Новости за 15.07.2016

Karim Rashid may be an internationally celebrated industrial designer with thousands of striking products from furniture to hotels bearing his stamp, but like the rest of us he can still be defeated by that most pedestrian of objects: The traditional two-piece telephone. “I moved into an office in New York City and I have this […]

Gatineau police have seized nearly 300 methamphetamine pills, four marijuana plants and a 2011 Ford Edge after a two-month drug operation. On Wednesday, police raided a location on Rue Daniel Johnson. The next day, police raided another location on Rue Normand. Police arrested four men as a result of the warrants, between the ages of […]

Ever since that first minstrel, centuries ago, copped to the reality that his village had grown a bit tired of his material, and decided to pack his mandolin onto his donkey and try out the neighbouring shires or whatever, the road’s been both a romantic constant and a necessary evil for singer-songwriters. For a few […]

The RCMP now says it didn’t destroy access-to-information files after all. It only thought it did. That’s why it announced a “purge” of documents that never really happened. And the series of snafus built on itself until it appeared that the Mounties had even erased details of scores of access-to-information records — everything it had processed since the start […]

Dear Senator Tannas, First off, I hope you don’t mind me using the statement you issued in response to your now former Conservative caucus colleague Doug Black’s decision to join the steadily growing ranks of the independents as an invitation to hand my keyboard over to my inner parliamentary Pollyanna, who never likes to pass […]

As athletes around the world prepare to compete at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next month, an Ottawa professor discusses in a new book how a city’s desire to win the bid often trumps the needs of impoverished youth who live in those host cities. In her newly-released academic book Olympic Exclusions: […]

All three charges against the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre have been dismissed in its “Code White” trial over workplace violence. The verdict, delivered Friday by Justice of the Peace John Doran, concludes a lengthy and complicated trial that stretched over 21 months and tested the hospital’s procedures and policies to deal with a violent patient’s […]

The New York jazz drummer draws attention to the social ills, climate change and more with his new album.

China has just thrown down the gauntlet to Canada, again. The last time was when the visiting Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, gave a public dressing down to a Canadian journalist whose offence was doing her job, while Canada’s Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion looked haplessly on. When the government belatedly made a timorous comment […]

If you don’t already work for the public service (and if you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you do), what would it take to get you to jump ship from your current gig and head for the sunny shores of government? The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada is betting on money, asking […]

Documents about the expenses for former prime minister Stephen Harper’s 2012 trip to India, approved for public release this year by the RCMP, have disappeared, and the Mounties believe they have “purged” the papers. The Mounties claim they were following policy from Library and Archives Canada for disposing records.  However, when asked for comment, the RCMP wouldn’t explain why […]

Lieutenant-General Paul Wynnyk assumed command of the Canadian Army today from Lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse. The change of command ceremony took place on Parliament Hill. Lieutenant-General Wynnyk is transitioning from leadership of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command and Lieutenant-General Hainse will be moving on to become Canada’s senior military representative to NATO in Brussels, Belgium, according […]

Lessons for our children on higher education Re: Denley: Higher education is not a magic wand, millennials, July 6 Randall Denley is correct in asserting that we are pumping more university graduates into a job market that does not require their skills. Certainly, if you go to university and take engineering, for example, then you are […]

On Tuesday, an all-star baseball game in San Diego became political. While singing the Canadian national anthem, one member of the homegrown quartet The Tenors changed the lyrics to include “All Lives Matter” while holding a sign with the same slogan. The catchphrase is an adversarial response to the Black Lives Matter movement – and it is […]

After spending the last few days off the public grid, Justin Trudeau is off to Calgary for his first-ever Stampede as a sitting prime minister, an experience that will, according to the itinerary provided by his office, kick off with a breakfast appearance at the Genesis Centre. Later this morning, he’ll meet up with Alberta […]

Owners of small- and medium-sized businesses looking to buy decent workspace condo, with ample room for growth, know how difficult it is to find premises that offer everything they want for a price that will fit their budget. In fact, there simply isn’t much that is available in Ottawa. Enter Takol Real Estate Inc., a […]

Sam Hunt, Lindsey Stirling, Pup, Meghan Patrick RBC Bluesfest, LeBreton Flats Park Reviewed Thursday After an hour-long weather delay ate up most of his time slot, Nashville hunk Sam Hunt ramped up the energy and crammed his headlining show into a 45-minute party at RBC Bluesfest on Thursday.  “We’re going play as much music as we […]

Everything old is new again, and The Monkees continue to be living proof.

By Natasha Gauthier At St. Barnabas Church Reviewed Thursday Thursday’s apparent terror attack in Nice cast a sobering shadow over the London Handel Players program of French Baroque music. The concert was originally billed as a Bastille Day celebration, but even if the musicians didn’t explicitly reference the day’s events, thoughts at the concert could […]

A defining image at the Gill murder trial came when the jury sat statue-still as they watched a young girl recount the day she found her dead mom on the living-room room floor.

In his annual guide to Bluesfest, Postmedia’s Aedan Helmer offers daily previews of the biggest acts as well as his suggestion for the band to see. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS — City Stage, 9:30 p.m. The Chili Peppers didn’t go mainstream – it went the other way around. In one of those rare sea change […]

The cheers and screams of about 40 children and parents filled a section of Mooney’s Bay Park that was cordoned off by steel barricades on Thursday.

Charges of impaired driving and refusing a breath test against an Ottawa police officer have been dropped after a judge ruled the Mountie who arrested her caused "profound" violations of her charter rights.

Capital Pride currently has no plan to exclude Ottawa police officers from participating in this year's Pride Parade.

Maybe you can have your cake and eat it, too. What else to think when Cory Conacher winds up back with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Conacher, of course, was part of a lopsided 2013 trade with the Ottawa Senators, coming here in exchange for goaltender Ben Bishop and a fourth-round draft pick (which turned into […]