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Ottawa OPP say five people are in hospital with life threatening injuries after a multi-vehicle collision in Ottawa’s west end on Friday. Police were at the scene of the accident on Highway 417 between…
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The City of Ottawa’s annual Doors Open event is offering the public a glimpse into more than 100 buildings that are usually closed off. On Saturday, June 1 and Sunday June 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00…
Someone in Ottawa is holding a lottery ticket worth $70 million. Provincial lottery officials say a single winning ticket from Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was sold in the nation’s capital. Friday…
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister faced growing pressure Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, with many Israelis urging…
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Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton has died in hospital following an attack by another inmate in prison.
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OTTAWA — It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legacy, both at home and…
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Veteran broadcaster and compassionate community champion Sam Laprade sheds light on Ottawa’s most impactful charities and non-profit organizations and their amazing work. Featured this week: Shepherds of Good Hope.
As magic mushroom stores pop up around the province, there’s a constitutional challenge at Ontario court that seeks to remove psilocybin from the list of controlled substances. Xiao Li reports.
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Breakfast Television spoke with former Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion following the baseball club’s launch of its new Nike City Connect jerseys. Caryn Ceolin has more.
$56 million is being given by the federal government to the University of Manitoba for new multidisciplinary projects which will help Canada be more prepared for future health emergencies. Alex Karpa reports.
CityNews’ Sports Reporter Lindsay Dunn spoke with Philip Kim about Breaking making its debut at the Paris Olympic Games and how he is favoured to win it all.
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OTTAWA — Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue. The group was considering a planned research…
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When Tara Cawley was driving her daughter to daycare she had to look twice at the large animal crossing the road in front of her van. At first, she thought it was a horse, but then she realized it was…
A man is charged with possession of child pornography, after a joint investigation by the Ottawa Police and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). A 53-year-old man from Ottawa was charged with importation…
Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region has been unveiled, with July 1st celebrations set across Ottawa and Gatineau. From LeBreton Flats Park to Parliament Hill and Old Hull in Gatineau…
A former educational assistant with the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) is facing additional charges in a child sexual assault case, Ottawa police said. Kevan Henshaw, 32, of Ottawa has…
With the start of meteorological summer, Ottawa residents can expect a warm start to the weekend, according to forecasts from Environment Canada. By Friday afternoon the nation’s capital will be a high…
The northern lights could return to the sky over parts of Canada as a sunspot that contributed to a recent stunning aurora display rotates back Earth-side. A sunspot that earlier this month unleashed…
An Ontario mother is devastated after her 16-year-old son with special needs was found unresponsive and alone at his school two weeks ago, and later pronounced dead. Brenda Davis, whose son Landyn had…
Ottawa police are hoping the public can help them identify a suspect who assaulted a person in the southwest corner of the Vanier Parkway. The incident happened at the intersection of McArthur Avenue…
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Ottawa Tourism wants to reduce food waste in the National Capital Region. In a release, Ottawa Tourism said it is partnering with La Tablée des Chefs, an organization that recovers surplus food for…
TORONTO — Matt Johnson’s “BlackBerry” may have ended in tragedy but it saw nothing short of triumph as it dominated the Canadian Screen Awards in an evening full of self-referential jabs about…
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In today’s The Big Story podcast, there is no shortage of opinion out there on Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from doctors, advocates and experts, as well as first-person testimonials from…
OTTAWA — Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government’s own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested immigrants are to blame for the shooting of an empty Jewish school in Toronto over the weekend, despite police saying they have little information on the suspects. Opposition…
Firefighters “quickly” brought a balcony fire under control on Thursday morning. At about 10:39 a.m. crews received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting “black smoke” and “flames” from a balcony on the sixth…
The City of Ottawa is introducing a three-item limit for curbside waste collection beginning September 30. Residents whose waste is collected in one shared location and those living on agricultural…
Nine people have been arrested following a day of demonstrations around the city, including on Uplands Drive, Elgin Street and Wellington Street. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) first responded to a…
A vehicle was caught speeding just after 11 p.m. on Highway 417 by the Ottawa detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. On Wednesday, an officer caught the driver going at 158 km/h and just before…