Новости за 22.07.2016

Firefighters worked for about 30 minutes Friday morning to put out a smoky fire in an apparently abandoned barn in the 1200 block of Dozois Road between Squire and Stuewe drives. The fire was reported by several callers shortly after 10 a.m. with smoke clearly visible from some distance. However, crews were able to deal with […]

On Thursday night, Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination for the presidency of the United States. He then took a little over an hour to demonstrate his unsuitability for the office. Trump described an America not all would recognize. It is a place where illegal immigrants stream across the border in ever greater numbers, bringing […]

Thirty-one years ago, teenager Heather Fraser was brutally raped and murdered in the sleepy town of Smiths Falls. The man responsible, James Harold Giff, served more than three decades behind bars for the crime. Now he’s out. Shockwaves still ripple from a murder that stunned the small Eastern Ontario town back in 1985. “Smiths Falls has had […]

At a time when millions of people are outdoors chasing Pokémon characters, nature-lovers are asking us to get out there and count something real: Bumblebees. Many of the 40 or so Canadian varieties of bumblebees are doing just fine. But about one-third are in trouble, often for reasons that are murky. One, the rusty-patched bumble bee, was […]

Over 100 members from the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry will take part in Exercise ARCTIC ANVIL at Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright training areas in Alaska, from July 23 to August 3, the Canadian Army says. Exercise ARCTIC ANVIL is a joint, multi-national effort and will consist of live-fire and force-on-force training. […]

A long-awaited underpass that runs beneath Via Rail tracks in Barrhaven partially opened on Friday.

Plant some vines around your property and enjoy the increased shade, privacy, less road noise and habitat for community birds.

We’re not generally known for our swimming pool skills, but apparently Canadians know how to belly flop. Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC’s late-night talk show, held its 10th annual belly-flop competition on Wednesday. The bit sees people from the street brought in to show off their worst dives. The judges included an Olympian athlete, a reality TV star, and […]

With the lazy, hazy days of summer upon us don’t put your binoculars or camera away. There are still lots of birds and interesting behaviour to watch or photograph. With the continuing lower water levels along the Ottawa River, Shirley’s Bay is one of the richest areas and continues to attract lots of birds. An […]

The Servant of Two Masters Odyssey Theatre at Strathcona Park Reviewed Thursday You’d be hard-pressed to find profound insights in it, but Odyssey Theatre’s production of Carlo Goldoni’s 1745 comedy The Servant of Two Masters sure is fun. Jesse Buck plays the titular servant Truffaldino, a wily and perennially famished fellow who lands himself in […]

Police saved journalists’ integrity Re: False Reports, Fine Words, police manipulating media in Gill case ethically suspect, July 21. Randy Boswell’s presumption that “no journalist would collaborate with police in disseminating false reports” gives weight to the strategic decision by police to involve the media in this ruse, thus saving the media from making that ethical choice.  The ethics […]

Review: Soprano Marie-Josée Lord At Dominion-Chalmers Reviewed Thursday The Ottawa Chamberfest opened Thursday night with a concert tribute to women in song, curated by soprano Marie-Josée Lord. Lord is one Quebec’s most popular sopranos, although her star is just beginning to rise in the rest of the country. She likes to balance her operatic career […]

Former Redblacks Kalonji Kashama and Brandon McDonald look forward, not back, as they prepare to face their former team as Roughriders.

The Redblacks offence has quickly made a name for itself as the most explosive in the CFL. So, Antoine Pruneau, does the Ottawa defence get enough love for its part in the Redblacks’ 3-0-1 record heading into Friday’s game in Regina? “Oh, yeah, defensively it’s more about the long run,” says the Redblacks third-year Canadian […]

The defensive end who left the Redblacks after the 2015 season has had a slow start as a Roughrider, and his replacement apparently hasn't skipped a beat.

It’s great that some of the world’s best up-and-coming golfers will be in Ottawa Aug. 15-21 at Hylands Golf Club for the National Capital Open to Support Our Troops. Equally as important is what the tournament is doing for others in need. Proceeds, which organizers hope will exceed $100,000, will go to help mitigate veterans’ […]

Peter Johansen doesn’t know lilies from liverwort. But after searching for wild edibles in the Haliburton Highlands, with an experienced forager as his guide, he now knows he should.  Weeds make delicious – and nutritious – eating. Finding them is half the fun. Tell me what you did. I signed onto one of Carolyn Langdon’s […]

Months before Gurpreet Ronald went on trial for the 2014 killing of her secret lover’s wife, her defence lawyer filed a motion asking the judge to recuse herself on grounds of alleged bias after she told court that the accused was “capable of a great deal of deceit and deviousness.” Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne […]

OC Transpo’s customer service approach is “ill-prepared” for the switch to LRT and the agency should have a new strategy in place a full year ahead of the launch, a document prepared for Transpo management shows.  Transpo hired Janet LeBlanc and Associates to assess “customer experience modernization” before the 2018 LRT implementation. Postmedia obtained the consultant’s report through an access to information […]

The United Arab Emirates is buying $785 million (U.S.) worth of bombs from U.S. firms (almost $1 billion in Canadian dollars). The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to the UAE which is involved in fighting in Yemen. UAE are part of the bombing campaign which also includes other Arab nations such as Saudi […]

This went out to federal workers and was forwarded by a Defence Watch reader for further distribution. Message from Public Services and Procurement Canada regarding pay  Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to address employee pay problems.  On Monday, I provided an update on the situation and announced additional actions to […]

A sign on the chain-link fence surrounding 5416 Piperville Rd. in Carlsbad Springs reads NO TRESPASSING. VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED.  It’s almost entirely obscured by scrubby trees and other foliage, mind you, so the accidental tourist might need other hints to determine whether he is welcome inside. Some would not be so obvious. The mailbox, for example, could […]

Good news, purveyors of partisan political signage, bumperstickers, buttons and thundersticks: A new ruling from Elections Canada has given the green light to federal parties who want to provide a platform for swag producers to show off their wares at political conventions.  The opinion, which was requested by the Conservatives in advance of the party’s […]

Selling his “dream house” near Regina wasn’t easy for Zack Evans. He’d added a new deck, did the floors, painted through the house and put a gym in the basement. But for Evans, his wife Jenna and their 19-month-old son Zander, it was time to move on. Just like Evans, a 290-plus-pound defensive lineman, did […]

Inmate Shannon Sargent died the day she was due to be released from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, according to her former lawyer.  Sargent was found dead in her cell shortly after midnight Tuesday night. The 34-year-old woman did not have a lawyer assigned to her file when she died. However, Paul Lewandowski, a well-known Ottawa criminal […]