Новости за 14.03.2016

After receiving $10 million from the federal government, an Ottawa organization is poised to play a key role in funding thousands of community activities and events marking Canada's 150th anniversary next year.

While he says he’s feeling better about his game after scoring the opening goal in Saturday’s 4-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, he’s not making any bold public pronouncements about having found another offensive gear just yet.

As Zack Smith carries his five-game goal scoring streak into Tuesday’s game against Parise and the Wild at Canadian Tire Centre, he insists that he’s the same player that he has always been and is simply benefitting from being in the right place at the right time on a makeshift line with Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mark Stone.

A social media firestorm is sweeping across the newsfeeds of Harry Potter fans and Indigenous people in North America. It stems from J.K. Rowling’s online fiction series “History of Magic in North America,” a recent expansion beyond the ubiquitous Harry Potter universe.  In it, Rowling takes the more than 500 distinct Nations of North America and […]

Two teenagers were taken to hospital after they were struck by a vehicle on Greenbank and Wessex roads Monday afternoon.  The teens were hit shortly before 3 p.m. Ottawa paramedics said a 16-year-old boy was treated for a serious head injury before he was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. A 15-year-old girl was treated for […]

Three pet stores could continue to sell dogs and cats from breeders under a recommended bylaw change. “The proposed amendments to the pet shop regulations would ensure all sources of cats and dogs are inspected and operating within provincial standards of care,” city staff write in a report published Monday. While the city wants to make sure pet […]

In an unprecedented move, Ottawa’s police Chief Charles Bordeleau has released an open letter to the community promising a doubling of the force’s guns and gangs unit and pledging that those responsible for five area murders since the turn of the year will “be held accountable.” Four of the five murders were gun-related. Police have […]

Maple syrup — good for the brain? It’s early, but teams from Toronto and the U.S. are investigating whether it protects against Alzheimer’s. University of Toronto professor Don Weaver announced results this weekend showing maple syrup extract may prevent proteins in brain cells from folding the wrong way — as they do in Alzheimer’s disease. And […]

The violence that has resulted in the murder of five young men in 2016 is a heartbreaking cause for concern for our entire community. It has left families grieving and a community searching for answers on how to prevent these crimes. The individuals responsible for these deaths will be held accountable. But our overall response […]

This Friday’s free-jazz concert by Ottawa drummer Jesse Stewart and his trio will give the audience a double dose of insight into the artistic process. Not only will Stewart, New York bassist William Parker and Toronto baritone saxophonist David Mott perform utterly improvised and unfettered music. A row of seats at GigSpace on Gladstone Avenue will be […]

Smiths Falls police are hunting for a charge card fraudster with apparent dreams of a lottery jackpot.  Between Jan. 29 and Feb. 7, a man traversed Lanark County — making stops in Smiths Falls, Perth and Carleton Place — with a stolen credit card, which he used to ring up roughly $2,200 in purchases.  The “unknown suspect” […]

Karen Round was pretty upset when her fellow school board trustees voted against what she thought was a reasonable suggestion to vary the location of meetings in the sprawling district that encompasses cottage country around Haliburton County, Kawartha Lakes and Muskoka. So Round did what everyone does in the age of social media. She took […]

With the House of Commons once again on hiatus, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and his parliamentary secretary, John McKay, are taking advantage of the break to head across the Atlantic for a whirlwind European tour.  According to the schedule released by his office, the pair are slated to meet “defence counterparts” in Ukraine, Poland and […]

Q: How should I build a basement over bedrock? I plan to use insulated concrete forms (ICFs) for the foundation, and I want a bone-dry basement. Rather than use a sump pump at the lowest point, can we simply drill a two-inch hole sloped down through the rock bluff to get rid of water? A: […]

The way Canadian rock superstar Raine Maida recalls it, his first meeting with Nadine Gelineau in October 2015 was a perfectly ridiculous ‘L.A. moment.’ Maida, frontman to Our Lady Peace, had just parked his car — an electric car, this being Los Angeles — in hipster central’s Koreatown, home to L.A.’s best karaoke, noodles and […]

In late 2018, a woman’s image will appear on a Canadian banknote. Other than the Queen, she’ll be the only woman so honoured. This is so long overdue that it might not matter much now. Banknotes are ever less present in our daily lives. I’ve had the same $20 for emergencies tucked deep in my […]

The triumph of Mauril Bélanger Re: Poignant honour: Veteran MP Mauril Bélanger serves as Speaker for a day, March 9. Bravo to Mauril Bélanger, our MP since we came to Ottawa almost nine years ago. Bravo also to all the parliamentarians who made it possible for Mr. Bélanger to realize his dream of being the Speaker of the […]

Nearly 35 years after the patriation of the Constitution of Canada, Quebec remains on the outside looking in, still today the only province that has yet to sign our national pact. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard have the power to make things right, and the Constitution’s 150th anniversary next year is […]

Give Kevin Koe and his teammates credit. They picked a great time to be at their best. Koe, Mark Kennedy, Brent Laing and Ben Hebert displayed coolness, consistency and ruthlessness throughout the Tim Hortons Brier playoffs, and on Sunday night they turned those qualities into a championship with a 9-5 triumph against Brad Gushue’s Newfoundland and Labrador foursome […]

As a Metcalfe family waited and waited outside the arrivals gate at the Ottawa airport Sunday afternoon, it wasn’t just for a long hoped-for hug. It was for the gift of life. Finally, Colin Jayantha Perera spotted Lasantha Bandara, who had travelled across the world from Sri Lanka to help a man he hadn’t seen […]

Calgary Inferno 8, Montreal Canadiennes 3 Leave it to Hayley Wickenheiser, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and a mother of a 16-year-old son, to sum up what it means to win the Clarkson Cup as Canadian Women’s Hockey League champions. “I’ve pretty much won every championship except this one and just to do it with […]

On Monday, Elaine Brimicombe may be able to sleep in a bit, then kick up her feet and relax … at least for a few minutes. The vice-chair of the Tim Hortons Brier, which wrapped up Sunday night at TD Place, has been going non-stop for days, weeks, to help ensure the success of an […]

The National Capital Commission says it will separate the rebuilding of a heritage site on Clarence Street from upgrades to the neighbouring block of Sussex Drive to ensure what it considers an integral part of its contribution to Canada’s sesquicentennial celebration is ready on time. NCC chief executive Mark Kristmanson told about 20 neighbourhood residents the NCC plans to begin […]

A good final-game performance and a bronze medal provide some consolation to the 2013 Brier champions from Sault Ste. Marie.

Hundreds of Ottawans headed out to the ByWard Market on Sunday to enjoy the sun and warm temperatures before bad weather hits on Monday.