Новости за 19.12.2015

High winds and snow flurries made driving a bit of a white-knuckle affair in some parts of the capital region Saturday. Conditions caused a number of collisions including a rollover on Highway 416 in the city’s south end near Roger Stevens Drive. Roger Stevens was closed between Hwy 416 and Second Line Road for more than an hour during […]

Ottawa police guns and gangs detectives are investigating after two people were wounded in separate shooting incidents in the city’s east end Saturday. Police said one man was shot in the back at about 1:20 a.m. in the 1400 block of Station Boulevard following an altercation on the between several people. Several shots were fired police […]

China’s Defense Ministry on Saturday accused the U.S. of committing a “serious military provocation” by flying two Air Force B-52 bombers over a Chinese-controlled man-made island in the South China Sea, and said it would do whatever is necessary to protect the country’s sovereignty, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated […]

The Iraqi Minister of Defence Khaled al-Obeidi says nine Iraqi soldiers died in a coalition airstrike. Another report says it was 10. Here is the latest written by the Associated Press: The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be “a mistake that involved both sides,” U.S. […]

The Dining Room Where: St. Mark High School Director: Trevor Rostek   Irene Grose Critic, Lisgar Collegiate Institute A simple, solid wood table and a few straight-backed chairs: with these few items, St. Mark High School brought to life A. R. Gurney’s The Dining Room with remarkable imagination. In a play where the lives of more […]

The Ottawa Senators received the early Christmas gift of a third-period goal explosion Friday. Jean Gabriel Pageau, Chris Wideman and Erik Karlsson broke open what had been a tight game en route to the Senators' 4-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks.

These photos from Combat Camera show a Canadian Forces sniper participating in Exercise Without Warning in the training area of Glebokie, Poland on December 17, 2015 during Operation REASSURANCE.

Defenceman Evan de Haan scored twice and added an assist to help the Ottawa 67's snap a six-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Peterborough Petes at TD Place arena on Friday night.

Ottawa police don't believe recent thefts of Canada Goose jackets and running equipment are related but say that a string of Westboro retail break-ins are linked.

COMING UP The OCR Academy is currently looking for toy donations and marchers for its inaugural Merry Ruckmus campaign. The academy has sponsored four families and is looking to collect toys for them. On Christmas morning, from 6:30 until 9:30, Santa’s helpers will dress as elves and march with the toys on their backs to […]

James Hanington In support of GivingTuesday Canada, communications agency Stiff has launched Brand Zero 2016 — the second instalment of the company’s annual search for an Ottawa-based charitable organization that needs branding services and digital development. The search for this year’s Brand Zero winner will run throughout December, the month of giving, goodwill and (hopefully) altruism. […]

Eugene Melnyk poured ice-cold water Friday on the notion that the Ottawa Senators would ever consider moving to a downtown arena they didn't control.

Megan O’Meara For 100 years, the Caring and Sharing Exchange has been serving those in need in the Ottawa community during the holidays. The Exchange is currently home to two assistance programs, the Sharing in Student Success Program, and the one that started it all, the Christmas Exchange Program. In 1915 during the First World […]

While being the national capital has its clear perks, it comes with an existential crisis: Who does this city belong to? Clearly, Ottawa’s role as the seat of government carries with it a responsibility to represent not just ourselves but also the nation. This dual responsibility is at the core of the recent Ottawa Citizen […]

Real estate company receptionist Linda Hunt drank too much of her boss’s booze at an office Christmas party and got into a terrible accident as she attempted to drive home through a snow storm. Hunt suffered brain damage and a fractured spine. She sued her employer for allowing her to drive away drunk from the office […]

Two Ottawa police officers who are part of the RCMP’s national security team have been told they will be returning to patrol duties in a move that insiders suggest is indicative of a strained relationship between city police and the national force, the Citizen has learned. Sgt. Kulvir Guram and Const. Neil Roy will be […]

Ottawa’s remarkably snowless December may be good news for people who hate to shovel, but charities are holding out hope for a dusting of snow to prompt donors to dig deep.  The Salvation Army’s kettle campaign for Ottawa is $50,000 to $60,000 off target so far, based on patterns of the previous years, said public […]

While dismissing a rival bid as “misleading,” Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is bullish about his plans to build an arena on the LeBreton Flats. He is also bullish on his hockey team — if the Canadian dollar would just co-operate. “It’s horrible,” Melnyk says of the precipitous decline of the Canadian greenback, to below 72 […]

A mother and some supporters are hoping they won’t be turned away from the Prime Minister’s Office Tuesday, and if Justin Trudeau is around and agrees to meet them, all the better. Though Bhavna Bajaj might have unrealistic expectations of how quickly the new Liberal government could move to finally allow her four-year-old son, Daksh, into Canada, she is […]

Ontario’s corrections workers are moving toward a strike after union members rejected a new tentative agreement with the government last week. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, representing 6,000 jail, probation and parole officers, filed for a “no board report” Friday, which essentially means that working with a conciliator to try to reach a deal has failed. […]

The federal New Democrats are calling on Commissioner of Canada Elections Yves Côté to reopen the investigation into misleading phone calls to voters made during the 2011 federal election campaign.  The NDP says testimony given by Sen. Mike Duffy at his trial suggested Conservatives used robocalls dirty tricks in the 2008 election in the Vancouver Island riding […]

Sunday marks the day when a second section of the Transitway closes for conversion to LRT.

Every holiday season many Canadians extend the generosity they show to their friends and family to complete strangers. In December, donations and gifts pour into charitable organizations across the country.  While that shouldn’t change this year, Canadians will also be focusing their attention — now, and in the months to come — on a different […]