Ottawa News Headlines
- Online gambling coming to Ontario
- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation plans to have an online gambling program in place by 2012.
- Boat bypass ramps labelled a waste
- A boat bypass in the western outskirts of Ottawa that was built four years ago in large part with public money is still struggling to draw tourists, say a number of local residents.
- O'Brien reunites with former aide for re-election bid
- Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien is turning to an old ally in his bid for re-election in this fall's municipal election.
- Polish ambassador's children die in crash
- Poland's ambassador to Canada has returned to his homeland after hearing his two children died in a car crash.
- Flood damage worries Ottawa homeowners
- A week after heavy rains flooded homes and businesses in Ottawa's west end, some residents are discovering their insurance doesn't cover flood damage.
- Water-heater sales tactics anger homeowners
- Door-to-door sales tactics in the home-heating business have left some Ottawa residents with a bad taste.
- Charges laid in connection to Ottawa fires
- Ottawa police have laid charges in relation to two separate fires set in the last week.
- Dr. Charles Smith's victims to be compensated
- Ontario will offer payments of up to $250,000 for each person whose life was directly affected by Dr. Charles Smith's flawed pediatric forensic pathology.
- Historic Kanata church faces demolition
- Parishioners at St. Isidore Roman Catholic Church in rural Kanata are saying farewell to their 120-year-old place of worship, as the building is being demolished to make way for a new one.
- Greyhound lockout deadline looms
- Thousands of summer travellers could see their plans dashed if a lockout of about 500 Greyhound Canada employees goes ahead later this week.
- Prison farm cattle to be sold despite protests
- An auction of cattle raised on a Kingston, Ont., prison farm that many people have been trying to prevent is scheduled to take place in Waterloo Tuesday in spite of major protests over the last two days.
- New network lets MDs share medical images
- Health professionals at seven hospitals in the Champlain region — which includes hospitals all the way from Deep River to Ottawa and east to Alexandria — can now electronically share medical images and related diagnostic reports, which should provide better access to care for patients.
- Ombudsman report on emergency rooms due
- Ontario's ombudsman will issue a special report Tuesday on a decision to close hospital emergency rooms.
- Chrétien released from hospital
- Former prime minister Jean Chrétien has been released from hospital — just three days after undergoing brain surgery.
- Ottawa police use stun gun to subdue man
- An Ottawa police officer used a stun gun to subdue a man on Parliament Hill Sunday, police said Monday.
- Ottawa to borrow for infrastucture projects
- Ottawa has approved a $125-million debenture to pay for a growing list of infrastructure projects in the city.
- Kingston prison farm protesters form blockade
- Three tractor-trailers loaded with cattle drove out of the Frontenac Institution prison in Kingston, Ont., Monday morning in spite of the hundreds of protesters trying to stop them.
- Tory ridings in Quebec got stimulus funds
- Two Conservative ridings were the biggest Quebec beneficiaries of a federal stimulus program set aside for rural areas, while other Tory-held areas received a considerable share of funds reserved for the province.
- Cyclists listening to music a danger:police
- Ottawa police are warning people about the dangers of cycling while listening to music.
- Lightfoot announces 8 Ontario shows
- Gordon Lightfoot will take the stage in five Ontario cities next May and is also planning a more extensive tour.
- Rwandan-Canadians cast presidential vote
- Hundreds of Rwandans who now call Canada home flooded into Ottawa Sunday to vote in their homeland's presidential election, voting that ended Monday.
- 24% of stimulus projects complete: report
- More than $500 million earmarked for the federal stimulus program is in danger of never being spent, the parliamentary budget watchdog cautions.
- Woman accused of faking cancer appears in court
- An Ontario woman accused of lying about having cancer so she could raise money for herself has had her bail hearing put over until Wednesday.
- Prosecuting 'honour' crimes a priority: minister
- Canada's justice minister has moved to quash weeks of confusion by playing down the idea that the federal government might amend the Criminal Code to include so-called honour killings.
- Jacques Dupuis to quit: report
- Quebec's Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis is set to leave politics, according to the French-language daily La Presse.
- Chrétien up and about after brain surgery
- Former prime minister Jean Chrétien is up and walking and in good spirits at the Jewish General Hospital, his longtime aide Bruce Hartley says.
- Veterans Affairs needs help, not cuts: critics
- The NDP and several veterans groups are lashing out at the Conservative government over reports it is considering cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Working mother wins human rights decision
- A Canada Border Services Agency officer who had to give up her full-time position after the birth of her first child has won a six-year battle with her employer over its failure to accommodate her.
- New curriculum coming to Ont. schools
- Bullying, cyberstalking, drug abuse and defibrillators are among the new subjects coming this fall to elementary school classrooms across Ontario.
- Gatineau mill workers fear for pensions
- Employees and former employees at the AbitibiBowater paper mill in Gatineau, Que., are wondering if they'll ever be able to get their pensions.
- Police investigate early morning robberies
- Ottawa police are investigating after three separate incidents downtown in the early morning hours Saturday.
