The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has a problem with dangerous levels of lead in drinking water at some of its schools, according to a new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). Read MoreMore than 100 samples of drinking water from school taps exceeded the provincial lead maximum in 2024-25, according to the Canadian Environmental Law Association. News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has a problem with dangerous levels of lead in drinking water at some of its schools, according to a new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). Read More
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Ottawa police are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run that occurred in early February near the corner of Fisher Avenue and Viewmont Drive. Read MorePolice say the crash happened near near the intersection of Fisher Avenue and Viewmont Drive. News, Local News, Hit and run, Ottawa police service, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Ottawa police are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run that occurred in early February near the corner of Fisher Avenue and Viewmont Drive. Read More
Who had a better weekend than Sens fans? Read MoreIn the first edition of our new Senators mailbag, Callum Fraser answers questions from readers on one star player’s up-and-down season, the push for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and potential offseason trades involving core players. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Sports, Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Sun, Stanley Cup Playoffs Who had a better weekend than Sens fans? Read More
Ottawa police have arrested two suspects after a string of car thefts and home invasions across the city on March 14. Read MoreThe two suspects — one female and one male — allegedly stole three cars and broke into multiple residences, according to police. News, Local News, carjacking, Ottawa police service, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Ottawa police have arrested two suspects after a string of car thefts and home invasions across the city on March 14. Read More
When Amber McGill checked her mother into Fort St John, B.C.’s Peace Villa three years ago – she never expected a call from staff about her then being found locked in her room, and being sexually assaulted by another resident. Read More“They were trying to talk me out of testing my mother for STD or HIV, after contacting me about her being assaulted in their facility.” News, Canada, Local News, Fort St. John, Northern Health, RCMP, Sex assault When Amber McGill checked her mother into Fort St John, B.C.’s Peace Villa three years ago – she never expected a call from staff about her then being found locked…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to legalize the use of pepper spray for self-defence purposes. Ford said at a press conference today in Brockville, Ont., that it is a way for women to protect themselves when they feel unsafe walking at night. In response, a spokesperson for federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser says they will continue to work with all levels of government to keep communities safe. Ford ranted about a number of justice-related issues today at a press conference about a jail being built in eastern Ontario, including pepper spray, DNA collection in sexual assault…
HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was investigating, noting there were no failures in the units that were operating when the grid collapsed. It was the third major blackout in Cuba over the past four months. Tomás David Velázquez Felipe, a 61-year-old resident of Havana, said the relentless outages make him think that…
Via Rail needs to improve its service — punctuality, in particular — according to Canada’s auditor general, who nonetheless gave solid marks to the Crown corporation’s management practices. In a report, Karen Hogan said that over the past decade Via has failed to improve its on-time performance, which sank to a dismal 30 per cent in the first three months of 2025. Via’s full-year average dropped to 51 per cent in 2024 from 71 per cent in 2015, according to Via documents. “On-time performance is a key driver of customer satisfaction. Declining punctuality increases the risk of losing passengers to…
TORONTO — When a young soccer player asked Jonathan Osorio if Canada was going to win the men’s World Cup, his answer was direct. “Yes,” said Osorio during a question-and-answer period Monday at a children’s soccer camp in Toronto’s Downsview Park. The panel with Osorio, teammate Richie Laryea, Canadian soccer great Dwayne De Rosario and Adam van Koeverden, the secretary of state for sport, was part of the grand unveiling of Canada’s kit for the upcoming World Cup. The federal government also announced that it was giving Canada Soccer $300,000 to expand youth engagement initiatives across the country. After taking…
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) says one of its detector dogs recently sniffed out twenty-two kilograms of raw meat in luggage at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The meat, which included raw duck, pigeon, chicken and rabbit, was found in a traveller’s luggage arriving at Pearson from Egypt on March 8, 2026. The CBSA posted a photo of detector dog, Dharla, posing beside the haul. #DetectorDog Dharla sniffed out over 22 kg of raw duck, pigeon, chicken, and rabbit in the #GTA, found in a traveller’s luggage arriving from Egypt. Learn more about declaring food, plant, and animal products: https://t.co/JzIurTTNSc…
