Wrong-way driver charged with impaired driving in downtown Ottawa
A 24-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving after attempting to drive the wrong way in downtown Ottawa. Re…
September 30, 2025A 24-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving after attempting to drive the wrong way in downtown Ottawa. Re…
Sara Smith September 30, 2025It’s impossible to document, explore and hopefully curb crime without detailing the cases. Read More
Sara Smith September 30, 2025One of the most important members of the team at Beyond The Pale ’s City Centre brewery is a cat named Cici. Read More…
Sara Smith September 29, 2025Defence officials will be using downtown Ottawa to test new technologies to track mini-drones in an urban setting. Read…
Sara Smith September 29, 2025Ottawa firefighters made quick work of a fire in east Ottawa late Sunday morning. Read More
Sara Smith September 28, 2025The sound of bagpipes filled the streets of downtown Ottawa as thousands of police and peace officers from all across C…
Sara Smith September 28, 2025Starbucks has closed more than a dozen Ottawa cafés as part of a $1B restructuring that reduces the company’s North Am…
Sara Smith September 28, 2025Ottawa firefighters controlled a basement fire late Saturday, September 27, after hauling water to a Bay Ward property…
Sara Smith September 28, 2025Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a professional sports team in Ottawa has highlighted Indi…
Sara Smith September 27, 2025Makena White, a McMaster graduate who played hockey in Ottawa and was often seen at PGA Tour events supporting her part…
Sara Smith September 27, 2025Michael Martin attracts some odd looks and double-takes from pedestrians — including a few who can't resist strikin…
Sara Smith September 27, 2025The trial of Steven Deans, who has pleaded not guilty to criminal negligence causing death in the case of a 20-year-old…
Sara Smith September 26, 2025Recently, the Ottawa Police Service announced plans to equip some police officers with body cameras before the end of …
Sara Smith September 26, 2025Item: In 1913, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson argued that he saw no need to send in the troops in order to take over an…
Sara Smith September 25, 2025When I walked into a downtown Ottawa ServiceOntario location this summer, I braced for the Montreal routine: an hours-l…
Sara Smith September 25, 2025When 10-year-old Japnam Bharaj heard the news of another child being hit by a car in her Stittsville neighbourhood in …
Sara Smith September 24, 2025This summer, our research lab tested water quality at five key neighbourhoods along the Rideau River: Manotick, Brewer …
Sara Smith September 23, 2025Across Canada, the signs of strain are everywhere: crowded emergency rooms , rising addictions, untreated mental health…
Sara Smith September 23, 2025When Kanata resident Jonathan Huang arrived to catch a bus at the Eagleson Park & Ride, he nodded his head in appro…
Sara Smith September 22, 2025The gavel fell in Ottawa and, with it, the next 10 years of Patrick Gordon MacDonald’s life were spoken for. He had pr…
Sara Smith September 22, 2025The Ottawa Senators were welcomed back with open arms. Read More
Sara Smith September 21, 2025As a result, the driver was charged with operation while impaired, refusal to comply with testing, dangerous operation …
Sara Smith September 21, 2025Lydia Wong was 22 years old and about to start graduate studies focused on wild bees when, while working with her broth…
Sara Smith September 21, 2025Driving along the roundabout of Robert Grant and Abbott Street in Stittsville during the warm weather, I witnessed a da…
Sara Smith September 21, 2025Let the games begin. Read More
Sara Smith September 20, 2025An investigation is continuing into a stabbing Friday evening on Saratoga Place in the city's south end. Read More…
Sara Smith September 20, 2025Chrystia Freeland’s decision to step away from cabinet and take on the role of Canada’s Special Representative for the…
Sara Smith September 20, 2025Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s announcement — pledge, actually — to end youth homelessness in Ottawa by 2030 sounded for all t…
Sara Smith September 20, 2025When crossing over the St. Patrick Street Bridge, Candice Dandurand constantly fears for the safety of herself and her…
Sara Smith September 19, 2025Who is Mark Carney? Read More
Sara Smith September 19, 2025When Rich Loen took over a tire shop at an unremarkable corner of west-end Ottawa in 2019, he was thrilled to have a bi…
Sara Smith September 18, 2025The large amount of accessible misinformation on vaccines needs to be challenged and debunked by experts. Read More
Sara Smith September 18, 2025Sunny outlook on solar power Read More
Sara Smith September 17, 2025Matthew Atton tells me he's heard of a customer eating four Bamm's Snack Shack's doughnuts in a single sit…
Sara Smith September 16, 2025A manager with Best Green Hedges Inc. pleaded not guilty of criminal negligence causing death at a judge-alone trial o…
Sara Smith September 16, 2025Re: These Ottawa churches opposed heritage status; the city is pushing forward anyway, Sept. 10. Read More
Sara Smith September 16, 2025Re: How Ottawa’s stunt-driving is spiralling out of control , Sept. 5. Read More
