Immigrant hiring focus of Ottawa summit

More snow to hit Ottawa Tuesday afternoon

Sex crime prevention program cut by Ottawa

The federal government is cutting funds for a program designed to prevent the most dangerous, high-risk sex offenders from repeating their crimes, just as its own five-year study has found the program dramatically improves public safety and saves money.

Van driver dies after crash with Gatineau bus

10 changes to tax rules that could affect your return this year

Every year, the federal government tinkers with the rules that determine how much income tax we pay. This year, as Canadians prepare to file their 2014 returns, we highlight 10 changes that could affect how much you owe - or how much you save.

Ottawa news quiz for week of Feb. 22 to 28

Ottawa radio hosts play musical chairs

Lowell Green is back on the air. So are Codi and Gonzo. And you might be next, if you want a radio gig. After a turbulent week of musical chairs among radio stations and their hosts one local station is hunting for a new on air personality with an open ...

Invest Ottawa opens door to Brazil with new economic development partnership

The head of Ottawa’s economic development agency is in Brazil right now not for the warm weather and stunning beaches, but to solidify a new partnership his Sao Paulo-based counterpart’s organization, Plug. Bruce Lazenby, president and CEO of Invest ...

Comedian Jeremy Hotz returns to miserable Ottawa without winter boots

Award-winning comedian Jeremy Hotz has built his career on being miserable. Now, he’s in his hometown Ottawa to whine at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club. But first he complained to Metro. It’s freezing cold. My god, I almost died going to the radio station ...

NAC music director ready for a ‘sonic reincarnation’ of great classics in new orchestra season

The lights were up, the curtain was drawn and the cameras were rolling as the NAC Orchestra unveiled the lineup for its 2015-16 season under the glitz and glamour of the centre’s main theatre. Musical Director Alexander Shelley took centre stage Tuesday ...

New medical marijuana centre opening up in Hintonburg

Hintonburg will soon be home to a medical marijuana centre where patients can get guidance on how to properly take their medicine, apply for a license and learn about the substance being touted as a treatment for everything from cancer and multiple ...

CHEO launches online portal for nationwide study on eating disorders

Ottawa children with milder, earlier stages of eating disorders are having to wait to get help because the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario is only able to assessing moderate to severe cases. It’s not that CHEO doesn’t want to help, it just ...

McNaughton staffer arrested for alleged threats against Elliott campaign

A woman was arrested last week after Tory MPP Christine Elliott’s campaign said they received a series of threatening text messages

Police seek woman who apparently streamed sex shows from Windsor library

Woman performed graphic sex acts multiple times between November of last year and the end of January

York University teaching assistants strike after rejecting contract offer

The university says many classes, labs and tutorials are being cancelled as a result

How are MPs too busy to correct right-to-die injustice?

Legislators have one job: to make laws. They should get to the Supreme Court’s assisted-death challenge without delay

Tory MP’s claims about Ontario sex-ed curriculum ’disgusting’: Liberals

MP Cheryl Gallant repeated claims that Benjamin Levin, a former deputy minister of education who is facing seven child pornography-related charges, may have had a hand in developing the document

Video: Missing and murdered women roundtable agrees to meet again

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says Friday's discussion on missing and murdered indigenous women was "powerful" and "productive." Politicians and First Nations leaders have agreed to meet again before the end of 2016

Win tickets to see Dirty Dancing at the NAC!

Dirty Dancing is coming to the NAC April 14-19, 2015. The classic story on stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance, and sensational dancing. Seen by millions across the globe, this worldwide smash ...

Quebec man facing charges after disturbance on Via Rail train near Belleville

BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- A 39-year-old Quebec man is facing charges after allegedly causing a disturbance on a Via Rail train near Belleville, Ont. Belleville police responded to a complaint about an intoxicated man on a train heading from Montreal to Belleville.

Two minors dead in Gracefield fire

Two minors are dead after a massive fire at a home in Gracefield, Quebec. Police said two bodies were found in the wreckage. On Wednesday, police said two minors were missing. Two adults, one male and one female, and one child were taken to a Maniwaki ...

Winter wreaking havoc on vehicles

The winter mix of snow, salt and the brine used to make it safer for drivers in Ottawa are wreaking havoc on vehicles. “It’s just doing a lot of damage to the vehicle on the electrical system, on the body work, on the paint,” said Danny Pantuso of ...

Gatineau twins die from injuries in apartment fire

Gatineau Police have confirmed a young brother and sister who were pulled out a burning Gatineau apartment Saturday evening have now died in hospital from critical injuries. Firefighters found the 12-year-old twins, Gabrielle and Jacob Rondeau, unconscious ...

Beat the Box Office: Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is coming to the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa June 3, 2015! Here is your chance to Beat the Box Office, and win a pair of tickets before they go on sale! Enter the contest below and then watch the weather with J.J Clarke on CTV News at 6, this ...