Joanne Laucius
Ottawa Citizen
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Province still mulling 29 recommendations in Renfrew triple murder inquest
The inquest juror into the deaths of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam offered 86 recommendations in total. → Read More
Winter of their discontent: Farmers still trying to get derecho-ravaged barns rebuilt
Damage has ranged from large structures to decimated maple sugar bushes that will take decades to regenerate. → Read More
The Royal Ottawa names interim president while search continues for new leader
Pierre Noel was previously director of administrative services at Ottawa's largest mental care hospital and research facility in 1989-90. → Read More
Son of man slain in south-end stabbing says father would selflessly help others
The son of a man stabbed in a south-end apartment early Tuesday morning said his father James Samson had offered food and a place to sleep to the man who… → Read More
Ottawa's 'Indiana Jones of smoking cessation' is stepping back, but not away
After almost five decades in medicine, there's one sight that can still bring Dr. Andrew Pipe's blood to a boil — a hospital patient outside at 2 a.m. on a cold winter night in a hospital gown, clinging to an IV pole and smoking a cigarette. → Read More
Firefighters use GPS to locate two people lost in South March Highlands Conservation Forest Saturday evening
The pair went into the South March Highlands Conservation Forest and found themselves in unfamiliar territory where there was ice. → Read More
OC Transpo bus's diesel tank ruptured in collision
The bus was struck by another vehicle while making a legal turn at the intersection of Hunt Club and Hawthorne on Saturday morning. → Read More
Mystery unsolved: Wildlife advocates still want to know who set traps for coyotes
The City of Ottawa says neither it nor the National Capital Commission has done any trapping in McCarthy Woods since early November. → Read More
Police seeking witnesses, dashcam footage following 'targeted' shooting on Highway 417
The Ottawa Police Services guns and gangs unit is investigating after a shooting on Highway 417 late Friday afternoon. → Read More
City of Ottawa seeking to increase diversity in public representation on its advisory boards
The City of Ottawa is looking for public representatives for 14 committees and boards to advise city council. → Read More
25 years ago today, freezing rain started to fall. It was the beginning of the Great Ice Storm of 1998
Freezing rain fell on eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec. It fell and did not melt, transforming the outdoors into a beautiful and lethal crystalline world. → Read More
Bob Dobson has planted 40,000 trees on his farm near Cobden over 51 years — and he's not done yet
Bob Dobson spends $1,500 a year on average, planting with a spade or a drill attachment on his tractor. → Read More
Newsmakers 2022: The wily coyotes of Riverside Park South
Trapping coyotes doesn't reduce the overall coyote population, says one expert. It just creates a vacant niche for other coyotes to move in. → Read More
A bird in the hand: Ottawa conspicuously absent on list of bird-friendly cities
When a list of 14 new "bird-friendly cities" was released at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal earlier this month, Ottawa was notably absent. Vancouver has the certification from Nature Canada. So does Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Hamilton and Windsor. Even smaller cities like Barrie and Peterborough are on the list. → Read More
Recipe for a full roast chicken dinner from Algonquin College chefs
Roast Chicken with Natural Gravy Roasted Winter Vegetables Chicken or Turkey Pot Pie Basic Chicken stock Garlic Mashed or Whipped Potatoes Quinoa salad and roasted root vegetables Potato Cakes → Read More
School board failed to follow through after antisemitic incident, say parents
A west-end high school failed to follow through on its promises to Jewish families after one student made a swastika and another gave a Nazi salute, said the father of one of the victims in the incident. → Read More
'Hopefully, someone will recognize her:' Family of missing 15-year-old asking for public's help
The mother of a teen who disappeared from her father’s home in Rockland in late November is pleading for the public’s help in locating her daughter → Read More
'A blatant act of antisemitism': Jewish community concerned after incident at Sir Robert Borden High School
The students, who had stayed after school, were called into a room, where they found the swastika. As the students saw it, another student made a Nazi salute gesture, according to a letter sent to families Monday. → Read More
National Gallery 'never met any of the basic employment equity obligations,' says interim director
"There was never been a permanent Black or racialized curator within the institution." → Read More
Interim CEO Caroline Dromaguet named permanent head of Canadian Museum of History
Caroline Dromaguet, the interim CEO of the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, will take the helm permanently. → Read More