The man charged with causing the explosion that destroyed several new homes in Ottawa's Orléans area earlier this year has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to five years behind bars.
One of the first things Jean-Sebastien Beauchamp did when he returned to his Orléans home damaged by the explosion was call his insurance company. Beauchamp doesn't know when his home will be fixed nor how much it will cost.
Many residents in east Ottawa were jolted from their sleep early Monday morning after an explosion caused by a gas leak at a residential construction site. Here's a timeline of how events unfolded.