Ottawa Sun
`HEAVY HEARTS'
The Canadian Armed Forces on Sunday night identified the four soldiers confirmed dead after a fire that also left dozens injured at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright east of Edmonton. The soldiers have been identified as Pte. Aidan Goulding, from North...
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LOOKS ARE DECEIVING
Ottawa's newest federal government building opened in June so quietly you'd think the ribbon-cutting ceremony was some kind of state secret. That the feds might even be embarrassed by it. Maybe they are: Public Services and Procurement Canada, which...
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`IT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED'
Pauline and Louis Philippe Coulombe were getting along great as a couple in their 80s: Living active and independent lives, planning to stay in their Ottawa condo for as long as they could manage. But in 2022, Louis Philippe survived a stroke,...
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HUNGRY FOR POWER
The federal government is in the early planning stages of a project to design and build a large data centre somewhere in the National Capital Region amid “unprecedented” demand on the power grid. Defence Construction Canada, the Crown corporation...
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HITS KEEP COMIN'
Help is on the way for the Ottawa Senators' banged-up blue line. Jorian Donovan made his season debut with the Senators when they faced the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre and became the ninth defenceman to suit up for the...
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EK OF A TASK
The answers will have to come from within for the Ottawa Senators. Postmedia Network reported Saturday that the Senators could be without winger William Eklund for more than two months because of the ankle injury he suffered against the Philadelphia...
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FAREWELL FATHER
Father Joe Leclair, a beloved Ottawa priest, has died at the age of 68. The Archdiocese of Ottawa-cornwall confirmed to Postmedia that Leclair died on Oct. 8, remembering him as a “dedicated and compassionate man who had a strong sense of community …...
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GOTTA HURT
The Ottawa Senators will have to move on without William Eklund. The indication on Friday was that the club's biggest off-season acquisition, who left Ottawa's 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Thursday's home opener, won't be back anytime...
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NOT TOO CHABBY
The new hockey season has bestowed an immense amount of responsibility upon Thomas Chabot — some of it expected, some out of the blue. There is no manual passed down by one's predecessor containing all the secrets of navigating the captaincy of a...
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WELCOME HOME
The National Capital Commission's board of directors has approved the final interior design of ongoing Centre Block renovations, including the new welcome centre, complete with limestone wall paneling, terrazzo floors and a skylight framing a view of...
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`SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU'
At a time of skyrocketing costs and tight budgets, Ottawa festivals are under additional stress from an “unpredictable” and “last-minute” municipal permitting system, says Tara Shannon, executive director of Ottawa Festivals. It's a system that can...
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SLOW TRAIN
OC Transpo has hit another snag with its long-delayed east extension of the O-train Line 1 to Orléans that has pushed the schedule back by at least a month. OC Transpo officials had said on Sept. 10 that the LRT east extension was “progressing as...
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IMPASSE
Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a...
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PUBLIC INTEREST
If you ask the main challengers running to unseat the current mayor, the federal government's return-to-office mandate is a constant frustration at the doors. Jeff Leiper says the issue is “baked” into the election. Neil Saravanamuttoo says it's...
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BEYOND BE-LEAF
It's a bitter pill that is still tough for fans of the Ottawa Senators to swallow. Daniel Alfredsson, the club's former captain, spent nearly two decades giving Senators fans reasons to cheer. That's why seeing Ottawa's most beloved player wearing...
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GOOD NIGHT?
Any Ottawa resident who browses social media is likely to come across critical comments about Mathieu Grondin, the Montreal native hired two years ago as the capital's first nightlife commissioner. The night mayor, as they call him, is accused of...
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BLUE LINE BLUES
Three days out from the Ottawa Senators' season opener in Toronto, star defenceman Jake Sanderson was nowhere to be seen at practice on Wednesday. “He skated today on his own,” head coach Travis Green said of Sanderson, who left in the second period a...
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TIP OF THE CAP
The Ottawa Senators made the right `C'hoice on Tuesday. While Steve Staios, the club's president of hockey operations and general manager, and coach Travis Green wanted to keep their options open before naming the 11th captain in franchise history,...
