4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1046+ words) The downtown Ottawa park is a tiny urban space that has been closed for more than 80 per cent of the summer. The BIA just changed that. One of my favourite children’s stories is Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant, which tells…...

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…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (97+ words) Ottawa Citizen The Ottawa Fire Services’ water-rescue team was dispatched to Britannia Bay on Sept. 5 after multiple 911 calls reported a person in the river yelling for help. According to the fire service, the calls came in just before 5 p.m., and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1042+ words) Record rainfall this summer has rendered Saunders Farm's fields muddy, yellowing their pumpkin leaves and overwhelming underground drainage systems. Saunders Farm is celebrating its half-century anniversary this year. But it’s a milestone that comes with an unexpected twist, according to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (139+ words) Two paddleboarders — a mother and her 13-year-old daughter — in trouble on the Ottawa River were safely brought back to shore on Saturday, Aug. 29. At about 4:19 p.m., Ottawa Fire Services took a 911 call about two paddleboarders struggling to return to…...

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+ week, 5+ day ago   (946+ words) Bruce Deachman: The King Edward freeway that was never built left Lowertown residents with freeway traffic on their streets. The city should act. This may come as a surprise to anyone not collecting old-age security benefits, but King Edward Avenue…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (156+ words) An area resident reported finding pills scattered in a suspicious manner at Blue Willow Park. The Ottawa Police Service was investigating after loose pills were found in an Orléans park on Saturday morning. In a release later on Aug. 22, police…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) The change is part of Ontario’s expansion of 110 km/h speed limits across the provincial highway network. Justice Karen Perron rules that Ontario Superior Court of Justice has no jurisdiction over the case and that Federal Public Sector Labour Relations…...

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....