Новости за 26.08.2015

Ottawa residents overwhelmingly want the city to revise its current bylaws to allow the ride-booking app Uber to operate legally, according to a new poll released Wednesday. When asked whether they support “having the City of Ottawa develop new … By-laws to allow the Uber service in Ottawa,” 84 per cent of Ottawa residents surveyed said they would “support” […]

Between CityFolk’s inaugural Marvest program and the unveiling of the new season of NAC Presents, Ottawa’s concert calendar is suddenly jammed with live-music options, whether you want to see a Juno winner in a soft-seat theatre or catch a local band in a coffee shop. Alberta singer-songwriter Corb Lund, Montreal indie-rockers The Dears and country […]

Goodbye Duff, Hello Bruce Suspended Senator Mike Duffy is out of the criminal court spotlight until November but waiting in the wings is former senior Stephen Harper aide Bruce Carson. Carson’s trial begins Sept. 8. He is charged with influence peddling and improper lobbying but the trial is unlikely to carry the same political cache […]

A federal public prosecutor who was fired for taking unauthorized leave to seek the NDP nomination in Ottawa-Vanier won a tightly contested race Tuesday night before a standing-room-only crowd. Emilie Taman promised to work with NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to “take back our democracy from those who have eroded our freedoms.” “What Stephen Harper disparagingly calls […]

Veteran community activist Marlene Rivier was nominated as the NDP candidate in Ottawa West-Nepean Tuesday, beating three challengers including former Ottawa city councillor Alex Cullen. Cullen was runner-up on the last of three ballots at a packed Ukrainian Orthodox Hall on Byron Ave. Rivier, who is the current president of the Ottawa West-Nepean NDP riding […]

A helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Cape Cod in Bourne, Mass., trained with the Canadian navy Aug. 24, 2015, in Cape Cod Bay. An aviation survival technician and a public affairs specialist were lowered onto the Canadian Warship HMCS Summerside for a mock medical evacuation. Petty Officer 2nd Class Mario Estevane entered the ship […]

Stephen Harper’s former director of “issues management” is heading back to the witness box on Tuesday as the criminal fraud trial of suspended Senator Mike Duffy continues. On Monday, Chris Woodcock — now a senior official at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation – attempted to play down his role in the ongoing efforts by […]

Stephen Harper’s own political firefighter was uneasy about how senior Conservatives tried to fix the results of an inquiry into Sen. Mike Duffy’s residency and expense claims, he testified at Duffy’s criminal trial Tuesday. “I was uncomfortable,” Chris Woodcock said, under cross-examination by Duffy’s lawyer Donald Bayne. “Did you say anything?” Bayne asked him. “I […]

Catherine Fortuné has no illusions that flower power alone will hold back the tide of community mailboxes, but she figures gardening may slow them down and make them an election issue. That’s why there are flowers (mostly mums) planted on two concrete-and-brick pads that are waiting for big new mailboxes in the Copeland Park neighbourhood. She and […]

Q. Why is there talk about a coalition government? The party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons forms the government, whether it has a majority or a minority. A. That’s been the tradition in Canada. But our Westminster-style parliament allows for coalition government, which is common among our parliamentary cousins in […]