Новости за 02.01.2016

While thousands upon thousands of young players might dream of becoming the next Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane or Duncan Keith, McCormick has always had eyes on playing just like Blackhawks pest Andrew Shaw.

It was, all things considered, a strange sight: Pop-R&B megastar Rihanna strolling through Ottawa’s Rideau Centre on Thursday, New Year’s Eve, flanked by an entourage of burly bodyguards, paparazzi and a crowd of around 50 or 60 hollering, incredulous fans.  If that sounds too surreal to be true, you’d be correct. A YouTube comedy channel […]

The 2015 edition of Operation Red Nose Outaouais helped almost 2,000 partiers get home safely during the holiday period. More than 1,300 volunteers were in service over 12 nights since late November, delivering people to both sides of the Ottawa River. Spokesperson Danielle Legault said the number of Ottawa clients was not available. The Ottawa edition of […]

By Abdullah Al-Shihri And Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday it had executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including al-Qaida detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric who rallied protests against the government. The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr is expected to deepen discontent among Saudi Arabia’s […]

My prediction for 2016? It will be a lot like 2015. Except the Liberals will be getting the blame instead of the Tories. What will be the same is that the irresistible force of rising public expectations will yet again crash into the immoveable object of government incapacity and failure. The predictable outcome will be […]

A homeowner was taken to hospital after Ottawa Fire Services responded to a detached garage fire at 1627 River Rd. on Friday night. A residential caller had made a 911 call to report the fire in his garage, which had a vehicle inside, and after arriving on scene firefighters confirmed a working fire “with no […]

By Stephanie Levitz OTTAWA — Mining magnate and philanthropist Peter Munk has admitted he donated more than the legal limit to the Conservative party three different times. Munk, the founder of mining giant Barrick Gold Corp., signed a compliance agreement with Elections Canada earlier this month, acknowledging that in 2008, 2010 and 2012 his donations […]

In a second-floor classroom in a Bank Street office building near Walkley Road, Mohammad Al Faraj practises writing words on a sheet of paper, repeatedly and carefully imitating his instructor’s neat printing: “knife,” “fork,” “spoon,” “bowl,” “plate.” He certainly has faced far more dangerous tasks since civil war broke out in his native Syria in […]

Jamie Belair has been given only weeks to live, but at a time when life is anything but normal for the 36-year-old Ottawa man, staff at Bruyère Hospital and the Bruyère Foundation helped give him a little bit of normal just before Christmas: a night out with his buddies watching the new Star Wars movie […]

Ottawa’s New Year’s baby was delivered as the hour, minute and second hands gathered at the top of the clock on Thursday night/Friday morning. The yet-to-be-named girl, the daughter of Amanda and Shawn Hebert, and sister to two-year-old Kaylee, weighed in at a healthy eight pounds three ounces following a C-section at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital. The birth, while […]

The Canadian government is setting the stage for a multibillion-dollar training program for its military pilots that will see them receive instruction not just on basic skills but also on flying a new fighter jet and other future aircraft. The work is underway even though at this point the Liberal government doesn’t know how it will […]

Kelli Kennedy calls it her last, best chance. The 35-year-old Ottawa hairdresser, who suffers from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), has not been able to get pregnant during an eight-year quest to conceive a child with her husband, Shawn. PCOS is a common cause of infertility and affects an estimated 10 per cent of women of […]

A 35-year-old man was airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital Trauma Centre with “multi-system injuries” Friday afternoon after his snowmobile crashed on a trail in the Dunrobin area. Ottawa firefighters were called to the scene in mid-afternoon after the man was thrown from his vehicle after apparently hitting a patch of dirt under the snow trail […]

At Wednesday’s Ottawa Senators home game, high up in section 324, two men in jerseys sat cheering, unusually bonded — by sport, by the everyday— on the road of life. One was Tim Wilkinson, 53, an OC Transpo operator, the youngest of seven who grew up in a military family in Pembroke, bred to public service. The other was […]

The Sears Great Canadian Chill is a polar bear dip, where swimmers run and jump into the icy water. Approximately 250 swimmers braved the cold to participate in this year’s event at Britannia Beach. The annual event raised funds for #StopKidsCancerCold, in support of research and 
treatment of childhood cancer at the Children’s Hospital of […]

What a difference a week makes. After having no snow and mild temperatures for most of December; winter finally caught up to us. With more than 20 centimetres of snow on the ground winter has arrived. And that means activity at bird feeders has increased and many feeder watchers are reporting lots of American Goldfinches, […]