Ottawans who lack electricity following the weekend storm are turning to emergency respite centres set up across the city to charge their phones and connect.…
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The Ottawa Food Bank is rallying for a spike in need as people who need their services and member agencies face fridges and freezers full…
All Ottawa Catholic School Board schools will be closed to staff and students Tuesday for “safety reasons” with most students expected to head back to…
A powerful wind and lightning storm ripped through the National Capital Region on Saturday, damaging properties and leading to widespread power outages. Several fatalities have…
Hundreds of thousands of Ottawa residents remain without power, several major roads remain blocked and many homes are destroyed or severely damaged after a powerful…
David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, said Saturday’s weather was different from a storm system that breeds tornadoes, with downburst wind…
Ottawa Fire Services and Gatineau firefighters tackled multiple fires Saturday and Sunday in addition to a variety of storm-related calls after a violent wind, rain…
All signs were pointing to thunderstorms in the Ottawa region on Saturday, but even veteran forecasters didn’t foresee the hurricane-strength gusts or the vast area…