News/Canada/Ottawa
‘Kevlar in the classroom’: Ontario teachers turn to protective gear as violence escalates
This Ottawa teacher said she was shocked when she was asked to wear protective gear in the classroom. CBC has agreed to protect...
Family fighting for dementia patient’s missing OAS money
‘The doctor said it is a cruel disease, because there is no answer for it,’ says Jim Holton, 72, referring to dementia. He’s...
Avoid ‘seduction mode,’ UQO profs told in ‘condescending’ style video
Teachers at a western Quebec university say a video advising them on how to dress on campus is condescending and sexist. The four-minute instructional...
Phoenix cost soars by another $137M, paid to IBM
The federal government continues to pay millions of dollars more than expected to IBM to run the troubled Phoenix pay system, despite its...
Ottawa River flood levels smash records
The still-rising Ottawa River has already set all-time high water records and has not yet peaked. According to the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board’s Sunday...
Frustration builds as Ottawa River expected to rise this weekend
Frustrations are mounting in the Ottawa area as fatigued residents dig in for another day of warding off rising river levels. A heavy rainfall...
Joshua Boyle’s 911 call played at his assault trial
At 11:47 p.m. ET on Dec. 30, 2017, Joshua Boyle picked up the phone and dialled 911, prompting Ottawa police to show up at...
Former hostage Joshua Boyle’s criminal trial set to start today
The trial of former hostage Joshua Boyle on charges including assault and sexual assault is scheduled to begin in an Ottawa courtroom Monday morning. Boyle and...
Canadian soldiers suffer frostbite during winter training
About 20 Canadian Armed Forces members suffered frostbite, and some required hospitalization, following a military training session near Petawawa, Ont., held earlier this month in extremely...
Government announces new tax rules for Phoenix overpayments
The country’s biggest civil-service union declared a victory for its members Tuesday as the Trudeau government moved to change a tax rule that...
Catholic board pulls book with LGBT characters from elementary libraries
The Ottawa Catholic School Board has quietly removed a popular book from its elementary school libraries after parents complained about its LGBT content....
Distracted driving law could target minorities, advocates warn
Civil liberty advocates warn that Ontario’s new distracted driving law could disproportionately affect racial minorities. Tougher penalties for texting and driving in the province...
Syrian refugees pay it forward by sponsoring a Syrian family in Canada
They’ve only been in Canada a short while, but a group of Syrian refugees living in Brockville, Ont., is already paying it forward by sponsoring...
Inmate to be charged in Kingston hospital shooting
Kingston, Ont., police are charging a prison inmate with three counts of attempted murder in the shooting of a patient at the Kingston General...
Spider scare sends federal government workers home — twice
In a predicament that would surely elicit sympathy from Little Miss Muffet, 50 federal government employees were frightened away from their Ottawa office building not...
