Новости за 26.06.2016

What do you do when you live in a neighbourhood that's known mostly for violence, poverty, and shootings? Well, if you’re a member of the West End Youth Motivators (WEYM), you make an effort to showcase your community in a different light.

Guy Boucher will make himself at home by moving into his new house Monday in Ottawa, but it doesn’t like he’ll be sticking around to do the unpacking for long.

There won’t be any rest for Senators GM Pierre Dorion. After wrapping up the NHL draft Saturday at the First Niagara Center, he’ll have plenty of work to do when he gets back to his desk Monday morning at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Nepalese government officials are seeking answers as anger grows over the deaths of 13 Nepali guards who worked for the Canadian embassy in Kabul and were shuttled back and forth in one of the most dangerous cities in the world in an unprotected mini-bus. The guards died June 20 when a suicide bomber attacked their […]

The Polish piano trio, making a rare Canadian appearance, presented a lyrical and exhilarating concert at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Ottawa-raised saxophonist and McGill University grad returns to her hometown to play the Rideau Centre on Monday.

Ottawa Public Health has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for users of the communal well water system in the Kings Park community in Richmond.

The two A-list jazz greats brought made amiable, animated music at their TD Ottawa Jazz Festival concert Saturday night.

Water was spraying everywhere on Saturday as paddlers leaned into it at the 2016 Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival at Mooney's Bay Park.

The Canada Science and Technology Museum is not typically known for its finger-painting activities. Regardless, it drew large crowds on Saturday to participate in a mural-painting activity in its parking lot on St. Laurent Boulevard.

Sarah McLachlan Confederation Park, TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Reviewed Saturday night Sarah McLachlan made up for lost time in her long-awaited return to the concert stage, with fans soaking up the rare opportunity to see one of Canada’s most beloved songbirds under the stars in Confederation Park. With the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival swinging into […]

The Redblacks beat the Eskimos in overtime in the 2016 season opener, a rematch of the 2015 Grey Cup.

Ottawa police confirmed Saturday evening that a vehicle had driven into a Popeyes restaurant at the intersection of Montreal and Ogilvie roads.

In his role as the Ottawa 67’s GM/head coach, it’s Jeff Brown's job to draft and develop players to help them pursue their dream of getting to the NHL. But Friday at the First Niagara Center, he played the role of proud father.

The CFL board of governors hasn't yet made a decision on the 2017 championship game, commissioner Jeffrey Orridge says.

A look at the each of the five players the Ottawa Senators selected in the 2016 entry draft at Buffalo.

Before the proceedings got under way Saturday at the NHL draft, there was a pause for a touching moment. Neil Doef of Smiths Falls, who suffered a serious injury to his spine while playing for Canada at the World Junior A challenge in 2014 in Kindersley, Sask., accepted the 2016 E.J. McGuire Award.

A cheer went up in the stands when William Bitten heard his name called by the Montreal Canadiens. Bitten and his family couldn’t hide their excitement.

Some 250 workers have been laid off at Victoria Shipyards now that a multi-year contract for modernization of Halifax-class frigates is finished. At the same time the Esquimalt Graving Dock in Victoria, BC is being shut down for repair work until September, another factor in the layoffs. Victoria Shipyards workers have been laid off during […]

The Senators’ management and scouting staff left the First Niagara Center with smiles on their faces Saturday afternoon. Mission accomplished.

Michael Herr, the author and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer who viscerally documented the ravages of the Vietnam War through his classic nonfiction book “Dispatches” and through such films as “Apocalypse Now” and “Full Metal Jacket,” died after a long illness, the Associated Press reports. He was 76. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: […]

The pungent, yet welcome scent of hot paving tar greeted pedestrians on Rideau Street near Sussex Avenue Saturday as work crews move to the final stage of repair of the dramatic sinkhole that struck June 8.

So far, the late-night jamming's been fine at the Lord Elgin's Grill 41 during the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival.

Beachgoers across the regions came equipped with sun screen, towels and sunglasses to soak in the heat of the first weekend of summer Saturday. “We don’t get long summers so its nice to get out and enjoy it,” said Annie Hudson, as she sat under the shade of a tree at busy Britannia Beach, in […]

Some of Canada’s top road cyclists hit the course Saturday in Tunney’s Pasture, for the start of the four-day Global Relay Canadian Road Champions. Saturday’s events were mass start road races for junior men and women, elite women, and para-cyclists, who competed at different times along a 10K circuit around the Tunney’s campus. The under-23 riders and […]