Wings Ottawa News Today

Ottawa police are investigating after someone allegedly stomped on a gosling in Kanata. Police say it appears that Canada geese laid eggs in the area, and on May 21, a suspect stomped on one of the hatched babies.

As birders grieve Sunny, the western tanager who died flying into a window, advocates look at ways to encourage everyone to protect birds.

When a list of 14 new "bird-friendly cities" was released at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal earlier this month, Ottawa was notably absent. Vancouver has the certification from Nature Canada. So does Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Hamilton and Windsor. Even smaller cities like Barrie and Peterborough are on the list.

  OTTAWA -- There was a rescue mission at the steps of the Rideau Canal to save tiny goslings in danger of falling over the ledge to their death. Early Wednesday morning, a family of geese, including eight goslings, fell into the Rideau Canal locks by the Chateau Laurier. Anouk Hoedeman is the founder of Safe Wings Ottawa, an organization of volunteers trying to prevent city-dwelling birds from dying. "It might not seem like a bad thing, because you know, they’re goslings, and its wate...