Re: Bus-only lanes to be considered for Bank Street in the Glebe, online, March 21 Read MoreFriday, March 27: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor. Letters, Opinion, letters, opinion, Ottawa Sun Re: Bus-only lanes to be considered for Bank Street in the Glebe, online, March 21 Read More
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Grande Prairie RCMP arrested and charged one man related to a disturbance at Northwestern Polytechnic and subsequent lockdown at city facilities on March 25. Read MoreResponse to lone-male behaving aggressively and brandishing replica gun results in weapons charges in Grande Prairie court. News, Local News, Grande Prairie, RCMP Grande Prairie RCMP arrested and charged one man related to a disturbance at Northwestern Polytechnic and subsequent lockdown at city facilities on March 25. Read More
He started operating trains in the Boston area as university student. He takes public transit, but is also known to drive a Ford F-150. He doesn’t speak French, but says he’s going to take classes. Even though he has lived in Canada since 2009 and is a Canadian citizen, he still speaks with a distinct Boston accent. Read MoreThe City of Ottawa has appointed Rick Leary to run OC Transpo as it faces struggles with its LRT and bus systems and a deep deficit. News, Local News, OC Transpo, Ottawa Sun, Realtime He started operating trains in the Boston area as university…
The movie Groundhog Day is endearing and funny precisely because it could never happen in real life. Read MoreHere in Ottawa we are locked in a vicious circle of perpetual pointlessness, producing slow, partial, half-baked pilot projects that never lead to meaningful change. Opinion, Columnists The movie Groundhog Day is endearing and funny precisely because it could never happen in real life. Read More
More than 400,000 public servants earned over $100,000 in 2025, appearing on Ontario’s Sunshine List. The number of names on the list, which was released Friday, increased by seven per cent compared to 2024 when just over 377,000 people earned $100,000 or more. Ontario Power Generation topped the list with the five highest salaries in the province. Former President and CEO Kenneth Hardwick earned $1.9 million, less than his over $2 million salary in 2024 followed by current CEO Nicolle Butcher who took home $1.5 million. OPG’s Chief Nuclear Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Projects Officer rounded out the…
A major downtown intersection that was slated for closure until sometime in mid-April has reopened weeks ahead of schedule. The intersection of College and Bay streets, which was closed to vehicles and cyclists on March 2 for sewer and streetcar track replacement, reopened Friday. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said the expedited completion was the result of adding more workers to compress the timeline. Chow also said the intersection of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue also reopened Friday night, three weeks ahead of schedule. That work began in January and reduced traffic to one lane in each direction between Broadview…
Now that the federal budget bill has received royal assent, the Treasury Board has started implementing early retirement incentives it is offering to public servants. Read MoreEligible public servants will have until late July to apply through the Treasury Board website. Public Service, Federal budget 2025, Ottawa Sun, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Realtime, retirement Now that the federal budget bill has received royal assent, the Treasury Board has started implementing early retirement incentives it is offering to public servants. Read More
Canada’s national lawyers group has rebuked a call from four premiers for Ottawa to overhaul how it appoints provincial superior court and appeal judges. The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec wrote this week in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that they want to see only judges appointed who are first approved and recommended by the provinces. The premiers say doing so would boost public confidence in the courts and “help ensure the judiciary reflects the communities it serves.” Their call was quickly brushed aside by federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser. The Canadian Bar Association, which represents…
Toronto’s recently-appointed Chief Congestion Officer Andrew Posluns outlined the city’s new congestion management plan on Friday, as the city braces for an influx of visitors for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. The City’s new plan has five key pillars: • Reducing the impact of construction by shortening road closures and improving neighbourhood co-ordination.• Expanding traffic management through more traffic agents and upgrades to the Congestion Management Centre.• Improving transit reliability by upgrading signals to prioritize buses and streetcars.• Using smarter technology such as smart signals and intelligent intersections to better manage real-time traffic and forecast disruptions.• Shifting how people…
OTTAWA — Public servants who are eligible for the federal government’s early retirement incentive can now apply for it after waiting months for the program’s launch. The program — part of the government’s efforts to cut the number of public servants — is meant to allow some federal workers to retire early without a pension penalty. It was announced in the fall. The last budget said the government intended to introduce the one-year program as soon as Jan. 15, 2026, but couldn’t launch it until after the budget implementation bill was passed. The legislation, known as C-15, became law on…
