Latest from Rebecca Zandbergen
First came the apartment. Then he got clean. Now he's giving back
This past April, 47-year-old Colin Beaudry of Ottawa finally got his very own apartment after living on the street for a year. It's that stability that allowed him to get clean, and now he's eager to start giving back to the community that supported him.
How should a school react when a student assaults a classmate?
The story of a 14-year-old autistic student who was assaulted by a classmate in Ottawa has reopened conversations about victim safety — and rehabilitation over retribution — particularly as the rate of bullying in Ontario is on the rise, according to new research.
In Ontario, you can train hunting dogs by letting them chase penned animals. Is that fair?
For the first time in more than 25 years, Ontario is accepting applications from operators who want to create new fenced-in training facilities stocked with coyotes, foxes, rabbits and hares — specifically designed to teach dogs to pursue live animals and also to host competitions.
Downtown businesses seeing a bump in sales as federal office workers return
While many federal workers may be grumbling about long commutes and packed parking garages in the wake of the government's decision to mandate its employees back to the office three days a weeks, downtown businesses are celebrating bustling sidewalks, long coffee lines and the return of lunch rushes.
Grade 10 student suffers traumatic brain injury in crosswalk collision
A Grade 10 student who was struck by a vehicle as she rode her e-scooter to school Monday morning is now in hospital recovering from a traumatic brain injury and unable to speak, leaving her family looking for answers.
Weeks after a man's mysterious death in Ottawa, his family is still looking for answers
Although police have closed the case and are calling Gabriel Bernard's death non-suspicious, the Ottawa man's seven older siblings say they are looking for answers after he was found unconscious downtown near the Rideau Canal in the early morning hours of July 2 — his 35th birthday.
Stolen dog turns up in Wyoming after police make routine traffic stop
Alaina Tripp never expected to see her dog Teddy again after he was stolen from her Ottawa apartment last fall. So when the white miniature poodle showed up, dirty but unhurt, in a police stop in Wyoming ten months later, it felt like a small miracle.
$50M Bank Street reconstruction project finally underway
After years of planning and several delays thanks in part to labour shortages during the pandemic, the City of Ottawa is finally beginning a major construction project on Bank Street south of Billings Bridge.
Cellphones causing 'major disruptions' in the classroom, Brockville school warns parents
Concerned about "engagement and learning skills" in her school's Grade 9 math class, a principal in Brockville, Ont., emailed a letter to parents promising a crackdown on cellphones in the classroom.
Illegal dumping on private land in Greely irks neighbours
Residents of Greely in south Ottawa have been trying to draw attention to the heaps of garbage piling up along a gravel road in their community.