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City of Ottawa wraps up 2024 tree planting season
City of Ottawa wraps up 2024 tree planting season

As temperatures dip closer to freezing, the City of Ottawa Forestry Management Services is reflecting on its 2024 tree planting season. A report commissioned by the National Capital Commission in 2019...

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Investigation into hit and run death of Steven Tate continues one year later
Investigation into hit and run death of Steven Tate continues one year later

Nov. 3 marks one year since the hit and run death of Steven Tate, a 34-year-old resident of Montague Township. Tate's body was found Nov. 8, 2023, adjacent to Highway 15 near Smith Falls. Police stated...

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Vape retailers soon to require business licence; City of Ottawa
Vape retailers soon to require business licence; City of Ottawa

The City of Ottawa will join Toronto and five other southern Ontario cities in implementing business licensing requirements for the sale of vapour products. As of Nov. 30, to start or continue selling...
Child involved in 'serious' vehicle collision in Nepean
Child involved in 'serious' vehicle collision in Nepean

A child was involved in a "serious" collision with a vehicle in Nepean on Friday afternoon. Police were called to the area of Viewmount Drive in the Fisher Glen area of Nepean. Officials say the incident...
Driver stopped for the fourth time in two years by the same OPP officer
Driver stopped for the fourth time in two years by the same OPP officer

It's the type of déjà vu this provincial police officer would not like to see again. On Friday morning, police from the Ottawa detachment were patrolling the early morning rush hour, to make commutes...
Ontario's chief electoral officer seeks more tools to fight misinformation
Ontario's chief electoral officer seeks more tools to fight misinformation

The rise of artificial intelligence and its ability to rapidly spread misinformation and disinformation during election campaigns should be addressed by increasing transparency around political ads and...
K9 unit, drones searched forest near Pakenham after calls for help
K9 unit, drones searched forest near Pakenham after calls for help

A large police presence was seen near a small town in the Ottawa Valley on Friday morning. Officers were by Campbell Side Road between McManus Sideroad and North Pakenham 5th Concession, near White...
Break in missing Gatineau teen case; family fears for his safety
Break in missing Gatineau teen case; family fears for his safety

Police have reason to fear for the health and safety of a 16-year-old Gatineau youth who has been missing for about seven months. Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) is hoping people can...
Charges laid after woman removed seatbelt to tend to child in head-on crash
Charges laid after woman removed seatbelt to tend to child in head-on crash

Police laid multiple charges in relation to a head-on collision that killed one person on Highway 417 in May. Officers were called to the highway near Kinburn Side Road in Ottawa's northwest end on...
Human remains identified as Toronto man who escaped from prison 40-plus years ago
Human remains identified as Toronto man who escaped from prison 40-plus years ago

The human remains of a man from Toronto were identified in a cold case spanning more than 40 years as authorities continue to appeal for information that could lead to an arrest. In a news release published...