Ottawa news

• Ottawa Construction Companies, Supervisors Fined Total of $677500 After Worker Fatality - Government of Ontario News

  30-05-2019 23:26 via news.ontario.ca
  Ottawa Construction Companies, Supervisors Fined Total of $677500 After Worker Fatality  Government of Ontario NewsConvicted: Claridge Homes (Preston) Inc., 2001-210 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, a new-home builder; Michael Lwow, site supervisor for Claridge ...
  
  Read more

• CHEO leading national program to help newcomers navigate pediatric healthcare

  30-05-2019 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Immigration officials have picked the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario to create a new national network to help newcomers to Canada overcome linguistic and cultural hurdles to care and understand our health system. Read More
  
  Read more

• Children should be part of the conversation about hallway medicine: Alex Munter

  30-05-2019 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alex Munter calls it “pedianomics” — the economic case for investing in the lifelong health of children. Read More
  
  Read more

• Working Whiskers: Ottawa Humane Society seeking jobs for cats like Beyond the Pale's Cici

  30-05-2019 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Will work for cat food. Read More
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ottawa cyclist calling for the end of sensors at traffic lights - OttawaMatters.com

  30-05-2019 22:14 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa cyclist calling for the end of sensors at traffic lights  OttawaMatters.comAn Ottawa cyclist describes a close call with a vehicle after a crosswalk countdown ended, but the light at the intersection didn't change.
  
  Read more

• Godzilla, evolution, and human anxiety about big, scary things

  30-05-2019 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  A couple of evolutionary biologists were having fun, tossing around ideas of how Godzilla gets bigger with every movie, until their light-hearted research project turned serious. Read More
  
  Read more

• Roberts and Fee: Province's new autism advisory panel will get us back on the right track

  30-05-2019 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  As MPPs with family members on the autism spectrum, a fair and sustainable model for autism services is an issue of particular importance to both of us. Read More
  
  Read more

• Ontario appoints diverse panel to advise on autism reforms

  30-05-2019 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province's long-awaited autism advisory panel got off to a rocky start Thursday when Twitter revelations about one of the appointees forced Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod to remind panel members to "be kind to each other." Read More
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ottawa unveils new carbon tax rebate programs for small businesses - Global News

  30-05-2019 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa unveils new carbon tax rebate programs for small businesses  Global NewsSmall businesses in the four provinces with a national carbon price will share $1.4 billion over the next four years to help them reduce their energy use but business-owners say they are getting the short end of the rebate stick. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna unveiled two carbon-tax rebate programs for small business Thursday morning in Ottawa, nearly two months after the new carbon price began bein
  
  Read more

• Police seek suspects in south Bank Street box cutter robbery

  30-05-2019 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The robbery unit is asking the public's help to find two men wanted in connection with "multiple" thefts and robberies. Read More
  
  Read more

• Police looking for pair in multiple Ottawa-area thefts and robberies - OttawaMatters.com

  30-05-2019 19:24 via ottawamatters.com
  Police looking for pair in multiple Ottawa-area thefts and robberies  OttawaMatters.comOfficers say an employee of a store was threatened with a box-cutter in the most recent incident, which happened in Alta Vista.
  
  Read more

• A dozen trucks taken off the road in police safety blitz

  30-05-2019 19:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  One in four commercial motor vehicles inspected by city police and ministry of transportation officers in a blitz Wednesday ended up being taken off the road. Read More
  
  Read more

• Firefighters battle dryer fire on Bronson Avenue

  30-05-2019 19:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were called just after noon on Thursday to battle a dryer fire that erupted in the basement of an apartment building on Bronson Avenue. Read More
  
  Read more

• Police seek person of interest in New Edinburgh robbery

  30-05-2019 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Detectives are asking the public to help them identify a person of interest in an April incident in which a victim was lured into home near Rideau Hall then robbed by a group of men armed with knives. Read More
  
  Read more

• Claridge Homes and subcontractor plead guilty to labour-safety charges in 2016 workplace death

  30-05-2019 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Claridge Homes and subcontractor Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. have pleaded guilty to labour-safety charges for failing Olivier Bruneau, a 24-year-old surveyor who was killed in March 2016 when a slab of ice fell on him in an excavation pit at the construction site of Ottawa's tallest condo. Read More
  
  Read more

• Glavin: 'Hong Kong is dying'

  30-05-2019 18:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says that the world has reached a critical inflection point, that “liberal democracy is under greater threat as an idea than at any time since the Second World War,” we might take heart that at least somebody in Ottawa has a clue about what’s at stake these days. Read More
  
  Read more

• Meehan and Kavanagh: Audit of city spending isn't a bad thing

  30-05-2019 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa is responsible for delivering billions of dollars in programs and services to almost one million people. These services form an essential part of residents' everyday lives. Everything from roads, drinking water and emergency services to community and social services, parks and public health — all critical programs residents cannot do without. Read More
  
  Read more

• Carling, Hunt Club, Saint Joseph top CAA list of worst local roads

  30-05-2019 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carling Avenue tops the local list of worst roads for the second year in a row as CAA North and East Ontario issued its 2019 tally as voted on by motorists. Read More
  
  Read more

• Doug Ford is obsessed with running Toronto. What does that mean for Ottawa? - CBC.ca

  30-05-2019 17:46 via cbc.ca
  Doug Ford is obsessed with running Toronto. What does that mean for Ottawa?  CBC.caBefore he was premier, Doug Ford wrote that if he ever entered provincial politics, the first thing he'd change is 'municipal affairs.' What does that mean for our ...
  
