GROW UP, CANADA Read MoreSaturday, May 31: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor. Saturday, May 31: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor. Published May 31, 2025 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation King Charles III delivers the speech from the throne to open Parliament as Prime Minister Mark Carney looks on May 27, 2025. Photo by Pool /Getty Images GROW UP, CANADA Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. View more offers Article content Article content Recommended Videos Article…
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Ottawa police have continued their crackdowns on noisy “car meetings,” laying 24 provincial offences tickets and other offences in a recent “Residents matter” operation. Read MoreOttawa police continued their crackdowns on noisy “car meetings”, laying 24 provincial offences tickets and other offences. Ottawa police continued their crackdowns on noisy “car meetings”, laying 24 provincial offences tickets and other offences. Ottawa Police Service headquarters on Elgin Street in downtown Ottawa. Photo by JULIE OLIVER /Postmedia Article content Ottawa police have continued their crackdowns on noisy “car meetings,” laying 24 provincial offences tickets and other offences in a recent “Residents matter” operation.…
Four years after a controversial police-in-schools program was cancelled in Ottawa, the province is introducing legislation that will require school boards to implement a program if it is available. Read MoreThe move ‘may help accelerate our ability to rebuild capacity and restore more consistent service across Ottawa’s schools,’ police said. Four years after a controversial police-in-schools program was cancelled in Ottawa, the province is introducing legislation that will require school boards to implement a program if it is available. The Ottawa Police Service cancelled the SRO program in June 2021 after the city’s largest school board decided to drop the…
Anyone with information is asked to contact Ottawa Police Service west division criminal investigations section at 613-236-1222, ext 2666 or by email at westcriminalinvestigations@ottawapolice.ca. Read MoreA heavy landscape truck was stolen last week and taken to the Queensway, where it was involved in a number of crashes. A heavy landscape truck was stolen last week and taken to the Queensway, where it was involved in a number of crashes. Drivers complained about the way this truck was driven last week, not knowing the truck was stolen. Article content Ottawa police are looking for the public’s help to locate a suspect involved…
An Ontario Provincial Police officer was flagged down outside a Main Street East residence at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Read MoreA 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted in stabbing attack on a 39-year-old Hawkesbury man. A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted in stabbing attack on a 39-year-old Hawkesbury man. A file photo of OPP sign. Photo by ASHLEY FRASER /POSTMEDIA Article content A 25-year-old Champlain Township man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was stabbed Thursday night in a Hawkesbury park. View more offers Article content Article content An Ontario Provincial Police officer was…
Discussions to get veteran forward Claude Giroux under a new contract with the Ottawa Senators are expected to intensify in the next week. Read MoreThe expectation is the two sides will sit down for face-to-face discussions sometime next week to try to get an agreement in place The expectation is the two sides will sit down for face-to-face discussions sometime next week to try to get an agreement in place Claude Giroux of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during Game 3. Photo by Getty Images /Getty Images Article content Discussions to get veteran forward…
Tents were taken away by City of Ottawa staff as they dismantled several homeless encampments in the Byward Market on Friday afternoon. Read MoreSeveral homeless encampments were taken down Friday afternoon in the ByWard Market, some worry there is no where else for them to go. Several homeless encampments were taken down Friday afternoon in the ByWard Market, some worry there is no where else for them to go. City workers clear garbage and personal belongings of homeless people on Murray Street in Ottawa Friday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Article content Tents were taken away by City of Ottawa…
OC Transpo has announced a schedule for summer maintenance operations and O-Train East Extension integration that will cause temporary disruptions of Line 1 LRT service. Read MoreThere will also be work on continuing to prepare for the start of service on the East Extension past Blair Station. There will also be work on continuing to prepare for the start of service on the East Extension past Blair Station. A 2024 file photo of an R1 replacement bus at the St. Laurent Station. Photo by JULIE OLIVER /Postmedia Article content OC Transpo has announced a schedule for summer maintenance operations and…
For much of the Ottawa Redblacks’ pre-season finale at TD Place, it looked like the highlight of the night would stand as the lightning storm — which included high winds and toonie-sized hail pellets — that delayed the start of the game by almost an hour. Read MoreFor much of the Ottawa Redblacks’ pre-season finale at TD Place, it looked like the highlight of the night would stand as the lightning storm — which included high winds and toonie-sized hail pellets — that delayed the start of the game by almost an hour. The excitement meter spiked a couple of…
Maybe I’m too optimistic for my own good, but I have a feeling we’ll look back on this time as when people power was born. In the United States, so many Americans are organizing to resist abuses coming from the White House. We don’t have Donald Trump in the capital of #Never51, thank goodness, but enough of us are sick and tired of being unheard when it comes to making this the best city it can be that we’re organizing. Read More’We love this city, but we don’t like what’s happening at City Hall, and we want to do something…
