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Ottawa, Gatineau mayors pledge economic co-operation amid U.S. tariffs

As the federal government announces dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs against the United States, the mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., reaffirmed their commitment Tuesday to strengthen economic ties between the two cities.

Here's what Ottawa's leading mayoral candidates are planning for Pride

Three leading candidates for mayor are getting ready to participate in the Capital Pride parade on Sunday, but a fourth says he'll be sitting it out.

Musicians, actors and more pay tribute to country icon Dolly Parton

What’s in a name? Trump’s ‘Lake America’ threat raises questions about centuries of history

Donald Trump is threatening to rename Lake Ontario, but a Great Lakes historian says the name carries centuries of Indigenous and regional history.

Former Iranian official living in Toronto was ‘critical’ to terror finance, CBSA alleges

A CBSA report alleges that as a deputy director in Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, Abbas Omidi, assisted the regime's state sponsorship of terrorism.

Suspect charged with 1st-degree murder in 2023 death of Ottawa man

Ottawa police have charged a suspect with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of a 26-year-old Ottawa man.

It's finally time to rename Ottawa's Trump Avenue, councillor says

As Donald Trump's trade war against Canada heats up, an Ottawa city councillor says it's finally time to rename a street that bears the U.S. president's name.

City of Ottawa to draw up data centre policy, but supporters say it's not a ban

The City of Ottawa will draw up a new data centre policy as councillors ask staff for a heads-up on massive "hyperscale" projects to give them the chance to temporarily block them.

Why does Nepean keep getting hit by crazy weather? City seeking meteorologist to help find out

The City of Ottawa is looking to bring on a meteorologist who can help figure out why Nepean keeps getting hit by so much extreme weather.

'Is this our Kesi?' Friends of Ottawa woman killed in suspected femicide 'so very crushed'

Kesi Fevrier, whose death last weekend is being investigated by Ottawa police as a femicide, is being remembered as an energetic woman with a magnetic personality who would do anything for her friends and loved ones.

Man found not guilty of 2nd-degree murder after cologne spray incident on TTC bus

A 24-year-old Kitchener man was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, more than two years after a fatal stabbing near a TTC subway station.

Doug Ford says he wasn’t told to tone down ‘loser’ rhetoric about Donald Trump

Talks between Canada and the United States fell apart on Friday, leading to 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods and plans for counter levies from Ottawa.

Marineland beluga dies at U.S. aquarium weeks after transfer

A group of aquariums in the U.S. and Spain have been taking in the beluga whales and dolphins from Marineland in recent months, with a few more remaining.

A 19-year-old woman killed in tractor trailer collision in Thunder Bay

OPP say officers and paramedics responded to the crash between a passenger vehicle and tractor-trailer at Mapleward Road and Highway 11-17 around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

2 belugas, 4 dolphins from Marineland heading to aquarium in Spain

Marineland had originally sold all of its 30 belugas and four dolphins to an aquarium in China, but Ottawa blocked the move, saying it violated the spirit of a 2019 law.

Ford government enjoys polling bump after latest U.S.-Canada trade war twist

The new study by Liaison Strategies was conducted in the days after Donald Trump slapped 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian products after talks collapsed.

Ontario’s order for new subway trains could be hit by Canadian counter-tariffs

The retaliatory tariffs could apply to self-driving, electric trains ordered by the Ford government for the Ontario Line that will be built south of the border.

N.Y.-based Hindu priest charged with sexual assault in Oshawa, Ont.

Investigators say they believe there may be additional victims and have released a photograph of the accused on the Durham Regional Police website.