Homicides in Ottawa fell to 14 in 2017 while national rate highest since 2009: Statistics Canada
In Ottawa, the number of homicides in 2017 dropped to 14 from 24 the year before, a 43 per cent decrease.
Ottawa’s supervised injection sites worried about cap on new Ontario facilities
As the opioid crisis continues to impact Canadian cities, Ottawa's supervised consumption sites describe how new provincial regulations will affect them.
Planning committee gives a green light to large Kanata development
City committee approves plans to develop a large area of city-owned land in Kanata and give heritage designation to a century-old bungalow in Westboro.
Exhibition of photos at Canadian War Museum reveals diversity of soldiers in First World War
Far From Home is an exhibition at the Canadian War Museum that features photographs that reveal the diversity of the soldiers who fought in the war.
Canada is somewhat back: The marginalization of federal foreign policy
Nearly a decade of Conservative rule and the unexpected election of Donald Trump in 2016 have had an impact on Canada's foreign policy agenda.
Group calls for automated pedestrian signals for Bank Street
Old Ottawa South citizens may no longer need to rush to make the light.
Ottawa coping with an early start to winter
The snow has started early. With more to come.
Ottawa couple including food waste concerns on tour of Hintonburg
The creators of the Food waste: how do you tr(eat) your food? tour, Michael Melvill and Sarah Chelchowski, have set out to underline the overwhelming amount of food being tossed in the garbage when it could be composted or redirected to other members of the community.
You go, I go, we all go: Toilet talk with Lezlie Lowe
there are many factors that decide whether one has equal access to public bathrooms including gender, ethnicity, mobility, health, socio-economic status and appearance.
Replacing Ottawa’s storm-damaged urban forest will take time and money
By Kevin Martine Along with the damage to homes and businesses by the September tornadoes, Ottawa’s urban forest took a beating. According to a preliminary assessment, 1,200 trees were destroyed on municipal property alone. The actual toll though is likely much higher, as many toppled trees are on private property. Jean Sarich, an arborist with Tower Tree Services, says he...
Ottawa man charged in B&E spree
By Nadya Pankiw A 30-year-old Ottawa man has been charged in connection with a string of daytime break-ins in south Ottawa that began in mid-September and continued until Nov. 2, Ottawa police said in a media release. The break and enters occurred on Boundary Road, Pierce Road, Twin Elm Road and Bank Street. Joshua Wales-Saunders appeared in court on Nov....
Ottawa post-secondary institutions are doing more to prevent sexual violence on campus
Most victims of sexual assault in Canada are in their first year at post-secondary schools. Ottawa’s campuses are now working to create safer schools through prevention.