Новости за 29.07.2016

Mayor Jim Watson’s office has confirmed he will attend the funeral today for Abdirahman Abdi at the city’s main Muslim mosque on Northwestern Avenue at 12:30 p.m. “At the request of the family, Mayor Watson is attending Mr. Abdi’s funeral today,” the mayor’s office said in a release. Police Chief Charles Bordeleau said Friday morning he […]

The National Research Council has a new president, but don’t bother asking what happened to the old one. The incoming president is Iain Stewart, a former Treasury Board senior manager and former assistant vice-president of research at Dalhousie University whose appointment was announced by Science Minister Kirsty Duncan. He will take over from Maria Aubrey, […]

A man accused of stabbing military personnel at a Toronto recruitment centre in March has been found fit to stand trial, the Canadian Press writes. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article: Ayanle Hassan Ali, a 27-year-old born in Montreal, allegedly stabbed several soldiers inside the recruitment centre, sending two to hospital. Nobody […]

A few weeks back, I took the rare – and, in the Canadian political journalizing racket, generally ill-advised – step of expressing tentative but emphatic optimism over what appeared to be a shocking lack of cross-party bickering amongst the 12 MPs tasked to serve out their summers on the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. It was early […]

The Ontario Provincial Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man that attempted to rob a convenience store in Renfrew around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. According to police, a man entered a Mac’s located at 367 Raglan St. South, walked up to the cash and asked to buy a package of […]

Family and friends should get financial compensation for the hours they put into senior care, says a survey released by the Conference Board of Canada. The EKOS survey of 4,127 Canadians — about two-thirds of respondents were over the age of 55 — found that 60 per cent supported government financial assistance for caregivers who […]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will soon start receiving classified intelligence briefings from the U.S. government. This is the standard process in a run-up to a presidential election and considered preparation for a possible president-in-waiting. Hillary Clinton will also receive the same briefings. But some Democrats are questioning whether Trump can be trusted with such […]

Ten members of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment will be testing their parachuting abilities at Leapfest from August 1 to 9, according to a news release from the Canadian Army. Organized by the Rhode Island National Guard, the competition is in its 34th year and provides technical and skill-demonstrating opportunities to parachutists from around the […]

Just another gang of tourists? Re: Hells Angels sight-see and nosh as mayhem-free conventioneers, July 25. Looking at Jason Ransom’s picture of a Hells Angel photographing fellow gang members on the steps of Parliament Hill, I couldn’t help but recall Gilbert and Sullivan’s delightful song “When A Felon’s Not Engaged in His Employment” from their 1879 operetta Pirates of Penzance: […]

Tunnelling work for the Confederation LRT line is set to resume next week beneath Rideau Street, about eight weeks after a massive sinkhole swallowed three traffic lanes and a minivan.

One person is homeless following an intense fire at 60 Quevillion St. in Gatineau early Friday. Fire was described as fully engaged when firefighters arrived at the small home on the east end cul-de-sac at about 2:10 a.m. Responders concentrated on limiting the blaze to the original site and protecting neighbouring buildings. The resident of […]

After spending the last few days listening to expert witnesses outline the pros and cons of electoral reform in a windowless committee room on Parliament Hill, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is back in her home province of British Columbia today, where she’ll spend the morning talking “leadership in climate change” at the Sorrento Retreat. […]

PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Rodham Clinton gave the most important speech of her life at the Democratic National Convention Thursday. She did it with the confidence and zeal of a newly converted populist. Dressed in a snow-white pants suit, Clinton had several challenges in accepting her party’s presidential nomination: to introduce herself to Americans who think she is […]

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque Chamberfest Dominion-Chalmers United Church Reviewed Thursday night When the gods of good sound smiled at last on Jane Bunnett and Maqueque on Thursday night, the Toronto saxophonist and flutist and her all-female, all-Cuban band were able to unreservedly wow Chamberfest listeners. Bunnett’s group was clearly capable of projecting tremendous personality and […]

There was an outpouring of support for two families displaced by a raging fire that tore through their Hintonburg homes earlier this month, with local artists donating their works for a raffle, and local legend Lucky Ron belting out his signature tunes.

Nearly two thirds of human trafficking in Canada is believed to take place in Ontario — and Eastern Ontario is a hub for the illicit activity. Voice Found, an Ottawa-based national human trafficking non-profit, is calling on the federal and provincial government to improve long-term, sustainable funding, increase resources for trafficking survivors and improve data collection. […]

When an Ottawa woman went into labour in an Ottawa Paramedic Service ambulance on Thursday, expert help was at hand. The ambulance quickly pulled to a stop on the Blackburn Bypass in the city’s east end and the paramedics on board delivered a baby girl at 4:24 p.m. The baby, who arrived nine weeks’ early […]

The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will continue investigating complaints of animal cruelty in Ottawa for at least another 11 days after the Ottawa Humane Society was stripped of its ability to investigate those complaints. A judge adjourned a request Thursday by the OHS to restore its power to investigate animal cruelty […]

There’s something about holding your first grandchild moments after birth that is hard to describe, even for someone who makes a living with words. We had been counting the days to the delivery of the first child of my son and his partner, and when the moment finally arrived and I cuddled this tiny, delicate […]

Spend a few days among Democrats and look into their soul. Listen in wonder to speakers of every shade at the podium and protesters of every cause in the streets. Hear voices of anxiety, anger, gratitude, grief, joy and hope amid a charming, if sloppy, sentimentality.

A 26-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday morning when the chainsaw he was operating on a lift kicked back and sliced his arm. Ottawa paramedics received several 911 calls to a tree-cutting site on Sharkey Crescent in Cumberland at about 10:30. The 26-year-old man had been working in a bucket lift seven metres above the ground […]

Brendan Gillanders and Moton Hopkins both came into the 2016 CFL season with high hopes. For Hopkins, a third-year Redblacks player, it was about improving on what he’d already accomplished with the Ottawa team. For Gillanders, it was about a new opportunity, a chance to play in his home town— after leaving the Toronto Argonauts […]

The use of force is inevitable in policing. It becomes an issue, however, when the police use unnecessary levels of force against members of the public. Over the past several weeks, we have witnessed both police killing civilians and the police being killed by civilians. The events in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas have sent shock waves throughout the […]

Gravity-defying flips and turns were the centre of attention for about 200 people encircling a trampoline on the opening day of Buskerfest on Sparks Street. Bouncing up and down, Sean McManus teased the audience with a series of lacklustre spins and somersaults on Thursday. Heather Ross-McManus, his stage partner and wife, stood at the side […]

A week ago, Paul Hazel got his walking papers from the Toronto Argonauts. A day and a half later, already back home in Jacksonville, Fla., he got a call from the Ottawa Redblacks, who offered him an opportunity. Now that he’s in Ottawa, he’s just hoping for a chance to show what he can do. […]