Mike Fisher scored in overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 comeback victory over the Washington Capitals at Scotiabank Place Monday night.

Stop teaching official languages to middle-aged bureaucrats, says language czar Graham Fraser, and get universities to pre-qualify their students for federal jobs

The BCI Red Rams just gave the Smiths Falls Redhawks too much to think about. The Red Rams kept the Redhawks off balance both offensively and defensively in claiming a 12-1 victory in senior boys high school football playdown action at Commonwealth Field on Saturday.[...]

Haydain Neale, the Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter who was the creative force behind Canadian R&B group jacksoul, died of lung cancer on Sunday, a little more than a week before the release of a new album that was to mark his return to the recording industry.

Canada’s universities should pre-qualify their students for the language requirements of federal jobs to help end the costly cycle of training, testing and re-testing middle-aged bureaucrats, says the official languages commissioner.

Ontario’s Ministry of Revenue will cut as many as 50 per cent of its employees when the harmonized sales tax takes effect on July 1, and many of those displaced workers may be snatched up by the federal government.

Facing a two-goal deficit heading into the third period, the Senators rallied and gave Mike Fisher the chance to play overtime hero as Ottawa beat the Washington Capitals 4-3.

An Ontario woman convicted of killing her four-month-old son after a now-disgraced pathologist concluded the child's death was suspicious should be acquitted of infanticide, both the Crown and defence say in new court filings.

At least 1,000 Nortel employees in Ottawa alone are expected to receive job offers from the company that successfully bid for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses.

Ottawa transit riders should pick up new timetables, as OC Transpo is making changes to its routes and schedules starting Saturday. It is also adding new park-and-ride lots in Orleans East and Riverside South.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

There will be over 100 extra spaces for east-end OC Transpo users to park in next week. On Monday, Nov...

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...

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.[...]

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.

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...