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Hockey Night in Canada is back, with PWHL as the main event
The return of Kawhi Leonard has put some extra swagger in the step of everyone associated with the Toronto Raptors. But that's not the only reason head coach Darko Rajakovic seemed different Monday when he kicked off the 2026-27 season with his first...
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WINTER IS COMING?
Keep Dec. 14 in mind for a possible federal election. It sounds crazy given that Mark Carney's Liberals have a majority government, one they could expand with upcoming byelections. Yet, there are a number of reasons, real and political, that make an...
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BYTOWN BICENTENNIAL
Happy birthday, Ottawa! 200 years ago, on Sept. 26, 1826, Ottawa was founded as Bytown. That made Saturday a big day in the national capital, and residents headed downtown to celebrate the city's 200th birthday and to envision the next 200 years....
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HAPPY 200, OTTAWA
There is no uncertainty about the place where today's Ottawa was born. Thousands of tonnes of quarried stone — the eight-stage headlocks of the Rideau Canal — mark, precisely, where the canal and old Bytown, the future city of Ottawa, got their...
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ROAD KILL
Ottawa city councillors moved unanimously to remove Trump Ave. signs in the city's Central Park neighbourhood and will form a working group with residents to rename the street. River Coun. Riley Brockington said he was “embarrassed” to have a street...
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BAD ‘BLOOD’
The Ottawa Senators have tried to move on from Brady Tkachuk, but his shadow still lingers over the franchise. It has been 94 days since Steve Staios, the Senators president of hockey operations and general manager, gave the club's former captain his...
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`IMPACTUL'
Construction of The Royal's mental health urgent care clinic is officially complete, filling a need left vacant more than 25 years ago. The hospital officially unveiled the Minto Greenberg Urgent Care Clinic on Friday, the only centre of its kind in...
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AU REVOIR
Jacques Martin is quietly skating off into the sunset. The winningest coach in the history of the Ottawa Senators told Montrealbased radio station 98.5 FM in French on Friday night that he's no longer with the organization and is hanging up his...
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WORLD OF HURT
The world woke up Sunday morning to intensified fighting between Ukraine and Russia, North Korea firing ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan and the real possibility of war between the U.S. and Iran resuming. Also this week, the United Nations...
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OVEN & OUT
Inside the Nutty Greek Bake Shop, a teary-eyed Natalie Esau had just picked up a brown bag of her last meal — a small village salad with a side of chicken — and two boxes full of baked goods from the family-owned bakery. Her fingers brushed up against...
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EAT IT UP!
With summer in the rear-view mirror and autumn leaves poised to drop, maybe you've declared an end to backyard barbecuing. But if you're still craving smoky, carnivorous indulgences, two recently opened restaurants — one in Kanata and the other in New...
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30 SOMETHING
Hope springs eternal across the National Hockey League in the fall, especially when training camps open and every team is undefeated. That sense of optimism was alive and well at the Bell Sensplex on Thursday morning as the Ottawa Senators opened camp...
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TOP JOB
NATO'S chiefs of defence will meet Sept. 18 in Denmark to discuss ways to further strengthen the alliance, deal with new and emerging military technologies and boost support for Ukraine. But on Sept. 19 the defence chiefs from the 32 nations in the...
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86 MILLION REASONS TO SMILE
Drake Batherson is here to stay. The Ottawa Senators served notice they want to keep their homegrown talent on Tuesday by signing him to a whopping eight-year, $86-million US extension, which is the largest contract in franchise history. Thirty...
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WHO WILL WEAR THE Chabot, Stutzle or Sanderson? Senators not rushing decision to name new captain
The Ottawa Senators are taking a wait and “C” approach with their decision on the club's next captain. Captain letters were being handed out fast and furiously around the National Hockey League on Monday with training camps set to kick off with on-ice...
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EUROPEAN VACATION?
Mark Carney's goal this week when he travels to Europe is to make Canada an “associate member” of the European Union. It's a title and status that doesn't currently exist, but according to the Wall Street Journal, it's what Carney and EU leaders plan...
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TAKING NOTES
Faced with a prolific rise in the use of artificial intelligence in the world of higher education, some instructors are taking the radical step of going back to pen and paper. Shawna Dolansky, one of the many professors at Carleton University who's...
