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Our homes as our future medical clinics
Will our homes also serve as medical clinics in the future? Judging by the direction in which the health care system is headed, it seems that way. Medicine continues to modernize, as does the range of...
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Editorial: The revelations in the Duffy/Wright affair
There is a tendency within Canada’s political class to see scandals as just things that happen to good staff sometimes, like natural disasters, rather than the results of unethical decisions. Indeed,...
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The view from the other side: Architecture reviewer becomes builder
There is irony today in building a new house on the north edge of Hintonburg’s vibrant urban village. Many of the existing homes, self-built by their working class owners, relied more on ingenuity than...
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Ottawa-area blood clinics for the week of August 17
For more information or to book an appointment to give blood, please call 1-888-2-DONATE or visit blood.ca. MONDAY, AUGUST 17 Canadian Blood Services, 1575 Carling Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. City of...
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Letters: On debating abortion, banning travel and going back to school
Travel ban important topic Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is being taken to task for stating that parts of the world controlled by terrorists will be banned for travel. A similar law already exists...
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Ottawa daycare provider jailed for sex crimes
The Ottawa daycare owner who preyed on two young girls in his care is going to prison. Jeffrey Wills, 41, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and will be banned from any public place...
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Police charge Greely man with extorting man at downtown bars
A self-described entrepreneur and brother of a convicted killer has been charged with extortion after police allege he impersonated a peace officer to intimidate another man into giving him thousands...
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Egan: Blind, disabled, in state care for 56 years, Joe Oombash longs for home
Joe Oombash, born blind and mentally disabled, was taken into state care at age 13, never to live with his family again. Today, he is 69, a remarkably chipper survivor, who regularly asks for only one...
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Man arrested doing 175 km/h on Hwy 417 in mother-in-law's car
Ottawa police traffic officers pulled over a man on Highway 417 near Palladium Drive exit early Friday doing 175 km/h in his mother-in-law’s car. Police wouldn’t reveal many details about the incident,...
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On Site: Townhome LIVing at Monahan Landing
Glenview Homes has unveiled a new line of townhomes at Monahan Landing in Kanata. Called LIV Towns, the 48 contemporary-styled homes include two-storeys ranging from 1,648 to 2,290 square feet — one...
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Lac Leamy beach temporarily closed due to bacteria levels
The National Capital Commission temporarily closed Lac Leamy beach Friday due to high levels of bacteria in the water. Results of the latest tests showed the water quality has deteriorated of late,...
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The survivor: Jillian O'Connor's resilience was forged in childhood tragedy
When Jillian O’Connor peers into the future she sees possibilities: days of laughter and play with her three young children, family trips, holiday memories. A year after being diagnosed with incurable...
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League of lumberjacks: Ontario company brings axe-throwing fun to Ottawa
When hurling a hefty, steel hatchet from over one’s head and watching it cleave into a fresh plank of wood with a dull whack, one word that comes to mind is “bad-ass.” Such could be the intended...
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Ottawa's Dunkerley runs to a Parapan Am Games silver in the 1,500
TORONTO — This time a silver medal really is a silver medal for Jason Dunkerley. After thinking he had come second in Monday’s 5,000 metres for visually impaired athletes at the Parapan Am Games, the...
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SouthAsianFest 'not just a bazaar': Event celebrates culture's music, food,...
Sumayra Choudhury barely slept Friday night. The young and aspiring Bollywood dancer was too nervous and excited to manage any restful sleep the night before she and her best friend made their grand...
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Man injured in gang-related shooting in Overbrook area
A 27-year-old man contacted police to say he had been shot in the leg after police received several calls about gunshots in the Overbrook on Saturday night. The man telephoned police shortly after...
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Teens admit to being awed, intrigued by life of Rachel and Ben Harper
By Jordan Press Simran Jha arrived at a Conservative rally earlier this week looking to meet the Harpers. No, not Stephen and Laureen. Jha and a gaggle of teenagers were standing outside asking anyone...
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Man, 58, revived after going into cardiac arrest while playing tennis in the...
Ottawa residents are reminded to play it safe in extreme heat after a 58-year-old man went into cardiac arrest and was revived Sunday after he collapsed while playing tennis. Paramedics said the man...
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Ottawa-Gatineau Parapan Am Games contingent brings home 16 medals
For the past year, standing table tennis player Ian Kent has been on a dedicated mission: qualify for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Although he didn’t fulfil that goal at last week’s...
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Ottawa Mission adds seven hospice beds for homeless
The Ottawa Mission is expanding its Diane Morrison Hospice to 21 beds from 14 to give more homeless people the support and dignity they need in their final days. The extra seven beds inside the...
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