Новости за 17.12.2015

Closed buildings will be reopening at the former Kemptville Agricultural College, and the town’s mayor says it’s just the start of bringing back an institution close to North Grenville’s heart. The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est will open a new school in the former college with grades 1 to 9 next September, and add one grade a year until […]

“I’m doing all right,” Lazar said Thursday. “First and foremost, the main thing is it’s not my head. My head is good to go.”

Ottawa real estate lawyer Paul Thomas McEnery has agreed to stop practising while the Law Society of Upper Canada investigates the disappearance of at least $2 million in his clients’ money. According to Law Society documents, the lawyers’ professional governing body launched an investigation into 67-year-old McEnery in October at the instigation of his staff. “Current […]

When you’re crusading against the forces of evil, everything is black and white. Whatever the bad guys do is, by definition, malevolent; your every move in fighting them is noble and pure. It’s the prevailing dynamic in modern politics. But in the current climate in Ottawa, after a divisive and rhetorical election, it’s particularly pronounced. […]

Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday that the controversial Memorial to the Victims of Communism will be moved to the Garden of the Provinces and Territories from its previously proposed location next to the Supreme Court of Canada. Joly said the process used by the former Conservative government to advance the memorial was “too […]

Mike Duffy’s doctors and accountant told him not to claim he was a resident of Prince Edward Island on government paperwork, even as he was claiming that’s where he lived as a senator, Duffy testified under cross-examination in his fraud trial Thursday. The broadcaster-turned-politician faces 31 criminal charges, partly related to allegations he fraudulently claimed […]

Police say a man was arrested “without incident” Thursday morning following a search in rural west Ottawa for a suspect reportedly carrying a large knife. According to Ottawa police, the suspect was involved in an assault just before 7 a.m. When police responded, the suspect fled into farm fields near the intersection of Highway 7 […]

It’s business as usual at Ottawa’s Le Cordon Bleu International culinary arts school on Laurier Avenue East, which is unaffected by the shutdown of 16 Le Cordon Bleu schools in the United States. The U.S. schools were owned and operated independently by Career Education Corp. under the banner Le Cordon Bleu North America. CEC announced Wednesday […]

If you have a few spare moments amid the holiday tasks, see the exhibit #A.D.D. The Cyberbrain, by Zoltan Veevaete at PDA Projects (361Elgin, by the Lieutenant’s Pump). Veevaete’s first solo show at PDF, which includes an installation and paintings, “amalgamates, or repositions, tropes found in western art history and flips into unique narratives where his […]

The Caucasian Chalk Circle Where: St. Paul High School Director: Student Liam Lahey   “Terrible is the temptation to do good.” In a world where good and evil are in constant competition, darkness threatens all and true love is obstructed, morality can easily be ignored. St. Paul High School strove to prove otherwise in its engaging production […]

At just 24 years old, Gourmet Café+ owner, Gabrielle Bégin is embracing new ideas, novel marketing tools and local recipes.

There are early signs that the traditionally close ties between Liberal power brokers and the lobbying industry, which was an ongoing feature throughout the Chrétien and Martin years, are being renewed in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. Three chiefs of staff in the Trudeau government, including the prime minister’s, are married to people who work as lobbyists or have […]

Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will announce Thursday what the Liberal government plans to do about the contentious Memorial to the Victims of Communism.

CAPITALS 2, SENATORS 1 WASHINGTON – Goaltender Andrew Hammond says he doesn’t remember much about his last game against Washington, a victory in early April. He might remember his return from injury as the night his team rallied late, behind his goaltending, but fell short. The Senators made things interesting with a power-play goal by […]

Gatineau police were investigating a Wednesday evening dog attack that sent a young man to hospital with numerous bites. According to police, the 19-year-old was visiting acquaintances in a townhouse at 2969 St. Louis St. at about 7 p.m. When he entered the home the dog, which police described as a pit bull, attacked. The […]

One of Ottawa’s oldest malls, Westgate Shopping Centre, will get a radical makeover if a real estate company wins the city’s approval. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns 340 shopping centres across Canada, wants over the next 20 years to “transform” Westgate into a series of mixed-use towers — five in all — that would include […]

The training camp for Canada’s World Cup team will be at the Canadian Tire Centre next September. The announcement was made Wednesday by the National Hockey League Players’ Association  and the National Hockey League. The release also included a slate of 12 pre-tournament games. The training camps for all eight teams are to begin Sept. 4-5, […]

A downtown arena might be what’s best for Ottawa and the Senators. The two plans for developing LeBreton Flats latched onto that, proposing to build an NHL arena on undeveloped public land. But there’s a problem, and it is a big one: LeBreton Flats isn’t just public land. It’s national land. It doesn’t belong exclusively […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will speak “directly” to the Pope about a call for him to issue an apology for the Catholic church’s role in the aboriginal residential school system.

There was no crowd of well-wishers waving welcome signs and offering hugs when Ottawa’s newest Syrian refugee family arrived at the Ottawa airport Monday night. Suliman and Ammeh Al Meqdad and their three young kids were met by a government-hired van service, which took them to Maison Sophia refugee reception house in the ByWard Market. […]

The Ottawa Senators are sitting pretty, even if the National Capital Commission ultimately chooses a competing plan for a new downtown arena instead of the NHL team's proposal, say experts in the business of sports.

Proposals for redeveloping LeBreton Flats need to show more imagination than building a hockey arena, says the city councillor who represents the ward. “We asked the (private) sector to come back and give us their best to create vision for the last big piece of public land in downtown Ottawa, the capital of Canada. And […]