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The fall is here and with it will come long commutes, packed offices and the introduction of new legislation that will guide the public service moving forward. Read More

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is pledging to implement free trade with Gatineau, expand local-first procurement policies and attract new investment and jobs to the capital as part of an economic plan to respond to U.S. tariffs and uncertainty in the federal workforce. Read More

My son doesn’t live in Ottawa anymore. I would love for him to come back. Read More

No Jake Sanderson, Artem Zub, Ridly Greig and Andre Burakovsky? No problem for the Ottawa Senators. Read More

The Ottawa Senators delivered a statement victory on Monday night. Read More

A 45-year-old Ottawa man has been charged following an investigation into two incidents involving a young girl, the Ottawa Police Service said. Read More

It’s Monday, Oct. 5. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom: Read More

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he is weighing recommendations for reforms to federal public service security screening, after a Canadian national was arrested on spying charges while working as a NATO intern in Belgium. Read More

The Ottawa Senators will have to soldier on without Jake Sanderson for the foreseeable future. Read More

Ondrej Ruml may one day become the first hockey player from Boskovice, Czechia, (population: 12,000) to reach the NHL, but don't ask him for fond memories of his hometown. Read More

Fine weather, an eclectic program and strong support from passholders made the 2026 edition of CityFolk the biggest iteration in the three-decade history of the event formerly known as the Ottawa Folk Festival. Read More

The Ottawa Hospital says it was able to cap the number of involuntary job cuts at 17 after announcing earlier this year it was preparing to cut three per cent of its workforce. Read More

Jacques Martin is quietly skating off into the sunset. Read More

Ottawa police are seeking witnesses to a vehicle-pedestrian collision that left a woman in her 80s with life-threatening injuries on Sunday evening. Read More

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Ottawa’s mayoral hopefuls have been gradually rolling out their platforms, knocking on doors and placing their election signs across the city as we get ever closer to election day on Oct. 26. Read More

It's been three weeks since the start of the new school year. But twice now, Amanda Charbonneau says her seven-year-old daughter Amira has come close to a collision incident at an intersection she and her classmates cross daily on their way to school. Read More

The United Nations recently released a report indicating that global warming will exceed the target 1.5-degree limit in just a few years due to warming from burning coal and oil and gas. Instead of giving up, the UN officials recommend trying to limit excessive warming and adapt to the warming climate.This report comes at the same time that our federal government has created its Major Projects Office, expediting oil and gas projects and other "nation building projects". Read More

The Canadian military is creating a new security force as it prepares to accept the first of its U.S.-built F-35 fighter jets. Read More

The heart and mind can be at odds with many realities of life. For Stacey McCue, the Snowbirds' Tutor jets being retired was an almost irreconcilable fact. Read More