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Family mourns 10-year-old girl killed in La Pêche
The family of a 10-year-old girl killed by a falling tree in La Pêche, Que., on Saturday says they simply don’t know what to do without her. Taylor Kelly’s mother, Wendy Mason-Kelly, said in a brief...
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Royal Tour comes to capital in November
Pomp, circumstance and the pageantry of a travelling princess will distract the capital in November, for the just-announced Royal Tour. Queen Elizabeth’s daughter, Princess Anne, will fly into Ottawa...
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Big Beat: 5 rock shows announced for Ottawa clubs
Supersuckers and the “indie rock supergroup” featuring Hawksley Workman are among the shows announced for Ottawa clubs Tuesday. Twenty-six years after their inception, Supersuckers — the mercurial band...
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Police investigate city's 30th shooting of the year
Ottawa police are investigating the city’s 30th shooting of the year — the same number as from all of 2013 — after a woman had shots fired at her in a backyard in the Alta Vista neighbourhood Monday...
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Tickets to Women's World Cup go on sale Wednesday
Sophie Schmidt played her first match for Canada’s national team when she was 16 and has since become an integral part of the squad at the Olympic Games and Women’s World Cups. Over the past 10 years,...
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Cocaine dealer lured by undercover police gets six years prison
Police dubbed it Project Anarchy — an intense 18-month Ottawa-based undercover operation that netted 24 kilograms of cocaine, 10 vehicles, guns, a house and tens of thousands of dollars in cash....
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Highway 174 sinkhole driver sues city for $550,000 in damages
The driver whose car plunged and almost disappeared down a large sinkhole in Orléans two years ago is suing the city for $550,000 damages. Juan Pedro Unger, his wife, Jennifer, and their young daughter...
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Op-Ed: How universities can fix frosh week
It seems the frosh-week scandal is becoming an annual tradition in Canada. Last year, we had the bizarre, despicable chants that bragged about sex with “no consent.” The 2014 rendition has seen an...
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Protesters defy Gatineau mayor's request to vacate archeological site
Native protesters vow they’ll remain at their month-old Gatineau camp out on the site of the discovery of artifacts more than 3,000 years old, despite warnings from Gatineau’s mayor that the city might...
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Commission will be asked to hop on the O-Train name
London calls it the “Underground,” Montreal calls it the “Métro” and Vancouver calls it the “SkyTrain.” Now Ottawa may soon adopt the name O-Train for its entire inner-city rail network. O-Train was...
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Ottawa's first public piano headed to Sparks Street
Ottawa piano aficionados are being called to Sparks Street to sit down at Ottawa’s first public piano next week. “The arts is a wonderful thing, not always readily available for people to play,” said...
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Nicol Foundation kicks off Sprott School building drive with $10M donation
Carleton University alumnus and prominent Ottawa builder Wes Nicol and his wife, Mary, have kicked off a campaign to fund a new building for the university’s Sprott School of Business with a...
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Police seek 'person of interest' in alleged 'granny scam'
Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help with a man involved in a “Granny Scam” last month. On Aug. 7, the suspect drove an elderly man to a bank to take out money. Earlier, the elderly man...
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The development charge debate
On Oct. 1, Ottawa home builders, who are already battling a sluggish housing market, face a significant jump in municipal development charges. Those charges, paid per residential unit, help cover the...
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Why Ottawa home prices will continue to rise
It seems like home prices keep going higher. While this may be good news for investors, it reduces the quality of life for anyone who has to put more money toward mortgage payments and makes it...
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Nominations close Friday for Oct. 27 municipal election
The clock is ticking for people interested in running for mayor, city councillor or school board trustee. The municipal election nomination deadline is Friday at 2 p.m. A person is entitled to run if...
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Harper's former aide Bruce Carson to stand trial next year
Bruce Carson, a former senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, will stand trial on influence peddling charges beginning Sept. 8 next year. The charge against Carson, 68, relate to illegal...
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Taxi app Uber hails Ottawa as possible expansion site
One of the world’s most disruptive startup companies is eyeing Ottawa, with plans to completely upend the taxi-cab industry of the nation’s capital. The company, Uber, is already operating in more than...
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Shining a light on Ottawa's prettiest features
The National Capital Commission is moving ahead with plans to show some of Ottawa’s buildings in a better light in time for Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017. CEO Mark Kristmanson said Thursday the...
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Kelly Dunlap uses antique hat blocks and old-world techniques
Kelly Dunlap started her career in theatre in England, so it’s no surprise, really, that she’s now a professional milliner. Known as The Saucy Milliner, Dunlap, who has a passion for juggling and...
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