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The Best Stories of 2017 Editor’s Note: As we prepare to usher in 2018, it’s important that we here in the newsroom take a moment to consider the year that was. The news cycle has a forward momentum and it’s easy — too easy — to stay focused on the here and now. It’s essential to […]

The party’s over. Time for Ottawa to roll up the sidewalks and turn out the lights? Not so fast. Recent stats confirm that 2017 was a record year for the city’s tourism industry. As headquarters for the nation’s sesquicentennial celebrations, throngs of people visited Ottawa to take part in the festivities. There were special events, […]

Words by Bruce Deachman, Artwork by Robert Cross • James Shorey, an Ottawa janitor, was on his way home on a cold, October night in 1945, when he saw three young men he felt were up to little good. One of them was vainly trying the door handle of the Thomas Jewelry store before the […]

The capital region’s employment market finished 2017 on an unusual note as the goods producers outpaced government and other services in creating jobs. Overall, the jobless rate for Ottawa-Gatineau dropped to 5.5 per cent in December compared to 5.8 per cent in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The change reflected a net increase of 3,300 […]

One night this week, there was a homeless person sleeping in the lobby of my apartment building. I sure didn’t report him to anyone – and I hope none of my neighbours were callous enough to do so, either. In the kind of cold we’ve been enduring, shelter’s all that matters. Luckily, Ottawa didn’t seem […]

Theatre review Mr. Shi and His Lover By Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie. Directed by Tam Chi Chun NAC English Theatre, Azrieli Studio, until Jan. 13 Reviewed Thursday, Jan. 4 Every couple has little secrets they keep from each other, but rarely is it a whopper of the magnitude explored in Mr. Shi […]

The top American commander for the Middle East wants a more aggressive Afghan military pressuring Taliban and other insurgents over the normally quieter months of Afghanistan’s winter, and then quickly going on the offensive in the spring, the Associated Press reports. Gen. Joseph Votel of U.S. Central Command said an influx of new American trainers […]

Editor’s Note: As we prepare to usher in 2018, it’s important that we here in the newsroom take a moment to consider the year that was. The news cycle has a forward momentum and it’s easy — too easy — to stay focused on the here and now. It’s essential to us as an organization, as […]

For decades, Canada has been a land of no consequences for airlines that break the rules. Although the law provides for a penalty of up to $10,000 per violation, until November 2017 the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has never used its power to fine airlines for breaching their obligations to passengers and thus violating the […]

Theatre review Mr. Shi and His Lover By Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie. Directed by Tam Chi Chun NAC English Theatre, Azrieli Studio, until Jan. 13 Reviewed Thursday, Jan. 4 Every couple has little secrets they keep from each other, but rarely is it a whopper of the magnitude explored in Mr. Shi […]

Show #3: A Christmas Carol Where: St. Mother Teresa High School Director: Lindsay Laviolette Evelyn Ashworth, Lead Critic All Saints High School With each passing holiday season, the true meaning of Christmas is often foregone in favour of greedier pursuits. St. Mother Teresa High School’s production of A Christmas Carol exposed what happens when self-indulgence […]

Dapper pop-jazz trumpet star Chris Botti, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, and fusion banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and his band the Flecktones will play the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival this summer, the festival’s website says. The site also says these three main stage concerts will take place in Marion Dewar Plaza, rather than across Laurier Avenue […]

Words by Bruce Deachman, Artwork by Robert Cross • James Shorey, an Ottawa janitor, was on his way home on a cold, October night in 1945, when he saw three young men he felt were up to little good. One of them was vainly trying the door handle of the Thomas Jewelry store before the […]

You complained and the National Capital Commission heard. After a couple of weeks of public impatience that the record-setting low temperatures weren’t enough to get the world’s largest skating rink in shape, dignitaries gathered at the Fifth Avenue entrance Friday morning to post the green flag on five kilometres of skating between the Bronson rest […]

Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who contribute to the Ottawa area’s thriving arts community. This week we talked with singer-songwriter Gabrielle Giguere, aka Her Harbour. Her latest album, Go Gently Into the Night, was released in 2017. “I always get a lot of anxiety around performing. I’m always worried if […]

If Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa city council had funded their signature light-rail project the way they committed to their “Energy Evolution” transition plan just before the holiday, they’d have made a bold, ambitious decision to retire OC Transpo’s last horse and buggy by 2025. And they would have put off the vote to fund […]

A 22-year-old man turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds Thursday night shortly after 911 calls reporting gunfire drew police to Willow Street. The victim, who is known to police, was taken to hospital by a friend at about 11 p.m. with minor injuries. He has since been released, police said Friday morning. Officers found spent shell casings at the scene near the […]

The capital region’s employment market finished 2017 on an unusual note as the goods producers outpaced government and other services in creating jobs. Overall, the jobless rate for Ottawa-Gatineau dropped to 5.5 per cent in December compared to 5.8 per cent in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The change reflected a net increase of 3,300 […]

If whatever occurred in the streets of Iran last week had revolutionary ambitions, it was always likely to fail. This is not the fault of courageous and principled Iranians. Statistics are cold comfort but here they can shoulder some blame: Any Iranian revolution is likely to fail because most revolutions do fail. Some scholars say […]

A man in his 20s turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds Thursday night after 911 calls reporting gunfire drew police to Willow Street. The victim, who is known to police, was taken to hospital by a friend at about 11 p.m. with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. He has since been released. Officers found spent shell casings at the scene near the intersection […]

Today, readers react to our recent feature stories on diversity at city hall, and the general question of how we define ourselves. And they had a few last thoughts about the Canada 150 year. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com — Diversity should start with women Re: Ottawa is more diverse than ever […]

A man in his 20s turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds Thursday night after 911 calls reporting gunfire drew police to Willow Street. Officers found spent shell casings at the scene near the intersection with Rochester Street in Little Italy after getting calls that shots had been fired at 10:40 p.m. The victim, who is known to police, went to the hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, […]

You know the drill by now. Ottawa awoke to -24 C Friday morning and the news that Environment Canada had issued yet another extreme cold warning with windchills expected to hover around -40 Friday and Saturday. So cover up, check up on vulnerable friends and neighbours and bring pets inside. Planning to hit the Rideau Canal […]

Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says controversial Sen. Lynn Beyak has been removed from the Conservative Party caucus after refusing to remove a “racist” comment from her website. Scheer said in a statement Thursday that he learned on Tuesday that Beyak had posted to her Parliamentary website about 100 letters from Canadians in support of her […]

Nader Kawash and Anas Marwah in the #KeepUsWarm campaign for Syrian refugees