Judge, lawyers did everything they could to keep the jury from hearing about the 2017 trial WARNING: This story has details that are hard to read. It is a small, cramped room. White acoustic tiles cover the walls, and the floor is a bright shade of green. Two chairs are set up so that they…
Snow and ice pellets are making it hard to get around A winter weather travel advisory means that some school bus routes in and around Ottawa will be late or cancelled on Friday. On its website, the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority lists a number of routes that have been delayed. Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario,…
Katherine Ellis came home from the hospital in January, but her partner says she still doesn’t have home care After being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last month, Katherine Ellis decided to come home for palliative care. She thought she’d be comfortable spending her last days surrounded by her family. Instead, her partner of…
The general manager of Transit says that the LRT needs permanent fixes before Stage 2 opens The city’s transit general manager said Thursday that Ottawa’s light rail system is safe for riders, but short-term fixes can’t be used for decades. The Transportation Safety Board had warned about the light rail vehicles the day before. The…
Companies would rather pay off their debt and pay their shareholders than spend money on new projects One by one, oil companies in Canada and around the world are releasing their latest financial reports, which show that 2022 was the most profitable year in the history of the oil patch. The prices of commodities have…
Because of my race, people have treated me badly when they didn’t have to Shaquille Morgan is a policy consultant and writer. In this first-person column, she talks about her own life. See First Person Stories for more information.the FAQ. When I was growing up in Mississauga, Ont., my mother or grandmother never had a…
The findings of the Public Order Emergency Commission will be released later today As the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) gets ready to release its long-awaited report on last winter’s convoy protests, many of the witnesses from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service who testified last fall have either left or moved…
29 of the 75 suggestions made by the coroner’s inquest to Ontario still need to be taken care of The Ontario government says it needs more time to think about many of the ideas a coroner’s inquest jury came up with to prevent deaths caused by intimate partner violence (IPV), while advocates say they’re disappointed…
The northern premiers agree to the plan, but they write to Trudeau to ask the feds to change their mind Territorial premiers have given their official approval to a federal health care plan that will give the North a small boost in health care funding, but not as much as the premiers had asked for.…
Mary Jane McCallum, a senator from Manitoba, says that fraud involving Indigenous identities does a lot of harm. (The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby) Cree Senator Mary Jane McCallum wants the Senate to look into the “invisible crime” of identity fraud among Indigenous people Sen. Mary Jane McCallum says that Indigenous identity fraud is a serious crime…