His heart stopped for 17 minutes at the rink. How a CPR refresher course helped save his life
When Jonathan Blakey saw Mark Cloutier flat on the ice, he had no idea the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) refreshe…
May 31, 2026When Jonathan Blakey saw Mark Cloutier flat on the ice, he had no idea the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) refreshe…
Sara Smith May 31, 2026A 24-year-old Brampton, Ont., man drowned Saturday after his canoe capsized on Upper Rideau Lake. Read More
Sara Smith May 31, 2026Ottawa police are maintaining a "large presence in and around Mooney’s Bay Park" Sunday following violent con…
Sara Smith May 31, 2026Ottawa police are seeking public assistance to locate a Gatineau man who disappeared while paddleboarding in the west e…
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Sara Smith May 30, 2026Deachman is quite right in his well researched column that there are many causes for the drug addiction crisis that i…
Sara Smith May 30, 2026Things really started looking up for the Ottawa Senators when Jason York came home. Read More
Sara Smith May 29, 2026The Ādisōke project that was supposed to give us a new and much-needed central library is over a decade in the lack of…
Sara Smith May 29, 2026A new petition calling for the return of bike sharing to Ottawa is gaining traction as advocates and city officials deb…
Sara Smith May 29, 2026Ottawa food-lovers have a new Vietnamese word to learn. Read More
Sara Smith May 28, 2026The shift toward more assigned seating for public servants bucks the prevailing trend among private sector employers wh…
Sara Smith May 28, 2026The Battle in Quebec continues to rage. Read More
Sara Smith May 27, 2026The bell rings to end the school day at 3 p.m. and one student is rushing down the front step of Glebe Collegiate Insti…
Sara Smith May 27, 2026I have contacted my union several times and received no substantive answers — only acknowledgments, then silence. Read…
Sara Smith May 26, 2026If picking up the garbage shows pride in community, then the amount of garbage I see in my daily walks around the neigh…
Sara Smith May 26, 2026A few months before delaying its four-day return-to-office due to lack of space , the federal immigration department g…
Sara Smith May 25, 2026DND previously told to the Ottawa Citizen that a number of public servants transferred to other federal departments ins…
Sara Smith May 25, 2026When Caroline Leal was in the midst of her second maternity leave, her observations from visits to more than 45 countri…
Sara Smith May 25, 2026Blood pooled in Mark Sutcliffe's right foot, but as Ottawa's mayor crossed the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend'…
Sara Smith May 24, 2026A 78-year-old Winchester woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning near North Dundas, provincial police …
Sara Smith May 24, 2026Ketcia Peters still remembers the moment a teacher told her she was a leader. Read More
Sara Smith May 24, 2026Show #18 St. Joseph High School Read More
Sara Smith May 23, 2026When 24-year-old Kristian Jamieson runs, he always sees one person ahead of him. Read More
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Sara Smith May 22, 2026Traffic on Highway 417 remained blocked Friday morning after a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured on the highw…
Sara Smith May 22, 2026When Genevieve Herzog was working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic as an occupational therapist, she wou…
Sara Smith May 22, 2026Canadians strongly support investing in domestically owned defence companies and oppose relying on American companies t…
Sara Smith May 21, 2026City of Ottawa planning staff are recommending councillors reject an application to expand the urban boundary as part o…
Sara Smith May 20, 2026It was 10 p.m. when Dr. Gautam Goel started his night shift. He put on his white coat and sifted through patients' …
Sara Smith May 19, 2026The Ottawa Charge is officially in must-win territory as the Walter Cup final series returns to the nation's capita…
Sara Smith May 18, 2026Despite Cody McCallum’s extensive experience writing grants to arts councils while she worked for the Toronto Fringe Fe…
Sara Smith May 18, 2026After Alto officials appeared to throw cold water on the idea of building a proposed high-speed rail station downtown, …
Sara Smith May 18, 2026Imagine running for one kilometre and doing one functional workout. Sounds doable, right? Read More
Sara Smith May 17, 2026The flowers in the light-brown wooden booths, the colourful metal container bins and pavements, the festive overhead li…
Sara Smith May 17, 2026Show #16 Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School Read More
Sara Smith May 16, 2026Unanswered communications over the past three years to Premier Doug Ford and the Ministers of Agriculture, Municipal Af…
Sara Smith May 16, 2026After several days of overcast weather, Ottawa may be getting a brief break from the rain during this long weekend. Rea…
Sara Smith May 15, 2026The Ottawa Senators will undoubtedly look to improve their depth at all three positions through potential trades and fr…
Sara Smith May 15, 2026Just over a month past his 100th birthday, Roy Allen will walk the 5K during Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend , becoming t…
