Orleans News

An Ottawa police officer who shot a drunken, knife-wielding assailant in OrlA©ans last June was shooting to kill, and the assailant likely looking for a "death by cop" end to his life, an Ottawa court was told Thursday.

Jacques "Big Jack" Rouschop is the last man in Ottawa you'd expect to embrace criminal charges for an out-of-town burglary.

When it came time for a name, local indie rockers The Beaches wanted one that hints where they're from.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will bring Steely Dan to the road in 2014, taking their "Jamalot Ever After" Tour across the U.S. and Canada.

The Sens' road to the playoffs is even steeper. Columbus shut out Philadelphia 2-0, moving to 7 points ahead of Ottawa for eighth in the East.

Ottawa commuters who thought last summer's construction season was intolerable are being warned to prepare for even more delays this year.

Diane Bowman, 72, says she is dying from organ failure and needs to find a home for her adopted children, Daniel, 13, and Claudia, 10. She's a former missionary in Mexico and delivered both kids.

A man in his 50s died after suffering a heart attack on a ski trail in a wooded part of east Ottawa on Friday afternoon, according to paramedics.

Fire crews were hampered by heavy smoke as they battled a blaze at an industrial building on Old Innes Road Thursday, March 27, 2014.

Coleen Rajotte, one of an estimated 20,000 Canadian aboriginal adults who survived the Sixties Scoop, attended a Manitoba government roundtable this week, which drew 18 survivors from as far away as Amsterdam and New Orleans.

The test, which began on March 18, is in advance of the full rollout of the program, which is expected to happen sometime later this year.

The Discovery Centre got a $2-million boost from Halifax city hall Tuesday to help the science and technology hub move into a new home on the Halifax waterfront.