Category: Breaking News

Mayor Jim Watson has scrapped the idea of a downtown casino, saying that the Rideau Carleton Raceway is “the only acceptable location” for a gaming facility in Ottawa.

The stretch of Somerset Street between Arthur and Percy streets will reopen on June 4.

Police have re-opened two downtown streets after investigating a suspicious package found at the scene of a bank robbery.

A fire tore through an unoccupied rooming house at 292 Lyon St. N. late last night.