Новости за 01.03.2016

Eddie Ekiyor, a young Ottawa basketball star recruited to play for a major U.S. college team, pleaded guilty Monday in a hit-and-run last summer that left an off-duty police officer with serious back injuries. Ekiyor, 18, expressed remorse in a letter filed in court. “I am deeply sorry for all the pain I have caused you […]

The specialties at this funky, narrow eatery are worth singling out.

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate a suspect who injured a clerk at knifepoint in an Alta Vista convenience store robbery. On Feb. 25 at around 10:15 a.m. police say a man with a knife walked into a convenience store on Alta Vista Drive near Bank Street. The suspect pushed the store […]

An Orléans mom has written a cookbook featuring 120 of her gluten- and dairy-free healthy recipes.

An Ottawa criminal defence lawyer has been charged with dangerous driving after what police allege was a hit-and-run that left another driver with minor injuries. Natasha Calvinho was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to stop at the scene of the collision “with intent to escape civil or criminal liability,” according […]

March will begin with snow and plenty of it, says Environment Canada, and it warns that Tuesday afternoon’s rush hour won’t be pretty. Most of the snow will fall overnight and the total may reach 25 centimetres. The details: “Snow, heavy at times, is expected. The snow will begin late this (Tuesday) afternoon and intensify late […]

Iraqi troops started a new offensive Tuesday to retake a key area less than 100 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad, and push out Islamic State gunmen from there. More from the Associated Press article: According to a statement by the Joint Operations Command, the “new offensive” began at dawn in a swath agricultural area […]

Honeywell is abandoning its $90 billion buyout attempt of rival United Technologies, the Associated Press reports. More from the Associated Press: United Technologies Corp. had rejected the offer, saying a tie-up of the two industrial conglomerates would never be approved by anti-trust regulators. Honeywell International Inc. said Tuesday that it’s backing away because United Technologies […]

A chef's spin on fried rice takes the simple dish to delicious heights.

Brigadier-General Stéphane Lafaut, Commander 2nd Canadian Division and Joint Task Force (East) on Monday presented the third clasp to the Canadian Forces’ Decoration to eight Canadian Rangers from Nunavik, each of whom have 42 years of service. Recognizing 42 years of service by an individual is a rare occasion in the Canadian Forces and the presentation […]

Summing up the Ottawa Senators trade deadline day: a Prince was moved, and not for a King’s ransom. Shane Prince, a former OHL Ottawa 67’s star who joined the Senators as a second-round draft pick in 2011, developed to the point of being a full-time NHLer this season. Sort of. He struggled to produce (three […]

Four house fires, including two blazes believed to be the work of an arsonist, caused more than $1 million in total damage Sunday, according to estimates from Ottawa fire officials.

The Ottawa 67’s missed a chance to jump into fourth in the OHL’s Eastern Conference standings, falling 5-2 to the conference-leading Frontenacs on Monday night in Kingston. With the loss in the rescheduled game (after a storm postponed it last Wednesday), the 67’s dropped to 30-28-1-3 and remain one point behind the Niagara IceDogs and […]

The Boston Bruins made a difficult choice with Loui Eriksson but it was the right decision. Instead of sending him packing, they showed patience and kept him. There was no shortage of offers for the veteran winger and the Bruins could have easily made a trade to a Western Conference team that would have helped […]

One of three men accused of stuffing the body of Deepak Beaudoin-Reichmann into a duffel bag and dumping it into a creek pleaded guilty Monday to causing indignity to a human body.

The chair of the civilian body that governs the Ottawa police force says to further scrutinize why Chief Charles Bordeleau called a court staff member to make a personal inquiry related to his father-in-law’s traffic court case – the dismissal of which is now steeped in allegations of misconduct – would be “going on a […]

Better ways to battle mosquitoes Re: Plenty of ways insect-eating birds can benefit your yard, and The buzz in Kanata, Feb. 27. I have lived in the Beaverbrook area of Kanata for 35 years and never had a problem with mosquitoes. But now, I am being told I will have to pay $20 a year […]

The public servant at the heart of a recent human rights case, Mr. X, says he considers himself “a friendly and neighbourly sort” who tries hard to get along with his co-workers.

Canada used to put people in prison because of who their sexual partners were and how they had sex. But last week, the federal government announced it will recommend a posthumous pardon for Everett George Klippert, who spent nearly a decade in jail and was designated a dangerous sexual offender for having consensual relations with other men. “The […]

That neighbourhood party is rowdy. The music is bad, the hooting and whooping are aggravating and the clock is ticking towards morning. The dog is anxious and the kids can’t sleep. So you pick up the phone to lodge a noise complaint. But wait. Thanks to expected “efficiencies” (read: cost-savings) Ottawa police will no longer respond to noise complaints at certain […]

A 38-year-old Gatineau man is facing attempted murder and auto theft charges after a 77-year-old man was found severely beaten inside his Aylmer home on Saturday.

After being shoved to the sidelines of the big-C Conservative movement for nearly a decade, Canada’s social conservatives may soon find themselves perfectly placed to renew their push for mainstream political influence. In just three months, card-carrying party members are set to converge on Vancouver for a biennial convention that will not only serve as […]

After nearly four years of criminal proceedings against former construction boss Roland Eid, the Crown on Monday presented its final submissions. Federal prosecutor Moray Welch said nothing about Eid’s activities as an informant for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, concentrating instead on the financial drama that unfolded in Ottawa’s construction industry early in […]