Новости за 29.03.2016

An angry Yasir Naqvi vowed Tuesday his deputy minister will “get to the bottom” of how ministry staff were able to provide him false and inaccurate information about the use of shower cells in Ottawa’s jail. The minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Ottawa MPP said it “seems to be the case” that […]

The Ontario Liberals are planning to tighten the province’s rules for political donations, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Tuesday, hip-deep in a scandal over her ministers’ hitting corporations and lobbyists up for cash. This fall, the premier said, she’ll propose a ban on corporate and union contributions to provincial parties and candidates and lower the maximum contribution […]

AMH Style boutique offers fashions for every taste and budget

Cynthia Paquin stepped back to wipe away tears while helping to arrange more than 900 dead birds on the floor of City Hall on Tuesday. It was Safe Wings Ottawa’s chance to show passersby the deadly results of birds crashing into buildings. The volunteer group documented 1,297 collisions in 2015, and much of that carnage was lined up […]

When city councillors consider the future of Ottawa’s taxi industry in April, they will have to balance public interest, safety, competition and their own role in governing public transportation. As people here debate what the new taxi rules should be, it’s important not to be seduced by the hype that surrounds the “ride sharing” service […]

Commentator Gerald Caplan thinks Donald Trump will be the next president. He thinks Hillary Clinton will wilt amid the billion-dollar attack campaign mounted by America’s “vast extremist right-wing conspiracy.” He thinks she is unready for the “unpredictable” force coursing through the thrashing body politic. Caplan’s argument in The Globe and Mail erodes from his opening […]

Maternity fashions that fit and flatter

Interior designer and jewelry designer Tazim Lal’s life has been marked by loss and faith. Her Rockcliffe home speaks to her journey

When was the last time you had a concussion? More importantly, how did you know? Chances are, you might not have been aware that you were suffering from one. A new blood test may make them easier to detect in the future, but at present concussions are tough to diagnose. Moreover, many of the symptoms of […]

High-flying chef and culinary champion Marc Lepine is set to open six-seat restaurant

Since the days of the ancient Greeks, there have been claims that wine and spirits have therapeutic properties.

A young motorcyclist was caught in a cornfield after a brief footchase Monday after causing a lot of excitement on Highway 401 Monday with his high-speed erratic driving in the middle of the busy post-Easter weekend traffic. Police said they were called just before 3 p.m. with reports of a motorcyclist speeding on the westbound 401 […]

Statement from the Acting Wing Commander 19 Wing Comox, Lt.-Col Jim Rossell: It is with great sadness that 19 Wing Comox confirms that the fatality reported yesterday by the RCMP was Corporal Christopher Stacey, a serving member of the Canadian Armed Forces based here at CFB Comox. Corporal Stacey was killed in a local single […]

Russia is now looking for bids from companies for a contract to produce a little more than 10,000 medals for its military personnel who served in the Syrian war. The Russian Defence Ministry approved the creation of the medal in November. Russia hasn’t provided details about the extent of its involvement in Syria so some […]

14 Wing Greenwood will be conducting a large search and rescue exercise starting today. It runs until April 2. Two C-130s and two Cormorant helicopters will be taking part in the exercise; locations for the exercise include Summerside and Charlottetown, PEI; Miramichi, NB; Halifax and Cape Breton, NS, the Canadian Forces noted. 14 Wing will […]

Police in Smiths Falls are looking for a man who stole more than $2,000 worth of razor blades from an area pharmacy last week. Police said the suspect, between 25-30 years of age, entered the drug store shortly before closing time last Tuesday, Mar. 22. He apparently stuffed the packages of disposable razors under a coat and fled. […]

Q: We’ve had this wooden object in our family for at least three generations. It is about 12 centimetres high, there is a brush suspended in the lid that can be moved up and down and spun by using the finial, and the base contains another opposing brush. The side has three round openings and […]

Ontario Provincial Police say an investigation has shown there was no child-luring attempt in the town of Prescott after two young girls reported last week they had been lured by a man and a woman in a van offering them balloons. “Police have located the van and all parties involved. The investigation revealed there was no […]

Arson investigators have been called to investigate a fire in Sandy Hill Monday night, one of two minor fires on the overnight shift. Fire services were called to 320 Wiggins Private at about 8:40 p.m. and were able to quickly contain the blaze on the building’s third floor. No  one was injured in the fire, but […]

Chamberfest 2016 will be a celebration of women and music.  For the festival’s artistic director, this year’s gathering has evolved almost organically. “Early in the 2016 programming process,” said Roman Borys, in an email interview in advance of the release of the festival lineup Tuesday morning, “I realized that I had already secured a number of […]

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast’s Easter message had a particular resonance for me this year, reminding me of my mother’s dying gift. “We have lost a sense of life, the beauty of life,” the head Ottawa’s Roman Catholic diocese said. He was commenting on the church’s concerns regarding the federal government’s need to draft laws on physician-assisted suicide. […]

The 24-year-old woman who was shot on Easter morning planned to use her understanding of victims’ rights to work with youth when she graduated from Algonquin College. Christina Voelzing, 24, was weeks away from completing a Victimology program when she was shot several times inside a Bells Corners home. Neighbours said they heard several gunshots at […]

Neighbours are asking whether two dogs that died in a house fire in Aylmer on Sunday might have been saved if similar sounding street names hadn’t caused confusion with firefighters. “I called 911 and told them it was at 46 Rue de la Terrasse and they sent (the firefighters) to Rue de la Terrasse-Eardley,” said Lisa Dolan, a resident who […]

The gaunt man in the prisoner’s box is asking for bail, but the Crown prosecutor isn’t having any of it. The prosecutor, neatly and conservatively dressed, lists a string of criminal offences and a couple of relatively minor charges as he argues his case for keeping the 30-year-old defendant at the notorious jail on Innes Road until his case […]

67’s 4, Ice Dogs 2 Niagara leads best-of-seven series 2-1 A bounce here, a bounce there — in hockey they call it puck luck — and the Ottawa 67’s could have gone into Game 3 of their best-of-seven OHL playoff series against the Niagara Ice Dogs up 2-0. Instead, the 67’s, in an Easter Monday […]