32 m. ago Ottawa Charge moves back into PWHL playoff spot with second straight win over Boston Fleet

Shiann Darkangelo returned to Massachusetts – about 40 minutes from Salem and the infamous witch trials of 1692 – to haunt her old team Wednesday night. The Ottawa Charge centre scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Fleet at the Tsongas Center in Lowell that clinched a postseason berth for the Toronto […]

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7 h. ago Numerous recent pedestrian collisions in Lethbridge prompted police last month to address traffic safety issues

Following concerns about pedestrian safety near schools and playgrounds, Lethbridge police responded in March with a month-long campaign to address traffic safety issues. The initiative saw Lethbridge police and community peace officers, as well as Alberta Sheriffs, visited most schools in the city, engaging with nearly 300 parents and students, issuing 16 tickets and giving […]

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10 h. ago Ottawa Charge players hope to still be flying high heading to women's world championship

Goalies are a different breed, indeed. When Ottawa Charge puckstopper Gwyneth Philips was asked about all the commercial flights she has been on the past two weeks — covering 5,589 km going from Ottawa to New Jersey, New Jersey to Ottawa, Ottawa to St. Louis, St. Louis to Ottawa, Ottawa to Boston — before the […]

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29 h. ago Ottawa man charged with assaulting YRP officer during traffic stop

A 31-year-old Ottawa man faces 12 charges, including assaulting a peace officer, following a traffic stop in Vaughan. York Regional Police said they were on patrol last Saturday around 11:30 a.m. in the area of Steeles Ave. W. and Hwy. 400 when they initiated the stop. Cops said while speaking with the driver, they observed […]

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36 h. ago ‘Fairly big’: Ontario gas prices drop as Ottawa ends consumer carbon price

Tuesday marked the end of Ottawa’s consumer fuel charge after Mark Carney signed an order-in-council to remove it when he was sworn in as prime minister last month.

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4 d. ago More Tereza Vanisova heroics push Ottawa Charge into PWHL playoff spot

With four regular-season contests remaining, Ottawa has a one-point edge on the Minnesota Frost.

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6 d. ago How NHL legends Keith Tkachuk, Al MacInnis put an Ottawa Charge defender on path to pros

Growing up just outside of St. Louis in O’Fallon, Mo., means Jincy Roese will be going home when the Ottawa Charge face the Boston Fleet in Saturday afternoon’s “Takeover Tour” PWHL game at the 18,096-seat Enterprise Center. It also means the 27-year-old Charge defender was expecting the questions about her upbringing and her connection with […]

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6 d. ago Ottawa man charged after allegedly bilking friends in investment scam

Man faces charges in what police call an "investment scam," that allegedly defrauded friends and acquaintances of more than $240,000.

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7 d. ago Can Ottawa Charge rebound from greatest humiliation to make PWHL playoff push?

The Ottawa Charge’s character is about to be put to its biggest test. Somehow, this team has to pick itself up from the most devastating and embarrassing loss it has ever suffered. Getting bulldozed by the last-place New York Sirens at TD Place on Tuesday when a regulation-time win would have finally moved the Charge […]

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8 d. ago Meet Tereza Vanisova – the Brady Tkachuk of the PWHL's Ottawa Charge

The list of firsts keeps growing for Tereza Vanisova. On Mar. 18, 2024, the 29-year-old Czech became the first player acquired in a trade by Ottawa Charge GM Mike Hirshfeld, a one-for-one deadline deal for solid defender Amanda Boulier that could go down as the biggest steal in PWHL history. On Feb. 20 of this […]

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1 week ago Tereza Vanisova leads Ottawa Charge to win over New York Sirens

The win keeps Ottawa’s slim playoff hopes alive, as they trail the Minnesota Frost by two points for fourth place.

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1 week ago Southwest flight almost takes off from taxiway — rather than runway — at Florida airport

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the plane, officials said. No injuries were reported, and passengers departing Orlando International Airport were accommodated on another aircraft heading to their destination […]

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1 week ago Ottawa man faces drug, weapons charges after Alta Vista raid

Police said they seized cocaine, crack cocaine, oxycodone, two loaded handguns and "a large sum" of cash in Alta Vista on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Ottawa men, Quebec resident facing drug charges in Thunder Bay

Following an investigation that began in January, police searched two residences in Thunder Bay on March 5.

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2 w. ago Three men charged after large narcotics seizure in Peterborough

A trio of men — from Toronto, Ottawa and Sault. Ste. Marie — face charges after the OPP seized about 635 grams of suspected fentanyl and 60 grams of suspected cocaine in Peterborough, with an estimated street value of $133,000. Also seized was about $10,000 in Canadian currency and four cell phones, after the OPP […]

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2 w. ago Motorcyclist given conditional sentence for hitting Edmonton police officer, fleeing scene

A motorcyclist who broke an Edmonton police officer’s leg in a bid to escape a traffic stop has narrowly avoided jail time. Dominic Di Cesare, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of failing to remain at the scene of an accident that caused injury, admitting he clipped EPS Sgt. Eric Duff while speeding through […]

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2 w. ago Chance to close gap in PWHL playoff race eludes Ottawa Charge in loss to Boston Fleet

"It was a missed opportunity on our part," Charge coach Carla MacLeod said. "But there's still opportunity in front of us."

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2 w. ago Ottawa Charge learn top goalie Emerance Maschmeyer could be lost for rest of season

Gwyneth Philips, a third-round pick in last year's draft, will assume the No. 1 role in Maschmeyer's absence.

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3 w. ago No charges against Ottawa police officer who shot man in Orléans confrontation

After ignoring commands to drop the axe, the man charged at the officer. In turn, the officer fired eight shots at the man, hitting him in the leg.

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3 w. ago What would the Ottawa Charge do without Emerance Maschmeyer? There is a safe save option

Coaches and players often speak of overcoming adversity, but it comes in varying degrees. On Wednesday morning – if they hadn’t been told before going to bed the night before – members of the Ottawa Charge were waiting to hear if they would have to continue to push for a playoff spot without their MVP. […]

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