Новости за 24.06.2016

At the time, it seemed the world was ending. Lehman Brothers’ investment bank had filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, triggering a global financial crisis. The next night, Dino DiPerna – the head of R&D for Nortel Networks’ optical networks group – was trying to relax in his Boston hotel room when he got a call […]

This is how completely fortunes can change in the world of high-tech. When Nortel promised in 1989 that it would create a family of fibre-optic communications products dubbed Fibre World, Ciena was nowhere to be found. Today, Ciena is a $2.6 billion-a-year operation which, six years ago, swallowed whole Nortel’s industry-leading optical products group. Ciena’s […]

The Rideau River watershed is entering a “moderate” drought, and even if the possible showers forecast for Monday do arrive they are not expected to help. The Rideau is flowing at 15 per cent of its normal rate for this time of year. Large streams that feed into it are flowing at an average of six per […]

A ceremonial parade and fly-past celebrating the 75th anniversary of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron will be held Sunday afternoon in Edmonton on the base there. Here is the background provided by the RCAF on the history of “408 ‘Goose’ Squadron:” On June 24, 1941, 408 Squadron (Sqn) was established as a bomber squadron with No. […]

The Ottawa Art Gallery has opened a bouquet of exhibitions in the past week and there is much to see. Here are looks of varying brevity.  Jerry Grey: On the Grid shows a lesser-known side of Jerry Grey, one of the city’s best-known and beloved elder artists. Like artifacts from the age of abstract expressionism, […]

At about 10 a.m. on Saturday, five-year-old Max Sedmihradsky will climb into the box of his father’s cargo bike on Parliament Hill to begin a seven-day journey to Hamilton to raise money for research into the disease that stalks him. Max suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal muscle-wasting disease for which there is […]

Kayla the dog alerted a sleeping family in time for them to escape the fire that destroyed their home early Friday, according to Ottawa Fire Services. A cigarette thrown away without being put out started a fire outside the Bayview Road home in Constance Bay, the service said in a release. A couple and a 13-year-old child were deeply asleep inside as […]

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown will leave Halifax on Monday to replace HMCS Fredericton which has been involved in Operation REASSURANCE since January 2016. HMCS Charlottetown is scheduled to depart sometime later in the morning.

We're cycling more, using less water and living in a warmer and wetter capital city. But we've made little real progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and too many of us still drive to work on our own. Those are some key facts that emerge from a batch of environment and sustainability indicators released Friday by the Community Foundation of Ottawa.

At this point, it’s too soon to tell whether the 12 members of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform – handpicked by their respective parties to spend the summer scrutinizing the math and mechanics underlying how Canadians vote – are being punished for past transgressions. But after just one meeting of the committee we can draw some […]

As the world watches the fallout from the Brexit referendum – which, for those just tuning in now, saw the British electorate vote to leave the European Union – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to spend his day celebrating St. Jean Baptiste Day at various events throughout his home province of Quebec.  According to […]

Ramadan is boot camp for the soul Summer is here and people are joining fitness boot camps and all sorts of camps to help them reboot in some way – to get to new levels.  Muslims, too, have joined a boot camp. A one-month spiritual boot camp for their souls and character. This month, called Ramadan, is when […]

During the election campaign the Liberals pointed out that their defence policy would put more emphasis on involvement in peace support/peacekeeping operations as well as contributing more to disaster relief and humanitarian missions. Missions such as helping Haiti after its earthquake (see photo above) would be more common. Some firms are already getting ready to […]

It has been an outstanding year of national accolades for the Ottawa Catholic School Board. Staff and students have claimed top prizes across the country for several high profile initiatives. The impressive recognition seems to originate from the way they approach education. They have pride in the work they are doing, and want to show […]

July Talk Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Reviewed Thursday, June 23 July Talk ascended to headliner status with a blistering performance at the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival on Thursday, the first big show in a weekend of free concerts at Mooney’s Bay Beach.  It’s been months since their last show in Ottawa, and the love was […]

Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Reviewed Thursday night The problem with jazz, some people say, is that it has become over-codified, strangled by theories taught in grad schools and by conventions and clichés that lost their currency decades ago. In this view, the biggest enemy of jazz is predictability. For such a […]

Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Hart’s Muscle Theory TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Mainstage Confederation Park Reviewed Thursday night.  The TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival opened with several shades of the blues Thursday night. For openers, the Alvin “Youngblood” Hart Muscle Theory trio offered up some down-home cooking with tunes that ranged from raunchy […]

Days after police say Gurpreet Ronald slashed and bludgeoned her secret lover’s wife to death, she offered to take his grieving children out for pizza and a movie. “Just worried about you guys … Try to get them back to a normal life and they can have some good time … will be a nice […]

BUFFALO — Pierre Dorion did a lot of talking on Thursday. The Senators’ GM will have to wait until he gets to the draft table Friday night at the First Niagara Center if it’s going to lead anywhere. “I’ve had some interesting conversations,” Dorion said at the club’s downtown hotel before heading to the GMs […]

The Senators have the No. 12 pick in what’s a strong draft. There’s no question they’re going to get a player who likely won’t make the team next season but should make an impact down the road. What’s going to happen with the first five picks in this draft is predictable but from there it […]

On the day she was to graduate from high school, four months shy of her 40th birthday and seven years since she had held a razor blade to her wrist after a 12-day crack cocaine binge, Monica Higgins heard Garth Brooks on the radio and cried.  Blame it all on my roots I showed up […]

BUFFALO — Neil Doef has been recognized for his perseverance. The former Smiths Falls Bears forward, who had his career ended by a devastating spinal cord injury he suffered in December, 2014 in Kindersley Sask., will be recognized with the E.J. McGuire Award before Round 2 of the NHL draft gets under way Saturday morning […]

The Ottawa Champions shook up their roster on Thursday. The Champions acquired outfielder Derrick Pyles from the Quebec Capitales for future considerations and released outfielder Brian Van Kirk. The Champions also made a move at catcher, signing Nicholas Lecompte and releasing Nic Lops. First baseman Alexander Malleta was placed on the DL, while third baseman […]

There are no flies on Jeff Hunt. Well, other than the horse fly that was pursuing him while we spoke on the phone. In the proverbial sense, Hunt, the president of the CFL’s Ottawa Redblacks and OHL’s Ottawa 67’s, moves too quickly for flies to land. On Thursday, for example, Hunt was boarding an airplane […]

Thousands of employees at Canada’s tax agency have “strongly” rejected a controversial contract, putting them on the road to a strike unless a deal can reached. Robert Campbell, president of the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE), said the ratification vote held across the country over the past six weeks, drew more than 16,000 members who […]