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A rainbow of identities
Capital Pride launches its 10-day festival celebrating Ottawa’s pride community and culture Friday. On Sunday, Aug. 24 the biggest-ever Capital Pride Parade begins at 1 p.m. and works its way from...
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Party or protest? For Ottawa's Capital Pride, it's both
“It’s deeply political. Anybody who says it’s just a party would be wrong. But it’s also a hell of a good party,” says Ian Capstick, an active member of Ottawa’s pride community. “We’re gay. We’re...
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Would these Ottawa towers qualify as a 'landmark'?
A proposed pair of 27-storey Centretown condominium towers should be refused because the development wouldn’t qualify as a landmark, according to city planners. The application from developer...
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King: War Amps safety icon, Astar the robot turns 30
For 30 years, the memory of an androgynous golden robot who lost an arm each Saturday morning has been ingrained in my mind. The robot’s name was Astar, an impish golden acrobat from the Planet Danger....
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Police seek help in finding man suspected in two bank holdups
Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking down a suspect believed to be responsible for two robberies in which verbal threats were used. On Tuesday, a man wearing a construction hard hat,...
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SUV slams into home on Ancaster Avenue
A white, Ford Escape slammed into a home on Ancaster Avenue on Friday, trapping two people inside the SUV after one of the walls of the garage collapsed. Ottawa Fire said they received a call about the...
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Capstick: Pride's progress and potential
Thousands and thousands of women and men wanted to march in the first ever gay rights rally in Ottawa. Only 200 brave Canadians could join “We Demand” Protest that day. For most lesbians and gays,...
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Eight reasons Ottawa should be officially bilingual
The Mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson, is having trouble thinking like a Canadian. Instead of recognizing that he is the mayor of the Capital of Canada, his thinking remains stuck in his little municipal...
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Man charged after loaded gun seized near Rideau St.
A man faces multiple charges after an altercation near Rideau Street led to the discovery of a loaded hand gun in his possession early Saturday morning. Ottawa Police Services were called to a...
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Reevely: Official bilingualism for Ottawa is off the table
The idea of declaring Ottawa an officially bilingual city in a provincial law has no support among the politicians who’d need to back it to make it happen. It comes up every few years. The latest...
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What to do: beer fest, Lansdowne Park opening and art shows
Friday, Aug. 15 Capital Pride in the Capital begins 10 days of varied rainbow events, staring with Nature Nocturne Pride, 8 p.m. to midnight at the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St. ($25) and...
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Photos: Senior Men's Canadian Rugby Championship
The Ontario Blues play the Atlantic Rock in senior men’s Canadian Rugby Championship action at Twin Elms Rugby Park in Nepean on August 16, 2014. This is the first time ever a senior men’s Canadian...
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Vandals break into Trudeau home while family asleep
Police are investigating a break-in at the Rockcliffe Park home of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. “Early this morning, the Trudeau family discovered that their family home had been broken into. Ms....
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Warm welcome for revamped Lansdowne despite weather
Five years ago – Sept 28, 2009 to be exact – several hundred angry Glebe residents gathered in the Civic Centre basement and gave a communal and resentful “thumbs down” at plans to redevelop Lansdowne...
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Gunshots wake residents near Hunt Club Road
The sound of several gunshots startled neighbours in a garden home co-op early Sunday morning near Hunt Club Road. “I was sitting outside my door having a smoke and I heard the shots,’ said Kevin...
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Man caught after robbing store with knife
A 35-year-old Ottawa man is in custody after a convenience store was robbed in Gatineau on Saturday morning. A man entered the Quickie store at 487 Taché Blvd. at 9:32 a.m. and brandished a knife at...
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Plan detours for Airport Parkway bridge starting Monday
More construction will start at the pedestrian cycling bridge on the Airport Parkway on Monday, creating road closures. Two sections of the parkway will be affected at different times on Monday and...
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One lane closed on Greenbank Rd after crash
One lane is closed southbound on Greenbank Road near Fallowfield Road after a collision Sunday evening. Ottawa police say at least two vehicles were involved in the crash and that drivers should avoid...
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Ottawa man in hospital after beating in Gatineau
An 18-year-old Ottawa man is in hospital while another 18-year-old, also from Ottawa, is being detained by Gatineau police after a severe beating early Sunday. Police say they received a call at 3 a.m....
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Intruder leaves a threatening note on a line of butcher knives in Trudeau home
Police continue to hunt an intruder who broke into Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s Ottawa home and left a threatening note on a line of butcher knives while Trudeau’s wife and children slept upstairs....
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