Новости за 20.05.2016

Lockheed Martin Canada has been strangely silent about trumpeting the news that the F-35 was selected by the Danes. Nothing was sent out to Canadian journalists; no marketing push came from the company highlighting the decision and tying it into the Canadian competition to replace the CF-18s. In fact, the last news release sent out […]

Mary Grainger is known around the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario as the “baby whisperer.” She’s been cuddling babies at the hospital’s intensive care and in-patient units for 40 years and was named CHEO’s Volunteer of the Year at a ceremony this week. “It’s so wonderful to be given an award for something that I absolutely love doing,” […]

The Garoyle had an active week on the Hill and is looking forward to a one-week break. But meanwhile … Not your normal bar-room brawl Recovery from the prime minister’s errant elbow this week took place amid a backdrop of small ironies. For instance, the accidental victim of the Commons clipper, the NDP’s Ruth Ellen Brosseau, is the […]

Although he’s not the type to wear a cowboy hat and may be more influenced by Mariah Carey than Merle Haggard, Carleton Place singer Jordan McIntosh is considered one of Canada’s brightest new country stars. A tall, lanky 20-year-old with a strikingly robust voice, McIntosh released Steal Your Heart, his long-awaited debut album, last month. […]

Criminal charges of fraud and breach of trust against former Liberal senator Mac Harb have been withdrawn. Harb wasn’t in court Friday to hear an prosecutor Robert Hubbard from Toronto tell Ontario Court judge Heather Perkins-McVey that the Crown felt there was no reasonable prospect of conviction. “Based on a careful review of Justice (Charles) […]

A refreshing chinook from Alberta has blown into the National Gallery of Canada. The breeze is provided by the whimsical, inventive paintings of Calgary artist Chris Cran.  Although he is a serious artist with serious things to say about art, culture and society, Cran manages to leaven those messages with a dose of humour that […]

Jane Buckley was outside Elmwood school in Rockcliffe Park on a warm and sunny weekday, her digital point-and-shoot camera in hand. The objects of her photographic interest were everywhere around her: hundreds of bright yellow daffodils. The flowers are both Elmwood’s floral emblem and the inspiration for its school colours, yellow and green. Buckley taught […]

Bhupinderpal Gill and Gurpreet Ronald would do anything to be together, a Crown lawyer alleged on the first day of their first-degree murder trial Friday. Assistant Crown Attorney Jason Neubauer told the jury that Gill hated his 43-year-old wife, Jagtar Gill. Both Bhupinderpal Gill and Ronald have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges. “He said that he didn’t […]

It may not look like much now, but Ottawa entrepreneur Al Gurhan has big plans for his little drive-through pizza place. Called “Drive Pie,” which is clever word play on the small pocket pie sandwiches and pizza’s the shop produces, the store is in a former coffee shop on busy Montreal Road in Rockcliffe, near Vanier. […]

The province’s special investigations unit is investigating a fatal crash near Smiths Falls late Thursday. The police watchdog agency tweeted Friday that it was probing the crash near the intersection of Kitley Line 8 Road, also known as Morrison Road in the area, and County Road 7, in the Frankville township district. No other details were released. The […]

Justin Trudeau blew his cool. Now the Opposition is blowing an opportunity.       Yes, the spectacle of a prime minister “manhandling” fellow MPs is startling. And yes, “manhandle” is a justifiable characterization – after all he physically grabbed a fellow MP and accidentally clipped another with his elbow. It wasn’t uncontrolled violence. But it wasn’t invited, […]

Congratulations!! on you nomination. Here are a few tips to help you on Gala day June 5. When is the Gala? This year’s Gala takes place on Sunday, June 5 at the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall When should I arrive at the NAC? You will need to arrive at 3:00 pm if you are not in […]

Mother Nature is a show-woman at heart.  On Thursday–one of those perfect, pink-velvet spring evenings that almost make you forget winter–she hung a rainbow over the NAC. “Courtesy of our special effects department,” joked the guide steering patrons around the construction site. But Spielberg himself couldn’t have devised a better symbol for the performance about […]

A cyclist is in serious, but stable condition after a collision downtown at about 3 a.m. The crash occurred at the intersection of Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue where the cyclist was hit by a car. The driver of the car remained at the scene. Police would not say whether charges are expected.

The United Nations was a terrible employer. I know: I spent the better part of a year working for them in what was then called Zaire in the mid-80s. Of all the things that frosted me the worst was that someone came around the office twice a day and took attendance. If you weren’t at […]

After spending last few days at daggers drawn, MPs are set to return to a bit of notably  unfinished Commons business as the clock ticks down to the week-long Victoria Day constituency break: the embattled Bill C-14, which would establish a new legal framework for physician-assisted dying,  which is slated to resume report stage consideration […]

For you lucky people who will get Victoria Day off, here’s a rundown of what’s open and what’s closed around the city on Monday, May 23. Shopping The ByWard Market, and surrounding stores will remain open, while stores in the Glebe and Lansdowne will remain closed.   If you’re planning on spending your holiday Monday at the mall, […]

The first class from the Royal Canadian Navy’s Maritime Tactical Operators Course graduated on the east coast a few weeks ago. The graduates will go on to become members of the RCN’s Maritime Tactical Operations Group (MTOG), providing what is called an Enhanced Naval Boarding Party. The next MTO course will take place next February […]

“Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, At the old […]

A pair of crashes sent two patients to the regional trauma centre with serious injuries Thursday evening. Firefighters first had to extricate a trapped driver with serious face and leg injuries from a vehicle after a two-car, T-bone collision on Carp Road at Thomas A. Dolan Parkway at about 5:45 p.m. At about 7:20 p.m., three […]

Oliver Jones NAC Theatre Reviewed Thursday night It was a love-in at the National Arts Centre Thursday night for Oliver Jones, the dean of Canadian jazz pianists. The 81-year-old Montrealer, who is on a pre-retirement final tour, strolled onstage and was welcomed in the sold-out Theatre with a standing ovation before he played a single […]

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. — After winning their third consecutive regional title, the Carleton Place Canadians are leaving the RBC Cup empty-handed. A 5-4 loss to the Brooks Bandits on Thursday ended Carleton Place’s hopes. With one overtime loss and three regulation defeats, the Canadians are the lone team out of semifinal play at the five-team event. […]

One person was treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters were called to a garage on Thunder Road in the city’s southeast Thursday evening. Ottawa Fire Services got the call at 7:24 p.m. and a volunteer firefighter arrived to find that the homeowner had put down much of the fire but flames were still visible on a […]

Life on other planets is probably waiting for us to find it, and it will teach us more about our own bodies and other Earth life, NASA’s chief scientist says. “The building blocks of life — amino acids — have been distributed all over the solar system by comets, and there are even amino acids in the interstellar […]

BROCKVILLE — A violent, severely mentally ill inmate arrived at the Brockville psychiatric hospital with a warning that “she didn’t like blond-haired, blue-eyed, left-handed white women,” a nurse testified Thursday. The inmate, Marlene Carter, suffers from brain damage and had a history of violent assaults and self-injurious behaviour when she was transferred to the Brockville Mental Health […]