Hallie Cotnam

The big rural Ottawa riding of Carleton will elect a new MPP this week after PC-turned-Independent Goldie Ghamari announced she would not run in the provincial election.

Lisa McLeod's provincial Nepean-area riding will have a new MPP. Voters talk about what matters to them.

Skaters have more choices for snacks this winter on on the Rideau Canal Skateway, including dim sum, candied fruit skewers and potato spirals.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said last week he'll ban the sale of American liquor and wine at LCBO stores if the U.S. follows through with President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariff threat.

An author and historian says la maison allumette (matchstick home), a style of house built in the 19th and early 20th centuries, needs to be protected as part of the history of the Hull sector of Gatineau, Que.

Christina Vernon has stage four pancreatic cancer, and when musician Chris de Burgh postponed his Ottawa concert by a year, she was devastated. Her palliative care doctor Christine Whetter set out to try and track down the singer, and connect him with her patient.

Sensors linked to 5G technology alert caregivers when a nursing home resident gets out of bed, wanders, or leaves a room, a project created by Carefor Health and Community Services and an Ottawa company called esprit-ai.

Root in Nature is a new social enterprise in Ottawa offering a sensory walk through the bush, accompanied by horticultural therapists who help clients rediscover the cleansing balm of nature.

Fans of the rival Ottawa Senators want no part of the bandwagon as the Montreal Canadiens have made an improbable run to reach the Stanley Cup finals.

The first stage of Ontario’s reopening plan allows limited shopping, outdoor dining and other activities we haven’t been able to enjoy for months thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Anishinaabe spiritual adviser and city’s poet laureate makes the case for reclamation.

Dry cleaners and laundromats in Ottawa are reporting a steep decline in business during the pandemic, with some deciding to throw in the towel.

The COVID-19 pandemic is starving our children of the activities and social interaction they need to develop into healthy adults, and some experts worry that could have a lasting impact.

Charlotte Brown loves to clean, and made it her business as the owner of Greely-based Unique Cleaning Company. She offers timely spring cleaning tips.

A Barrhaven man with a strong Irish heritage says the shamrock plant he inherited from his grandmother was given to her as a good luck gift for her wedding in 1906.

Orléans photographer and business owner Michael Willems decided to document his lonely lockdown experience by taking daily self-portraits.

Former Ottawan David Houston is living the post-pandemic dream in New Zealand, which declared the COVID-19 pandemic over in June 2020 following a tough nationwide lockdown.