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Jays step up to plate with $210,000 Field of Dreams donation
An 11-year boy is closer to playing in the big leagues after a $210,000 bottom-of-the-ninth donation by the Toronto Blue Jays’ charitable arm brought Ottawa’s Miracle League within hailing distance of...
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Egan: Just say Non — Official bilingualism carries feds' baggage
On Sept. 9, Canada’s Official Languages Act turns 45. Expect no candles, no cake: 1969 is a foreign country, never to be visited again. The idea of an officially bilingual city of Ottawa is an idea...
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Moneo: Could a no-tip eatery work in Ottawa?
A transplanted Californian who opened what was reportedly Canada’s first no-tipping, full-service restaurant has had to eat his words. After less than three months, David Jones admits that customers...
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Driving instructor charged with sex assault on teenaged student
An Ottawa driving instructor has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation on the complaint of a teenaged student. Marc-André Rouleau, 48, was charged Thursday by the Ottawa police...
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Police to STEP up school bus, seatbelt, school zone safety in September
Ottawa police will be stepping up their focusing on school bus, school zone safety and wearing your seatbelt in September as part of their Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). Between 2009 and...
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What's open and closed on the Labour Day weekend
Yes, it’s Labour Day weekend already. Here’s a list of what’s open and closed to help you enjoy the last long weekend of summer. Stores: Most stores, malls and groceries stores are closed Monday, with...
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Ottawa police leading development of new online portal for emergency operations
A secure online portal that will let police share and receive real-time information with partner agencies in the National Capital Region should be operational by 2016. Known as the Intersect...
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Man arrested in one of two overnight stabbings
A 22-year-old Ottawa man has been charged in one of two stabbing incidents overnight that sent three men to hospital. At around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, paramedics were called to Armstrong Street and...
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What to do this weekend: Hot air balloon festival and more
Friday, Aug. 29 Ottawa’s first Palestinian Festival, featuring dancing, music, traditional goods and food will be on 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily until Aug. 31 at Marion Dewar Plaza. Free admission....
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Music project about Sgt. Marc Leger reaches fundraising goal
New Canadian music does not always get the funding it needs or, arguably, deserves. So many performers and composers turn to online fundraising campaigns through forums such as Kickstarter. That is the...
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Hillary Clinton speaking in Ottawa Oct. 6
Hillary Clinton is coming to Ottawa. The consensus frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2016 – and perhaps the next president of the United States – will be in Ottawa Oct. 6 for a luncheon...
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Child in Gatineau tested for Ebola virus
A young child from Gatineau who recently returned from Sierra Leone was being tested for the Ebola virus, according to Santé Outaouais. She was being assessed in isolation Friday at a hospital in...
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Police called to FedEx Terminal for reports of suspicious package
Employees at the FedEx terminal at the Ottawa airport were allowed to return to their jobs at about 1 p.m., after being forced out for several hours while the joint Ottawa police-RCMP bomb unit...
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Backrooms of democracy: Ottawa’s municipal election machine in high gear
Less than two months remain before Ottawa voters take democracy’s pens in hand and with them choose a mayor, councillors and trustees — 61 in all — to run this city for the next four years. Lawn signs...
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Woodroffe re-opened after cyclist critically injured
Ottawa Paramedic Service says a 19-year-old male cyclist remains in critical condition after a collision with a car at the intersection of Woodroffe Avenue, Knoxdale Road and Medhurst Drive early...
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Thousands of nervous and excited university students descend on Ottawa
A mass influx of students is hitting Ottawa this Labour Day weekend, most of whom are heading to University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Most of them are 17 or 18 years old. Most of them are...
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Road reopens after investigation near Rockcliffe Park
Normally quiet Rideau Terrace reopened Sunday afternoon after the Ottawa police bomb disposal unit concluded that a suspicious item found in an apartment was inert. Police had been called to the...
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Two suspects sought by police in Carleton Tavern stabbing
Ottawa police are seeking two men after a stabbing last week at the Carleton Tavern on Armstrong Street near Parkdale Avenue. After an argument outside the bar, a 56-year-old man was stabbed in the...
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Man arrested in Sandy Hill with loaded handgun
A 22-year-old man was arrested Sunday evening with a loaded handgun after shots were fired in Sandy Hill. Phillip McGuffie was arrested after a foot chase by the Ottawa Police Service and is facing 15...
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Hundreds march in Labour Day parade
Hundreds of people, representing various unions, marched Monday in Ottawa’s annual Labour Day parade to “fight for the fair and equal treatment of workers.” Under sunny skies, people held banners,...
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