Новости за 31.12.2015

A campaign to return top-level ski competitions to the Ottawa area has surpassed its goal, organizers say. The crowdsourced drive raised more than $185,000 by its closing day Thursday, surpassing a $150,000 target set in March and allowing the Mont Ste. Marie resort to build a run that meets International Ski Federation (FIS) super-G standards. The addition could spark the […]

Canada’s immigration minister has credited an unusual source for making Canada look good on the world stage: Donald Trump. International media have reported extensively on the Liberal government’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis. Those reports included pictures of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting the first group of refugees when they arrived in Canada in […]

Firefighters in an inflatable boat rescued a dog that fell through ice into the Jock River Thursday afternoon, the Ottawa Fire Service reported. The dog suffered no lasting effects and was returned to its owner at the scene.  The incident happened between Prince of Wales Drive and Jockvale Road. Most waterways in the region have either open […]

This year should be the year that we finally get our acts together and decide what to do about Uber — but with multiple conflicting provincial bills and city bylaws screaming toward one another, it’s anybody’s guess how we’ll do it. The grey-market car-hiring service is the pointy end of the “sharing economy.” Uber sees notionally independent drivers sign […]

China’s new anti-terrorism law has attracted global attention, much of it critical. China has responded that Western criticism is hypocritical given the increasingly strong measures that democracies have taken to combat terrorism. Both the critics and China have valid points. Much of China’s new terrorism law is not radically different from those enacted by many […]

Immigration Minister John McCallum says it will take another two weeks for the government to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in Canada. The Liberals promised during the election campaign to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by Dec. 31. Justin Trudeau said at the time that all it would take to get so many refugees to Canada in […]

Relatives are questioning whether police will lay additional charges against a transport driver in a Carleton Place collision that took the life of a young mother.  Elizabeth Harris, 29, of Smiths Falls, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at the intersection of highways 15 and 7 at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday. Charged with failing to stop at […]

Update: The missing man has been located, police said at 11:25 a.m. Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 25-year-old man. The man was last seen on Eleanor Drive near Merivale Road at 9:45 a.m. Thursday. He is described as dark-skinned with a medium build, goatee and short dark hair. He was wearing a bright […]

The Ontario Liberals’ Achilles heel — the energy file — will continue to vex them in 2016, while the province’s Progressive Conservatives face a rebuilding year. Here are some key players to watch:   David Livingston and Laura Miller After a long criminal investigation, the Ontario Provincial Police laid charges against two top aides to then-premier […]

From indigenous issues to its messed-up email, the new government — and the rookie Opposition — has a lot going on. Here’s a guide to some key players.   Maryam Monsef Just weeks into her job, the rookie MP and Democratic Institutions minister has already turned heads for her poise, understated charisma and refreshing politeness (she thanks […]

On the menu for 2016: A new restaurant from the El Camino guys, more tunes from Kalle Mattson and new ways to see the city and our world from top artists and designers. FOOD Matthew Carmichael and Jordan Holley Veteran Ottawa chef Matthew Carmichael and his right-hand chef de cuisine, Jordan Holley, already have two trendy hits […]

He's considered the best quarterbacking prospect from the Outaouais region since Chris Flynn in the 1980s and he's expected to suit up for the Ottawa Gee-Gees in 2016.

In 2016, these key players will influence everything from city council’s power base to how much local beer we can buy: CITY HALL Diane Deans and Tobi Nussbaum If Ottawa city council had an official opposition, this pair would be co-leaders. Deans, a council veteran, and Nussbaum, a rookie, led the charge against Mayor Jim Watson’s 2016 budget, […]

Donald Trump has roiled the United States with his own dark brew of bigoted and xenophobic politics, and as voters contemplate the future, Canada can offer some lessons. Canadians showed in the recent election how a positive, optimistic and uplifting message can triumph over an ugly and divisive one. Americans will do well to take […]

List of Ottawa-area blood clinics for the week of Jan. 4, 2016.

Toronto police were seeking three men Wednesday after a “brazen” robbery that killed a 25-year-old Toronto man who studied at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College.  Officers were called to the area of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in midtown Toronto just after midnight Tuesday night and found an injured man outside a bar. Police said the […]

DEVILS 3, SENATORS 0 The Senators needed a victory in the worst way. Instead, they lost in the worst way – in regulation – to a team close by in the conference standings. Those pesky New Jersey Devils just inched past Ottawa, 43 points to 42, pushing the Senators out of a playoff position with […]

One person has been displaced from their home after an afternoon blaze in the unit of a residential duplex near Mooney’s Bay on Wednesday. Ottawa Fire Services were called to 2755 Flannery Dr. at 1:27 p.m. where smoke was visible from inside the residence. One person had already evacuated the unit before help arrived. The fire […]

WINNIPEG — Howard Pawley, a small-town lawyer who rose to become Manitoba’s second NDP premier and one of the central figures behind province’s public auto insurance system, died Wednesday. He was 81. “Manitoba lost a true champion for social justice today,” said current Premier Greg Selinger. “Throughout his life, Howard fought for equality, social justice, […]

New numbers from the federal immigration department show the Liberal government will break its promise to have 10,000 Syrian refugees arrive in Canada by the end of the year. The figures, published on the department’s website on Wednesday, show that fewer than 6,300 Syrian refugees will have touched down when the clock strikes midnight on […]

Peter Ryan recently received a Mayor's City Builder Award, recognizing his many years of generous volunteering in Ottawa.

For 34 years now, it has been all about keeping the children in the national capital area warm. And this year, despite the unusually mild temperatures leading up to the winter months, the challenge continues for The Snowsuit Fund.

The runny nose, scratchy throat and achy muscles that announce the common cold are as familiar to most people as an old pair of shoes, only not as comfortable. The average person will have 400 colds in a lifetime, an illness that is responsible for 40 per cent of workplace absenteeism at a cost of […]

One year after the world met Jonathan Pitre, his dream of dancing under the northern lights is on hold while he wrestles again with his disease. Pitre, 15, was scheduled to go to Alaska in September, but his mother, Tina Boileau, had to cancel the trip to accommodate her son’s skin graft surgery. That surgery, which was […]

Note to everyone with a sore back from digging out the driveway: The storm let Ottawa off lightly, compared with many other communities across our region. The city got 20.2 centimetres of snow, according to Environment Canada — plenty, obviously, to clog traffic and trap articulated buses. And it came on and on without a break, which made the […]