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Couple sues fire department over second barn fire
A couple who had two barn fires on their farm in less than 24 hours has filed a lawsuit against Ottawa Fire Services, claiming crews breached a duty to make sure the first fire was fully extinguished...
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Soccer coach charged with sexually assaulting young girl
A 24-year-old man who coached soccer on Ottawa’s east side has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl twice last month. Ottawa police said Tuesday that its sexual assault and child abuse section...
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TD Place to have proper recycling by next Redblacks game, OSEG promises
The spanking new stadium at Lansdowne Park will have proper recycling bins for plastic and cans by the next Redblacks game on Aug. 15, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group says. The City of Ottawa...
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SkyHawks owner may take league to court over expulsion of team
All options are on the table for Bytown Sports & Entertainment Inc. as it considers how to respond to the expulsion of the Ottawa SkyHawks from the 2014-15 National Basketball League season. Gus...
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Jim Watson disagrees with tourists''car culture' rap
Mayor Jim Watson says he disagrees with a pair of European tourists who wrote a letter to him and other politicians decrying what they say is a “car culture” in Ottawa and other Canadian cities. “While...
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Bail hearings set for OC Transpo drivers accused in Jagtar Gill slaying
The husband of Jagtar Gill and a female co-worker charged with first-degree murder in her slaying will have bail hearings. OC Transpo bus drivers Bhupinderpal Gill and Gurpreet Ronald appeared...
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Man, 57, dead after pickup truck hits tree
A 57-year-old man is dead after a pickup truck struck a tree in the Richmond Road and Fallowfield Road area Tuesday evening, according to the Ottawa Paramedic Service. Paramedics said they received a...
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Burris aims to get his ducks in a row
Henry Burris accepts his share of the blame for the Ottawa Redblacks first quarter meltdown Saturday against Saskatchewan. He threw a pair of interceptions and TSN commentators were quick to point out...
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Letter: Tourists were right
Re: Tourists lament 'oceans of car parks' in Canada, Aug. 5. I have just been lucky enough to return from a trip to seven Eastern European countries and I must say I completely agree with our European...
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Letter: Tourists were impolite
When I have visited other countries I have not been in the habit of taking any negative impressions and writing them for public consumption in the local press, nor badgering my hosts to make their...
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Man transported to hospital after being stabbed
A man was taken to hospital Wednesday after he was stabbed, according to Ottawa Paramedic Services. Paramedics said they were called to a highrise at 415 MacLaren St., in the Bank Street and Somerset...
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Adami: Ottawa woman says police let her drive damaged car
Is a crashed car roadworthy if the driver’s door and window no longer open, and the signal and warning lights don’t work? Hardly. But it appears there is at least one Ottawa police officer — maybe two...
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Getting an Ottawa restaurant licence could get easier
Opening a restaurant in Ottawa could soon involve less paperwork. The city is looking for a team to develop a system of online forms for permits and licences needed for a food establishment in Ottawa,...
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Thanks but no thanks, Ottawa bar tells magazine survey
For most restaurants, the publicity would have been a gift on a silver platter. But for Ottawa’s hipster Union Local 613 eatery, a nomination in a magazine’s search for “Canada’s top bar” was about as...
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Lansdowne shuttle drivers face flashlight protest on Lakeside Avenue
Opposition to the city’s contentious plan to send shuttle buses to football games down a quiet residential street might have been expressed in a new way last weekend: with a flashlight beam. Phil...
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What would happen if Ebola was found in Ottawa? There's a plan
As the worst Ebola outbreak in history burns in West Africa, health authorities in Ontario have been quietly preparing for a case here. In May, Ottawa’s public-health unit mentioned Ebola in a regular...
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Editorial: Another reason to support supervised injection sites
To those still unmoved by the proven harm-reduction benefits of supervised drug injection sites, perhaps the conclusion of a new study published in the journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and...
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Ottawa man charged for three knife thefts
A 25-year-old Ottawa man has been charged in three separate robberies at the same gas station, all while armed with a knife. Adam Meathrell faces three charges for three thefts in the span of six days....
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Queen Street LRT station needs a rethink, city's experts say
An overly grand design for the light-rail station that’s to serve Parliament Hill risks crowding neighbouring buildings and the space in front of it on Queen Street, the city’s own panel of design...
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Landlord fined $75,000 for fire violations
A company that owns high-rise apartment rental units has been fined $75,000 for multiple Fire Code violations after a 2013 fire led to an investigation into its properties. Saickley Enterprises Ltd....
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