Новости за 18.01.2016

The closure of a portion of the Transitway west of downtown Ottawa failed to add much inconvenience to a cold and windy Monday morning, with OC Transpo riders reporting only slight delays, at worst, in their commute. “They did their jobs right,” said Sandra Baranek as she waited on Albert Street near Bayview Road for a connecting […]

If you thought comedian Chris Rock being selected to host the 88th Academy Awards was some kind of premonition of nominations to come, you were wrong. If you thought the Golden Globes nominees, usually a good barometer for foreseeing who wins the big award, was some kind of premonition, you were wrong. And if you […]

A man in his late 70s is in serious condition in hospital after being struck by a car Monday morning on Carling Avenue in Ottawa’s west end. The collision took place at about 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Carling and Edgeworth avenues, near the Lincoln Fields transit station. The man suffered serious head, leg and […]

El Chapo’s lawyers have argued that the drug kingpin shouldn’t be extradited to the U.S. – and they are blaming Donald Trump for that. El Chapo would face drug trafficking and murder charges if he is ever extradited to the U.S. He was captured recently after a successful raid by Mexican military commandos. The lawyers […]

How could a summertime visit to a castle in the Czech Republic not inspire the design by an Alberta-based puppet company for a production of Twelfth Night, which England’s William Shakespeare set in an ancient area of the Balkans, especially when that production is to take place in wintry Ottawa with human actors? It just […]

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. – Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Liberal government will be strategic in how it invests in infrastructure projects across the country, and won’t simply shovel money out the door to kick-start the economy. The Liberal platform had promised an extra $60 billion for infrastructure over the next decade, but only about […]

Gatineau police say they are hoping to get more information this week from a Montreal lab that will perform an autopsy on a human body part found last Friday. The body part, which police haven’t identified, was found by workers at Resolute Forest Products in an outdoor pond of water and chemicals at the company’s […]

Lockheed Martin has decided to reverse its questionable public relations strategy and finally confirm what was reported last week – that it did not submit a bid for the Canadian government’s fixed wing search and rescue (FWSAR) program. Defence Watch, as well as Skies magazine, published the news last week that Lockheed Martin didn’t submit […]

Two men have been charged in unrelated retail-store robberies in Ottawa last week. Samuel King, 25, of Thunder Bay, is charged with robbery, possession of a weapon, mischief under $5,000 and wearing a disguise after a man with a knife entered a convenience store on Carling Avenue near Carlingwood at about 12:45 Friday morning and demanded […]

The British psychologist who invented Blue Monday, billed as the most miserable day of the year, has flown to the sunny Canary Islands for this year’s edition. Cliff Arnall of Cardiff University is taking part in a promotion by tourism officials in the islands, who say that if you fly to their resorts and spend money, you […]

What to expect when you’re expecting? It’s a question that’s spawned countless books and at least one absolutely terrible rom-com. But for an Ottawa couple, Monday morning was all about the unexpected. Because, surely, the last thing the couple was counting on was for two paramedics to come rushing into their downtown residence on Nepean […]

2nd Annual Sir John A's Great Canadian Kilt Skate

ST. ANDREWS, N.B.  Crowds gathered in this seaside resort town to greet Justin Trudeau on Sunday as the prime minister kicked off a three-day retreat with his ministers to chart a path to success over the next four years in government. The recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso and Indonesia, however, and the dire economic […]

The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday to the Associated Press and other news outlets that some Americans have gone missing in Iraq. The acknowledgement after local media reported that three U.S. citizens had been kidnapped in Baghdad. The Associated Press noted that the Iraqi media were reporting that the Americans went missing in south Baghdad on […]

Friends and colleagues have rallied to support a mother of three devastated by a Saturday morning house fire in which the family cat perished.

The Ottawa 67's seemingly haven't skipped a beat since team captain Travis Konecny was traded away at the beginning of the new year, but team goal-scoring leader Dante Salituro had been unusually quiet. That changed on Sunday.

The Liberal government is considering whether to scrap Canada’s controversial Office of Religious Freedom — considered a signature achievement by the previous Conservative government — and instead focus on ways to champion a broader array of human rights abroad. Unless the new government intervenes, current Ambassador for Religious Freedom Andrew Bennett’s three-year term will expire Feb. 18. The […]

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship FREDERICTON is en route to Operation REASSURANCE. The photos showing activities on the ship were taken January 9 by Corporal Anthony Chand, Formation Imaging Services.

The federal government has permanently replaced embattled Roxanne Dubé as Canada's consul general to Miami.

From the Canadian Forces: On 15 January 2016, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, two CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIL fighting position east of Mosul using precision guided munitions.

Head coach Dave Cameron used a hunch, inserting Alex Chiasson into the lineup against the L.A. Kings. Well played, coach.

Russia is taking a pass on the annual summit to deal with nuclear terrorism. It says it will not take part in the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington, DC starting March 31. Senior Russian officials took part in previous summits, which were held in Washington in 2010, Seoul in 2012 and […]

We've seen these “huge” wins before. They've come against Chicago, Boston and St. Louis, without a significant pattern of success afterward. Now, Saturday's spectacular, blessed comeback against the Los Angeles Kings — the Senators scoring four times in the third period to skate off with a 5-3 victory that amounted to an armed (with hockey sticks) robbery.

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion says Canadian commercial interests will be one key consideration as cabinet considers whether to lift sanctions against Iran. The U.S., European Union and United Nations began lifting many of the crippling economic sanctions levelled against Iran over the years, after UN inspectors said the Islamic Republic […]

At a time when biology is all about cell parts and molecules, John Smol asks a simpler question: Why are there no more crayfish at your cottage?