Mexico that Krissia Quesney Nevarez calls home never had the luxury of an aerial view that tracks the health of its crops — but it could now. The 22-year-old has been working on a...
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Chris Cobb: Ten paths to peaceful co-existence on our roads and pathways
Cycling season is in full swing in the nation’s capital and with it the same old frictions between cyclists, motorists and pedestrians. Citizen writer Chris Cobb – a cyclist, runner, walker and car...
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Senate Speaker fires public salvo at Public Works over office relocation battle
The Senate’s Speaker is firing back at reports that depict the upper chamber as a wild spender in the hunt for office space and work on a temporary home. Leo Housakos says in an open letter that the...
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Teen stabbed in back in serious condition
An 18-year-old man was in serious condition in hospital Tuesday night after he was stabbed in the back, Ottawa paramedics said. Paramedics said they responded to a report of a stabbing incident on...
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New anti-terror law could hurt existing foreign security relationships: RCMP
By Jim Bronskill The RCMP is concerned new anti-terrorism legislation might hurt — not help — its security efforts overseas, internal notes say. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s new powers...
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Jonathan McLeod: Street harassment a blight on Ottawa
A new scourge has been found on the streets of Ottawa. Another form of street harassment has been unmasked, and though it may not be overt as FHRITP or catcalling, it is no less dangerous. Luke Howard,...
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Editorial: Don't mix partisan props and public money
It sure is tempting to brush off Pierre Poilievre’s choice of Conservative party threads for what was supposed to be a government event marking the arrival earlier this week of the expanded Universal...
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Always wanted to own an Ottawa street sign? Now's your chance
The City of Ottawa has just the thing for people looking to commemorate special events or memories. For a mere $10 you can be the proud owner of a decommissioned street sign to, say, get Christmas-sy...
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