Quebec police: Man confesses to double homicide in Notre Dame-Du-Laus
Quebec provincial police are investigating a possible double homicide in Notre Dame-Du-Laus after a man turned himself into the Gatineau detachment early Monday morning. The man told police he killed...
View ArticleJoints by Snoop Dogg or white label cannabis? Government ponders ad...
The elegant white box shipped from the Tweed Inc. medical marijuana plant in Smiths Falls is stamped with a gold cannabis leaf that signals the dried bud inside is endorsed by Snoop Dogg himself.
View ArticleOttawa homelessness report: More families and older women are living at...
More older women and families in Ottawa are using emergency shelters, according to the annual report on homelessness. Overall, the number of people staying at shelters rose by 5.2 per cent from 2015 to...
View ArticleOttawa pot shot budtenders plead guilty to drug trafficking, get suspended...
The first two of 29 Ottawa pot shops clerks charged in police raids have gone through the courts and received suspended sentences.
View ArticleOttawa doctor pioneers use of cannabis to help opioid addicts
The patients at Dr. Mark Ujjainwalla’s methadone clinic are trying to beat their addiction to heroin, narcotic painkillers and other opioid drugs, but most of them still smoke pot.
View ArticleJonathan Pitre has unexpected surgery to control a blood infection
Jonathan Pitre had an unexpected surgery on Monday, according to his mother.
View ArticlePolice looking to ID alleged charity scam artist at Rideau Centre
Ottawa police are asking for help in their investigation of a woman who allegedly swindled a man with cognitive disabilities out of his money outside the Rideau Centre.
View ArticleAnnual 4-20 party on Parliament Hill had extra buzz this year [Video]
The annual celebration of cannabis on Parliament Hill had extra resonance this year, coming just a week after the federal government introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana.
View ArticleFire damages portable classroom at Montessori school in Kanata
A fire overnight damaged a portable classroom at the Kanata Montessori School at 355 Michael Cowpland Drive.No one was injured, said Ottawa Fire Services spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. The fire...
View ArticlePolice search for suspect after man stabbed on Rideau Street Sunday evening
A man in his 40s was stabbed in the 100 block of Rideau Street around 5:30 p.m. Sunday evening, and suffered a minor wound.
View ArticleGatineau medical marijuana producer halts sales over unapproved pesticide
A Gatineau producer of medical marijuana halted sales Tuesday after a pesticide not approved for use on cannabis was discovered on its plants.
View ArticleCharged Ottawa pot shop clerk at centre of constitutional challenge to...
An Ottawa lawyer is launching a constitutional challenge to Canada’s medical marijuana laws as part of his defence of a pot shop clerk charged with drug trafficking.
View ArticleHealth Canada orders medical marijuana growers to test for banned pesticides
Canada’s medical marijuana growers will have to start testing all their products for unauthorized pesticides, says Health Canada, stepping up the government’s response to concerns about tainted...
View ArticleCity bylaw office joins battle against illegal pot shops by charging one...
Ottawa’s bylaw enforcement officers have jumped into the battle against the city’s marijuana dispensaries.
View ArticleGood-news budget allows public school board to add staff
An infusion of extra cash from the province will allow Ottawa’s English public school board to add staff next year.
View ArticleWill legalization lead to massive pot shortages? Experts say yes
Don't plan a Canada Day 2018 shopping bonanza at your local pot shop yet. Canadians may be more likely to find empty shelves — in provinces where stores are even up and running — and shortages.
View ArticleA RockGarden blooms in Carleton Place to grow medical marijuana
When Andrew Rock was studying horticulture at Algonquin College, he assumed he would eventually get a job in urban agriculture, maybe creating living walls or rooftop gardens.Then the federal...
View ArticleHydropothecary says a former employee sprayed cannabis plants with banned...
A medical marijuana grower in Gatineau says it has found the source of a banned pesticide that tainted its products, causing the company to temporarily stop sales and issue two recalls.
View ArticleSchools in Alta Vista and Hunt Club the next targets in closure debates
The explosive debates over public school closures move to the Alta Vista and Hunt Club neighbourhoods next.The Ottawa- Carleton District School Board plans to study 19 Alta Vista schools as part of a...
View ArticlePolice investigate death of man at his home in Horton Township
Police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man at his home on Mullins Road in Horton Township, Renfrew County.The man was found at about 1:40 p.m. on Saturday.
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