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Hydro Ottawa cuts deal with Fortis to bring $2.3 million worth of new power...
Hydro Ottawa announced a deal Wednesday under which the municipally owned utility take over 10 hydroelectric generation facilities, one of which already operates in the nation’s capital. According to...
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History buffs don 100th Regiment attire for Ottawa Locks performances
If you’ve ever wanted to dress up as a 19th century soldier and fire a musket at the Ottawa Locks — or at least watch those who do — you are in luck. A small group of volunteer military re-enactors...
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Backyard pizza oven bonds Pontiac neighbours
Every Thursday is pizza night at Jean Philippe and Judy Murillo’s home near Aylmer. But family and friends don’t gather in the kitchen. Instead, they congregate in the couple’s Pontiac backyard...
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Ottawa's Shopify reports sales of $44.9M in first results since going public
Sales are booming at Ottawa’s latest technology darling, Shopify Inc. The company, which helps people to sell stuff online, said revenues hit $44.9 million in the second fiscal quarter of the year,...
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Ottawa's newest microbrewery set to open downtown
The official opening of Waller Street Brewing Inc. has been a long and arduous process for the brewery’s co-founder and head brewer Marc-Andre Chainey. The 30-year-old has been quietly toiling in the...
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Fury looking for revenge against Edmonton
The question being, have you ever been to Fort McMurray? “No.” Do you know where it is, though? “No. I’ve heard it’s north of Edmonton or something?” Ottawa Fury captain Richie Ryan then breaks out in...
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Mock 'n' roll: The Ottawa man who could become air guitar world champion
Jason McNeely always fantasized about becoming a rock ‘n’ roll prodigy. Like many others — some who might be unwilling to admit it — he’s honed the art of impersonation while in the shower, or in front...
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Cloudy doesn't mean safer from the heat, expert warns
Thursday marked the fourth day of Ottawa’s heat warning as temperatures continued to soar into the low 30s, accompanied by an almost choking high humidity. Health sciences professor Glen Kenny of the...
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Environment Canada lifts heat warning
As of Thursday evening, getting a chill on became a little easier. Environment Canada lifted the heat warnings originally issued Monday covering the Ottawa and St. Lawrence river valleys from Algonquin...
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Victims of Communism site decontamination could threaten daycare kids: Bélanger
The planned decontamination of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism site could threaten the health of as many as 100 children at the House of Commons Day Care Centre, says Ottawa-Vanier MP Mauril...
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Phoenix Homes founders fit four generations in one special riverfront home
Forget about takeout pizza or long drives to the cottage for the Kochar family. For the folks behind Phoenix Homes, slices of hot pizza, sweet summer plunges into the pool and fishing escapades along...
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Public not expected to feel effects as Ottawa taxi drivers go on 'strike'...
The union representing taxi drivers in Ottawa says its members will officially be on strike as of Saturday, even though they will still be driving their cabs. The strike action consists of withholding...
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Ottawa book events
SATURDAY, AUG. 1 Jodie Nimigon-Young and Jessica Kundapur launch their book, Fabulupus, written by young adults with lupus to help others navigate life events, achieve goals and live fabulously, 1 p.m....
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Chapin: White people, stop getting defensive
Canadians can usually rely on the U.S. to prove discrimination still thrives in 2015, but this week, Ottawa gave our Southern neighbour a run for its racism. Monday night, a downtown mural honouring...
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Edmonton Eddies think Ottawa Fury's unbeaten run has gone on long enough
FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller knows from his childhood in Scotland the fierce club rivalries that soccer can produce. And while Miller was raised on the old Glasgow Rangers-Glasgow Celtics...
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Music review: André Laplante romances us again with sounds from a golden age
André Laplante At Dominion Chalmers United Church Reviewed Friday night Another August Friday, another Chamberfest gala: this time a rare Ottawa recital by the uncompromising Quebec pianist André...
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Capital Ribfest a cornucopia of (similar) choices
There are any number of ways to attack a rib festival: Some look for the shortest lineups to ensure a speedy meal. Others prefer a longer queue, figuring the ribs there must be better if so many people...
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Pre-election funding keeps pouring in for Ottawa projects
With a federal election call expected over the holiday weekend, the drumbeat of funding announcements accelerated Friday as cabinet ministers pledged support for three projects in Ottawa alone. Pierre...
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Ottawa Street Eats takes place at Aviation Museum
There was food, suds and song as Ottawa Street Eats 2015 took place at the Aviation Museum on Saturday. The festival celebrated Ottawa street food and drinks, featuring local food trucks, chefs and...
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Sun's out, guns out: 19th century military re-enactors have a blast at Bytown...
The guns were out Saturday afternoon as a troupe of 19th-century British military re-enactors fired numerous booming rounds from their muskets down at the Ottawa Locks. The 100th Regiment Historical...
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