Новости за 26.05.2016

Thomson and his 10-year-old sister, Sydney, are both taking part in the 4th annual Lemonade Standemonium, joining hundreds of other local kids in raising funds for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.

OPP investigators say the two men who helped a woman from a burning car on May 7 have been located but do not wish to be identified. “The men said they did what anyone would have done” said OPP Const. Sandra Barr. Police say the pair were driving an older model pickup truck and stopped to offer […]

Ottawa rapper Belly and Toronto R&B singer The Weeknd have created quite the buzz by pulling out of Wednesday's scheduled performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! because they didn't want to share the stage with the episode's marquee guest, Donald Trump. In a statement to the Associated Press, Belly said he pulled out because he disagrees with the controversial views and beliefs espoused by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Thanks to the power of social media, and perhaps the beer bounty that was offered, Beyond the Pale Brewing Co. has got its stolen delivery van back. The popular Hintonberg brewer reported on Facebook at about this morning that the vehicle was stolen from its brewery following a break-in late Wednesday or early Thursday. In the […]

He’s no longer in charge of patrolling the Canadian parliamentary precinct, but it seems that Kevin Vickers still has the quick reflex that served him so well during his tenure as House of Commons sergeant-at-arms. Vickers — Canada’s ambassador to Ireland — tackled a protester Thursday in Dublin during a ceremony to remember British soldiers killed in […]

We can all agree, Carling Avenue is terrible. It’s bad enough to, once again, warrant the top spot on CAA’s annual list of Ottawa’s worst roads. Whether it’s potholes, congestion or a cycling nightmare, the main artery stretching from Kanata to the Glebe has earned its rightful place according to those who voted. Ottawans voted for […]

In Ontario, the debate on autism funding has heated up. Provincial money for Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) therapy will be restricted to children over five years old, as a cost-saving measure. Premier Kathleen Wynne says this measure is ”evidence-based” even if the evidence in question – a report entitled “Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Expert Committee, An update on Clinical Practice Guidelines and […]

It would be any developer’s dream to develop 26 acres within the City of Ottawa and The Regional Group is in the process of making that dream come true. Steve Gordon, CEO of The Regional Group, a company with a long history of shaping Ottawa developments, is ecstatic about Greystone Village. He describes it as “a […]

In what may be a first for modern Canadian federal political logistics, both the Liberal and Conservative parties are set to kick off their biennial conventions, with card-carrying supporters of Team Trudeau and Team Formerly Harper Now To Be Determined expected to converge on Winnipeg and Vancouver, respectively, later today. According to the Liberal itinerary, […]

Location, location, location Re: Small high schools under the microscope at the public school board, May 17. Just what the public needs: the Ottawa Carleton District School Board is conducting “sweeping reviews over the next five years.” Has anything changed since the OCDSB told the public that one of the Beacon Hill-Ottawa East high schools was going […]

Chris Phillips is expected to officially announce his retirement Thursday, ending the career of the longest serving player in Ottawa Senators history. The Senators issued a press release late Wednesday, saying that a Thursday noon press conference had been scheduled where the defenceman “will provide an update on his future.” Senators general manager Pierre Dorion, […]

As glorious as it sounds, playing 100 holes of golf in a day — hitting a golf ball about 500 times — is a grind. But there will be very little talk of aches and pains when 25 or so golfers tee off early the morning of June 13 at Loch March Golf and Country […]

The Liberal government is promising to unwind controversial Tory-era legislation that significantly diminished the power of federal unions and blunted their right to strike. Treasury Board president Scott Brison said Wednesday the government will introduce legislation in the fall to repeal the contentious provisions of Bill C-4, the massive budget bill passed in 2013 that rewrote the […]

NACO with Marc-André Hamelin  At Southam Hall Reviewed Wednesday night. Concert repeats Thursday. John Storgards, the NAC Orchestra’s Finnish principal guest conductor, is known for his intense interpretations of the northern European repertoire, especially his countryman Sibelius. For his last Ottawa concert of the season, Storgards programmed Sibelius’s dramatic, exciting Symphony No. 1. It’s been fascinating to […]

The federal government has asked the National Capital Commission wade into the controversy over the future location of The Ottawa Hospital's new $2-billion Civic campus. In a May 20 letter to NCC Chair Russell Mills, obtained by the Citizen, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly asked the agency to review the four possible sites identified by the hospital and make a recommendation by the end of November.

As far as the police were concerned, accused killer Gurpreet Ronald sealed her own fate — or, at least, licked it. In some remarkable detective work, Ottawa police investigating the Jan. 29, 2014, slaying of Jagtar Gill surreptitiously got a DNA sample from her husband’s mistress, Gurpreet Ronald, in an elaborate ruse that had the murder […]

For the players on the TD Place field for the opening day of the Ottawa Redblacks rookie camp, it was the first step of what they hope is a ticket to the CFL. As training camp winds its way toward the regular season — the veterans check in on Sunday — there will be stories […]

Kyle Fraser-Audit arrived in Ottawa late Tuesday afternoon, settled into his temporary bunkhouse at Carleton University and prepared himself mentally for Day 1 of Ottawa Redblacks rookie camp. It’s a big deal for a big boy — a 6-foot-5, 283-lb., offensive lineman — a sixth-round draft pick from the University of Guelph Gryphons. “It sank […]

The Department of Canadian Heritage is calling for volunteers to help with this year’s Canada Day celebrations. Volunteers will be assigned to Parliament Hill, Major’s Hill Park and the Canadian Museum of History. A total of about 350,000 visitors normally gather to partake in the festivities. Responsibilities of the 500 or so volunteers will include […]

Leeds County OPP are searching for two men who might have saved the life of a woman following a fatal crash on May 7 in the Rideau Lakes Township. Police say the pair were driving an older model blue or black pickup truck and stopped to offer assistance at the scene of the 12:30 a.m. crash on Hwy. […]

The Blue Jays don’t generally look to their basketball cousins for inspiration. Over the years — though many years ago — the Jays were the team with the pedigree. The NBA’s Raptors were the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. These days? The Jays are glad to have the Raptors cover for them. In their push […]

The city’s whistleblower program racked up a record number of reports last year, according to council’s audit boss. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, the chair of council’s audit committee, said Wednesday the fraud and waste hotline recorded more than 400 reports in 2015. That’s a record for a single year, Hubley said. Council started a confidential […]

BROCKVILLE A few hours before she was stabbed in the neck by a federal inmate being treated at the Brockville Mental Health Hospital, a nurse had warned the hospital it needed to do more to protect its staff from the violent and aggressive woman. Nurse Debbie Vallentgoed testified Wednesday at the hospital’s trial on workplace […]

The Ottawa Champions dropped to 2-5 on the Cam-Am League season after a 5-3 loss to the Rockland Boulders on Wednesday in Pomona, N.Y. The Boulders scored three runs in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie after a wild pitch by Ottawa starter Randy Hamrick, a throwing error by catcher Danny Grauer and another […]

Police are asking the public to help them finger whoever put a phony “body” on the tracks in Perth Tuesday, delaying a train for three hours during a pointless search. Lanark County OPP officers were called to the tracks at about 8:30 p.m. after CP Rail reported that a train was stopped after apparently striking […]