Mental Disorders 'They didn't care and they didn't do their jobs': Inquest sees disturbing video of jail suicideottawacitizen.com - Blair Crawford Jurors saw the final moments of Justin St. Amour’s life Tuesday, watching in silence as the 31-year-old, severely mentally ill inmate carefully …
Repairs Federal cabinet rescues city over Prince of Wales Bridge repair orderottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing The City of Ottawa won’t be forced to fix the Prince of Wales Bridge anytime soon.In an Order in Council dated April 5, the federal Liberal cabinet …
Waste Management Garbage costs could rise as city considers short-term contracts while waiting for provincial directionottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing Ottawa homeowners are poised to pay more for garbage collection for at least the next three years as city hall waits for the province to set policies …
Equifax Equifax forced to report to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for six years as a result of 2017 data breachottawacitizen.com - Vito Pilieci The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will monitor American credit agency Equifax Inc. for the next six years after an investigation into …
Public Health 300 people being looked at for possible measles exposureottawacitizen.com - Elizabeth Payne Public health officials have been in touch with close to 300 people who may have been exposed to measles in Ottawa over the past two weeks.Health …
REITs A remarkable debut for Minto Apartment REITottawacitizen.com - James Bagnall It’s been one of the biggest surprises of the capital’s investment universe. A real estate investment trust by the name of Minto Apartment has seen …
Ottawa, ON Ottawa police using faulty radio system — safety of officers and public at risk, unions sayottawacitizen.com - Shaamini Yogaretnam Updated: April 9, 2019 In the most dangerous of circumstances — from responding to shots fired to hunting for armed suspects — Ottawa officers are at risk of not being able …
Sexual Harassment Ontario budget: The best Ottawa can hope for is to break evenottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing When it comes to Thursday’s provincial budget, the best Ottawa City Hall can hope for is to break even.City officials are girding for the first …
Film Festivals Going out best bets, April 11 to 17ottawacitizen.com - Peter Hum Updated: April 9, 2019 Folk Wakefield singer-songwriter ENiiD, a.k.a. Carol Goodman, returns to the Black Sheep Inn stage on Sunday afternoon, a little more than a year …
Commuting Traffic: Multi-car collision on slippery Hwy 417 snarls traffic during morning commuteottawacitizen.com - Vito Pilieci Icy road conditions were being blamed for a five-vehicle collision involving a dump truck, just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday.Emergency vehicles responded …
Ottawa, ON Two suspects sought in Kanata robbery, beatingottawacitizen.com - Norman Provencher Ottawa police are looking to identify two suspects after a man was beaten by two other men responding to his ad to sell his phone.The incident …
Sexual Harassment Suspect, 20, arrested for string of Baseline Road robberiesottawacitizen.com - Norman Provencher Ottawa police arrested a 20-year-old man early Tuesday in the Carlington area in connection with a string of robberies along Baseline Road in …
Gatineau Gatineau driver hit with $870 fine, 14 demerits for stunt drivingottawacitizen.com - Norman Provencher A 30-year-old Gatineau man has been fined $870 and had 14 demerit points applied to his driving licence after he was clocked doing 114 km/h in a 40 …
Sexual Harassment Special weather statement warns of 10-15 cm of snow in capital regionottawacitizen.com - Vito Pilieci Pedestrians at the corner of O’Connor and Laurier Streets are met with a snow squall as they head out for the lunch hour.Winter never left, it was …
Arcade Fire members score Peggy Baker dance show at NACottawacitizen.com - Alison Mah Peggy Baker Dance Projects7:30 p.m. April 12-13, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts CentreTickets: $35.25, available in person at NAC box office and …
Penton: A 'mom and pop' proposal for economic diversity across Ottawaottawacitizen.com - Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen I always knew that business was going to be a big part of who I am. From a series of business development efforts in tourism, event management and …
Denley: Transit-on-demand model might help Ottawa's rural areasottawacitizen.com - Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen Ottawa is spending more than $4.6 billion to build light rail in urban and suburban parts of the city, but people in the city’s vast rural areas get …
Sexual Harassment Three charged as task force intercepts snowmobiles towing tubs of tobaccoottawacitizen.com - Vito Pilieci Police intercepted more than 1,000 kilograms of illegally imported tobacco after an investigation last month.According to the Cornwall Regional Task …
Icing House Works: Canadian rooftop de-icing system helps with harsh winterottawacitizen.com - Liisa Tuominen, Postmedia If you’re like most Canadian homeowners, your house roof got icy this past winter.A little ice is normal and harmless, but a lot of rooftop ice is …
Sexual Harassment OCH harrassment: Female contractors pleaded with mayor for helpottawacitizen.com - Shaamini Yogaretnam A family of female contractors who say they were sexually harassed and assaulted by male employees of Ottawa Community Housing tried in vain for …
SNC-Lavalin Today's letters: What the SNC affair says about Trudeau's feminismottawacitizen.com - Ottawa Citizen Editorial Board Columnist Kennedy gets the feminist angle right Re: Trudeau hasn’t lost his claim as a feminist, April 6.I completely agree with Janice Kennedy; the …
Sexual Harassment Firefighters douse highrise kitchen fireottawacitizen.com - Andrew Duffy Ottawa firefighters quickly brought a potentially dangerous kitchen fire under control Monday in a ninth-floor unit of a highrise apartment …
Ottawa, ON Ottawa police search for suspect wanted in alleged threatsottawacitizen.com - Andrew Duffy Ottawa police investigators are searching for an Ottawa man who has allegedly made a number of physical threats.In a release Monday, the Ottawa …
Mental Disorders Jail a 'revolving door' for mentally ill inmates like Justin St. Amour, inquest hearsottawacitizen.com - Blair Crawford Justin St. Amour was homeless and living in a cemetery, sleeping on graves when he went to The Ottawa Hospital for help on Nov. 22, 2016 because he …
Eyewitness 'nightmare' scenario inconsistent with facts of Abdi's arrestottawacitizen.com - Aedan Helmer David Thyne has been haunted by recurring nightmares, he testified Monday, of police officers beating a handcuffed man in the face with a baton as …
City treasurer was victim of a 'whaling' scam, transferred $100K to phoney supplierottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing The City of Ottawa’s treasurer was duped in an email scam, unknowingly transferring nearly US$100,000 to a phoney supplier, councillors heard …
Measles What you need to know about Ottawa measles casesottawacitizen.com - Elizabeth Payne Dr. Barry Adams still remembers a late-night house call to a home in Hull where a three-year-old girl had a high fever. Adams quickly diagnosed the …
Real Estate Councillors 'blown away' by lax oversight of city leasesottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing There has been shockingly lax oversight of leases at city-owned properties, the auditor general has discovered.Auditor general Ken Hughes and his …
City auditor general wants to inspect Stage 2 LRTottawacitizen.com - Jon Willing City auditor general Ken Hughes says he wants to audit the Stage 2 LRT procurement.During an audit committee meeting on Monday, Hughes announced he’s …
