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Brief standoff ends, Carling Avenue reopened
Ottawa police reopened Carling Avenue in both directions during the evening commute Tuesday, about an hour after a standoff situation in which officers believed a man barricaded inside a home might be...
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Marketplace: Candle holders that create a warm glow
Getting cosy is key in this winter that never ends. The calendar may say spring is just around the corner, but if you’re not feeling it, light a candle or two to add a warm glow to your nesting space,...
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Still time to sample wintry stout beers
With a history as opaque as its pitch-black colour, stout has become a favourite style of beer that people seem to know very little about. It’s long been debated whether stout-style beers, with their...
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Enbridge applies for natural gas rate decrease as spring thaw approaches
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. has applied for a 10-per-cent cut to natural gas rates in Ontario, just as the spring thaw cuts demand for the heating fuel. The company says the cut could mean a savings...
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Ottawa renovation/design companies honoured for outstanding achievements
It took almost a year of work by a one-man Ottawa company, but what started as a dark, bare-bones basement has become a national award-winning, modernized Irish pub-style family room. Hierarchy...
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Howard family takes shot at mixed doubles curling (with video)
Carly Howard paused ever so slightly before answering a question about how much practice her father had during the Brier in Calgary. “I’m going to go with none,” she said eventually. Glenn Howard...
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Security bill's power to break foreign laws gains international attention
The government’s maligned security legislation is gaining international scrutiny, in part for sanctioning Canadian spies to undertake offensive actions in other countries and for empowering Canadian...
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John Baird to quit Commons seat on March 16
Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird is officially resigning his seat in the House of Commons on March 16. Baird made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in less than 140 characters on his Twitter...
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Ottawa's brief fling with spring comes to chilly halt — for now
It was brief, and it was welcome, but after three days of above-freezing temperatures — with the added bonus of sunshine — the nation’s capital was heading back into sub-zero territory Wednesday night,...
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Sutcliffe: The War Museum you can't get to from here
Is the idea that to fully appreciate the Canadian War Museum we must first experience some level of ordeal, some kind of sacrifice? How else to explain why one of the capital’s most appealing and...
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Ottawa man charged with child porn offences after Facebook tip
The Ottawa Police Service internet child exploitation unit has charged an Ottawa man after receiving a tip that he may have been using Facebook to distribute images depicting child pornography. In...
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Ottawa victims of world cyber-stalker face their tormentor
They finally faced their tormentor. For 13 years, Robert James Campbell had been terrorizing them and 35 others around the world in an obsessive online campaign of harassment and hatred, shredding...
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Ottawa hit-and-run killer gets four years in prison, expresses no remorse
Branded in court on Thursday as a killer who lied to cover his tracks, Vlad Precup is going to prison for four years after a judge sentenced him in the 2008 hit-and-run that killed defenceless...
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Holy condos, Batman, Gotham has four new model suites
Condo buyers anxious for a taste of life at Lamb Development’s much-anticipated Gotham — a name that evokes robust images of both New York City and Batman — can do so Saturday when four model suites...
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City takes second look, declares buses, municipal sites 'no-vaping' zones
The City of Ottawa has taken a harder look at its transit bylaw and now says the use of e-cigarettes on city buses and the O-Train is illegal, and that anyone caught “vaping,” as the practice is known,...
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Claustrophobia: a new escape adventure challenge (with video)
The clock starts ticking. You walk into a room surrounded by medical equipment and the remnants of an old laboratory with only your wits and whatever else you can find to help you escape as the door...
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Monarch gets set to close out Stonebridge in Barrhaven
Those busy families enjoying the community gatherings, championship golf course and winding roads of their neighbourhood might find it hard to visualize, but a scant generation or so ago Stonebridge in...
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Beer at the grocery store? Critics pour onto potential Ontario plan
Amid expressions of support, there was also confusion, angry allegations and more questions Friday in response to a report that the province may be moving to loosen the grip of The Beer Store and the...
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Photos: St. Patrick's Day parade in Ottawa
Annual 33rd St. Patrick’s Parade started at Ottawa City Hall on Laurier and finished on Bank St at Lansdowne Park. Annual 33rd St. Patrick’s Parade started at Ottawa City Hall on Laurier and finished...
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Here are a few tips for a safe early St. Paddy's celebration
If you’re looking to chug mugs of green beer this weekend — rather than risk being hung over in mid-week, when St. Patrick’s Day actually comes around — here’s what you need to know about playing it...
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