Новости за 07.12.2015

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and recognize a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 43rd annual gala dinner and ceremony, to be held next June at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa. 
The CAHF made the announcement Monday. The new members are:• Frederick James […]

Ottawa Police have laid charges against an Ottawa man in relation to a bank robbery that occurred on Nov. 10. along the 100 block of Bank Street. According to police, two men entered a bank that day carrying handguns and demanding cash. The men were aggressive. One went so far as to poke a bank employee with his handgun […]

Neighbours who broke into a burning apartment on Caldwell Avenue Saturday are being credited with saving the lives of twin girls who were accidentally locked inside as the fire broke out. The mother of the twins, who are two and a half years old, stepped into the hallway late Saturday afternoon to drop garbage into the disposal, […]

As the trial of Senator Mike Duffy returns from its unexpected week-long break, there’s just one name left on the Crown witness list: newly appointed Senate Speaker George Furey who previously served as vice-chair of the Senate internal economy committee that oversees the expense claim policy. Furey was initially slated to testify last week — […]

Today the Cappies return to the pages of the Citizen for the 11th season. As in past years, local high school theatrical productions will be reviewed by student reviewers and hosted on the Citizen website at ottawacitizen.com. In all 27 schools on both sides of the Ottawa River will take part. All of which leads […]

Our reliance on electricity and shrinking generator costs make them an affordable option.

By Brian Mersereau Defence Watch Guest Writer The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) has been widely discussed in the media since its launch in 2010. For the most part, the conversation has focused on jobs and ship costs. There has been relatively little discussion on the more central element of NSPS – its ability to […]

NEW YORK — No. 1 centre Kyle Turris made a remarkable recovery Sunday, but the Ottawa Senators couldn’t pull off another big rally of their own.

A brawl involving at least 12 men outside a Gatineau strip club left one person with serious head wounds and another in jail, said Gatineau police. The brawl began just after midnight early Sunday morning at Club Pigale located at Greber Blvd., described on its website as a “gentlemen club” featuring 100 exotic dancers daily. Sgt. Eric Simard of the […]

The chair of the independent community advisory board monitoring the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre says the hiring of six new correctional officers set to start work Monday isn’t enough and that “many, many more” are needed to alleviate “critical” staffing shortages at the notorious jail. Meredith Porter said she does not believe six new hires will have much […]

The Liberal government will “very shortly” announce a national inquiry into Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women, Status of Women minister Patty Hadju said Sunday. Speaking to a crowd of 400 gathered Sunday evening at the Women’s Monument in Minto Park to mark the 26th anniversary of the murder of 14 women at the École Polytechnique […]

For a few minutes of the third period on Sunday afternoon in Sarnia, it looked like Dante Salituro was going to help the Ottawa 67's salvage a little something from an extremely challenging weekend on the road.

Alain Vigneault says he has been blessed with the support of management and assistant coaches along the way.

“Unbelievable. I’ve never been so happy to win a tournament in my life." When it's Rachel Homan talking, the words carry some weight. And that was the 26-year-old Ottawa skip's response after defeating Edmonton's Val Sweeting 8-7 in an extra end in the Canada Cup final on Sunday in Grand Prairie, Alta.

Old Ottawa South resident Marc Rand decided he wanted to do something to help a Syrian refugee family that is being sponsored by a community group in his neighbourhood. But he needed the OK from his 16-year-old son, Ben.

Rona Ambrose and the Official Opposition are laying the ground for a battle between the Liberals and Conservatives over tax policy as members of Parliament return to the House of Commons on Monday for the first question period of the new Parliament. With major tax changes affecting millions of Canadians at the top of the […]

City heritage planners argue that a new four-storey apartment building across from the old St. Brigid's church will "re-animate this corner for the first time since the school was closed decades ago."

Kevin Murray took on Ottawa City Hall, fought a good fight and, predictably, still came out a poorer man.

Heading into Sunday’s games, the Senators had three players in the top 10 of the NHL scoring race – Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman and Bobby Ryan. The Dallas Stars, with their trio of Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn and John Klingberg, are the only other team who can boast of having so many players atop the leaderboard.

It's a been a time of soul-searching for Muslims trying to find their place in Canada. That's why it's the right time to hear about Truth and Reconciliation right from the source, says the organizer of a panel that brought Muslim and Aboriginal people together.

Thierry Mesana gets The Question a lot. Why is the University of Ottawa Heart Institute spending $200 million on an expansion and renovation project even though it plans to relocate once The Ottawa Hospital builds its new Civic campus on Experimental Farm land 15 or 20 years from now?

No matter how much the federal parties insist they’ll behave in the new House of Commons, expect some pitched battles between Liberal cabinet ministers and opposition critics. Here are a few matchups to watch during question period. The Leaders Justin Trudeau versus Rona Ambrose (Con.) versus Tom Mulcair (NDP) Trudeau’s strength was never in the Commons, […]