4 h. ago For Montreal's next mayor, labour relations could quickly take centre stage

The city's blue-collar workers have a strike mandate, as do bus drivers and métro operators. Other unions, like the one representing the city's white-collar non-professional workers, are entering into negotiations.

Other

29 h. ago Commuting in Ottawa has become a 'living nightmare' | Letters to the Editor

Saturday, Oct. 4: Complaints about Return to Office, kudos for an Ottawa hospital and more sidewalk talk

Other

3 d. ago StarTech.com is 40 years old, and now boasts more than 400 staff, offices in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. and support workers in about 25 other countries.

Forty years ago in a London basement, a small business took root selling dust covers for the computer.

Society

3 d. ago Ottawa drivers are remarkably courteous | Letters to the Editor

Thursday, Oct. 2: Citizen readers on good drivers, bad Canada Geese and the bread fixing mess. You can write to us too.

Transport

3 d. ago Opinion: Ottawa mandating city staff back to office 5 days a week is just plain stupid

Mayor Sutcliffe insists it’s a “simple shift." But it's really proof that City Hall has no culture of trust in its employees.

Other

3 d. ago Varcoe: Alberta forces Ottawa into next move in the oil pipeline debate

Alberta does not intend to build or pay for a new pipeline to the B.C. coast, but wants to get the ball rolling so the proposal can be put on the federal major projects list to be fast-tracked

Other

4 d. ago Opinion: Ottawa's mayoral election is a year away—and the race is already underway

Mark Sutcliffe returned civility to City Hall and kept taxes under control, but will OC Transpo's many failures ruin his re-election?

Politics

4 d. ago I waited eleven hours, in pain, in an Ottawa ER | Letters to the Editor

Tuesday, Sept. 30: Citizen readers on Canada Post, health system woes, and changes to the CFL. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

Other

5 d. ago John Ivison: First Nations gear up to fight Ottawa over a peculiar fuel export deal

Carney will have to decide: Will he acknowledge the Coast Tsimshian’s rights were infringed, and pledge to use his new powers to fix things?

Economics

5 d. ago Lewis Hamilton says death of his dog Roscoe is ’one of the most painful experiences’

Lewis Hamilton says his bulldog Roscoe, a fixture in the Formula 1 paddock, has died following days of medical treatment and that putting him to sleep was “one of the most painful experiences” of the seven-time F1 champion’s life. Hamilton missed a tire testing day last week as he cared for Roscoe, who was at […]

Events

9 d. ago John Ivison: Ottawa has been asleep at the AI switch. It’s only slowly waking up

Conservatives are not wrong about the importance of IP and data sovereignty, or about the government’s lack of a plan

Other

9 d. ago Opinion: Canada Geese are ruining Mooney's Bay. Ottawa's official toy car could save the beach

The people who work in wildlife management deserve praise trying something that, at first, sounds completely ridiculous.

Transport

1 week ago Pike: Ottawa hate verdict in holds a lesson for federal legislation

People expect consequences for such crimes. But a sweeping federal bill gives government too much power over free expression.

Other

2 w. ago Nasrallah: Ottawa needs immigrants. But we also need integration

This city has rich ethnic diversity, but there are too many walls between communities.

Other

2 w. ago B.C. premier hopes Ottawa is listening — this time — on real bail reforms

Vaughn Palmer: David Eby discussed the issue with federal officials as friends and family attend a Kelowna court case for man accused of killing ex-wife

Society

2 w. ago Golf course ruling stands as Supreme Court denies City of Ottawa leave to appeal

The city has argued that the original mandate for the Kanata Golf and Country Club site was about protecting open spaces. Lower courts ruled the developer's proposal represented good neighbourhood planning.

Other

2 w. ago Bloc leader Blanchet ‘open’ to meeting with Alberta separatists

The comments come one week after the Parti Québécois leader's two-day visit to Calgary

Politics

2 w. ago Ahrens: Copenhagen's shining example makes clear Ottawa's transit failures

Due to poor planning, urban sprawl and a dysfunctional public transportation system, Ottawa has fallen behind. We need workable solutions.

Other

2 w. ago Union leaders to meet with workers of Amazon facility in Delta, B.C.

The regional director of a union representing workers at the Amazon facility in Delta, B.C., says leaders are scheduled to meet its members for the first time on the company’s property. Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle says six, hour-long meetings will be held over three days this week to allow the union to inform […]

Politics

2 w. ago WestJet begins repairs on plane in St. Maarten that experienced hard landing

WestJet says it is starting to repair the plane that experienced a hard landing in St. Maarten and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day last week. The WestJet flight from Toronto landed roughly on its right landing gear before coming to a stop on the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport on […]

Culture