Debate around medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Alberta has increasingly shifted toward concerns about vulnerability – particularly in relation to disability, social isolation, and access to supports. Read More”…policy must engage with its complexity – not reduce it to a single narrative that can be managed through broad constraint.” Opinion, maid Debate around medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Alberta has increasingly shifted toward concerns about vulnerability – particularly in relation to disability, social isolation, and access to supports. Read More
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On my third and final visit to Lotus of Siam, I figured out how to make the food more to my taste. Read MoreWhile some like it hot, the restaurant that opened in mid-December on Bank street caters to its neighbours who do not. Life, Food, Local Food Reviews, Travel Ottawa, Ottawa restaurants, Ottawa Sun On my third and final visit to Lotus of Siam, I figured out how to make the food more to my taste. Read More
Thomas Chabot has pulled off a medical miracle. Read More”Sitting up in the press box is never a fun feeling,” said Chabot. “But I wanted to get back as soon as I could, and here we are.” Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Senators Extra, Sports, Ottawa Sun Thomas Chabot has pulled off a medical miracle. Read More
Ottawa police are seeking witnesses to a fatal single-vehicle crash in the Dunrobin area Monday evening. Read MoreOttawa police said the occurred at 5:10 p.m. Monday when an ATV crashed on private property in the 1700 block of Dunrobin Road. News, Local News, ATV, Dunrobin, Fatal, OttawaSun, Realtime Ottawa police are seeking witnesses to a fatal single-vehicle crash in the Dunrobin area Monday evening. Read More
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OC Transpo officials acknowledged they were considering a full shutdown of the O-Train Line 1 as a contingency plan after a technical analysis revealed “additional damage” to the cartridge bearing assemblies on the train car axles. Read MoreThe 100,000-kilometre limit placed on damaged train cars will not be removed and those vehicles will remain out of service because of the newly discovered damage. News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime OC Transpo officials acknowledged they were considering a full shutdown of the O-Train Line 1 as a contingency plan after a technical analysis revealed “additional damage” to the cartridge bearing assemblies on the…
Targeted police enforcement of towing regulations led to 75 charges and other actions in the first three months of the year, Ottawa police reported Thursday. Read More’This approach is intended to support a cooperative and accountable relationship with the towing industry.’ News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Targeted police enforcement of towing regulations led to 75 charges and other actions in the first three months of the year, Ottawa police reported Thursday. Read More
Two on-duty Durham Regional Police officers were assaulted and injured by a man who approached them in the parking lot of Central East Division in Oshawa on Wednesday, police alleged in a release. The officers called for “immediate assistance” at around 7:00 p.m., after an unknown man allegedly entered a police-only area of the property at 77 Centre Street and attacked them. Both officers sustained “significant injuries” in the incident, police said. “The injured officers with assistance from responding officers quickly restrained the suspect and took him into custody following a conducted energy weapon (CEW) deployment,” the release adds. Both…
A weekend morning drive took an unusual vertical turn after a 20‑year‑old Mississauga woman inadvertently steered her vehicle up a hydro pole, prompting a multi‑agency response and a memorable reminder about driving in wet weather. The incident happened around 10:46 a.m. on April 4 at Highway 5 and Rock Chapel Road, where Burlington OPP say the driver lost control during a left turn on slick pavement. Instead of completing the turn, the vehicle left the roadway and climbed the tensioned support wire of a hydro pole. Collision into a pole results in minor damage and no injuries:-Occurred on Sat. Apr…
OTTAWA — Recent U.S. court verdicts that found Meta and Google liable for harms to children are likely to benefit similar cases launched here in Canada, say experts and the lawyers behind the Canadian litigation. They say the March verdicts in Los Angeles and New Mexico could affect a class action in B.C. and a case brought forward by a group of Ontario school boards. “As a first step, this is a landmark moment for holding … social media accountable,” said Emily Laidlaw, a law professor at the University of Calgary. “The cases in the U.S. bode well for the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that at least 50 brand new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire in the hours, even minutes, before President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire late Tuesday on social media. These were the sole bets made on Polymarket through these accounts. In January, an anonymous Polymarket user made a $400,000 profit by…
