Kanata News

The boss of a "sophisticated" cocaine and marijuana trafficking ring run out of a west Ottawa bar was sentenced to 19 years in jail Tuesday morning.

With just nine days left, organizers of a lottery to raise funds for Ottawa hospitals say nearly half of the tickets remain unsold.

An Ottawa man has developed a computer system that delivers highly detailed and localized weather information to people in the city.

"There's blood in the water," as a former editor of mine used to say, cheerfully, whenever a story like this came along.

A 24-year-old aspiring rap artist who wears the colours of the Bloods street gang in music videos was gunned down outside a west-end home late Tuesday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff wrote a personal cheque to reimburse taxpayers for Sen.

An Ottawa developer is hoping to add another high-end apartment building to its complex in the Kanata Lakes neighbourhood in the west end.

At least, it will be on Sunday, May 26 when dog owners are invited to take their four-legged friends to Andrew Haydon Park for Dollars for Dogs, a fundraiser in support of Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Tamarack Homes used to install kitchen cupboard lights that would glow hot enough to melt the butter sitting on the counter below.

Just a couple of weeks after city council approved plans to construct the tallest building in Ottawa near the corner of Preston Street and Carling Avenue, Richcraft has filed papers to build two even taller towers practically next door.

'We wanted to reach out to young families and create a hub of activity,' Rabbi Menachem Blum says about the Ottawa Torah Centre, which breaks ground for construction on Sunday.

P.E.I. Senator Mike Duffy has been in the news for questions about his primary residence, which he lists as Cavendish, P.E.I., while collecting expenses for keeping a second residence in Kanata, Ont.

Kelsey Driedger, middle, waves a placard as she participates in the March For Life on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2013.

Young artists honoured at awards gala. Anna Bullock, a Grade 12 student at All Saints Catholic High School, displays her mixed-media work Patience Cradle, recipient of five awards at the 2013 Young at Art West ceremony at the Mlacak Centre on May 5. Blair Edwards/Metroland The Grade 12 All Saints Catholic High School student was put through the ... (more)

An Ottawa developer is proposing to build two of what would be the city's tallest towers in Little Italy, a booming growth area for condominiums.

Home Instead Senior Care wins national award of excellence. Home Instead Senior Care, which has offices based in Kanata, the Glebe and around the country, was recently awarded the grand prize in the 2013 Canadian Franchise Association Awards of Excellence in Franchising and a gold medal in the category of mature/established non-traditional ... (more)

At the helm now. Justin Trudeau was in town Monday to meet with the media and Renfrew-and-area residents.

The City of Ottawa is implementing changes for which local advocates have long been clamouring by adding some new offerings to the local street meat menu, but those in the industry say more can be done to fully leverage food trucks as a means of attracting tourists.

The sunshine and summer-like temperatures over the weekend were a welcome salve for a city of winter-weary residents, coaxing thousands to play outside in their garden, go for a bike ride or sip pints on a patio with pals.

Steve Creighton, , Glen Luckman, and Brent Wilson, of Dymon Storage seen between stacks of boxes on display at the Kanata location, Canada's largest indoor self-storage facility.