1 man with serious injuries was taken to the hospital, police say Gatineau police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot in the city’s Hull sector on Tuesday afternoon and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The Service de Police de la Ville de Gatineau (SVPG) says that the man was…
A detailed look at the part of Ottawa’s troubled trains that keeps breaking down Monday around 5 p.m., Ottawa’s general manager of transit services sent a short memo to city councillors saying what many commuters had already found out: the entire light rail system was once again out of service. “This email is to let…
Sheldon Johnson, who was 50 years old, died on July 16 at a resort in western Quebec A man from Kingston, Ontario, who was killed in a gondola accident at Mont-Tremblant over the weekend was a loving father and a member of the Canadian Armed Forces who spent decades serving his country. Police in Quebec…
“The system…often makes the most vulnerable women go to the most dangerous places to find safety. An advocate says that the fact that an Inuk woman says she was left vulnerable and almost sold into slavery just days after getting out of jail shows that the justice system in Manitoba needs to be changed. Jessica…
The Ridgetown Tourist of the Week program ran for more than 40 years at first If you’re not from Chatham-Kent, Ontario, and you show up in Ridgetown this summer looking a little lost, you could be arrested—well, sort of. Nearly 2,800 people live in a town whose business improvement association (BIA) is bringing back its…
Until further notice, the Confederation Line will be served by a bus instead of the R1 along its length The light rail line in Ottawa is closed until further notice because of a problem with how the trains connect to their wheels. Monday around 5 p.m., OC Transpo said in a tweet that LRT service…
High rents in big cities put people who make minimum wage at risk of becoming homeless, says a report Sylvana Orellana, who lives in Toronto and makes minimum wage, says that she and her two-year-old son often have to skip some bills in order to pay others. That’s because her rent, which is just over…
Since Roe v. Wade was thrown out, many people in Canada have given money to the pro-choice movement At first glance, the death notice for Kathleen Dyer might look like any other. We learn the basics under a picture of a smiling older woman: Dyer died in Halifax on June 14 at the age of…
St. Mary’s Indian Band’s aqam Community does tactical evacuations because of the St. Mary’s River fire On Monday, flights were canceled because of a wildfire just east of the Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, B.C. Some members of the local First Nation were also evacuated. As of 7 p.m. PT, the B.C. Wildfire Service…
American talent is no longer needed for projects, but some see a bright side Some production work in the Ottawa area has been put on hold because of the strike that has shut down much of the U.S. film industry. Members of SAG-AFTRA, which represents American actors, stunt performers, and other people who work on…