Новости за 30.04.2016

I’ve written in the past about the view inside some parts of the Canadian Forces and the aerospace industry that Canada should, and could, have its own capability to launch small or micro-satellites. That way the country would not be beholding to the launch schedules of other nations. Now Canadian space analyst Chuck Black has […]

Gabriel White was out to snatch up your winter clothes Saturday. “That high-end pair of gloves you lost? I’ll use them,” White, 35, said at the front of a 200-people-deep line waiting to get into the OC Transpo unclaimed items sale. His brother Patrick White, 30, was wearing a pair of New Balance shoes he grabbed at last […]

Paramedics and other first responders were kept busy Saturday with a number of serious crashes. Crews were called to a crash between a truck and a car near the intersection of Highway 43 and South Gower Drive near Kemptville, where firefighters had to use “Jaws of Life” extrication tools to remove a victim from a car. […]

A 36-year-old Gatineau man has surrendered to police and charged with dangerous driving causing death following a nine-month investigation into a southern Ontario collision that killed a 16-month-old baby from Gatineau. The two-car collision occurred July 15, 2015 on Highway 401 near Port Hope, between Belleville and Toronto. In addition to the child victim, several […]

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Eugene Melnyk was battling for his life in a Toronto hospital while the transplant unit at the University Health Network was looking for a donor. While the Senators owner will celebrate the one-year anniversary next month of receiving a new liver from an anonymous donor who […]

Major-General J.C. Madower, OMM, will be the guest speaker at the 43rd annual induction ceremony of Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame, to be held Thursday June 9 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa. More from the Aviation Hall of Fame news release:   MGen Madower has had a long and distinguished military […]

Belles Soeurs: The Musical Copa de Oro Productions Ltd. (Montreal) and Segal Centre for Performing Arts (Montreal) production In the NAC Theatre Reviewed Friday Initially, it’s discomfiting. Here are Germaine Lauzon, her family and her pals, richly imagined characters we’ve long associated with a straight-ahead stage play, breaking into song about bingo and being free […]

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to find a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday. April Belanger-Berube was last seen Friday morning in the Ritchie Street area, and was last heard from at 11 p.m.  Her family is concerned for her. She is described as a white female, 5-5, 130 pounds with a slim […]

Show #19: The Arabian Nights Where: Glebe Collegiate Institute Director: Debra Palmer Grace Hu Colonel By Secondary School, Critic The curtains draw open on the mystical worlds of smoke and magic with Glebe Collegiate Institute’s portrayal of Arabian Nights. Up to the brim with culture and creativity, the production brought to life the 1,001 timeless visions from […]

Avoid a cocoon of cacophony Re: Micro-parks, patios on the way, April 27. I was delighted to read that there are plans to create a series of small parks and patios in Ottawa “public spaces,” in the words of Matthew Pearson, “that will contain everything from seating and greenery to games tables and music.” And music? […]

A family of five has been displaced after a fire at 2085 Orient Park Dr. on Friday night. Ottawa firefighters responded after a 911 call came in at 9:07 reporting a bedroom fire. Upon arrival, crews conducted a fast attack and quickly got the fire under control. No injuries were reported, but firefighters were still […]

Take a bow, Naval Association of Canada and Royal Canadian Navy, for there was not a stern face in the bunch at the Battle of the Atlantic Gala Dinner, held Thursday at the Canadian War Museum. Bad puns aside, this year’s sold-out formal affair drew multiple generations of naval members, from 90-something-year-old Second World War […]

COMING UP Music Matters is a community music program for adults living with dementia and their caregivers. Its first public performance will be at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage on Sunday, May 1, from 2-3 p.m. Over eight weeks, 14 participants collaborated with two local musicians — Juno award-winning percussionist Jesse Stewart and jazz singer and songwriter […]

The Mountie on trial for torturing and starving his shackled, naked 11-year-old son in a darkened Kanata basement is free on bail and has unsupervised weekend visits with his two other sons, who are younger than the first-born son he is accused of almost starving to death in 2013. The father, who has admitted that he burned his oldest son’s […]

The main public objections to the highest-rated LeBreton Flats proposal were that it focuses too much on an arena, includes too many high rises and condos, and lacks amenities area residents will require.

Katie Bousca had high hopes when she moved to Ottawa from Baker Lake, Nunavut, two years ago to take part in the culinary program at Algonquin College. But after just two semesters — struggling financially, feeling depressed and living in shelters — the 20-year-old Inuit woman had no choice but to drop out. Next month, Bousca will get a second chance at reaching her dreams.

For the past eight years, the much-anticipated Alottawata Ottawa waterpark in the city's south end has been nothing more than a faded sign in an empty field, but that's about to change, according to the park owner.

Another Ontario jail boss has been dismissed amid a spotlight on conditions at provincial jails. Karen Barclay, the superintendent of the Brockville Jail and St. Lawrence Valley Correctional Centre has been dismissed weeks after Ottawa jail boss Maureen Harvey was let go following a series of newspaper reports about the Innes Road jail, including the fact that inmates, […]

The Ottawa Senators have had better seasons. Several of them. Seasons with triple-digit points and playoff series victories, and one or two serious runs at a Stanley Cup. The Senators have had worse seasons. Several of them. Especially the early seasons when they were handcuffed by a horrible expansion draft format; then more recently when […]

Carleton University president Roseann Runte has tried to reassure stakeholders involved in creating the university’s new sexual violence policy, saying the school is committed to “continuing the discussion” and recognizing the talks can trigger powerful emotions. “It is our shared responsibility to foster dialogue in a safe environment where all feel free to participate, while respecting the cultures, experiences and emotions […]