5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (104+ words) Lawyer Matt Malone says proposed reforms could make Canada’s access-to-information regime even worse. Alex Lawson says his plan to remove all on-street parking metres is unconventional, but for him, that’s part of the appeal. Drivers were caught for speeding, stunt…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (119+ words) A former executive explains that including older public servants would have been counter to the government’s plan to cut operating budgets. The Canadian government imposed tariffs on about $28 billion worth of American goods on Sept. 8. The downtown Ottawa park is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (150+ words) Most hockey fans likely wouldn’t rank Brady Tkachuk as one of the smarter players in the NHL, but the former Ottawa Senators captain certainly isn’t helping his reputation with this latest flub. The concert originally scheduled for Sept. 4 at the…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (412+ words) Capital Pride takes over downtown Ottawa this weekend, with thousands of people expected for the annual parade, street festival and other Pride events. The street festivities were to begin Friday, Aug. 28, and continue through Sunday, with the Capital Pride Parade…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (121+ words) The 2026 OC Transpo projections come with an anticipated windfall of about $47 million from the expected provincial upload of the city’s LRT system to Metrolinx A series of issues with fare readers on OC Transpo buses meant hundreds of thousands of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (848+ words) Mark Sutcliffe often gets knocked by critics for maintaining a tightly scripted public profile. The blue button-down, a politician’s haircut, the unmodulated delivery of a prepared speech — this is the mayor Ottawa has come to know from Sutcliffe’s campaign-style clips…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (469+ words) Letters to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. Re: The Ottawa Senators have chosen a new slogan. Now they need fans to choose them I had been a Toronto Maple Leafs fan since I was six years…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1739+ words) There were 77 candidates registered to run for council across the city's 24 wards. The nomination period for mayoral and council candidates closed at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21 with two wards where only the incumbent councillor had registered prior to the deadline. River Coun....

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (836+ words) Ottawa Citizen letters to the editor for Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. The new History Ottawa music venue will be a high note for downtown. Music has always been an important part of this city. In earlier times, the Civic Centre, Le Hibou…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) Starting Friday, Aug. 21, Ottawa drivers can go a little faster, with speed limits jumping to 110 km/h on parts of Highways 416 and 417. The change is part of Ontario’s expansion of 110 km/h speed limits across the provincial highway network. The…...