All Saints tennis athletes earn return trip to OFSAA

Help Emily Help Tyler a success

KANATA - When Emily Tieu was seven years old she came home from school telling her mom she wanted to make a difference, now, the 14 year-old continues to work toward that same goal.

Sexting – what you need to know as a parent

KANATA - Earl of March Secondary School holds seminars, hosted by Ottawa police, about teens and sexting, cyberbullying and other technology-related issues.

Missing Kanata teen safe, police say

KANATA - Ottawa police say 16-year-old Caitlin Walker has been found safe.

Photo contest to help promote Old Ottawa East Farmers market

OLD OTTAWA EAST -In an effort to promote its farmer’s market across the city, a group of Old Ottawa East residents is holding the second annual Main Market Photographic Challenge.

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Blind-deaf speed skater one step closer to Olympic dream

ORLEANS - Kevin Frost dreams of one day winning an Olympic gold medal in his sport.

Fan dares baseball celebrity to a home run derby

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man has challenged former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco to a home run competition to raise money for a local charity.

Ottawa named host city for FIFA Women’s World Cup

OTTAWA - Ottawa will welcome the world’s top female soccer players in 2014 and 2015 after the sport’s governing body, FIFA, revealed the city as one of six host sites for the Women’s World Cup on May...

Faith and football combine in Ottawa South

OSGOODE/RIVERSIDE SOUTH - The Journeymen Football League is back for another season of faith and football in Ottawa South.

Old favourites, new twists set for Hintonburg ArtsPark

HINTONBURG - Hintonburg’s Parkdale Market will be celebrating the arts once again this year with its annual ArtsPark event on May 26.

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Hintonburg artist strikes balance on canvas

HINTONBURG - A mother and daughter visiting Orange Gallery on a Saturday afternoon are so impressed with Gwendolyn Best’s work, they want her autograph and a picture taken with the Hintonburg-based...

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Hintonburg artist strives to get people thinking

HINTONGBURG - Jacqui du Toit’s big brown eyes go wide and a smile stretches across her face as she talks about the arts.

Great Canadian Theatre Company launches 38th season

WELLINGTON WEST/HINTONBURG - Comedy and laughter will ring in the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s 38th season starting this September.

Volunteers a big help to mural program

KANATA - Earlier this year, I attended a presentation on the Paint It Up grant program that is administered through Crime Prevention Ottawa.

The cruel facts of urban living

This seems to happen all the time these days.

Not your mother's feminism

French feminist Elisabeth Badinter has made more than a few enemies with the release of her latest book, The Conflict: How modern motherhood undermines the status of women.

A museum for all Ottawa's quirks

There’s been some time now to consider Mayor Jim Watson’s notion of a museum of popular history on Wellington Street and it seems pretty good.

Photo contest to help promote Old Ottawa East Farmers market

OLD OTTAWA EAST -In an effort to promote its farmer’s market across the city, a group of Old Ottawa East residents is holding the second annual Main Market Photographic Challenge.

Book fair money saves programs

ROCKCLIFFE PARK - Debts owed by the Rockcliffe Park School Council will be paid off in part by using the school’s book fair money following the discovery that more than $75,000 went missing from the...

Beechwood walking tour points out traffic concerns

OTTAWA - A number of city officials participated in a walking tour on May 9 organized by a local cyclist to highlight the many traffic hazards along Beechwood Avenue.

Rain barrels available at annual Manor Park flower sale

MANOR PARK - In an effort to raise more money for their public school, parents and community members in Manor Park are adding a new twist to an annual Victoria Day weekend plant sale this year.