Новости за 06.11.2016

Before the Ottawa Senators faced the Buffalo Sabres Saturday, coach Guy Boucher summed up what was at stake. With a victory, he said, the Senators would turn what had already been a “good” homestand into a “great” homestand. Ultimately, the Senators can thank old friend Robin Lehner for preventing the clean sweep of the three […]

My dog once ate his own excrement. Not just the once, actually. One incident stands out because he ate the wrong kind. You’re thinking: “But, the only right kind to eat is none.” Technically you are correct. For argument’s sake, though, we’ll define “the wrong kind” as that which induces illness in the diner. This […]

Time for restorative justice Re: Stay open to second chances, Nov. 4. I write to commend Mark Sutcliffe on his thoughtful piece suggesting that Ottawa Police Sgt Chris Hrnchiar’s unfortunate online comments surrounding the death of Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook provide an opportunity for reconciliation, not just retribution. The sergeant has provided what seems to […]

One of the biggest findings involving local medical research has yet to come, and that’s the discovery by the general public of the innovative work happening in its community. But it’s events like The Ottawa Hospital Gala that are working to shine a vibrant light on the remarkable research that has our local hospital ranked […]

Ottawa will be ground-zero this week for a major conference aiming to hammer out a consensus on palliative care. With physician-assisted death now law, issues around patient, doctor and institutional rights remain far from resolved. And Canada’s aging population is creating a sense of urgency concerning end-of-life care within a strained medical system. And the […]

The media have regularly reported about the decision of Catholic hospitals, and in particular Bruyère Continuing Care here in Ottawa, to not perform medically assisted dying in their institutions. Most comments have been negative. The two most frequent arguments have been that publicly funded hospitals should be compelled to offer legal health services and that […]

U.S. Republican Senator John McCain, a strong critic of the F-35, recently sent Defense Secretary Ash Carter a letter outlining a series of questions he believes are needed to be answered about delays in the program. Here is the letter:

Police are looking for witnesses after a young man was stabbed to death early Sunday morning, just as the rest of the city was turning their clocks back an hour for Daylight Saving Time.  The name of the victim, a man in his early 20s who was a resident of Ottawa, will not be released […]

Smoke was visible from Smiths Falls as the fire department battled a large commercial fire that had been raging for several hours outside the town on Sunday morning.  The fire began at about 5 a.m. in a flea market located on Highway 43, when the Ontario Provincial Police sent out a tweet warning of road […]

Seanna Adcox And Jeffrey Collins WOODRUFF, S.C. — The man arrested after authorities found a woman chained on his property in rural South Carolina killed at least seven people, and his confessions have solved a 13-year-old case, Sheriff Chuck Wright said Saturday. Todd Kohlhepp confessed he was the shooter who killed four people at a motorcycle shop in […]

No weapon was involved in a commotion that briefly disrupted Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally in Reno, Nev., and caused agents to hustle him from the stage, the Secret Service said. The Republican presidential nominee had been speaking to supporters for a while when a disturbance broke out in the crowd close to the podium. Two Secret […]

After leaving briefly to be with his wife, Nicholle, who is battling cancer, Craig Anderson was back in the net Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres at the Canadian Tire Centre with Hockey Fights Cancer night as the backdrop.

This time, there was no perfect ending for Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators.

Up next for the Ottawa Redblacks: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats or Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL East championship game Nov. 20 at TD Place.

Richard MacCallum was back at his “old stomping grounds” at the Ottawa Mission Saturday, but no longer as a client. MacCallum says he was “rescued” from the streets in January by VETS Canada (Veterans' Emergency Transition Services), and now as a volunteer for the group, he was seeking out fellow homeless or at-risk veterans to provide immediate and long-term help, and to help connect them with Veterans Affairs.

Traded to Guelph after three seasons with Ottawa, the overage goalie makes a successful return to TD Place arena.

The Western Mustangs took apart the Carleton Ravens 51-24 Saturday at TD Stadium in London in an Ontario University Athletics football semifinal.

A two-goal lead isn't enough as the 67's fall to 1-7-0 at TD Place arena this season.