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The Ottawa Citizen Epaper Edition is the digital replica of the printed newspaper, presented as its own section on ottawacitizen.com. It gives you the paper as it was laid out in print — page by page — rather than the individually published articles you browse on the main site. It is a distinct way to read the Citizen, separate from regular article browsing, and it appears alongside sections such as News, Opinion, and Local Spotlight.
How the Epaper Edition differs from the regular site
The main site publishes stories as separate articles, each with its own URL, headline, and comment thread. The Epaper Edition instead reproduces the newspaper's print pages. That means:
- Layout matters. You see stories in the position and size the print editors gave them, including the front page.
- It is a section, not a feed. The Epaper Edition is listed as a section on the site rather than mixed into the article stream.
- Browsing works differently. You move through pages rather than scrolling a list of headlines.
If you want to follow breaking news as it is published, the regular article sections are the better fit. If you want the paper in its complete, ordered form, the Epaper Edition is the one to use.
What you can expect to find in it
Because it mirrors the print edition, the Epaper Edition carries the same mix of content the Citizen publishes across its sections. Based on the site's current coverage, that includes:
| Section | Examples from the site |
|---|---|
| News | Local reporting, including the LRT east extension delay and a collision involving an OPP vehicle near Carleton Place |
| Local News | Ottawa-area stories such as the youth soccer coach facing charges and a fatal motorcycle collision in the south end |
| Public Service | Coverage of federal public servants, including RTO-4 and National Capital Region issues |
| Opinion | Columns and commentary |
| Ottawa Senators | Game coverage, such as the Battle of Ontario opener |
| Local Spotlight | Featured local stories |
Some items on the site are marked "Subscriber only," so not everything you see referenced on the homepage is necessarily open to every reader.
How to access it
- Go to ottawacitizen.com.
- Look for the Epaper Edition link among the site's sections.
- Open it to read the paper in digital page form.
The site also offers a Subscribe option at ottawacitizen.com/subscribe. The homepage shows subscription-related links, and some articles are labeled "Subscriber only," which indicates that at least part of the Citizen's content sits behind a subscription. The available site information does not state whether the Epaper Edition itself requires a subscription, so treat access terms as something to confirm on the subscribe page rather than assume.
Choosing between the Epaper Edition and regular articles
- Use the Epaper Edition if you want the complete newspaper as printed, in page order, and prefer reading a laid-out edition over a stream of separate stories.
- Use the regular sections if you want to find a specific story by headline, follow updates as they are posted, or read and join comment threads.
- Check the subscribe page first if access terms matter to you, since some Citizen content is marked subscriber-only.
The two are complementary: the Epaper Edition preserves the print experience, while the article sections make individual stories easy to find and share.