Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Senators Sports Hockey NHL Senators Extra The Ottawa Senators will begin the final stretch to try to make the playoffs for the first time in eight years with the Montreal Canadiens in town. Published Feb 21, 2025  •  Last updated 5 hours ago  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Jordan Binnington of Team Canada stops Brady Tkachuk of Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off. Photo by Bruce Bennett /GETTY IMAGES Article content Back to your regularly scheduled programming. The Ottawa Senators will begin the final stretch to try to make the playoffs for the first time in eight years with the Montreal Canadiens in town on a Hockey Night in Canada at the Canadian Tire Centre. Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and defenceman Jake Sanderson may have had their fill of the...

Article content A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death early on the morning of Feb. 19 in Overbrook. One woman has been charged with second-degree murder. Robert Vides died in the 200 block of Presland Road in Overbrook, the Ottawa Police Service said Friday. The Ottawa Paramedic Service was called to the building at about 4:30 early Feb. 19, a spokesperson said. “An adult male was assaulted with an edged weapon. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the paramedics,” spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps said in an email. Judith Brennan, 45, was charged with second-degree murder. Police said she was expected in court today. Police asked that anyone with information to contact the Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493. They also said that anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca. More to come… Recommended from Editorial One man charged...

Article content Chantal Kreviazuk turned the TD Garden into a political arena. Article content The Winnipeg-born Grammy nominee changed the words to ‘O Canada before Team Canada faced off against the United States in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Boston on Thursday night. Canada won 3-2 in overtime thanks to Connor McDavid’s winner. Kreviazuk’s publicist Adam Gonshor confirmed to Postmedia that Kreviazuk changed the lyric from ‘in all of us command’ to ‘that only us command’ because of President Donald Trump’s continuous calls for Canada to become the 51st state. That was initially lost to everybody on social media but Kreviazuk tried to explain her position on Instagram later in the night. She also admitted that she could have sounded better because her performance was widely panned. Recommended from Editorial WARMINGTON: For once, perhaps, the booing of our national anthem was justified 4 Nations Takeaways: Connor McDavid...

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News High blood pressure in pregnancy raises cardiac risks, according to new research from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Get the latest from Elizabeth Payne straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Feb 20, 2025  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Photo of Jodi Edwards, director of the Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program at the University of Ottawa Health Institute. Photo by Photo courtesy of the University /Handout Article content Women who experience high blood pressure disorders during pregnancy are at heightened risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a serious medical condition that can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications. They are also at increased risk of early death, according to new research from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The retrospective study followed more than 770,000...

Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Senators Sports Hockey NHL Senators Extra ‘When you’re in the position we’re in to make a country proud and to make a country stick its chest out a little bit farther, that’s rewarding.’ Published Feb 19, 2025  •  Last updated 9 hours ago  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Canada’s Sidney Crosby (right) is checked by United States’ Dylan Larkin during their 4 Nations Face-Off round-robin game. The Canadian Press Article content It has the makings of being a where-were-you moment for a generation of hockey fans across Canada and the United States. Article content Article content The time has come for the talk to turn to action since this matchup was settled on Monday as Team Canada and the United States go head-to-head to determine the champion of the inaugural 4...

Article content The woman shot by a police officer while wielding a handgun and running through residential Westboro streets in March 2024 was sentenced to five years in prison this week. Morgan Laplante pleaded guilty in September to dangerous driving while possessing crack, cocaine and a loaded handgun as she fled from an Ottawa police traffic stop, ditched her car and fled on foot along Tweedsmuir Avenue and Avondale Avenue. Article content Laplante pleaded guilty to four of the 13 charges she initially faced, including breach of a prior court-ordered weapons ban. Her defence lawyer, Joe Addelman, said his client admitted to carrying the gun, but “adamantly denies” she pointed it at the two police officers who were in pursuit. Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey imposed a five-year prison sentence on Feb. 18. Laplante received credit for the time she had already spent in custody, leaving a little more than...

Article content Convoy protest organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning. The sentence includes 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men’s shelter. It comes on top of nine months he spent in custody both before and during his trial. King was found guilty on five of nine charges in November, including mischief and disobeying a court order, for his role in the 2022 protest that took over downtown Ottawa for three weeks. Share this article in your social network Ottawa Citizen

Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Senators Sports Hockey NHL Senators Extra It sounds doubtful that the Ottawa Senators will have Josh Norris or Shane Pinto in the lineup against Montreal on Saturday. Published Feb 18, 2025  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The Ottawa Senators’ Shane Pinto and Josh Norris celebrate after a goal against Washington on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Norris suffered a mid-body injury Feb. 1 and Pinto suffered an upper-body injury on Feb. 4. Photo by Justin Tang /The Canadian Press Article content The Ottawa Senators participating in the 4 Nations Face-Off weren’t the only ones noticeable by their absence on Tuesday. Article content Article content As the Senators reconvened for a late-afternoon skate at the Canadian Tire Centre after a nine-day break, there was no sign of injured forwards Josh Norris and...

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists The city’s current practice — repeatedly increasing development charges — is not sustainable and does not help create affordable housing. Published Feb 18, 2025  •  Last updated 42 minutes ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. New home construction is seen near March Road in Ottawa last month. The city is not encouraging the right kind of development. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Article content Ottawa was the first city in Canada to declare a housing affordability and homelessness emergency, in 2020. Five years later, the crisis has only deepened: home ownership remains out of reach for many, and a severe lack of supply is fuelling a bottleneck effect in the market. Recognizing the urgency, the City of Ottawa recently introduced a housing task force that, among myriad directives, will explore...

Breadcrumb Trail Links Hockey NHL Senators Extra Published Feb 17, 2025  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Canada’s Sidney Crosby, centre, celebrates after his goal against Finland during the third period of a 4 Nations Face-Off hockey game on in Monday, in Boston. Photo by Charles Krupa /The Associated Press Article content Get ready Canada there will be a cross-border rematch on American soil. Article content Article content Team Canada booked its ticket to the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday against the arch-rival United States with a must-win 5-3 victory over Team Finland at the TD Garden in Boston on Monday afternoon. With their backs to the wall, the Canadians were assured there would be a tomorrow led by two-point efforts from Nathan MacKinnon and captain Sidney Crosby of Cole Harbour, N.S., along with...