Новости за 21.05.2016

Esprit Whitewater rafts and clients were back on the water Saturday morning, but it will some time before customers will be able to have a meal or visit the bar following a dramatic blaze at the company’s headquarters near Ft. Coulonge, about 90 minutes upriver from Ottawa. “It’s a setback, but we’re back in operations here,” […]

Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.

The Ottawa police are investigating shots fired in the west end early Friday morning. Investigators say at approximately 2 a.m. they received a 911 call from someone who heard gunshots in the 500 block of Richmond Road. Officers found an unspecified number of shell casings at the scene. No injuries were reported. Anyone with information is […]

This mess was not entirely of the Liberal government’s making: The emotionally charged file on physician-assisted dying had already been mouldering under the last government, even though the Supreme Court had set an initial deadline of February 2016 to get a new law in place. Once in office, however, the Grits should have moved quickly […]

Park decision reflects badly on the city Re: Canada’s largest playground to be built at Mooney’s Bay, May 13. Sue Holloway, four-time Olympian, and the first woman to represent Canada at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in the same year, will be inducted as one of the “Class of 2016” into Canada’s Sports […]

This week, a House of Commons vote turned into a nerdy spoof on a WWF show. Political Smackdown! Every Wednesday on CPAC! Yes, I’m talking about #elbowgate, featuring an impatient Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marching across the floor to drag a stalling Tory whip to his seat, elbowing NDP member of Parliament Ruth Ellen Brosseau […]

The National Research Council of Canada will be highlighting at next week’s CANSEC defence trade show some of the technology that it helped develop for the Canadian Forces Included among those are:  New autopilot technology powers modernized submarines The Royal Canadian Navy’s four Victoria Class submarines have been equipped with new systems that are essential […]

In 2011 the Canadian government and military joined with other nations to overthrow Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The Canadian government and military played key roles in overthrowing Gadhafi and highlighted those efforts as a significant victory both for Libya and Canadians. At the time then Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird reinforced Canada’s support for the […]

Forty Canadian Rangers and ten Ranger instructors from the five Canadian Ranger Patrol Groups will participate in a pilot Canadian Ranger Patrol Leader or CRPL course, which will be held at Farnham Garrison, Quebec. The course starts Saturday and runs until May 28. The Canadian Army says this course is an important milestone in its […]

David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada on Friday presented The Grey and Simcoe Foresters with their new Regimental Colours, in a ceremony in Owen Sound. It was held during the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Regiment. More from the news release from the Canadian Forces: The Regimental Colours are the embodiment […]

Extrication equipment was required after Ottawa Fire Services was called to an accident at 1234 Kinburn Side Rd. shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday night. A vehicle had gone into a ditch and the person inside was unconscious when firefighters arrived, the news release stated. Crews applied a C spine to the patient to immobilize […]

In a perfect world, if the Senators were on the cusp of going the distance, perhaps they would entertain notions of buying a top-flight number one centre. For now, though, forget about a blockbuster forward signing such as Steven Stamkos or David Backes or even Milan Lucic.

Ingrid Goddard wanted to be a cabbie in Montreal 20 years ago but a taxi company said she wouldn’t cut it. “I was told, flat-out, ‘Hell no, you’re a woman, we don’t employ women because of the safety issue,'” Goddard said. “They outright said to me, ‘Forget it, it’s not going to happen because you’re a woman.'” […]

Fact and figures for Sunday's NASL contest

Seven games in 25 days will test the physical and mental strength of Fury FC players, but it's what they want.

The pain Brian Van Kirk felt from a constantly aching elbow paled in comparison to the churning in his stomach when he was suspended 50 games in 2013 for smoking weed and getting caught in the snare of two drug tests. A former Toronto Blue Jays prospect, who played alongside Marcus Stroman, Ryan Goins and […]

There aren't too many Ontario communities of 30,000 that don't have a public high school, says Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee Lynn Scott.

When we think accessibility, we usually think about doors that open automatically, or ramps that lead up to buildings. But what about accessibility online? Ottawa tech leaders say web development needs to catch up and improve online accessibility for people with disabilities.  “I think we have a long way to go,” says Mike Gifford, president of the web accessibility […]

So this rapist walks into a bar… Not laughing? If you’ve never thought rape was something to joke about, then standup comics — and rape survivors — Emma Cooper and Heather Jordan Ross hope they can change your mind. The two Vancouverites bring their travelling show, Rape is Real & Everywhere, to the Bronson Centre on Friday, […]

Sometimes even sober and focused medical scientists are allowed to have a little fun on the job. Jean-Philippe Chaput of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute is a little bowled over by the attention he got when he adapted an earnest study of childhood health by factoring in phases of the moon. It’s called Are […]

A serious fire late Thursday badly damaged the popular Bonnie Glen Pavilion banquet hall in North Glengarry, about 100 kilometres from Ottawa. Speculation is the fire started in the west section of the pavilion where the kitchen facilities are located. At least five rural stations responded to the fire call. Owner Michel Diotte had just bought […]