  Read more

• NACO's European tour elevates orchestra to one of the best around

  30-05-2019 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  STOCKHOLM — In the hallowed opulence of the gilt-edged, marble-clad Royal Chapel in Stockholm's Royal Palace, James Ehnes performed a devilishly difficult solo piece on his violin, the music soaring to the peak of the centuries-old sanctuary. Read More
  
  Read more

• NAC soloist: Fighting challenge after challenge, soprano Erin Wall rises to the moment

  30-05-2019 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Erin Wall grew up with firsthand knowledge of the challenges of a career in classical music. Read More
  
  Read more

• Carrie Underwood brings all-female lineup to Ottawa on Cry Pretty Tour

  30-05-2019 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Carrie Underwood was plotting out her Cry Pretty Tour 360, she realized she had selected an all-female lineup with opening acts Maddie & Tae and Runaway June. Read More
  
  Read more

• Carrie Underwood brings all-female lineup to Ottawa: 'Let's support each other. We're all in this together' - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carrie Underwood brings all-female lineup to Ottawa: 'Let's support each other. We're all in this together'  Ottawa CitizenWhen Carrie Underwood was plotting out her Cry Pretty Tour 360, she realized she had selected an all-female lineup with opening acts Maddie & Tae and ...
  
  Read more

• Thursday's beautiful morning may be hiding a chance of an evening thunderstorm

  30-05-2019 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thursday's beautiful morning might be deceiving. Read More
  
  Read more

• Carling Avenue named Ottawa's worst road - OttawaMatters.com

  30-05-2019 16:39 via ottawamatters.com
  Carling Avenue named Ottawa's worst road  OttawaMatters.comThe CAA's Worst Roads campaign also ranked Hunt Club Road and St. Joseph Boulevard near the top of the list.
  
  Read more

• Alberta launches 'Yes to TMX' campaign in Ottawa leading up to vote | Pipelines & Transportation - JWN

  30-05-2019 15:27 via jwnenergy.com
  Alberta launches 'Yes to TMX' campaign in Ottawa leading up to vote | Pipelines & Transportation  JWNAlberta energy minister Sonya Savage was on Parliament Hill on Wednesday along with a large truck displaying signs that read “Ottawa, we have a problem: the ...
  
  Read more

• One dead after crash on Highway 43 in Kemptville

  30-05-2019 15:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is dead after a collision on Highway 43 in Kemptville Thursday morning. Read More
  
  Read more

• Kingston police get their man, after 16 years

  30-05-2019 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 42-year-old man has been charged by Kingston police in connection with a 2003 bank robbery after years of investigation. Read More
  
  Read more

• Politics Briefing: Mike Pence comes to Ottawa - The Globe and Mail

  30-05-2019 15:13 via theglobeandmail.com
  Politics Briefing: Mike Pence comes to Ottawa  The Globe and MailGood morning,. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence lands in Ottawa later this morning. At the top of the agenda: plotting a path to ratification of the new North ...
  
  Read more

• Orléans organ donation crusader dies

  30-05-2019 14:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Steve Dunn, the Orléans man who spent five years waiting for a kidney and turned his pickup truck into a moving billboard encouraging organ donations, has died. Read More
  
  Read more

• Passenger dies after emergency landing in Ottawa

  30-05-2019 14:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 52-year-old man is dead after his American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Ottawa early Thursday. Read More
  
  Read more

• Missing woman, 81, has been located, police say

  30-05-2019 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police said Thursday morning that Barbara Lajeunesse, 81, has been located. Read More
  
  Read more

• Passenger dies after emergency landing in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 14:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Passenger dies after emergency landing in Ottawa  Ottawa CitizenA 52-year-old man is dead after his American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Ottawa early Thursday.Paramedics were called at 2:18 a.m. by a ...
  
  Read more

• Orléans organ donation crusader dies - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Orléans organ donation crusader dies  Ottawa CitizenSteve Dunn, the Orléans man who spent five years waiting for a kidney and turned his pickup truck into a moving billboard encouraging organ donations, has ...
  
