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Ottawa Katimavik youth learn from local families. Sandy Hill based Katimavik group, top left, Stephane Gallant, bottom left, Marie Pascale Roy, Emely Longpre, Meryn Avery and Ashleigh Baxter all just completed their billeting portion of their programming.

Building a better community together. Christopher Collmorgen, president of Action Sandy Hill, has been working with the University of Ottawa, residents of Sandy Hill - both university students and families to form a town and gown committee which will work at solving issues which arise living in a university neighbourhood.

The north of Spain is famous for its espadrilles, those canvas and jute rope shoes that make sense in a sunny clime.

A Canadian woman jailed in Mexico on suspicion of leading a conspiracy to smuggle members of slain Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's family into the country says she has been tortured during nearly three months in custody.

A police officer holds a tear gas gun at the ready during a standoff with protesters at the G20 Summit Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Toronto.

Interim Liberal Party leader Bob Rae says the gaps in education, health care and housing between First Nations communities and other Canadians are an embarrassment and must be addressed.

Ottawa Chiropractic services have never been as easily accessible as they are today, thanks to The Beacon Hill Chiropractic Clinic joining PreferredLocalBusiness.tv, a local preferred business directory that will make Ottawa Chiropractic services immediately available to local internet searchers.

News of Hiscock's court sentence of 16 months for G20-related conspiracy charges spread through Twitter with the hashtag #TheLegendaryMandyHiscocks. Her new blog -- "bored but not broken" -- which will chronical her life "on the inside" is being hosted on rabble.ca. In her introduction, she writes: "my name is mandy hiscocks, and i expect to spend ... (more)

The city not the federal government is in the best position to decide whether $26 million should be used on building new affordable housing, or maintaining and operating existing housing, according to the city's planning committee.

The VPD has an authorized strength of 1,327 officers but has 57 vacancies because of budget pressures facing the department.

When you think of a sommelier, do you automatically picture a stodgy wine aficionado snootily swirling a glass carrying on about legs, oaks and berry hints? It's probably an image that also comes to mind when thinking of a wine writer, especially one who has received four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards , whose e-newsletter is read by more ... (more)