Новости за 10.02.2016

DETROIT – In his first hours of being a member of the Ottawa Senators, Dion Phaneuf is quickly getting used to the idea. “I had a couple of flights to get here yesterday, a lot of time to think and I’m excited to be a part of this team,” Phaneuf told reporters at the Joe […]

A 17-year-old youth from Smiths Falls is facing criminal charges after a controversial hit on an opponent in November. The hit levelled against a 17-year-old Stittsville player in a major midget league game on Nov. 8, went beyond what is acceptable during a hockey game, according to Ottawa police. “It’s not a hockey play. It crossed a line,” […]

There is probably a worse way to develop the last significant piece of open land downtown. It’s just difficult to imagine what it might be. After a long and secretive process, two development consortia have come forward with plans for LeBreton Flats. The only big public element in either proposal is a hockey rink. We […]

As the House hits the halfway point in the first constituency break of the winter sitting,  federal cabinet ministers — and MPs in general — are free to roam outside the borders of the parliamentary precinct. Here’s a rundown of the public events scheduled for today, from east(ish) to west(ish):  Charlottetown Liberal MP Sean Casey […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are facing a growing backlash over proposed regulations that would allow federally regulated workplaces to hire unpaid interns, which intern advocates say flies in the face of the government’s campaign pledges to help young workers. The proposed regulations are a holdover from the previous Conservative government, whose last budget bill […]

The Rideau Canal Skateway’s south end improved to officially fair ice by Wednesday morning. That’s the section on and near Dow’s Lake. It’s still rated poor from the north end down to Bank Street, and is closed from Bank Street to Bronson Avenue. Still, it means that 7.4 kilometres are open. Maintenance on the canal will continue […]

For adventurous eaters, the mind-boggling array of Chinese dishes at this Merivale Road restaurant is worth exploring, even if the food is uneven.

What’s not to love about these three over-the-top courses?

Ottawa’s public school board has approved controversial changes to French immersion and kindergarten that will take effect next fall. After nearly three hours of debate Tuesday night and hearing from several delegations of parents opposed to the changes, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board approved them anyway. All kindergarten classes will become bilingual, with half the instruction […]

Ottawa public school trustees are about to dive into what promises to be months of tortuous budget debate with a plea from parents who want to save a summer school for their developmentally disabled kids. The July school for about 300 of the board’s most vulnerable students is one of the programs under scrutiny as […]

Nearly 8,000 Canadians provided written feedback on two redevelopment proposals for LeBreton Flats during nearly two weeks of public consultations.

Loblaw Companies Limited colleagues from across the country and local Ottawa residents came together Tuesday, Feb. 9, in an attempt to achieve the Guiness World Records title for the most participants in an ice hockey exhibition match. The previous record was 374 players (set in 2013) and some are hopeful that they can have 500 players […]

Security staff at Ottawa International Airport are being investigating after a prominent First Nations’ chief complained they acted disrespectfully in handling a ceremonial bundle he had as carry-on luggage.  Derek Nepinak, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, airport security staff showed a lack of cultural sensitivity during the screening process by mishandling and opening the object, […]

More than a year after announcing a new Civic hospital would be built on 60 acres of the historic Central Experimental Farm, The Ottawa Hospital now says it is reviewing other options in an effort to have “a hospital and a farm, not a hospital or a farm.” In a statement to the Citizen Tuesday, […]

Servers were getting prepared with corsets, face paint and feather boas as the New Orleans-style establishment, “Fat Tuesday’s” in the Byward Market celebrated Mardi Gras with a full evening of entertainment, including plenty of beads, masks and a fortune teller. The Ottawa bar is named after the annual celebration which marks the beginning of the […]

Provincial police are seeking public assistance in locating a repeat offender from Ottawa who has broken his parole conditions. A Canadawide warrant has been issued for Mohamed Seud Mahamud, 24. He is described as black, five-feet-10-inches tall and about 160 pounds. He is serving a four-year-nine-month sentence on five counts of robbery, plus wearing a disguise […]

Walter Henn was a self-made man — thus did he make more people eat more exotic meat at more farm markets than anyone in Eastern Ontario. Henn died Friday at age 76, when his heart finally gave out, his ambition still alive. Even from a bed at the Ottawa Heart Institute, he was sketching out plans to improve […]

This signing would seem to indicate 2016 will be the last for Henry Burris with the Redblacks.

Ottawa’s jail contends for the worst in the province and is much worse than when he last saw it about 10 years ago, the president of the union representing most of its guards and staff said after a tour Tuesday. “Using showers in a segregation unit as cells. That’s a first for me,” Warren “Smokey” Thomas […]

Ottawa’s community health centres have joined forces to address the urgent health needs of the 1,024 Syrian refugees who have landed in the city. The six community health centres, and the Bruyère Family Medicine Centre, have set up small medical clinics at three local hotels to screen the newcomers for immediate health issues, such as […]

Less than two months after Syrian refugee families started to arrive in Ottawa, about 150 children are already settling into local classrooms. The first refugee children started to arrive in Ottawa schools shortly after the Christmas break. So far, about 100 are in English public schools, another 38 are in English Catholic schools and a […]

Gatineau police have arrested and charged an Ottawa police officer as a result of an off-duty incident.  Const. Nermin Mesic, 40, faces charges of assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement. He has been released from custody and is to appear in Gatineau court on March 30. The Ottawa Police Service has suspended Mesic and the Professional Standards Section is investigating. Charges under […]

Iris Street near the Transitway was closed for hours Tuesday morning after an OC Transpo bus struck a pedestrian at around 8 a.m. Initial reports indicated a southbound No. 95 bus headed towards Algonquin College was attempting to pass through the Iris Street intersection when it struck a woman. Ottawa police described the woman’s injuries […]

About 40 post-doctoral researchers at Carleton University will be in a legal strike position Monday with last-ditch efforts to negotiation a first contract set to resume.