Новости за 12.10.2016

The two Ottawa singer-songwriters behind the 10th-anniversary edition of the Babes4Breasts fundraising concert plan to unveil a new song on Friday that was written with a group of breast-cancer survivors. Musicians Amanda Rheaume and Ana Miura wrote the song, Walk This New Road, during a series of three writing sessions with survivors, none of whom had much […]

A man who went missing from an Ottawa halfway house last week is back behind bars after police responded to a report of a suspicious person at the Tim Hortons outlet on Montreal Road and Vanier Parkway. Jordan Land, who signed out of the halfway house on Oct. 6, was serving the remainder of a two-year sentence for a […]

Save the river, reject the pipeline Re: An overflow of sewage-tank PR, Oct. 12. The announcement by the municipal, provincial and federal governments of $232 million to protect the Ottawa River is great. However, I would take this one step further and it won’t cost us a dime. An independent report commissioned by the Council of Canadians […]

Could the Liberal government’s plan to extend federal human rights protections to include gender identity and expression turn into a proxy war for social conservative support within the steadily growing list of candidates vying for the Conservative leadership? He might be a relatively new addition to the ballot, but since he announced his intention to bid […]

Why does the federal Liberal government want to make it harder for young people to buy houses? That’s going to be the consequence of new mortgage rules that come into effect Oct. 17. The changes will make mortgages tougher to get for those who have a down payment of less than 20 per cent. New buyers […]

Human remains found in Manotick last spring have been identified as an Ottawa teen who went missing from his home more than 22 years ago. Ottawa police said Wednesday the remains found at a construction site on Cabrella Place in Manotick on May 10 are those of 19-year-old Shafiq Visram. Visram was a Grade 12 student at […]

TAIPEI – The backwash from the last of three wicked typhoons wasn’t enough to dampen the mood during Taiwan’s National Day celebrations this week, although a lingering gloom hung in the air nevertheless. It had come from across the Taiwan Strait, as it so often does. From mainland China. From her perch on a reviewing […]

Ottawa police responded to calls of a dog attack near Little Italy Wednesday morning to find a man with minor injuries on scene. The reported attack occurred at around 11:20 a.m. in the 200 block of Loretta Avenue, near Carling Avenue. The dog had fled the area by the time police arrived. Police were not able […]

This time it’s for real.  The Senators went through their final morning skate before the regular season begins with the home opener at the Canadian Tire Centre against the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday night but coach Guy Boucher decided to sit this one out to let associate Marc Crawford handle the duties.  “I’ve had quite […]

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An Ontario woman’s lawsuit against convicted sex killer and former Canadian Forces officer Russell Williams and his wife has been settled, the Canadian Press reports. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article: Sexual assault victim Laurie Massicotte had filed a nearly $7-million lawsuit in late 2011 against Williams, his wife Mary Elizabeth Harriman […]

A man in his sixties is in hospital after being beaten up and Gatineau police are trying to find out more about the fight that put him there. At about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, officers found the injured man lying on the ground, unconscious, in the SmartCentre parking complex on Plateau Boulevard in the Hull sector of Gatineau. […]

The UpBeat is a section in the Citizen where readers can submit their own feel-good stories. This was submitted by Allan Thompson, a journalism professor at Carleton University and former Toronto Star reporter. Don’t get involved with the people you write about. That’s what my journalism professor at Carleton University said decades ago and it’s […]

An Ottawa-based company has rolled out new technology to give police and other first responders portable and secure communications systems that could be used in emergencies ranging from terrorist attacks to massive forest fires. The four systems from General Dynamics Mission Systems—Canada combine 4G/LTE technology with satellite and fiber optics networking. Chris Pogue, the company’s […]

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Amid escalating U.S.-Russia tensions, the Russian military said Tuesday it will cooperate with China on efforts to fend off a threat posed by the U.S. missile defence program, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir of the Russian military’s General Staff accused the Pentagon of […]

A very crowded race to be the next Conservative leader has just gotten slightly less crowded. Tony Clement, the Parry Sound–Muskoka MP who held multiple cabinet roles in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, has announced he’s dropping out of the race. He posted this video to his Facebook page, saying he hadn’t reached the benchmarks his campaign […]

Bad news for old guys who shake their heads at the feckless, lazy young kids in the workplace today. The kids work as hard as you do. That, at least, is the claim of some social scientists who did a study that adds up and analyzes the results of 77 previous studies in a field that, clearly, does […]

Most condos are small spaces. While homeowners can store things in basements, extra closets, spare rooms and backyard storage sheds, condo dwellers likely don’t have that luxury. Most condos have a couple closets — with varying degrees of storage space — one or two bedrooms, a bathroom or two and a general living area typically open to […]

The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance to identify a man who is suspected of being involved in a break and enter on September 23. According to police, that day, a man broke into a business on Hog’s Back Road where he stole credit cards. He is believed to have subsequently used one of the […]

With a little over a month and a half to go before the deadline for the all-party special committee on electoral reform to report its findings back to the House, New Democrat MP and special committee member Nathan Cullen is set to outline his party’s recommendations later today. According to the notice provided by the […]

Algonquin College is set to launch a $44.9-million building and renovation project on Wednesday that will include an institute for indigenous entrepreneurship, the first of its kind in an Ontario college.  The entire project, expected to be completed in the spring of 2018, will transform the outdated library in the C building of the college’s […]

The Capital Critics Circle has announced its award nominees for professional and community plays presented in the National Capital Region during the 2015-16 English theatre season. The range of nominations for the 17th annual awards underscores the diversity of productions now seen here. Those vying for best professional production include Alan Ayckbourn’s comedic trilogy The […]

Marillyn A. Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, will speak at the 2016 Canadian Aerospace Summit in Ottawa. The summit is being organized by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. It will be held Nov. 15-16. Hewson will be speaking the first day of the summit. Hewson’s visit to Ottawa comes […]