OTTAWA — Some of Canada’s most prominent conservation groups say Ottawa is putting at risk its goals to protect nearly one-third of Canada’s land and waterways, with tens of millions of dollars in federal funding about to run out. Canada has committed to protecting 30 per cent of its terrestrial and coastal areas by 2030 and was only about halfway to that target by the end of 2024. The commitment was reinforced by the Liberal election platform and the speech from the throne delivered by King Charles last May. In a letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney last week,…
OTTAWA — Canada can successfully navigate President Donald Trump’s call for NATO allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz without getting drawn into the war, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump warned in an interview with The Financial Times newspaper that it “will be very bad” for the future of NATO if alliance members fail to help secure the strait. The strait is a strategic choke point and Iran is using military attacks and threats to hold up global energy shipments through the vital waterway. “The question of the White House’s overture to NATO members and…
OTTAWA — A new study released on Monday says AI systems depend on Canadian journalism for the information they provide users but don’t offer compensation or proper attribution in return Researchers at McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy tested 2,267 Canadian news stories on major AI models. “All four models showed extensive knowledge of Canadian current events consistent with having ingested Canadian news reporting,” the report says. The researchers found when ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok were asked about Canadian news events from their training data, they did not provide source attribution about 82 per cent of the…
Toronto police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman found dead near Union Station earlier this year. Investigators say officers were called to York Street and Bremner Boulevard just after 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 where they found the body of a woman. The coroner says her death was not suspicious. The woman is described as elderly, five foot two inches with a thin build and short greying hair. She was wearing a black winter jacket, a grey-hooded sweater, black jeans and black books. An artist’s rendering of the woman has been released and anyone with information about…
Irma Galastica, 32, a mother of one from Toronto went missing in August of 2024. She has not been seen or heard from since. Halton Regional Police say they believe she was in the Burlington/Hamilton area before she disappeared. CityNews investigative journalist Cristina Howorun has been trying to figure out what happened to Irma. She says, on August 31, 2024, Irma left her Toronto apartment and went to a bar in Hamilton called Sankofa. “All accounts are that she left in a vehicle with several men and with a new friend that she made that night, a woman that we…
An Iranian dissident found dead in British Columbia this month had accused the two people now charged with murdering him of being aligned with Iran’s government and trying to obtain poison to kill him last year. In an affidavit obtained by The Canadian Press, Masood Masjoody said he was warned by a member of a group that involved suspects Arezou Soltani and Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi that they “sought a substance with which to murder me.” Sgt. Freda Fong, with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said over the weekend that investigators believe the killing of Masjoody, whose cause of death has…
One person has died after they were struck by a vehicle on Highway 10 in Caledon. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to Highway 10 between King Street and Boston Mills Road around 1:15 p.m. to the crash. The pedestrian, a 30-year-old from Brampton, was taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead. The driver was not injured in the crash. Drivers are asked to avoid the area. It’s unknown how long the highway will be closed for. One person has died after they were struck by a vehicle on Highway 10 in Caledon. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called…
Cardi B is dragging the Hammer for slow ticket sales. The Grammy-winning rapper called out Hamilton in a social media video after noticing that ticket sales for her show on March 31 in the city lagged behind other stops. The “Bodak Yellow” artist, currently on her Little Miss Drama tour, said that while most tour dates are “98 per cent, 99 per cent” sold out, Hamilton was only about “80 per cent sold out.” Ticketmaster shows many seats remain for Hamilton, compared with Toronto, which is nearly sold out for her March 30 show. Tickets in Hamilton start at around…
As investigators in British Columbia, Canada released Gurkirat Singh Manocha’s name and photo as the victim of a Friday homicide in Fort St. John, B.C. asking anyone with information about the case to come forward – half a world away New Delhi Television and more has been sharing information about the case. Read More”We were told that a group of boys beat him badly and then ran him over with a vehicle. Around 10 to 12 people were involved. The police had detained some suspects initially, but later they were released…” ndtv.com News, Canada, Local News, Fort St. John, Homicide, RCMP As…
Delays are starting to end on almost all GO Transit lines after a police investigation wrapped up just west of Union Station. Officers were called to Union Station around 3 p.m. for a medical call. A deceased person was found on the scene. Toronto EMS tells CityNews they were called to the area of Bathurst and Front streets. GO Transit says residual delays of up to 50 minutes on some lines is still possible. For up-to-date information, you can visit GO Transit’s website. The Milton Line is also experiencing delays due to a different police investigation west of Erindale GO.…