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Ottawa entrepreneur launches new snow-removal app
If you’ve been hemming and hawing about signing a seasonal snow removal contract and find yourself stuck in your driveway after a winter storm, yes, there’s now an app for that. Ottawa entrepreneur Ken...
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Deal to move 45,000 Hydro One customers to Hydro Ottawa still ongoing
Negotiations to bring 45,000 Ottawa residents into the Hydro Ottawa fold are ongoing despite the recent initial public offering of Hydro One stock. While negotiations have taken far longer than they’d...
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Hangups on 311 included among 'answered calls,' says auditor general
Ottawa’ 311 call centre counts calls that are “abandoned” within the first two minutes — also known as hang-ups — as “answered calls.” The city’s auditor general criticized this method of calculating...
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Designers are taking ceiling treatments to new heights
Ceilings: Paint them white and move on, right? Not anymore. Eye-popping coffered, tray, barrel vault and other ceilings, decked out in everything from wood to wallpaper, are more than ever crowning...
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Supreme Court defines human smuggling in two key judgments
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says people who helped migrants enter Canada improperly by steering a ship, acting as a lookout or cooking meals cannot automatically be branded as human smugglers....
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City Hall Blog: A fix for frozen pipes?
Last winter’s deep freeze wreaked havoc on underground water pipes, leaving some Ottawa residents with dry taps. A Feb. 27 story in the Citizen reported the following: The city has seen a huge increase...
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Black Friday bargain hunters swamp Ottawa-area stores
Deal-hunters were out in droves before the crack of dawn Friday in the capital region as stores opened their doors early with the promise of deeply discounted merchandise. Best Buy on Merivale Road...
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Editorial: Ottawa gets into the Redblacks spirit
So it’s off to the Grey Cup. Who would have thought, back in 2013, when the Redblacks were christened and started to come together, that the city would be watching its latest football franchise out on...
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Two Ottawa men charged with carrying loaded guns in separate incidents
Ottawa police charged two men Friday with weapons offences after separate incidents involving loaded firearms. In the first instance, police were called to the ByWard Market at about 2 a.m. after a...
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Hundreds of Canada Goose parkas stolen in break-ins at Ottawa outdoor stores
Ottawa police are looking for 350 very warm, very hot parkas that were stolen in break-ins at two local outdoor stores. Police say the thieves targeted Canada Goose parkas in the break-ins at Le Baron...
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Gatineau Chamber of Commerce president resigns over controversial statements
The president of the Gatineau Chamber of Commerce, who publicly suggested the president of Brigil Construction was polarizing the business community with George Bush-like tactics, resigned from his...
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Some OC Transpo fares set to rise by almost six per cent
Some Presto card users will feel the biggest sting if proposed OC Transpo fare increases are approved. The cost of an e-purse regular fare is set to jump to $3 per trip in 2016, up from $2.84. That’s...
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Volunteer Roundup
Looking for volunteer work? Check out these and other Ottawa-area opportunities at www.volunteerottawa.ca or call 613-736-5270 to find out more. The Caring and Sharing Exchange needs volunteers to...
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Ottawa 67's celebrate return to home ice with victory over Sarnia
67’s 4, Sting 1 Hockey teams back at home for the first time after road trips are often susceptible to letdowns, but the Ottawa 67’s didn’t fall into that trap on Friday night at TD Place arena. The...
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Police change policy after some reporters blocked from court during...
The Ottawa police have made immediate changes to the way security is handled at the Elgin Street courthouse after some reporters were prevented from covering a jury’s verdict in a high-profile murder...
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The Gargoyle: Canadian government partners with Ottawa-based organization to...
Valletta, MALTA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $15.3 million in new funding Saturday at the Commonwealth summit to help youth in eight African countries and will partner with an...
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Around Town: Community leader Lawson Hunter makes generous donation to Ottawa...
It was (hard) hats off to Lawson Hunter on Friday as supporters of the Ottawa Art Gallery paid tribute to a man who’s shown exemplary leadership in the creation of a cultural meeting place that this...
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Firefighters extinguish blaze at east-side McDonald's
When fire broke out on Sunday night at the McDonald’s restaurant on St. Laurent Boulevard and Bourassa Street, just south of Innes Road, staff tried to fight it with a fire extinguisher. But the blaze...
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Additional police assigned to gang unit as shootings soar
Ottawa’s police chief has reassigned as many as 12 officers to his force’s Guns and Gangs unit in response to the growing number of shooting incidents in the city. The deployment comes in advance of a...
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Editorial: In praise of Edmonton
It’s easy for those of us living here in the capital of Laurentian Elite-dom to look down on a place like Edmonton and the people who live there. When the only positive thing you ever hear about a...
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