Новости за 21.07.2016

Of all the bizarre sources of skin cancer — the side window of your car? It’s true, say medical developments in the past several years that have finally worked out why dermatologists keep seeing more damaged skin, and skin cancer, on the left side of people’s faces and necks. Or, in Australia, on the right side, […]

If you don’t already have a ticket to see The Tragically Hip’s final tour, there’s still hope. The band announced on their website Wednesday a ticket lottery for each show on the tour in which 50 winners will be selected and each given access to purchase two tickets. The cut-off time for entry is 11 a.m. […]

As hundreds of outlaw bikers continue their trek to the nation’s capital for a Hells Angels gathering this weekend, law enforcement agencies are warning the public of an increased presence of not only bikers but also police. Det.-Staff Sgt. Len Isnor, head of the provincial biker enforcement unit — of which Ottawa police are a […]

Yes, Michael Short shivved a guy in a provincial jail with a ceramic knife he kept in his shoe. But, says the judge who acquitted him of a crime for doing it, what else could he do? Ontario’s corrections system certainly wasn’t keeping him safe. The system sticks rival gang members in the same ranges, assigns […]

When the liquidation was first announced we, as staff, didn’t get any more notice or information than the general public. We found out via email as the press releases ran. I remember listening to CBC on my drive home that day: The hosts were trading the stories of their own first leather jackets – all from Danier […]

Rosie MacLennan was full of pride after being officially introduced as the flag bearer for the Canadian Olympic team for the Rio Games at Parliament Hill Thursday. MacLennan, who won a trampoline gold at the 2012 Olympics in London — Canada’s only gold — was flanked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian Olympic officials. […]

As usual, Oscar Wilde said it best: “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” I cling to this comforting aphorism after failing, during a recent vacation, to follow through on a to-do list that included purging the house of surplus reading material. How, […]

This may be one of the most polarizing times in American politics, but there’s one thing about which Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump all agree: We are in a war with terrorists, a war that we can and must win. “This cowardly attack only strengthens our commitment to our alliance and to defeating […]

There’s good reason the world greeted the failure of last week’s attempted coup in Turkey with a big sigh of relief. Not only would the coup have created political upheaval in an already unstable corner of the world, but more crucially, its success would have set back the cause of democracy in the developing world. […]

Pokémon Go and the Star Trek connection “The Game” is the 106th episode of television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the sixth episode of the fifth season. According to Wikipedia, “Riker returns from a vacation on Risa with a game that he is eager to share with the crew. Unfortunately, the game is psychologically addictive (making […]

Who will lead Canada’s athletes into the arena when the 2016 Olympic Games get underway in Rio next month? We’ll find out later this morning when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough and Canadian Olympic Committee President Tricia Smith for the official reveal, which will be announced at a mid-morning ceremony on […]

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man whose family is concerned for his well-being. Neil Brideau, 44, was last seen around 11 p.m. Tuesday in the Vanier area, and police said he went missing Wednesday morning. He is described as caucasian, standing 6-2 with a thin build, short brown […]

Firefighters quickly doused a fire that broke out on the 10th floor of an apartment complex at 2450 Southvale Cres. in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood on Wednesday night. Residents reported smoke in the hallways shortly after 9 p.m., and fire crews arrived to see smoke coming from a unit on the 10th floor. A working fire was declared […]

A 23-year-old cyclist is recovering in hospital after being struck by a car near the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Roydon Place just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet, according to paramedics who treated the man for severe head injuries. Tactical paramedics en route from a training session were […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders haven’t won this season – they’ve lost all three of their games. And their starting quarterback Darian Durant injured his ankle in a 40-27 loss to B.C. and won’t play Friday night against Ottawa. So that means former Argo and Ticat Mitchell Gale gets thrown into the fire. It seems like a […]

A jury found Bhupinderpal Gill and Gurpreet Ronald guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2014 killing of Jagtar Gill. Jagtar’s niece, Ramandeep Chahal delivered the victim impact statement on behalf of Jagtar’s parents — Ajit Singh, 73 and Jagir Kaur, 71. Some excerpts: “The loss of our daughter is beyond words. The laughter, hugs, […]

NDP leader Tom Mulcair wants the Ministry of Natural Resources to investigate allegations made about the safety of Ontario’s nuclear power plants.   “A recent whistleblower letter … includes allegations that are troubling for all Canadians,” said Tom Mulcair in a letter he wrote to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr.   The letter, which was forwarded to the Canadian […]

Give the prime minister credit for this much, at least: He knows he can’t respond to the public service pay fiasco by simply blaming the former government of Stephen Harper. Instead, amid news this week that as many as 80,000 public servants haven’t received proper paycheques, and hundreds more have gone months without being paid at […]

While his teammates are putting in a gameplan to face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina on Friday night, Travon Van is running the stairs. Up one set of stairs, down another and repeat — same routine over and over — in the lower south-side bowl at TD Place. The 25-year-old running back, who injured his […]

We learned recently that the Ottawa police issued a false press release in April 2014 about the discovery of a blood-stained metal bar during its probe into the death of Barrhaven woman Jagtar Gill in January 2014. Some may be tempted to applaud the fake news alert as part of an enterprising series of “investigative prompts” designed […]

The Summer Olympics begin two weeks from Friday. Can you feel the excitement? The hope is that the Games competition will save the day, as usual, but the hurdles to clear before consumers can watch with any sense of belief or trust are hurdles that won’t be on the Olympic Stadium track. Granted, the run-up […]

Origins Although the festival is only in its second year, its roots date back more than a decade. Bob Beshara, owner of the Kemptville music store Class Axe Guitars, used to raise money for the Kemptville District Hospital by throwing parties with live music in the backyard of his store. Later, the store became the title sponsor […]