Новости за 20.02.2016

Police are continuing efforts to confirm the identity of a man who was struck and killed while crossing Highway 401 westbound in Kingston Friday evening after a collision. The man was driving near Joyceville Road and John F. Scott Road in Kingston when he hit the centre concrete median and collided with another car at […]

The Ottawa 67’s got watered out Saturday at the TD Place arena in Lansdowne Park. A scheduled game between the 67’s and the Niagara IceDogs was postponed due to “unsafe conditions” on the ice, in particular an area between the net and the boards at one end of the rink where water was coming through the roof. A […]

Bitter cold temperatures, record (or at least near-record) snowfall, and now — freezing rain. Ottawa drivers and other road users continue to struggle navigating the difficult conditions this week.  Ottawa paramedics tweeted a photo of a car up on a snowbank on Highway 417 near Nicholas Street on Saturday morning.  “Drivers are just driving right off the road on […]

Esprit de Corps magazine, in its latest issue, has these details on developments in the defence and aerospace industry: Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. recently achieved 55,000 hours of airborne training services for the Canadian Armed Forces, German Armed Forces and other air forces worldwide. (Photo above is one of Discovery Air’s Dornier Alpha Jet […]

BELLEVILLE — A woman accused of 36 sex crimes involving minors is an Eastern Ontario teacher, police have revealed. Jaclyn Lindsay McLaren, also known as Jaclyn (Jackie) Jones, 36, of Stirling, Ont., is free on a $100,000 bond and strict conditions after a bail hearing Friday in Belleville court. Ontario Provincial Police then announced she was facing several […]

It might be a grassroots effort but there’s no grass growing under the volunteer group that hosted its 5th Annual Proud to be Bullyfree Gala at the Brookstreet Hotel on Friday. As the youth-focused cause continues to build momentum across the city, a sold-out crowd of 250 supporters and sponsors enjoyed a fun night of […]

The Rideau Canal will be closed Saturday “because of adverse weather conditions and their negative impact on the ice,” according to the National Capital Commission. The NCC is urging the public to stay off the ice and to respect the barricades and the signs at access points. Crews will work to reopen the canal as quickly as possible, […]

Sliding into winter – and life Re: The Great snowstorm of 1947, Feb. 18. I had to smile as I read this paragraph in Bruce Deachman’s article on the great snowstorm of 1947:  “It took a taxicab, a toboggan, two police officers and her husband to get Mrs. H.W. Carruthers, pregnant and expecting a ‘blessed event’ at […]

Members of OC Transpo's largest union have voted 80.5 per cent in favour of a four-year contract extension with the City of Ottawa.

The Carleton Ravens dumped Wilfrid Laurier 97-60 on Friday night at the Ravens' Nest while outrebounding the Golden Hawks 51-20.

After holding steady for two periods Friday night, the Ottawa 67's fell 5-2 to the Kingston Frontenacs at the TD Place arena.

HMCS Windsor has docked at the Norfolk naval base in Virginia after the Canadian submarine ran into mechanical issues while at sea. The submarine was heading towards Halifax on Monday when an issue emerged with its battery. Royal Canadian Navy officers ordered the sub to Norfolk. Commodore Craig Baines told the Canadian Press news service […]

The Central Experimental Farm should have some formal protection that would keep politicians from handing pieces of it off to other people, environment minister and Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna says. She doesn’t know what form that might take, and it’s not a problem that’s at the top of her long to-do list, she told […]

Ottawa’s donut demand has caused Suzy Q move to a bigger location, says day manager Jesse McDonald. The bakery is now located at 969 Wellington St. W., the former site of the West End Well Co-op, about a block from Suzy Q’s original shack shop. The business moved Jan 2, with McDonald noting that the beginning of […]

General Tom Middendorp, Chief of Defence of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, laid a wreath at the Memorial Hall of the Canadian War Museum on Friday, February 19, 2016 to pay tribute to all WWII Canadian Liberators of the Netherlands. Following the ceremony he met personally with a group of ten […]

An Ottawa firm is offering a solution to pilots worried about laser strikes against their aircraft: specially engineered glasses that reflect the green light emitted by most handheld pointers. Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. launched its line of laser reflection glasses after being approached by a coalition of aviation safety officials concerned about the dramatic rise […]

Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli, who will double as GM of the Under-23 squad, will get a closer look at Ceci when the Senators travel to Edmonton next Tuesday.

Ambulance crews from the rural areas are indeed getting sucked into the “black hole” of the urban core, Ottawa’s paramedic chief concedes.  The only fix is more resources, says Anthony Di Monte, the city’s acting general manager of emergency and protective services. Call volume has increase 23 per cent since 2011 with no additional resources. […]