Новости за 08.10.2016

Ontario Provincial Police apprehended a man who tried to walk across several lanes of traffic on Highway 417 Saturday morning. The 28-year-old man, who police allege was carrying a “concealed homemade weapon,” was taken to hospital, according to a news release from the OPP. Police received several complaints about a pedestrian walking westbound on the […]

The general manager is new. The coaching staff is fresh. We’ve seen a facelift of the lineup, with a few key players shuffled in and out. And yet one year later, the Ottawa Senators are wrapping up training camp facing exactly the same tricky question they never adequately answered last October: Who will replace concussed […]

The Thanksgiving long weekend may have gotten off to a rainy and windy start in the capital region, but never fear — the gloomy weather is predicted to let up for the remainder of the holiday break.  Saturday’s blustery beginning was expected to downgrade to light wind and clouds in the evening with a high of […]

Personnel on board Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Charlottetown, who are currently serving on Operation REASSURANCE along with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, will train off the coast of Scotland, alongside vessels and aircraft from several allied and partner nations, according to the Canadian Forces. The ship will take part in Exercise JOINT WARRIOR […]

Donald Trump issued a more-extensive apology late Friday night for a newly unearthed video of him talking in graphic and lewd terms about trying to have sex with a woman, among other topics. And given the fact that we’re headed for a debate Sunday night – and given Trump is still only kind-of apologizing, while […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A weakening Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast early Saturday, lashing two of the South’s most historic cities, flooding towns and gouging out roads. The storm was blamed for at least four deaths in Florida and knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses as it […]

Ottawa police are seeking help from the public in locating a man last seen in Orléans on Friday evening. Eric Brunet, 44, was last seen near Pierrette Drive at about 8 p.m. He is described as being a white man, 6-feet tall and about 200 pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes.  Anyone with […]

Canada’s shameful treatment of Indigenous people was rooted in a double abuse, of both their personal lives and their sustaining values. Now, some of the most significant reforms are being driven and led by Indigenous citizens themselves, and by a respect for their cultures and experience. A compelling example is the proposed National Indigenous Guardians Network. […]

Dillon Hillier, originally from Carleton Place and a former corporal in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, travelled to Iraq to fight ISIL in 2014. His book about his time there, One Solider: A Canadian Soldier’s Fight Against the Islamic State, will be on sale Oct. 11. Here, he’s fighting alongside Kurdish troops in the village of […]

The Ottawa police confirmed Friday night that a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound had walked into the Montfort Hospital earlier.

A 32-30 overtime loss to Saskatchewan dropped the Ottawa Redblacks below the .500 mark (6-7-1) for the first time since their expansion-year campaign in 2014.

The Ottawa Gee-Gees bounced back from a tough Panda Game loss to beat the York Lions 54-20 Friday night at Gee-Gees Field.

It wasn’t pretty, but Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher couldn’t have been completely surprised. The Senators were guilty of a variety of breakdowns Friday (captain Erik Karlsson led the way), concluding the exhibition schedule with a rather lacklustre 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at the Canadian Tire Centre.

In what might have been their craziest loss of a perplexing season, the Ottawa Redblacks got beat by the last-place Saskatchewan Roughriders, 32-30 in overtime.

An Ottawa adventurer's bid to be the first to the top of unclimbed Hillary Peak in Nepal is over. Elia Saikaly and his friend and climbing partner, Pasang Kaji, called off their climb Friday after deciding it was too dangerous to continue.

The rape-and-choking trial of Jacques "Porkchop" Rouschop was again overshadowed on Friday by the unsolved 2013 killing of Vanier sex-trade worker Amy Paul, whose body was found in a farmer's field on Sept. 17, 2013.

By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday officially accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the 2016 elections, including by hacking the computers of the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations. The denunciation, made by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland […]

Marie-Julie Cosenzo was back in the driver’s seat Friday after she learned the province will reinstate her licence. Cosenzo, a local paramedic with post-traumatic stress disorder, lost her driver’s licence in early September when the Ontario Ministry of Transportation suspended it after reviewing information about her medical condition. Her F-class licence, which allowed her to drive […]

Detours were still in place late Friday afternoon after a 39-year-old Arnprior woman was killed in a six-vehicle crash amid heavy early morning fog on Highway 17. She was pronounced dead at the scene while a 38-year-old man and 34-year-old woman, both from Renfrew, were taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t believed to be […]

Tunde Adeleke is a one-man highlight reel. Well, one man, with 11 other guys helping him make it happen. Make a mistake, kick it anywhere near him, and the Carleton Ravens all-star punt/kick returner/defensive back makes you pay. Again, Friday afternoon at MNP Park, Adeleke did what he does — make guys in another colour […]

A familial dispute allegedly led a now-wanted murder suspect to stab his son's grandfather, then flee the scene of Ottawa's 14th homicide of the year, kicking off a manhunt that continues into the long weekend.

Already, the fall political calendar is jammed: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved the liquefied natural gas pipeline, then announced carbon pricing. The Commons has voted on the Paris climate change agreement. Sniping is nicely underway in advance of federal-provincial health discussions. Meanwhile, continuing to crawl below the radar for most Canadians, is electoral reform. Ottawa, happily, isn’t “most […]

Five Ottawa men face charges related to cocaine, crack, pot and oxycodone pills seized along with cash and vehicles by the city’s guns and gangs unit in a pair of raids Friday. Police started the investigation in August after being tipped off about the drug activity. They wrapped it up with search warrants on Van […]

Carbon pricing will have unintended consequences Re: A simple way to bring in a price on carbon, Oct. 3. Another expert praises the notion of a carbon tax because it will make the public cut down on using gas. I have to admire these experts for finding yet another way to tax gas. What else can they […]

It was only natural that Phaneuf, the 31-year-old former Maple Leafs captain, was given an alternate captain’s A, along with Chris Neil and Kyle Turris. Phaneuf will wear the “A” during road games.