Новости за 21.09.2016

Canada’s very recently ex-chief statistician may soon get the chance to provide a more detailed public explanation of his decision to quit his post over concerns that the government’s one-stop-shop approach to information technology could put the independence of the arms-length data collection agency at risk.  During a closed-door session on Monday evening, the House […]

A five-year brain drain at the National Research Council, Canada’s biggest public science agency, cut its highest-skilled staff by nearly one-quarter in the Conservatives’ final years in power, according to figures from the new science minister’s office. There has been a slight uptick in research staff numbers this year, the agency’s centennial year. New figures from Science […]

The fuss over the new Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital is sadly typical of how we do things in this city. The new hospital will mean an exciting, transformative change for health care here, one that is going to cost Ottawans a lot of money. And yet, we aren’t even talking about these big […]

Stop ignoring unemployed Canadians Re: Using workers as a crutch; Companies quickly exploited TFWP hiring rules, Sept. 19. Any claim that the temporary foreign workers program is in crisis is not what the media should focus on. For years, Canadian workers have been replaced by foreigners because business owners refuse to provide full-time work and […]

There aren’t many authors working Canada who have achieved the kind if international success that is surrounding Emma Donoghue.  The London, Ont.-based writer of Irish-Canadian citizenship, is hard at work on a book tour for her latest novel called The Wonder.  At the same time, she is basking in the glow of the success of Room […]

Busting the new security fences to illegally access the Prince of Wales Bridge will only prompt the city to waste money on impenetrable barriers, a councillor warns. “My request to residents is, please don’t damage the gate in the course of trying to bypass it,” Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper said Wednesday. “It won’t result in […]

August was both a hot and cold month for home sales in Ottawa. Hot because resales were through the roof, according to the Ottawa Real Estate Board, but cold thanks to sagging new home sales reported by industry analyst PMA Brethour Realty Group. “This has been a record-breaking year,” OREB president Shane Silva says in […]

He did it again! Topping off a 25th anniversary year in which respected renovator Steve Barkhouse and his team at Amsted Design-Build were named both the local and provincial renovator of the year in 2015, the company has managed the difficult feat of repeating as Ontario’s best. At the annual Awards of Distinction gala put […]

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Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in locating Klara Platthy, 77, last seen on the 100 block of Eaton Street in Bells Corners at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. She is described as Caucasian, five-feet-three-inches tall with a thin build. She wears glasses and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark pants. Anyone with information is […]

After spending the last few days on the international diplomatic circuit,  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back on the Hill and ready, if not necessarily eager, to take question on everything from what he accomplished while making the rounds at United Nations headquarters to the apparently sky-high cost of relocating senior PMO staff to Ottawa.  […]

In the midst of a five-year strategic plan designed to refine and develop its role within the community, the Shenkman Arts Centre is offering a novel and exciting blend of entertainment in its 2016-17 lineup. From Cuban jazz to Indian/Irish fusion to poetry and Gypsy anthems, the Orléans-based centre is bringing quality entertainment to audiences […]

There have been a number of government reports trying to understand who is joining the Islamic State and from what countries. In late August, Public Safety Canada issued a report that noted the number of individuals with Canadian connections who are now fighting for ISIL or other terror groups had reached 180. That was up […]

Two Ottawa-area men face a number of charges for allegedly luring online classifieds users with the intention of robbing and assaulting them. The Ottawa police robbery unit say the two overnight robberies both started with the sale of cellphones using the free classified ads website Kijiji. On Monday night around 8:30 p.m. a man who was selling a cellphone arranged […]

When the Ottawa Redblacks were on a roll in 2015, much of their success on the defensive side of the ball came as a result of terrorizing opposing quarterbacks with a potent sack attack. That hasn’t been the case, really, in 2016. The good news: Help is on the way. With the Toronto Argonauts coming […]

Calgary Conservative Jason Kenney is officially stepping down as an MP this week. Kenney tweeted a photo of his resignation letter, dated Tuesday, to Speaker Geoff Regan, in which he says he is vacating his Calgary Midnapore seat effective Friday. He says in his letter that it’s been the greatest privilege of his life to represent his constituents in […]

The Arctic is vast – about four-tenths of this huge country – but also a vast unknown to the many southerners who will never venture there. An 8,000-square-foot gallery opening at the Canadian Museum of Nature next summer aims to transform visitors’ understanding of the region’s importance to contemporary Canada and the world and the […]

When James McKinlay was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer this summer, the 68-year-old avid cyclist and kayaker accepted the devastating news with characteristic calm. “We are all going to go sometime, just some of us are going to go sooner than others,” he told his wife, Mary. But the final days before his death on […]

Heritage Ottawa says it’s worried that the proposed additions to the Château Laurier do not meet the criteria for the conservation of historic buildings and are “ultimately inappropriate.” In an open letter, the non-profit group of volunteers wades into the controversy that has gripped an angry public after the owners of the Château made public […]

The four-hour shutdown of the troubled Phoenix pay system won’t have an impact on whether Canada’s public servants get paid on Wednesday. Public Services officials said the shutdown won’t interfere with the expected payments of those public servants who are ‘scheduled’ to be paid.  Officials at Public Services and Procurement Canada have been given regular updates […]

One U.S. pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane shortly before it crashed in Northern California on Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reports. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: The plane crashed shortly after taking off from Beale Air Force Base on a training mission […]

Just ahead of an open house that will showcase 12 possible sites for The Ottawa Hospital's new Civic campus, the hospital has pledged to hold public consultations on one of the project's most contentious issues: the massive amount of space allotted to parking.

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation has suspended the driver’s licence of an Ottawa woman who has post-traumatic stress disorder, even though she says her mental health doesn’t prevent her from safely operating a vehicle. “It’s very strange because I feel like a criminal, I really do,” Marie-Julie Cosenzo said. “I have done nothing wrong.” Cosenzo, 36, has an F-class licence because she’s a […]

An employee of the Royal Canadian Mint allegedly smuggled about $180,000 in gold from the fortress-like facility, possibly evading multiple levels of detection with a time-honoured prison trick. Hiding the precious metal up his bum. The case against Leston Lawrence, 35, of Barrhaven concluded in an Ottawa courtroom Tuesday. Justice Peter Doody reserved decision until Nov. 9 on a […]

RCMP traffic officers were on the hunt for a pair of motorcyclists who ignored a speed trap during a police exercise in Gatineau Park last Friday near the St. Raymond Boulevard access ramp. Police said the bikers, one of them with Ontario plates, refused to stop while travelling at 125 km/h in a 60 km/h […]