Новости за 05.04.2016

Ottawa firefighters were on the scene of a brush fire in a rural area west of Ottawa on Tuesday that expanded to cover more than two acres in size. According to fire officials, the blaze began at around 12:15 p.m. when a resident at a property on Franktown Road in the area of Ashton Station Road and Silver […]

The city is expanding the special initiative that provides developers with a concierge in the planning department to representatives from community associations.

Dropped Sunday, the Panama Papers have swiftly become the ruling-class equivalent of the Sony hack: Everyone’s dirty laundry has been aired, no matter how rich or how powerful, and the consequences are already unfolding mere days later. Tuesday, the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, resigned after being implicated in the Mossack Fonseca scandal. […]

The head of the union representing Ontario’s correctional officers is calling on the minister responsible for the province’s jails to resign over his “inept” handling of Ottawa’s jail. Warren “Smokey” Thomas said Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi should go following the dismissal of Ottawa-Carleton Detention superintendent Maureen Harvey last week. The […]

Almost two years ago, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi was tasked by Premier Kathleen Wynne in his ministerial mandate letter to lead the “transformation” of correctional services with special attention to improving “service requirements for female inmates.” We recently learned that the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre was housing female inmates in its […]

The question is not why has Cyprus established a diplomatic mission in Canada this year. Rather, it’s why has it taken so long? So says Cypriot High Commissioner Pavlos Anastasiades, the amiable head-of-mission who presented his credentials to Gov.-Gen. David Johnston two weeks ago. Prior to December, when the high commission was established in Canada, […]

At Gigspace Saturday, the Ottawa duo joins forces with Montreal's Adrian Vedady on bass and drummer Camil Belisle.

A humble restaurant in Vanier serves the chef's mother's recipes for pupusas, pollo asado, braised ribs and more.

The LCBO has identified “slow sellers” that will not be continuously warehoused in Ottawa — and won’t be readily available for LCBO stores, restaurants, and bars to order when they need them.

A notorious Afghan warlord who lives in hiding has dropped a key condition for ending his war of more than 40 years with Kabul, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: According to Amin Karim, an official of the Hezb-i-Islami Party, the party’s leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is no longer […]

You may still need those winter tires, Environment Canada says in a special alert for the capital. They’re expecting snow — five to 10 centimetres of it from Tuesday night through Wednesday. But the amounts for individual places are still considered “uncertain.” The details: “A low pressure system is expected to bring significant snowfall to the area beginning […]

Barrhaven firefighter Tim Keohane was riding to work with his wife Jill early Tuesday morning when the pair spotted smoke from a bungalow off of Greenbank Road, near Jockvale road. Keohane had his wife pull their vehicle off to the side of the road, called in the fire and ran to the home’s front door in […]

Looking for a place that’s spacious, easily accessible, flexible and affordable? A bungalow might be the home of your dreams. It’s a style that’s always in demand and offers buyers an array of benefits. Its one-level living makes it an excellent choice for seniors and families with young children. And with the right design, bungalows are bright, airy and open. They’re often […]

Just three days before his political fate will be decided by the card-carrying New Democrats set to descend on Edmonton for the party’s biennial convention this weekend, Tom Mulcair will hit the stage in front of “hundreds of labour activists” as the United Steelworkers National Policy Conference gets underway in Montreal. According to the programme […]

Growing stress levels among unpaid caregivers is something that is increasingly alarming health officials in Ontario, who say there are more patients, and sicker patients, including more with dementia, needing care at a time when caregivers are burning out.

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the man charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run near Arnprior early Saturday morning.

With three games still remaining in the Ottawa Senators disappointing season, Mika Zibanejad is labeling his own year as something in the so-so category. “I’ve made some improvements this year,” Zibanejad said following Monday’s practice in preparation for Tuesday’s visit by Sidney Crosby and the high-flying Pittsburgh Penguins. “I can’t say I’m disappointed at the […]

Ottawa police have arrested two men believed to have been involved in a fight in which a knife was used to injure a victim, after the men attempted to flee the scene using public transit. Police said the pair were arrested around 10 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Glamorgan Drive and Castlefrank Road in […]

Less than two months after “Stuntman” Stu Schwartz began a fight against cancer, the popular Ottawa Senators PA announcer and longtime radio host is in remission.

Officials at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre intend to pursue their plan to open a safe-injection service in downtown Ottawa even if the proposal is ultimately rejected by city council.

The Chilean resupply ship Almirante Montt arrived at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Monday as part of the continued short-term Mutual Logistic Support Arrangement between the Royal Canadian Navy and the Chilean Navy. It is supporting the RCN which is now without resupply ships. While on route to Esquimalt, Almirante Montt rendezvoused with HMCS Vancouver to […]

The province is going to let Ontario’s cities ban corporate and union campaign contributions and use a new kind of ballot for their next elections, if they want. This could, and should, make life uncomfortable for a lot of Ottawa politicians. Municipal Affairs Minister Ted McMeekin announced the plans Monday. The first idea arrives in Ottawa […]

The fall from grace for a former Canadian Forces major who swindled more than $65,000 from a school in one of the city’s wealthiest neighbourhood’s was completed in an Ottawa courtroom Monday. That’s where Mark MacDonald, once one of the senior officers serving alongside now retired Lt. Gen. Andrew Leslie, was sentenced to six months […]

Now in his third season with the Harlem Globetrotters, “El Gato” Melendez visited the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) on Monday, April 4 as part of the Globetrotters’ Smile Patrol program.  A Harlem Globetrotters Smile Patrol visit is designed to brighten the day and lift the spirits of children who are unable to attend […]

It appears unlikely that Stone would be back for Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. It’s also possible that he could be kept out of Thursday’s game against Florida and the regular season finale, Saturday against Boston.