The Washington Capitals placed Brendan Leipsic on unconditional waivers on Friday, two days after it was revealed the forward made misogynistic comments in a private group chat. The team said the move was made with the intention of terminating Leipsic's contract.

Team training facilities have been closed, other than for approved rehab, since the league suspended play March 12 due to the global pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that players would — at a minimum — need to follow quarantine protocols if they were to arrive in Canada while the border remains closed due to the pandemic.

Winnipeg-born NHL player Brendan Leipsic is facing massive criticism after private messages degrading women were exposed online.

The Washington Capitals announced in a statement Friday morning that Brendan Leipsic has been placed on unconditional waivers for the purposes of terminating his contract.

When the season opened on April 11 after a three-week delay, only players, team personnel and cheerleaders were allowed in the stadium.

Tracing out the shape of a galaxy may offer clues to the size of its supermassive black hole. And a new study shows citizen scientists are actually better at it than computer algorithms.

An experiment on peer reviewers at a psychology conference suggests a positive result premium, which could drive publication bias.

As lightning crackled in the clouds, the GOES-16 weather satellite watched all the violent action from 22,000 miles away.

Modern dating techniques are providing new time frames for indigenous settlements in Northeast North America, free from the Eurocentric bias that previously led to incorrect assumptions.

What day is it, again? COVID-19 has put our lives at a standstill. Here’s why that can make the whole experience seem longer.

Researchers say swearing might actually be good for you. #%$@ yeah!

Visual challenges remain before autonomous cars are ready for the masses.

In the long run, it could protect us from future COVID-19 outbreaks. To get there, we need an effective vaccine.

Based on fossils and artifacts, archaeologists try to understand the differences between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

This quiet black hole sits just 1,000 light-years from Earth. But the two stars that dance around it are possible to pick out with the naked eye.

Remdesivir is currently the world’s best hope for treating COVID-19. But it’s not a silver bullet.

If both can make a dough rise, why does your dough recipe call for both?

As we try to reengage with a changed world, a slew of fresh obstacles will force us to adapt our old habits and create new ones.

Archaeologists have discovered methods that kept food fresh long before refrigeration.

Our best bet could be to send a swarm of nanospacecraft — propelled from Earth by a powerful laser — to take a look.

A key piece of the human family tree is still missing, waiting to be found.

Starting Monday, “park ambassadors” will be stationed at Ottawa’s busiest parks to provide information about what's permitted under pandemic rules.

And let's move beyond the tiresome ideological battle lines of “private bad, public good.” It's not that simple.

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

Chris Labelle has a hard time getting through his latest song, Frontliners, without becoming emotional.  The Ottawa country singer wrote the tune — an unabashedly sentimental anthem of gratitude for front-line workers — during one of the sleepless nights leading up to the birth of his first child with wife Julie. Their baby boy, Grayson, […]

It’s chilly out there this morning. The temperature at 7 a.m. Saturday morning sat at -3 C. Making it feel more like March than May. Clouds shouldroll in later this morning, bringing a 40 per cent chance of flurries, the high reaching only 4 C. Yep, more like March than May. The wind kicks up […]

The province is reporting 346 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 19,944. There were 59 more deaths reported, for a total of 1,599. Of those, 775 involved residents in the troubled long-term care system. There are now 237 outbreaks in the province’s care facilities, increase of three. After […]

Here's why turning to horror in in times of trouble or uncertainty is perfectly normal

A three-year old girl is an internet sensation for her expert sheep wrangling.

Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande team up

From the #MetGalaChallenge to high fashion Twitter's Met Gala

It is the new must-try food

Archie celebrates his first birthday with story time with his mom

A new meme imagines a walking down all sorts of aisles after coronavirus-related lockdowns end

Nintendo is no longer repairing the Wii video game console, which was released in 2006 and let players swing controllers to impact action on screen.

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.

Kentucky high schools have banned popular video game "Fortnite" from esports competitions, but other games that don't involve gun play are allowed.

The Overwatch League canceled its esports matches scheduled for February and March in China because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Greninja, a water-type Pokémon that throws high-speed stars, was named Pokemon of the Year, according to a fan poll conducted by Google.

The popular battle royale video game category led by 'Fortnite' has some company: the free 'Call of Duty: Warzone' for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCs

On Tuesday, 2K announced a partnership with the National Football League to make multiple video games based on the pro football brand.

Free-to-play online games like "Fortnite" will earn about $88 billion globally in 2020, as Activision's new "Call of Duty" enters the mix.

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

'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the ideal gaming getaway, bringing a joy and simplicity we desperately need as we navigate coronavirus pandemic.

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

With many people practicing social distancing and self-isolation in response to the coronavirus epidemic, now is an ideal time to try video games.

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

While we wait to get our first official glimpse of the PlayStation 5, Sony is sharing the first details on the video game console's controller.