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Interactive map helps explain the mysteries of Ottawa's proposed zoning changes

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:37
Confused by corridors? Puzzled by parking? Do you mix up your Mainstreet Zone 1s with your Mainstreet Zone 2s? Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Former OCDSB education assistant faces dozens of new sex assault charges involving teenage boys

Fri, 2024-05-31 08:58
A 32-year-old former educational assistant at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board faces a long list of new charges involving 14 new alleged victims, Ottawa police said Friday. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

'Kicked out of Chinatown': The backstory of Ottawa's two competing Asian night markets

Fri, 2024-05-31 08:30
How nervous was Simon Huang when he staged Ottawa Asian Fest Night Market at Tanger Outlets Ottawa almost a year ago? Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Cohen: Finally, the law catches up with Donald Trump

Fri, 2024-05-31 08:19
Of course he would say the trial was “rigged." Of course he would say the judge was “conflicted." Of course he would say the prosecutor was “corrupt." Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Police seek identity of suspect in beating that left victim seriously injured

Fri, 2024-05-31 07:56
Ottawa police are seeking a suspect in connection with an assault in the Vanier Parkway area that left a victim with "serious injuries." Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Kirk: Self-driving cars will be safer than humans — but not perfect

Fri, 2024-05-31 03:30
"Self-driving vehicles should be expected to achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or higher than, a careful and competent human driver." This definition is taken from a new Automated Vehicle Bill in the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on May 20. The AV Bill was based on four years of study and 350 consultation sessions. It is very comprehensive and identifies new legal entities responsible for the safety of self-driving systems, and it creates a new legal status for a driver who has handed control of a vehicle to a self-driving system. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Pellerin: Beer with me — Doug Ford should have spent that money on housing

Fri, 2024-05-31 03:30
If someone could figure out a way to use beer crates for housing, we might just get this province's government interested in the issue. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Today's letters: Why this public servant won't spend money in downtown Ottawa

Fri, 2024-05-31 03:00
I am one of those "dispensable" cash cows — formerly known as a federal public servant —responsible for shopping downtown. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Deachman: The battle over Plouffe Park may finally be nearing an end

Fri, 2024-05-31 02:30
A parent of a student at Louise-Arbour elementary school said he didn’t have time to speak with me this week, so I didn’t ask him his name. But before hurrying off with his daughter, he described the past 12 months as “a waste of a year.” Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Seniors are leaving this Ottawa hospital in better shape than when they arrived. Here's why that's unusual

Fri, 2024-05-31 01:00
Marion Wright spent three excruciating hours alone on the floor last November after falling in her home. Unable to get up, she slowly dragged herself to her desk, but couldn't reach her phone to call for help. She gave up after several painful attempts. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

SHOW TIME: New QB, new offence unveiled Friday at TD Place as Redblacks host Cup champs

Thu, 2024-05-30 15:52
In case you have lost count, the Redblacks have gone through 10 starting quarterbacks over the four painful seasons since Trevor Harris led them to the 2018 Grey Cup game. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Ottawa fire captain denies he told non-binary firefighter not to report alleged assault

Thu, 2024-05-30 15:10
The fire captain accused of covering up an alleged assault at a Barrhaven fire station denies a rookie non-binary firefighter ever asked for medical attention following the altercation on Sept. 14, 2022, and he never discouraged them from reporting the incident. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Public servants being moved from downtown building due to 'safety concerns'

Thu, 2024-05-30 13:37
Amid the government’s push to bring workers back to the office three days a week, some public servants working for the Department of National Defence (DND) are being moved out of their downtown office due to "ongoing safety concerns" of working in the Cumberland and Rideau Street area. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Devcore unveils plans for innovative tiny homes community in Gatineau

Thu, 2024-05-30 13:27
A Gatineau developer has unveiled plans for a $5-million community of tiny homes, built out of shipping containers, to address the city’s homelessness crisis. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Critics call new breast cancer screening guidelines out of date and 'dangerous to Canadians'

Thu, 2024-05-30 13:13
Organizations representing breast cancer patients, experts and others were quick to respond Thursday to long-awaited new guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care recommending against routine screening at age 40. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Now is the time to build domestic vaccine capacity amid avian flu concerns: drug developers

Thu, 2024-05-30 12:21
When the United States Department of Agriculture posted hundreds of genetic sequences from the expanding H5N1 avian flu outbreak in April, Michael Worobey, a Canadian evolutionary biologist based at the University of Arizona, pulled an all-nighter. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

MacDougall: Jagmeet Singh needs to get NDP's house in order before bringing down Trudeau

Thu, 2024-05-30 12:14
Every once in a while, this corner likes to check in on Jagmeet Singh and his merry band of NDPers to search for signs of life. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

Mike Yeo a frontrunner for Senators' post on Travis Green's staff

Thu, 2024-05-30 11:47
Travis Green is poised to bring in experience for his coaching staff. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

THE SIX PACK: Moves the Ottawa Senators could make by July 1

Thu, 2024-05-30 10:37
Soon, the Ottawa Senators will begin a necessary roster makeover. Read More
Categories: Canadian News

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