Sara Smith May 15, 2026I’m curious why the NCC closes several parkways and calls it “Bike Days ”. I live near Queen Elizabeth Drive, and notic…
Sara Smith May 14, 2026Six years and $7 billion later, what do we have to show for our transit investment? If you’re using it regularly, you k…
Sara Smith May 13, 2026There was a flurry of accusations and counter accusations in the House of Commons on May 7 when Conservative MPs raised…
Sara Smith May 13, 2026The people who know what they're doing put down their forks and knives. Read More
Sara Smith May 12, 2026Expropriate the French embassy next door to 24 Sussex Drive and combine the two properties into a Prime Minister's…
Sara Smith May 12, 2026Hoyt Stanley has already made a name for himself — just maybe not in the way you'd expect. Read More
Sara Smith May 11, 2026Just a few days after her daughter was born, Robyn Miller was awoken by frantic knocking at the front door. Her midwife…
Sara Smith May 11, 2026I can’t say that I’m particularly shocked by the ethics commissioner’s findings about Christiane Fox, but I am extreme…
Sara Smith May 11, 2026The Defence department will need more money to hire additional public servants and military personnel to handle the inf…
Sara Smith May 11, 2026The Ottawa Charge and the Boston Fleet met in Game 4 of their PWHL semifinal series on Sunday afternoon at the Canadian…
Sara Smith May 10, 2026Ottawa police are investigating after a body was discovered in the water near Petrie Island in the city's east end …
Sara Smith May 10, 2026It's been nearly five years since Cst. Goran Beric firmly pressed his boot for two minutes and five seconds on th…
Sara Smith May 10, 2026Ottawa police confirmed Saturday a two year-old child has died following a dramatic river rescue Friday evening. Read M…
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Sara Smith May 09, 2026For Orléans resident and cyclist Rob Attrell, the scenic Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway is crucial for getting arou…
Sara Smith May 09, 2026It’s only been days since former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour was named Canada’s next governor general. And it’l…
Sara Smith May 08, 2026Protecting Canadian farmland from development is a national security issue, says a farmer helping lead a group to stop …
Sara Smith May 08, 2026City of Ottawa officials have noted a 30 per cent drop in security incidents at city hall since the installation of sec…
Sara Smith May 07, 2026What’s been a nuisance for most Britannia residents quickly became quite the opposite for one local group of adrenaline…
Sara Smith May 07, 2026Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised the Department of National Defence an $84 billion spending boost over five year…
Sara Smith May 06, 2026For the many years that parent council member Brittany Lauzon has been walking her two daughters to and from St. John X…
Sara Smith May 06, 2026There’s a tiny park in my ‘hood — Linda Thom Park, named for the woman who at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics won a gol…
Sara Smith May 05, 2026A Gatineau woman has been warned that her backyard bird feeder could get her a $400 fine — and after picking myself of…
Sara Smith May 05, 2026When Cheryl Parrott joins fellow members of the Hintonburg community to clean the local park, she brings a “show-and-t…
Sara Smith May 05, 2026Some government organizations average more than a hundred days to address accommodation requests, according to a new re…
Sara Smith May 04, 2026Over a week since their team's disheartening early exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs, Ottawa Senators fans are slo…
Sara Smith May 04, 2026The Canada Border Services Agency has abandoned plans to move about 1,200 public servants from a Vanier office tower to…
Sara Smith May 04, 2026Ottawa paramedics say a motorcycle driver suffered serious injuries in a collision with a car in the west end Sunday mo…
Sara Smith May 03, 2026Gatineau police said Sunday they have arrested a 21-year-old suspect in the shooting death of a 39-year-old woman at a …
Sara Smith May 03, 2026Researcher Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard had a lightbulb moment when she began looking into why older adults often struggle …
Sara Smith May 03, 2026A park in Vanier will be converted to a “ sponge park ” in the next few years, the first of its kind in Ottawa. Read Mo…
Sara Smith May 03, 2026The Ottawa Charge managed a feat few other Professional Women's Hockey League teams have accomplished this season. …
Sara Smith May 02, 2026An Ottawa Police Service officer who user a taser and pepper spray against a man in mental distress did not commit a cr…
Sara Smith May 02, 2026Ridly Greig will learn his fate to start next season on Monday. Read More
Sara Smith May 02, 2026Show #13 Read More
Sara Smith May 02, 2026It's a shame to be looking back on the Ottawa Senators' 2025-26 season so early, but here we are. Read More
Sara Smith May 01, 2026Prime Minister Mark Carney has finally said aloud what most Canadians already know: the decrepit 24 Sussex is unfit fo…
Sara Smith May 01, 2026Mayor Mark Sutcliffe could face some formidable competition in the mayoral race as a number of high-profile candidates …
Sara Smith May 01, 2026