Crime & Courts

A 14-hour hostage taking inside a home in Kanata ended with Ottawa police forcing entry into the residence to rescue the woman and an officer shooting the suspect, according to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit.

The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in connection with a stabbing in mid-May.

Two children and their father are dead in a double murder-suicide, according to the Ottawa Police Service. Police say the children were found dead in a home on Mandevilla Crescent, while their father was located deceased following a fire south of Ottawa.

The Ottawa Police Service says a fatal fire in Kemptville is believed to be connected to the deaths of two children in Findlay Creek.

The Ottawa Police Service says the husband of a missing woman is now facing a murder charge.

The Canada Border Services Agency says officers seized several prohibited guns and quantities of drugs from two Americans attempting to cross into Canada in Lansdowne, Ont., east of Kingston.

Ontario Provincial Police say there have been ongoing reports of distraction thefts in parts of eastern Ontario involving a similar M.O.

The RCMP say an Ottawa man has been arrested following a lengthy investigation into allegations of immigration fraud.

The Ottawa Police Service is looking for drivers with dashboard cameras who might have clearer images of a suspect wanted in connection with a hate-motivated assault last weekend.

The Ottawa Police Service says two teenagers are facing assault charges in connection with a stabbing at Mooney’s Bay late last month.

A third person is facing charges in connection with the death of a Clarence-Rockland man whose body was found in the Ottawa River last year.

Ottawa police say they removed over 20 vehicles from the road and issued dozens of charges following a commercial vehicle safety blitz on Wednesday.

The Ottawa Police Service says an officer was charged with assault after an off-duty incident in Oakville, Ont. earlier this month.

Ottawa police are asking the public to help identify three suspects following an assault with a weapon incident that occurred in the south end of the city on May 19.

Ottawa police say they installed 77 “impaired driver caught here” as part of their spring impaired driving prevention campaign.