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Hydro Ottawa has posted some incredible aerial footage of the Ottawa River raging over Chaudière Falls. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhS4cATu2h4 The name “Chaudière” roughly translates as “Cauldron”, and was named by early French explorers. For centuries before the explorers, the falls were known as “Akikodjiwan”, the name given to the falls by the Anishinaabe people. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67565” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Eight staffers at Rogers TV in Ottawa were casualties in a rash of layoffs across the network in Ontario. (File)[/caption] Rogers TV in Ottawa will stay on the air, but eight full time employees have lost their jobs as part of a round of layoffs across the network’s Ontario stations. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67071” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] A figure skating performance in honour of Teslin Russell on Friday. Russell died of a drug overdose on Dec. 31, 2016. (Charlie Senack/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] _ Charlie Senack – Special to OttawaStart.com _ Hundreds packed a Kanata arena Friday for a tribute in honour of Teslin Russell, a teen whose overdose death served as one of the wake-up calls for the Ottawa opioid crisis. ...

[caption id=“attachment_66818” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] From a Bayshore area crackhouse to overdosing in a Kanata garage, to getting clean in a detox centre, Aiden, 17, recounts his close calls as a drug user. (Charlie Senack/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] _ Charlie Senack – Special to OttawaStart. ...

[caption id=“attachment_66477” align=“aligncenter” width=“1920”] Screengrab from the Parliament Hill cam showing a blanket of smoke during the annual April 20 marijuana demonstration, around 4:20 p.m.[/caption] Things moved slowly on Parliament Hill Thursday – and not just because the House of Commons is adjourned until May 1. ...

Malala Yousafzai, UN messenger of peace and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will be in Ottawa on Wednesday to receive her honorary Canadian citizenship in Parliament. [caption id=“attachment_65355” align=“alignright” width=“314”] Malala Yousafzai, 19, will be in Ottawa on Wednesday to address Parliament. ...

[caption id=“attachment_65242” align=“aligncenter” width=“4896”] The National War Memorial during a vigil on Saturday evening to mark the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Howard Whiting/Lightchasers Photography)[/caption] Hundreds turned out to a candlelight vigil Saturday night at the National War Memorial to mark the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. ...

_ (Via NCC) _ The National Capital Commission’s (NCC) Board of Directors today approved _ The _ _ Plan for Canada’s Capital, 2017–2067 _ . The Plan will be launched officially on May 9, 2017, at a special event at the Shaw Centre, in collaboration with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. ...

** Update: Both of the teens have been found, say police. ** _ (Via Ottawa Police) _ (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service is currently requesting the assistance of the public to locate the following missing persons, Jessica BRESSI 15 years old and Austin HENDERSON 17 years old. ...

The owner of the Magna Terra marijuana dispensary chain is among seven arrested and charged after police raids on his two Ottawa dispensaries and a private house Tuesday. The raids resulted in the seizure of a loaded .44 calibre Desert Eagle handgun, marijuana and other drugs, cash, documents and computers and cell phones, according to Ottawa Police. ...