- Man injured at weekend resort dies
- A 25-year-old man who sustained serious head injuries after an apparent beating at a wilderness resort near Ottawa last weekend has died.
- Ceremonial Guard Drum Major leads his last march
- The man who headed the Canadian Forces Band of the Ceremonial Guard in Ottawa for almost 30 years has led his last march up to Parliament Hill.
- 2nd RBC bombing suspect granted bail
- A justice of the peace has ordered the release of one of three men charged in connection with the firebombing of a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa in May.
- Drive-by shooting rattles Rothwell Heights residents
- People living in Rothwell Heights say they are shaken after police said a residence in their neighbourhood was the target of a drive-by shooting.
- Weapons seized by Ottawa police
- In what police described as a "high-risk" search, the force's guns-and-gangs unit seized a small armoury of weapons during a raid on a home in Ottawa's south end Thursday.
- Firefighters rescue children from sailboats
- Ottawa and Gatineau firefighters were called out to rescue people from two sailboats that ran into trouble on the Ottawa River Friday.
- AbitibiBowater to study plan to reopen Gatineau plant
- The City of Gatineau has persuaded AbitibiBowater to conduct a $100,000 feasibility study of a plan to reopen its paper plant, which it closed in May with a loss of more than 300 jobs.
- Oka developer met with protests
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- Angry Mohawk protesters squared off against a property developer in Oka, Que., after the latter showed up to mark trees to be felled on disputed land.
- Premiers to build bulk-buy drug program
- Canada's premiers and territorial leaders say they will work to establish a pan-Canadian purchasing alliance to bulk-buy prescription drugs, medical supplies and equipment.
- Quebec couple wins right to complain about landfill
- A Quebec Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the owners of a toxic landfill in Cantley, Que., just north of Ottawa.
- Hospital reassures patients after Demers surgery
- A spokesperson for the Ottawa-area hospital where former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers was treated last month says it is safe.
- Swimming champ wants lifeguards at provincial beaches
- Three-time swimming gold medalist Elaine Tanner is urging the Ontario government to reinstate lifeguards at the province's beaches.
- Ottawa's Transitway delays expected to ease
- Commuters and transit riders in downtown Ottawa may get relief Friday from days of traffic jams centred around Elgin and Slater streets during the afternoon rush-hour.
- Economy too fragile for election: PM
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- Canada's economic recovery cannot afford to be disrupted by an "unnecessary" election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said after announcing a minor cabinet shuffle.
- Lotto Max more popular than Super 7
- The new Lotto Max lottery has surpassed expectations, pulling in $1.48 billion nationally in its first 10 months of existence, says the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
- Ottawa hoping for respite from stormy weather
- The National Capital Region saw some rain on Thursday evening, but so far has managed to avoid the high winds and thunderstorms that led to power outages, downed trees and flooding the previous two days.
- Firefighter monument designs go on display
- Five designs for a monument dedicated to Canadian firefighters who died in the line of duty have been made public for the first time, with work from artists including Douglas Coupland, Ken Lum and Myfanwy Macleod.
- Accidents send 5 to hospital
- Five people are in hospital after two separate accidents within three minutes of each other in Ottawa Thursday morning.
- Pap screening in Ontario shows gaps
- Nearly four of 10 urban women living in Ontario aren't getting regular Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer, a new study finds.
- Ontario's long-term care strategy failing: Opposition
- Ontario's Opposition says the Liberal government is wasting money on bureaucrats instead of addressing a growing shortage of long-term care beds.
- Ex-CFL QB Ledbetter makes court appearance
- Former CFL quarterback Cody Ledbetter, who is wanted in the United States for allegedly breaking the terms of his probation sentence for sex-related crimes, made a court appearance after turning himself in to Ottawa police.
- HST confusion to blame for home sales drop?
- Residents of Ontario and B.C. are unsure about how the harmonized sales tax affects real estate transactions, a new study finds, and the confusion is being blamed for a slide in home sales.
- Molotov cocktail caused west-end fire: police
- Ottawa police say a Molotov cocktail caused a fire at a west-end apartment building Tuesday night.
News Headlines
- Markets cut losses on Federal Reserve move
- North American markets pared earlier losses Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve acknowledged the pace of the U.S. economic recovery has slowed and said it would buy government debt on a small scale.
- July housing starts fall
- Canada's seasonally adjusted rate of housing starts slipped to 189,200 in July, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says.
- New house prices rise 0.1% in June
- New house prices across the country rose by 0.1 per cent in June, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada.
- Federer advances at Rogers Cup
- Roger Federer notched a 7-6, 6-3 second-round victory over Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela in Toronto on Tuesday in front of an appreciative centre-court crowd.
- Blue Jays' bats can't dispatch Boston
- The Toronto Blue Jays were foiled in their quest for a fourth straight win on Tuesday night — dropping a 7-5 decision to the visiting Boston Red Sox.
- Hamilton council backs West Harbour stadium
- Hamilton city council has voted in favour of building a controversial new stadium at a downtown site, but it's unclear who will be using it.
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