Новости за 23.07.2016

Ottawa punks and associates descended on McNabb Park on Percy Street Saturday for the city’s first annual S.O.T.O (Sitting On The Outside) fest, The afternoon featured skateboard shredding, water guns and water balloons to beat the heat, excellent BBQ and, of course, live, loud music. In between the live musicians, DJs from CKCU radio were on […]

U.S. Border Patrol officials say two Canadian teenagers were briefly apprehended after they accidentally crossed the U.S. border into Montana while playing the game “Pokemon Go.”

The federal meteorologists put out a severe thunderstorm watch just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, saying the chances are high severe storms will develop in the early afternoon and into the evening.

Perth’s Amy Millar was close to making Canada’s equestrian team for the 2012 Olympics in London. She was 35 then, 39 now, but please don’t get the idea she ever thought that might be her last opportunity to make the Olympic team. “NO!,” Millar says laughing. “My dad’s Ian Millar. When is our last opportunity. […]

KIRSTIN ENDEMANN The Gentleman Bastards Trilogy  By Scott Lynch I pass on this recommendation for a fantasy/adventure trilogy to those who have also been waiting painfully for Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle) or George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire) to complete the next books in their popular fantasy series. Mercifully, Lynch’s satisfyingly thick books are all published, and […]

Please be quiet and listen Re: Is Canada really dominated by white privilege? July 20. A piece of advice for any white person thinking about questioning white privilege: Please don’t. “But, but, but …” I hear you trying to interject, because white people are used to having a voice in every argument. No. I wag my finger at […]

Quarterback Trevor Harris is injured, too, leaving questions about who starts the next game for the Redblacks.

Ottawa firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at 1215 Trenton Ave. late Friday night.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling Friday means the defence minister can appeal in the case of a Canadian soldier acquitted of sexually assaulting a female subordinate, the Canadian Press reports. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article: The court ruled unanimously that the country’s National Defence Act, which governs the military justice […]

A 32-year-0ld man arrived at The Ottawa Hospital trauma centre in critical condition on Friday night after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a large delivery truck.

The Capital Ukrainian Festival is underway in Ottawa and runs through Sunday at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine. On Friday, the Barvinok Ukrainian Dance School put on a show for those in attendance. The gates open again Saturday at 11 a.m. and at noon the official greeting from government representatives will take place, […]

The Outaouais SPCA is investigating the death of a months-old puppy that was left to die in a box outside a Gatineau Walmart Thursday morning.  Melissa Dumont, the director of the Sit With Me rescue organization, said a Walmart employee found the dog, Benz, and brought her to the SPCA. Dumont was at the SPCA to assess other dogs in […]

A freight train derailment at Smiths Falls has thrown a monkey wrench into summer weekend travel plans for Via Rail passengers.

Bhupinderpal Gill, the OC Transpo driver serving life in prison for the Jan. 29, 2014, killing of his wife, has filed an appeal, asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to quash his murder conviction and order a new trial. According to the notice of appeal by his lawyer, James Harbic, the trial judge erred for […]

Hells Angels members from across the country are in town this weekend for their “Canada Run,” an annual convention of sorts. (Yes, bikers have conventions.) With as many as 1,000 people expected to show up, police have said it might be the largest-ever gathering of Canadian Hells Angels members. The biker gang has chapters (which they […]

There’s a certain Forrest Gump-like aura to the George Seymour Lyon story. By all accounts, he was guy with a gift for the gab and love for life, never far removed from major historical events.

Only two players have played in every regular- and post-season Redblacks game.

A half-dozen Redblacks representatives will visit all 32 NFL training camps starting at the end of this month.

A major focus of this year’s Chamberfest centres on the cello.  On Wednesday, July 27, patrons can see performances of J.S. Bach’s complete cello suites. And, on the same day, the festival’s resident musicologist Rob Kapilow will examine in detail what makes Beethoven’s A major cello sonata great.  As well, the cello will be central […]

Vancouver was the first to adopt municipal licensing and zoning bylaws to control illegal cannabis dispensaries.

Police are appealing for help in identifying a man who was struck and killed by a pickup truck in downtown Ottawa Friday afternoon. The man was struck near the intersection of Preston and Rochester streets around 2:14 p.m., and witnesses said they saw the man leaving a nearby coin-wash laundromat shortly before the collision. The […]

Two weeks after wrapping up the opening round of expert testimony, the all-party panel of MPs tasked with investigating alternatives to Canada’s first past the post voting system is set to reconvene around the committee table Monday. Here’s hoping that they’ve all managed to recharge their mental batteries to the full, as the preliminary witness list […]