Ottawa

• Vancouver man charged with murder in 1996 Ontario cold-case killing

  Lawrence Diehl, 73, is accused of fatally stabbing 22-year-old Christopher Smith on the Portage Bridge connecting Ottawa and Gatineau in 1996.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
  
• Suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning in Ottawa leaves 10 people hospitalized

  Ottawa police say 10 people are in hospital and one of them is suffering from life-threatening injuries after a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning case.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2024
  
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• Overheated immigration system needed ‘discipline’ infusion: minister

  An "overheated" immigration system admits record numbers of newcomers has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on its benefits, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said.

  Politics

  Dec 21, 2024
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• Ottawa’s ‘night mayor’ wants to transform quiet capital into after-dark destination

  Canada's capital has long held a reputation as a town that fun forgot. Mathieu Grondin wants to be the one to change that for good.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2024
• Ontario colleges warn that work permit changes will stunt $10-a-day child-care program

  New federal rules would prevent international students who graduate from early childhood education programs from applying for a work permit in Canada, knee-capping the $10-a-day

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2024
• A 16-year-old charged with murdering teenager in Perth, Ont.: OPP

  The accused, a minor, remains in custody with a virtual bail hearing scheduled for today, police said.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2024
• Ironman Canada race moving from Penticton to Ottawa

  The move will take place after the South Okanagan community hosts what could be its last Ironman triathlon next month, Aug. 25, 2024.

  Sports

  Jul 9, 2024
• Nova Scotia municipalities urged to get creative to find new revenue streams: report

  That idea for new money is in a new report calling for a reconsideration of how Nova Scotia’s villages, towns and cities deal with a range of issues.

  Politics

  Jul 3, 2024
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• Why Algonquin Grand Chief Constant Pinesi’s route is being retraced from Oka to Ottawa

  Seventeen people embarked unto canoes in Oka, west of Montreal, and took to the Ottawa River for a voyage they describe as bringing to light another chapter of Indigenous history.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2024
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• Former Ottawa deputy police chief charged with sexual assault: SIU

  Ontario’s police watchdog says the former deputy chief of the Ottawa police force has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago.

  Crime

  Jun 25, 2024