The National Capital Commission has backed down from a decision to install signs to discourage people from taking pictures or – even stopping to admire – the Canadian Tulip Festival blooms. “Dear all: our bad!” the NCC tweeted Friday night after the move attracted controversy — and the ire of Mayor Jim Watson. The signs […]

Saturday, May 9: Some odd musical instruments, the Official Plan and the pandemic -- you can write to us too, on these or any topics, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

To mark our 175th anniversary year, we feature a different front page each week from past editions of the Ottawa Citizen.

Plague Inc. is an app and online game in which users play the role of a disease set on infecting the world with a pathogen.

Classic casual games such as Solitaire, sudoku, crossword puzzles and pinball live on smartphones and tablets as the mobile gaming audience expands.

Despite a mistaken notice about a Thanksgiving release, the new Xbox will come out this holiday season -- also when the PlayStation 5 is due.

Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer is the mind behind Dungeons & Dragons' latest official sourcebook. There's a preview online, too.

At the behest of the World Health Organization, video game companies are promoting hand washing, physical distancing during the coronavirus crisis.

Nintendo plans to release remastered versions of classic titles in the Mario catalog for Nintendo Switch in 2020.

'Final Fantasy VII' is considered one of the best video games. Now, Square Enix is bringing it back with the launch of 'Final Fantasy VII Remake.'

Role-playing epic Final Fantasy VII Remake is an ambitious revisiting of one of the most beloved titles in video game history.

Microsoft plans to release its new Xbox Series X video game console for the 2020 holiday season. On May 7, we will get a look at games in the works.

Despite everything, the Tory party is sticking to the ideology of the free market, rather than saving lives and jobs

“How on earth did it come to this?” Keir Starmer’s question could skewer Boris Johnson at every PMQs from now on. It encompasses all the damage the government did in the last decade, as well as all it has failed to do to protect the country from Covid-19. The list of derelictions in the early stage of the crisis is long, the testing and the protective equipment still shamefully inadequate. Have lessons been learned? The auguries are not good.

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Coronavirus is much more likely to claim the lives of black people than white. Socio-economic factors are a significant contributor

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A universal experience is highlighting the sharp divides in our society. Few are as stark and shocking as those revealed by Thursday’s news that black people in England and Wales are more than four times as likely to die from Covid-19 as white people. Bangladeshi and Pakistani people were about three and a half times more likely, and those of Indian origin two and a half times as likely, the Office for National Statistics reported.

The disproportionately high toll of BAME people was already evident, notably among medical staff: a review of just over a hundred NHS staff who died found that almost two-thirds were black or Asian, though those groups account for less than one in seven workers in the health service. It is all the more striking, given that age is one of the biggest risk factors and the over-65s comprise only one in 20 of the BAME population, compared with almost one in five of the white population.

Exclusive: Data suggests that sick may be avoiding hospital because of coronavirus fears

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About 8,000 more people have died in their own homes since the start of the coronavirus pandemic than in normal times, a Guardian analysis has found, as concerns grow over the number avoiding going to hospital.

Of that total, 80% died of conditions unrelated to Covid-19, according to their death certificates. Doctors’ leaders have warned that fears and deprioritisation of non-coronavirus patients are taking a deadly toll.

It was intended as an interim measure to protect people during the pandemic, but now that doctors across Canada have embraced virtual care, some clinicians and patients would like to see it continue.

Whale and iceberg season has come early, but the local tourism industry has been forced to press pause.

A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA connections that link the long-vanished Beothuk people to contemporary people, almost two centuries after the last known Beothuk died. 

Quebec provincial police are investigating whether at least two cellphone tower fires north of Montreal could be linked to conspiracy theories that 5G wireless technology caused the coronavirus pandemic.

TV star's also claimed to have fed a peacock he killed to his pets

Handful of stars will be interviewed live from their living rooms

The tone of this half-hour comedy is part odd-couple, part hipster satire and part gross-out – but it stops short of taking any risks

'This has made the lockdown worthwhile'

Drag queen Aiden Zhane impersonated Patricia Quinn during the "Snatch Game" challenge

'I'm not going to just abandon him when he needs support'

'Watching everyone's reaction to Joe Exotic was far better than the series itself,' one viewer wrote

'I'm very hurt and angry that she had to go through all that pain alone'

No one held back when asked about the controversial figure

He called Exotic 'unbelievably cruel'

Cowie doesn't hold back in aftershow that's just been released on Netflix

'The man's done a lot of stupid s***'

'I'll make you a rich man if you kill Carole'

New head writer Suzanne Heathcote's zombie-writing experience might come in handy. Where 'Killing Eve' had a vitality, it now feels tired to the point of lifelessness

New TV drama charts story of infamous 2001 coughing scandal

The 'Embarrassing Bodies' star criticised Dr Joseph Mercola for sharing 'dangerous bulls***"

Star also selling Instagram follow-backs for $250

Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato will also appear on ABC's 'The Disney Family Singalong'

Live shows will begin this month

'The least you can do is get my name right in your trailers,' Chris Tarrant actor said

Men locked away for decades over crimes they didn't commit share their stories in this startling new series

TV host dedicated an episode of her show to virus's deadly toll on black America

Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson​​ have scorching chemistry in this comedy about former college sweethearts who meet up as adults to run away together

Whitmore was the sixth celebrity to be eliminated from the 2016 series

Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley and Mark-Paul Gosselaar are among the show's returning cast members

TV presenter's idea has been compared to Gal Gadot's star-studded coronavirus singalong video, which viewers labelled 'out-of-touch'

Comedian finds it 'crazy' that New Yorkers in public housing must still pay rent despite coronavirus pandemic

Actor starred in both Bollywood films and US dramas

Beloved sitcom was last revived for a Comic Relief sketch in 2015

Jason Hehir's new series on ESPN and Netflix is an enthralling exposé of the Chicago Bulls' dramatic 1997-98 NBA season

Netflix's new dating series ended with a polarising finale, and one that also left a number of lingering questions about the show's two central couples