Ottawa Sun

POOL'S OUT

A limp hand sticks out through the bars of a metal fence, where a man is lying unconscious on the hot pavement. It's the afternoon of June 12, the final day of operation for Ottawa's two remaining supervised consumption sites. Out in front of the...

THREE CHEERS!

For all the promises, the avowals of support and the cheerleading from coach Jesse Marsch that frankly was starting to feel a little forced, Canada needed more. They needed a first-ever win in World Cup play. They needed goals in bunches (and...

WILL HE OR WON'T HE?

VANCOUVER — There's a special class of Canadian athlete; one whose health becomes a national discussion. We're thinking Wayne Gretzky's back at the 1991 Canada Cup, or Sidney Crosby's head, or Marie-philip Poulin's leg during the 2026 Winter...

TUNED OUT

This is the perfect time to start over again. To find the next Ron Maclean. To find the next panel that rocks. To become, under a new name every Saturday night, what Hockey Night In Canada used to be. The program that set the standard for hockey on...

IS HE JOR-DONE?

Is Jordan Spence one-and-done with the Ottawa Senators? That possibility is on the table. With less than two weeks until the National Hockey League draft is held, with the top prospects gathered at the Keybank Center in Buffalo for Round 1 on June...

A DON DEAL?

An agreement to end fighting between the United States and Iran is “now complete,” according to Donald Trump, with an Iranian diplomat and key mediator Pakistan backing those assertions. Trump announced what he said was the completion of the deal on...

HOLE TRUTH

Paul Charette had just finished a locksmithing job at the Rideau Centre and was returning to the van he'd parked outside when he first encountered the sinkhole. It had opened up, a giant, yawning maw, between him and the company car, a dark blue Dodge...

FAST ON THE DRAW

How close was Canada to a full-blown World Cup crisis? About 10 minutes, plus stoppage time. Knocked back by a goal from Bosniaherzegovina midway through the first half of the first men's World Cup game ever to be played on Canadian soil, and missing...

STADIUM COVER UP

MARKED MEN

The two biggest questions Jesse Marsch wants nothing to do with almost certainly will decide Canada's version of success in the World Cup. Question 1: What about the injuries and especially the massive, mysterious hamstring of captain Alphonso...

TURBO CHARGED

Just like that, two of the most recognizable jerseys in the Charge fan base have become relics of a bygone era. After captain Brianne Jenner and alternate captain Emily Clark announced their departures to sign with the new Hamilton franchise, the...

WITH BATED BREATH

As Doug Ford heads to Washington for two days of meetings Monday, there are a few nervous people in Ottawa. Officials in Ottawa from the Prime Minister's Office on down are crossing their fingers and holding their breath that Ford doesn't do anything...

THE BUZZ

As warmer summer temperatures are finally expected to settle in after a cool spring in Ottawa, outdoor patios and swimming pools won't be the only things coming to life. The warm weather is also great news for mosquitoes and other biting insects, many...

LIFE SAVERS

When Jonathan Blakey saw Mark Cloutier flat on the ice, he had no idea the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) refresher course from a week prior would help save the 72-year-old's life. It was while warming up for a Wednesday afternoon beer league...

`MAYHEM' IN OVERBROOK

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, all that remained behind the Ottawa police's yellow crime scene tape were bloodied gauzes, white Nike Air sneakers and a bullet casing. Just hours before, officers were at the 300 block of Prince Albert St. in the Overbrook...

PEDDLING BIKE SHARE

When Debbie Staples was told she might have to leave the apartment she has lived in for nearly 20 years, she tried to imagine what might come next. “Is the postman going to deliver the mail to my car?” she recalls thinking. “Because that's where I'd...

ON THE RUN

Ottawa police say no arrests have been made after stabbings at Mooney's Bay Park over the weekend left an adult man in critical condition and sent a teenage girl to hospital. Officers said they were called to the park at about 8:53 p.m. on Saturday,...

TRUE PATRIOT LOVE

The Canadian military believes patriotism, along with distinct uniforms and other benefits, could prompt members of the public to volunteer for a new 300,000-strong reserve force to be used in national emergencies. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen....

ERRBORNE

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have been many things to many people over the years. One of the best teams in the world for precision demonstrations and a regular sight at major events from Grey Cups to Olympic Games, the Snowbirds have inspired...

