The Feb. 13 armed robbery at Sprinkles Carwash & Laundry has Grande Prairie RCMP asking for information. Read MoreArmed robbery suspect used a pink switch-blade type knife to commit an armed robbery at a Grande Prairie business. Local News, Police & Fire, Grande Prairie, robbery The Feb. 13 armed robbery at Sprinkles Carwash & Laundry has Grande Prairie RCMP asking for information. Read More
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SHAME ON MP DANKO Read MoreTuesday, Feb. 17: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor. Letters, letters, opinion, Ottawa Sun SHAME ON MP DANKO Read More
A local advocacy group says community-based and trauma-informed programs, not incarceration, are key to preventing and ending violence against women in Ottawa. Read MoreMore money should be invested in community-based programs and not incarceration, the Ottawa Coalition To End Violence Against Women says. News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime, violence against women A local advocacy group says community-based and trauma-informed programs, not incarceration, are key to preventing and ending violence against women in Ottawa. Read More
Please stop the endless squabbling regarding heritage buildings in Ottawa. Read MoreHeritage buildings are an asset for a city. Put them to work, Ottawa! Please stop the endless squabbling regarding heritage buildings in Ottawa. I have spent many winters in Charleston, South Carolina where are not only heritage buildings honoured and protected by law, they are ‘on a pedestal’ and used in the promotion and teaching Letters, Opinion Please stop the endless squabbling regarding heritage buildings in Ottawa. Read More
Ottawa’s already strained hospitals could lose 735 front line health workers and up to 200 beds over the next two years, according to an analysis based on the province’s own funding projections. Read MoreLocal hospitals could lose 735 health workers and 200 beds over the next two years, according to an analysis based on budget forecasts. News, Local News, health care, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Ottawa’s already strained hospitals could lose 735 front line health workers and up to 200 beds over the next two years, according to an analysis based on the province’s own funding projections. Read More
Read MoreRepairing bronze Q How can I weld a broken bronze part that’s under little stress? I have a simple portable electric MIG welder (the Kicking Horse model you recommended in an article), but can’t find supplies that let me join bronze with it. A Bronze can’t be welded with the MIG process in the usual Life, Homes Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change. Separately, LGBTQ+ rights advocates and historic preservationists sued the park service Tuesday for removing a rainbow Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument, the New York site…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers. The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in small vessels since early September. Like most of the military’s statements on the 42 known strikes, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. It said two vessels…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family company has filed to trademark the use of the president’s name on airports but says it doesn’t plan on charging a fee — at least for a proposed renaming of one near his Florida home. Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking exclusive rights to use the president’s name on airports and dozens of related things found there, from buses shuttling passengers to umbrellas and travel bags to flight suits. The filings come amid debate in Florida over a state bill to name the Palm Beach airport…
A Woodstock, Ontario man has been charged after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle a large load of methamphetamine from the United States into Canada at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry earlier this month. In a release the Canada Border Services Agency said the man, who was driving a commercial truck, was pulled over for secondary inspection on February 4, 2026. “During the inspection of the trailer, border services officers, with the assistance of a detector dog, detected 16 duffle bags containing suspected methamphetamine,” the CBSA release states. “The total weight of the narcotics was 266.4 kg.”…
No responsible journalist should encourage civil disobedience but in the case of this colossally stupid and arbitrarily idiotic return to office mandate for the public service, I am going to make an exception. Don’t RTO, at least not until we have a fully functioning public transit system. Read MoreBrigitte Pellerin: There is no reason to force people to get downtown, especially when OC Transpo is so unreliable. Opinion, Columnists, Public Service No responsible journalist should encourage civil disobedience but in the case of this colossally stupid and arbitrarily idiotic return to office mandate for the public service, I am going to make…
With the City of Toronto set to give priority signals to LRT vehicles at intersections along both Finch and Eglinton, will drivers be left in the dust as trains speed by? Will you be sitting at red lights for longer? Will you have to wait until trains go by before you can make a left turn? With so many questions about the system and how it will work, CityNews went looking for answers. Let’s start with the basics: What is the Traffic Signal Priority (TSP) system? The TSP system aims to speed up transit vehicles that use a right-of-way by…
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after being accused of hitting two men early Tuesday morning during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, police said. LaBeouf was charged with two counts of simple battery, New Orleans police said in a statement. Officers were called to a business around the French Quarter at about 12:45 a.m. after allegedly “causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive” inside, police said. Police did not say what type of business it was. An employee tried to remove LaBeouf and once outside, the actor allegedly hit a man “multiple times with closed fists,” police said. Witnesses…
Total personnel spending for the public service continued to grow in the 2024-25 fiscal year, increasing six per cent to $76.3 billion from $71.9 billion, according to a new analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO). Read MoreThe cost of the public service continues to rise, but its growth has slowed as downsizing is set to commence, a new PBO analysis has found. Public Service, federal public service, Parliamentary Budget Officer Total personnel spending for the public service continued to grow in the 2024-25 fiscal year, increasing six per cent to $76.3 billion from $71.9 billion, according to a new analysis from…
British Columbia’s police watchdog is taking steps to determine if it will launch an investigation into the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge. Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office, said the agency was alerted by the RCMP because police were in the school when the shooter killed herself. Nine people, including the killer, died last Tuesday in the tragedy that left more than two dozen others injured. The office says in a statement that it has assigned investigators to determine whether their mandate is met to launch a probe. It is looking into whether there is…
British Columbia’s police watchdog is taking steps to determine if it will launch an investigation into the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge. Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office, said the agency was alerted by the RCMP because police were in the school when the shooter killed herself. Nine people, including the killer, died last Tuesday in the tragedy that left more than two dozen others injured. The office says in a statement that it has assigned investigators to determine whether their mandate is met to launch a probe. It is looking into whether there is…
OTTAWA — A new report from the national spy watchdog says the federal government kept some people on Canada’s no-fly list without proper justification — a possible violation of the law that underpins the program. The government is responsible for screening travellers through the Passenger Protect Program, commonly known as the no-fly list. Federal officials inform air carriers when a passenger requires additional screening or is prohibited outright from boarding a flight because they could pose a threat to air security or might travel to commit a terrorist act. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency looked at how people…
UPDATE: At approximately 1:45 p.m. Chetwynd time, Chetwynd Secondary School announced the hold and secure orders were lifted. Read MoreLockdown lifted early afternoon. News, Local News, Grande Prairie, Guns, hold and secure, school UPDATE: At approximately 1:45 p.m. Chetwynd time, Chetwynd Secondary School announced the hold and secure orders were lifted. Read More
OTTAWA — Federal public service unions and workers are warning there isn’t enough office space to accommodate the federal government’s new requirements for more in-office work. The Public Service Alliance of Canada has said there is already a shortage of federal office space and warns “the chaos will only get worse” as workers’ in-office time increases. Sylvain Routier, a federal public servant living in the Ottawa area, told The Canadian Press booking desk space is already a struggle under the current rules and workers need to sign up a month in advance. “There’s only so many spots for so many…
Two of six Ottawa Senators competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics were on the ice for the start of the medal round in the men’s hockey tournament on Tuesday. Read MoreTim Stutzle added another two points as Germany defeated France 5-1 to move on in the medal round, and Lars Eller had another tough game in Denmark’s 3-2 loss to Czechia in a qualification playoff. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, Olympics, Sports, Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson, Milano-Cortina Games, Ottawa Sun, Tim Stutzle Two of six Ottawa Senators competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics were on the ice for the start of the medal round…