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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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OH SO SWEEP Hot Jays off to 3-0 start with win over A's:

Baseball being such a numbersdriven endeavour, the No. 50 took centre stage Sunday at Rogers Centre where the good times kept rolling for the Blue Jays with a 5-2 win over the Athletics. In the 50th season of the franchise, Toronto's pitchers combined...

SHELLED

The backup plan turned out to be costly for the Ottawa Senators. The Senators surrendered four consecutive goals and blew a twogoal lead to drop a 4-2 decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Benchmark International Arena on Saturday...

SWEDE SPOT

Linus Ullmark made his point by helping the Senators steal a point on Thursday night. The Senators' stay in the final wild-card spot in the East lasted all of 48 hours after the club dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the...

DRIVER CHARGED

The 19-year-old man accused in a hit-and-run that killed Ottawa crossing guard Peter Clark has been charged with failure to stop after an accident causing death. Xzander Wright first appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon, one day after police...

CHARGES REINSTATED

Former Ontario politician Randy Hillier says he's “deeply disappointed” after the province's top court overturned a decision to stay the charges in a criminal case against him, punting the matter back to the Superior Court of Justice. “For 15 years, I...

DEADLY CROSSING

A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection with the hit-and-run on Monday morning in Barrhaven that killed a crossing guard. Ottawa police confirmed the arrest Tuesday afternoon. “The Ottawa Police Service has arrested a 19-year-old man in...

DEADLY CRASH

It began with an airport fire truck's request to cross an active runway and ended with the death of two Air Canada pilots. Investigators and officials spent Monday morning piecing together what went wrong at New York City's Laguardia Airport Sunday...

PAIN REMAINS

For Davis Schneider, there was only one way to escape the ache, a bruising so deep he couldn't stand being in Toronto a minute longer. The wound from that harrowing loss in the seventh and deciding game of the 121st World Series was so acute, the...

TANKS A LOT

The Canadian Army is studying options on modernizing its tank fleet with a project that would see the first of the new vehicles operating in 2035. Although funding has yet to be confirmed, the army is hoping to issue a request to the defence industry...

Sens eye ways to keep Leafs, Habs fans out of CTC:

If you could do anything about the Leaf fans at the games, that would be great.” According to Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder, that was one of the very first messages that captain Brady Tkachuk had for new owner Michael Andlauer after he bought...

H2-WOE

The Ottawa-carleton District School Board has a problem with dangerous levels of lead in drinking water at some of its schools, according to a new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). More than 100 samples of drinking water...

COLD AS ICE

More than 30 soldiers based in Petawawa suffered frostbite injuries during a recent exercise in Alaska, prompting concerns about the quality of equipment military personnel are issued. Soldiers contacted Postmedia to complain that the Canadian Army...

NICKED UP

The Ottawa Senators' battered blue line has taken another big hit. Nick Jensen has likely suited up for his last game with the Senators after coach Travis Green announced on Tuesday that the veteran blueliner will undergo knee surgery and be out at...

PLUS

Fire investigators are examining the possibility that a faulty lithium-ion battery on an e-scooter was a cause of a fire that claimed the lives of two people and injured three others in a Centretown highrise building Saturday night. Ottawa Fire...

GOLDEN OLDIES

He is 41 going on 20, it seems, which is why Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer has a kinship with Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin, who is a youthful 40 and still going strong in the NHL. Great respects great and the two hyper-successful...

IT'S ULL GOOD

The Senators are alive and kicking. They served notice on Saturday that they wouldn't go quietly into the NHL off-season by continuing their playoff push with a 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in front of 18,381 at the Canadian Tire Centre. Thanks...

COMING HOME

Tim Stutzle will get the chance to suit up for the Ottawa Senators in his home country next season. The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association announced on Friday morning that the Senators will face off against Connor Bedard and the...

PICK-ME-UP

Patience turned out to be a virtue for the Ottawa Senators. National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman has opted to give the Senators some relief at the draft table this spring. The NHL announced on Thursday morning that the Senators will...

NEXT GEN WARBIRDS

An Ottawa company is investing $50 million into developing hightech drones that will fly alongside F-35 fighter jets and other aircraft. Dominion Dynamics wants to be the first to build a Canadian-made Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) — a...

PUMP SHOCK

Prices at the pumps could soar after crude oil prices surged due to the Iran war and damge to critical oil and gas production infrastructure. Oil prices crossed the $100 U.S. threshold early Monday, March 9, the highest prices seen since Russia...

BLACK & BLUELINE

The Senators will have to soldier on without their top defenceman. The Senators will be without Jake Sanderson as they close out this fivegame Western Conference trip against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena. Coach Travis Green told reporters on...

AYATOLLAH JR.

Late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was named Sunday as his successor, while the war in the Middle East spread to the region's vital infrastructure as Israeli airstrikes hit oil storage facilities in Tehran...

ABOUT TIME

It's that time of the year again. On Sunday, the clocks were to spring forward an hour at 2 a.m. for millions of Ontarians with the days growing longer and spring on the horizon. The change means the sun will set later in the day until we have to move...

ONE & DONE

All was quiet at the Canadian Tire Centre on trade deadline day. The Ottawa Senators braintrust spent Friday huddled at the club's office in the bowels of the rink, but the National Hockey League's 3 p.m. EST deadline passed with all talk and no...

CHECK, PLEASE

Steve Staios didn't wait for deadline day to turn his talk into action. The Ottawa Senators strengthened the club's depth up front by acquiring left winger Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Foegele, 29, has seven goals and...

EASY COME, EASY GO

When Mike Campbell and his partners opened a cocktail bar on Sparks Street, they knew they weren't going to convert Ottawa into a late-night party city. After all, in a government town filled with people who have to report to work first thing in the...

ICY REUNION

Ottawa may not be where Brooke Mcquigge grew up, but a trade to the Ottawa Charge still felt like she was heading home. Since moving from Vancouver to Ottawa in mid-january, she has hardly gone a day without seeing her two sisters: Rachel, who's now...