Gee-Gees 78, Lions 63OTTAWA — The University of Ottawa men’s basketball Gee-Gees have occasionally looked so lost and disoriented down the Ontario University Athletics stretch drive that coach James Derouin was probably hoping to install some manner of hard court GPS navigation system.A season-ending injury to all-star …

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators continued to roll on Wednesday night with a 5-2 victory over the sputtering Washington Capitals.Milan Michalek, with two goals, Erik Karlsson, Chris Phillips and Nick Foligno, into an open net, scored for the Senators, who have won four straight games and outscored their opponents 21-4 over …

It’s artistry on ice, just on a grander scale.That’s about as easy a description as there can be for those wondering what to expect at the Canadian Synchronized Figure Skating Championships, which begins today at the WFCU Centre.“Just sit back and take in the artistry of figure skating in a team environment,” said Frank …

Ontario Provincial Police say “more than one” person was killed in an early morning crash on Highway 7 near Silver Lakes, west of Perth early Wednesday.

After the Washington Capitals were drubbed 5-0 on Monday by the Carolina Hurricanes, who sit dead last in the NHL's Eastern Conference, team owner Ted Leonsis decided he had seen enough.

Don Chow lay in the trauma unit of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, his face covered in blood, his body damaged so badly after a motorcycle crash that doctors would soon discuss organ donation with his family.

Richard Dufresne, chief financial officer at Montreal-based supermarket group Metro Inc. for the past six years, has jumped to food giant George Weston Ltd. in Toronto - also as CFO.

Two years ago in Vancouver, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir combined balance with precision, style, and grace to capture the gold medal in ice dancing at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.As this dynamic duo prepares for the world championships next month in Nice, France, Virtue finds her balance away from the ice rink within …

Shares in Aecon Group and other Canadian construction companies surged on Tuesday on investor hopes they could become takeover targets after news that competitor Flint Energy Services would be bought at a steep premium. Shares in Aecon leaped nearly nine per cent after Flint and U.S.based URS Corp. said on Monday - when …

OTTAWA — Chaos reigned briefly off the court at the Ravens’ Nest on Tuesday night.On the court, the St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish came out on top.With a minute and a half left in the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association AAA/AAAA boys basketball final between the Fighting Irish and the Louis Riel Rebelles, …

Letting defenceman Kyle Quincey go is one of the few mistakes Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland has made in recent years.Tuesday, he moved to erase that oversight by reacquiring the 26-year-old in a three-way trade that involved Tampa and Colorado.Detroit sent their first-round pick in the 2012 NHL draft to …

While Skate Canada’s Synchronized Skating Championships at the WFCU Centre lack a Windsor team, there’s still an impressive local connection to the 2012 event.Windsor’s Shelley Barnett is bringing her successful Nexxice team from Burlington to the championships, which begin Thursday.Nexxice are the defending senior national …

Is Kanata’s South March Highlands one of Canada’s great public spaces? If online voting in the annual Great Places in Canada competition is any guide, the answer is a resounding yes.

Windsor Spitfires rookie right wing Ty Bilcke is poised to join an exclusive club.With 199 penalty minutes in 52 games, Bilcke’s next penalty will make him the 22nd player to eclipse the 200 mark in penalty minutes in the franchise’s 37-year modern history.If you think it’s a list simply filled with fighters and tough guys, …

Goaltender Joey MacDonald rolled the dice last summer when he opted to re-sign with the Detroit Red Wings and it’s paid off with huge dividends.After starting the season in Grand Rapids, MacDonald got the word Monday he would be staying in Detroit after the Wings opted to waive Ty Conklin.“It feels great getting an opportunity …

The self-proclaimed backup was front and centre as the University of Windsor Lancers women’s hockey team upset No. 6-ranked Guelph in the first round of the OUA playoffs.With an injury to goalie Karlyle Robinson, Lancers head coach Jim Hunter had no choice but to turn to Julia Ouroumis and the 18-year-old responded in a …

When the legislature opens for business on Tuesday, Dalton McGuinty will confront one of the most troubled periods in provincial history.

Noise, illegal parking, drug use and disputes were among complaints and issues handled by National Capital Commission conservation officers during the two-month Occupy Ottawa protest at Confederation Park.