Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Public Health has begun monitoring wastewater for evidence of measles in the city as the highly infectious disease continues to surge throughout Ontario. Read More

The Ottawa Charge's character is about to be put to its biggest test. Read More

Fairouz Cafe on Clarence Street is to close in mid-April so that its owners can open three new food-and-drink businesses in the National Capital Commission-owned space. Read More

Ontario Provincial Police say two guns were seized, as well as about $113,000 worth of suspected illicit drugs and more than $187,000 in cash, following a multi-agency drug trafficking investigation in Ottawa and the surrounding area. Read More

When Robb Hasty is out of town and tells people where he’s from, they often try to correct him. “You mean Ottawa, Canada?” they ask. Read More

Anyone with information about the incident, is asked to contact the robbery section at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116 or by email at Robbery@ottawapolice.ca. Read More

Non-drivers live in all parts of our city. Yet too often, transportation planning assumes that everyone drives. Most people are surprised to learn that 27 per cent of Ottawans do not have a driver's licence. Some have a licence but no longer or rarely use it. It has been rare to consider non-drivers as a collective group. But, that’s exactly the type of broad coalition we believe is necessary to move our city beyond the car-centric status quo. Read More

Read More

Read More

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board claims to champion “community-based schooling.” Yet its proposed Elementary Program Review (EPR) does the opposite: dismantling walkable school communities, especially in urban wards, by forcing students out of their neighbourhoods and into schools far from home. Read More

Re: No report cards, no sports tryouts: Parents make plea for alternative schools, Feb. 28. Read More

Travac Tours hasn’t sold a single seat for any of its U.S. bus tours since Donald Trump announced the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods. Read More

An Ottawa councillor is proposing a speed reduction for a portion of Bank Street on the southern edge of the city — a move that an advocate says will help reduce pedestrian deaths and make it safer for those who choose not to drive. Read More