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Fire crews attend to a fire at a retirement home in Hawkesbury, Ont., on Friday, May 25, 2012.

A wedding reception was held there Saturday night, but everyone had left by the time the fire broke out at 2:30 a.m. ET, said fire department spokesman Marc Messier.

Family and friends paid tribute Saturday to Eric Leighton, the 18-year-old student killed in a shop class explosion one year ago.

Ron Smith is wise. He is a former chief financial officer of a couple of big companies and a former board chairman at Acadia University.

Cathy Anderson and Rob Wein walked the Ottawa Race Weekend 2K event Saturday with a group of 20 in recognition of Wein's recovery.

A male was taken to hospital in critical condition after lightning struck the tree he was standing under in Vincent Massey Park Friday evening as a storm spread across the city.

The fire at 100 Industriel Blvd. started at about 9:30 p.m. and 90 people were forced to flee the building.

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Health care warning. Michael Hurley, left, and Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections editor William Charney discuss the benefits of investing in nurses and hospital cleaners.

Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for the Renfrew-Arnprior-Calabogie region and a severe thunderstorm warning for many other regions in eastern Ontario.

Tonya L. Hancock, 32, 665 Clark St., Marseilles, was arrested Thursday at Old Chicago Road near East Norris Drive on a La Salle County failure to appear warrant for driving under the influence of drugs.

The Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa - EVCO - is hosting Marcelo da Luz at their monthly meeting on the evening of Monday, May 28th.A Open to the public and held at the Canada Science and Technology Museum at 1700 St.

Canada's New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair takes part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa earlier this month.

A memorial is being held today to honour Eric Leighton, the Ottawa high school student killed one year ago in a shop class explosion.

Anne-Catherine Powers, seen her with her one-year-old child, was one of three people found dead at a home in the Gatineau, Que., suburb of Aylmer.

A stronger emphasis on development by governments and research-funding organizations may be helping Canadian entrepreneurs get their innovations to market faster.

Firefighters responded to the units at 134B and 136B Lindenshade Drive, which are near Strandherd Drive in the community of Barrhaven, at about 11:25 p.m. When they arrived crews found a fire at the front entrance and later reported fires in the basement.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death Wednesday of a 64-year-old man who fell from the third floor parking level of a mall in Cornwall, Ont.

Cumberland Colchester Musquodoboit Valley MP Scott Armstrong visited Bass River on Thursday to announce $7,027 in funding towards a Forgotten Heroes monument, the brainchild of Noah Tremblay, 12, intended to recognize Canadian animals sacrificed during... Such will be the case when a new monument is unveiled at Veteran's Memorial Park in Bass River ... (more)