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I started this adventure the first week I arrived in Ottawa in 1980. Read More

The unanimous consent provision in Ontario's Bill 9 , the proposed municipal accountability legislation triggered b…

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On June 25, an Ottawa courtroom heard final arguments in the sentencing of Patrick Gordon Macdonald, a 27-year-old gra…

Re: East Ottawa in ‘complete paralysis’ with Stage 2 LRT construction , July 17. Read More

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A high school teacher has been dismissed by the Ottawa-Carleton School Board and was found to have engaged in sexual mi…

Police fear that a 53-year-old man, who jumped into the Ottawa River to save a woman in distress, may have drowned. Re…

Welcome to the Ottawa Citizen’s summer reading file, where we’ll feature new work by a local author once a week. Read …

The 28-year-old driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a late-night single-vehicle collision in P…

The OPP are investigating after a three-year-old child drowned in Long Sault on Saturday evening. Read More

Sean Joe-Ezigbo is not a regular Carleton University student. Read More

A man has been charged in relation to a fatal pick-up truck rollover near Richmond on Friday, police said. Read More

A person is seriously injured after a hit-and-run near Stittsville early Saturday morning. Read More

It’s easy to spill ink on frustrations and inefficiencies. I’m as guilty as the next person. Because we’re hardwired to…

Just off of a roundabout and down the road from the Canadian Tire Centre , Derreen Avenue is the only entrance into a n…

It’s summertime, and the living should be easy. With carefree sensations like a movie about speed or a new, record-brea…

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Maeve Villeneuve-Elson is one of the few people in Ottawa who finds their commute from Stittsville easy. Read More

The drivers of two vehicles were sent to hospital after an early morning head-on collision just south of Westport. Read…

Jeff Leiper made it official this month in the Ottawa Citizen. After three terms on Ottawa’s City Council, the Kitchiss…

A cheery ad popped up on my screen a few days ago: “What’s stopping you from writing your book? Read More

Twenty years after Kevin Gosling became the first living Canadian to anonymously donate part of his liver to a stranger…

Along the western bank of the Rideau Canal, just north of Fifth Avenue, the “fishheads” are gathered. Read More

It was 75 years ago that the prime minister who loved Ottawa most, William Lyon Mackenzie King , passed into history at…

Welcome to the Ottawa Citizen’s summer reading file, where we’ll feature new work by a local author once a week. Read …

Provincial police are investigating the presumed drowning of a 20-year-old Nepean man in a boating incident Saturday ni…

Thinking about paddleboarding or swimming near Britannia Beach this summer? Read More

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and council continue the push to phase out Ottawa’s diesel buses and replace them with electric on…

Saturday evening at Bluesfest was a night of tattoos and testosterone as two American bands, Papa Roach and Daughtry, d…

Ottawa Fire Service crews were called late Friday night to pull in a kayaker in distress on the Ottawa River in the Shi…

Michael Journal Prest, 20, of Ottawa, is expected to appear in court Saturday. Read More

When Ramon Carballude took over the Westgate Barber Shop in 1968, a haircut cost $1.75. Read More

It’s time to stop killing pedestrians in Ottawa. Whatever we are doing now isn’t working. People are dying and while we…

Like his team as a whole, Lorenzo Mauldin's numbers are way down. Read More

In 2024, more than 2,150 Ontarians died from opioid-related overdoses, a devastating figure that underscores the urgen…

Re: Adam, The NCC's latest banal plan for Sussex Drive doesn't do it justice, July 10. Read More

Re: Is the ByWard Market safe? City councillor rejects new claims , July 3. Read More

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If there is one thing we as a society must discourage people from engaging in more frequently, it is drinking alcohol. …

In the long sorry tale of finding a home for our prime minister, many ideas have surfaced, some more worthy of consider…

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Welcome to the Ottawa Citizen's summer reading file, where we'll feature new work by a local author once a week…

Ottawa’s Phil Emberley travelled to Frankfurt, Germany, in June to attend the installation of a stolpersteine — a memor…

Pride in service is a defining part of what it means to be Canadian. Our freedoms, our way of life, and our reputation …

Public Service Confidential is  a workplace advice column  for federal public servants. The following question has been…

A prominent Ottawa criminal defence lawyer is raising questions after police withheld names from some crime-related pre…

Environment Canada is warning thunderstorms may become severe Sunday as a regional heat wave continues.  Read More

During the summer, we'll carry occasional excerpts from Ottawa Made, a recently published compendium of stories ab…

The water in Brittania Beach was dotted with bright colours on a hot, sunny Saturday morning as swimmers tried to compl…

Ottawa fire investigators are looking for the cause of a large explosion that blew a window in an upper level apartment…

After some technical difficulties, Lindsay Lebrun won the live auction that awarded her the best seats in the house for…

Every child deserves the ability to access an education, but that right is increasingly difficult to achieve for studen…

Re: NIMBYism is hurting Lowertown and vulnerable people , July 7. Read More

Nashville darling Lainey Wilson showed off her star power at Ottawa Bluesfest on Thursday with a main-stage concert th…

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A decade before Ottawa had Bluesfest , we had a blues scene fertile enough to propel a teenage Sue Foley into a career …

The federal government is launching a "red tape review" with the hope of eliminating "outdated and overc…

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Ric Allen-Watson worried if the food he brought home would please his mother. Read More

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Re: Deachman, Ottawa beaches — starting with Britannia — need to boost safety , July 4. Read More

Canada proudly wears its global reputation as a beacon of openness, diversity and compassion. Yet here in the nation’s …

The 2.3-kilometre stretch of Wellington Street West bounded by Island Park Drive and Somerset Square is dotted with re…

Public Service Confidential is  a workplace advice column  for federal public servants. The following question has been…

"Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong win…

Firefighting crews were required to control a serious fire Saturday night affecting a number of residences on Lyon Stre…

On June 6, the City of Ottawa’s auditor general, Nathalie Gougeon, and deputy auditor general Joanne Gorenstein tabled …

A young girl drowned early Friday in the St. Lawrence River off Wolfe Island near Kingston. Read More

Eastern Ontario is at the epicentre of a tick population boom , and with it, health officials are reporting the highest…

Ever experienced a dream in which you just aren’t able to do the things you can do well in real life? This is what it f…

The drowning death of a man near Westboro Beach on Wednesday is yet another sobering reminder of just how hazardous ev…

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Federal officials have delivered an all-clear after air traffic control facilities at six Canadian airports, including …

Re: City of Ottawa should rethink its reduced beach-water testing , June 16. Read More

Canadian Rangers who use their new rifles in the rain are finding their hands covered in red dye because the stocks on …

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When Banu Örmeci was approached by community members about conducting more water quality testing in the Rideau River, s…