Read MoreShow #21 Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School Elephant/Man Director: Billy Poon Student Co-Director: Angelita Lapenskie Kaitlyn Baker, Critic St. Joseph High School In a world where physical appearance often dictates one’s worth, Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School’s performance of Elephant/Man challenged the mind to confront the harsh realities of discrimination and the profound humanity that lies beneath Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Forrest Cook as Joseph Merrick, Suttida Khounsombat as Showman, and Anaiah Johnson, Ethan Russell-Stathatos, Kristin Chismark, Lisa Dubovitska, and Nolan Hollett as Crowd Members during Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School’s Cappies production…
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Read More”It’s meditative. In the end, the bonus is you get something out of it, right?” said Leslie Bjur. “It’s meditative. In the end, the bonus is you get something out of it, right?” said Leslie Bjur. Published May 30, 2025 • 5 minute read Join the conversation Soapstone sculptures on display at the Centre for Creative Arts. Photo by BREANNA DRIEDGER /Daily Herald Tribune To get exclusive Beat Notes content right away, subscribe to the GP Herald Tribune newsletter for weekly updates each Friday. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This…
A wildfire near Kelly Lake, British Columbia, 15 kilometres west of the Alberta border, has forced an evacuation alert for the County of Grande Prairie. Read MoreThe evacuation alert is in effect for residents north of township road 720 to township road 732, east of the border to range road 130. The evacuation alert is in effect for residents north of township road 720 to township road 732, east of the border to range road 130. Published May 30, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation Wildfire G70422 near Kelly Lake, B.C on May…
OTTAWA — Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on his own terms with his family at his side. “I was told at the outset, ‘This is palliative care, there is no cure for this.’ So that made it easy,” he said in an interview from his home in Kelowna, B.C. Carter said he’s always known that medical assistance in dying would be an option “that I would exercise if I could, if needed…
FLIN FLON — More people in northern Manitoba are leaving their homes as wildfires continue to threaten communities. The roughly 600 residents of Cranberry Portage have been placed under a mandatory evacuation order because fires have knocked out power to the community — a situation expected to last for days. An evacuation of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, which started earlier this week, is ongoing and officials are expecting five flights to leave for Winnipeg by the end of today. One of the major areas of concern is in Flin Flon, a city of some 5,000 residents that has already been evacuated.…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid efforts to find more victims. Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the devastating flood on Mokwa, nearly 380 kilometers (236 miles) west of Abuja and a major trading and transportation hub where northern Nigerian farmers sell beans, onions and other food to traders from the south. The spokesperson for the Niger State emergency service, Ibrahim Audu Husseini, confirmed the updated fatality count to The Associated Press…
Toronto police are investigating a shooting after a man showed up at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say the man checked into a hospital around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, with a gunshot wound to the leg. The severity of his injuries was not immediately available. It’s also not clear where and when he was injured or what may have led up to the shooting. Toronto police are investigating a shooting after a man showed up at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say the man checked into a hospital around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, with a gunshot…
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday. In a separate report, the agency called on Tehran to urgently change course and comply with its years-long probe. The report comes at a sensitive time, as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to reach a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program. The two sides have held several rounds of talks, so far without agreement. The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency — which was seen by The…
Toronto police are searching for a man following several disturbing incidents involving children at Earlscourt Park on Friday afternoon. Investigators say there was an elementary school soccer tournament taking place at the park located in the St. Clair Avenue and Caledonia Road area when a man approached a child and picked them up, and placed them on his shoulders. The child’s mother confronted the man and he put the child down. The man was then seen filming children on his phone and asking children for their names, ages, phone numbers and addresses. The man was later seen standing near the…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group told The Associated Press on Saturday, as hungry Palestinians in Gaza stopped and emptied dozens of trucks carrying aid. The Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks, said proposed amendments focused on “the U.S. guarantees, the timing of hostage release, the delivery of aid and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.” A separate Hamas statement said the proposal aims for a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an…