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Weeks after a man's mysterious death in Ottawa, his family is still looking for answers

Although police have closed the case andare calling Gabriel Bernard's death non-suspicious, the Ottawa man'sseven older siblings say they are looking for answers after he was found unconscious downtown near the Rideau Canal in the early morning hours of July 2his 35th birthday.

Stolen dog turns up in Wyoming after police make routine traffic stop

Alaina Trippnever expected to see her dog Teddy again after he was stolen from her Ottawa apartment last fall. So when the white miniature poodle showed up, dirty but unhurt, in a police stop in Wyoming ten months later, it felt like a small miracle.

$50M Bank Street reconstruction project finally underway

After years of planning andseveral delays thanks in part to labour shortages during the pandemic,the City of Ottawa is finally beginning a major construction project on Bank Street south of Billings Bridge.

Cellphones causing 'major disruptions' in the classroom, Brockville school warns parents

Concerned about "engagement and learning skills" in her school'sGrade 9 math class,a principal in Brockville, Ont., emailed a letter to parentspromising a crackdown on cellphones in the classroom.

Illegal dumping on private land in Greely irks neighbours

Residents of Greely in south Ottawa have been trying to draw attention to the heaps of garbage piling up along a gravel road in their community.

Should dementia patients be able to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying?

There's currently a petitionbefore the House of Commons requesting a Criminal Code amendment to allow people facing a capacity-diminishing diagnosis to request MAID in advance.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County struggling to recover from pandemic

According to executive director Jennifer Miller, the organization is struggling financially. Before the pandemic, itserved 800 young people with a staff of 18.Today that number is down to 400 clients and six permanent employees.

U of O doctor suspended for pro-Palestinian posts says he's been reinstated, won't go back

Dr. YipengGe, 29, was sanctioned by the University of Ottawa last November after itgot severalcomplaints about aseries of online poststhatincluded references to 'apartheid' and ' settler colonialism.' He says despite his reinstatement, he won't return to the institution.

It might be a simple game, but cornhole is taking North America by storm

Professional and amateur players have taken the game of cornhole frombackyardsand school gymnasiums into giant warehouses, convention centres and even onto ESPN.

Not all hospitals hire agency nurses. Here's how they avoid it

With last week's confirmation from Ontario's auditor general of a steep increase in spending on agency nurses in some hospitals, others say they've managed to steer clear of the trend altogether.