Новости за 01.02.2016

A major sponsor of the Ottawa Senators signalled its interest in working with the DCDLS Group on a brewery museum at LeBreton Flats less than two months ago, according to a letter viewed by Postmedia. The letter from Molson Coors to DCDLS partner Canderel dated Dec. 4, 2015 says the brewery is excited to partner […]

All they are saying, is give peace another chance.  Gallery owner Edith Betkowski and her artist husband, Dominik Sokolowski, are planning a “bed in for love and peace” at Alpha Art Gallery in Ottawa, raising the spirit of John Lennon’s and Yoko Ono’s famous “bed ins for peace” in 1969. The latest bed in, and […]

The Canadian figure skating championships will return to Ottawa in 2017, it was confirmed Monday morning. The announcement was made at the outdoor skating facility at Lansdowne Park, near TD Place arena, where the competition will take place on Jan. 16-22. Skate Canada estimates that 250 athletes will compete, with those at the senior levels vying […]

The Defence Department will get a boost this year in the value of items it can purchase on its own after successfully arguing that this would help to solve some of the problems plaguing the federal procurement system. By boosting the value of what DND can buy — to $5 million — without having to go through Public Services and Procurement […]

Shannon Gormley, a columnist for the Ottawa Citizen, has won a Fellowship for International Development Reporting, from the Aga Khan Foundation, a non-profit development agency, and the Canadian Association of Journalists.

The Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges against the driver of a van that hit a motorcycle carrying two passengers in North Dundas on August 13, 2015. According to police, a van travelling westbound on Belmeade Road in North Dundas Township, drifted across the road around 8:05 p.m. that day, entering the eastbound lanes. The […]

Following in the footsteps of Laureen Harper, Sheila Martin and Aline Chrétien, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau is the fourth spouse of a prime minister to serve as the honorary chairperson of the annual National Arts Centre Gala. The gala takes place every fall and raises funds for music education across Canada. The next one takes place on Saturday […]

Irving Shipbuilding has fired back at the CBC about its news report detailing problems with the Canadian Coast Guard’s mid-shore patrol ships. CBC’s The National, crediting Radio-Canada, cited ccomplaints about faulty wiring and premature corrosion on the new Hero-class, 43-metre patrol vessels. Other complaints included polluted water tanks, faulty pipes, and a gearbox failure. Such […]

Gabriel Bergeron, a young waiter at the Mongolian Village restaurant on Ogilvie Road, is being hailed as a hero after preventing a customer from choking on a morsel of food.

Jeremiah Addison forced overtime with a late third-period goal and the Ottawa 67's prevailed in the shootout on Sunday evening, making it a winning weekend for the Barberpoles.

One man is dead and another was in serious condition in hospital following a double shooting Sunday evening — the city’s second homicide of the year — in the west end. Police raced to the Iris Plaza mini-mall, at the intersection of Iris Street and Cobden Road, at about 5:30 p.m. after receiving several calls from […]

Snowmen outnumbered the crowd at Lansdowne’s TD Place stadium on Sunday afternoon. Ottawans constructed a total of 2,069 snowmen in one hour, taking back the world record from Japan by a close margin of 33 snowmen.

The Rideau Canal Skateway was closed as of 10 p.m. Sunday.

Veterans Affairs most recent plans and priorities report shows that the department under-spent its budget by $200 million last year. As the Canadian Press reported Sunday, the department seems perpetually unable to get money out the door. But why? Veterans Affairs claims that it is because veterans themselves aren’t taking advantage of the available benefits. […]

Treasury Board President Scott Brison, whose federal negotiators meet with public service unions Monday, is warning that bargaining must be “realistic” in the face of Canada’s deteriorating economic situation. The Liberal government resumes collective bargaining this week, beginning with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the biggest of the 18 federal unions. It’s the Liberals’ […]

The quirkiest tips come over the backyard fence — from readers with an infallible news sense, of things worth telling. Long may they live. Did we know, someone writes, about the great mosquito debate raging in Kanata, to be concluded with a mail-in referendum?

With Apple Inc.’s intentions still unclear, there is much speculation surrounding exactly what the arrival of the global technology heavyweight could mean to Ottawa’s tech sector. Apple has remained silent about its plans for a 22,000-square-foot space under renovation in Kanata, or how its new vice-president of core operating systems, Sébastian Marineau-Mes, will build out the company’s Ottawa team. But in […]