Sara Smith September 15, 2025Public Service Confidential is a workplace advice column for federal public servants. The following question has been …
Sara Smith September 15, 2025Ottawa firefighters were called to a street in Metcalfe on Sunday afternoon after a backyard fire spread to a two-store…
Sara Smith September 14, 2025Kingston's popular fall fair was shut down early Saturday night after bear spray was deployed into a crowd of celeb…
Sara Smith September 14, 2025Despite streamlining the housing approvals process, bottlenecks at the City of Ottawa are slowing down the development …
Sara Smith September 14, 2025When I was starting out, I made $600 every two weeks working full-time at Tim Hortons. Rent in Ottawa for a decent down…
Sara Smith September 14, 2025Not bad for starters for Carter Yakemchuk and the Ottawa Senators. Read More
Sara Smith September 13, 2025Dozens of people gathered at Major's Hill Park on a crisp Saturday morning to kickstart Open NCC, a day when reside…
Sara Smith September 13, 2025Ottawa first responders teamed up Friday to rescue an injured construction worker who had fallen about three metres int…
Sara Smith September 13, 2025The other night, as I was lulled to sleep by the roar of street racers half a mile away, I thought I heard a couple of…
Sara Smith September 13, 2025Life-threatening injuries have been reported in a serious multi-vehicle crash and fire on Highway 401 in Kingston on Fr…
Sara Smith September 12, 2025The City of Ottawa's return-to-office mandate will be debated by council with a vote to follow on Sept. 24 after Ki…
Sara Smith September 12, 2025One of the first hot new international acts of the 1980s that Eugene Haslam brought to Ottawa was the Pogues. Read Mor…
Sara Smith September 11, 2025A mobile screening program developed by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute has uncovered high rates of heart dis…
Sara Smith September 10, 2025Re: PM lifts the lid on tariff-fight toolbox, Sept. 6. Read More
Sara Smith September 10, 2025Are sunny days coming to Dunrobin? Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. hopes so. The Calgary-based company plans to build…
Sara Smith September 09, 2025The following is offered in response to the Sept. 3 column entitled Queers for Palestine was right to disrupt the Pride…
Sara Smith September 09, 2025Prime Minister Mark Carney has indicated that upon a ceasefire in Ukraine, Canadian troops may be sent there as part of…
Sara Smith September 09, 2025Public Service Confidential is a workplace advice column for federal public servants. The following question has been…
Sara Smith September 08, 2025Parliament returns on Sept. 15. Here are some observations (and questions) that could prove pivotal in the fall legisla…
Sara Smith September 08, 2025Ottawa firefighters used specialized equipment to safely extricate a person following a two-car crash Sunday morning. R…
Sara Smith September 07, 2025Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union have ratified a tentative three-year contract with the city, interim city sol…
Sara Smith September 07, 2025Ottawa firefighters were called to a smoky fire Saturday at 7:07 p.m. in a triplex on Trojan Avenue in the city's R…
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Sara Smith September 06, 2025Two late-season sailors were rescued by Ottawa Fire Services experts Friday afternoon after their sailboat capsized on …
Sara Smith September 06, 2025Capital ward Coun. Shawn Menard understated his 2022 election sign expenses by $310.98, according to an independent aud…
Sara Smith September 06, 2025Ottawa police have charged two women in connection with an inheritance scam targeting a number of people. Read More
Sara Smith September 05, 2025Every night in his neighbourhood, Councillor Sean Devine can sometimes hear the sound of a “20-foot wide mosquito buzzi…
Sara Smith September 05, 2025Recently, I was fortunate enough to visit Ottawa. As the national capital, it is a beautiful city full of world-class m…
Sara Smith September 05, 2025A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after jumping from a second-floor window to escape a fire at a townhous…
Sara Smith September 04, 2025I winced when our tour guide cautioned visitors to stay away from the ByWard Market after dark . Read More
Sara Smith September 04, 2025Mark Carney’s decision to call Rideau Cottage home felt like a blow to efforts to build a fitting residence for Canadi…
Sara Smith September 04, 2025Re: Barrymore's, Ottawa's storied night club, now home to a pot shop , Aug. 27. Read More
Sara Smith September 03, 2025Jason Rockman expected Ottawa Comiccon to fade like a one-season spinoff. And who could blame him? Read More
Sara Smith September 03, 2025Re: Ottawa Pride parade dissolves after Palestinian demonstration blocks route , Aug. 24. Read More
Sara Smith September 02, 2025Sharpen your pencils and buckle up your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Read More
Sara Smith September 02, 2025Hundreds of unionized workers rallied in Ottawa on Labour Day Monday to celebrate the labour movement and advocate for …
Sara Smith September 01, 2025When Casandra Boushey returns from maternity leave to her job at Perley Health next year, her baby, Serena, will go wit…
Sara Smith September 01, 2025A board member from Capital Pride is opening up with their thoughts about this year's parade, one week after it was…
Sara Smith September 01, 2025