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• Ottawa public school board proposes staff cuts to help address 2023-24 budget deficit

  Ottawa's largest school board is looking to cut 21 discretionary staff positions for the 2023-24 school year, as it deals with a projected multi-million dollar budget deficit.

  

• NHL commissioner visits Ottawa and alcohol tax set to increase: Five stories to watch this week

  CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch this week.

  

• Ontario to end program providing health care to uninsured residents

  The Ontario government will be ending a program that provides health-care services to uninsured people at the end of the month, something doctors say is extremely concerning for marginalized communities.

  

• Proposed new name for Kanata Recreation Complex in $1 million sponsorship

  A report for Tuesday's Community Services Committee recommends councillors approve the naming rights proposal to rename the complex the "Tony Graham Automotive Group Recreation Complex – Kanata."

  

• Millennials dominate insolvencies as credit card, student loan, CERB tax debts add up

  Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes says millennial Canadians have been dealt a generational losing hand as they face student loans layered with bad debts from credit cards, high-interest loans, and post-pandemic tax debt from collecting CERB.

• City considers $13 million grant for new hotel at Ottawa airport

  Ottawa taxpayers could provide a $13 million grant to support the construction of a 180-room hotel at the Ottawa International Airport, as part of a program to support the airport's post-pandemic rebound.

• Singh 'not satisfied' with confidence-and-supply agreement

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's 'not satisfied' with his party's confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals — signed a year ago this week — because it's shown him he could do a better job running the country than the current government.

• A moist Sunday in Ottawa

  It's that early spring kind of weather, starting off as wet flurries and turning into showers, all while a blanket of grey hovers overhead.

• Risk of a hard landing for Canadian economy is up, former Bank of Canada governor says

  Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says Canada’s economy is at a greater risk of a 'hard landing' — a rapid economic slowdown following a period of growth and approaching a recession.

• Ottawa police investigating 'chemical like' odour in Kanata movie theatre

  Ottawa fire says firefighters responded to a call about a strange odour in a theatre on Kanata Avenue just before 12 p.m. Saturday.

• Devils defeat Senators 5-3, clinch playoff berth

  Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist, Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-3 and clinched a playoff berth on Saturday night.

• Eastern Ontario pharmacists ready for more expanded powers

  On Thursday, the Ontario government announced in its 2023 budget that pharmacists are being given the power to prescribe new medications come the fall.

• A celebration of Almonte kicks off Mississippi Mills bicentennial year

  A celebration 200 years in the making kicked off in Almonte, Ont. on Saturday with the first big event of the bicentennial year in Mississippi Mills.

• Ontario changes eye exam eligibility for seniors under OHIP

  Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors.