Orleans, Canada News

Long line-ups of panicked people, some waiting for an entire day to receive the H1N1 vaccination last week, were fueled by a number of factors: - News of the tragic deaths of two Ontario youngsters as a result of the H1N1 virus; - Information about a potential shortage of H1N1 doses in the coming weeks; - False and alarmist information circulating ...

An Ottawa councillor said Thursday the cost of the swine flu vaccination clinics in the city could top $4 million, and she's not sure how much of the cost will be covered by the province.

In the early 1850s, thousands of French citizens ventured to San Francisco from New Orleans, Canada and France seeking opportunities during the Gold Rush.

Ottawa-Orleans MPP Phil McNeely yesterday called Israel a "rogue state," and said the federal government should apologize to Canadians for its support of the Jewish state's "collective punishment" of the people in Gaza and Lebanon.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's best moment on the campaign trail this week, according to CanWest News Service, came while he flipped hamburgers and bathed in adoration at a crowded barbecue in the backyard of Liberal MPP Phil McNeely in his riding of Ottawa-Orleans; Progressive Conservative leader John Tory was at his hottest during his speech ...

The tail end of a huge winter storm that swept across the continent yesterday will drop another two to four centimetres of snow on Ottawa today and bring winds gusting up to 50 kilometres an hour.

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory on Wednesday stepped up attacks on Dalton McGuinty, calling the health-care tax "evil" and labelling the premier 's reign "brush-off leadership" for avoiding real people.

It's an irony that the Tragically Hip, the most Canadian rock band ever, is named after a skit written by an American who found fame by copying the Brits.

The Afterword's Weekend Guest Editor is Stephen Finucan. The Toronto-based writer has penned two books of short stories, and has just released his debut novel, The Fallen .

Bruyere Continuing Care hopes to expands its Residence St-Louis in Orleans to accommoate many more people in need fo supportive hoousing.

Vocal opposition to changing a wind power development zoning law in Clayton and Orleans has begun to solidify.

He won the nomination on the first ballot. A three-way nomination race is shaping up in Ottawa OrlA©ans over whether Liberals want a high-profile area politician; a longtime party insider or a businesswoman to lead a campaign to take the riding back from the Conservatives.

The biplane went down less than 50 metres from the airport runway. A 40-year-old man was seriously injured after a small plane crashed at the Gatineau airport before noon Friday.

An avalanche of e-mails and phone calls from readers outraged over the treatment of Ottawa artist Karen Bailey by Canadian military bureaucrats and galleries across the country who've chosen a we're-not-interested indifference to her moving paintings from Afghanistan of our military doctors, nurses and technicians.

A Wellington County hog producer called on fellow farmers here last night to seize the opportunity provided by crisis "to take control of our industry from start to finish." "The only opportunity we have to get together is when prices are terribly low," said Ed Bosman, addressing about 125 producers who showed up for a meeting organized by the ...

Trial by Fire A political neophyte, Larry O'Brien handily won this city's top job, quickly earning a legacy as a headline-grabbing mayor unafraid of the spotlight - he promised to bring a business mentality to city hall, but his fix-it nature was overshadowed by a precedent-setting trial.

Brian McGarry. Ontario is close to changing rules governing the funeral business.

Canada's forest industry is choking on American black liquor and getting no real help from Ottawa, says the president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union , but Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan dismissed his criticism last week and questioned local CEP commitment to the cause.

Canada's forest industry is choking on American black liquor and getting no real help from Ottawa, says the president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union , but Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan dismissed his criticism last week and questioned local CEP commitment to the cause.

Residents in the Ottawa area reported some bizarre incidents in 2008. There were 430 reports of UFO activity across Canada last year, the most since 1989 when the Canadian UFO Survey started keeping track.