Новости за 26.07.2016

Ottawans are rightly demanding to know why Abdirahman Abdi died on Monday after a police pursuit followed by what witnesses described as a violent arrest that left Abdi lying in his own blood. A picture of what happened is just beginning to emerge, but the fullest account won’t be pulled together for weeks, or even months. Yet that report might […]

Raw video taken in the moments after Ottawa police grounded and arrested a man who is now dead has been posted to YouTube.

Canada is a proudly multicultural society, and equality is enshrined in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is defended by our courts. Viewed this way, it may seem implausible that we could be afflicted with white privilege. Sadly, life has a way of shocking us out of our ignorance. On Sunday, witnesses say, Ottawa police violently […]

The Ottawa Muslim Association said it will cover the funeral costs of the man who died following a confrontation with police Sunday.

Tucked away on Fourth Avenue east of Bank Street, the Sare family's modest new cafe is a charmer.

A vigil for Abdirahman Abdi, who died following a confrontation with police in Hintonburg on Sunday, will be held at Somerset Square Park, between Wellington Street West and Somerset Street West, on Tuesday night. The public is welcome to attend the memorial, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Abdi fled from police responding to a disturbance call at […]

The White House says the world is facing a “revolution” of the cyber threat and is issuing a response plan for the federal government to use after major cyber attacks, the Associated Press reports. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: White House homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco says Russia and […]

Beginning Tuesday, Ontarians can buy beer and liquor from the LCBO online and have it delivered to their front door, for a $12 fee. The LCBO’s website is offering thousands of brands of beer, whisky and other alcoholic beverages for home delivery via Canada Post. There’s a $50 minimum order. “Online shopping at LCBO.com enables […]

Postmedia Network Inc.’s newspapers in the Ottawa area are showing impressive growth, reaching more than 665,000 distinct readers a week through their print and digital platforms, according to a new study by Vividata. During the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016, the Citizen’s average daily print readership grew by eight per cent to 208,000, Monday […]

Try this dish as a side with grilled salmon or chicken or as a satisfying vegetarian main course.

After spending much of Monday afternoon quizzing a trio of professors on the pros and cons of changing how Canadians choose their federal representatives, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform will kick off today’s hearings with a whirlwind virtual trip across the Atlantic. First on the witness list today: Trinity College professors Michael Marsh and […]

PHILADELPHIA – The keynote speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention is usually delivered by one of the party’s rising stars. The keynoter usually appears in prime time, for maximum exposure, striking a certain tone. In 2004, it was given by a little-known state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama. His calm […]

Eight years after graduating in 2005 with a bachelor's degree from a group of Canadian universities, males were earning $27,300 more on average than females who graduated at the same time with the same degrees, says a new study. For college graduates, the wage gender gap was almost as large — $23,600 — and even larger in percentage terms, says the analysis done by the Education Policy Research Initiative, a national research organization based at the University of Ottawa.

A 37-year-old man who lay motionless on the pavement in front of a Hintonburg apartment building after an altercation with police Sunday morning was dead 45 minutes before he arrived at The Ottawa Hospital trauma centre, a family spokesman says. Abdirahman Abdi died Monday after a confrontation with several Ottawa police officers after a brief […]

Changes to the policing model are imminent despite one city councillor’s opinion that the now approved changes are a “misstep” by the Ottawa Police Service. As part of an ongoing business overhaul meant to shave costs, called the service initiative, police approved on July 15 a new deployment model for all uniformed officers, a rejigging […]

As the Special Investigations Unit begins to examine the events surrounding the death of Abdirahman Abdi after a confrontation with police on Sunday, questions are once again being asked about what is appropriate when it comes to use of force.  Police training on use of force is rapidly changing. A couple of decades ago, use of force was […]

Dozens of prisoners remained locked down at the Ottawa jail Monday, three days after a disturbance that was set off after several inmates were suspected of drinking jailhouse hooch. A specialized team of correctional officers had to be called in to quell the uprising in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Friday, when prisoners in one […]

Heads up, Government Operations committee members: You may want to hold off on making any vacation plans for the foreseeable future. Four Liberal MPs on the committee have filed a formal written request to hold an emergency meeting to discuss what they describe as “the unacceptable situation surrounding the Phoenix payroll system.” In a letter […]

The pit bull-type dog that mauled a woman in Vanier on the weekend has been surrendered by the owner and will be euthanized, says the city.

The problems with the federal government’s Phoenix pay system have been known since the system went live in February. But in April as federal workers went without pay senior management at Public Services and Procurement Canada insisted all was well with Phoenix. At the time, public service unions asked that the further implementation of the […]