Linus Ullmark made his point by helping the Ottawa Senators steal a point on Thursday night. Read MoreThe Ottawa Senators need a strong Linus Ullmark down the stretch if they want to get back into the NHL post-season tournament. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Senators Extra, Sports, NHL Playoffs, Ottawa Sun, Tampa Bay Lightning Linus Ullmark made his point by helping the Ottawa Senators steal a point on Thursday night. Read More
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is supporting a ruling this week by the International Olympic Committee that bans transgender women from women’s sports at the Games. The policy change comes ahead of the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 and aligns with an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump. The new policy will require athletes to undergo mandatory genetic testing to establish their gender. The test involves a screen of saliva, cheek swabs or blood samples to test for the SRY gene, which is a piece of DNA “typically found on the Y chromosome that initiates male…
What do conservation authorities, a downtown Toronto parking lot and freedom-of-information requests have in common? On the face of it, nothing – but provincial legislative changes are coming to all three, and they are jammed into an omnibus budget bill tabled Thursday by Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. The province’s plan for doling out taxpayer money in the coming year also comes with proposed changes to the ticket resale market and retail shopping on holidays. Proposing such a wide range of changes is an approach that skirts transparency and accountability, opposition party leaders said Friday. Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser…
The Toronto Tempo will have the sixth pick in the WNBA draft on April 13, choosing that option over having the top choice in the expansion draft on April 3. The Portland Fire will have the first choice in the expansion draft and seventh pick in the WNBA draft. The Tempo won the right to choose which option it wanted when a silver dollar was flipped on a Zoom call and came up Toronto’s way. WNBA teams have until Sunday to inform the league of the five players they’ll be protecting ahead of the expansion draft. That draft will have two rounds, with up…
Golf legend Tiger Woods has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after he showed “signs of impairment” following a rollover crash in Jupiter, Florida, Martin County Sheriff, John Budensiek, told reporters on Friday. Budensiek said Woods, who was the sole occupant in the vehicle, seemed “lethargic” after the crash, but wasn’t injured and was able to crawl out of the toppled Land Rover on his own before officers arrived. Budensiek said Woods attempted to pass a pressure cleaner truck, but clipped the back end of the truck’s trailer, causing him to lose control. The driver of the truck wasn’t injured. “On scene…
An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Matthew Althorpe admitted to creating and publishing white supremacist propaganda as an active member of the terror group Atomwaffen Division, and an agreed statement of facts in the case said manifestos he published on Telegram inspired multiple terrorist attacks. Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly said in her ruling that the propaganda Althorpe created can never be erased and will continue to inspire more violence. She said there is evidence Althorpe inspired at least six attacks that left several people killed and wounded…
Ontario’s housing start projections have been revised downward once again in the province’s budget, putting the government even farther off track from building 1.5 million homes over 10 years — a target to which the ministers in charge say they pay no mind. The province is projecting just 64,800 housing starts this year — 10,000 fewer than it expected for this year in last year’s budget and 30,000 fewer than the 2024 plan projected. The government’s own math early on in its bid to get 1.5 million homes built by 2031 showed that housing starts should be at 175,000 per…
An Ottawa police officer who was found guilty for assault and assault with a weapon after stepping on a man’s neck and striking him with a baton made Ontario’s Sunshine List this past year despite being suspended with pay since 2023. Read MoreConst. Goran Beric was suspended with pay after being convicted of assault. News, Local News, City of Ottawa, Ottawa Sun, Realtime, Sunshine List An Ottawa police officer who was found guilty for assault and assault with a weapon after stepping on a man’s neck and striking him with a baton made Ontario’s Sunshine List this past year despite being suspended…
It’s Friday, March 27. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. Read MoreIt’s Friday, March 27. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. OTTAWA MAYOR RESPONDS AFTER ‘GOOD MORNING’ PHOTO SERIES WENT VIRAL (IN A BAD WAY) The dreary Fisher Park photo aside, Sutcliffe said the reaction to his “Good morning Ottawa” posts had been generally positive over the years. Read the Local News, News It’s Friday, March 27. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. Read More
A 22-year-old man from Ottawa was to appear in court in Gatineau on Friday, March 27, to face several charges in connection with the theft of a semi-trailer truck and a string of collisions that sent six other individuals to hospital for precautionary reasons. Read MoreThe driver was arrested after attempting to flee on foot following a series of collisions involving about 10 other vehicles. News, Local News, Gatineau Police Service, Ottawa Sun, Realtime A 22-year-old man from Ottawa was to appear in court in Gatineau on Friday, March 27, to face several charges in connection with the theft of a semi-trailer…