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Police make public appeal for witnesses to Debra Avenue shooting
Ottawa police made a public appeal Friday for witnesses to a shooting at a Debra Avenue community housing development to come forward. On Thursday evening, police were called to 955 Debra Ave. for the...
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The UpBeat: Reach out to an isolated senior on Feb. 21
Louise Crandall On RISE Sunday, why don’t you brighten the day of a senior in your life — a parent, a friend, a neighbour, a relative. Call them, invite them to coffee, go on an outing to a museum....
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Witness who called police on hammer-attack suspect wanted reward
If it had been any other crime, Craig Osborn said he wouldn’t have called police on Nabil Benhsaien when he recognized him in a newspaper story about a suspect wanted in five broad-daylight hammer...
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Teen who got his G2 five days earlier charged with stunt driving
An Ottawa teen was charged with stunt driving in Ottawa’s south end after being pulled over while on his way to a hockey game Sunday afternoon. Ottawa police said the 16-year-old, who had a male...
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Heritage plan offers more teeth to keep 'monster homes' out of Rockcliffe
A new heritage conservation district plan for Rockcliffe Park may help prevent “monster homes” in Ottawa’s most prestigious neighbourhood. The draft plan, which will be before the city’s built...
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DND plan to give more maintenance work to private sector faces major...
A Defence Department plan to have the private sector play more of a role in maintaining the new ships and other equipment the military expects to purchase is plagued with problems, including a lack of...
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Bank Street lane reductions begin Monday
Bank Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Exhibition Way and Holmwood Avenue for Hydro Ottawa construction. The lane closure will be in effect from Monday until Jan. 22,...
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Ottawa public and Catholic board teachers will get an extra PD Day
An extra professional development day has been added for teachers in Ottawa’s English public and Catholic schools, as the boards implement new teacher contracts. Classes are cancelled on PD days,...
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Megaphone 2.0: More music, more panels, more talk about local music
Chicago-based music and culture writer Jessica Hopper will be in Ottawa on Feb. 2 to give a keynote address that will kick off the second annual Megaphono conference. A senior editor at Pitchfork and...
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Ottawa gang sex attack trial hears about girl's screams
Mary Asanansi figured it was the janitors who were arguing when she heard loud voices after pulling up to work in Ottawa’s east end on the morning of Aug. 11, 2013. Then she heard a girl screaming,...
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Real estate: Five open-concept homes on the market
An open-concept design is tops on the wish list of many home buyers today. The idea is that rooms, usually on the main floor, flow seamlessly from one to the other, rather than be compartmentalized...
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Online resources proving popular in managing mortgages, report shows
Canadians are turning increasingly to online resources in managing their mortgages and other finances, according to a new report. RateHub.ca, an online service for the comparison of financial services,...
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Incentives needed to convince PS to back job moves to private sector: KPMG
Federal government managers should use various incentives to convince public servants to get behind a program that could potentially see some of their jobs farmed out to the private sector, a...
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Cohen: Ottawa is the worst capital city in the G7
So the City of Ottawa will not widen the heavily congested Airport Parkway for another four years. Or, eight years, say planners. Or, 10 years. In this feckless city, you never know. There is no...
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Major restoration of National War Memorial set to begin this spring
Public Works and Government Services Canada is in a race against the clock to complete a major restoration of the National War Memorial before sesquicentennial celebrations in 2017. The restoration of...
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Vanier high-rise evacuated after carbon monoxide detected
An investigation continued after a 10-storey apartment building at Marquette and Beechwood avenues in the Vanier district was evacuated Tuesday morning due to elevated levels of carbon monoxide gas....
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Frozen mailboxes vex Ottawa residents
They’ve tried hot water, heated keys and de-icing solutions, but some increasingly frustrated Ottawa residents say they still can’t break into their community mailboxes frozen shut by this week’s flash...
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City warns of new door-to-door water-testing scam
The City of Ottawa is warning residents about aggressive door-to-door salespeople making false claims about the quality of the city’s tap water. The city said it has received several complaints from...
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On the home building sites
HN Homes has released its final lots in the established community of Bridlewood in Kanata South. Among the 28 lots remaining are a mix of widths ranging from 35 to 50 feet, with bungalows and...
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Review: Masilo's Soweto Swan Lake jubilant, cheeky and irresistible
At the NAC Theatre Reviewed Tuesday night Classical ballet has forever been borrowing — some would say appropriating — non-European dance traditions to lend “exotic flair” to its otherwise pristine...
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