Jacob Hoytema
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National Housing Strategy not enough to stop Ottawa's housing crisis, advocates say
Consensus is growing that there is a housing and homelessness crisis in Ottawa and the federal government’s National Housing Strategy is doing little to help, experts say. The city’s 2018 report on housing and homelessness found the waiting list for affordable housing had grown by nearly 15 per cent in one year. Catherine McKenney, city […] → Read More
Police seeking 25-year-old man missing from Royal Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa police are asking for public help in the search for 25-year-old Jonathan Beauvais, who was being held in custody at the Royal Ottawa Hospital for charges under the Mental Health Act. He was last seen leaving the hospital on Thursday evening at about 6 p.m. Police describe him as a six-foot-tall white man with […] → Read More
Couple reports another burning Hyundai incident in Ottawa
An Ottawa couple has come forward with a story of a second Hyundai catching fire seemingly spontaneously — and this vehicle wasn’t even on the road. Al and Sherry Brunet, both in their early 50s, say they were asleep at home in the early morning of Aug. 13 when their neighbour knocked on their door […] → Read More
Police arrest two men after an early morning mugging on Innes Road
Early Thursday morning, Ottawa police arrested two Gatineau men in connection with a mugging on Innes Road between Mer-Bleue and Tenth Line roads. They say that at about 1 a.m. two men got out of a vehicle and stole the phone of a third man on the sidewalk; one of the suspects allegedly demanded the […] → Read More
Low-income advocacy group asks city for new landlord regulations
The City of Ottawa is running a study to review regulations around private housing rentals, and some advocates are using the opportunity to call for more regulations and oversight for landlords. On Thursday, members of the Ottawa chapter of lower-income advocacy group ACORN held a launch event at the Somerset West Community Health Centre to […] → Read More
Police charge suspect in Carling break-ins
Ottawa police have arrested a suspect in connection with a string of Carling Avenue break-ins that have been going on all summer. Jeffrey Parker, 47, of Ottawa, was arrested Wednesday night. He has been charged with mischief, breaking and entering, and possession of an instrument used for a break-in. Business owners complain that break-and-enter thefts […] → Read More
CityFolk: Lineup for Marvest festival, featuring local musicians, announced
Local musicians and music-lovers will get a chance to know each other this September during the CityFolk Marvest event, a two-day festival of musicians whose lineup was announced Wednesday. The concert series (Marvest is a pun on “harvest,” as in a crop of locally-grown artists) runs from Sept. 13 to 14, the same weekend as […] → Read More
Context: Ottawa-area Catholic, French school boards have excelled in past testing results
The new testing results released from the Education Quality and Accountability Office show trends across the entire province, but data specific to boards and schools won’t be available until Sept. 25. That means that, for now, we don’t know how Ottawa did in comparison to other cities. But understanding local figures from previous years can […] → Read More
'I want them to compensate me': Ottawa woman calls out Hyundai after Santa Fe catches fire
Sheena McGarvey was driving down Highway 174 to go kayaking with a friend on July 26 when she noticed a problem with her 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. She couldn’t accelerate above 100 kilometres an hour, and heard a clunking noise. She says she immediately thought about a recall notice she received from Hyundai last year. […] → Read More
Carling Avenue businesses hit with more break-ins
Businesses on Carling Avenue say they’ve experienced even more break-ins in the week since this newspaper published a story on a rash of similar incidents that left business owners covering broken glass with plywood. This past weekend, Italian grocer Misto Fine Food Emporium and neighbouring Bayview Animal Hospital were broken into around 4 a.m. on Sunday. […] → Read More
Consultations on 25-year plan, 'five big moves' to begin this fall
The public will soon be able to share their thoughts on five preliminary directions for the city’s new 25-year plan, a document that city staff call “the blueprint for how we’re going to grow” as a city. The plan won’t be finalized by city council until spring of 2021. After that it will have to […] → Read More
From public washrooms to retail, your station-by-station guide for the LRT
Tunney’s Pasture StationLocation: Scott Street at Holland AvenueNearby neighbourhoods: Hintonburg, Mechanicsville, Champlain ParkPublic washrooms: YesDestinations: Tunney’s Pasture federal co… → Read More
Moo Shu Ice Cream owner tries to find reconciliation in opposition to her Lennon Wall
Liz Mok has been getting some hate from Chinese government fans after taking a stance in support of the protests in Hong Kong. But the owner of Moo Shu Ice Cream says that instead of trying to stoke the argument, she wants to foster a mutual understanding between Ottawa’s Hong Kong and mainland Chinese communities. […] → Read More
Traffic: Summer construction season lives on
Apart from a stalled vehicle on Carling Avenue before 7 a.m. that was quickly cleared, Wednesday’s early morning commute was puttering on at about the same pace as usual. As a sign of the end of summer, some construction projects are beginning to wrap up: Today is also the final day for sidewalk closures on the […] → Read More
Small-town art show to feature rarely-seen A. Y. Jackson painting
Ottawa’s fine art fans have the chance to take in another exhibition before summer’s over and see a rare A. Y. Jackson work — but it requires a weekend drive to the country, and a dive into decades past. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the little town of Queensborough, near Tweed, is […] → Read More
Three neighbouring Carling Avenue businesses broken into within week
Businesses in a west-end community have experienced a rash of break-ins over the past couple of weeks — and some people say they want the police to do more about it. In the span of one week, three businesses on opposite corners of the Carling and Woodland Avenue intersection all experienced break-ins — two of them […] → Read More
Police report drug impaired driving charges up 28% over last year
Drug impaired driving charges are up 28 per cent so far in 2019 compared with the same period in 2018, police say. But police say that “it is too early to tell” whether this means there are actually more people driving impaired, or whether police’s detection methods have just become more efficient. Police say that […] → Read More
Four wounded in three overnight stabbings in downtown area
Ottawa police are investigating three stabbing incidents around the downtown area that left three men injured. The first occurred on Augusta Street near Rideau Street on Monday evening at about 7:41 p.m., police say. Police found one man with injuries, who was taken to hospital in stable condition. There are no suspects in the incident. […] → Read More
Traffic: Light summer volumes continue, as does never-ending construction
Traffic continued to be at “summer levels” in the early going Tuesday, with low volumes of vehicles and only a couple of minor fender-benders. Commuters were snagged in the early going by a collision at Merivale and Clyde that slowed things down. From our never-ending construction file, here’s what’s important to take note of: Hwy. […] → Read More
As protests continue, Ottawa's Hong Kong community asks, 'What can we do?'
As they’ve watched weeks and weeks of mass protests met with increasing police aggression, many Ottawa-Hong Kong residents have been asking a similar question: “What can we do?” Some have been in Canada for decades, others just a few years; some have barely returned since they emigrated and became Canadians, while others have even gone […] → Read More