Ottawa Citizen

The 5,000 jobs expected to be lost to attrition in the federal public service over the next four years is nothing compared to the number of staff the government will need to hire to meet its commitments, experts say. Read More

The shift in production builder floor plans that we began to see a few years ago has solidified into a trend: Ottawa’s home builders are making it easier to appeal to buyers who want a flexible home. Read More

Jimmy Wise, a burly, lantern-jawed mechanic whose name once sowed fear across the Ottawa Valley, died last week at Montfort Hospital. Read More

Ottawa will look to the City of Hamilton for guidance as it contemplates whether an anti-renoviction bylaw can protect tenants rights and slow the rapid loss of affordable housing in the city. Read More

Provincial police say an investigation into shots fired at a home in Champlain Township near Hawkesbury earlier this month shows the gunfire was intended for another residence. Read More

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My favourite piece of public art in Ottawa is probably The Man With Two Hats, the sculpture in Commissioner’s Park at Dow’s Lake. Depicting a man holding two hats aloft, I was initially drawn to the whimsy of it; it reminded me of something out of a children’s fairy tale. Read More

TORONTO — Ontario will do away with sick note requirements for short absences as part of a larger effort to ease the administrative burden on doctors, the province's health minister said Wednesday. Read More

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Edmonton police have issued an alert that one of the top fugitives on the Bolo Program reward list could be in Ottawa. Read More

The story of Passover, which began Monday night, is freedom. It is the ancient, hoary tale of the flight of the Jews in Egypt, into the desert, after God brought devastation and death upon their captors. Read More

Veteran Ottawa weather watchers are familiar with having a variety of clothing options this time of year to deal with constantly changing conditions. Read More

The provincial government will raise speed limits to 110 km/h on several provincial highways beginning July 12, including about 70 kilometres of Highway 416 from Highway 401 to Ottawa. Read More

An alert bar employee in Chelsea is being credited with advising police that a patron who seemed to be seriously impaired had taken off in her car. Read More

End the 24 Sussex Drive embarrassment Read More

The other morning I was awakened by an alarming noise, and it wasn’t the usual iPhone irritant. Read More

The Canadian military plans to destroy 11,000 of its Second World War-era pistols by the end of this year. Read More

Could an anti-renoviction bylaw help slow the loss of affordable housing in Ottawa? Read More

A Toronto man who is wanted on first degree murder charges in the deaths of two Ottawa brothers is 10th on a list of Canada's most wanted fugitives released Tuesday. Read More