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Major-General Christian Drouin assumed command Tuesday of 1 Canadian Air Division (1 CAD) from Major-General David Wheeler at a ceremony held at 17 Wing Winnipeg, Manitoba, the RCAF noted. Lieutenant-General Michael Hood, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, presided over the ceremony. Before this appointment, Major-General Drouin was the Deputy J5 Strategy, Policy and […]

A teenager was stabbed aboard an OC Transpo bus in the city’s south end just before noon on Tuesday, Ottawa police said. The male youth’s wounds are not considered life-threatening. Police have not made an arrest. Police were called to the South Keys Transitway station by a 911 call at 11:52 a.m. and the investigation […]

An aunt asked me recently over brunch, “Are you going to have a baby?”  “I’ll get on that, just as soon as I solve the real estate crisis,” I answered. The cost of housing is, as the old meme goes, too damn high. For example, the Toronto Real Estate Board says that year-over-year, the price of […]

In a chilling 911 call for help moments after he found his wife dead on the living room floor, Bhupinderpal Gill is heard sobbing on the phone with the dispatcher as he asks for an ambulance and police.  “Is the ambulance for you?,” the dispatcher asks. “No, it’s my wife,” Gill says. “Is she awake?” […]

Mayor Jim Watson is softening his stance against supervised drug-injection sites, following a 9-2 vote by the city’s board of health in favour of them. He’s still opposed to such sites. But he’s left himself a way out and he’s edging toward it. The mayor had packed his schedule Tuesday, after Monday night’s health-board vote, and wouldn’t be […]

Evan Solomon will be back on national TV this fall after being appointed to replace Robert Fife on CTV’s Question Period. Solomon will continue to host and produce CFRA’s daily Ottawa Now radio show. A year ago, Solomon was dismissed from CBC News — where he had a high-profile job hosting Power & Politics on […]

Iconic Québécois pop band, Les BB will rock the crowd at a free concert in Gatineau, Thursday to celebrate la Fête nationale du Québec, also known as St-Jean-Baptiste day. The concert starts at 7 p.m. and will feature other performances by Les Jeunes de la Relève, Maggie’s March and Andie Duquette. To accommodate the celebrations, Chemin […]

When Sarah McLachlan was in Ottawa last year to pick up a Governor General’s performing arts award, the celebrated singer-songwriter happened to see the band Half Moon Run perform during the gala. She was blown away by the Montreal-based rock group, which includes Ottawa native Devon Portielje in its lineup.   “I was like … who are […]

The Citizen's restaurant critic sees how some of Lansdowne's most popular eateries stack up.

Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin has lashed out at the “human stupidity” behind a fire Tuesday morning that destroyed a red-covered footbridge in the city’s east end. Brabant-Philippe. Colère devant tant de bêtise humaine. — M. Pedneaud-Jobin (@MPedneaudJobin) June 21, 2016 Firefighters worked for about 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze at the Brabant-Philippe bridge over the Rivière […]

Wine glasses abound. But the main thing is to have a bowl with lots of room and that tapers towards the rim.

The House of Commons may be shuttered for the summer, but the Special Committee on Electoral Reform is just getting started – or, at least, preparing to debate just when and how its twelve newly appointed members should go about doing precisely that. Later this afternoon, the all-party panel of MPs will gather in a […]

Stop glamorizing violent sports Re: Step into the Octagon, June 18. Many years ago, when I was an amateur boxer, I remember my first opponent’s mother yelling from the ringside for her son to “clock me.” I have always been a boxing fan but now, as a physician of some 49 years, I have been disturbed by […]

A man was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed during a fight Monday night. Ottawa police said the fight broke out on George Street between Sussex Drive and ByWard Market square around 9:35 p.m. Police did not release any information late Monday night about whether they had made an arrest […]

Ottawa’s board of health voted 10-1 Monday night to encourage supervised-injection sites to open in the city. “Listen to, more than anything, the people who live this,” Capital Coun David Chernushenko told skeptics. He’d come into the health-board meeting not knowing how much he didn’t know about addiction, and treatment, and what it’s like to be […]

The City of Ottawa board of health will be debating safe-injection sites starting at about 5 p.m. at City Hall. David Reevely will be reporting live from the meeting.  Read more about the issues surrounding this contentious debate here.

Last Christmas Day, less than a month after a 26-20 Grey Cup loss to the Edmonton Eskimos, Alex Mateas sat alone on a beach in Southeast Asia, eating slow-roasted duck, mashed potatoes and homemade ravioli. So far away from home on a last-minute decision and advice from friends, the 25-year-old Ottawa Redblacks offensive lineman went […]

At first glance, one of the oddities of the Ottawa Redblacks’ active roster is the fact there are four active quarterbacks listed. Only three will dress. Maybe it’s because the competition is that close between Danny O’Brien and Brock Jensen — one of whom will end up “injured” or on the practice roster sometime this […]

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Ottawa area on Monday afternoon. The weather agency said in the warning issued at 3:04 p.m. that conditions were favourable for severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and hail, which can damage property.

When Melanie Good pulled the letter from school out of her son’s backpack, she was puzzled. “Student learning and accommodation planning – multi-year plan,” said the headline. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the letter said, is planning to conduct reviews “to ensure that we continue to offer the best learning environments for students while ensuring the […]

Weakened from a flare up of Crohn’s disease and recovering from hernia surgery, Jagtar Gill was a most vulnerable victim when her killer came for her on Jan. 29, 2014. She still had a powerful anesthetic in her system from surgery the day before, and was on strong painkillers. Her longtime husband, Bhupinderpal Gill, and […]

The head of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group apologized to fans Monday for the “hot, hot horrible night” during Saturday’s Ultimate Fighting Challenge at TD Place. “We should have done better,” said OSEG chief executive Bernie Ashe. “It was not our finest hour. Not our finest seven hours, actually.” Saturday’s UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza was the first […]

Some of the faces were so new, it might not have been a bad idea to use name tags. Others are growing more familiar by the day, including Senators head coach Guy Boucher and his primary assistant coach, Marc Crawford. The focus of Monday’s public gathering was the pre-draft discussion of general manager Pierre Dorion, […]

The Ottawa 67’s have signed 2015 draft picks Kody Clark and Ben Evans, along with 2016 first-round pick Peter Stratis and both second-round picks in Carter Robertson and Kevin Bahl. “This is the future. And the future is bright,” said 67’s coach/GM Jeff Brown. “We’ve got guys with great hockey brains that are very competitive and […]

It is hard, if you are not in government, to feel much sympathy when public servants complain about delays or mistakes in their paycheques. After all, they’re coddled, unionized bureaucrats, aren’t they? Now think about Coast Guard crews not paid for several months, or the people who guard our prisons – or our borders – […]