MONTREAL — Canada’s public safety minister is lauding the close relationship between police forces in the country and the United States, after a man pleaded guilty in a planned mass shooting that was foiled in 2024. Gary Anandasangaree’s comments are in reaction to the plea entered on Wednesday in New York City by Muhammad Shahzeb Khan. The 21-year-old had been arrested in 2024 in Quebec near the U.S. border for planning a mass shooting of Jewish people at a Brooklyn centre to coincide with the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel. U.S. officials say Khan had…
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the NFL for potential anticompetitive practices, according to a government official. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the investigation is “about affordability for consumers and creating an even playing field for providers.” The investigation was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, The NFL has not received a notification that the league is being investigated, according to two other people with knowledge of the situation. Those people spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on…
Gasoline analysts are touting a probable price drop of more than 15 cents per litre by the weekend as the temporary “ceasefire” continues in Iran. Read MoreGas analysts are touting a probable price drop of more than 15 cents per litre by the weekend as the temporary ceasefire continues in Iran. News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Gasoline analysts are touting a probable price drop of more than 15 cents per litre by the weekend as the temporary “ceasefire” continues in Iran. Read More
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants. The Trump administration proposed easing standards for monitoring and protecting groundwater near some coal ash sites, and rolling back rules that require the cleanup of entire coal properties rather than just the sites where ash was dumped. The revisions would also make it easier to reuse coal ash for other purposes. EPA Administrator Lee…
Toronto police have arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of a hate-motivated assault in the PATH underground pedestrian walkway earlier this year and a separate alleged assault this week. Police say the first incident happened on Jan. 16 in the underground walkway between Scotia Plaza and First Canadian Place. Police allege the suspect approached the victim and spat on them in an unprovoked confrontation. “The victim confronted the suspect, but as they did, the suspect walked toward the victim in an aggressive manner while uttering anti-Black racial slurs,” police said in a release regarding the incident. On Apr. 8, police say…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend. Putin’s decree, released by the Kremlin, orders Russian forces to observe a ceasefire starting on 4 p.m. Saturday and lasting until the end of Sunday. Putin’s move follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal earlier this week to observe a pause in attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter. He said he made the offer through the United States, which has been mediating talks between delegations from Moscow and Kyiv as the conflict stretches into a fifth year.…
An arrest has been made after an underage girl claimed a man followed her in the east end of the city earlier this week. Police say around 4 p.m. on Apr. 6, a 13-year-old was walking home in the Swanick Avenue and Hannaford Street area, near Gerrard Street East and Main Street, when a man allegedly attempted to block her from walking on the sidewalk. Investigators say the girl managed to get past the man, who then continued to follow her until she fled and called the police. Police say Daniel Frayne, 30, of Toronto, has been charged with harassment…
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for 34 states suing Live Nation Entertainment tried to convince a jury Thursday during an antitrust trial ’s closing arguments that the company and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster, are monopolizing the industry and driving up concert prices. But a lawyer for Live Nation insisted in Manhattan federal court that there is more competition than ever and the company plays fair amid a booming concert business across America. The states, attorney David Marriott said, failed to prove that Live Nation had acted as a monopolist. “They can’t, and they didn’t,” he said. The federal government…
TORONTO — A man who admitted his role in the massive gold and cash heist from Toronto’s Pearson airport has been sentenced to four years in prison. Court documents show that 44-year-old Arslan Chaudhary was sentenced in a Brampton, Ont., courthouse on Wednesday and given 40 years to pay back $22 million in restitution. Chaudhary was arrested earlier this year as he flew in from Dubai and he was charged in what police have called the largest gold heist in Canadian history. Police have said that on April 17, 2023, a flight arriving from Zurich, Switzerland carried a cargo shipment…