Mike Duffy used his office for ‘dishonest purpose’: RCMP allege
Mike Duffy is in the news again. Here’s the latest from the talented Jordan Press: Sen. Mike Duffy billed the Senate for $65,000 to pay a friend who allegedly provided “no tangible work” for the...
View ArticleAmy Paul Memorial Service, Saturday @ 10 a.m.
Amy Paul’s life will be celebrated at a memorial service on Saturday morning at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Vanier at 10 a.m. Paul, 27, was found dead in an Osgoode hay field on...
View ArticleJudge throws out key evidence in home-invasion case, says police breached...
Key evidence in a home-invasion case has been tossed out after a judge said Ottawa police unlawfully arrested, and unreasonably searched and detained a suspect for 16 hours without grounds in what he...
View ArticleOttawa 'sexsomniac' found not criminally responsible for sex assault on daughter
An Ottawa man on trial for sexually assaulting his seven-year-old daughter was found not criminally responsible on Tuesday after a judge ruled he was in a state of automatism while sleepwalking....
View ArticleOttawa soccer coach pleads guilty to sex crime against young girl
Ottawa soccer coach Matthew Braithwaite, 25, pleaded guilty Tuesday for a sex crime against a young girl on his team. Braithwaite is on bail awaiting sentencing on May 1. He pleaded guilty to sexual...
View ArticleFormer Ottawa hockey players sue disgraced coach Kelly Jones, Hockey Canada...
Two former Ottawa hockey players who were sexually abused as boys in the 1990s by disgraced coach Kelly Jones are now suing him, Brockville police and Hockey Canada for allegedly failing them. In...
View ArticleOttawa thief throws eye at lawyer
Ottawa lawyer John Hale was quick on his feet in Court Room No. 2 on Friday and, as always, had his eye on the ball. Upset that he wasn’t credited more for time spent in custody, his client, an Ottawa...
View ArticleAlleged Ottawa terror twin beaten with tea canister in jail, authorities say
Two inmates at the Innes Road jail are facing new charges in connection with the savage beating last week of Ottawa terrorism suspect Carlos Larmond, who was allegedly attacked right before lunch on...
View ArticleBoyfriend could 'sell dreams,' nurse's murder trial hears
In her own words, Nancy Lane’s life was out of control. The only thing that kept her sanity intact was her work as a nurse, which she said helped make the time fly. She scrambled from one payday loan...
View ArticleOttawa police get another year to crack Algonquin student's password
Using multiple computers around the clock, Ottawa police have been trying to crack an Algonquin College student’s laptop password for more than a year, and have now been granted a 12-month extension to...
View ArticleOttawa teen acted like willing prostitute, rape trial hears
It was the last role she wanted, but she played the part well. A 17-year-old girl forced into prostitution for a night in May 2012 presented herself to her first john as an older and willing...
View ArticleOttawa man guilty of rape in teen pimp case
The only john charged in Ottawa’s notorious teen pimp case has been found guilty of raping a then-17-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution for a night in May 2012. Joseph Donnelly, 41, stood...
View ArticleOttawa financial adviser accused of bilking elderly clients — including...
Ottawa financial adviser Conrad Eagan made a name for himself for being trusted by his elderly clients, but an Ottawa police investigation now casts him as a villain who defrauded several of them —...
View ArticleHusband used 'child's bat' because he didn't intend to kill: defence
Had former Ottawa realtor Chris Hoare really wanted to kill his wife on the morning of April 2, 2014, he would have used the hatchet from the garage or the butcher’s knife from the kitchen — anything...
View ArticleGrandfather jailed for sexually abusing girl: 'You simply abused her love,'...
Through horrendous acts of sexual abuse, an Ottawa man has stolen his granddaughter’s innocence, a judge said Wednesday as she sentenced the 72-year-old to five years in prison. Ontario Court Justice...
View ArticleTroubled lover who killed Chip Truck Tony sentenced to 8 more months
In the end, nobody believed Rachelle Denis. She was the killer in the prisoner’s box who often looked distant. The only time her eyes lit up was when the jury heard testimony about her child-like purse...
View ArticleEx-senator's wife charged with assaulting police, using lit cigarette as weapon
Maygan Sensenberger is in trouble with the law again. The 26-year-old actress and wife of retired senator Rod Zimmer has been accused of attacking two people at an Ottawa medical clinic with a lit...
View ArticleNancy Lane murder trial ends in surprise manslaughter plea
Nancy Lane, the former nurse and Prescott town councillor on trial for first-degree murder in the 2009 death of her husband, pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of manslaughter after a new...
View ArticleOttawa realtor guilty of trying to kill wife with baseball bat
Ottawa realtor Chris Hoare lived an elaborate lie for years, presenting himself as a family man so devout that he didn’t show houses on weekends, but still somehow made enough money to cover all the...
View ArticleAccused in rooming house slaying testifies in own defence
Mark Haslett took the stand at his murder trial on Wednesday to detail a life so lonely that he stayed in his bedroom and urinated in bottles so he wouldn’t have to step out into the common lounge of...
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