  Read more

• Traffic: DND demo, watch for Pence motorcade

  30-05-2019 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic was tied up Thursday morning as about 50 demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Department of National Defence complex on Carling Avenue at Moodie Drive. Read More
  
  Read more

• Traffic: DND demo, watch for Pence motorcade - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic: DND demo, watch for Pence motorcade  Ottawa CitizenTraffic was tied up Thursday morning as about 50 demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Department of National Defence complex on Carling Avenue at ...
  
  Read more

• Ottawa Eid al Fitr Prayer Locations 2019 - Muslim Link

  30-05-2019 13:57 via muslimlink.ca
  Ottawa Eid al Fitr Prayer Locations 2019  Muslim LinkMuslim Link wishes you all Eid Mubarak. Eid al Fitr will be on Tuesday, June 4th or Wednesday, June 5th depending on moonsighting. The Fiqh Council of North ...
  
  Read more

• Canada's David DQ Lee wows the crowd in London with incredible, multi-octave voice

  30-05-2019 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s unlikely that British audiences have ever seen a singer quite like David DQ Lee. Read More
  
  Read more

• Fighting challenge after challenge, soprano Erin Wall rises to the moment

  30-05-2019 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Erin Wall grew up with firsthand knowledge of the challenges of a career in classical music. Read More
  
  Read more

• The NACO just toured in Europe to 'amazed' audiences, elevating the orchestra to one of the best around

  30-05-2019 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  STOCKHOLM — In the hallowed opulence of the gilt-edged, marble-clad Royal Chapel in Stockholm's Royal Palace, James Ehnes performed a devilishly difficult solo piece on his violin, the music soaring to the peak of the centuries-old sanctuary. Read More
  
  Read more

• Trudeau to raise abortion laws with Pence amid final push to ratify USMCA - The Globe and Mail

  30-05-2019 13:37 via theglobeandmail.com
  Trudeau to raise abortion laws with Pence amid final push to ratify USMCA  The Globe and MailThe ratification of the new North American trade agreement will dominate a packed agenda when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike ...
  
  Read more

• Police investigate after bullet hits Centretown home early Thursday

  30-05-2019 13:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one was hurt when an unoccupied house was struck by a bullet in overnight gunfire near the intersection of Lyon and Cooper streets. Read More
  
  Read more

• YOU SAID IT: Cutouts and cops - Ottawa Sun

  30-05-2019 13:07 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Cutouts and cops  Ottawa SunCUTOUTS AND COPSRe: Speeding? Cut it out! May 25I definitely agree with the Constable Scarecrow project to cut down on speeders. Perhaps now our law ...
  
  Read more

• Citizen columnist Randall Denley speaks about his Ottawa-based murder mystery - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citizen columnist Randall Denley speaks about his Ottawa-based murder mystery  Ottawa CitizenRandall Denley is well-known to readers for his years of columns in this paper. He has also run twice for a seat in provincial politics under the PC banner in ...
  
  Read more

• Mayor requests formal investigation of Ottawa River floods - OttawaMatters.com

  30-05-2019 12:30 via ottawamatters.com
  Mayor requests formal investigation of Ottawa River floods  OttawaMatters.comThe request comes as the result of a resolution, passed by city council, to ask for an investigation into the floods.
  
  Read more

• Mike Pence's Ottawa visit will snarl traffic, delay travel - CBC.ca

  30-05-2019 12:04 via cbc.ca
  Mike Pence's Ottawa visit will snarl traffic, delay travel  CBC.caU.S. Vice-President Mike Pence's brief Thursday visit to Ottawa will mean traffic congestion and delays at the airport, according to a former RCMP officer.
  
  Read more

• Mike Pence's Ottawa visit will snarl traffic, delay air travel - CBC.ca

  30-05-2019 12:04 via cbc.ca
  Mike Pence's Ottawa visit will snarl traffic, delay air travel  CBC.caU.S. Vice-President Mike Pence's brief Thursday visit to Ottawa will mean traffic congestion and delays at the airport, according to a former RCMP officer.
  
  Read more

• Memories of the National Arts Centre's opening week in 1969 - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Memories of the National Arts Centre's opening week in 1969  Ottawa CitizenIt was intended to be a stellar moment in the National Arts Centre's fortnight of opening celebrations 50 years ago — a further realization of the awesome ...
  
  Read more

• Memories of the National Arts Centre's opening week in 1969

  30-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was intended to be a stellar moment in the National Arts Centre's fortnight of opening celebrations 50 years ago — a further realization of the awesome possibilities of its main performing space. Read More
  
  Read more

• Ottawa alerts Irving Shipbuilding over reporters' queries about contract - The Globe and Mail

  30-05-2019 11:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa alerts Irving Shipbuilding over reporters' queries about contract  The Globe and MailThe federal government alerted New Brunswick's Irving family that The Globe and Mail was seeking information from public servants about whether the family's ...
  
  Read more

Follow @OttawaCA_News on Twitter!