During the challenging early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Vera Etches, the city’s medical officer of health, became a familiar face delivering information about how the pandemic was affecting the health of the population. Part of her role was to mandate and manage often unpopular measures to try to limit harms. After 15 years at Ottawa Public Health, nearly seven of them serving as the city’s first female medical officer of health, Etches is stepping down at the end of January to take up a new role as president and CEO of CHEO. Etches spoke with Elizabeth Payne about the...
January 24, 2025 - 10:50 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and her doubles partner Erin Routliffe were eliminated by the newly formed team of Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the Australian Open women's doubles semifinals on Friday.
January 24, 2025 - 10:13 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The provincial rebates distributed in January and February are expected to total $3 billion in an effort to help alleviate the high cost of living.
January 24, 2025 - 10:07 | Mike Hodges | Global News - Canada
The provincial rebates distributed in January and February are expected to total $3 billion in an effort to help alleviate the high cost of living.
January 24, 2025 - 10:07 | Mike Hodges | Global News - Ottawa
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump as a justification. Read More
January 24, 2025 - 10:06 | The Canadian Press | Ottawa Citizen
"We will be calling the election next Wednesday," Ford confirms at Brampton, Ont. news conference.
January 24, 2025 - 10:04 | | CBC News - Ottawa