Новости за 10.12.2015

Tip-off has been delayed until February, but former Raptors coach Butch Carter is plunging ahead with his proposed Canadian Basketball League.

By Liam Casey Canadian scientist Arthur McDonald was formally presented Thursday with his Nobel Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, but received a prized gift earlier in the week from one his idols, former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin. McDonald, a retired professor from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., was the co-winner in physics for […]

Ottawa terror suspect Mohamed Harkat has called on the Liberal government to halt his deportation and end his labyrinthine journey through the federal security certificate process. The Algerian-born Harkat, 47, issued a public plea Thursday for clemency on the 13th anniversary of his arrest at a Vanier townhouse complex. He subsequently spent three years in […]

Very little is expected to change at Ottawa’s iconic Fairmont Château Laurier hotel as a result of Wednesday’s announcement that French hotel management chain, AccorHotels SA, has put in a $3-billion cash-and-shares bid to assume control of the 429-room property’s parent company. The deal, which needs regulatory approval and isn’t expected to close until mid-2016, would see […]

For more information or to book an appointment to give blood, please call 1-888-2-DONATE or visit blood.ca. MONDAY, DEC. 14 Canadian Blood Services, 1575 Carling Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eganville Royal Canadian Legion, Hall, 57 Veterans Way, Eganville, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 15 Canadian Blood Services, 1575 Carling Ave., 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tudor Hall, Hall D, 3750 […]

Looking for volunteer work? Check out these and other Ottawa-area opportunities at www.volunteerottawa.ca or call 613-736-5270 to find out more. Jaku Konbit hosts its annual Kwanzaa celebration on Sunday, Dec. 27 at Ottawa City Hall. Volunteers needed as greeters, ushers, kitchen help/meal servers, stage help, and at the information table. Volunteer any time between noon […]

Stamkos was surrounded by a gaggle of reporters in the Lightning dressing room Thursday morning, pressed on whether he really did “like” a TSN video Tuesday discussing whether the Toronto Maple Leafs should pursue him as an unrestricted free agent

You might hear at some point this week that Dec. 11 should be considered our day of independence. And that would be because in 1931 the Mother of Parliaments in London passed the Statute of Westminster which decreed, after much wrangling, that Mother could no longer make any laws that interfered with or imposed upon or […]

Dr. Lindy Samson, a pediatric infectious disease physician whose research focuses on children with HIV, has been named chief of staff at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She is to assume the role in April. Samson’s research also includes immunizations and the impact of social determinants on the health of children and youth. She led the […]

Show #03: Spamalot Where: Merivale High School Director: Cynthia Wood Picture a stereotypical medieval knight; he would not be complete without his shining armor, sword, and magnificent horse. In Merivale High School’s Spamalot, however, you were far more likely to find these essentials replaced with coconuts and killer rabbits, for it just did not contain […]

Gatineau police are looking for a suspect in connection with the theft of $9,000 in cash from an Aylmer store more than a month ago. They won’t name the business, but said it’s a big box store near the centre of Aylmer. They believe the man in the photo entered the store on Oct. 31 and […]

Afghan government officials say the fighting at Kandahar airport is over. There are at least 50 dead, although some news outlets are reporting 70 have been killed. Another 37 were wounded in the Taliban attack. Taliban gunmen attacked the airport and a residential compound Tuesday night taking hostages. The fighting ended late Wednesday when the […]

Why do mortgages get such a bad rap? Maybe it starts with the origin of the word.

Those meanspirited curmudgeons who believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau puts style over substance are directed to the forthcoming issue of Vogue. Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau took time from their schedules after his swearing-in last month for a photo shoot with the high-end fashion magazine. The pictures accompany a survey piece on Trudeau and his election victory that was […]

Senator Mike Duffy returns to the witness box for a third day of testimony in his own defence as his lawyer, Donald Bayne, continues to guide his client through the 31 fraud, breach of trust and bribery charges arrayed against him. So far, that questioning has covered everything from Duffy’s deep roots in Prince Edward […]

The National Capital Commission's chief executive has opened up about 24 Sussex Drive, saying the Crown corporation has a "once in a generation opportunity" to create a suitable and sustainable residence for Canada's prime ministers.

Correctional officers at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have “strongly rejected” a tentative contract that would have frozen the wages of new officers. Union local president and OCDC correctional officer Denis Collin said 93 per cent of the Ottawa members who voted rejected the offer. “It’s a strong, resounding ‘no’ to it,” said Collin. “That’s what […]

Senior Conservatives told Sen. Mike Duffy he had to claim tens of thousands of dollars in living expenses in Ottawa or else it would give critics ammunition to say he didn’t deserve to sit as a Prince Edward Island senator, Duffy testified at his criminal trial Wednesday. That assurance that he was doing the right thing […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is edging away from his election campaign’s plan to hold the deficit to $10 billion and now says this is just a “goal” as the Liberal government makes spending to spur economic growth its priority.

Frontenacs 4, 67’s 3 The 67’s already own two wins over the Kingston Frontenacs this Ontario Hockey League season. But that string was ended Wednesday night when the East Division leaders handed Ottawa a fourth straight loss. Coach Jeff Brown surprised many when he started Liam Herbst in net over Leo Lazarev, who has two […]

It's been a banner year for made-in-jazz Ottawa CDs, with the last of 2015's bumper crop dropping this Sunday night when the Beeched Wailers release The Johnson Lake Sessions at The Gladstone.

When Vera Gara told students at Cairine Wilson Secondary School it was important to help the Syrian refugees now on their way to Canada, her words carried more weight than any politician’s. Gara, 82, knows what it’s like to flee her home, to lose everything, to face death and then rebuild a new life. An Austrian Jew, as […]

As retirement announcements go it is, undoubtedly, a bit odd: “So long and thanks for all the fish.” But then Eugene Haslam, the long-time owner of the York Street nightclub Zaphod Beeblebrox, has long been, well, swimming in a decidedly distinct pool. Just over a year ago he posted on his Facebook site that he was putting […]

Council passes deal to end Lansdowne dispute City council has approved a deal that will end a $23.6-million dispute with its Lansdowne Park business partners. The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group and the city had disagreed over who was responsible for work related to repairing rusty steel structures in the arena roof, which were discovered after a fixed-price […]

Don Smith went into a burning apartment without any of his usual firefighting gear — no heavy coat or pants, no boots, helmet, flash hood or air supply. The district fire chief was wearing only his uniform dress shirt and pants. But there was a little girl missing, trapped in a smoke-filled apartment. “You do what you have […]