Новости за 09.04.2016

In February 2012, Defence Watch reported on a RCAF C-130 Hercules aircraft that was severely damaged by fire and forced to land in Key West, Florida. The RCAF noted the aircraft was a write-off. Now the CANADIAN FORCES FLIGHT SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT is in and here is a summary: “During a touch and go at […]

Canada's most celebrated military victory began on a windswept ridge in France on the morning of April 9, 1917. And on Saturday, some 99 years later, the Battle of Vimy Ridge was commemorated on a windswept plaza in Ottawa.

By Raphael Satter And Lorne Cook, The Associated Press BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities charged four more suspects Saturday with “participating in terrorist acts” linked to the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels, the federal prosecution office said. Arrested suspects Mohamed Abrini, Osama K., Herve B. M. and Bilal E. M. have all been charged with participating […]

North Korea said Saturday it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to stage nuclear strikes on the United States.

Next season we will be swamped with 25th anniversary celebrations of the Ottawa Senators. There will be another anniversary of sorts. Next spring marks 20 years since the Senators first reached the Stanley Cup playoffs, on a goal by Steve Duchesne and a shutout by Ron Tugnutt – against the Buffalo Sabres on April 12, […]

It was off with those long locks during the recent Shave for a Cure event at the University of Ottawa.

On April 8, Colonel Jason Major assumed command of Air Task Force-Iraq (ATF-I) from Colonel Shayne Elder in a change of command ceremony held at Camp Canada in Kuwait, according to the Canadian Forces. Here are more details provided by Canadian Forces public affairs: The camp is home of Joint Task Force-Iraq, the higher headquarters […]

There is one winning ticket for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw — and it was sold somewhere in British Columbia.

BOSTON — Whether the Ottawa Senators win or lose here Saturday, feelings of bitter disappointment at not making the playoffs will follow the sound of the final buzzer. In the search for final game incentives though, the Senators would like nothing better than to leave the Boston Bruins with the same empty feelings at not […]

A La Pêche man in his 50s was taken to hospital with several broken bones after a home invasion on Friday night, police said.  Little is yet being revealed about the motivation behind the attack as police continue their investigation into the invasion that took place just before 10:30 p.m. on Victor Robert Road in La Pêche.  MRC […]

Harm reduction works, Mr. Mayor Re: Battle lines drawn on proposed safe injection site for Ottawa, April 6. I am writing in response to your report on Mayor Jim Watson’s and Chief Charles Bordeleau’s objection to safe injection sites for those citizens struggling with addiction. Your reporter refers to the practice of harm reduction as […]

Kanata company Neptec Design Group will be working with a North Ontario mining technology firm to create equipment that could be used for deep-space prospecting missions to the moon, Mars or even an asteroid. The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a $700,000 contract to Sudbury-based Deltion Innovations to develop PROMPT (or Percussive and Rotary Multi-Purpose Tool), a […]

Scripture guided their forbears to reject electricity and cars, writes Josiah Neufeld, but these modern Mennonites spurn our tech-obsessed culture for other reasons. Can these neo-Luddites help us with our own smartphone struggles? Marcus Rempel has a pair of oxen he thinks of as friends. On a mild day in February near Beausejour, Man., the wiry […]

The Finance Department formally gave up the missing five-year costs from the Liberal budget, avoiding a parliamentary showdown with Canada’s budget watchdog. Finance Deputy Minister Paul Rochon turned over the numbers for the missing three years that Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette requested in a letter last week. The PBO had wanted those numbers by April […]

Last summer, Charles Berniqué suffered from what doctors initially thought was an extreme case of food poisoning after a birthday lunch out with his wife. His esophagus had burst, and a giant infection was taking over his body. “I thought when I got home I could walk it off, but it wasn’t the case,” Berniqué said. His […]

The Liberal government is considering whether to officially apologize to hundreds of homosexuals fired from positions in the public service or military during the Cold War simply because they were gay.

Thousands – maybe millions – of products are greeting visitors at this weekend’s Cottage and Backyard Show at the EY Centre.

When Uber driver Anupam Kakkar recently dropped off a customer near a taxi stand at Metcalfe and Sparks, a trio of licensed cabbies quickly spotted him. “F— Uber, f— Uber,” the cabbies started shouting, Kakkar says. (The customer had unintentionally tipped the taxi drivers off by hopping out of the back seat of the Uber, instead of the front, […]

The City of Ottawa is a step closer to legalizing Uber. Angry cabbies shouted and hollered at city councillors Friday after a committee reviewing proposed changes to Ottawa’s taxi regime made only minor tweaks to staff recommendations that pave the way for companies like Uber to operate here. “You’re biased!” one driver yelled at the community and […]

Canada’s science minister says she’s reviewing the state of research in Canada, and wants to balance the National Research Council’s industrial work with its basic research. Kirsty Duncan sent a statement in response to series of articles in this week’s Citizen outlining confusion and sudden changes of direction at the NRC, the federal government’s biggest science agency. […]

Tausif Chowdhury, the popular Carleton University student killed on a bike path by the South Keys Transitway station on Nov. 26, 2014, was hammered and stabbed to death in a drug deal gone wrong.

One hundred years ago, the National Research Council “rallied the nation’s science and technology resources to counter threats faced by Canadians and their wartime allies,” according to an inspirational blurb on its website. When the First World War ended, that role evolved into research “to solve pressing national challenges. “Today’s nuclear energy, aerospace, and communication […]