Новости за 28.09.2016

Smoking marijuana can impair one’s thought processes, but all the federal government needs to do is talk about it to achieve a state of surreal confusion. Consider situation today. Marijuana is going to be legalized next year. Cool. In the meantime, illegal pot stores are proliferating across the country under the guise of offering medical […]

Keep the provincial government away from policing language in the City of Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson said Wednesday. The city’s level of bilingualism is already “exceptional,” he said. “I don’t believe it’s necessary to have another level of government come and dictate and tell us what to do,” Watson said. Bilingual Ottawa, a group of francophone organizations and […]

The city greased the chain for a controversial new mountain bike park proposed for Carlington Hill on Wednesday, despite the concerns of a councillor who complained about the process and poor public consultation. The Ottawa Mountain Bike Association has aspirations for a multi-phase bike park, but the city is prepared to only go ahead with a […]

The world of fake science journals is known for publishing bogus studies in every scientific field, but now there’s a weirder twist: an ethics journal that will publish anything for $900 US. The Journal of Clinical Research and Bioethics opens a new field offering no-questions-asked publication for junior academics who want to pad their résumés, or those […]

The Senators have started to trim their training camp roster. Three junior eligible players — including 2016 No. 1 pick Logan Brown of the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires — were among those sent back to their teams Wednesday morning. Prospects Filip Chlapik of the Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) and Max Lajoie of Swift Current (WHL) were also returned. That […]

Sandy Hill is my neighbourhood. I came to the area as a young woman, renting an apartment in one of those big blocks that were de rigueur in the 1970s. My building had virtually ruined the historic Laurier House property next door. There were still many lovely old homes in the area. I would meet […]

Mayor Jim Watson suggested Wednesday that police need to smoke out marijuana dispensaries, which are sprouting all across Ottawa. “I would like to see everyone obey and respect the law,” Watson told reporters Wednesday. “If marijuana is going to be legalized, as the prime minister has indicated, then that’s fine, we’ll live with those rules […]

A dozen years after whistleblowers Margaret Haydon and Shiv Chopra were fired by Health Canada for alleged insubordination, a tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of one and voided a 20-day suspension imposed on the other.

Montreal drummer and pianist Andre White has just released three albums documenting his tuneful composing and eloquent, swinging playing.

He was hungry and thirsty and far away from his home. His family had left him alone. So “Brody,” a brown-and-white terrier-looking dog, figured it out and turned up at the Pembroke detachment of the OPP Tuesday morning. The alert officers “took the dog into custody and provided him with food and water,” according to a […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to get an early start to what his public itinerary indicates may be a fair-to-middlingly busy day by dropping in on the inaugural meeting of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council, which gets underway just after 8 a.m. this morning.  After that wraps up, it’s off to caucus for 10 […]

The Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels were originally to be entirely crewed by reservists. But over the years that has changed. In a recent interview with Defence Watch, Vice Admiral Ron Lloyd, the head of the Royal Canadian Navy, explained what is happening with the MCDV crews and what will take place in the future. Here […]

Donations from weekend food drives total 52,954 pounds of food

BUFFALO — Derick Brassard was a little nervous about making his debut with the Senators, even it was only a the pre-season. Senators GM Pierre Dorion probably didn’t like the final result at the KeyBank Center on Tuesday night, but he can be quite pleased the club’s top acquisition in the off-season in a trade […]

The Citizen's Megan Gillis was relieved to learn that she'll be able to feed her young son a healthy diet while respecting his veganism.

An Ottawa sex trade worker dabbed at tears on the stand Tuesday as she recounted the horrors of her worst john, a 350-pound career thief named Jacques Rouschop, who she pointed to in the prisoner’s dock while testifying he was so violent she thought he was going to kill her. It was Sept. 2, 2013, […]

It looks like Jason Lauzon-Seguin will protect quarterback Trevor Harris’ blind side. The loss of SirVincent Rogers — the CFL’s Most Outstanding Lineman in 2015 — to what looks like season-ending ankle surgery is a huge blow, but the Ottawa Redblacks look to be leaning toward replacing him at left tackle with rookie Lauzon-Seguin for […]

A gun-toting motel robber is being sought by Ottawa police after a pair of weekend holdups. Ottawa police said a masked man brandishing a handgun robbed the two motels over a 45-minute period late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Police said the suspect first demanded cash at a motel on Michael Street at about […]

Bruce the moose, who on Toosday was briefly loose in civilization, has been reintroduced to the wild, and is now rubbing against spruce (or whatever it is that moose do when they’re loosed). An NCC conservation team was called to action at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when RCMP employees noticed the 1,100-pound two-year-old wandering inside […]

One of the controversial Facebook posts said, "Much of the aboriginal population in Canada is just satisfied being alcohol or drug abusers."

Patients are being discouraged from even having conversations about assisted death within Catholic hospitals, according to draft guidelines that the Catholic Health Association of Ontario says it believes comply with assisted dying legislation. Instead, patients who request assisted death will be transferred off-site for consultation. “We will insure the safe transfer of care for individuals […]

Two-tone kitchen cabinets, modern design and a love affair with quartz are top picks in new homes

Too little, too late? Maybe, maybe not. Ottawa Fury FC, in the middle of a seven-game unbeaten streak, with a pair of comeback wins over Minnesota United FC last week, is taking the rest of the North American Soccer League season minute by minute, game by game. It’s still a tough climb to get into […]

A glitzy $20-million convention centre opening next month near the airport won’t conflict with the nearby EY Centre, says the property’s manager.  A media tour Tuesday through the Infinity Convention Centre on Gibford Drive near Hunt Club Road revealed an opulent 5,000-square-foot foyer with gleaming marble floors, a 23-foot LED water wall and a glamorous curved crystal chandelier. […]

On Monday, police Chief Charles Bordeleau said he wants The Suya Spot, a restaurant on Shillington Avenue where 26-year-old Abdi Jama was shot to death on Sunday, shut down. It’s understandable why he’d urge this: In the three years it has been open, police have received more than 100 calls to the eatery about everything from illegal liquor sales to public […]