Новости за 09.06.2016

A new eco-friendly boat tour program will offer a unique cruising experience for tourists and locals along the downtown portion of the Rideau Canal. The locally built, state-of-the-art electric boats will host daytime tours and other special events.  The first boat, The Queen Elizabeth Dr., will begin operations in time for Canada Day. The second, […]

The City of Ottawa press conference update on the infrastructure failure on Rideau Street.

It’s remarkable how easy it is for a government to sugar-coat a visit to one of the world’s most repressive regimes when a juicy $15-billion civilian and military contract is on the table. Take Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, a visit heavily lauded by Global Affairs Canada with references to talks about human […]

While driving in our neighbourhood recently, I noticed a lot of extra items in the garbage. There were toys and all kinds of furniture. I can’t help but wonder if a lot of homeowners still haven’t got the memo about recycling. Earth Day was in April. Schools all across the city celebrated with assemblies and reminders to reduce, […]

If there is such a thing as a portal to another time, it may be the front gate of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. In a period of unprecedented social and technological change, this is one building in our city that continues to be steadfastly stuck in the past, more Dickensian than modern. There are so many […]

The drawn-out battle over a proposed infill development in Rockcliffe Park returned to Ottawa City Hall on Thursday, where members of the built-heritage subcommittee approved an application to sever a large lot at the corner of Old Prospect Road and Lansdowne Road into two lots and build two houses.

An assistant Crown attorney expressed remorse after he pleaded guilty Thursday to driving with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. Matthew Humphreys, 36, an assistant Crown attorney in Ottawa for 10 years, was banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay a $1,400 fine, a $420 surcharge and install an ignition […]

If you want to challenge Amanda Weatherdon as the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation’s top individual fundraiser for 2016, you’d better get going. The Ottawa woman, who was last year’s top individual fundraiser, has surpassed her 2015 total of just over $5,600 and is on track to keep her title. Her 2016 donations reached $7,595 a […]

There’s nothing like a festival to kick off the summer. When the entertainment’s top-notch, there’s a beach on the site, and admission is free, there’s no excuse not to show up. The 23rd edition of the annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival runs from June 23 through 26 at Mooney’s Bay, and artistic director […]

True to its traditionally independent nature, the Senate has officially begun the process of rewriting the government’s proposed new rules for physician-assisted dying. After a marathon session that kept the chamber lights burning until just before midnight, senators have already made one major change to the bill by voting to adopt Sen. Serge Joyal’s motion […]

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson was joined by former Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips on Wednesday night as they hosted the #Ottawa4FortMac fundraising event at the Aberdeen Pavillion. It was a shindig in support of the Canadian Red Cross emergency appeal and the United Way relief efforts to help residents of Fort McMurray rebuild their lives and their community after […]

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A year ago at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Westchester Country Club, Brooke Henderson was the 71st-ranked player in the world, had no status on the LPGA Tour and was scrambling around on sponsors’ exemptions. Now, a year later and a continent away as she tees off in the KPMG Women’s […]

Ballet BC triple bill review At the NAC Theatre Reviewed Wednesday The 2016 Canada Dance Festival is in full swing. This year’s edition has been enjoying high attendance rates so far, with several sold-out shows — including both performances of Tedd Robinson’s newest creation, Trust, at the Diefenbunker on Saturday. Wednesday night, Ballet BC presented an […]

On Wednesday I had an article on Joan Beznoski, a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Legion who got suspended for trying to contact the legion’s Dominion Command president Tom Eagles. Beznoski’s two brothers and her husband fought in the Korean War. Her dad fought in the Second World War. The 82-year-old has been at […]

The gaping sinkhole on Rideau Street has spawned a lot of questions, but not as many answers. Here is a brief look at what we know and what we don’t know about what the city is calling an “infrastructure failure.” What we know: Which streets are closed?  Rideau Street/Wellington Street eastbound is closed between Elgin Street […]

A contractor who takes care of National Capital Commission parks found a large, rusted kitchen knife and two blue plastic gloves in an area where a woman accused of killing her lover’s wife was followed by police, an Ottawa jury heard Wednesday.  Richard Guertin testified that on April 14, 2014, when the snow began to […]

The commuter chaos wrought by the Rideau Street sinkhole is nothing new for Ottawa commuters. Here are three of our most recent traffic-jamming sinkhole dramas. The Waller Gobbler (Feb. 21, 2014) Work on a portion of the light-rail transit project was suspended in February 2014 to investigate the cause of an enormous sinkhole on Waller Avenue […]

Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Pacific Fleet will continue their high pace of activity into this summer, the navy says. Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Brandon, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Whitehorse and Yellowknife will be actively engaged throughout the Pacific from June to September, it added. The frigates and coastal defence vessels will […]

Ottawa Fire Services Chief Peter McBride was in Mirabel, Que., on Wednesday to lead a $4-million effort to apply the latest science and technology to firefighting. An international team of researchers set three structures on fire, and firefighters from Ottawa, Montreal and Mirabel used techniques, informed by a modern understanding of fire dynamics, to douse […]

Sinkhole selfies were the order of the day Wednesday as tourists and suddenly-at-liberty construction workers and Rideau street employees thronged the intersection at Sussex and Rideau to watch the expanding hole expand. Fire trucks, a fleet of police cruisers, news satellite vans, a phalanx of TV cameras and even the Salvation Army jammed the intersection as […]

The Conservatives are set to use one of the final opposition days of the sitting to force the government to go on the record over their belief the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is guilty of committing “genocide” against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims in Iraq and Syria. The motion, which stands in […]

As if it hasn’t been hairy already. Getting in and out of downtown Ottawa isn’t going to be pretty this week. All information below is of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: The sinkhole on Rideau Street will mostly push east-west traffic to Laurier Avenue. Wellington Street/Rideau Street between Elgin Street and Dalhousie Street are closed. All northbound […]

He's more than 11,000 from home, but O.J. Mau says he's happy to be in Ottawa at Redblacks training camp and might check out the local cricket action, too.