SILENT STRUGGLE

Amy Ayers and her three children, 26, 15 and 14, along with their cat and dog, are living in tent in an Ottawa forest. Not for fun, but because they have nowhere else to live. Their precarious housing situation started more than a year ago. Ayers...

SACK IS BACK

The bell rings to end the school day at 3 p.m. and one student is rushing down the front step of Glebe Collegiate Institute, exclaiming that he can't wait to sack with his friends. What he's excited to do, exactly, is stand in a circle, kick a small...

MAIER WINS TOP JOB

Nine days before the Ottawa Redblacks 2026 season opener — and about 31 hours before their preseason finale at TD Place — Jake Maier was officially declared the team's new No. 1 quarterback. He replaces Dru Brown, Ottawa's QB1 for the past two...

ARTIFICIAL EDUCATION

Most students at Laya Piché's school refer to CHATGPT as a friend. Piché, who is in Grade 11 at Ottawa's Collège catholique Franco-ouest, thinks that's a serious issue — and this concern isn't unique to her. Despite artificial intelligence seeping...

THE CASE FOR CLAUDE

Claude Giroux has unfinished business. The Senators' veteran winger pondered retirement after the club was eliminated from the NHL playoffs in four straight games by the Carolina Hurricanes last month, but it was confirmed on Tuesday he'd like to play...

RIGHT AT HOME

OTTAWA — Brooke Henderson will have another chance to be a hero in her hometown next summer. Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced on Monday afternoon that the prestigious Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau will host the 2027...

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

A day after reports surfaced that a deal that would end the three-month-long war in the Middle East was emerging, U.S. President Donald Trump said they will not “rush into a deal” with Iran. In a post on Truth Social on Sunday morning, Trump wrote:...

BOT BUST

An Ottawa man has been arrested following an international cybercrime investigation into a major “botnet” operation that is alleged to have infected millions of devices with malware. The Ontario Provincial Police cybercrime investigations team...

LEGACY RUNNER

When 24-year-old Kristian Jamieson runs, he always sees one person ahead of him. “I always ask myself, `Would he be proud of what I'm doing?' ” Jamieson is an Upper Cayuga runner who will lining up against the elite field in Sunday's Ottawa...

HOLY SPOKES!

When Daniel Addai Fobi first saw the driveway in Ottawa's Bel Air Park neighbourhood covered entirely in bicycles, he wasn't sure what to think. “I couldn't count them, there were so many,” said Addai Fobi, who as a newcomer from Ghana first met Grant...

GROUNDED

Snowbirds aircraft, newly modernized at a cost of $30 million, will go from delivery into retirement, the Canadian Forces has confirmed. The 20 modernized aircraft were to be fully operational by the spring of 2027, according an April 2025 Royal...

We look at Sens' backup goalie options

LATE SPARK

CHARGE 2, VICTOIRE 1 Montreal leads series 2-1 The Ottawa Charge is alive to fight another day. And once again providing the heroics was Rebecca Leslie. Her goal with 54.8 seconds remaining capped an inspiring comeback to give the Charge a 2-1...

UH-OH

LAVAL, Que. — As soon as the buzzer sounded marking the end of the third period in Game 2 of the Walter Cup final, the Ottawa Charge knew that finding one more goal would be the difference between tying the series at one or falling into a rather...

REBOUND

In the final three seconds of regulation time in Thursday night's hockey game at Place Bell, hope quickly turned to heartbreak for the Ottawa Charge. After the Montreal Victoire tied the game at 2-2, then found the back of the net again in overtime,...

AHEAD BY A CENTURY

Just over a month past his 100th birthday, Roy Allen will walk the 5K during Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, becoming the first centenarian to do so. Allen's walk will also raise money for four Ottawa-area seniors organizations that he says have been...

QUIT OR BE FIRED

OC Transpo is eyeing a mid-june target to restore O-train Line 1 service as newly-appointed general manager Rick Leary outlined a 10-point plan to improve the city's beleaguered transit system. Leary, the former Toronto Transit Commission CEO whose...

FOLK LEGEND

Ottawa's Cityfolk Festival has unveiled the program for an expanded edition of the event that will make its debut this summer in a spacious new site on the grounds of the RA Centre. Headliners range from classic shock-rocker Alice Cooper and...

