The government is making slow progress toward eliminating a substantial pay backlog as it moves to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system and ensure public servants’ pay is accurate and on time, a new auditor general report finds. Read MoreExisting errors may continue to undermine Dayforce, says a new report. Public Service, Ottawa Sun, Phoenix pay system, Realtime The government is making slow progress toward eliminating a substantial pay backlog as it moves to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system and ensure public servants’ pay is accurate and on time, a new auditor general report finds. Read More
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Ottawa police are urgently asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of a dark-coloured pickup truck after a crossing guard was critically injured in a hit-and-run on the morning of March 23. Read MorePolice are actively looking for a dark-coloured Ford F-150 believed to be involved in the collision . News, Local News, Education, Ottawa Sun, Realtime Ottawa police are urgently asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of a dark-coloured pickup truck after a crossing guard was critically injured in a hit-and-run on the morning of March 23. Read More
The Ottawa Senators had to dig deep into their depth chart. Read MoreThe Senators will dress former first-round pick Lassi Thomson for Monday night’s game against the New York Rangers. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Senators Extra, Sports, Ottawa Sun The Ottawa Senators had to dig deep into their depth chart. Read More
History Ottawa, the long-awaited Live Nation concert venue in downtown Ottawa, has unveiled its first round of bookings, starting with a summer show by the American roots-rockers the Wallflowers and including a December homecoming gig with the pride of Stittsville, pop star Talk. Read MoreThe Live Nation concert venue in the ByWard Market opens with The Wallflowers, followed by a mix of rock, metal, pop and folk artists. Local News, Life, Local Arts, Travel Ottawa, Ottawa Sun, Realtime History Ottawa, the long-awaited Live Nation concert venue in downtown Ottawa, has unveiled its first round of bookings, starting with a summer show by…
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to land planes safely. On the final approach, pilots are in close communication with the air traffic control tower, which clears them for landing. The tower is also responsible for giving the thumbs-up to any groundcrew looking to cross the runway, including first responders. Experts say it’s not uncommon for the same air traffic controller to handle both incoming aircraft and groundcrew movement, as appeared to be the…
The driver of a vehicle is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle crash on westbound Highway 403 in Mississauga. Ontario Provincial Police officers were called to the scene at Hurontario Street before 2 p.m. on Monday. Police say the driver was the only person in the vehicle. The westbound lanes are closed at Hurontario and police say drivers can expect a “prolonged closure during the on-site investigation and clean-up efforts.” The cause of the crash is not yet known. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO 680 NEWSRADIO TORONTO’S LIVE TRAFFIC UPDATES!The driver of a vehicle is in hospital with…
An investigation into violent, armed carjackings across Peel Region and the Greater Toronto Area dubbed Project Stratis has resulted in six arrests and the seizure of approximately $800,000 in stolen luxury vehicles, Peel Regional Police said in a release on Monday. Investigators said they received reports about numerous armed carjackings between January 18 and February 1, with the suspects targeting high-end vehicles, particularly various Mercedes-Benz models. The release states that “officers determined the accused were not only carrying out the robberies but also arranging for the stolen vehicles to be re-vinned and resold or shipped overseas to Ghana.” With help…
OTTAWA — Canada can protect rules-based international trade and resist pressure from superpowers by working more with the Americas, shoring up supply chains and strengthening economic ties, Costa Rica’s trade minister said on a recent visit to Ottawa. “We share the same vision of the type of world that we would like to live in,” Manuel Tovar Rivera said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “Canada has enormous opportunities in our hemisphere.” Costa Rica is on track to become the first Central American state to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, a trading bloc…
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said public servants have corrected information the government tabled in Parliament that suggested he did not “proactively” raise human rights or foreign interference during his visit to Beijing. “The parliamentary return in question was submitted in error,” wrote Carney’s spokeswoman Audrey Champoux. Carney met in January with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He told reporters at the end of his visit to Beijing that he had spoken with Xi about human rights in direct conversations. The Privy Council Office, which serves the prime minister, said in a parliamentary tabling on March 13 that Carney…
NEW YORK (AP) — A flight attendant still strapped in her seat survived being thrown from an Air Canada plane that collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, her daughter said Monday. It’s a “total miracle,” Sarah Lepine told Canadian news station TVA Nouvelles. She said her mother, Solange Tremblay, had multiple fractures to one leg and will need surgery but otherwise was OK. An aviation safety expert said she likely was helped by being in a seat with a four-point restraint used by crew members. Related: ‘Stop, stop, stop’: Truck told to halt by air traffic…
