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“I am convinced there is harm to children and to families because children are not in school,” Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches said this week. “We need to strike a balance when it comes to the fall.”

Ottawa Fire Services crews battled a reported kitchen fire in Old Ottawa East Thursday morning, containing the flames to one side of the three-storey double on McGillivray Street near Clegg Street. No one was injured. Ottawa Fire Services got multiple 911 calls reporting black smoke at 9:42 a.m. The fire was under control at 10:03 a.m. […]

Even if you’ve never been greeted by his megawatt grin as you board his bus, OC Transpo operator Pepe Valencia will likely make you smile. Citing his trademark “be good to each other today,” Ottawa Redblacks football team has cited him as their latest Everyday Hero. “Pepe has posted scores of warm and inspiring videos […]

When we pathologize our opponents, we ask not why they act as they do, but what evil force animates them.

By paying, you not only help landlords meet their financial obligations, but make it easier for them to accommodate those who really need help.

Stay cool, folks, as the heat wave gathers steam. A heat warning remains in effect for Ottawa thanks to Thursday’s forecast high of 34 C, which will feel like 42 and the forecast for Friday is even hotter, Environment Canada predicts. Thursday starts out sunny then it’s a mix of sun and cloud with a […]

Thursday, July 9: On masks, the LRT and parenting challenges. Write to us at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

What you need to know, at a glance Finance Minister Bill Morneau forecasts federal deficit to hit $343 billion due to COVID-19 measures “The cost of doing nothing would have been greater on our health and economy,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says The PM said the economic measures, in addition to public health efforts on […]

A snapping turtle and her clutch of eggs are recuperating in a turtle hospital after a brush with death on rural road near Aylmer. For that she can thank Ottawa’s Pavel Lubanski, who was driving on Wolf Grove Road with his boss the night of June 17. “We thought it was a deflated basketball,” Lubanski […]

As long-term care residents struggle through the latest heat wave of the summer, a seniors advocate is calling on Ontario’s coroner to begin tracking heat-related deaths in long-term care homes. Deaths due to heat are not recorded in Ontario, as they are in Quebec. In 2018, the province of Quebec linked dozens of deaths to […]

The National Capital Commission boasts almost two dozen urban parks in the area where picnickers are welcome.

The Sunland Drive saga has hung over the community for 14 years, ever since some homeowners made claims against the city for damage to their properties.

"Most of the upper lakes in the watershed are at summer target levels but evaporation could become a significant concern."

Education Minister Stephen Lecce has called on Ottawa public school trustee Donna Blackburn to step down because of what he described as her racist and shameful behaviour toward a black teenager. Addressing the Ontario legislature Wednesday, Lecce said he shares with others “deep concern” about the comments that Blackburn directed toward a teenager playing basketball […]

People are standing for as long as four hours to get the triple swabs in their nostrils and the back of the throat.

The bear, which is believed to have crossed the Ottawa River from Quebec, has been photographed by numerous visitors in the bush and on the trails.

An Ottawa police officer has been found guilty of assaulting a former girlfriend in December 2017. Const. Carl Keenan was convicted Wednesday of one count of assault causing bodily harm by Court of Quebec Justice Anouk Desaulniers in a decision that had been set to be rendered earlier but was delayed by the pandemic. Keenan […]

An Ottawa man whose catchy jingles have for decades been familiar to most radio listeners in the area was charged with possession of child pornography following a nearly year-long investigation by Ottawa Police Service’s internet child exploitation unit. Andrew Huggett, 64, was charged on Wednesday. The investigation stemmed from a third-party complaint that police received […]

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is citing “technical issues” for a continued delay in posting secondary students’ report cards online. An OCDSB spokesman said in an e-mail Wednesday that “we are working to implement additional steps to ensure accuracy and privacy issues are fully addressed before posting the data on the portal.” Parents and students […]