In the desolate times we have been facing, it is difficult not to feel depressed, hopeless and out of control. We are all fed up but we cannot let this glumness deter us from remaining united in the fight to protect our sovereignty. Read MoreCitizen readers share opinions on Algonquin College cuts, the passing of award-winning Citizen photographer Bruno Schlumberger Letters, Opinion In the desolate times we have been facing, it is difficult not to feel depressed, hopeless and out of control. We are all fed up but we cannot let this glumness deter us from remaining united in the fight to…
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The union that represents secondary teachers and students at the Adult High School are concerned about changes to the program for students over the age of 21. Read MoreSchool boards are not mandated to provide in-person learning for students over 21, and the OCDSB is grappling with a growing deficit. News, Local News, Education, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Realtime The union that represents secondary teachers and students at the Adult High School are concerned about changes to the program for students over the age of 21. Read More
Some Canadian security and intelligence experts say they’re concerned Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest shakeup in the senior ranks of the public service has broken up a key role at the centre of the federal bureaucracy during a moment of heightened international tension. Read MoreThe National Security and Intelligence Advisor counsels the prime minister on domestic and international security threats and co-ordinates Canada’s security and intelligence community. Public Service, Local News, National, News, intelligence, national security, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Some Canadian security and intelligence experts say they’re concerned Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest shakeup in the senior ranks of the public service has broken up a key…
Even with all the technological advances, mankind still can’t cast off the tribal instinct of warring. We just haven’t learned to avoid war, which ultimately ends in untold death and destruction. It’s an endless cycle, with innocent people dying and families mourning. Read MoreSaturday, March 7: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor. Letters, Opinion, letters, opinion, Ottawa Sun Even with all the technological advances, mankind still can’t cast off the tribal instinct of warring. We just haven’t learned to avoid war, which ultimately ends in untold death and destruction. It’s an endless cycle, with innocent people dying and families…
OTTAWA — Clocks are set to spring forward on Sunday as most of Canada moves to daylight time until the fall. Daylight time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, when clocks move forward one hour, until Nov. 1, when they’ll be turned back an hour to rejoin standard time. Except in British Columbia, where residents won’t be falling back in the autumn. Premier David Eby announced on March 2 that the province will adopt year-round daylight time, starting on Sunday. The province joins Saskatchewan and Yukon in not observing a time change, although those two maintain permanent standard…
The war Washington launched against Iran could have implications for Canadians’ pocketbooks and security. “This is not going to end any time soon,” said Carleton University defence expert Stephen Saideman. “It’s going to be harmful to our economy. It’s going to raise the possibility of terrorism. It’s going to generate more conflict in the Middle East. And it was completely unnecessary.” As the conflict engulfs the broader Middle East, here are some possible outcomes for Canada. 1) An oil boom? The war is already choking global fuel supplies. One-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the…
Years after the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase of people working from home, public and private sector organizations are having more workers return to the office — but experts say the switch back is disproportionately negative for women. Nora Jenkins Townson, the founder and CEO of HR consultancy Bright + Early, said women still carry more than their fair share of child care, elder care and household responsibilities, where flexible working arrangements helped to ease the burden. “When that flexibility is removed, they’re often the ones who absorb the logistical strain. So they might have to scale back hours…
Police are investigating two separate shootings involving synagogues in Thornhill and North York overnight. Investigators say the front doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue on Clark Avenue near York Hill Boulevard was struck by gunfire just after midnight on March 7. Police say there were two people inside at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured. There was no immediate suspect description, but police said those responsible arrived in a dark sedan and opened fire on the building. “This type of hate and this type of behaviour is quite despicable,” said YRP Deputy Kevin McCloskey.…
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time, with ties strained over the Trump administration’s war in Iran and immigration crackdown. Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68, is currently the Holy See’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York. He replaces French-born Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who at age 80 is retiring as apostolic nuncio in Washington. Caccia served as the Holy See’s ambassador to Lebanon and the Philippines before being posted to…
Show #5 Philemon Wright High School Read MoreShow #5 Philemon Wright High School Amélie: Teen Edition Directors: Meredith Daley & Maria Maclean Rasha Alli, Lead Critic Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School In a world that just spins ’round and ’round, Amélie dares to be a dreamer in Philemon Wright High School’s vibrant production of Amélie: Teen Edition. The cast and crew delivered Cappies Show #5 Philemon Wright High School Read More