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SO CLOSE
OC Transpo officials say the longawaited LRT east extension to Orléans is “progressing as planned” and a “pre-trial running” phase is forecast to begin in early October. Staff did not put forward a date for the east extension to open to passengers,...
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LOW ROAD
Ottawa council is playing its own version of the renaming game as the city took the first steps to tearing down the Trump Ave. signs from the Central Park neighbourhood and replacing them with another name. River Coun. Riley Brockington, who...
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BACK IN THE LEAGUE
Alex Formenton is back in the National Hockey League. The Edmonton Oilers announced on Wednesday they've signed the former Ottawa Senators winger to a one-year contract worth $850,000 US. The Senators cut ties with Formenton on May 8 when they filed...
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`I WANT TO BE HERE'
Drake Batherson has made it clear he wants to remain with the Ottawa Senators. The Senators have made it clear they want him to stay. The challenge now is bridging the remaining gap and securing a longterm extension for the 28-year-old winger. Talks...
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PUCKS 'N' BUCKS
We will find out some time in the next week what hill the Ottawa Senators will choose in negotiations with Drake Batherson. With a Sept. 15 deadline looming to sign an eight-year extension before the National Hockey League's new collective bargaining...
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SAFETY FIRST
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe pledged to hire 350 more first responders, including 200 more police officers if he is re-elected, while doubling the investment in alternative response programs and appointing a “downtown safety czar” to help solve the toxic drug...
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HARD LESSON
U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt return-to-office mandate for federal employees damaged morale and eroded trust across the U.S. public service, according to a recent study whose author believes Canada has failed to learn from those mistakes. The...
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SAVE THE DATE
No date looms larger for fans of the Ottawa Senators than Oct. 21, when Brady Tkachuk makes his return. The Senators won't even put tickets on sale to the general public for the 2026-27 campaign until Tuesday, but speaking to local media on Thursday...
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'HA HA HAH'
The season hasn't even started, and Brad Marchand has already earned two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Florida Panthers winger opted to give his two cents on the top three candidates to replace Brady Tkachuk as captain of the Ottawa...
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FRESH FACES
The calendar has turned to September, most children in the city went back to school on Tuesday, and the weather has cooled with the start of the Ottawa Senators' training camp set for Sept. 16. Yes, it's hockey season. Steve Staios, the Senators'...
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THIS IS AWKWARD
The Canadian military is co-hosting a major conference with its U.S. counterparts at a time when relations with America have hit a new low. Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Jennie Carignan, and the Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel J....
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GRIM TASK
BIDUR, Nepal — Rescuers in Nepal and China battled through leg-sucking mud, as well as the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake, on Sunday to search for thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas,...
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FOOD AND FUN
Moudy Husseini and Luis Guerra have been best friends since they were five. Throughout their adult lives, both Husseini and Luis followed their dreams in the restaurant business, though separately. When the stars aligned in 2021, towards the tail end...
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THE BIG FIX
Moodie Station on the city's beleaguered LRT west extension may need a complete redesign, transit riders were told this week. OC Transpo held a town hall meeting in Kanata on Tuesday, Aug. 25, where the transit agency said damage from a July 1 storm...
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THE GREAT UNIFIER?
What I know about international trade disputes wouldn't fill a Tim's jelly donut. My understanding of comparative advantage is that it's probably better to have one than not. And I suspect that, if I knew anything about countervailing duties, I might...
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STAGE FRIGHT
Local arts groups are scrambling to find new venues and to re-sell tickets following the temporary closure of the cityowned Meridian Centrepointe Theatre due to flood damage from the Canada Day storm. With the theatre closed for renovations until the...
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LOOK AND `C'
Hasn't Thomas Chabot earned the right to be the next captain of the Ottawa Senators? For nearly a decade, the 29-year-old defenceman has been the constant through Ottawa's darkest days and its climb back to respectability. He has endured the rebuild,...
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TIME TO GROW UP
In order for the Ottawa Senators to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs and actually do some damage, two things need to happen: The team must receive competent goaltending and the franchise's young core must take the next step. It's easy enough to...
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WAR ZONE
The good news may be that President Donald Trump has acknowledged that not only is Canada not the 51st state, but not a state at all. For those who savour free trade and capitalism, the bad news may be that Canadian taxpayers' economic partner is...
