Новости за 22.11.2016

Rev. Anthony Bailey of Parkdale United Church believes in forgiveness – and that includes the 17-year-old youth who is charged with painting racist graffiti on his church last week. “It has to do with an understanding (of) our Christian teaching around loving neighbour, loving enemy, reaching out in love,” Bailey says. So he’s among those who suggest we depart […]

Property owners stuck up for their investments Tuesday as council’s planning committee considered changes to the city’s official plan, which is the chief playbook for development in Ottawa. The strongest words came from Mattamy Homes, whose lawyer, Mark Flowers, suggested the city’s growth projections are wrong. The analysis has “deficiencies,” he said, and the company wants […]

Police allege the Ottawa teen arrested after racist and anti-Semitic graffiti attacks had a knife and BB gun the day he was arrested.

After Montreal city contractors ignited a mini-scandal on social media for laying sod in the snow on Monday, a few Ottawa contractors were also seen rolling out turf on city property. Landscape contractors were spotted laying sod in Dundonald Park, at Somerset and Bay streets, on Tuesday morning. It was a significant sight given it’s one […]

Back-to-basics lingerie attracts legions of young savvy women

Note: This is a story from our archives. It was originally published Aug. 8, 2013. It’s been nearly 12 years since John Connelly plunged to his death from a Toronto highrise. The one-time Ashbury College student and athlete was in his third year of the University of Toronto’s pharmacy program, studying for his exams not […]

Note: This is a story from our archives and was originally published on Jan. 18, 2006. “Best of luck in the future. To my family my love will always be with you!” Sixteen words, scrawled on a scrap of looseleaf, a supposed suicide note left behind by an award-winning and athletic Ashbury College grad and […]

The Canadian government intends to purchase 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets to deal with what it says is a gap in the country’s defence capabilities. Liberal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa, calling the purchase an “interim “measure. He noted that a competition for a new fighter jet would be […]

For Philip Glass, being awarded this year’s Glenn Gould Prize is a big deal.  “It’s an important prize, in part because it’s named for one of the great musical personalities of my day.  “He had a great gift … an enormous talent. Also he was extremely intelligent and he had a tremendous commitment to quality […]

LRT bridge foes should have spoken earlier  Re: City’s plan for LRT flyover in park angers neighbouring homeowners, Nov. 22. With all of the public forums, newspaper articles, councillors’ newsletters, floods of notices and information online, exactly how does someone not know that a massive, multi-year project is going through their neighbourhood ? I absolutely agree that […]

An investigation continues into a smoky fire in an Ottawa Community Housing complex on Emperor Avenue in Carlington district Tuesday afternoon in which a pet dog died of smoke inhalation. There were no injuries, but residents from two units were displaced at least temporarily. Ottawa Fire Services were dispatched to the scene near Fisher Avenue […]

The Ottawa Redblacks will likely be without running back Mossis Madu Jr. in Sunday’s Grey Cup clash with the Calgary Stampeders in Toronto. The good news is that Travon Van is ready to step into the lineup to combine with the unlikely star of the CFL East championship game, Kienan Lafrance. “It’s not looking good […]

The new owner of two prominent chains of Canadian medical journals is publishing fake research for cash, and pretending it is genuine. OMICS International, based in Hyderabad, India, had a reputation as a “predatory publisher” when it bought Pulsus Group and Andrew John Publishing, two Canadian publishers of medical journals, earlier this year. Predatory journals print fake or incompetent […]

Gatineau has turned down a proposed ban on pitbulls for now, but may raise the idea again later. Council was told that half of the 185 dogs bites in Gatineau in the past three years have been by pitbulls. On Tuesday, however, the council decided to spend more money on enforcing the current pitbull rules […]

One man is dead and a second remains in critical condition after they were struck when they went to the aid of a car in a ditch near Cornwall during Monday’s snowstorm. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on County Road 18 near South Stormont, about 90 kilometres from Ottawa. A car had slid […]

Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. has raised more than $110,000 in an online fundraising campaign to help a wannabe Rwandan brewer realize her dreams. Beau’s, headquartered in Vankleek Hill about 45 minutes east of Ottawa, announced Monday its two-month drive raised funds from 1,138 donors who were eager to help Rwanda’s Josephine “Fina” Uwineza realize […]

Defence Watch readers may recall the earlier reports of F-35A aircraft being grounded because of problems with faulty insulation. The coolant lines in the aircraft – the same type of F35 model being proposed to Canada – were disintegrating. Thirteen aircraft were grounded because of the problem. Another 42 affected were in various stages of […]

Fashion and accessories available at Bayshore Shopping Centre

Ottawa paramedics reported no injuries in a dramatic looking crash between a minivan and a backhoe Tuesday morning. The crash occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on the eastbound Highway 417 near Boundary Road, in the city’s east end. The van ended up on its side on the roadside with the front windshield smashed. The backhoe […]

Mementoes from Leslie’s military career can be found throughout his Ottawa home

Floral designer Gerry Arial spreads old-fashioned cheer in his heritage home

Children returned to classes Tuesday at École St-Paul in the Hull sector of Gatineau, nearly two weeks after teachers declared it was unsafe because of the presence of asbestos and walked out. Pieces of the gym ceiling were falling down and they contained asbestos. Now the Commission scolaire des portages-de-l’Outaouais says the ceiling has been […]

Tune in Dec. 5 to watch modelling sensation Herieth Paul walk the runway at the glitzy and glamorous Victoria’s Secret Paris Fashion Show. The Tanzanian-born Paul, 20, discovered by Ottawa’s Angie Sakla Seymour, who has modelled for some of the world’s top designers and was a global spokeswoman for Maybelline, is one of the lingerie […]

The holiday magic begins as soon as Stephanie Brown pulls out her (39 boxes) decorations

A group of former high school friends turn their penchant for making complex drinks into a popular blog