Ottawa The bomb disposal unit of the Ottawa Police Service responded to the Russian Embassy on Friday after someone threw items over a tall fence bordering Charlotte Street, according to police. Scene cleared just before 2 p.m., no threat to public safety, police say Gabrielle Huston · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading
Ottawa The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission say they’ve reached an “agreement in principle” to bring a new NHL arena and major events centre to LeBreton Flats. Senators president Cyril Leeder, NCC CEO Tobi Nussbaum make announcement Friday David Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Sep 20, 2024 12:42 PMContinue Reading
Ottawa·Live The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission say they’ve reached an “agreement in principle” to bring a new NHL arena and major events centre to LeBreton Flats. Senators president Cyril Leeder, NCC CEO Tobi Nussbaum make announcement Friday David Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Sep 20, 2024 12:42 PMContinue Reading
In the wake of a CBC investigation that revealed thousands of immigration applications had been assigned to hundreds of former employees’ IDs and placeholder codes, the federal government conducted a major review and cleaned up its global application system to ensure none had been “forgotten,” CBC News has learned. Now, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship CanadaContinue Reading
Ottawa Federal public servants were expected to be back in the office three days a week starting Monday, but the transition in Ottawa was anything but smooth. Federal public servants now expected to be in the office 3 days a week Matthew Kupfer · CBC News · Posted: Sep 14,Continue Reading
Ottawa It started more than a year ago, took nearly 50 days in a courtroom and may not be decided until next year, but the trial of two leaders of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa finally ended Friday. Tamara Lich, Chris Barber accused of orchestrating 2022 demonstration that took overContinue Reading
Ottawa·Updated Kingston Police have announced murder and attempted murder charges against 47-year-old Andre Wareham, accusing him of killing 38-year-old Taylor Wilkinson and 41-year-old John Hood. Andre Wareham, 47, facing 2 charges of 2nd-degree murder, 1 charge of attempted murder Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2024 11:11Continue Reading
Ottawa Police in Kingston, Ont., say they’ve closed Montreal Street near Belle Park after multiple stabbings and an ongoing standoff Thursday. Public asked to avoid Montreal Street near Belle ParkCBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2024 12:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Emergency crews respond to what cityContinue Reading
Ottawa Ottawa Public Health says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis virus, a mosquito-borne disease that’s rarely spread to humans. Public health unit confirms city’s first known human case of eastern equine encephalitisCBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2024 11:07 AM EDT |Continue Reading
A Montreal man says Algerian authorities have retaliated against his political activism in Canada by imprisoning his son in Algeria, and that the Canadian government has not helped. Ammar Lakehal told Radio-Canada that his son Massinissa, who is not a Canadian citizen, has been detained since July 27, apparently due to his father’s links to a political group banned by Algeria. Continue Reading
