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Oliver Jones charms NAC crowd on bittersweet farewell tour
Oliver Jones NAC Theatre Reviewed Thursday night It was a love-in at the National Arts Centre Thursday night for Oliver Jones, the dean of Canadian jazz pianists. The 81-year-old Montrealer, who is on...
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Two people badly hurt on Ottawa roads
A pair of crashes sent two patients to the regional trauma centre with serious injuries Thursday evening. Firefighters first had to extricate a trapped driver with serious face and leg injuries from a...
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Warmer weather ushers southern species north for rare sightings
During the past week, birding across Southern Ontario has been exciting. In spite of variable weather conditions, including snow flurries at Point Pelee on May 15, a number of southern species were...
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The art of play: Alberta painter Chris Cran featured in major retrospective...
A refreshing chinook from Alberta has blown into the National Gallery of Canada. The breeze is provided by the whimsical, inventive paintings of Calgary artist Chris Cran. Although he is a serious...
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Ottawa police seek public's help to identify suspects in May 8 assault
The Ottawa Police Service is asking for help from the public to identify two men who were allegedly involved in an assault in the morning of Sunday, May 8. According to police, the pair assaulted a...
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Female drivers, rare in the cab industry, sign up by the hundreds with Uber
Ingrid Goddard wanted to be a cabbie in Montreal 20 years ago but a taxi company said she wouldn’t cut it. “I was told, flat-out, ‘Hell no, you’re a woman, we don’t employ women because of the safety...
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Theatre Review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike a sharp-tongued, wistful...
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Plosive Productions At The Gladstone Reviewed Friday Can one find sanctuary in Bucks County, Pa., rather than journeying all the way to Moscow? Is it possible to...
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Game Day: Fury FC vs Armada at 2 p.m. today
JACKSONVILLE ARMADA AT OTTAWA FURY FC (Sunday, 2 p.m., at TD Place stadium. TV: Rogers 22. Radio: TSN1200 and 94.5 Unique FM) Scouting Report Ottawa: Fury FC will be trying to remain undefeated in...
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Police investigate shots fired in city's west end
The Ottawa police are investigating shots fired in the west end early Friday morning. Investigators say at approximately 2 a.m. they received a 911 call from someone who heard gunshots in the 500 block...
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Archbishop: Church must do better, help to heal
The city’s archbishop vows that “we will do better” in tackling sexual abuse in the church. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast makes the comment in a column in the Ottawa Sun, in the wake of a Postmedia...
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Ballpark figure: Miles Wolff brings sparkle to Ottawa's baseball diamond
There’s a wince-y kind of look that Miles Wolff seems to have developed after his decades as the de facto boss of “indie” baseball in North America. Take, for example, when he described how things are...
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Capital celebrates 'summer' with tulips, midway and endless sunshine
Summer unofficially arrived in Ottawa this long weekend with endless sunshine for family fun, the annual tulip traffic tie-ups and pints on packed patios. Late-season tulips were in full bloom with...
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Real estate: Five Golden Triangle homes on the market
Its very name alludes to luxury, conjuring a certain mystique, while its central location is a dream for home buyers who long for prime downtown Ottawa living: The Golden Triangle. A sub-neighbourhood...
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Young chef Emmanuelle Leftick to stage a star-studded pop-up at DiVino Wine...
Emmanuelle Leftick has one of the most stellar resumés of a young chef who left Ottawa to train and work in celebrated kitchens abroad. The 28-year-old has cooked at the French Laundry in Napa Valley,...
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"If you can dream it, you should begin it," says Latin singer Amanda Martinez
Amanda Martinez took a detour on her way to becoming a Latin singer/songwriter with a global reach, spending years in the financial sector after getting her International MBA. But as the Torontonian,...
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Off-duty paramedic saves man after crash early Tuesday
An off-duty paramedic on his way to work is credited with saving the life of a crash victim in the east end early Tuesday morning. Emergency responders who rushed to the scene on Montreal Road near...
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Out at the Speedway: 30 years of The Hip in the Capital
The news hit the nation like a gut punch. Canadians awoke Tuesday morning to word of the devastating diagnosis — Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie suffering from terminal brain cancer — with...
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Glamping! Glamping! Glamping! Ottawa Valley's first 'glamping' resort opens
Standing next to a shore lined with stand-up paddle boards, Chantelle Cartman reminisces about her time when she visited the property once known as the famed adventure park Storyland. On Tuesday...
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Updated: Couple devastated after dogs die in Greely fire
An intense, half-million-dollar fire in Greely Tuesday left nothing of a couple’s home but rubble piled in the foundation and a charred car in the driveway. But the first thoughts of Cynthia Schoppmann...
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Antiques: Flea market find could fetch a fortune
Q I collect and restore vintage radios, and this Addison Courthouse is one of my favourite models. I found my first one in 1976 at an antiques flea market for $20. I’d like to know more about it, along...
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