Gabrielle Huston

Gabrielle is an Ottawa-based journalist with eclectic interests. She's spoken to video game developers, city councillors, neuroscientists and small business owners alike. Reach out to her for any reason at [email protected].

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Co-op scraps long-simmering plans for affordable Hull grocery store

A co-operative dedicated to opening an affordable grocery store in downtown Gatineau, Que., is giving up on its plans after 20 years of work.
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Rideau Canal Skateway welcomes its 1st visitors of the winter

Skaters flocked to a four-kilometre stretch of the canal Saturday to take advantage of a day with calm winds and mild temperatures.

Plane crash survivor returns to Canada to thank 'heroes' who saved his life

David Chetrit was critically injured when his small plane went down in June 2023 near Alexandria, Ont. After a year-plus of recovery in Israel, he's been tracking down the emergency crews in eastern Ontario who pulled him from the wreckage.

Air Canada was ordered to pay him $15K for his delayed flights. Now they're fighting back

For the last two and a half years, Rejean Landry has been seeking compensation from Air Canada after his family arrived at their final destination more than 24 hours late. He won a settlement in Ontario's small claims court, but the airline has decided to appeal.

Carbon monoxide poisoning hospitalizes 10 people

Ten people in Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood were taken to hospital Sunday morning — one with no vital signs —  after a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a car left running inside a garage.

Nearly half of Ottawa's schools either overcrowded or 'underutilized': report

Around half of Ottawa's schools are either overcrowded or well under-capacity, according to the latest report from Ontario's budget watchdog.

Daycare to be cut off from provincial funding under new rules

A non-profit daycare in south Ottawa is about to lose its provincial funding because it never signed up for the national $10-a-day child-care program, but the daycare argues it wasn't warned about the consequences until after the sign-up deadline.
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Climb aboard Ottawa's new and improved Trillium Line

Ottawans will soon be able to ride the rails on the expanded Trillium Line for the first time since May 2020. The expanded north-south light rail line, including a new extension to the Ottawa International Airport, will officially open to the public on Jan 6.

As Canada Post strike drags on, frustration mounts over 'prohibitive' courier costs

With the Canada Post strike now in its fourth week, some Canadians say they're frustrated with major courier companies like FedEx, UPS and Purolator that they've turned to as alternatives.

'A perfect ending': Syrians in Ottawa celebrate fall of Assad regime

Dozens of people cheered, waved flags and honked car horns at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre on Sunday afternoon in the wake of the news that Syrian rebel forces had toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad.