Новости за 30.06.2016

More snow would build up on residential roads before city plows are dispatched under a proposed winter maintenance change designed to save taxpayers $6 million annually. But one councillor is slamming city staff for not asking regular folks what they think about the recommended service adjustments before seeking political approval. “It does echo some of the problems we’ve had about public […]

Last year, Perron turned a corner, impressing the Senators by sacrificing potentially even bigger scoring numbers by learning to be more responsible defensively.

MONTREAL – Last February, the Montreal Alouettes went after quarterback Trevor Harris, hard. They will be doing likewise Thursday – this time on a football field. Harris, who came off the bench to beat the Edmonton Eskimos in a spectacular performance in the opener, gets his first start of the season for the Ottawa Redblacks […]

JACKSON VS JOVON Ottawa slotback Ernest Jackson figures to see a lot of former Redblacks DB Jovon Johnson on Thursday, as Johnson has been lining up as an inside halfback instead of cornerback. “He’s just another defender to me,” Jackson says. “Just because he’s my friend doesn’t make it any different.” Look for Jackson to […]

A pedestrian suffered a broken arm Wednesday afternoon when she was hit by a dump truck in central Ottawa. The woman’s life was not in danger, Ottawa police said. A spokesman didn’t know her age. The collision took place at about 12:14 p.m., and there were lane closures for nearly two hours afterwards in the area of Bank […]

A man from the Ottawa-area has been charged with impaired driving in Quebec after police found the operator of a stolen backhoe asleep at the controls in a roadside ditch. Police from the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais said the man, whom they found at around 2 a.m. Wednesday in L’Ange-Gardien, east of Gatineau, had more than four […]

The National Capital Commission was recently handed an unenviable, but incredibly important task: study and recommend the best site for the future Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital. The NCC has very little time in which to do its work, and no guarantee that the final decision won’t be based entirely on political considerations anyway. But […]