Ottawa may not be where Brooke McQuigge grew up, but a trade to the Ottawa Charge still felt like she was heading home. Read MoreFor Brooke McQuigge and her sisters, the PWHL couldn’t have come at a better time. Now, all three are settled in Ottawa and hardly go a day without seeing each other. PWHL, Hockey, Sports, Ottawa Charge, Ottawa Sun Ottawa may not be where Brooke McQuigge grew up, but a trade to the Ottawa Charge still felt like she was heading home. Read More
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After a strong 40 minutes put them up 4-2, the Ottawa Senators parked the bus and hoped for the best the rest of the way against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Read MoreOttawa captain Brady Tkachuk’s holding penalty in extra time led to Evan Bouchard’s game-winning power-play goal, Jake Sanderson had a rough defensive game, Drake Batherson had a second straight two-goal game, and Linus Ullmark wasn’t good enough in a 5-4 loss. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Sports, Brady Tkachuk, Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Sun, Tim Stutzle After a strong 40 minutes put them up 4-2, the Ottawa Senators…
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a significant shakeup in the senior ranks of the public service, his second deputy minister shuffle in less than three months. Read MoreCarney names BlackRock executive Glenn Purves deputy minister of international trade, continuing theme of pulling top execs from banking world. Public Service, Ottawa Sun, Realtime, shuffle Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a significant shakeup in the senior ranks of the public service, his second deputy minister shuffle in less than three months. Read More
In the wake of the arrest of seven Toronto police officers as part of a massive corruption scandal last month, the city’s top cop is launching several new initiatives focused on anti-corruption. Chief Myron Demkiw discussed how the police service is addressing the fallout from Project South at Wednesday’s Toronto Police Services Board meeting and how it plans to restore public trust in the service. The first initiative, the “Chief’s Anti-Corruption Project,” aims to put in place safeguards to prevent, detect, and respond to potential corruption. The second project, “One TPS,” aims to “reinforce ethical behaviour, leadership alignment, shared purpose, and…
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says more than 2,000 Canadians have asked the government for help to get out of the Middle East, and the government is pursuing multiple options to help them. Anand is holding a late-day news conference in Ottawa to update the situation since U.S. attacks on Iran sparked an escalating conflict across the region. There are more than 100,000 Canadians and permanent residents in more than a dozen nations registered to receive information from the federal government. She says more than 2,000 people have requested help to leave, and more than half of them…
If you build it, they will come. Read MoreNHL commissioner Gary Bettman spoke about the Ottawa Senators’ planned new rink at LeBreton Flats. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Senators Extra, Sports, Developing LeBreton Flats, Ottawa Sun If you build it, they will come. Read More
A 36-year-old occupational therapist has been arrested following allegations that a child with special needs was assaulted in Vaughan. Police in York Region say they were contacted on February 24 by someone who claimed a woman went to the victim’s home for a therapy session and allegedly assaulted them. Investigators arrested Roza Hosseini of Richmond Hill on February 27 and charged her with one count of assault. Police add that Hosseini works with multiple clients, and they are concerned that there may be additional victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police. A 36-year-old occupational therapist has been…
TORONTO — The lawyer representing Frank Stronach says she plans to seek a directed verdict on charges related to two of the complainants in his Toronto sexual assault case. Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh told the court Wednesday that the motion — which asks the judge to enter a not-guilty verdict on grounds that the essential elements of the offence haven’t been met — will target one count involving the second complainant to testify at trial and one involving the third. Shemesh says she intends to argue that the third complainant’s account of her encounter with Stronach in 1977 does not…
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching Canada to a German audience today as a reliable energy supplier in a period of global uncertainty. Poilievre is in Berlin speaking to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation as part of a trip to Europe that saw him meet in recent days with business leaders and conservative counterparts in the United Kingdom. In his prepared remarks, Poilievre says the current instability in the Middle East tied to the conflict in Iran has driven energy prices sharply higher in Europe. He says that’s a hit Germany could avoid by shifting its sourcing of liquefied…
A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID request was refused. Coroner Julie-Kim Godin noted in her recent report that the man had spoken to several medical professionals over the years about his struggles with grief and aging, as well as his suicidal thoughts. He requested MAID while hospitalized after a previous suicide attempt, but was refused because he did not have a serious and incurable illness.…
