Local News: CTV: Zellers, the popular department store chain that closed its doors in 2013, is coming back to Ottawa next week. Hudson’s Bay locations at Rideau Centre and St. Laurent Shopping Centre will be transformed into classic Zellers stores on March 23. Zellers is opening nine department stores in Ontario and three in Alberta. The Zellers Diner on Wheels,...

Local NewsCTV: An Ottawa mother, Boravy Buth, has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal negligence resulting in death, after her infant son died in 2021, Ottawa Police announced Monday. This comes a few weeks after the police had charged Buth and another man, Patrick O'Connor, after failing to provide the necessities of life to the infant boy. The infant...

LocalOttawa Citizen: Following various weeks of trials and deliberations, an Ottawa man was found guilty of second-degree murder on March 8 in the death of Jonathan Hammell in Chinatown. Kevin Richer testified that he killed his neighbour in self-defence on Nov. 11, 2020. Richer had accused Hammell and other neighbours of stealing his bicycle. This accusation saw Richer start yelling...

LocalOttawa Citizen: Liberal MP Marc Garneau is resigning his seat after 15 years in politics. Garneau, a former minister of foreign affairs and transportation and a senior Liberal MP, announced his retirement to his party’s Quebec caucus Wednesday morning. He shared the news to the national caucus afterwards. He will be addressing his announcement in his speech at the House...

On the morning of Feb. 16, Lina Alalwani, a third-year student in the early learning and community development program, stood at a small table in the Student Commons building with the flags of Syria and Turkey and some printed news articles in front of her. Just ten days before, on Feb. 6 at 4:17 a.m., while people were inside sleeping,...

Algonquin College students gathered at the MakerSpace in the Dare District on Feb. 22 to sit down with henna artist Shelina Syed and learn all about henna, from its cultural origins to how to create designs. "I'm teaching basic skills of henna and going through different patterns that they can create," said Syed at the afternoon event. She has been...

Carmen Hust, the chair of the Algonquin College nursing program, couldn't be more pleased about the return of in-person education for nursing students. “Our faculty are very excited that students are back in class," said Hust, sitting in her chair in a sunlit corner office in the B-building on the Woodroffe campus. "We don’t take it for granted anymore.” During...

LocalCBC: Twenty-three automated speed cameras are planned to be installed along city roads this year by the City of Ottawa. Leftover cameras which were supposed to be installed last year will double the total amount this year. This leaves 40 cameras to be set up in total, according to Carol Hall, associate director of traffic services. The cameras being installed...

Jack Doyle, the general manager of the Algonquin College Students' Association, has announced that he is planning to retire in the fall of 2023 after 40 years of dedication to college community. Doyle has been in his current role with the SA for the past 33 years, helping to improve the Students' Association in a plethora of ways.“It’s nice to...

LocalCTV News: On Feb. 13, there was a gas leak in Orléans causing a colossal explosion that devastated structures. Ottawa police announced Wednesday afternoon that the arson team assumed control of the investigation on Feb. 18 "as the circumstances surrounding the explosion were deemed criminal."Twelve people, including kids, were harmed in the blast. At the site, two people were rescued...