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Disturbing details of child neglect raise questions about parents, police, welfare agencies
A shocking case of child neglect that left a baby dead and another child abandoned in a Kingston, Ont., apartment has many in the community asking how the siblings' parents, police and child welfare authorities could have allowed it to happen.
Paid to stay home
Suspended local police officers paid $24M over past decade
Police suspensions across eastern Ontario have cost taxpayers about $24 million over the past decade, accounting for nearly one-fifth of all salaries paid to police officers in the province who were taken off the job while under investigation for alleged wrongdoing.
Woman with ties to Ottawa killed in Israel conflict
The Jewish Federation of Ottawa has confirmed Adi Vital-Kaploun, 33, who has family ties to Ottawa, was killed in the Hamas attacks in Israel.
Federal agency no longer tracks how many public servants take special COVID leave
The government department in charge of managing labour relations with federal public servants is no longer keeping track of how many employees across 75 institutions are taking time off work under a special paid leave provision made widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Analysis
Whatever pay raise federal public servants get, layoffs could be next
Whether striking federal workers get everything they want or make concessions, the cumulative wage increases will add billions to government spending — at a time when public appetite for large deficits is waning.
Doctor says IT downtimes 'recipe for disaster' for ER patient care
Internal emails obtained by CBC News show intense objections from doctors at Queensway Carleton Hospital about keeping the ER open during a planned IT "downtime" last fall, with one saying patient harm had occurred during a previous IT outage.
'Just a crazy day': More than 30 systems hit by major network crash at The Ottawa Hospital
According to internal records obtained by CBC News, more than 30 computer systems were impacted at The Ottawa Hospital during a 12-hour network failure last summer that halted surgeries and medical appointments.
Code grey: Inside a 'catastrophic' IT failure at the Queensway Carleton Hospital
Emergency room doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals who worked through the night during a major, hospital-wide computer and phone outage at the Queensway Carleton Hospital were “sticking their necks out” in an “exceptionally unsafe” environment, according to documents obtained by CBC.
Ex-employee sued Eastway Tank over explosion years before blast killed 6
Years before an industrial explosion killed six workers at Eastway Tank Pump and Meter, a former employee had accused the Ottawa company of pressuring him to return to work before he had the chance to recover from injuries sustained from a fuel tank blast, CBC News has learned.
Queen's University response to false Indigenous identity claims 'concerning,' say academics
Dozens of academics from across North America have signed an open letter calling on Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., to retract its statement defending faculty and staff members who were accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity in an anonymous dossier.