Top 10 stories of 2023 on CTV News Ottawa's website
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A summer of severe weather, a fatal shooting outside an Ottawa wedding and a new owner for the Ottawa Senators topped the list of most-read stories on CTVNewsOttawa.ca in 2023.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top 10 stories on our website in 2023.
It was a summer of wild weather in Ottawa, with three tornadoes, nearly 100 mm of rain on an August day, smoky skies from Quebec wildfires and zero days with the temperature hitting 30 C in August.
In June, smoke from Quebec wildfires blanketed Ottawa for several days, forcing the cancellation of several events.
On July 13, two tornadoes touched down in Barrhaven, with maximum wind speeds of 155 km/h. Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project said the two tornadoes left paths of damage approximately 1 km and 5 km long, with more than 100 homes damaged by the storms.
On Aug. 3, an EF0 tornado with a maximum wind of 130 km/h hit the Findlay Creek area.
On Aug. 10, some areas of Ottawa saw between 75 and 100 mm of rain in a six-hour period, flooding roads and properties.
August 2023 was the first time in more than a decade that the temperature did not hit 30 C in Ottawa during the month. The warmest temperature was Aug. 9, when the temperature hit 28.3 C.
A miniature Christmas village made of decorative houses and buildings has been slowly growing in a Regina home.
With the number of homeless people in Saskatoon at an unprecedented high, it’s no surprise people are looking for places to warm up.
The next chapter of the Lemay Forest saga has unfolded as the sounds of trees coming down could be heard Monday.
The stormy weather in the forecast for B.C.'s South Coast is already disrupting many Christmas Day travel plans.
A break in, theft, and continued property damage has led to the boarding up of the Palace Theatre over the Christmas holidays.
Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after two deaths in Truro, N.S., over the weekend have been ruled homicides.
Calgary police shut down Glenmore Trail overnight following a crash between a car and a crane truck.
Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal has awarded members of an Indigenous family in North Bay $15,000 each after it ruled they were victims of discrimination.
A heavy snowfall has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but it has also sent cars skidding off the province's roads during the busy holiday travel period.
For many of the women attending My Sister’s Place (MSP) in London, Ont. the holidays are a difficult time.
RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating after a business in Janeville was broken into and a number of items were stolen.