An off-duty Windsor cop has been charged in connection with a peculiar firearm incident. Emergency crews were called to a residence in the LaSalle area shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday for a report of property damage. Detectives say the homeowners had discovered holes in the walls of their semi-detached house. “Through investigation, officers determined that a single round from a service-issued firearm was discharged inside the neighbouring home of an off-duty Windsor Police officer,” authorities wrote in a press release issued Monday afternoon. “The projectile passed through a shared interior wall and a second wall within the complainant’s residence,”…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has announced its official look, and it’s a blast of bold colors. The graphic patterns and color palettes will be used to identify everything from credentials to staff uniforms to signage to competition venues and the athletes village. The concept announced Monday is based on a California superbloom, a phenomenon that occurs every 10-15 years in the spring and results in a vibrant explosion of wildflowers across hills, valleys and deserts. The LA28 design team studied past Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the 1984 Los Angeles Games, to inspire the look.…
It’s Monday, March 23. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. Read MoreIt’s Monday, March 23. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. ‘HEARTBROKEN AND ANGRY’: OTTAWA MAN FOUND DEAD AFTER HOMECARE AGENCY CLOSES HIS FILE An Ottawa man died alone in his apartment in January after the province’s homecare agency closed his file without seeing him because he wasn’t answering the phone. Read Local News, News It’s Monday, March 23. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. Read More
The family of an international student from India is grieving after the young man was allegedly killed during a violent incident at a boat launch in northern B.C. Family members of Gurkirat Singh Manocha, who spoke with CityNews on the condition their identities not be revealed due to security concerns, described him as a devoted son who had made his parents proud. “He was a kind and gentle person,” one relative said. “As a son, he was a great son.” Manocha had been picked up by friends in Fort St. John on March 13 after they told him they needed…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found the 88-year-old Cosby liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. Cosby’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said in an email that they are disappointed and fully intend to appeal the verdict. The decision came nearly five years after Cosby was freed from prison in Pennsylvania when the state Supreme Court threw out a criminal conviction based on similar allegations.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails on Monday after two key senators announced legislation that could severely curtail the industry’s prospects. Kalshi said it would ban political candidates from trading on their own campaigns, and it would preemptively block anyone involved in college or professional sports from trading contracts related to the sports they play or are employed by. Polymarket instituted a broader ban than Kalshi. The company rewrote its rules to say clearly that users cannot trade on contracts where they might possess confidential information or…
OTTAWA — Gun owners have reported more than 51,000 firearms to the federal government with one week left to go in a program to provide compensation for banned guns, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Monday. The figure is well short of the 136,000 firearms for which the government set aside money when the buyback program for individual owners opened in January. Anandasangaree said he is “cautiously optimistic” leading up to the March 31 deadline for the program, which offers owners compensation for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns. Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed about 2,500 types of…
Gas prices are expected to tank by 10 to 11 cents on Wednesday, according to an early outlook from price specialists at En-Pro. “Things can change at the last minute, but so far that’s what it looks like,” Roger McKnight, En-Pro’s chief petroleum analyst told CityNews. Prices at the pump are expected to fall to $1.69 per litre in the Greater Toronto Area following weeks of steady increases after the United States and Israel’s joint attack on Iran. McKnight says the prospect of gas hitting $2.00 per litre is “a distinct probability, not a mere possibility.” “There is nothing to…
Four people have died after two unrelated avalanches in B.C. Sunday. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., the Terrace RCMP received a report of an avalanche on Mount Knauss that had impacted four heli-skiers. When search crews located them, three of them were confirmed deceased. Three heli-skiers were killed, one injured, after an avalanche on Mount Knauss March 22, 2026. (CityNews Image) A fourth person was airlifted off the mountain with serious injuries and taken to hospital. Then, in a separate event a couple hours later, Mounties in Atlin — over 1,000 kilometres away from the first event — received an SOS…
Toronto police have arrested one man and are on the hunt for a second suspect who is wanted in connection with a firearm investigation in the city’s downtown core. Emergency crews were called to an unnamed hotel near King Street West and Blue Jays Way at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday after a handgun was found at the hotel. Authorities later arrested and charged 30-year-old Malek El-Sayah of Mississauga with six offences, including unauthorized possession of a firearm, three counts of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime exceeding…