West Carleton school to open Wednesday after gas line repair
West Carleton Secondary School in Dunrobin will be back open Wednesday. The school was closed Tuesday while officials repaired a gas line.
View ArticleHow to talk to your kids about the death of Chloe Kotval and the risk of drugs
Like parents across the city, I was shaken by the photograph of Chloe Kotval, her long straight hair and big, hopeful eyes so like those of my own daughter, attached to a story about death. Gone at 14,...
View ArticleCanada’s 'princess of pot' to open Cannabis Culture shop in Ottawa
Canada’s “princess of pot” says she’s opening a Cannabis Culture shop in Ottawa Wednesday. Jodie Emery, wife of longtime Canadian pot crusader Marc Emery, says the downtown location will be opened...
View ArticleEnrolment increases at Ottawa's three smaller school boards; no closures...
Catholic and French-language students and parents in Ottawa will be spared the agonizing school closure debates now playing out at the city's largest school board. Enrolment is climbing at Ottawa's...
View ArticlePublic school board approves closure of six schools
Ottawa’s largest school board began the long, tortuous process of ridding itself of half-empty buildings with the decision Wednesday to close six schools in the west end of the city.The vote comes...
View ArticleThe west end school shuffle: How thousands of children will be affected by...
Logan Newell-Turner’s school isn’t closing, but as far as the Grade 1 student is concerned, it might as well be.
View ArticleLabour board rules against DND employee's work-life balance grievance
A National Defence employee who fought for the right to take his two daily breaks at the end of the day so he could get home more quickly to his wife and kids was not a victim of discrimination based...
View ArticleClosing Rideau High School will 'destroy' Vanier, hurt youngsters, former...
Former Ottawa police chief Vernon White has joined the campaign to save Rideau High School, warning trustees that closing the school will hurt young people in Vanier.
View ArticleOttawa man charged with sexually assaulting young girl in Carling Avenue store
An Ottawa man has been charged with sexual assault after a young girl was inappropriately touched by a man in a store on Carling Avenue, Ottawa police said.
View ArticleFour Ottawa schools to host info sessions for parents about opioid abuse
Ottawa’s largest school board is hosting four public meetings for parents concerned about abuse of illegal opioids and overdoses.The meetings will feature presentations and a chance to ask questions to...
View ArticleRideau High School to close, as board OKs move despite emotional appeals
Haisem Alsokhni and his teenage son are both learning English at Rideau High School.
View ArticleCannabis Culture chain slams Justin Trudeau as prince and princess of pot...
Ottawa police raided Cannabis Culture Thursday morning, two weeks after the Bank Street shop opened with a promise to sell marijuana to anyone over 19.
View ArticleCannabis Culture pot shop is back in business one day after police raid
The Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensary on Bank Street that was raided by police on Thursday reopened Friday morning.
View ArticleCharges tossed against more than a hundred 'budtenders' at Toronto pot shops
Toronto police have responded to the illegal marijuana dispensaries operating in the city by raiding many of them, charging staff with drug trafficking.But as those cases hit the courts, many charges...
View Article'Budtender' says marijuana dispensary bosses left him high and dry after raid
A “budtender” who was arrested in a raid on an Ottawa marijuana dispensary says he feels betrayed by his former employer, who has refused to help him with legal bills.Shawn McAlesse says he believed he...
View ArticleOff-duty police officer rushes in to help choking child
The Ottawa Police Service is applauding the work of an off-duty officer who helped a child who was choking in a restaurant on the weekend.Const. Tina Pippy stepped in to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre...
View ArticlePromise of legal pot some day soon doesn't help budtenders arrested for...
Canadians may be able to celebrate Canada Day in 2018 by legally smoking a joint, but that’s small consolation to the 21-year-old clerk who was working the security desk at the Cannabis Culture shop on...
View ArticlePM Justin Trudeau smoked pot, too, say budtenders charged with drug...
The five clerks who were charged during a police raid on a Cannabis Culture shop earlier this month staged a protest at the courthouse Wednesday before their first appearance on drug trafficking...
View ArticleOttawa firefighter under investigation over homophobic Facebook posts
In a case that raises questions about the rights and responsibilities of employees when they’re on social media, Ottawa’s fire department has launched an investigation after comments posted publicly by...
View ArticleRideau River floods streets in Ottawa South and East as water levels rise
Water from the overflowing banks of the Rideau River had flooded some streets and pathways in Ottawa South and Ottawa East on Saturday.
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