Long, cold commute leaves Ottawa transit user with frostbitten feet
Jazz Rosenberg’s trip home from her job in downtown Ottawa on public transit usually takes 50 minutes at most, even in rush hour. But on the evening of Jan. 27, the trip took three hours, an unfunny comedy of errors that left Rosenberg with diagnosed [frostbite](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/weather-office-warns-continued-flurries-162023221.html). “I arrived home at 8 p.m. I was in […]
Man stabbed to death in downtown Ottawa
An adult male died in hospital Thursday evening after being stabbed in downtown Ottawa in late afternoon. The [Ottawa Police Service](https://ottawacitizen.com/tag/ottawa-police/) said in a Feb. 19 media release that first responders were called to Rideau Street at the intersection with Colonel By Drive, just west of the Rideau Centre, at about 5:35 p.m. The victim […]
Longtime Ottawa radio personality Lowell Green dead at 89
Manage your account Longtime Ottawa radio personality Lowell Green has died at the age of 89, according to his family. Green was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1936 to Canadian parents before moving to Arthur, Ont., where he grew up before attending Macdonald Agricultural College of McGill University. Best known for The Lowell Green […]
Canadian Prime Minister and opposition leader join hands in poignant moment at mass shooting vigil
Manage your account Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country’s main opposition leader held hands Friday as they paid tribute to the victims of one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history at a [vigil in a devastated British Columbia town.](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/canada-school-shooter-online-history-192038490.html) Carney and Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre joined hands as an […]
Liberals welcome ‘spirit of co-operation’ from Tories as Parliament returns: House leader
Manage your account Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon says his party welcomes the Conservatives’ “spirit of co-operation” as the Official Opposition is offering to fast track bills on crime and trade — and demanding faster action on approving major projects. On Saturday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre posted a letter he wrote to Prime Minister Mark […]
Carney courts investment at World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Manage your account DAVOS — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Switzerland on Monday to join the global power elite for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos, where he’s looking to drum up investment from other countries and corporations. The forum puts Carney together with the movers and shakers he […]
‘Misdirected’ passengers skipped customs after international flight landed in Ottawa
Ten Air Canada passengers left the Ottawa airport without clearing customs Sunday night, after arriving on an international flight from Cancun, Mexico. When Air Canada Flight 1413 landed at the airport around 8 p.m., “customers were inadvertently misdirected when leaving the aircraft” through a swing gate used for both international and domestic flights, the airline […]
Federal properties slated for housing in Ottawa-Gatineau pile up on land bank in 2025
The federal government hasn’t crossed anything off its list of properties slated for housing development in Ottawa-Gatineau — though some projects did inch forward in 2025. When the government launched the Canada Land Bank in August 2024, the list included 22 properties in the National Capital Region. New parcels have since been added, and none checked off. “We can’t move fast enough,” said Graeme Hussey, director […]
Lorne Gunter: Floor-crossers to Liberals go against voters’ wishes
I’m sorry, Mr. Ma, but it makes you look a little flaky to be elected to the House of Commons for the first time in April, then in December to switch parties from the Conservatives to the Liberals. Yet that’s exactly what Ontario MP Michael Ma did on Thursday. After being elected as a rookie […]
Cost of U.S.-supplied equipment for Canada’s new warships triples to $3.6B
The cost of an initial order of U.S.-supplied equipment for Canada’s new fleet of warships has almost tripled as more American systems are being purchased, according to new information released by the U.S. government. The order for U.S. systems has increased from $1.25 billion ($900 million U.S.) to $3.6 billion ($2.6 billion U.S.), according to […]