Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa music impresario Harvey Glatt, who died on Aug. 21, at age 91, played an oversized role in turning the country’s sleepy capital city from a cultural desert into a musically vibrant place.He was the son of scrap metal merchants and a music fanatic who began reading music trade journals as a 13-year-old. In 1957, he co-founded the Treble Clef record store, a retail outlet devoted solely to music at a time when vinyl was typically sold in department stores or distributed by mail through record clubs. The initial shop grew to a chain of 15 locations, earning Mr. Glatt the unofficial...
September 3, 2025 - 16:57 | Brad Wheeler | The Globe and Mail
After nearly 30 years in business, the family-run ByWard Market restaurant Shafali closed on Aug. 31, in a reckoning with ongoing financial struggles that its owner called "devastating." Read More
September 3, 2025 - 16:41 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
A suspected arson at a home in Richmond Hill, Ont., that left an 11-year-old girl dead and four others critically injured is now being investigated as a homicide, York Region police said Wednesday. Police said they were called to the scene on Skywood Drive just before 3 a.m. on Monday after a report of a house fire. Four unconscious residents were found inside the home while a fifth was found outside, and all of them were taken to hospital in critical condition.
September 3, 2025 - 16:31 | Rianna Lim | The Globe and Mail
Hundreds of residents in a Northwest Territories community have evacuated as wildfires continue to rage in the region, with wildfire smoke drifting into B.C. and the Prairies.
September 3, 2025 - 16:18 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
On consecutive days in mid-August, the Canada Border Services Agency say their officers stopped trucks attempting to haul massive quantities of cocaine into Ontario near Sarnia.
September 3, 2025 - 16:14 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Ottawa
The Metro Vancouver Regional District has issued an air-quality warning for the Lower Mainland as a dense shroud of wildfire smoke descends over large parts of British Columbia.Environment Canada has expanded air-quality advisories to more than 30 locations including the Vancouver area and Fraser Valley, as well as most of the B.C. Interior and the northeast.
September 3, 2025 - 16:13 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
