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City Hall Blog: Mayor Watson witnesses five agreements in Beijing
Members of the trade mission to Beijing headed by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson have signed five agreements after their first day in the Chinese capital. Watson and the delegation of 15 Ottawa business...
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Izzy dolls comfort refugee children
The Canadian military is hoping to recruit volunteers with a specific skill set: knitting. That’s right. It wants you to help knit the national gift of peace, the Izzy Doll. For the past two decades,...
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Adding touches of tartan and tweed to your decor
There’s something about the warmth and coziness inspired by the tradition of tweed and tartan. The earthy patterns tend to creep into decorating trends around fall and winter and why not? They add...
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Water main break closes section of Pleasant Park Road
Emergency crews were on the scene Wednesday morning at a water main break near the intersection of Pleasant Park Road and Arch Street. Police said Pleasant Park Road is closed in both directions and...
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Election fails to stall October home sales
A federal election in the middle of the month failed to spook resale or new home buyers in October. New home sales saw a healthy jump of more than 30 per cent over a sluggish September and when...
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City Hall Blog: Where are the public toilets in the budget? GottaGo! wants to...
GottaGo!, a lobby group dedicated to getting more public toilets where they’re needed, is urging Ottawa residents to make sure the issue stays on the agenda. And in the city budget. GottaGo! chair Joan...
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Gatineau police search area near Hull jail after reports of man with a gun
Gatineau police closed off a section of the Hull sector near the jail Wednesday afternoon after they received a report of a man seen walking with a gun. Officers rushed to the scene with a dog handler...
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Bandwagon: Redblacks fans – Wear your red-and-black plaid with pride
Red-and-black checks, in our book, are high style at any time — but especially now, with the Ottawa Redblacks heading to the Eastern Final of the Canadian Football League and then — fingers crossed —...
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Help Santa Toy Parade rolls Saturday: Here's what you need to know
For the 46th year in a row, the Ottawa Professional Firefighters’ Association will roll out its Help Santa Toy Parade though downtown Ottawa this Saturday. Since 1969, the association has organized the...
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Heritage Perth Christmas House Tour is wrapped and ready
In Maureen Patterson’s 1910 Victorian home in Perth, you can almost hear excited children thundering down the wood staircase on past Christmas mornings to rip open gifts tucked under the twinkling tree...
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Ottawa police determine downtown 'suspicious' package not dangerous
Police have reopened a number of downtown streets in the Queen Street and Lyon Street area after determining that a “suspicious package” found in the area was not dangerous. A passerby spotted the...
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Heron Gate residents protest planned February eviction
For 31 years Mavis Finnamore has lived in her Heron Gate townhouse, watching it decline as ownership passed from Minto Group, which built the housing complex between Heron and Walkley roads, to a...
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Sutcliffe: Taxi drivers score in their own net
Unless they have recently purchased a large stake in Uber, it’s hard to understand the latest strategic decisions of a few local taxi drivers and, more particularly, the union leadership. With the...
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Police search for missing woman
Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 69-year-old woman who may be disoriented. Police said Gayle Agnes Peterson was last seen at The Ottawa Hospital Civic campus on Carling...
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Want a selfie with Justin Bieber? It's yours — for $2,650
How much would it be worth to snap a selfie with Justin Bieber before he performs in Ottawa next spring? For his fans, it might be priceless. But the marketing folks behind the Canadian pop star have...
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Circular home around a tree was one of James Strutt's most 'unique'
“It would be a sensation even today. I am sure.” Four decades after building one of the most unique homes designed by acclaimed modernist architect James Strutt, its original owner is musing about the...
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Oblate land development facing final hurdle
The plan to develop one of Ottawa’s largest remaining urban properties is on the cusp of final approval now that the city’s planning staff is arguing in favour of the zoning amendments for the former...
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Sarah Jennings: Ottawa needs an opera scene
Great cities have great opera. And until this week that was the case in Ottawa until Opera Lyra, the city’s largest professional arts company outside the National Arts Centre, filed for bankruptcy. In...
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Dude, where's my plow? (And other things to expect this winter on Ottawa's...
Don’t to be fooled by Friday’s clear skies and mild temperatures — winter is coming. And with it, snowy roads, slippery sidewalks and a handy new way of knowing when your street will be cleared....
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The UpBeat: Coming Up
Coming Up On Sunday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to noon, local businesses, charities and families will come together at Lansdowne’s Horticulture Building for the Family Pyjama Party in the Capital hosted by...
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