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli special force that landed in eastern Lebanon overnight in search of information about a navigator who has been missing for nearly 40 years did not find his remains, the Israeli military said Saturday. The operation left dozens of people dead and dozens more wounded. Israel has been trying for decades to find out what happened to Ron Arad since he went missing after parachuting from a fighter jet that crashed in Lebanon in 1986. Arad was involved in attacking suspected Palestinian militants. He was captured alive by local gunmen. The Israeli military did not say…
LONDON (AP) — One of Britain’s most notorious child killers died Saturday, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum-security prison. Ian Huntley, a 52-year-old former school caretaker convicted in 2003 for the murder of two 10-year-old girls, had been on life support after being hit repeatedly over the head with a metal bar at Frankland prison in northeast England on Feb. 26. The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman had transfixed Britain for two weeks after the best friends vanished from the village of Soham in eastern England on Aug. 4,…
Canada’s weather service has issued a “yellow warning” for the Capital Saturday, calling for showers through the morning and risks of thunderstorms late this afternoon. Read MoreFrozen ground ‘has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall’ News, rain, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, warning, weather Canada’s weather service has issued a “yellow warning” for the Capital Saturday, calling for showers through the morning and risks of thunderstorms late this afternoon. Read More
TORONTO — Loved ones waiting with flowers, balloons and open arms tearfully embraced Canadian travellers as they arrived in Toronto’s Pearson airport on Saturday as more Canadians flee the Middle East. Passengers who arrived from Dubai expressed relief to be back on Canadian soil, as well as frustration with the U.S. attack on Iran and the Canadian government’s response so far evacuating citizens from the region as the war reaches the one-week mark. Camille Brown, who touched down in Toronto with her husband and three young children, said the last week has been traumatizing for her family as Iran sent…
Ottawa police members continue to deal with the unexpected suicide of a veteran patrol sergeant Friday night. Read MoreOttawa police members continue to deal with the unexpected suicide of a veteran patrol sergeant Friday night. “Sgt. Robert Cleroux was known to most as ‘Bobby; and (was) a hard-working police officer who cared about his colleagues and keeping the community safe,” Ottawa Police Association president Matthew Cox said in a release to Postmedia on News, Local News, death, OPP, Ottawa Police Ottawa police members continue to deal with the unexpected suicide of a veteran patrol sergeant Friday night. Read More
One of two people wanted in the shooting death of a Toronto man almost a year and a half ago has been arrested. Anthony McBean, 42, was found shot to death on the evening of September 30, 2024, at a plaza on the northwest corner of Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue West. Investigators identified two suspects in the case, 35-year-old Ricardo Manuel Bailey and 42-year-old Debbie Jones. Police believed both suspects fled to Jamaica following the shooting. On March 6, police said Jones was extradited from Jamaica and returned to Canada, where she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder…
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dali nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local Emergency Operations Center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime. It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible and a motive wasn’t immediately known. At least five of the injured were in serious condition, according to the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network, Gerardo Florián Gómez. Some of…
Kalle Eriksson, alongside guide Sierra Smith, got the ball rolling for Canada with its first of three medals at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games on Saturday. Eriksson, a para alpine skier from Kimberley, B.C., grabbed silver in the men’s visually impaired downhill event in his Paralympic debut. He clocked in a time of one minute 18.33 seconds, finishing behind Austria’s Johannes Aigner (1:16.08) and narrowly ahead of Italy’s Giacomo Bertagnolli (1:18.64) on the podium. “Both me and Sierra are on top of the world right now and still pumping,” Eriksson said. “I can’t believe our run and I’m so proud…
VANCOUVER — Ride-share drivers across Canada say the surging gas prices at the pump, tied to the escalating conflicts in the Middle East, are the final straw for them. As the war in Iran, led by the U.S. and Israel, enters its second week, thousands of kilometres away from the tensions in Surrey, B.C., Kuljeet Singh is feeling the sting as he sees gas prices surge to $1.70 per litre, compared to about $1.10 per litre six years ago. Prices jumped sharply over the past week, and that increase is making it even more difficult to make a living behind…
The Canada Border Services Agency says it’s putting a pause on removal orders to Lebanon and Israel due to the volatile situation in both countries. The agency says the temporary halt, known as an Administrative Deferral of Removals, is put on countries that are unsafe due environmental disasters or violence. The agency says the halt does not apply to individuals who are inadmissible on grounds of criminality, international or human rights violations, organized crime or security. The Middle East has been in turmoil since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, and as Israel continues trading blows with the Iranian-backed…