City of Ottawa to prepare plan for affordable rental funding from federal government
"The time to act is now," the city's housing and planning committee was told Wednesday.
"The time to act is now," the city's housing and planning committee was told Wednesday.
Here are five federal public service updates you need to know.
A 30-year-old truck driver from Lakeshore, Ont., near Windsor, has been charged with 14 offences.
Ottawa’s new ambulance dispatch system launches Wednesday, bringing changes to the way paramedics prioritize emergency calls. Under the Medical Priority Dispatch System, or MPDS, ambulances will be dispatched based on answers to detailed questions, and according to five colour-based levels based on the “acuity” of the situation. Top-priority calls are now marked as “purple,” which […]
Other artists confirmed to perform include Quebec rocker Jonathan Roy, The Voice contender Dave Fenley, internationally renowned singer Isabelle Boulay and Ottawa-Gatineau’s Mehdi Cayenne.
Thousands of Ottawa-area Muslims gathered at the EY Centre on Wednesday to celebrate the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan. Throughout the month, Muslims are supposed to focus on strengthening their relationship with God through fasting, prayers, acts of charity and self-improvement. “The usually joyous […]
His conspiratorial candidacy is a quixotic exercise that will not win him the presidency, yet may cost Joe Biden his office.
The summer program announced adds to a calendar that already includes a presentation of Les Miserables and a two-week run of the hit Canadian musical, Come From Away.
Three provincial police officers are being praised for a dramatic rescue of a person from the fast-flowing Mississippi River in Carleton Place Tuesday. In a release, OPP said a young woman “in crisis” jumped in the river near Maple Avenue at about 2 p.m. The OPP mobile crisis response team and other officers, along with the […]
Experts spent weeks prior to the eclipse warning about the potential for significant eye damage if people looked directly at the sun even for a matter of seconds.
Several residents have been displaced by a highrise fire on Halifax Drive Tuesday evening. Firefighters received several 911 calls reporting visible flames and smoke from the building. Crews arriving on the scene confirmed heavy smoke and flames coming from the sixth floor on the building’s north side, and saw that the blaze had extended up […]
A draft plan will be released soon. But local environmental, conservation and community groups are frustrated over how public consultations have gone.
Wednesday, April 10: Lesson from the solar eclipse; and a few word for Doug Ford over paper bags at the LCBO. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawwcitizen.com
Russell McIsaac's symptoms were initially brushed off. When the 35-year-old was finally tested, he had Stage 4 colon cancer.