Новости за 29.02.2016

You can go watch trustees at Ottawa’s English public school board debate a code of conduct they’ll use to discipline each other, but if you want to know in advance what they’ll talk about, you have to ask. The board posted a notice that its “ad-hoc working committee” on the code, partly aimed at dissident […]

A zoo owner shot and killed a five-year-old male lion named Zeus that had escaped from its enclosure at a small private zoo near Wendover Sunday afternoon. Officers from Hawkesbury OPP rushed to the scene and found the African lion walking near the entrance of Papanack Park Zoo, an unfenced area. There was no way […]

When Simone Deneau began working as an usher at the National Arts Centre in 1978, the Canadian music industry was in its infancy. International artists like Roger Whitaker and Nana Mouskouri would play Southam Hall for a week at a time, while the biggest Canadian acts hailed from Quebec. Deneau was 18 when she got […]

Hydro Ottawa's customers should see some savings after the Ontario Energy Board approved a 155-per-cent increase in the annual fee it can charge cable TV carriers for attaching their transmission lines to hydro poles.

Plus refinishing a woodstove door and a replacement energy source for infloor heating

All school buses are cancelled in Ottawa, Upper Canada District School Board, the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario, the Conseil des écoles catholiques du centre-est and public and catholic schools in Renfrew County. School remain open. Freezing rain with the temperatures hovering around -5 C has caused roads to become slippery and hazardous. The […]

The Chambers may be closed for the week, but the Commons Foyer will be hit by a flurry of activity later this morning as the ministers of environment and international trade – Catherine McKenna and Chrystia Freeland, respectively – team up for an “important announcement” this morning. Elsewhere on the parliamentary media circuit, Canadian Union […]

The Internet has revolutionized real estate transactions, and anyone who has sold a property will tell you that the key is to get both online and offline exposure for your listing

Speed cameras help make roads safer Re: Councillor cites public requests in call for photo radar, Feb. 25. I applaud Coun. Riley Brockington’s request for City Hall to consider the use of photo radar. The mayor wants to look at evidence that it saves lives and cuts down on accidents and injuries. There is ample and conclusive […]

During the Quebec and Ontario March Breaks, Feb. 28-March 5 and March 13-19, families are invited to come and enjoy themed activities at both the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum

On March 7, the Ottawa Hospital will finally hold an information session on the design of the future Civic Campus. This comes 470 days after then-minister John Baird announced the severance of 60 acres from the Central Experimental Farm for a new hospital. While I welcome the hospital’s latter-day commitment to bringing the public to the […]

Sharp-eyed Defence Watch readers pointed out that the cost to hire a Chilean Navy supply ship appears to be more expensive than the cost to hire a Spanish Navy supply ship for the similar job of supporting the Royal Canadian Navy. The Chilean ship providing support and crew training opportunities on the west coast last […]

HMCS Windsor is still at the Norfolk naval base in Virginia after the Canadian submarine ran into mechanical issues while at sea. Defence Watch reported that the sub sailed to Norfolk after an issue emerged with its battery. Commodore Craig Baines said that the sub arrived at that U.S. naval base on Feb. 18. The RCN […]

The sound of popping balloons had dozens of police officers descending on Carleton University Sunday evening, following erroneous reports of a shooter on campus.

Tracy Guenard and John Rathwell are embarking on a two-year adventure in a '91 Volkswagon van to find uplifting stories and show the therapeutic nature of something called green exercise.

AURORA, Ont. Police say a man accused in a string of Canadian bank robberies — including one in Ottawa — who was arrested in Switzerland has been returned to Canada to face charges. York Region Police, a suburban Toronto force, issued an international arrest warrant and Jeffrey James Shuman was picked up in Geneva last September. Police […]

The Senators refused to let their playoff hopes go up in smoke as they closed out their western road swing Saturday night with a victory against the Calgary Flames. Now, it’s up to GM Bryan Murray to decide what his next move will be. With the NHL trade deadline set for Monday at 3 p.m., […]

A skier from the B Wave of racers comes from behind and takes the championship in the 51-kilometre freestyle event.

A little extra practice before the Brier is what Jean-Michel Ménard hopes will enable his Quebec team to get off to a faster start in the Brier.

Michael Crockatt, the 41-year-old former vice-president of business development and marketing at the Ottawa International Airport Authority, talks to the Citizen's DON BUTLER about his new job as president and CEO of Ottawa Tourism, which starts March 7.

So accustomed are we now to senseless gun death, we seek consolation in the victim’s failings.  This is how we greet a young man’s homicide, in Ottawa, in 2016? We shan’t be too hard on Bay ward Coun. Mark Taylor and his remark there was a “consoling factor” in the slaying of Taylor Morrow-Flint, who last week took a […]

Ottawa police are downloading middle-of-the-night noise complaints to the city’s bylaw office. And that has councillors and community groups concerned because bylaw officers don’t work during the middle of the night. As it stands, noise complaints are handled by bylaw officers until 2 a.m. (4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings). The bylaw officers are sometimes […]

A day after his first 51-kilometre race ever, 24-year-old Petri Bailey becomes a Gatineau Loppet champion in the 27K freestyle event.

A new automated pay system the federal government is rolling out in departments will save millions in overpayments to Canada’s public servants and speed up processing that has caused pay glitches and delays, say officials at Public Services and Procurement. The new off-the-shelf system, known as Phoenix, went live last week — four months later than planned […]