Новости за 22.06.2016

What we know about the pillaging of vital organs from still-living prisoners in the People’s Republic of China, and the sale of their livers, lungs, hearts and kidneys, is that it is a widespread, outrageous and lucrative business and that the Chinese government habitually lies through its teeth about it. What we know about the […]

Det. Chris Benson was finding it hard to believe Bhupinderpal Gill’s story because it kept changing every time he told it. It was the accused wife killer’s third police interview, but this one was the show as the detective spent hours peeling away the layers of lies. “You sit and lie to my face,” Benson […]

Police tracked down a suspect in an east end industrial area Wednesday, following a chase through city streets of a vehicle stolen in Cornwall that rammed a number of parked cars and ran red lights. Police used a tracker dog to find the suspect in the Lancaster Road and St. Laurent Boulevard area. One witness described a […]

The Canadian Museum of History has received a $2-million donation from businessman and diplomat Fredrik Eaton and his family — the largest the museum has ever received.

You may have noticed a few more lights, cameras and action around Ottawa lately. Canadian Screen Award nominated comedy series, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays is back in the capital, filming its long-anticipated return.  The second season, called Michael: Every Day, picks up five years after season one left off, when Michael (played by Matt Watts) suffers a “surprising and devastating” panic […]

I never knew my grandfather. He died before I was born. But, I have been thinking of him a lot since the trial of Reinhold Hanning. The former Nazi soldier, then a sergeant in the SS – the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf, also known as Death’s Head Division – has been found guilty and sentenced to five years […]

With the House now shuttered for the summer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is held his first formal news conference on the Hill in nearly two months. Over the course of the 30 minute session, he fielded questions on a wide range of topics related to the just-wrapped spring sitting, as well as foreign policy, climate […]

Canada’s Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) was launched successfully Tuesday night on board an Indian rocket. The launch was conducted by the Indian Space Research Organisation, from Sriharikota, India, along with another Canadian satellite owned by GHGSat Inc. The M3MSat mission, which was developed for the Department of National Defence, will improve ship detection […]

OC Transpo will introduce a new fare table built for Ottawa’s LRT era at the beginning of 2017, council decided Wednesday. It means customers who buy regular adult monthly passes will see a base $6.50 increase, while those who usually buy monthly express passes will see a decrease. Transpo is ending routes labelled “express.” The […]

The basics The 11th edition of Amnesia Rockfest takes place June 23-26 at the Montebello Marina grounds on the shores of the Ottawa River, about half-way between Ottawa and Montreal on the Quebec side of the river. Yep, the event that bills itself as the largest rock festival in Canada takes place in a village […]

Ontario Province Police and military police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in eastern Ontario. The OPP says military police contacted them Tuesday after discovering the body of Jasmine Reid of Trenton in her residence at the sprawling air base. Police say the investigation is in the early […]

Ottawa-raised author and intrepid eater Stephen Le was undaunted by the delicacies of Iceland and Sweden.

With the House of Commons now shuttered until September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to hit the stage at the National Press Theatre later this morning, where he will doubtless face a flurry of questions about the now-wrapped spring sitting, as well as whatever else comes up, during what will be his first formal […]

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fire late Tuesday in a vacant home on Falaise Road near the Experimental Farm. Ottawa firefighters were called to 1085 Falaise Rd., in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood, at about 11 p.m. When they arrived there were flames shooting from the roof of the single-family home, […]

The House of Commons special committee on electoral reform met for the first time Tuesday in Ottawa. Here’s a first round of advice for its members from our letter-writers: If it ain’t broke … Since time immortal, the first person past the post (so to speak) has been the person elected without question, because that person […]

William Bitten is due for a break. After giving his all to become a coveted NHL draft choice this weekend (26th on the final Craig Button list, 47th on Bob McKenzie’s), Bitten is owed a year or two of stability. That Will, who grew up in Gloucester and turns 18 on July 10, survived a […]

There are reasons for the Redblacks to remember last season as they prepare for the new season to come, starting with a Grey Cup rematch against the Eskimos on Saturday.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s work in the Canadian Forces, which included setting the stage for the killing or capture of some 1,500 Afghan insurgents, is enough to disqualify him from making the decision not to conduct a public inquiry into alleged abuses of detainees, say those pushing for such an investigation. Sajjan, who could have […]

Do Canadians save too little for their retirement? And if so, is it up to the state to fix the problem? The federal government – and most of the provinces – just answered yes to both questions, and the result was Monday’s rapid agreement-in-principle on expanding the Canada Pension Plan.  In fact, the question of retirement savings (and the implications […]

A sonar device sounds almost too high-tech to accompany the bells and mirrors usually mounted on a bike’s handle bars. Ottawa police, however, were using them on their bicycles Thursday to educate drivers about a recently enacted law designed to protect cyclists sharing the road with cars. “Right now (the sonar device) is set to one metre. […]

Women have broken all gender barriers in Canada’s public service in ways few countries can boast — until they hit the deputy ministers’ “club” where some complain there’s little “diversity of mindset,” says a new report. It’s among the findings of a new Carleton University study, Women’s Leadership Matters, into the impact of female leadership on the […]

The Senators will open the season with visits from their closest rivals. The NHL confirmed the 82-game schedule for all 30 teams Tuesday and after the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 12 they’ll be followed by a visit from the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, Oct. 15. The visit by […]

It is the season of graduation. Curiously, we call the spring ceremony conferring degrees or diplomas “commencement.” For students in high school, in particular, it is the anteroom to the next stage of life. For parents, though, commencement is an end. An end to secondary school. An end to adolescence, that award-winning psychodrama. We think […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went outside Canada’s public service and brought in a senior ranking Quebec bureaucrat to take over the as deputy minister at Natural Resources in his latest shakeup of top executives. Christyne Tremblay, a deputy minister in Quebec is moving to Ottawa for the job, taking over from Bob Hamilton, who was […]

It’s a roll of the dice on whether Erik Karlsson will come home with his third Norris Trophy from the NHL Awards on Wednesday night. While the Senators defenceman is considered the odds-on favourite to win the title when the NHL hands out its trophy to the league’s top defenceman in Sin City, it’s anybody’s […]