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The UpBeat: Financial mergers just part of business at Transitions camps
Lily Sharp What are the kids learning at summer camp? Haute cuisine, entrepreneurship, fashionista styling, financial mergers. Really? If a child is going to a Transitions camp, the answer is yes....
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Chamberfest: Dumay, Vanden Eynden partners in sublime perfection
Dominion Chalmers United Church Friday night French violinist Augustin Dumay is this year’s Chamberfest literal poster boy, his steely gaze and patrician forehead looming large all over the city....
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Prince of Wales reopens, man taken to hospital after collision in Barrhaven
A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital after sustaining injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Barrhaven Saturday night. The collision, which occurred at the intersection of Prince of Wales Drive and...
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STO nears deal with OC Transpo that would make students living in Gatineau...
STO and OC Transpo say they’ve all but finalized a deal that would finally render Ottawa students who live in Gatineau eligible for the U-Pass program five years after it was rolled out. Currently, the...
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The blind side: A horse’s triumph over adversity
Born 16 years ago to Canadian royalty, Norman overcame adversity, including starvation and partial blindness, with the help of a soft-hearted woman, eventually starring in two children’s books and...
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Ottawa-area athletes add six more medals on last weekend of Pan Am Games
by Ed Klajman, Ottawa Citizen TORONTO – A half-dozen medals – two each of gold, silver and bronze – were won by Ottawa-area athletes on the final weekend of competition at the Pan Am Games. Leading...
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Huge crowd turns out for the Capital Ukrainian Festival and its perogies
More than 7,500 people attended the Capital Ukrainian Festival, a three-day occasion that marked the first of its kind in more than 35 years. Organizers called it an “overwhelming” success, since they...
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Music review: Chamberfest's first multimedia theatrical 'happening'
Illusions At the Ecole secondaire publique De La Salle Reviewed Sunday evening The first of three multimedia theatrical “happenings” at Chamberfest took place Sunday night with a joint production by...
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Jenkins: Saying goodbye to the Ottawa Folklore Centre
The times they keep a’changing. Though it’s midday, the once busy doors of the Ottawa Folklore Centre are closed, and within the trustees are taking sad inventory. The Folklore Centre graduated from a...
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$20-million Thousand Islands estate to be auctioned
The luxurious Eagle Point Estate, once owned by Chinese billionaires and billed as “the grandest of the modern-day castles,” goes on the auction block on Aug. 22. The 15-acre property at 697 Thousand...
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Bridgehead to open shop near Ikea, adds licensed patio to the mix
Bridgehead Coffee is opening a 1,850-square-foot location in a six-storey office tower located at the corner of Pinecrest Road and Iris Street. The office building, which was once part of Nortel...
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Reevely: How the city cheaped out on Lansdowne's 'Water Plaza'
Lansdowne Park’s water plaza has been awaited by visiting families for weeks. We’re regulars, and we’ve watched the tall sculpture in the middle grow, the pavers go in, the fences come down. My boys...
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Ottawa-designed notebook wins award, soon to be in major retailers
An award-winning Ottawa startup’s seemingly simple idea of a reusable notebook will soon see its Wipebook sold in Walmart and Staples stores, just in time for back-to-school shopping. A notebook is...
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Heat warning in effect across Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
Environment Canada and Ottawa Public Health issued a heat warning on Monday as the mercury is expected to reach 30C until at least Thursday. The Environment Canada warning extended through most of the...
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Cohen: Canada's ambition deficit
In case you missed it, the federal government has chosen the winning design for the logo to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. The logo is underwhelming. It was chosen in a contest with a...
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Worker killed in fall from tree near Kinburn
A 36-year-old commercial tree-felling worker died after he fell from a branch he was cutting in a private backyard in the Kinburn area Tuesday afternoon. Paramedics arrived at 3697 Stonecrest Rd....
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'Get informed, get tested': getting the word out about hepatitis C
Steve Pollard came close to death, underwent two liver transplants, and received treatment with experimental drugs before he was clear of hepatitis C and began to get his life back. When he recovered,...
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Marketplace: Pool party home decor
Summer is here and it’s time to throw the ultimate pool party. Here are eight fun finds to make a big splash. Slice of life Lounging in the pool turns wacky with the Swimline Pool Pizza Slice Float....
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Letter: Good infrastructure should benefit community
Re: How the city cheaped out on Lansdowne’s ‘Water Plaza’, July 28. I enjoyed David Reevely’s column about the Lansdowne Park water plaza and other shortcomings. I have tried really hard to like...
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Metcalfe Street reopens after gas leak
A section of downtown Ottawa was cordoned off Wednesday morning after a backhoe accidentally struck a gas line while digging. Police asked travellers to avoid the area on Metcalfe Street between Lisgar...
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