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TALKING TECH
Local politicians are divided over whether Ottawa should put the brakes on new large-scale AI data centres amid growing pressure on the city's electricity grid. Data centres are buildings filled with computer servers that store and process huge...
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ROUGH RIDE
SMITHS FALLS — Christin Storms, the Smiths Falls woman who kick-started a monthly motorcycle meet in this Eastern Ontario town, is uncertain about the long-term future of the popular event after learning she was on the radar of the Ontario Provincial...
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PRAYERS ANSWERED
For public servants in need of a downtown parking spot, the City of Ottawa hopes a new plan will answer their prayers. On Aug. 19, the city's planning committee approved a temporary bylaw change allowing places of worship located downtown or near...
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`SANCTITY OF LIFE'
The federal labour board has found that the Canada Revenue Agency discriminated against a Christian public servant when it refused his COVID-19 vaccine exemption request. In 2021, Steven Porter had sought an exemption from the the federal government's...
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ROAD TRIP
Without so much as an official final game at TD Place Arena to mark their departure, the Ottawa Charge have packed their bags after three seasons at Lansdowne Park and are headed to a new-to-them home in Kanata. They'll be leaving some fans behind,...
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KISS OF DEATH?
With damaging new U.S. tariffs set to be imposed on a wide range of Canadian goods within days, trade talks between the once chummy allies have heated up again. President Donald Trump announced last month the U.S. would slap a 50% levy on $28 billion...
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COLD COMFORT
Andrew Barnett has a routine. Every morning, after waking up at a shelter in downtown Ottawa, he takes a short walk to Centre 454 in Sandy Hill for breakfast. After breakfast, he might use the centre's laundry service or the clothing vouchers it has...
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HARD AT WORK
It has been a calendar year since the Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission entered into an agreement for the National Hockey League franchise to purchase 11 acres at Lebreton Flats to build a new home for the club. Though the news cycle...
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FLEEING THE FLAMES
CALGARY — A Calgary man who was just starting his vacation in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley was among thousands of people forced to flee parts of the region over the weekend as raging wildfires threatened communities across the...
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›› PAGES 8-9 POSTER WAR
Long-standing businesses in Ottawa's Byward Market Building received notice letters from their landlord after they put up posters that the Byward Market District Authority claimed were in breach of their tenancy agreements. The posters were put up...
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`IT'S CLOSURE'
Eight years after he went missing, Robert Lambert's remains have been located on the property he owned outside of Smiths Falls, according to a statement released by Ontario Provincial Police. Last seen in July 2018, when he was 75 years old, Lambert...
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`MORE BUSES'
Mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper is promising to reverse recent cuts to Ottawa's bus service and to make routes more reliable and frequent if elected this fall. Leiper unveiled a five-part transit plan outside Tunney's Pasture station on Aug. 4, arguing...
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TITANS OF SUMMER
Ottawa's minor-league baseball team likely never predicted how the city's biggest offseason hockey headline would turn into one of the club's most unique promotions at the ballpark. Yet, for the Ottawa Titans, that was exactly what happened. As the...
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BLINDSIDED
Travis Green didn't see it coming. Speaking publicly for the first time since the Senators traded their captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers in June, Ottawa's head coach told the 100% Hockey podcast with Daren Millard and John Shannon last...
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SOLD
The winning bid for the iconic Fairmont Château Montebello was awarded to Westmont Hospitality, the Mississauga-based company that owns, manages and advises hundreds of hotels across the globe. Westmont was one of five binding offers that were...
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NOT PLAYING
Dedicated film lovers are taking pilgrimages to one of the 41 theatres around the world where they can watch director Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in its intended Imax 70-mm format. In Canada, only nine theatres have that capability. But the...
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TWO THUMBS UP
Andrew Lumsden was 42 years old when he first decided to take his son, Gavin, hitchhiking from Ottawa to Vancouver — and back. His son was an 11-year-old at the time. Now, 50 years later, Gavin was the one initiating another trip, this time across the...
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FOOD FRENZY
Over the past decade, Teegavarapu Sarath Mohan has been at the helm of restaurant kitchens in a Kanata strip mall, an east-end business park and on Little Italy's main drag. For his latest project, an upscale, globally inspired fried chicken eatery,...
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