Did you know there's a miniature Château Montebello across the river from the original? (www.cbc.ca)
Legend has it grandson of timber baron J.R. Booth built the replica after being ejected from original...
King Edward was once Ottawa's Champs-Élysées. Can it be again? (www.cbc.ca)
“It feels like something went really wrong,” said Aubin, who chaired the King Edward Task Force. “Here’s something that we had in Ottawa that was super unique, and we lost it.”...
Here's what is open and closed in Ottawa on Family Day (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
Swimming registrations start tonight at 9pm
Reminder for all the parents here that registrations for spring aquatics begins February 13 at 9 pm.
Toddler taken to hospital after putting needle in her mouth (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa paramedics say they took a two-year-old girl to the region’s children’s hospital Saturday after she was found with a needle inside her mouth....
Pellerin: Speeding? Running a red? Driving while distracted? Time for a refresher driver ed course, Ottawa (ottawacitizen.com)
Numbers just released by the City of Ottawa show 155 people a day on average got nabbed by a red-light camera in 2023, a problem that’s getting worse every year. As is speeding. And distracted driving. It’s obvious: Nobody knows how to drive worth beans....
Activists spray paint on a replica dinosaur skeleton at Canadian Museum of Nature (ottawacitizen.com)
The incident took place around 10 a.m. Thursday. In a statement, the museum said security staff followed procedures to “ensure the safety of visitors,” and called police, who took the activist into custody....
221 vehicles reported stolen in Ottawa so far in 2024: Here's the hot spots for vehicle thefts (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
An average of six vehicles a day have been reported stolen in Ottawa so far this year, with Bay ward and River ward being the hot spots for vehicle thefts....
Debate over photo radar cameras moves to rural Ottawa (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
Speeding is becoming a growing concern for residents in rural areas, especially as new housing developments pop up. In 2020, a city report showed rural Ottawa had the highest percentage of fatal collisions at 37 per cent....
Baseline highrises near Experimental Farm approved by Ottawa city council (ottawacitizen.com)
Last week, the city’s planning and housing committee approved a rezoning to Theberge Homes to allow the construction of towers of 32 and 24 storeys at 780 Baseline Rd., near the southeast corner of the farm. A third tower of 24 storeys facing Fisher Avenue had received rezoning approval in the fall....
Ottawa Council approves multi-tower development across the street from Central Experimental Farm (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
Ottawa City Council has given the green light for two residential towers to be built across the street from the Central Experimental Farm, despite concerns from the federal government about the effects that shadows cast by the towers would have on research....
Gatineau man tracks stolen vehicle to Port of Montreal, but police say their hands are tied (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
Thanks to his Apple AirTag, Mark Roos knows where his stolen 2021 Dodge Ram TRX is....
Convoy class-action moves forward after ANTI SLAPP motion tossed (www.cbc.ca)
OC Transpo reduces workforce as revenues stagnate post pandemic (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
OC Transpo announced Tuesday that it’s reducing its workforce to cut costs and improve revenue....
Idling rules could get tougher under bylaw changes (www.cbc.ca)
The City of Ottawa is looking at revamping its idling bylaw to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and wants to know what residents think....
Ottawa couple out $13k after scammer posing as TD Bank steals credit card info (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
An Ottawa couple is reeling after a scam phone call from who they thought was a representative from TD Bank cost them $13,000....
Here's why the Ottawa City Hall flags are half-mast on Sunday (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
The flags in front of Ottawa City Hall will be lowered to half-mast on Sunday, Feb. 4 in honour of local politician, businessman and philanthropist Brian McGarry.
Liberal staffer identified as foul-mouthed 'Balcony Man' famous for cussing out Freedom Convoy protesters (ottawacitizen.com)
Ottawa police stopping average of 2 impaired drivers per day (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
Since Jan. 1, police say they’ve charged 32 impaired drivers in Ottawa, an average of two per day....
More school boards take precautions over 'spectacular and rare' eclipse (www.cbc.ca)
The following school boards have also moved the PD day to April 8:...
Twenty-four calves die in major barn fire in Richmond Wednesday (ottawacitizen.com)
Seven fire trucks remained on the scene midmorning Wednesday at a barn fire on Mansfield Road near Richmond in which 24 calves died....
Ottawa senior says he was denied a car rental because he was 'too old' (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
“I stepped up to the counter to pick up my car and they said, ‘You’re over 74, You can’t have a car,’” he said....
Fraudsters use deepfake technology to turn CTV Ottawa story into scam video (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
On Jan. 16, CTV News Ottawa aired a story about a retired Ottawa couple who were scammed into using their line of credit to purchase cryptocurrency through a ‘financial advisor’. Two weeks later, a fraudulent rendition of that story, made with deepfake AI, surfaced on Facebook....
