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• OPP identify victim in Eganville femicide as mother of accused

  Ontario Provincial Police have formally identified a woman who was found dead in Eganville last week as the mother of an 18-year-old man accused of murder.

  

• Loblaw ends No Name price freeze, vows 'flat' pricing 'wherever possible'

  Loblaw will not be extending its price freeze on No Name brand products, but vows to keep the yellow label product-pricing flat 'wherever possible.'

  

• Frigid temperatures in Ottawa on Tuesday

  Environment Canada’s weather forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of -8 C today. The wind chill will make it feel more like -27 this morning and more like -11 this afternoon.

  

• Ottawa Public Health drafts $128M budget for 2023

  The draft budget, to be debated over the next month before all city budgets are approved on March 1, includes $128 million in expenditures.

  

• Preparations underway for Winterlude, but canal in question

  Now in it’s 45th year, Winterlude, the popular winter festival, returns with in-person activities for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Governments failed Ottawa residents during convoy occupation, people's commission finds

  A report into the impact of the "Freedom Convoy" occupation on residents of Ottawa has accused all three levels of government of failing to uphold the human rights of people who live and work in downtown Ottawa.

• Family in remote northern Ont. reeling after daughter killed in fire, home destroyed

  A family in the remote First Nation community in Peawanuck, Ont., is dealing not only with the death of their young daughter, but the loss of everything they owned in a Jan. 28 house fire.

• Member of Kanata 5 tragedy launching BrainSTRONG charity to raise awareness of brain injuries

  One of the five cyclists injured by a driver in Kanata in 2009, known as the "Kanata Five", is launching a charity to raise awareness about the effects of Acquired Brain Injury.

• Ottawa police seek to identify man accused of robbing store at knifepoint

  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man accused of robbing a store in Nepean at knifepoint.

• Hybrid Parliament should be here to stay, say MPs in new report

  The hybrid sitting structure and electronic voting system should become permanent features of the House of Commons, according to a new report from MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee.

• Senators' Giroux named NHL's first star of the week

  Ottawa Senators winger Claude Giroux has been named the NHL's first star of the week, with seven points in three games.

• WHO: COVID-19 still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point

  The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an 'inflection point' where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.

• 25 vehicles towed, dozens of tickets issued as rally marks one-year anniversary of 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa

  OPS and Ottawa Bylaw officers issued 244 parking tickets and towed 25 vehicles in downtown Ottawa this weekend, as people gathered marked the one-year anniversary of the 'Freedom Convoy'.

• Red flag flying on Rideau Canal Skateway forces festival to cancel event

  With the world's largest skating rink still closed, the Ice Dragon Boat Festival scheduled for next weekend has been cancelled.