Новости за 22.03.2016

Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau has called for a community-wide effort in response to the spate of shootings and gun violence in the city. His letter, written as an opinion piece for the Citizen, was a call to action and a reminder of our collective responsibility to each other.   From the horrors of gun and gang […]

Sandra Oey and Rocky D’Angelo of Ottawa, who are vacationing in Belgium, were near the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels Tuesday morning, the scene of one of two terror attacks that left up to 31 dead and dozens wounded. “I thought it was a car accident at first but then I saw smoke coming out […]

A veteran of Ottawa's Italian restaurants helms a kitchen that stresses simple, from-scratch cooking of fine ingredients.

Organizers of the annual Nuit Blanche say there will not be a festival in 2016, but they describe this as a pause to reflect, not a cancellation of the event. Still the organizers do not say there will be a Nuit Blanche in 2017 in their media release. Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau (NBOG) is an all-night […]

The Arboretum Festival will celebrate its fifth edition in a new location: Ottawa City Hall on Aug. 17 to Aug. 20. Among the acts coming this year are METZ, a rising band with strong local roots, hiphop star Junglepussy, Mykki Blanco, Sloan, who will perform their 1996 album One Chord to Another, Dilly Dally, Arcade Fire […]

The award-winning chef/owner of Chez Edgar in Gatineau offers recipes for three appetizers that are easy to make and cost-efficient.

Eugene Melnyk isn’t happy and he isn’t going to sit still. With his team on the verge of being eliminated from the playoffs with nine games left in the season, the unhappy Senators’ owner told reporters Tuesday morning at the Canadian Tire Centre that there will be changes in the off-season and absolutely “nobody is safe.” He […]

Of the dozens of kinds of Top Shelf Preserves, Sara Pishva's Tomatillo Salsa stands alone.

This luscious Easter dessert works even for those who are avoiding gluten, dairy or eggs.

Members of the Sûreté du Québec police were called to Highway 5 near the exit for Highway 50 and Maisonneuve Boulevard to respond to a dispute between two people early Tuesday morning. When they arrived, the victim, a 29-year-old man, said he was intentionally struck by a vehicle.  Police intercepted the vehicle in question and engaged […]

By Lorne Cook And John-Thor Dahlburg BRUSSELS — Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 28 people were reported dead. A spokesman for the Brussels Metro said 15 people were […]

After months of speculation on everything from the size of the deficit to the scope of the promised infrastructure spending splurge, Finance Minister Bill Morneau will reveal his government’s federal fiscal vision when he delivers his first budget speech – and tables his first budget presentation – in the House of Commons this afternoon. @Kady: […]

If you love ballet in all its expressions, you’re going to adore the NAC’s new dance season. Ballet is always a big draw for the NAC, but pointe shoes and classical lines are especially abundant in the 2016-17 program, with a galaxy of star-studded companies, timeless romantic favourites and new creations by contemporary masters. In […]

Pedestrian malls can be made to work Re: Let’s Kill the Sparks Street Mall, March 18. I was executive director of the Sparks Street Mall during the 1990s. During those heady times, I fought with five levels of government trying to drag the original 1967 “pedestrian concept” into the ’90s with little success. The best that could […]

In a dramatic about-face, the Ottawa Police Service board will ask a civilian oversight body to investigate the conduct of Chief Charles Bordeleau on the day he admitted calling a court staff member to inquire about his father-in-law’s traffic case.

Landowners who are on private wells and septic services vented their frustrations Monday night over proposed changes to how the city collects money for stormwater services.  At the first of eight public consultations, Osgoode resident Roger Shier said he believed stormwater services should be covered by the city’s road budget.  “The current system is wrong. Being on […]

In the end, it came down to the credibility of a teenage girl who was raped in 2013 while trying to catch an OC Transpo bus to visit her grandmother. The girl, then 15, said she had been gang raped and four Ottawa men went on trial for sexual assault, forcible confinement, sexual interference and sex […]

In less than a month, Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt will hand down his ruling on the 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery pending against Senator Mike Duffy. At the centre of Duffy’s defence — and, as a result, the Crown’s case against him — is the question of just how meticulously the upper […]

Ottawa firefighters quickly declared a two-alarm fire after arriving at 15 Finland Priv. on Monday evening.

Ron Cogan might be the most sought-after wedding and special events videographer in Ottawa — for the wrong reasons. Dozens of clients who paid upfront for services from Ron Cogan Video Productions have waited and waited for the souvenir of their special day. Now two video editors who stopped working for Cogan after disputes about money are searching for […]

Ontario is hiring 2,000 correctional officers over the next three years, although exactly how many will be posted to Ottawa's detention centre has not been determined.

It looks as if the National Gallery of Canada will have to endure at least two more years of window-rattling explosions from Canada Day fireworks.

Neither doctors nor the institutions where they work should be forced to offer physician-assisted suicide, an expert on end-of-life decision making said Monday. Judith Wahl, of Toronto’s Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, said Ontario should be able to create a system in which physician assisted death is accessible for those who qualify and want it, […]

Neil Vary, the man who drove Christina Alfonzo to the hospital on Wednesday as she was having a stroke, said he was overwhelmed with emotion when he found out she was in stable condition.

An unusual parachute failure and insufficient instructor training were the causes behind a near-fatal July 2015 skydiving accident near Gatineau, a report has found.