NOW WE WAIT

The winner-takes-all semifinal Game 5 between the Montreal Victoire and the Minnesota Frost has been postponed to Tuesday night due to player safety concerns related to illness. The Professional Women's Hockey League made the announcement just two...

LOW SPIRITS

It has been more than a year since Ontario banned U.S. alcohol from liquor store shelves, but the United States government is still feeling the hangover. Last month, the issue of U.S. alcohol bans by Ontario — and every other province except Alberta...

Experts say tulip meter reading good news for this year's festival ››

Tulips are a long-standing symbol of friendship between Canada and the Netherlands, but the spring-blooming plant also have an edgier and more scientific side, one that can help you best plan visits to the Canadian Tulip Festival. Tina Liu, a senior...

ROLLED BACK AGAIN

For Orléans resident and cyclist Rob Attrell, the scenic Sir George-étienne Cartier Parkway is crucial for getting around. As one of three parkways that the National Capital Commission closes for their Weekend Bikedays program, this east-end road is...

FULL HOUSE

If 90% of the sports teams in a league qualify for the playoffs, what exactly is the regular season for? That's the question Canadian football fans might be asking following the recent announcement by the CFL that, starting in 2027, eight of the...

‘SWEET SPOT’

Talk to Ottawa Charge players about Jocelyne Larocque and you'll hear one word again and again used to describe the veteran defender: Leader. “She's very much a leader for us within our organization, certainly on the back end,” head coach Carla...

OFF AND RUNNING

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe could face some formidable competition in the mayoral race as a number of high-profile candidates kicked off their campaigns with the nomination period opening May 1. Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper has already announced his...

BLUELINE BONANZA

he Ottawa Charge has been getting offensive production from a rather unexpected place in the PWHL postseason, and it's starting to look like it hasn't been by accident. That unexpected place? The blue line. Through two games in the bestof-five...

`CRUCIAL TIME'

YEREVAN — Prime Minister Mark Carney met Sunday with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in his nation's capital ahead of the European Political Community summit, a gathering touching on strategic co-operation in politics, security and...

LOVE STORY

Peter and Amanda Clark had a plan. They were going to buy a travel trailer, put a big map of Canada on the side and circle all the places they would visit. The plan would take 10 years to put into action. By then, their five rescue cats would be down...

PINBALL WIZARD

Ottawa's pinball guru, Mike Loftus, is working to transform the former Brass Monkey rock bar into a family-friendly entertainment bunker that will house the largest pinball arcade in the country. The new name of the endeavour is Experience...

FIGHT FOR SPOTS

Defence department and Canadian Forces personnel are being encouraged to work at the Carling Campus headquarters on Mondays and Fridays as the military tries to figure out solutions for long-running parking problems at the facility. Anger has been...

SINK THE FLEET

The trip to Boston for the Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal is more than just another playoff series for Charge defender Emma Greco. After suiting up for 28 games with Boston last season, the 31-year-old blueliner knows the city and the...

LEAD THE CHARGE

No team should have more confidence heading into the Professional Women's Hockey League postseason than the Ottawa Charge. Forget the final standings that show the Charge squeaked into the four-team post-season tournament for the Walter Cup as the No....

EXIT PLAN

The Ottawa Senators are convinced they can follow their leader to have playoff success. The heat has been turned up on Brady Tkachuk since the Senators were eliminated from the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup playoffs in four...

`GENIUS' SHOOTER?

A day after a man opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., Saturday night, more information is being uncovered about the accused gunman. A Secret Service officer was wounded after shots were fired...

GAME OVER

The Ottawa Senators' offence vanished, and their Stanley Cup playoff hopes went along with it. “It's heartbreaking,” said captain Brady Tkachuk, fighting back tears in an empty Ottawa dressing room. The end came far too quickly as the Senators...

WHAT A WASTE

If you were told before the Stanley Cup playoffs that goaltender Linus Ullmark would have a .933 save percentage through three games against the Carolina Hurricanes, what's the most pessimistic outlook you would give the Ottawa Senators? It sure...

RISING WORRY

Flood waters have started to stabilize on the Ottawa River, but now residents in some flood-ravaged communities are bracing for a possible second surge. It all depends on the weather and how fast snowpack melts in the northern reaches of the Ottawa...

POINT BLANK

To beat the best, you have to be at your best. That's what the Senators need from their top players right now in the NHL playoffs. As the stage switches to the Canadian Tire Centre for Game 3 on Thursday, with the Senators trailing the Carolina...

