A Ottawa city police officer convicted of DUI will have to work for free as punishment, if the police disciplinary board accepts the suggestion... Const. David Dubois pleaded guilty to impaired driving June 4. He was given a one-year driving suspension and fined...Witnesses testified that on April 18 Dubois was seen driving so erratically along the 417 that some drivers had to avoid him, while others concerned about him causing an accident tried to block ... Read more here...

Residents can expect their hydro bills to jump by as much as 40% be 2015...The analysis comes courtesy of a report filed with the Ontario Energy Board, which tallied up the anticipated increase of costs in the next 5 years...To put it in perspective...the average homeowner in Ottawa currently pays about $117 for 800 kilowatt hours of electricity, but the new calculations have those same homeowners paying an additional 49 a month, to a total increase ... Read more here...

Researchers at the B-C Cancer Agency say two steps could cut cases of ovarian cancer by % 50 over the next two decades...The agency wants gynaecologists across the country to change the current standard practice and remove a woman's fallopian tubes during a hysterectomy or tubal ligation...This is because that is where at least half of all cases of the deadliest form of ovarian cancer arise....The other step is for all women with a severe ... Read more here...