Новости за 07.07.2016

Two Canadian marijuana dispensary chains have moved into Ottawa, opening three stores and planning more. Stittsville is also about to get a marijuana dispensary, which will bring to six the number of store-front businesses illegally selling marijuana in Ottawa. The newest shop, Green Tree Medical Dispensary, opened on Montreal Road on Sunday with a selection […]

Uber drivers in Ontario will be insured when they transport passengers who order pickups with the ride-sharing application. The Financial Services Commission of Ontario, which regulates the insurance industry, has accepted the ride-sharing product created by Intact Financial Corp., which has been working with Uber on an insurance blueprint for several months. With the commission signing off, […]

If you live with a balcony, patio or yard and you’re thinking about how you can do something interesting with it. If the decline of the honey bee and monarch butterfly population has your attention. If you sometimes wonder: “What if I planted something that helped to attract and nurture the beneficial insects in my […]

Now we understand a little better the plot the Liberals and Conservatives are hatching over reforming Canada’s electoral system: They intend to bore everyone to tears ­so that, awash in nationwide ennui, voters beg them to set aside the subject altogether and focus on other things. Here’s how the first day of the special committee on electoral reform went. “Referendum, referendum, referendum,” droned the Tories […]

Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley Tools, has died. Lee was one of Ottawa’s most prominent businessmen. He is best known for the Ottawa-based mail order company that offered a wide variety of quality tools, but he also founded Canica Design, a company that developed cutting-edge medical tools for cleft palates and carpal tunnel surgery, and […]

Kelly, a versatile 35-year-old forward who missed most of last season with the Boston Bruins after breaking his leg, signed a one-year, $900,000 deal with the Senators.   In his previous life with the Senators, he scored 75 goals and 101 assists in 463 games with the Senators before being traded to the Boston Bruins […]

When international cancer experts warned last fall that eating some meats can cause cancer, staff at Agriculture Canada responded by attacking the warning’s credibility, government documents show. The warning on Oct. 26 came from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization. Its announcement that too much processed meat causes cancer and too much red […]

What police are calling a “zero-tolerance” initiative last month yielded drug charges, a slew of tickets for alcohol, trespassing and driving offences plus the arrest of four people wanted on outstanding warrants. A total of 78 criminal charges were laid, including 17 drug charges and officers handed out 143 tickets, police said. The week-long blitz […]

The National Capital Commission’s new plan for the next 50 years is modest, and that’s OK. Modesty has not been among the commission’s virtues for a long time. In this case, it means keeping the commission’s plans fairly small but also specific enough that it can actually be held to them. The 1950 scheme for the […]

An Ottawa yoga teacher was to appear in court Thursday on two new charges of sexual assault, after two new alleged victims came forward after his arrest in May. Police said the new accusers came forward after news was released that instructor Matthew Harper, 38, had been charged in relation to an incident with one of […]

The Juno-winning vocalist brought her orchestral project to Montreal's jazz festival on Wednesday night.

Summer would appear to have arrived in full force. We’ve waited all winter for the heat, but now that it’s here, the city advises you to stay cool. Temperatures are expected to climb to 29 C today, but it’ll feel more like 37 C with the humidity. Thunderstorms are expected to roll in Thursday afternoon, with a strong chance […]

After kicking off the first phase of public hearings with a 90 minute ministerial Q&A, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform is set to hear from outgoing Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand this morning. Mayrand, who will leave his post later this year, can likely expect to be quizzed over the technical challenges involved in […]

Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in connection with the reported sexual assault of a woman in the Lowerton district early Wednesday. A woman reported to police she was attacked by a stranger on Clarence Street, near Nelson Street. Police described the suspect as caucasian, 25-40 years old, with a medium build and a shaved head. […]

After kicking off the first phase of public hearings with a 90 minute ministerial Q&A on Wednesday, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform is set to hear from outgoing Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand this morning. Mayrand, who will leave his post later this year, can likely expect to be quizzed over the technical challenges […]

Renewing and transforming 24 Sussex Drive is one of the "milestone projects" in the National Capital Commission's new draft 50-year Plan for Canada's Capital.

Here are some key policy directions in the National Capital Commission's draft Plan for Canada's Capital 2017-2067.

Here's a full list of the "milestone projects" proposed in the draft Plan for Canada's Capital, released Thursday by the National Capital Commission.

Martin Chalifour At Dominion-Chalmers Reviewed Wednesday Day 3 of Music and Beyond wrapped up with a recital by Montreal violinist Martin Chalifour, who has spent the past 20 years living the Hollywood dream as concertmaster of the L.A. Philharmonic. Playing a 1711 Stradivarius formerly played by Fritz Kreisler — one of three owned by the L.A. Phil […]

What a Syrian refugee and mother of three misses most about celebrating Eid in her home country is her extended family and friends gathering together to mark the end of Ramadan.  Samar Hason, who celebrated Eid on Wednesday with her three children at the EY Centre in Ottawa, fled Damascus, Syria, for a Lebanese refugee camp two years ago before moving […]

The NCC has issued a special permit to allow two young girls to sell lemonade on Colonel By Drive throughout the summer, beginning this Sunday, as long as they donate the proceeds to charity. Kurtis Andrews says his two young daughters, Eliza and Adela, were thrilled to learn they have been granted a permit, which came with […]

The monumental Wellington Building gleams after a $425-million restoration to its original splendour, from the glass-and-steel canopy again punctuating the limestone facade to its humming 1927 elevators. But to see the hidden jewel of this Beaux Arts landmark, walk through shining brass doors from Wellington Street and look up. On the vestibule’s vaulted ceiling is a […]

Gurpreet Ronald says she wishes she had just turned a heel the day she found her secret lover’s wife dead.  It was Jan. 29, 2014, and Ronald said she had gone to Jagtar Gill’s house in Barrhaven to pay a visit and pick up some tools. Nobody answered the unlocked door, so she let herself in, […]

Madeleine Meilleur’s seat at Queen’s Park is vacant and Coun. Mathieu Fleury won’t try to fill it, he says. The former attorney general officially resigned as the MPP for Ottawa-Vanier on June 30, after giving notice earlier in the month that she’d be retiring. On her way out, she touted Fleury, the city councillor for Rideau-Vanier, as […]

Before rising superstar Brooke Henderson came the trail blazers of women’s golf. Foremost among them was Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Mulville, Queen of the Smiths Falls Golf & Country Club. Following a recent illness, Betty passed away on June 30, age 77. Her life was celebrated at a funeral in Smiths Falls Wednesday. Betty was a no-nonsense […]