SHAKE IT OFF

Shake off the heartbreak and move on. The Senators had Tuesday off to attempt to escape the stinging feeling of disappointment after a 3-2 difficult double-overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night. The winner by Jordan Martinook at...

HAD IT UP TO HERE

Some Gatineau residents in low-lying areas are now faced with knee-deep waters on residential roads as river waters spill onto sidewalks amid flood warnings across the National Capital Region. The conditions follow a statement on Sunday, April 19,...

P.M.: U.S. TIES A `WEAKNESS'

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll be keeping Canadians regularly updated on his government's economic plan, while calling Canada's close ties with the U.S. a “weakness” in a speech posted on Youtube on Sunday. “I promise you, I will never...

STORM ROLLS IN

The Ottawa Senators failed to weather the storm in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C. To make matters worse, their battered blueline took another hit. Not only were the Senators beaten by a better team in a 2-0 loss to...

EYE OF THE STORM

You earn your paycheque in the regular season and your reputation in the NHL playoffs. This is an opportunity for Linus Ullmark to change the narrative. There have been a lot of twists and turns for the Senators' top goalie this season, but Ullmark...

`WHAT MANY EXPECTED'

The province's ban on speed cameras has “significantly” affected speeding and driver behaviour at former automated speed enforcement sites, according to City of Ottawa data that shows compliance with posted speed limits dropped from 87% to 41% in the...

FADED HISTORY

The federal government proposed highlighting a 1920 battle in Poland on the Victims of Communism memorial in Ottawa, but not the arrival of nearly 200,000 refugees from Vietnam and southeast Asia to Canada. The decision to ignore such a major...

TAKING CHARGE

The Ottawa Charge had a special visitor on the ice at practice on Tuesday, and he just so happens to run the country. Prime Minister Mark Carney, wearing a Charge hoodie and sporting rainbow tape on his stick, skated a few laps with the team, joined...

HOT TICKET

The Ottawa Senators are the hottest ticket in town. After booking a spot in the National Hockey League playoffs for the second straight spring on Saturday, the Senators are doing brisk business at the box office at the Canadian Tire Centre. The...

THE TRUMP EFFECT

By the time Mark Carney turns off the light and heads to bed Monday night, he will know for certain that he is presiding over a majority government. Carney and his Liberals currently have 171 seats in the House of Commons; the three byelections taking...

WE’RE IN!

The Ottawa Senators steered their way back into the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday afternoon with a big win on Long Island, but finished the day without captain Brady Tkachuk at the wheel. A massive 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders at UBS...

GOING LOCAL

Michael Andlauer is studying the possibility of putting down some hockey roots on the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River. The majority owner of the Ottawa Senators is in serious discussions with the ownership group of the Gatineau Olympiques about the...

WHO'S BEHIND THE WHEEL?

OC Transpo's hiring practices came under scrutiny after the City of Ottawa's auditor general found management positions that were filled by handpicked candidates who bypassed the competition process and some who didn't meet minimum education or...

ANOTHER TURNCOAT

Yet another Conservative MP has jumped ship for the Liberals. Late Wednesday morning, word spread around Parliament Hill that longtime Sarnia-lambton-bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu, who had served as a Tory MP in the House of Commons since 2015, became...

E-BIKE GREY ZONE

Like the swallows' annual return to Capistrano, Ottawa will soon be abuzz with the whirring, thrumming and occasional buzz saw whine of e-scooters, e-bikes, hoverboards, Segways, monowheels and small — plus not-so-small — Vespa-type motorcycles. They...

STEPPING AWAY

Ottawa Charge head coach Carla Macleod will be stepping away from the team for an “undetermined period” as she continues her cancer treatment. Macleod announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer last November. Up to this point, she had only...

ROTTEN EGG

The Senators got into the spirit of Easter weekend by laying an egg on Saturday. The Senators blew a chance to take a small step toward getting to the NHL'S post-season with a lacklustre 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild in front of 18,242 at the...

`RUMBLING' TO A HALT?

An extended shutdown of the LRT Line 1 “remains a possibility,” according to the union representing OC Transpo operators, after Mayor Mark Sutcliffe did not rule out the “contingency plan” during a recent news conference. Rumours of a Line 1 shutdown...

COP CASHES IN

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