The Opposition walked out of the Ontario legislature en masse Monday to protest the government's refusal to hold public hearings on its bill to create a 13 per cent harmonized sales tax.

More than 1,300 homeless people across Canada will be provided housing as part of a massive four-year project to study the link between mental health and homelessness.

A ship that was stuck in the St. Lawrence River for five days has finally been freed.

Four people will appear in court on Monday to face charges related to a seven-hour standoff at an Ottawa hotel over the weekend.

U.S. company Ciena Corp. is the winning bidder for Nortel Networks' optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses.

Trusts are used in financial and estate planning because they enjoy special treatment under our income tax law. The use of trusts can result in significant tax savings, savings that can be even greater when combined with another jurisdiction's preferential tax rates.

It's become abundantly clear that no matter the economic times, employers need to pay close attention to keeping their talent engaged, committed and content.

If you are like me you probably have always viewed stress and pressure as being synonymous, two sides of the same coin. I did until I recently read an article by John Schrock, where he states that there is a difference and described them in this way.

Individuals and corporations have long been reluctant to express any kind of sympathy or remorse to a person who has made a claim against them, even though it might clearly be the humane thing to do.

What does it take to be successful in doing business with the government? While it is not rocket science (unless, perhaps, you are bidding on an opportunity with the Canadian Space Agency) it is different than being successful in the private sector or with consumers.

Manslaughter charges were dismissed Monday against four of the accused in the Boxing Day 2005 murder of Jane Creba.

Police have laid weapons charges against a 23-year-old man who was among nine people charged in connection with a disturbance at a downtown Ottawa hotel Sunday morning.

The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.

The Citizen's Glen McGregor is live blogging from the federal Conservative party's lawsuit against Elections Canada over the financing of the 2006 federal election.

Ciena Corp. has won the battle for Nortel Networks optical assets with a reported $769 million U.S. bid.

The City of Ottawa is hosting a series of public meetings to get resident reaction to projects aimed at reducing sewage overflows into the Ottawa River. On Dec...

Convent Glen Elementary School could be the first public school in Orléans to offer full-day kindergarten, according to Orléans-Cumberland trustee John Shea. If approved by the Ministry of Education, Convent Glen will be one of 11 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools to start offering all-day kindergarten in September 2010. ?Convent Glen ES is the perfect school to launch this exciting ...

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Most Canadians would jump at the chance to go on an all-expenses paid vacation to Barbados in the middle of winter. But after winning the trip for two from a local sports talk radio contest as the biggest Ottawa Senators fan in March 2008, Bill Kelly had another idea in mind ? he was donating the prize to charity...

Movie marathon Sketch Orléans has partnered with Empire Theatre to offer a movie marathon for local youth. The event, which will take place Thursday, Nov...

A little high school that turns out big achievers, Brockville Collegiate Institute on Saturday honoured three of its finest graduates: a nuclear scientist, a high-powered lawyer in Central Europe – and a top-notch runner who delights in telling people he's not from TISS.[...]

PRESCOTT – The CSL Assiniboine, which ran aground near Cardinal's Galop Canal on Monday morning, finally broke free Saturday night with the help of tugs and the benefit of a lighter load. Andrew Bogora, a spokesman for the St.[...]

The Brockville Braves are red hot. The Braves notched a team record-tying 10th straight win in a well-deserved 6-3 win over the Gloucester Rangers in Central Junior A Hockey League action at the Memorial Centre before almost 800 fans on Friday night.[...]

Cecily Channer believes in guardian angels -- and she's not alone. According to a recent Gallup poll, 82% of women and 72% of men believe in angels.[...]

If you think of politics as a giant machine, you can think of lobbying as the grease that keeps it running. I'm not one to criticize the role of the lobbyist.[...]