Ottawa Citizen

Approximately 13 months ago, senior staff and trustees at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board held a retreat at which the Elementary Program Review (EPR) was introduced to us. A young Indigenous woman who spoke to us asked, “Ten years from now, what will you say to children if the same disparities that we’ve identified continue to exist?” We talked at length about lack of access to French immersion programs, and four schools in the Alta Vista area of my zone (Arch Street Public School, Hawthorne Public School, Charles Hulse Public School and Featherston Public School) were used as an example of systemic inequality in the OCDSB. Read More

In one of his final columns for Ottawa Life magazine, Ryan Lythall wrote about his decision to get another tattoo. Read More

The Ottawa Hospital has apologized to a researcher and physician after an independent investigation confirmed she had been the victim of a campaign of bullying and harassment by two male physicians as well as sexual harassment by one of them. Read More

The air force general who recommended Canada buy the F-35 fighter jet now says the purchase should no longer go forward as planned because the U.S. has become so untrustworthy. Read More

The public may want lower taxes but the politicians should remember that the public also doesn't want services cut.  Parents howled recently when the OCDSB, in an attempt to address a $20-million deficit, considered cutting 150 jobs as it recommends significant changes to elementary programs. Read More

Multiple firefighters received minor injuries while battling a blaze on Fernbank Road in the Stittsville neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon, Ottawa Fire Services said. Read More

Angela Joya is unsure if she will still be employed in the coming months. She has two young kids at home and a fresh mortgage that began only three years ago. Read More

A playoff push has paid off for the Ottawa Senators. Read More

Environment Canada is warning of a "potent" ice storm hitting eastern Ontario and the Outaouais this weekend. Read More

Residents of Osgoode ward will go to the polls on June 16 to elect a new city councillor. Read More

Ottawa city council unanimously approved a motion to buy a 223-acre parcel of waterfront land for conservation purposes, but was divided on whether to sell a portion of the land for private development. Read More

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