Новости за 23.04.2016

Emergency responders used the “jaws of life” equipment to extricate a trapped passenger following a two-car collision in front of the Baseline Road Walmart store Saturday. En route to the scene at 1357 Baseline Rd., firefighters were told that one car was on top of another car and, on arrival, they confirmed that there were […]

About 30 Ottawa scouts and volunteers prepped, packed and “portaged” a canoe chockfull of non-perishable goods across town to Ottawa Food Bank on Saturday. It was a good turn — or a good deed — to challenge other Canadians to pay it forward and to perform acts of kindness. Scouts from Regina, Toronto and Halifax also held canoe […]

A Quebec man accused of sexual offences related to a 10-year-old boy has been remanded for a bail hearing Tuesday following a brief appearance at the Ottawa courthouse Saturday morning. Nicholas Boudreault, 28, of Sherbrooke, Que., made a brief appearance via video link and was charged with one count each of sexual assault, sexual interference and […]

More than 20 Smiths Falls residents have been left homeless after a fire ripped through a Robinson Street rowhouse late Friday night. A town fire official confirmed crews were called to the complex at around 11:15 p.m. Friday to battle the blaze that affected 10 units in the old building. No injuries were reported, and […]

A woman’s body was pulled from the Ottawa River just west of the Rockcliffe Yacht Club late Saturday morning. The Ottawa Paramedic Service was assisted by its marine unit in bringing the body to shore along the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway near Birch Street. Ottawa police are investigating to determine whether foul play was involved in […]

The fallout continues from Thursday’s fire at the Louis St. Laurent building in Gatineau. The building remains closed and the Department of National Defence is still trying to figure out what to do with its 1,800 employees who work at the facility. The department is the main tenant for the building at 555 Boul. de […]

A 19-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer in Petawawa early Saturday.  Just before 5 a.m., Ontario Provincial Police responded to the intersection of Highway 17 and Murphy Road. The 19-year-old driver of the passenger vehicle was declared dead at the scene of the collision. Police did not release his identity. The driver […]

In the first courtroom test of “Lori’s Law” — new legislation meant to keep Ontario workers safe from workplace violence — an Ottawa justice of the peace must now decide if the Royal Ottawa Hospital did enough to protect its workers involved in a violent Code White call nearly four years ago. Lawyers for hospital and […]

Ottawa city council’s Uber debate leans in the direction of taxi-like regulation. Users and Uber drivers have been ignored and forgotten. The costs concomitant with regulation will downgrade the quality of life of Ottawa’s most vulnerable — new Canadians, students and people hovering around the poverty line. I am an Uber driver. I know. City […]

While most Ottawans watch for melting snow as a sign that spring is on its way, the sign for Zachary Dayler is a phone call — one from a community member who tells him another bike rack has been damaged along Wellington Street West. Dayler, the executive director of the Wellington West BIA, counted at least 37 damaged assets along the […]

Pamela Kosmak may have known her accused killer, but they were anything but friends. Both Kosmack and Marc Leduc were regulars at the rough-and-tumble Royal Britannia Pub, a since-closed watering hole on Richmond Road.

An Ottawa family has begun a campaign to help the children and youth of Attawapiskat by shipping sporting equipment, school supplies, games, personal hygiene items and more. Anne Laalo, her husband, Mark, and their children Chloé, 12, and Noah, nine, all three of whom belong to the Golden Lake Algonquin First Nation, have taken on philanthropic projects […]

Despite recent victories, more work must be done to improve aboriginal peoples’ rights, said Dwight Dorey, national chief of the Aboriginal Congress in a keynote speech to a group of about 400 high school students on Friday. Dorey commenced the fourth annual youth conference on Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Mass Atrocities (NDRAMA) hosted […]

More than 8,500 people have offered their advice to the federal government on what the next design of the Memorial of Victims of Communism should look like, with most saying they want a “human-scaled monument set in an intimate environment.” That was one of the options given in an online survey run by Canadian Heritage, which wanted to […]

Frank Sinatra might not sing a song about Ottawa, but we've got a lot more in common with the Big Apple than you might think.

The transportation czar who oversaw the dynamic renewal of New York City's streets and public spaces is coming to Ottawa next week to spread her message about the importance of building safer, more walkable and bike-friendly roads. But what Janette Sadik-Khan might discover Wednesday is that Ottawa has already or is soon poised to embrace many of the strategies outlined in her so-called "handbook for an urban revolution."

The Ottawa Public Library will hold two consultations May 16 to gather advice on where a new central library should be located. The two-hour sessions at Ottawa City Hall will be at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Jean Pigott Place. The library recommends people register for the event at a refreshed central library project website. The library […]