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Phoenix pay system fiasco: 10 years of mistakes and lessons

A decade after the Phoenix pay system fiasco began, a new wave of job cuts in the federal public service might only add to the government’s backlog of problematic pay [...]

Snowy, icy afternoon forecast for Belleville area

Belleville and the surrounding area could see 10 to 15 centimetres of snow mixed with ice pellets Wednesday afternoon and evening. [...]

Planning committee to consider 17-storey 'addition' to ByWard Market's Andaz hotel

City staff are recommending Ottawa's planning and housing committee approve a proposal by Claridge Homes to build a 17-storey "addition" beside the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market. [...]

Rideau Canal Skateway open again after short closure

Barely 24 hours after announcing the Rideau Canal Skateway was closing due to slushy conditions, the National Capital Commission (NCC) has announced it will reopen Wednesday morning. [...]

Atlético Ottawa fall to Nashville in 1st international match

Nashville SC scored two second-half goals to beat Atlético Ottawa Tuesday in the region's champions tournament. [...]

Heart, work and desperation: What an underdog Canadian team needs to do to win Olympic gold

It hasn't been a perfect Olympic tournament for Canada. At times, this team has looked disjointed and nervous — especially in a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Americans [...]

Two-alarm fire displaces families in Richmond

A two-alarm fire in Richmond has "severely damaged" two homes and displaced the families who live there. [...]

‘Keep believing in those dreams’: Ottawa women capture Olympic gold in team speed skating event

Canada's Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais, and Ivanie Blondin successfully defended Olympic speed skating gold Tuesday, prevailing over the Dutch in women’s team pursuit in Milan. CBC’s Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco spoke with [...]

Quebec hands Gatineau tramway off to new agency, raising fears about project's future

Quebec has announced a new agency will take over the planning of Gatineau's LRT project, but the city's mayor fears it means the province is withdrawing funding from the future [...]

Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts

Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over cuts to OSAP grants Tuesday, telling them to "not pick basket-weaving courses" and to invest in education that gives [...]

Quebec looks into changing law to hold SAAQ officials liable for online platform failure

Quebec's automobile insurance board, known as the SAAQ, has apologized following the scathing report tabled by Judge Denis Gallant on Monday. [...]

House arrest for Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to husband's 'mercy killing'

An Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his ailing husband has been sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest for an act [...]

Outaouais mayors say cell coverage 'completely inadequate,' despite CAQ election promise

Some western Quebec rural mayors say cellular coverage in their areas remains woefully inadequate, more than three years after an election promise by the CAQ government to fix things by [...]

Ontario school board takeovers a distraction from chronic underfunding: teacher and student reps

As Ontario's education minister mulls eliminating the role of school board trustees provincewide, groups representing Ontario educators and students say the province is taking over boards to distract from its [...]

How hard are Winter Olympic sports? These two women set off to find out

Anne Lefebvre and Jenn Wroe are attempting to try every Winter Olympic sport they can before the games finish, hoping to inspire other women in their 50s. The CBCs Emma [...]

Who's in charge? Legault's exit leaves key Quebec files in limbo

The Coalition Avenir Québec leadership race has clouded the future of Quebec's immigration pathways and the expected release of the provincial budget. [...]

Girl critically injured at western Quebec ski hill has died, family says

A 13-year-old girl who was critically injured after her clothing got tangled in the ski lift at Centre Vorlage near Wakefield, Que., has died, her family says. [...]

Quebec auto board officials lied to hide costs of botched SAAQclic launch, report concludes

Top officials at Quebec's automobile insurance board, known as the SAAQ, deliberately lied to the provincial government for years to conceal colossal cost overruns and issues with its digital transition, [...]

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