FIFA to inspect Ottawa stadium with lawsuit looming
The Associated Press FIFA will send a delegation to Ottawa to inspect TD Place stadium on Tuesday amid the threat of a lawsuit from a lawyer representing a group of some of the world’s top women’s...
View ArticleRedblacks score rare home touchdown, but losing ways continue
Alouettes 15, Redblacks 7 A football team that has lost 11 games will have lost them in various ways. This was a new one even for the Ottawa Redblacks. The Redblacks failed five times — FIVE!!! — to...
View ArticleGarden Calendar: from Sept. 27 to October 4
Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants with Amber Westfall, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to noon, Just Food Farm, 2389 Pepin Crt. $10, three workshops for $20. justfood.ca Plant and Planter sale, Beyond the Edge:...
View ArticleNAC, union reach tentative contract deal
Unionized National Arts Centre workers, including maintenance, cleaning, security and parking services, are expected to vote Monday on a tentative contract agreement reached with the centre late Friday...
View ArticleEpic Walk raises $330,000 for local cancer care
More than 200 people strapped on their favourite walking shoes Saturday to trek 28 kilometres in fine late-summery weather to raise $330,000 in the second annual Epic Walk for local cancer care. The...
View ArticleFound: Locally made chocolate bars with fine European flair
What: Fine chocolate by Ludwig What: Exceptional chocolate bars handmade by Ludwig Ratzinger, a fourth-generation pastry chef from Bavaria who worked at the Château Laurier for eight years but now...
View ArticleCyclist hit by car in Market
A cyclist in his 20s was treated for minor injuries after being struck by vehicle in downtown Ottawa on Saturday night. Ottawa police say a man on a bicycle was hit by a car near George and Rideau...
View ArticleOne arrested, one in hospital after downtown stabbing
One person was in police custody and another in hospital after a stabbing Saturday evening in the ByWard Market. The Ottawa Paramedic Service said it responded to the area of St. Patrick Street between...
View ArticleOttawa Votes: Continuing LRT top priority for Watson
Completing the first phase of light rail transit on time and on budget, as well as starting on the second phase, will be Jim Watson’s top priority if he’s re-elected as mayor. Along with his...
View ArticleLetter: Candidates, keep every promise
Re: Ottawa’s silliest campaign promise, Sept. 25. While I agree that candidates’ pledges to only serve two terms may be silly, they are nonetheless promises that must be kept. When a councillor...
View ArticleReno rescue show: Get your cottage reno on the right track
This might just be your chance to get that unfinished and crumbling cottage upgrade you need. A new reality TV series with the working title Reno Rescue is looking for Ontario cottagers within a three...
View ArticleFuzzy on election date, Bernard Couchman wants mayor's job
He has yet to show up for any debates, doesn’t know how much the city’s annual budget is and appears to be unclear about when the election actually is — but that’s not stopping Bernard Couchman from...
View ArticleCity Hall Blog: What about those green roofs?
At least one council candidate has suggested Ottawa adopt a green roof policy. That might sound familiar and not just because the idea is based on Toronto’s bylaw that requires green roofs, which have...
View ArticleUpdate: Moodie Drive-417 ramp, roads reopen after two-car crash
Ottawa police closed roads and Queensway off-ramp after a serious two-vehicle crash that injured three people at the intersection of Moodie Drive and Corkstown Road on Monday evening. Ottawa Fire...
View ArticleWhat they got in Morgan's Grant
Location: 106 Muskego Cr. Features: 3,200-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached home in desirable Kanata neighbourhood. Spiral staircase, two ensuite baths, double-sided fireplace, family...
View ArticleChianello: Maguire's transit platform won't carry him to office
Mike Maguire insists he’s running to be the next mayor of Ottawa. And some of his platform will no doubt appeal to some voters: bring back weekly garbage pickup, aim for a zero per cent property tax...
View ArticleShow rejected by National Gallery opens big in Winnipeg
An exhibition from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery that was controversially rejected by the National Gallery of Canada has opened to record numbers in Winnipeg. The exhibition, Masterworks of the...
View ArticleStarnes: Women's World Cup to be played on artificial turf, FIFA says
Next summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup will be played on artificial turf , despite threats of legal action by a group of top international players. FIFA will not order the replacement of turf with grass...
View Article$70-million research building opens at U of O
Deep below the hustle and bustle of King Edward Avenue, a photon is stirring. Technically, photons — elementary particles of light — are stirring everywhere, but in the basement labs of the brand-new...
View ArticleBagnall: Crown says the bid-rigging started with Paxis
It’s late afternoon on Tuesday in Courtroom 36 and we are so deep into procurement 46E29-069331 I fear there may be no getting out. It is, of course, a central feature of the Crown’s bid-rigging case...
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