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Thursday, Nov. 14: The LRT prompts even more questions, and Remembrance Day leads to reflection. You can write to us too, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

An inquest has been scheduled to start later this month into the death of a man suffering from schizophrenia who hanged himself last year at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre. Cleve Gordon Geddes, 30, died in the hospital where he was transferred from jail on Feb. 10, 2017. This newspaper reported at the time that […]

The modest restaurant in the Elmvale Shopping Centre's parking lot opened in May this year.

The Correctional Service of Canada is asking people to keep an eye out for strange flying objects near Collins Bay Institution or other such institutions in the Kingston area. According to two tweets released by the federal overseer of penitentiaries on Tuesday, the government is particularly concerned with “suspicious UAV activities such as late night […]

Police are asking the public to help them identify a man they want to talk to about the Oct. 29 murder of Guled Ahmed on Carruthers Avenue. Ahmed, 23, was shot multiple times at close range as he returned to an Airbnb rental after attending a wedding, and fled to a back alley, where he […]

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a violent home invasion Oct. 29 in Gatineau’s Buckingham district, police say. Jason Stuart, 28, of Gatineau was arrested Monday afternoon. He appeared in Quebec court Tuesday afternoon on a host of charges ranging from armed assault to extortion and kidnapped. Stuart remains in custody and […]

The city still doesn’t have an exact launch date for the Confederation Line LRT, sticking with the estimate that the $2.1-billion rail line will open sometime in the first three months of 2019. Transportation general manager John Manconi told the finance and economic development committee on Wednesday that Rideau Transit Group has been achieving milestones […]

Ottawa has 20 heritage conservation districts, ranging in size from the enclave of 23 modernist houses in Briarcliffe and small parts of Sandy Hill, to Rockcliffe Park and Centretown, with 600 to 700 properties each. Community associations representing these heritage districts ask Mayor Jim Watson and members of the new city council whether they will […]

More than 640,000 have people visited the new Canada Science and Technology Museum since it reopened in November 2017. The museum, which underwent a three-year, $80 million renovation, reopened to the public on Nov. 17 last year. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, the facility plans to offer free access to the first 100 people who […]

Q:  This sofa was sold to us in 2000 as an 1830 Thomas Nisbet sofa by a dealer in a Niagara Peninsula antique centre for $3000. However, there is no label. How can one be sure? Michael, Waterloo   A: There was a fine exhibition of Nisbet’s furniture held at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, […]

Police are looking for a blue Chrysler that was spotted driving along Caron Street in Rockland firing an air pistol “randomly” at young people out jogging Monday afternoon. The victims were unhurt. Officers with the OPP’s Rockland detachment got the call at about 2 p.m. complaining of the southbound vehicle, which may have had four […]

Wednesday, Oct. 14: A reader provides a different perspective on Adrienne Clarkson's travels. You can write to us too, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

Ottawa Police Service continued Tuesday night to investigate multiple gunshots that had been fired around 7 p.m. in the Greenboro neighbourhood. Residents of the area had reported hearing shots fired on Rowallen Place, near Firefly Park. As of late Tuesday night, police had found no suspects or victims.

Fifteen people were honoured Tuesday evening at the annual Community Police Awards ceremony, hosted at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre by police chief Charles Bordeleau and Ottawa Police Services board chair Eli El-Chantiry. Dr. Aisha Sherazi received Special Recognition for her support of the relationship between OPS and Ottawa’s diverse communities, while Nesreen Hammoud […]

In advance of next Monday’s World Toilet Day — an official United Nations international day of observance to help address sanitation issues worldwide — Ottawa’s GottaGo! Campaign has released a report on the city’s public toilets and given it a grade of C for its piddling efforts. The report assesses public toilet accessibility at different […]

The Rideau Transit Group says it has found the two train computers that, according to the City of Ottawa, went missing while the builder was trying to get the Confederation Line LRT up and running. When the city revealed in September that the $2.1-billion LRT system wouldn’t be ready for a Nov. 2 handover from […]

This week marks two points of progress in the bid to repair the Phoenix Pay system. Public Services and Procurement Canada revealed Tuesday the backlog of pay transactions affecting federal government employees had declined to 303,000 on Oct. 31. This marked the ninth straight pay period during which the department processed more pay transactions than […]

A quick stop by Ottawa patrol officers has resulted in charges against seven males, five of whom cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, in a series of cellphone threats in the city’s west end. Police said online classified ads were used to attract sellers to people posting as potential purchasers of cellphones. […]

Tree Canada, a national not-for-profit tree-planting charity, is hoping to replace as many trees as possible in the Ottawa-Gatineau area following the devastation caused by the half dozen tornadoes that touched down in the area almost eight weeks ago. The organization’s #OperationReLeaf program is working in conjunction with the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau to […]

With the season just beginning, Ottawa has already recorded its first influenza-related death. The death earlier this month of the unidentified person over 65 is a sharp reminder that flu can be deadly, especially for seniors and those with compromised immune systems, say public health officials. “If you have an older person in your life, […]

On Sunday, Bobbie McCormack laid a wreath at the cenotaph as a mark of respect to those who sacrificed, like her late husband, Jack, one of 26,000 Canadians who fought in the Korean War. A photo shows the 87-year-old braving the cold in her Royal Canadian Legion beret, scarlet cloak and matching her poppy earrings. […]

The female Rottweiler-cross was admitted to the Alta Vista Animal Hospital after being found on Heron Road near Mooney's Bay.

Hip hop The captivating young man in the yellow shirt at last weekend’s After The Storm benefit concert was Ottawa’s Cody Coyote. It was the latest in a series of terrific performances for the Ojibwe singer-songwriter/rapper and producer, who’s also becoming a convincing motivational speaker with a compelling personal story. Music helped him heal after […]