Megan Gillis
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Snow day! School buses cancelled; another 2 to 4 cm in the forecast
With a fresh blanket of snow on the ground — and a snowfall warning still in effect — school buses to Ottawa English and French public and Catholic schools are… → Read More
COVID-19: No new deaths in twice-weekly Ottawa Public Health update, virus levels stable
The health agency based its report on wastewater surveillance, lab tests coming back positive and new outbreaks in health-care institutions. → Read More
Man your shovels: 15 cm to 20 cm predicted from Wednesday to Thursday
Fifteen to 20 cm of snow is on tap for Ottawa from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning with more white stuff expected Thursday afternoon and evening. → Read More
Teacher among those pulled over for failing to stop at school zone stop sign
Officers will have "zero tolerance" for any infractions in school zones, police warned. → Read More
Driver clocked at more than double the speed limit on Bronson Avenue: Police
Ottawa police say traffic unit officers nabbed a pair of stunt drivers on Bronson Avenue Sunday morning, one of them at more than double the speed limit. → Read More
Traffic blitz yields 68 tickets, three 'unsafe' commercial vehicles taken off the road
One of three commercial vehicles deemed "unsafe" and taken off the road in an Ottawa police and Ministry of Transportation blitz Tuesday was an accident waiting to happen. → Read More
'High-risk takedown': OPP seize 9mm weapon, drugs after driver spotted brandishing gun on Hwy 416
Officers arrested a trio from Kitchener, Ont. and seized a 9mm handgun and suspected cocaine and purple fentanyl in a "high-risk takedown" on Highway 416 south → Read More
No injuries in two-alarm barn fire at Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino
No injuries were reported in a two-alarm barn fire Wednesday night at the Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino site on Albion Road in rural south Ottawa, Ottawa Fire… → Read More
No injuries in overnight blaze at Cyrville Road strip mall, Ottawa Fire Services says
Firefighters doused a fire in two units at an east-end strip mall early Wednesday with no injuries reported. → Read More
Police seek witnesses to two-vehicle crash on Regional Road 174
Article content Ottawa Police Service investigators are looking for witnesses to a two-vehicle collision on Regional Road 174 east of Trim Road on Monday afternoon that left both drivers with serious injuries. → Read More
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band coming to the capital Nov. 18
Ottawa is among a string of new North American dates announced Tuesday for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s 2023 international tour. → Read More
Parking restrictions, extra enforcement downtown Tuesday for possible 'convoy activity,' city says
The unspecified parking restrictions will be in effect starting at 6 a.m. → Read More
What to do at weekend 2 of Winterlude
The Snowflake Kingdom features super slides, a labyrinth and other family activities co-produced by Canadian Heritage and the City of Gatineau. → Read More
OPP identifies suspects in Lanark/Sharbot Lake manhunt
Lanark County OPP was involved in the operation on 9th Line Road, OPP East Region said on social media at about 10:20 a.m. → Read More
Police ID suspects in alleged robbery in Billings Bridge area
The Ottawa Police Service's robbery unit is asking the public to help them identify two suspects in an alleged robbery on Riverside Drive in the Billings Bridge area last Sunday. → Read More
Firefighters douse vehicle fire in Stittsville garage, reunite family with three cats
Firefighters kept a car fire in an attached garage from spreading into a home in Stittsville Thursday night and reunited the family with their three cats. → Read More
School buses cancelled — again — due to icy roads, flurries in the forecast
There’s nary a weather alert in sight but both the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority and Consortium de transport scolaire d’Ottawa have cancelled school… → Read More
Firefighters keep vehicle fire from spreading into Carp Road garage, home
Firefighters doused a vehicle fire before the flames could spread to a single family home on Carp Road Tuesday using what's known as a "long lay" of hose up the narrow laneway. → Read More
Freezing rain may be part of 'wintry mix' for Thursday
Freezing rain featuring a few millimetres of ice buildup may be part of a “wintry mix” of precipitation starting Thursday afternoon. → Read More
Rider, 58, killed in Lanark County snowmobile crash
A 58-year-old man is dead after the snowmobile he was riding collided with another machine in a group of riders in Lanark County Sunday. → Read More