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• Fuming Senators captain Brady Tkachuk calls loss to Stars "embarrassing" and "unnaceptable"

  03-01-2025 05:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There were no fireworks for the Ottawa Senators in the Lone Star State on Thursday night. Read More
  
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• Drummond: We need better ways to protect hospitals from active shooters

  08-01-2025 10:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the past few weeks, there have been two shootings in Canadian hospitals, marking the intersection of two major concerns for Canada’s emergency physicians: the prevalent and rising tide of violence in our emergency departments and the failure of the Canadian government to adequately address the ability of disturbed individuals to inappropriately obtain and use a firearm. Read More
  
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• Why a 91-year-old Ottawa man paid $550 for vaccines that should have been free

  08-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended the new RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine earlier this year for older and high-risk adults, they were thinking of people like Don Williams. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Post-Tudeau Liberal party faces shaky future

  08-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A number of MPs, some of them cabinet ministers, are not seeking re-election. This puts the onus on riding associations to pick strong candidates with "small-l" liberal bona fides but no hint of association with the Trudeau government. Read More
  
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• DND warns Canada’s commitment to peacekeeping missions drops to new low

  08-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The military is warning that Canada has reached "historic lows" for personnel assigned to United Nations operations with the situation likely not improving anytime soon. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators let valuable point slip away in OT loss to Detroit Red Wings

  08-01-2025 04:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This trip to the Motor City had ‘Must win’ written all over it for the Ottawa Senators. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators let point slip away in toe-to-toe battle with Detroit Red Wings

  08-01-2025 04:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This trip to the Motor City had ‘Must win’ written all over it for the Ottawa Senators. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police constable demoted for 22 months after impaired driving crash

  08-01-2025 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An officer whose impaired driving crash on St. Patrick's Day led to the writeoff of an unmarked Ottawa Police Service vehicle has been ordered demoted to second-class constable for 22 months. Read More
  
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• Killers of Greg Slewidge made "one enormous mistake," Crown tells trial

  07-01-2025 23:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The two masked men who killed Gregory Slewidge inside a marijuana grow-op made "one enormous mistake:" They wrongly believed old security cameras on the building were not working, a court heard Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa paramedics share life-saving tips for hypothermia and frostbite

  07-01-2025 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 35 C (95 F) from its normal 37 C (98.6 F). Untreated, it can lead to unconsciousness and eventually death. Read More
  
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• A paramedic shares how to spot hypothermia after death in downtown Ottawa

  07-01-2025 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 35 C (95 F) from its normal 37 C (98.6 F). Untreated, it can lead to unconsciousness and eventually death. Read More
  
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• Ottawa firefighters fight Ogilvie Road blaze amid busy day of fires

  07-01-2025 21:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa firefighters were on the scene of a fire that displaced 19 people Ogilvie Road on the afternoon of Jan. 7, making for the fourth fire in one day. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators need to step up their efforts for help on defence with injuries mounting

  07-01-2025 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The injury situation has gone from bad to worse for the Ottawa Senators thin blueline. Read More
  
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• Almonte, Carleton Place hospitals have a new plan to reduce emergency closures

  07-01-2025 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Since 2022, hospitals in Carleton Place and Almonte have closed their emergency departments overnight at least 29 times, making them among the most frequently closed in Eastern Ontario. Read More
  
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• Will Algonquin College shut down? A strike deadline is approaching

  07-01-2025 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As Ontario's 24 community colleges face a strike or other job action as early as Thursday, one side says colleges are broke and growing more broke, while the other argues colleges are sitting on $1 billion in surpluses. Read More
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's public transit costs are headed for disaster

  07-01-2025 19:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The launch of Ottawa’s long-delayed southern rail lines seems like a good news story, but really it’s anything but. When the first train pulled out of the station, it started a financial drain that Ottawa simply can’t afford. Read More
  
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• Man 'found frozen to death' on Ottawa street, councillor says

  07-01-2025 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa paramedics say a man has died after being found on the streets of downtown Ottawa. Read More
  
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• These sweet and savoury croffles in Ottawa really do surpass croissants and waffles

  07-01-2025 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  176 Hinchey Ave. and 111 York St., 613-862-1130, sharpflewaffle.com Read More
  
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• Gameday: Ottawa Senators face pivotal matchup against Detroit Red Wings

  07-01-2025 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Tonight, 7 p.m. Little Ceasar's Arena Read More
  
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• MacDougall: Trudeau's record enough to make you laugh

  07-01-2025 10:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If the problems facing Canada weren’t so serious, we could all have a good laugh at Justin Trudeau right now. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Canada's public service is like a relic of the past

  07-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Re: Canada’s public service can’t afford to ignore these four New Year's resolutions in 2025, Jan. 2. Read More
  
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• Prorogation: What it is, what happens now and a little history

  07-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Gov. Gen. Mary Simon had granted his request to prorogue Parliament until March 24.Read More
  
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• Lawyers say Crown failed to tie Slewidge murder suspects to security video

  07-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Lawyers for the two friends charged with killing biker Gregory Slewidge contend the Crown has failed to prove they're the masked men seen in security video captured at the crime scene. Read More
  
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• Everything public servants need to know about the pension surplus

  07-01-2025 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In late November, the federal government announced it was moving a $1.9-billion "non-permitted" surplus out of the Pension Service Pension Plan and into a general account. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Liberal MPs say Trudeau will leave social safety net legacy

  07-01-2025 00:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  While the resignation announcement of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday came as no grand surprise, Nepean MP Chandra Arya and Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi said history will ultimately show that he left a significant legacy on the Canadian landscape during his decade in power. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators’ U.S. contingent participates in gold medal celebration

  07-01-2025 00:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Senators' young Americans joined the gold-medal celebration at the Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday night. Read More
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau museums closing for maintenance in January

  06-01-2025 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The national museums in Ottawa-Gatineau will close in January for their annual round of maintenance.  Read More
  
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• Sutcliffe optimistic prorogation won't hurt 'Fairness for Ottawa' campaign

  06-01-2025 22:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Parliament is prorogued and the prime minister is on his way out, but Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is still hopeful that the federal government will step up for the capital city. Read More
  
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• Senators defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker helped off ice after suffering injury during club's skate

  06-01-2025 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jacob Bernard-Docker was helped off the ice on Monday. He was grimacing in pain and unable to put weight on his left leg. Read More
  
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• Denley: Trudeau resignation — so much for Doug Ford's election plans

  06-01-2025 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Now that the uncertainty about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s future is over, let’s look at the collateral damage caused by Trudeau’s resignation announcement. Read More
  
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