Ottawa Citizen

Shae Davies was wearing a smile almost as wide as the Rideau Canal Skateway early Saturday, laughing at herself for being a "stereotypical" Canadian. Read More

First responders in Smiths Falls rescued a youth who fell through the ice on the Rideau River on Friday afternoon. Read More

Today, 4 p.m., PPG Paints Arena Read More

A green rake and a red gas can were leaning against the garage and a yellow shovel was lying on the front step of a Pondhollow Way home Saturday morning, where police were investigating Ottawa's first homicide of the year. Read More

Of all the nuts on this planet, a friend somehow managed to choose the one nut I’m allergic to as a Christmas gift: hazelnuts. Fortunately, I found another friend who worships at the altar of hazelnut-chocolate combinations and was thrilled to receive them. Read More

After the PWHL's "takeover tour" generated such tremendous support in Vancouver on Wednesday, the surging Ottawa Charge can't help but peek ahead to their first such date, at Edmonton's Rogers Place on Feb. 16, against the Toronto Sceptres. Read More

The Ottawa Redblacks signed running back William Stanback to a one-year deal on Friday and re-signed defensive lineman Lorenzo Mauldin IV to a one-year extension. Read More

The construction of new drones for the Canadian military has started, but the aircraft won’t be fully operational until 2033, the Department of National Defence has confirmed. Read More

One small step for Linus Ullmark could be one huge step in the right direction for the Ottawa Senators. Read More

A report released Friday by Ottawa's largest school board has recommended extensive changes to elementary programs, including changes to French immersion and phasing out alternative schools and some programs for children with special needs. Read More

The Ottawa Senators took care of some business off the ice on Friday. Read More

Two Ottawa firefighters narrowly escaped injury Friday when a floor collapsed while they were battling a blaze in a bungalow in the city's west end. Read More

To properly evaluate the Ottawa 67's blockbuster deal with the Sudbury Wolves at Friday's OHL trade deadline, consider this: Read More

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a man was injured when the SUV he was driving crashed into a horse-drawn wagon in rural North Algona Wilberforce on Thursday afternoon. Read More

Nurse practitioners and other non-physicians could be able to bill OHIP directly under federal policy changes that represent a sea-change in the delivery of primary care across Canada. Read More

Algonquin College's Perth campus will close in 2026 and programs and job cuts are on the table as the college faces a $32-million loss in revenue this year. Read More

Michael Andlauer has served notice to the National Capital Commission that he wants to get a deal for a new arena at LeBreton Flats across the finish line once and for all. Read More

When Ottawa city Coun. Riley Brockington recently questioned, in a public forum, how the job performance of Transit Services general manager Renée Amilcar is judged, some of his colleagues portrayed the query as a personal attack. But why is it that senior city bureaucrats, charged with providing the services we pay for, can't be critically questioned in a public setting? Read More

If you insist on being technically accurate, no homeless man froze to death in Ottawa this week. The official information released so far indicates he was found at the corner of Cooper and Elgin Streets in cardiac arrest, was brought to the hospital and died there. Read More

Another holiday season has come and gone and already people are obsessing over what to get their loved ones for the next Hallmark Holiday in less than six weeks. Instead, we should all feel empty and disillusioned from this materialistic madness. Read More