The Teck Frontier mine is the newest resource project being planned in Canada, and if approved, it would be one of Alberta’s largest oilsands mines. But as Heather Yourex-West reports, it’s also pinning the federal government’s climate commitments against its…
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Elementary students won’t get report cards in February, OCDSB says
Elementary students in Ottawa’s public English schools won’t be getting reports cards for their first term next month because of ongoing job action by teachers, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) has confirmed. In a statement Wednesday, the school board…
No Term One report cards for elementary students: OCDSB
OTTAWA — Students in Ottawa’s public elementary schools will not receive report cards next month. In a letter to parents, the Ottawa Carleton District School Board says they will not be issuing report cards because report cards due to the…
Brockville police investigating doll theft from storage locker
Posted January 22, 2020 12:57 pm Updated January 22, 2020 1:21 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Brockville police are currently looking into a case of doll-knapping in the city. According…
uOttawa fundraising for new award honouring 3 students who died in Iran plane crash
The University of Ottawa has launched a fundraiser for a new scholarship in honour of the three international students enrolled at the school who died when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down near Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, killing everyone…
Children escape injury from School Bus Fire near Cornwall
LONG SAULT — A school bus driver is being hailed as a hero as she rushed out seven children from a burning vehicle. It happened during the afternoon school bus run in Long Sault. The school bus with Roxborough Bus…
Children escape injury from School Bus Fire near Cornwall
LONG SAULT — A school bus driver is being hailed as a hero as she rushed out seven children from a burning vehicle. It happened during the afternoon school bus run in Long Sault. The school bus with Roxborough Bus…
‘We got to move fast’ Bus driver rushes children to safety from burning vehicle
LONG SAULT, ONT. — A school bus driver is being hailed as a hero as she rushed out seven children from a burning vehicle. It happened during the afternoon school bus run Monday afternoon in Long Sault. “The moment will…
Ottawa police seek suspected chainsaw thieves from June 2019 break-in
Ottawa police need help identifying two men who they claim stole 30 chainsaws collectively worth more than $25,000 from a trailer in the city’s southwest end last June. Two men broke into a trailer in the 1000 block of Moodie…
Ottawa LRT into 3rd day of train shortage
Ottawa’s Confederation Line began the day once more with a train shortage, marking the third day in a row that the $2.1-billion LRT system hasn’t had enough vehicles on the tracks to carry riders. A brief update from the head…