Новости за 14.05.2016

The Canadian Museum of History was one hip joint to be at Friday night as orthopedic surgeons and medical industry leaders gathered there to celebrate half a century of making a difference in health and patient care.

Pop giant Justin Bieber has converted the folks at the Château Lafayette, the Market beer parlour better known as the home of rough ‘n’ ready country singer Lucky Ron into a bunch of True Beliebers. The institution was all over Bieber’s case on Twitter earlier this week after the star stopped in for a quick […]

Last week the Canadian Press had an article about the Trudeau government absolving Canadian Forces members of liability for expenses they have received over the years. Instead the Department of National Defence is repaying more than $147 million in unauthorized expenses incurred by members of the military over nearly a dozen years, the news service […]

The Royal Regiment of Canada will parade through Toronto Sunday as part of the Regiment’s Freedom of the City ceremony. That parade will take place at noon. Mayor John Tory will present a scroll to the reserve regiment allowing it to march through the city with its band playing, its regimental flags flying, and with […]

Ottawa police are investigating after a man was stabbed in a confrontation in the ByWard Market early Saturday. Police say the incident occurred around York and Dalhousie streets at about 1:30 a.m. The victim’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. There were no arrests.

A month ago, Fireda Ahmed, a social work placement student, spearheaded an initiative by Ridgemont High School students to build a library for the youth of Attawapiskat. Through social media, they have received more than 200 books bought by anonymous donors. On Wednesday, the Ridgemont students gathered at the library to write notes of encouragement and […]

Re: Ailing MP’s O Canada bill gets second chance, May 11.  Kudos to MP Linda Lapointe who has swapped places on the private members’ business priority list, enabling her fellow MP, Mauril Bélanger, to again present his bill to make our national anthem gender-neutral. Mr. Bélanger must also be congratulated for his tenacity in advocating […]

Justin Bieber Canadian Tire Centre Reviewed Friday Justin Bieber brought his Purpose world tour to Ottawa on Friday, kicking off a foray into Canada with a sold-out extravaganza at Canadian Tire Centre. Although the beleaguered pop star has shown some erratic behaviour in the last week or so, the 22-year-old was all business on stage, […]

Who knows how the initial cry was sent? A Klieg light image of a bat shone on the clouds above Ottawa’s nighttime skyline, perhaps, or a young wizard’s Accio summoning spell. But by whatever means it was issued, the call was answered in full force on Friday, as the repositories of good and evil were emptied and drawn to the EY Centre for the three-day celebration known as Ottawa Comiccon 2016.

The federal government has agreed to pay as much as $45 million in back pay to thousands of mostly female employees at a Statistics Canada agency to settle a longstanding pay-equity complaint. The settlement will put money in the hands of as many as 25,000 employees who worked as interviewers over 30 years at Statistical Survey Operations — between March […]

A former NFL starter who was placed in a medically induced coma for three months because of a serious illness in 2013 is trying to get back on the football field, and the Redblacks are trying to get him signed to a contract.

The public is invited to an afternoon of music, marching, pageantry and precision at the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief’s Military Tattoo on Saturday, May 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Rideau Hall. This event will honour the Canadian Forces and pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating her 90th birthday this […]

Imagine you’re the prime minister. Fort McMurray is burning to a crisp and the nation’s media have been assembled to hear you speak. The disaster is already getting global attention. What do you say? “May the 4th be with you.” OK, that probably wouldn’t have been your choice, but it was Justin Trudeau’s. Don’t worry […]

Once in O-town for Ottawa Comiccon 2016, our oft-caped superheroes and villains alike mustered their allies among the city’s populace, men and women who retrieved from their closets and tickle trunks their Deadpool masks, utility belts and dollar-store phasers, to head to the EY Centre for a three-day apocalyptic smackdown love-fest that began Friday. But […]

A man in his early 50s was taken to hospital in serious condition after being beaten in a bank parking lot at 136 Lepine Ave. in Gatineau on Friday afternoon.

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a man in St-Bernardin, near Hawkesbury. The agency said Hawkesbury OPP were called to Concession Road 8 in Nation Township Friday responding to reports of a man in distress. When officers with Hawkesbury OPP and the force’s tactical response unit arrived and entered “a structure” on the […]

A successful court appeal means the city is once again on the hook for $2.24 million in a legal dispute with the owners of a sports dome.