40 h. ago Bring the Charge to beautiful, easily accessible Kanata | Letters to the Editor

Thursday, Dec. 4: Citizen readers on relocating the Ottawa Charge, and advice for Prime Minister Carney

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53 h. ago At 83, author John Irving ‘ruffles feathers’ with his 16th novel

John Irving marches to his own drummer. Hence his methodology when creating a work of fiction. “I never start a novel until I have a predetermined and predestined ending,” he says. “I’m something a plotter that way — a plotter and a plodder. So the ending of this latest book was always this — Jerusalem […]

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69 h. ago What we know about the Ottawa Charge three games into their PWHL season

On the way to its first appearance in the Walter Cup final last spring, the Ottawa Charge mostly kept fans on the edge of their seats. Of the team’s 30 regular-season games, 16 were decided by one goal So was all eight of its playoff games. Through the first three games of this PWHL campaign, […]

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69 h. ago What do we know about the Ottawa Charge three games into the PWHL season?

On the way to its first appearance in the Walter Cup final last spring, the Ottawa Charge mostly kept fans on the edge of their seats. Of the team’s 30 regular-season games, 16 were decided by one goal. So were all eight of its playoff games. Times have changed. Through the first three games of […]

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3 d. ago Adventures in Streaming: A House of Dynamite isn’t the first nuclear annihilation film, but it’s the newest

When it comes to apocalypses, Hollywood has generally been more interested in what happens afterward than the down-and-dirty of the actual event that led to destruction. From George Miller (Mad Max), to George Romero (Dawn of the Dead), movies are fixated on the brutal antics of the human race after the nuclear holocaust/zombie outbreak/pandemic has […]

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3 d. ago The National's Matt Berninger, comedian Jimmy Carr headed to Edmonton

Those who missed out on The National at Edmonton Folk Music Festival – plus those who did not – will be happy to hear the band’s singer Matt Berninger is headed to Midway Music Hall March 12.  Playing just two days before July Talk electrifies the same venue, the general admission show will see the deep- and distinct-voiced 54-year-old unleashing songs off his second solo album Get […]

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3 d. ago U.S. National Guard shooting suspect enters plea in 1st court appearance

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who was also shot, made his initial court appearance by video from a hospital bed.

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4 d. ago Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod announces breast cancer diagnosis

OTTAWA — Carla MacLeod, the head coach of the Ottawa Charge and Czechia’s national women’s hockey team, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a statement issued by the by the Professional Women’s Hockey League team Sunday, McLeod said: “I want everyone to know that I’m going to be OK.” “I’m incredibly fortunate […]

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5 d. ago Ottawa Charge coach Carla MacLeod diagnosed with breast cancer

'Hearing those words was incredibly difficult, but I want everyone to know that I’m going to be okay,' Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod said.

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8 d. ago At 13, North Vancouver dancer takes centre stage in National Ballet’s Nutcracker

Angus Crerar spends his day balancing academics with elite ballet training: 'I just know that the work I do now will pay off in the future'

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8 d. ago Ottawa Charge dominate Vancouver Goldeneyes in second game of PWHL season

For a team that had reached the PWHL final less than six months ago, the prognosis for the Ottawa Charge entering this season was bleak. Too many key players were gone, either through the expansion draft or via free agency. Goal scoring and power play problems were sure to haunt them again. People with knowledge […]

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1 week ago Will the Ottawa Charge try to 'push the buttons' of feisty scorer Tereza Vanisova?

Old acquaintances will be remembered when newly extended Ronja Savolainen and the rest of the Ottawa Charge hosts the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Wednesday. And their tendencies, at least in the case of Tereza Vanisova, could very well be exploited. While the Charge announced on Tuesday that Savolainen and Gabbie Hughes have signed contact extensions that […]

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1 week ago Sutton Group Announces Acquisition of Homicity and Appointment of New VP Technology

This acquisition marks a significant step in Sutton’s commitment to Canadian innovation, national-scale technology, and enhanced value for homeowners OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Sutton Group, the leading Canadian-owned and independent national real estate brand, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Homicity Inc., an Ottawa-based real estate […]

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1 week ago Ottawa Charge fans thrilled as team returns, but worry about the future

Almost all the seats in TD Place were filled on Saturday evening, but the prospect of Lansdowne 2.0 had them nervous.

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1 week ago Gwyneth Philips shines, but Ottawa Charge fire blanks in season opening PWHL loss to Sirens

Gwyneth Philips has picked up where she left off last May. So has the Professional Women’s Hockey League, at least as far as the Ottawa Charge and New York Sirens are concerned. The two teams had several chances that came up empty in their season opener at TD Place on Saturday night before Sirens fourth-liner […]

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1 week ago Gwyneth Philips shines, but Ottawa Charge fire blanks in season

SIRENS 4, CHARGE 0 It was hard to tell if Gwyneth Philips was more exhausted or frustrated as she sat, shoulders slumped and with a drained expression, at the post-game media conference following a disappointing outcome for the Ottawa Charge in its season-opener at TD Place on Saturday night. Probably a lot of both. “I […]

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2 w. ago How Ottawa Charge became PWHL's 'United Nations' entering promising Year 3

"We're kind of like the United Nations. We were laughing because we probably said cheers in eight different languages," Brianne Jenner said.

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2 w. ago Canadian musician Dallas Green on his band, his solo work and his team (the Blue Jays)

Days after the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a heartbreaking Game 7 loss, Dallas Green was processing his disappointment the best way he knew how: by writing new music. “Right now I’m in the basement trying to write a song because I’m so upset about the Jays losing,” the Juno-winning […]

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2 w. ago ‘Really hard’: PWHL players reckon with the business realities of expansion

For Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull, it was upsetting, sad and stressful. Ottawa Charge forward Emily Clark said it was “a lot to process” after the Walter Cup final loss. For players across the PWHL, the expansion process was a wake-up call to the business side of the league. With the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle […]

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2 w. ago PWHL, Ottawa Charge take note: Smaller venue is better, says former OSEG co

'You don't build an (NHL) arena with a championship final in mind. You build it for the 42 home games a year.'

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