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New Year's Eve shooting pushes city's 2014 total to 49
With only three hours to go before the new year and a fresh start, residents of Elmira Drive heard firearms rather than fireworks. Just past 9 p.m. on Wednesday, “two to three” shots were reported on...
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Photos & video: Freezing swim on New Year's Day
The high was forecast at only -6 C but that did not stop some hardy souls from plunging into a pool of frigid water as part of an annual New Year’s Day tradition in Ottawa. The Sears Great Canadian...
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Winter storm to make for messy travel in Eastern Ontario
A “significant winter storm” is expected to create hazardous travel conditions this weekend, according to a special weather statement issued Thursday evening by Environment Canada. The weather agency...
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Letter: Gallery attendance can rise
Re: Optimism about Gallery’s future, Dec. 19. National Gallery Director Marc Mayer was optimistic that the gallery’s dropping attendance would start to rise one day. His recent letter was in response...
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New Year's Eve Uber ride costs Ottawa woman $184
A $184 Uber ride on New Year’s Eve has a once-loyal customer vowing never to use the ride-sharing service again. Around 2 a.m. on New Year’s, Michelle Matton ordered an Uber car to pick up her three...
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That's the spirit: A toast to hosers everywhere
It is as ubiquitously Canadian as plaid flannel and the catchall phrase “eh,” a sound as instantly recognizable as a loon’s mournful call announcing the end of summer. It conjures nostalgia as...
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Letter: Wartime acceptance
Re: It is such a relief to have come thru’ these past years, Dec. 29. Thank you for the series of Christmas war letters from soldiers overseas in the First World War. My soul was both saddened and...
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Plasco misses 3rd deadline to find financing for waste plant
Plasco Energy has missed another deadline set by the city to prove it has secured the financing it needs to build a waste-to-energy plant in Ottawa by 2016. The company had until Dec. 31 to meet its...
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Notable Ottawa folks share their secret to happiness
What’s the secret to being healthy, happy, and wise? We asked several Ottawans for their views. Amanda Forsyth says her husband and co-musician Pinchas Zukerman is one key element to happiness for her....
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Peter Loewen: The 2015 election season is upon us
There was no starting gun, but the federal election has begun. Between now and October, there will be another budget, a high-profile trial, a summer of touring and glad-handing, and five party leaders...
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The UpBeat: Fifteen honoured with the Order of Ottawa
Canadians, it has been said, are modest to a fault. Hockey games and Canada Day aside, thumping our chests and trumpeting our successes is not something we are known for. In the same vein, Ottawa is...
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Seasonal flu hits Ottawa hard
Flu season is hitting Ottawa with a wallop this year: two local deaths have been attributed to it and 20 area retirement homes and long-term care centres are dealing with ongoing outbreaks. The...
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Ottawa firefighter dies
An Ottawa firefighter died unexpectedly Friday, the city’s fire department has reported. Corey Lockridge, 40, joined the department in May 2003, and at the time of his death was assigned to Station 47...
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Mont Ste. Marie chairlift strands skiers
Dozens of skiers were stranded Saturday when a chairlift at Mont Ste. Marie stopped working. The ski resort, located about an hour north of Ottawa and offering 20 runs, tweeted just before 4 p.m. that...
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Missing 15-year-old girl has been located: police
Ottawa police reported late Saturday night that Tarah Campeau, 15, who had been missing since about 8 p.m. Friday, had been found safe and sound. Campeau had gone missing after last being seen in the...
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Letter: Selective Conservative thrift
Re: John Baird, Ottawa’s other mayor, Dec. 30. John Baird’s claim that the federal government just doesn’t have the money for a new science museum is both pathetic and laughable. They somehow found...
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Tobi Nussbaum: What I learned knocking on Ottawa's doors
The naked man opened his door partway to tell me that he was sorry he couldn’t speak but that he had no clothes on. I immediately threw up my hands to indicate my full appreciation for his predicament...
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Agnes Cadieux: Stop whining and enjoy winter
Now that the holidays are over, it won’t be long before the city plunges into the depths of the winter blahs. The gyms eventually thin out as drunken resolutions of a “healthier me” start to go by the...
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Old Man Winter here for a week-long visit
Ottawa’s first winter storm of the year brought icy roads, vehicle collisions and spinouts, delayed and cancelled airline flights, and aches and pains from shovelling and scraping as about 18...
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Police search for suspect in knife attack
Ottawa police are looking for a man who stabbed another man outside a sports bar early Sunday morning. The knife attack occurred at around 2 a.m. at Amigo’s Sports Bar on Merivale Road, near Carling...
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