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An 18-year-old woman told police she was taken to the homes of two different men in one night for sex after they were shown a naked photo of her, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday during the trial of an alleged teen prostitution ring. More...

The long walk will soon be over for a group of youths from the James Bay Cree community of Whapmagoostui, Que., who expect to arrive in Ottawa Monday after trekking about 1,600 kilometres. More...

Health Canada is working at fast-tracking new sources of certain medications following reports that shortages due to a production scaleback at Sandoz Canada's Quebec plant have led to cancellation of some elective surgeries, an Ottawa spokesman says. More...

The widow and one son of a slain Ottawa police officer say the murder trial has been emotional but they appreciate hearing from the emergency personnel who tried to save Const. Eric Czapnik. More...

The police work of a former Mountie charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 death of an Ottawa police officer will take centre stage Friday. More...

Hospital staff and paramedics recount the final moments of Eric Czapnik's life as the trial of the former Mountie accused of killing the Ottawa constable continues. More...

A 15-year-old boy died early Monday in hospital, hours after collapsing off the ice during a hockey game in the Ottawa area. More...

The Syrian embassy in Ottawa was vandalized overnight when the front of the building was sprayed with red paint. More...

Two government audits show Ottawa is earmarking about a billion dollars a year to build and repair First Nations infrastructure, but its myriad of officials are not keeping proper tabs on how the money is spent. More...

Firefighters battled a blaze at a south Ottawa row house for about two hours, which caused about $750,000 damage and left five people homeless. More...

Ottawa's older schools are not prepared for an earthquake, according to two Ottawa engineers who say structural upgrading is needed to prevent the possibility of significant damage. More...

The Conservative MP for Labrador says Ottawa is working to fix the mould problems in Natuashish. More...

Victims of Wednesday's Ottawa plane crash have been identified as Dr. Barry Stratton and passenger Jacques Domey, who are both pilots and co-owners of the aircraft. More...

The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia have agreed to join forces and approach Ottawa on greenhouse gas regulations and the so-called Canadian Energy Strategy. More...

Gatineau, Que., residents are cleaning up washed-out streets and pumping out dozens of flooded basements on Friday, following a fierce thunderstorm that spawned a tornado over west Ottawa. Environment Canada confirmed Friday that a large funnel cloud over Ottawa on Thursday night was, in fact...

A rally against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speech at a Conservative Party assembly worked its way through downtown and continued outside the Ottawa Convention Centre. The demonstrators heard speeches at Dundonald Park by former parliamentary page Brigette DePape, who was fired last Friday...

<div>American indie folk band Bright Eyes and venerable crossover artists Levon Helm, Bruce Hornsby and Steve Earle will headline this year's Ottawa Folk Festival. Its the first year since the larger Ottawa Bluesfest took over the festival, rescuing it from financial straights. The lineup...

<div>Forty-five of them left the Toronto area Wednesday by bus for their year-end trip to the national capital. One girl felt ill on the ride, and by Thursday night many of her peers were throwing up. Siobhan Kearns, head of outbreak management for Ottawa Public Health, said it looks like the...

Police in Gatineau say it may take several days to identify the body pulled from the Ottawa River Tuesday near Hurtubise Boulevard. Hurtubise Blvd. follows the shoreline of the river for several kilometers through Gatineau's east end. Police say the body is that of a man but there was no...

<div>Ottawa's crime numbers fell by almost five per cent in 2010, according to statistics released by the city's police force. There were 37,579 Criminal Code offences in Ottawa. While that's more than 100 crimes a day, it's down from the 39,462 crimes committed the previous year, for a drop of...