Brian Da Costa, identified by police as a “key figure” in the Project South investigation into police corruption and organized crime, has been granted bail. Da Costa is facing 16 charges, including giving a peace officer a bribe, conspiracy to obstruct justice and several drug trafficking charges in connection with the months-long investigation led by York Regional Police (YRP) that resulted in the arrests of seven Toronto police officers and one retired constable. Da Costa’s lawyer confirmed with CityNews that he was released on $1.5 million bail with the requirement to be under GPS monitoring and constant supervision by his…
Hundreds of Ontario post-secondary students and supporters took to the lawn of the legislature Wednesday, with some tense moments and two arrests, to protest cuts to financial assistance grants. Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced last month that the province is giving the post-secondary institutions a long-sought funding boost, while also lifting a seven-year tuition fee freeze and drastically scaling back Ontario Student Assistance Program grants in favour of loans. Canadian Federation of Students’ Ontario chairperson Cyrielle Ngeleka said it will leave many students with high debt loads during a cost-of-living crisis. “Rent is skyrocketing, groceries are becoming unaffordable,…
In the wake of John Tory’s decision not to run for Toronto mayor, Beaches East York councillor Brad Bradford said he’s “all in on Toronto” when it comes to his direction and vision for the city as the next mayor. In making his pitch to voters on Wednesday, Bradford said Torontonians are looking for a local government that’s focused on delivering the basics, adding City Hall has been “drifting” for the past decade. “I think for a long time, City Hall has spread itself a mile wide and an inch deep and has continued to fall down on those basic…
Jenny Chen is, according to her friends, one of the funniest women in Ottawa. Read MoreJenny Chen has raised more than $22,000 for Laugh For The Cure, a fundraising campaign for research by the Ottawa Cancer Foundation. News, Local News, Cancer, fundraisers, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Jenny Chen is, according to her friends, one of the funniest women in Ottawa. Read More
The Ottawa police have asked for help from the public in the search for a pregnant 22-year-old woman who was last seen about a month ago. Read MorePatricia Goulet-Cousineau, who frequents the 200 block of the Bronson Avenue area, has not been seen since early February, police said News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime The Ottawa police have asked for help from the public in the search for a pregnant 22-year-old woman who was last seen about a month ago. Read More
Toronto Public Health is warning residents of measles exposure after a confirmed case traveled through Pearson Airport. The person with measles traveled from Guatemala City to San Salvador on Avianca Flight AV570 and from San Salvador to Toronto on Avianca Flight AV324 on Feb. 22. They were also at Terminal 1 Arrivals at the airport from 1:40 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. on Feb. 22. Anyone who believes they may have been exposed at any of those locations should check their vaccination records for measles protection and monitor symptoms until Sunday March 15. Any person who has not had two doses…
York Region Public Health (YRPH) is flagging one location and five buses on three different routes as measles exposure sites in connection with a newly confirmed measles case in the region. The person who contracted measles outside Canada was in York Region while contagious. You may have been exposed to measles if you were at any of the following locations or on some York Region Transit bus routes at the dates and times listed: Location Address Date Time Watch for symptoms until Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital Emergency Department 3200 Major Mackenzie Drive WestCity of Vaughan Saturday, February 28, 2026 3 p.m.…
Around 100 anti-war protesters gathered in front of the Château Laurier on March 4 demanding peace, an end to the war in Iran and government divestment from the defence industry. Read MoreAnti-war protesters and counter protesters squared off outside a defence conference at the Château Laurier. News, Local News, defence budget, Iran, Ottawa Sun, protest, Realtime Around 100 anti-war protesters gathered in front of the Château Laurier on March 4 demanding peace, an end to the war in Iran and government divestment from the defence industry. Read More
The temperatures climbed as high as 7.4 C on a sunny Wednesday afternoon as I laced up my skates for what I knew would be my last time on the Rideau Canal Skateway for the winter. Read MoreThere was something poetic about staying open for 56 days of skating in the Skateway’s 56th season of operation. Local News, News, Best of Ottawa, Ottawa Sun, Realtime, Rideau Canal Skateway The temperatures climbed as high as 7.4 C on a sunny Wednesday afternoon as I laced up my skates for what I knew would be my last time on the Rideau Canal Skateway for…
WASHINGTON — A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered refunds for companies that paid tariffs that were later struck down by the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 ruling last month, America’s top court concluded it was not legal for U.S. President Donald Trump to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, better known as IEEPA, for his sweeping and erratic “Liberation Day” tariffs and fentanyl-related duties on Canada, Mexico and China. The Supreme Court ruling did not say whether there should be refunds, leaving companies that paid the duties to sue the federal…