Новости за 24.12.2015

The Ottawa Redblacks have hired Jaime Elizondo as its new offensive co-ordinator to replace Jason Maas, who left the club this month to become head coach of the Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos. Elizondo joins the Redblacks with extensive coaching experience, which includes the CFL and NCAA, and one year in the NFL. Born in Mexico […]

The directors of two national museums in the national capital received a welcome Christmas gift this week from Mélanie Joly, the minister of Canadian heritage. Mark O'Neill, head of the Canadian Museum of History Corporation, and Meg Beckel, who leads the Canadian Museum of Nature, were informed Wednesday night that Joly fully supports their reappointment to new five-year terms, effective next June.

While people teed off at golf courses during one of the mildest Christmas Eve days since records were kept in Ottawa, all three of Ottawa’s refrigerated outdoor rinks have been closed.  The Rink of Dreams at City Hall, the rink at Ben Franklin Place at Centrepointe and the Lansdowne Park skating court were all reduced […]

A three-year-old boy was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition after his leg was run over by a truck on Christmas Eve morning. Paramedics said they were called to the Ottawa Train Yards parking lot at 11:49 a.m. Police believe the boy ran in front of the truck before he was hit.  The boy suffered […]

Space geeks love a year with a juicy mission to a planet. But have we ever binged on space flights like we did in 2015? We watched a little European lander sitting on a comet; a visit to an asteroid never seen close up before, and another to Pluto with its five-pack of oddball moons; liquid […]

Happy Holidays to all, cheers Dave Pugliese

Tens of thousands of Ottawa residents were without power during the day on Christmas Eve as winds caused power outages across the province. Hydro One is warning customers to expect delays in seeing their electricity turned back on as a wind storm, which is bringing colder temperatures, is working its way across the province. More […]

Douglas Cornish recalls a fun Christmas story of chaos and Christmas family tradition at the neighbours'.

Mary Stanik writes: Let's raise a tiny toast to any joy this Christmas might bring. And hope, as ever, that the next one takes place in a world that might be at least a bit shinier and happier.

Thursday, Dec. 24 UPDATE: The Lansdowne Park Skating Court is not suitable for skating as of 10 a.m. We went and checked. The Sens Rink of Dreams at City Hall is closed today, but scheduled to be open on Christmas Day from 1 to 11 p.m., a good idea for a post-prandial family outing, and then again on Boxing […]

As a gardener, I have always been aware that Mother Nature does a much better job than I do. Try as I might, it seems nearly impossible to replicate moments I have seen in the natural world: that of a fern growing perfectly in the nook created by tree roots or the sight of asters […]

Let’s get the important bit out of the way; though there are no fireworks for New Year’s Eve on Parliament Hill, there are three other events across the city where they can be enjoyed — weather permitting.  (Also, everyone remember OC Transpo is free to ride after 8 p.m. and all night. Be happy but […]

What if it is our way of thinking, our way of seeing the world, that is the source of our disenchantment.

On the busiest shopping day of the year, Gilles Asselin was just leaving the Sears store at Carlingwood Mall early Wednesday evening and heading for the food court when he heard “bang, bang, bang — three bangs. “Everybody started running away,” said Asselin, who was doing last-minute Christmas Shopping. “I’m kind of curious, so I started walking […]

Trying to decipher what drives a person to terrorism is a misguided strategy as is much else about our understanding of violent religious extremism, according to a new book by a veteran Ottawa security intelligence analyst. The Threat From Within by Phil Gurski, a former analyst who spent 30 years at Canada’s two primary intelligence […]

Immigration Minister John McCallum defended his math skills Wednesday, insisting that 10,000 Syrian refugees can still arrive by the end of the year. But the former economist hedged his bets by suggesting “factors outside our control” may keep some from reaching Canada by Dec. 31. The Liberals promised during the election campaign to resettle 25,000 Syrian […]

It took Immigration Minister John McCallum less than a day to do what his predecessors wouldn’t in the last three years: Clear the way for a little boy from India to be reunited with his parents — both permanent residents in Canada. Four-year-old Daksh Sood will soon be given a temporary resident permit (TRP) to enable him to come to […]

It might be green in Ottawa this holiday season, but the city’s very own snow Santa helped children at Roger’s House experience the joy of a white Christmas.  Wearing a Santa Claus hat, David Thompson, the owner of a landscaping and snowplowing company called Go Green, worked with a crew of volunteers Wednesday to shovel snow outside Roger’s House, […]

It is a nasty habit, really. Canadians indulge in it lavishly. It is a national pastime, looking down our noses at Americans and sneering and laughing at the vulgar, warmongering, obese, assault-rifle-having lot of them. A bad habit, really, but with the year almost over, 2015 has given every impression that it has finally happened, […]

Curtis Lazar’s junior days may be long gone, but the Senators have five prospects playing in the tournament: defenceman Thomas Chabot (Canada), centre Colin White (United States), defenceman Andreas Englund (Sweden), centre Filip Chlapik (Czech Republic) and defenceman Christian Jaros (Slovakia).

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added another experienced hand from the former Dalton McGuinty government in Ontario to his circle of experts. Matthew Mendelsohn, director of the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation and an associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto, will become deputy secretary to the cabinet (results […]

Mellos restaurant owner Martin Fremeth insists the diner’s iconic neon sign, detached and carted off in the middle of the night, belongs to him.  “This sign is our property and is an asset of the business that we purchased several years ago,” Fremeth said in an email exchange Wednesday.  The sign was taken down late […]

Immigration Minister John McCallum has promised to review the government’s practice of having refugees pay their own way to Canada, a policy that has left many struggling with mountains of debt upon their arrival. As the Citizen reported this week, a recent immigration department review found some refugees are having to choose between feeding and clothing their […]