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Historic Bell's Corner hotel tapped for heritage designation
The former home of Al’s Steakhouse in Bell’s Corners should be granted a heritage designation, a city committee recommended Thursday. The two-storey stone building located at 1993 Robertson Rd. was...
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Model home tour: In the heart of downtown
Tribeca is not the most original name for a condominium project. It’s borrowed from TriBeCa (Triangle below Canal Street), a Manhattan neighbourhood so cool it has its own film festival. But if the...
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Five years of musical chairs in Ottawa radio
On Wednesday at noon, the radio station known until this week as BOB-FM began broadcasting as New Country 94, a “commercial-free, announcer-free” outlet featuring stars such as Miranda Lambert, Blake...
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Ottawa trendsetters tap into their fashion sense for a good cause
Ottawa fashionistas are clearing their closets to donate clothing to The Collective Closet, a fashion fundraiser, and in turn guests can enjoy a night out while partaking in a shopping extravaganza. On...
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Ottawa fire Chief deHooge announces retirement
Ottawa fire Chief John deHooge is hanging up his helmet. The 58-year-old announced Thursday he will retire at the end of January, a little more than five years after he arrived here to take the top...
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Book events from Nov. 15
SATURDAY, NOV. 15 Ottawa-born author Laurie Fraser will read from her book, The Word Not Spoken, during the Words and Kurds cultural event, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch,...
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The real deal: This Canadian soldier earned his bravery medal
A combat engineer who earned the Governor General’s medal of bravery by crawling into a small culvert in Afghanistan to defuse a bomb has one question for Franck Gervais: Why? “There must be some...
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Rats flee Ottawa's LRT tunnel
Ottawa’s rats are on the move, disturbed by construction of the LRT and other big road and bridge construction projects and now looking for a new home. It could be yours. Ottawa’s pest control...
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Ottawa condo market: tarnished, but not extinguished
Ottawa’s condo market — until recently a glittering star in the housing industry’s sky — is tarnished these days. But it’s not exactly extinguished. While Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)...
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Around Town: Philanthropy Awards Dinner serves up inspiration
A female trailblazer who keeps giving and giving, the little old brick salesman who could and a grocer who sees the value of second chances were among the women and men honoured at the Association of...
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Volunteer Roundup
Practice skills! Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation serves those in need and provides a bridge to government support. They require a French teacher with experience an asset and excellent...
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As winter nears, road construction winds up — mostly
What a coincidence that fat flakes of snow descended Friday on downtown Ottawa just as city officials were briefing the media about road operations and construction for the coming winter. After the...
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Zehaf-Bibeau's library Internet access untraceable
In the days leading up to his shooting rampage, Parliament Hill gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was accessing the Internet in at least two locations, one of which is known to be a hotspot for criminals,...
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Get ready: Snow begins today
Mitts, shovels and snow boots cannot be ignored any longer: snow is forecast for the entire week with up to 10 centimetres possible Monday alone. Environment Canada predicted flurries Sunday morning...
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Jenkins: A brief history of Ottawa
The squad of rookie councillors (seven men and one woman) recently attended boot camp, where they learnt how to get through meetings, the politics of running an office, how the trash gets taken out,...
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The lesson Mark Anderson taught me
We see the future in a rear view mirror. Like a trick shooter at a circus we stumble through life, walking backwards, sometimes slow and cautious, other times rushing, tripping and falling on our...
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LEGO Batman 3 an interstellar smash hit
Score: 4.5 out of 5 Available on: PS3, PS4, PSVita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, 3Ds, iOS, PC Rated: E for everyone over 10 If you created an aggregate that contained humour from the campy,...
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Some area ski resorts to open as early as this weekend
Thanks to a fresh coating of snow across the region, and a little help from high-tech snowmaking apparatus, several area ski resorts are planning to partially open as early as this weekend. Camp...
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Mitel abandons bid for ShoreTel
Mitel Networks has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for California competitor ShoreTel, it announced early Monday morning. In a release sent before the markets opened Monday, Mitel said the refusal...
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Brilliant nudes and portraits at Cube Gallery
Kristy Gordon is such a tremendous painter of portraits that it’s difficult to imagine she continues to improve, but there is the evidence in her new exhibition, Flux, at Cube Gallery (1285 Wellington...
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