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Found: Valentine's take-home treats make romance fuss-free
Bakers and chefs across Ottawa are cooking some sweet treats for Valentine’s Day. Here are seven outstanding suggestions, most of them for taking home: Sweet hearts: Joanna Zappia of Dolci Bake Shop...
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Arts best bets, Feb. 11 to 17
Rock Lynn Saxberg Ottawa’s indie rockers Hilotrons and the folk-rock duo Whitehorse will brave the expected cold temperatures this weekend to round out Winterlude’s Sub Zero concert series. Keyboardist...
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Environment minister announces 20 municipal green grants, loans
OTTAWA — The federal government is promising new funding for environmental projects with municipal grants and loans to 20 cities and towns across the country. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is...
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Homes calendar Feb. 13 to 19
Coming Kitchen tips: Learn about what goes into designing and renovating your kitchen and working with a contractor at a free seminar Feb. 23. Catherine Pulcine of Decorating Den Interiors-The CPI Team...
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Mulcair takes blame for NDP's weak election showing
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has written a letter to supporters taking responsibility for the dismal results of the October election campaign and saying he could have done better. The note follows...
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Heritage committee OKs Lowertown demo
Ottawa Community Housing should be allowed to tear down a heritage house it owns in Lowertown and replace it with a small park and community garden, the built-heritage subcommittee ruled Thursday. The...
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Canada will seek a United Nations security council seat, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Canada is looking to win a seat on the UN Security Council as part of a move to renew its relationship with the world body, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. Trudeau shared a podium...
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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. Do you like volunteering? Want to encourage others to do...
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Fire official and city worker injured at crash scene
An Ottawa Fire Service officer and a city worker were injured and taken to hospital Thursday after a motorist speeding through at intersection hit their vehicles as they attended the scene of an...
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Key to aging in place gracefully? Make changes before they're needed
Have baby boomers put their brains in neutral as their bodies hurtle down the highway toward old age? While most of us — 83 per cent, according to a 2013 Royal Bank of Canada survey — want to age in...
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Trudeau marks 100 days as PM with big boost to Canada Summer Jobs program
Ottawa — Justin Trudeau will mark his 100th day as prime minister today with a “massive” boost to a program that helps students get summer jobs. The Canadian Press has learned that Trudeau is to...
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Ailsa Francis: Move over woolly mammoths, Nature Museum grounds get makeover
There is blue fencing surrounding the snowy western border of Ottawa’s Museum of Nature, hinting that something big is afoot. This side of the property was once principally home to the replicas of...
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Escape room game digs deep into Diefenbunker
Anyone can hunker in the Bunker. But do you have what it takes to make an escape? The Diefenbunker Museum is joining forces with Ottawa adventure company Escape Manor to launch what they’re calling the...
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Canada's Explorer Roses
Martin Frobisher The first Explorer rose, Martin Frobisher, was introduced in 1968. This hardy rugosa, which flowers freely throughout the summer at Ottawa, is vigorous, well proportioned, and grows to...
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Adami: Plead guilty for an honest mistake, and Presto, fine gets cut
I’m pretty sure recently arrived Eritrean refugee Terhas Weldey Gebrehewait was in a fog over a transit bylaw offence that landed her in provincial offences court this week. By mistake, she tapped her...
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Theatre review: Mix of powerful, dreary at undercurrents
undercurrents: A festival of independent theatre Arts Court Theatre & NAC Fourth Stage Reviewed Thursday & Friday Moonlodge NAC English Theatre production NAC Fourth Stage Reviewed Friday It’s...
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Woman molested by grandfather outraged by sentence
Sabrina-Riki Moreau’s first childhood memory isn’t a boisterous kids’ birthday party or a trip to the zoo. Rather, the scene forever embedded in the young woman’s mind involves a dark basement and an...
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Egan: Tell it, Justin! Church hears disabled man's gospel on freedom
Sunday morning, close to minus 30 outside — the bright heavens, the earth, our private hells possibly, today frozen over. It is warm and bright inside St. Joseph’s on Laurier Avenue East, on the first...
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The UpBeat: Jonathan Chow receives city builder award
Jonathan Chow was recently presented with a Mayor’s City Builder Award, recognizing his contributions as a very active volunteer, fundraiser, innovator and role model for youth in Ottawa. Chow is a...
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67's down Spitfires in Brown family affair
Once again, Ottawa 67’s head coach and general manager Jeff Brown got the best of his son Logan. A big, lanky centre for the Windsor Spitfires, Logan Brown was held pointless Sunday and the 67’s got...
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