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Groups team up with goal of ending youth homelessness
Agencies that work with Ottawa’s homeless youth are teaming up for an initiative that will look into not only managing youth homelessness, but how to prevent it. About 900 young people between the ages...
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Condo Scene: Marrying art and architecture key to Charlesfort designs
Doug Casey merits his great reputation. So does his latest development project, The Merit. A sparkling blend of thoughtfulness and design savvy, Casey laments: “A lot of buildings are just boxes now,”...
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Uniform launches condo flats at Richardson Ridge in Kanata
Inspired by the popularity of other low-rise condo projects in Kanata, Uniform Urban Developments is bringing its own version to Richardson Ridge. The Elements are Barry Hobin-designed buildings and...
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Update: One high school reopens, second closed as police probe email 'threats'
Students have been allowed to return to Collège Catholique Franco-Ouest in Bells Corners after police confirmed the suspicious object they feared was a bomb was harmless. Students in the French...
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Watch out for high winds, maybe more rain, Environment Canada warns
Environment Canada has issued a special weather alert for Ottawa warning of the potential for high winds and more rain as temperatures are expected to plummet this afternoon. According to the national...
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Uber customer service better than taxis, say Ottawa focus groups
Uber customer service is “resoundingly higher” than taxi service, according to results from a series of Ottawa focus groups conducted last month. In total, 36 people took part in the focus groups, part...
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City proposes reducing parking spots for new buildings
The city wants more people in the urban core — but not more cars. That’s why planners are recommending eliminating the minimum number of parking spots required for most new small developments in the...
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Egan: Two years later, widow still seeks answers on suicide inside Royal
On Jan. 1, 2014, Richard Figueira took his own life while a patient in a secure ward at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. The Ottawa man had been under close supervision for his schizophrenia and,...
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Modern family cottage acknowledges the original building it replaces
Often, the key to a successful major change is retaining some continuity, some tangible link with the past. When Mike Mulvagh took ownership from his mother of the family’s 70-year-old timber-framed...
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Gaming: Halo 5 long on fireworks, short on story
Rated: 4 out of 5 stars Available on: Xbox One Rating: T for Teen It’s hard to not like the latest addition to the massively popular Halo franchise. But, it’s easy not to love it. It’s been three years...
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Abid Jan: I know firsthand how Ottawa can help refugees
Thirteen years ago, I came to Canada from Pakistan to escape threats against my life and my family. I arrived with my wife, our two young children, and only $150 in my pocket. I was a refugee. Prime...
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City Hall Blog: Why Watson's lines sounded so familiar
Lines in a speech Mayor Jim Watson gave this week sounded awfully familiar to me. That’s because I wrote them. Not for the mayor, of course, he’s got people to write speeches for him*. I included the...
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Letters: A new PM, an old house
Tear down 24 Sussex It seems to me that spending $10 million to renovate 24 Sussex is not a good use of taxpayer money. Why don’t they tear the place down and build a new house? It would not cost $10...
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Mellos says landlord wanted it to replace ventilation system, then granted...
When the owner of the iconic downtown diner Mellos Restaurant reminded his landlord that the diner’s five-year lease was about to expire, he only received a six-month extension with conditions attached...
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Ottawa-area Anglicans overwhelmingly vote to sell $1M in oil, gas stocks
Ottawa-area Anglicans voted almost unanimously Friday to sell their $1 million worth of oil and gas stocks and push the church’s national body to do the same. Local Anglican congregations have a...
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McArthur Avenue reopened after early-morning fire causes $450,000 in damage
McArthur Avenue has reopened after a fire broke out in a building early Saturday, causing around $450,000 in damages. Shortly after 3 a.m., Ottawa Fire received a 911 call reporting smoke coming from a...
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Bishop excited about critical issues discussed as Anglicans' synod wraps up
The ongoing refugee crisis in Syria was among the topics of discussion as the Ottawa-area Anglicans’ two-day synod wrapped up on Saturday at the St. Elias Centre. The approximately 360 delegates in...
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Phil Jenkins: The capital changes its mood, again
So, for the next three years at least, Ottawa will be a city with a Liberal mayor, in a province run by a Liberal majority government, in a federation about to be governed by a Liberal majority...
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Man critically injured in Albert Street house fire
A man pulled out of a burning home on Albert Street on Sunday morning is in critical condition with second- and third-degree burns. A neighbour, who said she was woken up by smoke coming from the...
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Police investigate Halloween stabbing on George Street
Police are investigating an aggravated assault that took place on Halloween night. The incident happened around 11 p.m. in the 100 block of George Street. One man was taken to hospital with a single...
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