Новости за 16.06.2016

UPDATE: The meeting has adjourned, and a full recap will be posted later this afternoon. In the meantime, scroll down for the archived liveblog for all the latest developments. As reported in today’s watchlist, it appears the Liberals may be preparing to use their majority clout to end an ongoing investigation into the potential breach […]

The federal government has chipped in $5 million to help the city celebrate Canada's 150th birthday next year.

A 56-year-old Brockville man has been arrested on a charge of mischief in connection with an argument over the shape of the earth on Monday night at St. Lawrence Park. But the unidentified man, who tossed items including a propane tank in a campfire during an argument with his son’s girlfriend because she insisted the […]

The former CF-5 jets that Canada sold to Botswana will be replaced by Gripens. The CF-5s were removed from service in June 1995, shortly after the Canadian Forces pumped $79 million into upgrading some of them. Botswana purchased 16 of the aircraft as well as a supply of spare parts. Another 57 of the planes […]

As an Algonquin mother, I’m deeply concerned about the attacks launched against the Zibi redevelopment project at Chaudière Falls. These attacks endorse or rely on self-proclaimed Elders and Kokums (grandmothers in the prophetical sense) in order to create opposition to Zibi, a project mixing condos, office and retail space that promises to revolutionize sustainability and reconciliation here […]

With the passage of a new Municipal Elections Act last week, the Ontario government gave municipalities the option of using ranked ballots in local elections as early as 2018. Under this system, voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of by the traditional “first-past-the-post” vote for a single person. Ranked voting is thought to be favoured nationally by the […]

France, by chance, is the common theme of the National Capital’s biggest museums and gallery. Last week, the Canadian War Museum opened the exhibition Air Wars, which tells stories of First World War aerial battles, many of them fought in or over France. More directly, portraits by Elisabeth Louise Vichée Le Brun at the National […]

The ritual of American gun violence is so familiar that no rehearsals are required before everyone carries out their prescribed role. There is a rush to denounce the massacre on social media. Politicians condemn the actions in the strongest possible terms. The news media descend on the nearest street corner, telling the same stories as […]

The senior police officer who ordered indiscriminate mass detentions and arrests at the violence-marred G20 summit in Toronto six years ago will be reprimanded and forfeit 30 paid days, writes Colin Perkel of the Canadian Press. Here is the rest of Perkel’s article: In sentencing Supt. David (Mark) Fenton for exceeding his authority and discreditable […]

Not with a bang, but a whimper. It’s starting to look like the mystery of the possible leak of the contents of the government’s then-still-secret proposal for new laws on medically-assisted dying may remain forever unsolved, despite the best efforts of the procedure and House affairs committee to conduct a full investigation. According to the […]

Editor’s note: below is the letter being sent to federal MPs by the organization, Campaign for Sensible Cadet Program Reform: The Cadet Program is a federal entity comprised of the Sea Cadets, Army Cadets, and Air Cadets. The program is intended for youth aged 12-19 and is run by the Canadian Armed Forces and Department […]

The Ottawa Hospital and the Ottawa Senators Foundation hosted An Evening with Bryan Wednesday to honour former Senators general manager Bryan Murray while raising money for cancer research in the process. More than 500 people were expected to attend the event at the Canadian Tire Centre. The arena’s ice rink was converted for the guests that included hockey fans, […]

Natasha Watcham-Roy is sitting on pins and needles these days. But that’s a whole lot better to deal with than the two separate injuries and rehab stints she had to endure during a recent six-month stretch. Or so you would think. Two months after helping Canada win the women’s sevens rugby gold medal at the […]

The federal government is setting up a satellite pay centre in Gatineau to help deal with the backlog of pay problems caused by glitches in the rollout of the Phoenix pay system for Canada’s public servants. Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote confirmed Wednesday the department expects to hire about 100 people to work at […]

Before turning to mixed martial arts, Cerrone was a bullrider, spending “10 or 11 years” on a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit that took him from Colorado to Wyoming to North Dakota to South Dakota to California and Arizona.

Misha Cirkunov certainly knows how to kick and punch, but the UFC light heavyweight contender welcomed the chance to learn a new sporting skill Wednesday. Cirkunov and Ottawa Redblacks players exchanged tricks of their trade Wednesday at TD Place in a cross-promotional exercise designed to highlight both the CFL and the Saturday’s UFC event. “It’s […]

While UFC remains a testament to testosterone and tattoos and is the hottest sporting ticket for 18-to-35 year-old men – the 11,000 seats for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 89 at TD Place sold out in four minutes -- the anything goes days are gone.

It turns out the plan came together for the Senators’ coaching staff. When Guy Boucher, Marc Crawford and Rob Cookson worked in Switzerland last season, they discussed the possibility of getting together again in the NHL. On Wednesday, that became reality. The Senators confirmed Cookson, 55, who spent four years as an assistant to Crawford […]

The city councillors on Ottawa’s board of health seem ready to back the city’s top public-health doctor in approving the idea of a safe injection site for drugs here. Their views aren’t identical, but in separate interviews on Wednesday all six said they’re open to the idea, pushed forward by the Sandy Hill Community Health […]

A national botanical garden has been a dream for Ottawa since at least 1887. But this time around, it’s a dream that will become a reality, vows a group that aims to see ground broken on the Central Experimental Farm next year.  The goal: a garden of international caliber on 34 acres bounded by Prince […]

A Gatineau police officer was fired Wednesday after pleading guilty in April to illegally accessing police records. Const. Chantal Lacroix pleaded guilty to the charge of unauthorized use of a computer in a Quebec court in April. She received an absolute discharge from the court, resulting in no jail time but had to make an immediate […]

Police have laid sexual assault charges against a man with an apparent fixation with shoes after two separate incidents on OC Transpo buses. Police were first alerted June 4 when a woman complained to an OC Transpo driver about a male passenger touching her inappropriately. The driver of the #104 bus called police from the […]