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OPP urges public to back off 'unverified' info in Perth homicide case

Fri, 2024-11-01 08:25
Ontario Provincial Police are urging the public to avoid spreading "unverified information" in the case of the killing of a 15-year-old Perth boy on Oct. 25. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Dying Ontario patients caught in home care supply shortage

Fri, 2024-11-01 08:18
Lise Lacroix was nearing the end of her life in late September when an ongoing cough worsened and she began struggling to breathe. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

In the home: Living large

Fri, 2024-11-01 06:58
Categories: Canadian News

Adam: Doug Ford is outsourcing his family doctor problem

Fri, 2024-11-01 03:00
In recent weeks, the Ontario government has made a series of headline-grabbing announcements on fixing the primary-care crisis, but the question remains whether these will make a real difference, or are mere window-dressing for election purposes. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Pellerin: If Ottawa must force us to drive downtown, at least make it possible to park

Fri, 2024-11-01 02:00
Spare a thought for the poor columnist trying to park their car in this city. Read More
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Will there be skating on the Rideau Canal this year? Definitely … probably

Fri, 2024-11-01 00:00
The National Capital Commission is installing its skating huts along the Rideau Canal Skateway. But will anyone get to use them? Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Kot: Doug Ford's $3-billion tax rebate should have gone to education

Fri, 2024-11-01 00:00
What difference will Premier Doug Ford’s $200 cheque make to me or to most Ontarians? While it will help to buy a few bags of groceries, there will be no long-lasting effects for the betterment of our society. Read More
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Ottawa Legion headquarters up for $3M sale ahead of Remembrance Day

Fri, 2024-11-01 00:00
The downtown Ottawa headquarters of the Montgomery Legion, where veterans have gathered for support, meals, and camaraderie for over half a century, is now on the market. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Trillium Line service opening still weeks away, transit GM says

Thu, 2024-10-31 13:48
Testing of the Trillium Line LRT has been successfully completed, but the opening of the north-south train service is still weeks away, City of Ottawa Transit General Manager Renée Amilcar says. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Ottawa police seeking to ID individuals, vehicles for investigations of homicide and other shootings

Thu, 2024-10-31 13:35
The Ottawa Police Service has issued a series of photos and requested public assistance in identifying two "persons of interest" in the investigation of a handful of criminal incidents that are believed to be linked. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Public service pensioners fear looming Canada Life switchover for dental plan

Thu, 2024-10-31 13:18
Canada Life says it has learned lessons from the disastrous transition of the government's health care plan for public servants. But as the insurer is set to overtake the administration of the government’s dental plan for retired public servants on Friday, some included in its coverage are not confident it will go so smoothly. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

ONE-ON-ONE: Ottawa Senators GM Steve Staios reflects on one full year in charge

Thu, 2024-10-31 12:29
As the calendar turns to November for the Ottawa Senators, it was exactly a year ago that Steve Staios, the club's president of hockey operations, added interim general manager to his title at a hastily called news conference at the Canadian Tire Centre. Read More
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uOttawa profs' union to hold strike vote set if conciliation fails next week

Thu, 2024-10-31 11:42
The union that represents University of Ottawa's full-time professors and librarians has set dates for a strike vote if conciliation next week is unsuccessful. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Ottawa firefighters reunite with rescued babies for annual calendar

Thu, 2024-10-31 10:49
Ottawa firefighters are dropping the time-honoured tradition of featuring buff firefighters posing half-dressed on fund-raising calendars. Read More
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SPLITTING UPRIGHTS: Lewis Ward gives Ottawa Redblacks confidence when the game is on the line

Thu, 2024-10-31 10:46
In the eyes of Redblacks head coach Bob Dyce, Lewis Ward is money. Read More
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Man sentenced to six years in prison for border fraud, sexual assault

Thu, 2024-10-31 09:32
Ottawa police and the Canada Border Services Agency say a man has been sentenced to six years in prison following a joint investigation into immigration and citizenship fraud and sexual assault. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

LRT emergency exercise planned for Saturday in Ottawa's east end

Thu, 2024-10-31 09:24
People in Ottawa's east end will see a lot of red flashing lights along the Confederation Line on Saturday as the city practises responding to an emergency on the LRT Line 1 east extension. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Sick days skyrocketed as Treasury Board employees returned to the office

Thu, 2024-10-31 07:30
The number of sick days employees working for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat took during the month of September skyrocketed as the department urged public servants to make their way back to their offices at least three days a week. Read More
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