Ottawa police say hate-motivated incidents in the city jumped nearly 24 per cent in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year.

The original design for Pimisi LRT station, which was closed for a couple hours on Canada Day over a concern for crowd control, was for trains to run every two to three minutes. The LRT currently runs every five minutes during rush hour on weekdays.

Yukang Li, executive director of the Chinatown BIA, says eight groups of colourful statues, many depicting characters from Chinese cartoons, were installed this winter on Somerset Street West. Not one of them has been spared from damage.

A staff report to the community services committee June 27 proposes an alternative emergency number to 911 and a 24-hour community based response team in a neighbourhood to be determined.

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board says it will now allow parents who are police officers to make presentations in schools wearing their uniforms.

A resident of an apartment buildingin Ottawa's Overbrook neighbourhood that was gutted in a fire last week is desperately hoping to find two cats missing since thefire.

The refugees CBC News spoke to were from Afghanistan and Nigeria. They left their homes for fear of their lives, leaving behind family members, jobs, and unfinished education. All things they hope to find again here in Canada.