Category: Breaking News

The 31-year-old man charged with setting fire to an office building on the corner of Bank and Somerset Streets on Sept. 15 will appear in Ottawa court again Oct. 8

Police and fire marshal officials investigate a second suspicious fire in two weeks in a building at the intersection of Bank and Somerset streets Wednesday afternoon. The building houses both the Bangladeshi High Commission and the U.S Defense Contract Management Agency.  The fires, the first of which caused millions of dollars in damage, are being treated as suspicious, said Ottawa Police sergeant James Pietrkiewicz.  During the September incident, fires were set on the second and fourth floors. The second fire broke out at 6 am Monday. Fire official are still trying to determine a cause. The investigation continues. Bahador Zabihiyan, Centretown News. read more

Gay men in Ottawa now have a sexual health clinic to call their own after GayZoneGaie opened its doors at the Centretown Community Health Centre on Thursday.

After four years of construction, the Canadian Museum of Nature has finally fixed a date for the completion of its massive renovation.