Unpublished Newswire
As I steered the 24-foot, 12-seat water taxi towards the dock outside the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau last week, I turned to Lara-May Baumann — technically the captain of the vessel despite the fact that I was at the helm — and asked if she wouldn’t mind docking the boat. I’d had a couple of practice runs doing it without passengers, but they weren’t the smoothest of transitions, and I didn’t want the pair of brochure-clutching tourists I was now responsible for ferrying across the Ottawa River to be left: a) with a poor impression of our city simply because of an...
June 25, 2024 - 13:01 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says it is about to finalize a deal with Ottawa on child-welfare reforms that will top the $20 billion promised as part of a landmark settlement.
June 25, 2024 - 12:58 | The Canadian Press | CTV News - Canada
The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against the authorization of a class-action lawsuit involving the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and its teams over hazing abuse.In a decision today, Justice Sophie Lavallee says the appeal by the QMJHL, the league’s 18 teams and its umbrella organization – the Canadian Hockey League – did not meet the strict criteria needed to end the lawsuit.The class action was filed last year by Carl Latulippe, a former Quebec minor hockey star who went public with alleged abuse suffered while playing for two teams in the mid-1990s.
June 25, 2024 - 12:44 | | The Globe and Mail
The Housing Accelerator Fund will be discussed at a city council meeting Thursday, which has spurred hundreds of letters from residents.
June 25, 2024 - 12:29 | Brody Langager | Global News - Canada
A Bracebridge man who died trying to save a distressed swimmer nearly four years ago is being recognized among 18 others for their extraordinary acts of heroism.
June 25, 2024 - 12:28 | Kim Phillips | CTV News - Canada
Justin Cassie-Berube was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday for the “shocking” child abuse and criminal neglect that led to the death of five-year-old Chloe Guan-Branch in May, 2020. Read More
June 25, 2024 - 12:24 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
