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Uber offers free rides to the polls promo for new users
Ride-sharing company Uber is offering new users a $30 credit to pay for a return trip to their nearest polling station. Uber confirmed the free ride for voters initiative early Monday morning. The...
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Controversial police tenure policy flawed, according to two-year-old report
A taxpayer-funded report that was repeatedly denied to the public reveals that the Ottawa police force knew that a controversial transfer policy was responsible for low officer morale two years before...
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GTEC show gets underway Tuesday with very little presence from elected officials
The 23rd annual Government Technology Exhibition and Conference (GTEC) will kick off Tuesday morning without a member of Parliament opening the event. Historically, the show — which was created as a...
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Former Carleton pub worker Brosseau re-elected in Quebec riding
An NDP member of Parliament who famously took a trip to Las Vegas during the 2011 election campaign held her seat on Monday. Ruth Ellen Brosseau, 31, was re-elected in Berthier-Maskinongé, Que., Monday...
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Real estate: Five penthouses on the market
There’s nothing quite so glamorous as a luxury penthouse set high in the sky. Often perceived as the epitome of contemporary, opulent living, a penthouse apartment is the ultimate dream home for many....
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Anna Russell: Ottawa, je t'aime
In the early 1990s, there was a place called Ottawa where the smoke was so thick in the government cafeteria that the plastic wrap on my egg-salad sandwich reeked of it. In that Ottawa, the military...
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Dan Aykroyd marks 35 years since The Blues Brothers
When Dan Aykroyd returns to hometown Ottawa Thursday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Blues Brothers movie, he will be reminiscing about the influence of the nation’s capital on his most...
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'She was loved,' says father of Gatineau shooting victim
The father of a 25-year-old woman shot and killed in a Gatineau hotel room was shocked to learn of his daughter’s death early Tuesday morning. John MacNeil said Gatineau police knocked on the door of...
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Minor earthquake rumbles beneath Upper Valley
A minor earthquake near Pembroke on Tuesday evening was heard but not seen by some residents, and felt as far away as Killaloe and Barry’s Bay. The quake was registered on the Natural Resources Canada...
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Alan Cumyn: I Know That Land, revisited
A year ago, late in the evening of October 22, I tried to respond to an email from a cousin in Mississauga. Were we all right? Had I been caught downtown when the bullets were flying, when fear and...
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Pumpkin-themed accents to decorate your home
Aglow with eerie carved faces, the seasonal gourd is best known as the must-have Halloween accessory. But plump, orange pumpkins also symbolize the autumn harvest. Here are nine fun finds that are ripe...
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Homes calendar Oct. 24 to 30
Ongoing Worldly gifts: Back for another year, the Third World Bazaar runs Fridays through Sundays until Nov. 15. Find unique handcrafted gifts and home decor from artisans around the world. Located in...
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Police investigate after two men stabbed in east end fight
The Ottawa Police Service is investigating a stabbing that occurred in the 2000 block of Cedarwood Drive on Wednesday morning just after midnight. According to police, patrol officers responded to a...
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Friends plan memorial for man whose body dumped in creek near Kemptville
Friends of Deepak Beaudoin-Reichmann, 27, who police suspect died of a drug overdose and whose body was found dumped in a creek south of Kemptville, have taken to Facebook to organize a memorial for...
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Heather Menzies, Scott Randall win Ottawa Book Awards
Veteran writer Heather Menzies and newcomer Scott Randall have claimed the prizes for English non-fiction and English fiction at the 30th annual Ottawa Book Awards. Menzies has won for her work...
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Egan: How one building, 46 Elgin, fixed its eye on tragedy
Wendy Hope works in an office with a magnificent view, from which she sees things great and small. And sometimes, even historic, heart-breaking. “To me, this is a window on Ottawa.” We’re eyeing the...
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Editorial: A day to reflect in Ottawa
It has been a long year in this city. Since the shootings that shook Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014, Ottawa has changed in ways small and big, from the security arrangements on Parliament Hill to the man who...
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Fireplaces take centre stage
If any proof was needed that we’ve moved beyond the fire pit in the middle of a clammy, prehistoric cave, the bevy of smart fireplaces peppering the recent Housing Design Awards was it. Modern, rustic...
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The story behind the story of the Oct. 22 shooting rampage on Parliament Hill
Like first responders, journalists need to be at their best when things are at their worst. When the first unconfirmed reports of gunfire at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill landed in...
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Letter: Visit National War Memorial to pay respect; and other views
Visit National War Memorial to pay respect A year has passed since Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed while protecting our National War Memorial — the most important military monument in Canada. Cirillo...
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