Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6 | Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can play NHL games starting Dec. 1 | Council to vote on return-to-office mandate for city staff
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Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6; Eastway owner Neil Greene, centre, leaves the Ottawa Courthouse with two of his defence lawyers in April 2024 after he and the company pleaded guilty to regulatory provincial offences laid by the Ministry of Labour\. The criminal charges are separate, and were laid by police Thursday\.

Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6

September 11 , 2025 at 08:19:45 p.m. EDT • :

More than three and a half years after six people were killed in one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa's history — a 2022 explosion at an Ottawa tank truck manufacturing facility — Ottawa police have laid criminal charges against the company's owner, Neil Greene.
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Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can play NHL games starting Dec. 1; From left: Former Canadian world junior hockey teammates Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod and Dillon Dubé are unrestricted free agents and can sign with an NHL team on Oct\. 15 as they wait for full reinstatement\.

Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can play NHL games starting Dec. 1

September 11 , 2025 at 05:24:10 p.m. EDT • :

The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end on Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday.
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Council to vote on return-to-office mandate for city staff; Kitchissippi Coun\. Jeff Leiper opposes a full-time return-to-office mandate for city staff\.

Council to vote on return-to-office mandate for city staff

September 11 , 2025 at 01:00:09 p.m. EDT • :

Kichissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper has asked council to vote on rescinding a full-time return-to-office mandate for city staff. 
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Carney recommends 5 'nation-building projects' for approval, including LNG expansion; The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates its way through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B\.C\. LNG Canada will double production as one of the first major projects referred to the new Major Projects Office\.

Carney recommends 5 'nation-building projects' for approval, including LNG expansion

September 10 , 2025 at 06:43:55 p.m. EDT • :

The initial tranche of major projects the federal government will help get off the ground quickly include expanding liquefied natural gas production in B.C. and upgrading the Port of Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.
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Ottawa's dry summer may cause problems for a popular fall pastime ; Apples on an apple tree branch sit in the foreground in front of other trees in an orchard\.

Ottawa's dry summer may cause problems for a popular fall pastime

September 11 , 2025 at 03:31:52 p.m. EDT • :

Apple trees suffered in the dry summer heat and some orchards say it has affected their crops. One is limiting how many apples families can pick.
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Suspect arrested in connection with reports of needle intoxications at ÎleSoniq music festival; An ÎleSoniq crowd pictured in 2022\. Montreal police say they have arrested a man after six people reported being pricked, possibly by needles, without their knowledge during the festival this year\.  

September 9 , 2025 at 03:45:02 p.m. EDT • :

Suspect arrested in connection with reports of needle intoxications at ÎleSoniq music festival

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High-speed rail construction to start in 4 years: LeBlanc; Dominic LeBlanc stands at podium with workers in high-vis vests behind him  

September 11 , 2025 at 03:13:24 p.m. EDT • :

High-speed rail construction to start in 4 years: LeBlanc

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8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are; What is tree equity, and why does it matter\?  

September 7 , 2025 at 04:46:18 p.m. EDT • :

8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are

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Swoon-worthy opera Tosca takes stage at Ottawa's NAC; A woman sings on stage\.  

September 10 , 2025 at 05:29:16 p.m. EDT • :

Swoon-worthy opera Tosca takes stage at Ottawa's NAC

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More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario; Ontario college support workers on strike after rejecting latest offer  

September 11 , 2025 at 06:10:55 a.m. EDT • :

More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario

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