Новости за 23.12.2015

It was almost a lifetime ago that Susan Anson put her name down to receive a Christmas food hamper for her and her then-five-year-old son, Dan. One item in that care package particularly stood out: a tin of smoked oysters. “I could draw a picture of that hamper today,” she recalls. “I thought we were going […]

Over the years Defence Watch has featured articles on the U.S. Marines Legged Squad Support System, referred to by some as the robotic mule. The system was the result of a $32 million project started in 2010 between the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Google Inc.’s Boston Dynamics. The project created an autonomous […]

Anyone who follows the news closely might notice that certain topics never fail to make headlines. Mayhem. Death. Tragedy. Corruption. Scandal. If there is one overarching truth in the news business, it’s that humanity, at its very worst, cannot be ignored. And if that is true, so is this: Humanity, at its very best, sometimes […]

Add it all up and the Senators limped -- literally and figuratively – home. The Senators are clinging to the second wild card playoff spot, but only by a tinsel-width margin, one point ahead of New Jersey.

Thursday, Dec. 24 Operation Big Turkey, at five locations • Overbrook Community Centre, 33 Quill St., 2 to 4 p.m. , 613-742-5147 • Foster Farm Community centre, 1065 Ramsey Cres., 3:30 to 6 p.m., 613-828-2004 • Albion Heatherington Recreational Centre, 1560 Heatherington Rd., 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. • Carlington Recreational Centre, 1520 Caldwell Ave., 3:30 […]

Life takes some cruel twists, but few crueler than this. Last summer, Alan Gustafson experienced both the worst and the best month of his life. Within the space of four weeks, the 38-year-old Ottawa man was diagnosed with a fatal disease and became a father for the first time. His story of tragic loss and […]

The Ottawa Redblacks are keeping fullback Patrick Lavoie, who accepted a three-year contract from the club Wednesday. Lavoie, 28, is the first Redblack player to re-sign from among 20 potential free agents as of Feb. 9. Lavoie was selected in the 2013 expansion draft from the Montreal Alouettes. The Laval University graduate caught 16 passes for 140 […]

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the victim of a collision at the entrance to a Highway 401 rest stop near Trenton, Ont., as Andra Brickell, 48, of Ottawa. Police say Brickell’s car struck the back of a transport truck that was illegally parked on the shoulder of the eastbound off-ramp to the ONroute service centre. The car became […]

As the Central Canada Hockey League season got ready to break for the holidays, the Carleton Place Canadians were on their usual perch, forcing the rest of the league to chase them in the last half of the season. But perhaps there was a glimmer of hope that didn’t seem to be there last season and in […]

Wondering what to take to that holiday party? Nothing could be easier than picking up a dish of this delicious dip.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has released new photos of the weapon systems and aircraft it is operating from its base in Syria. Here are the photos:

Panthers 2, Senators 1 (SO) SUNRISE, Fla. – It wasn’t quite a Christmas miracle, but the Ottawa Senators received a gift point they didn’t deserve Tuesday. And they owe it all to goaltender Craig Anderson. In an all too familiar script, Anderson stoned his former Florida Panthers teammates again and again, allowing the Senators to […]

Ottawa police joined Montreal officers in the Cumberland area early Tuesday to net an alleged local member of a gang of suspects wanted in a series of armoured car robberies in the Montreal area dating back possibly as far as the late 1990s. The 54-year-old man — identified by Montreal police as Walter Butt of Ottawa — was […]

“If you give me a job right now, I’ll take it.” Mohamad’s words, translated from Arabic, came with a smile and a laugh in response to a reporter’s question, but they probably capture both the aspiration and uncertainty of the latest Syrian refugee family to arrive in Ottawa. Mohamad, 45, his wife Nirmeen, 28, and their four children […]

British troops are being sent to Afghanistan to help Afghan security forces maintain control of a strategically important district, the Associated Press writes. Many Afghans believe the Taliban are winning in Helmand Province, Associated Press reports. And British media are reporting UK special forces are being rushed to the area. Here is the rest of […]

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he wants more federal support for the province’s aerospace sector. Couillard, being interviewed on CTV’s Power Play, said he expects Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to not only support Bombardier, but the entire aeronautical industry in Quebec.  “For Quebec, aeronautics is as important as the auto industry is for Ontario. […]

Female ministers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet fielded fewer than half of the questions asked in the House of Commons in December. Though Trudeau achieved a perfect gender balance by appointing 15 men and 15 women to his cabinet last month, a Citizen analysis of House transcripts shows that the men got far more talk-time during the few days of question […]

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, accompanied by Brig.-Gen. Mike Rouleau, head of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, recently visited Canadian special forces in Irbil, Iraq. The CF released a couple of photos of the visit.

An immigrant mother who has been separated from her four-year-old son for three years may have just received the miracle she’s been hoping for. Bhavna Bajaj managed to have an impromptu meeting Tuesday with Immigration Minister John McCallum and hand-deliver a petition with more than 12,000 signatures supporting her cause. McCallum promised to look into […]

In 2014, Ottawa paramedics responded to 3,304 calls for alcohol intoxication or drug overdose — nearly 10 a day — three times more than diabetic emergencies. Many of the calls were for street drunks in distress. The cost? I’m not sure an accurate accounting has ever been done, but the mind races with the arithmetic. A pair of paramedics, […]

Coming to Canada is supposed to be a fresh start for refugees. Instead, a scathing government report says many are struggling to repay the federal immigration department for thousands of dollars in travel costs and medical exams associated with starting their new lives. That mountain of debt is having “negative impacts” on new refugees arriving […]

After the call Ryan Dzingel had been waiting for all his life came late Sunday, his pre-Christmas plans changed in a hurry.

Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent, one of the former Conservative government’s appointees who got a letter from the Grits asking him to resign and reapply for his job, is staying quiet about whether he will comply. But a former veterans ombudsman who hired Parent and a veterans advocate argue he really has no choice but to step down. Liberal […]

Binghamton Senators head coach Luke Richardson helped launch a new mobile app Tuesday aimed at encouraging mental health among young hockey players. The free app, BeGameReady, offers pre and post-game strategies to players and coaches to help mentally prepare for games, celebrate victories and bounce back from defeats.  “It’s a fun way to self-check and […]

Everyone who knew Ruth Bell savours the story about her famous 1976 tussle with the president of the Royal Bank of Canada. Bell, a shareholder in the bank, was asked to sign over her voting proxy at the bank’s annual meeting. Bell balked, pointing out that there were no women on the board. Bank president […]