Thousands of federal civil servants in Ottawa and other centres across the country will be entering a new period of anxiety on Monday as they start receiving letters telling them whether their position within a certain department will be eliminated. It’s all part of the fallout from last week’s federal budget. The Conservative government wants [...]

Three local high schools placed in the Fraser Institute’s top 15 academic ranking of more than 700 Ontario secondary schools in 2010-2011. Colonel By in Gloucester — the best-performing area high school — placed sixth with a score of 9.1, tied with four other schools. West Carleton in Dunrobin and John McCrae in Nepean placed [...]

A Lunch Lady kitchen in Ottawa will be back in business Monday following a salmonella outbreak in March. Owner Jonathan Morris said he was “feeling good” about getting back to work despite a number of cancellations. “There’s more involvement by more people in various parts of the process, all the way from when we receive [...]

When Montreal MP Justin Trudeau stepped into the ring Saturday night for his charity boxing match against a Conservative senator, it was with a saddened heart. Trudeau’s grandmother, Kathleen Sinclair, died Thursday at a B.C. nursing home. “At 92, Gramma’s mind was still strong, but her body slowly shut down,” Trudeau said Saturday morning on [...]

A judge in Alma, in the province’s Saguenay region, has issued a temporary injunction ending the student walkout at Alma College. The judge ruled the legal basis for the strike was not solid. Students at the school, who voted to boycott classes in early March, will be forced to end their picket lines on Monday. [...]