Новости за 13.04.2022

The City of Ottawa has a new protocol for working with the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation, which could lead to a non-voting Indigenous member of the community added to city council. Council was unanimous in its support of the protocol during a meeting on Wednesday. One of the action items in the protocol implementation plan is […]

A 21-year-old Ottawa man faces two counts of possession of child pornography after city police got a tip in March from the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre. The internet child exploitation unit launched an investigation into information that an Ottawa resident was suspected of having the material, the Ottawa Police Service said. The unit executed […]

Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches issued a special statement Wednesday encouraging people to wear masks indoors, to limit the size of holiday gatherings and to gather outdoors, if possible, this weekend. “We are still in the middle of a significant wave and taking these precautions will help slow the spread of COVID-19 […]

It is open season on liberal democracy, and not just because of Russia or China. It is the erosion of rights and freedoms in Hungary, Turkey, Brazil, Nicaragua, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. And, most dangerously, it is the state of the United States.

Paramedics treated several employees and customers for minor injuries after a reported robbery at a Carleton Place hardware store in which a “noxious substance” is alleged to have been used, Ontario Provincial Police said. Three men from Ottawa face charges in the incident, the OPP said Wednesday. Officers from the Lanark County detachment responded to […]

The Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Sun do not publish on Good Friday and Easter Monday but visit us online for breaking news over the long weekend. Expect a host of schedule changes from transit and garbage to shopping and museums. City of Ottawa services • The  3-1-1 Contact Centre will be open for urgent […]

Imprisoned people must have access to information they can trust about COVID-19 vaccines. So far, the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Ottawa Public Health are failing them.

"The last two years, everything that was thrown at us, pretty much beat us up. We need someone in there that’s fresh," said Rick Boland of the Foolish Chicken.

Hope you soaked up that sunshine and high of 17.7 C Tuesday because April showers make a comeback Wednesday. A few showers are expected to start late Wednesday morning and add up to local amounts of 5 mm with another 10 to 15 mm expected Wednesday night, Environment and Climate Change Canada said. There’s the […]

Masks will once again be required among students and staff at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board after trustees voted Tuesday night to enforce their own mandate temporarily. In a sometimes emotional debate, most trustees said that with high rates of COVID-19 in Ottawa and increasing absenteeism, mandatory masking will make schools safer and reduce transmission […]

In 1962, a federal minister promised to 'beautify the capital and do away with a real eyesore in central Ottawa.'

Wednesday, April 13: Ottawans — including high school students — weigh in on what medical officers of health have said about COVID and masks. You can write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com

“Nobody has heard anything, and the families are getting frustrated. It’s affecting many of our lives,”

When Chris Uniat pleaded guilty to drug and firearms charges, he didn't know the Ottawa police warrant that launched the case would be quashed as unlawful until he read a newspaper report.

The board of directors of the e-commerce enabler decided a course correction was required. It is a problem many startups would love to have as it arises from Shopify’s very rapid expansion.

Some property owners have told the city directly that their buildings will have major challenges adding the green bin program.

The research team studied 695 participants from 180 households in Ottawa. It included households with at least one member having had a confirmed case of COVID-19 and at least one child.

The Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, launched in 2020 by Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, is starting to draw international attention. Getting in on the ground floor would be smart.