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Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette has urged residents to take all necessary precautions ahead of an expected continued rise of flood water levels Monday. Read MoreThe latest forecasts for the City of Gatineau show that water levels are higher than those for 2025, but lower than 2023  News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette has urged residents to take all necessary precautions ahead of an expected continued rise of flood water levels Monday. Read More 

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Ontario’s police watchdog has launched an investigation after a man and woman were seriously injured in a car crash following a police pursuit in Lindsay, Ont. early Sunday morning. Authorities said an officer with the Kawartha Lakes Police Service responded to a 911 call for unknown trouble and located a BMW described as a “vehicle of interest” just before 3:30 a.m. “The officer stopped behind the parked BMW at Regent Street and Victoria Avenue,” the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) wrote in a press release. “The driver fled and the officer pursued the vehicle.” “A short time later, the driver of…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose in early trading Sunday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf waterway that is crucial to global energy supplies. The price of U.S. crude oil increased 6.4% to $87.90 per barrel an hour after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, climbed 5.8% to $95.64 per barrel. The market reaction followed more than two days of lifted hopes and dashed expectations involving the strait. Crude prices plunged more than 9% Friday after Iran…

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it test-launched ballistic missiles with cluster bomb warheads in the second such test this month, likely underscoring its push to expand its capabilities to penetrate U.S. and South Korean defenses. The report by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency appeared to refer to the multiple ballistic missile launches South Korea, Japan and the U.S. detected Sunday off North Korea’s east coast. KCNA photos showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter, both wearing black leather jackets, watching from a coastal observation point as a projectile soared over…

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Toronto police are on the hunt for a man who is wanted in connection with multiple break-ins throughout the city. Investigators say 59-year-old Mark Hardy is a suspect in at least five separate break-ins that occurred between January 15 and April 16. Hardy is accused of breaking into storage lockers, stealing personal items and rummaging through apartments while the residents were asleep. He is wanted for four offences, including 18 counts of break and enter, four counts of possessing break-in instruments, five counts of disguise with intent and two counts of theft under $5,000. Hardy is described as five-foot-ten, 200…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 181 people in total. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Despite the Iran war, the series of strikes have ramped up again in the past week or so, showing that the administration’s aggressive measures to stop what it calls “narcoterrorism” in the Western Hemisphere are not letting…

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Toronto police are searching for a man who is wanted in a sexual assault investigation that took place near the city’s downtown core over the weekend. Officers were called to the Church Street and The Esplanade area shortly before 7 a.m. on Sunday. According to investigators, the suspect approached a victim from behind and forced them into an isolated area where they were sexually assaulted. The assault was interrupted by pedestrians who intervened, and the suspect fled the area, police said. He is described as Black with a thin build and between the ages of 25 and 30. He is…

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A six-year-old boy has died, and several other people are recovering in the hospital after a serious car crash north of Toronto. Emergency crews were called to a rural intersection in Dufferin County at approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday for reports of a two-vehicle collision near County Road 17 and County Road 19 in Mulmur, Ont. “The collision involved a passenger vehicle carrying six occupants and a pickup truck with a lone driver,” provincial police wrote in a press release late Sunday. “As a result of the collision, a 6-year-old male was transported to a local hospital, where he was later…

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The first American Pope called for peace and unity in front of a crowd of 100,000 worshippers, advocating for social justice as he wrapped the first week of his landmark Papal trip to Africa. ​The first American Pope called for peace and unity in front of a crowd of 100,000 worshippers, advocating for social justice as he wrapped the first week of his landmark Papal trip to Africa.  WNT The first American Pope called for peace and unity in front of a crowd of 100,000 worshippers, advocating for social justice as he wrapped the first week of his landmark Papal trip to…

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Urgent investigation underway in connection into a pilot’s death after crashing a small plane in the yard of a Tampa, Florida, home. ​Urgent investigation underway in connection into a pilot’s death after crashing a small plane in the yard of a Tampa, Florida, home.  WNT Urgent investigation underway in connection into a pilot’s death after crashing a small plane in the yard of a Tampa, Florida, home. 

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Cyprus is upgrading key military installations with U.S. taxpayer help to strengthen its role as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean ​Cyprus is upgrading key military installations with U.S. taxpayer help to strengthen its role as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean  International Cyprus is upgrading key military installations with U.S. taxpayer help to strengthen its role as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean 

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz defended President Donald Trump’s threat to “knock out every single power plant” in Iran on “This Week” on Sunday. ​U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz defended President Donald Trump’s threat to “knock out every single power plant” in Iran on “This Week” on Sunday.  Politics U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz defended President Donald Trump’s threat to “knock out every single power plant” in Iran on “This Week” on Sunday. 

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Well, let’s hope the Sens can take us on as wild a ride as the Blue Jays did last year. Read MoreSaturday, April 18: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.  Letters, Opinion, letters, opinion, Ottawa Sun Well, let’s hope the Sens can take us on as wild a ride as the Blue Jays did last year. Read More 

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Show #11   St. Pius X High School Read MoreShow #11   St. Pius X High School To Have the Confidence of a Man Teacher Director: Alisia Cardinali Student Director: Maeve Ludmer Sophia Di Iorio, Critic Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School Recounting a chilling myth set in Northern Ireland, St. Pius X High School’s original play To Have the Confidence of a Man explored the  Cappies Show #11   St. Pius X High School Read More 

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