Human remains found after house fire in Bancroft | Guilty verdict in fatal 2021 stabbing in Ottawa's Chinatown | Lawsuit alleges former Ford staffers promised to use 'backchannel contacts' to get land rezoned
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Human remains found after house fire in Bancroft; OPP's Criminal Investigations Branch has been called in to investigate, but police aren't calling the death suspicious\.

Human remains found after house fire in Bancroft

February 6 , 2025 at 05:59:20 p.m. EST • :

Ontario Provincial Police said emergency services were called to the fire at a single-storey home on Meadow Court shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Guilty verdict in fatal 2021 stabbing in Ottawa's Chinatown; An ambulance is parked at a Petro-Canada gas station on Somerset Street W\. in Ottawa on April 23, 2021, where one person was stabbed just before noon\. Two hours earlier, 64-year-old Carl Reinboth was killed in another stabbing nearby\.

Guilty verdict in fatal 2021 stabbing in Ottawa's Chinatown

February 6 , 2025 at 12:33:04 p.m. EST • :

A jury found Honor Charley guilty of second-degree murder Thursday, but not criminally responsible for attempted murder and aggravated assault.

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Lawsuit alleges former Ford staffers promised to use 'backchannel contacts' to get land rezoned; Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and then minister of municipal affairs and housing Steve Clark takes questions after the release of the Auditor General's report on the Greenbelt scandal in August 2023\.

Lawsuit alleges former Ford staffers promised to use 'backchannel contacts' to get land rezoned

February 6 , 2025 at 02:31:29 p.m. EST • :

Two former Ford government staffers — including one at the centre of the Greenbelt scandal — are being sued by a property developer who alleges they promised to use their influence at Queen's Park to get several plots of land rezoned.

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Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin performs 'radiantly optimistic' Beethoven at the NAC; Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin rehearsing with the NAC orchestra ahead of his performance of Beethoven's Emperor concerto\.

Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin performs 'radiantly optimistic' Beethoven at the NAC

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

The award-winning pianist will be in Ottawa two nights, performing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the NAC orchestra. CBC's Sandra Abma attended a rehearsal.

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Former human rights chief launches defamation lawsuit against Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman; Former Canadian Human Rights chief commissioner Birju Dattani listens to his lawyer during a news conference on Parliament hill, Thursday, Feb\. 6, 2025 in Ottawa\.

Former human rights chief launches defamation lawsuit against Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman

February 6 , 2025 at 11:26:27 a.m. EST • :

Former Canadian Human Rights commissioner Birju Dattani is suing Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, accusing her and others of leading a 'strategic, deliberate and malicious' campaign against him.

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ByWard Market businesses blast 'predatory' bylaw enforcement; Bylaw officers haven't issued any fines to people ignoring coronavirus restrictions yet, but they may start soon, Mayor Jim Watson warned Wednesday\.                              

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

ByWard Market businesses blast 'predatory' bylaw enforcement

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Canada Post laying off dozens of managers amid shaky financial future; Canada Post vehicles sit covered in snow at a distribution facility after a strike that has lasted more than four weeks, in Ottawa on December 13, 2024\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle  

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Canada Post laying off dozens of managers amid shaky financial future

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Suspect allegedly steals 3 cars overnight, drives hundreds of kilometres across Quebec, crashes; Two officers survey the aftermath of a multi-vehicle crash in Blainville, Que\., following a series of overnight pursuits involving stolen vehicles\.  

February 4 , 2025 at 05:45:55 p.m. EST • :

Suspect allegedly steals 3 cars overnight, drives hundreds of kilometres across Quebec, crashes

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Sports helped heal Maj. Jessica Guerin — now she's headed to the Invictus Games; Always interested in the Spartan Races – long distance races involving several obstacles and challenges – Jessica Guerin decided to sign up for every race in 2023\.  

February 6 , 2025 at 02:06:59 p.m. EST • :

Sports helped heal Maj. Jessica Guerin — now she's headed to the Invictus Games

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5 questions about uploading Ottawa's LRT network; A light rail train approaches Lees station in Ottawa on Feb\. 2, 2022\.  

February 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

5 questions about uploading Ottawa's LRT network

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