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Nicholas Kohler

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Features writer, Ottawa Citizen

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Two men dead, two missing β€” and a house in the woods: inside the Smiths Falls, Ont. mystery ottawacitizen.com/feature/smiths… @OttawaCitizen

26.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Til death do us part With the heavy burden of caring for an ailing loved one, what are the moral and legal considerations when love leads to homicide?

A criminal case in Ottawa lays out in stark terms not just the burden of caring for an elderly, ailing loved one, but also the moral and legal considerations that come into play when love leads to homicide ottawacitizen.com/feature/til-...

22.01.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Ottawa became the unlikely star of a gay hockey romance β€˜Heated Rivalry’ is super sexy, but it is also a playfully subversive alternate reality commenting on the culture of professional hockey.

πŸ’ 'As a hit in the U.S., #HeatedRivalry is something of a Trojan horse β€” a Canada-forward, gay-themed cultural export sent south during a trade war at a time when the U.S. appears to be hedging on #LGBTQ rights.'

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01.01.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They made a double headstone at Beechwood β€” before they were married One of the most beautiful gravestones in Ottawa has been ready for one couple for 15 years. Neither of them has died yet.

The couple rarely visits the headstone they built for themselves β€” while they were still alive (and before they were married) @OttawaCitizen ottawacitizen.com/news/double-... via @ottawacitizen

17.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The lovers of Beechwood Cemetery: one of the most beautiful gravestones in Canada has been ready for one couple for 15 years. Neither of them has died yet.

16.11.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the ChΓ’teau Laurier helped win the Second World War In the early 1940s, Ottawa’s downtown hotel became the nerve centre of C.D. Howe’s β€œdollar-a-year men” and Canada’s wartime boom.

In time for Remembrance Day, a look back at Ottawa during the war years ottawacitizen.com/news/chateau...

10.11.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. fans to descend on tiny Quyon, Que. for β€˜trippy’ music festival. Locals to stay home. Festival Fantome will bring hundreds of American visitors to tiny Quyon, Que. But no in the village has bought a ticket yet.

What’s widely considered the world’s first synthesizer came into existence in Ottawa in the β€˜40s, and will be played publicly for the first time Saturday in, of all places, Quyon, Que., better known for ATVs and French-Canadian country. ottawacitizen.com/news/first-s... via @ottawacitizen

30.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Venerable Glebe Video to close after 40 years, one rental shop remains Long housed on Bank Street, Glebe Video was known for classic, highbrow films. Movies 'n Stuff in Alta Vista is now the last game in Ottawa.
23.10.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have stinging freshwater jellyfish invaded Lac La PΓͺche in Gatineau Park? Lac La PΓͺche has been teeming with the ghostly creatures, a phenomenon experts believe is rooted in rising lake-water temperatures.

Have stinging freshwater jellyfish invaded this lake in Canada’s national capital region? ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

06.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0