Новости за 23.11.2016

Ontario politicians are worried about what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for this province’s huge reliance on trade with the United States, and none of them is really sure what to do about it. Trump, who takes office in January, promised over and over to restore traditional manufacturing jobs in the United States, especially […]

Just like the guy claiming to be from Windows phoning to say you have a virus, fake science publishers are still finding victims at Canadian universities. But why? So-called predatory publishers use spam to solicit papers from researchers and publish them online. They don’t do peer review of the contents or edit the work, so they don’t count as […]

A University of Ottawa student dropped into a marijuana shop on Rideau Street earlier this week to buy some weed to help with her insomnia. She considered the dried bud on display in glass jars at Life Line Medicinals, and asked to see a variety called Girl Scout Cookies. The clerk opened the jar and she […]

Ottawa-born musician Chris McKhool, leader of the world-music group, Sultans of String, is celebrating the Christmas season with a new program of music. Now based in Toronto, the violinist is known for his award-winning holiday show for young audiences, a musical extravaganza that’s jam-packed with traditions from around the world. The new show, on the […]

List of Ottawa-area blood clinics for the week of Nov. 28, 2016.

Ottawa city council wants to keep “reasonableness” out of the Ontario Municipal Board. The province wants to revamp the OMB and has been asking for the public’s advice. It includes input from municipalities, whose decisions are regularly challenged at the appeal tribunal. The OMB is the first level of appeal for municipal planning decisions. The City of Ottawa drafted a […]

One of my favourite films is Independence Day. The Hollywood blockbuster, starring Will Smith as a Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter pilot, was released in 1996 and became an instant hit. In the film, Earth was under attack by aliens bent on its destruction with Smith, those F-18s and Randy Quaid finally saving the day. It’s […]

Campaign promises are great – if you’re focused solely on winning elections and not worried about what comes after. But if you do triumph against early expectations – as the federal Liberals did 13 months ago – ill-thought-through promises can quickly degrade into political sludge. The announcement this week of the potential purchase of 18 Boeing Super Hornets […]

The brother of a man currently on trial for a gangland murder has been charged with drug and weapons offences, the Citizen has learned.  Ahmad Al-Enzi was arrested by the street crime unit Tuesday night in one of three raids. Ahmad’s brother Nawaf Al-Enzi is currently on trial for first-degree murder in what police allege […]

Federal transportation investigators say they are unable to identify an airborne object that caused a Toronto-bound plane to take evasive manoeuvres that left two flight attendants with minor injuries, the Canadian Press writes. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article: A Porter Airlines flight en route from Ottawa to Toronto on Nov. 14 […]

It’s heartbreaking to know that a young man could be so consumed by hatred that he would allegedly desecrate sacred houses of worship. Saddening, too, that the vile epithets and evil slogans were not the work of someone only marginally familiar with hate; the vandalism included perfectly drawn swastikas, old-school racist slurs to depict Jews […]

Canadian Forces personnel who serve in the army and who are sent on deployments are at a greater risk of suicide, a new report concludes. “The most recent findings suggest a trend towards an elevated suicide risk ratio in the past decade in those Regular Forces males with a history of deployment,” the 2016 Report […]

Give their lofty prices, dishes at Ottawa's latest Whalesbone restaurant should induce bliss. Thankfully, most do not disappoint.

Prepare to be overwhelmed by Canadian culture next year.  The National Arts Centre is planning a party for Canada’s 150th birthday that will involve tours, an ambitious new theatre work, a July 1 weekend unveiling and a massive festival unlike any other celebrating homegrown talent. The scope of this investment by the NAC was unveiled […]

Premier Kathleen Wynne’s speech at the Liberal convention here last weekend was quite remarkable. The premier took the blame for the “mistake” of high electricity prices, admitted that people regard her as the type of politician who would do anything to win, and she had given them reason to think that. Wynne is embarking on […]

From one fire to another. Lockheed Martin is trying to figure out how to proceed with the Canadian market after the Trudeau government dropped the bombshell yesterday about the Super Hornet interim purchase. In the meantime, company officials are dealing with another potential issue on the horizon. Lockheed Martin officials hope to educate President-elect Donald […]

The dazzling Montreal-based pianist teams up with young Ottawans Michel Delage and Alex Bilodeau at Brookstreet Hotel's Options Jazz Lounge and the Record Centre this weekend.

One man is in hospital following a two-truck crash Wednesday morning on Highway 417 in the southeast end of the city. According to paramedics the trucks were travelling eastbound on the highway near the Anderson Road exit around 8 a.m. when one truck went out of control and slammed into the side of the second. A […]

Commuters should avoid the Hog’s Back swing bridge beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday as the crossing is closed for preventive maintenance. The closing applies to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic will be detoured to Heron or Hunt Club roads until at least 5 p.m. People who normally take Colonel By Drive are urged to exit […]

After just one day back in the House, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is packing his bags for another international trek – this time, to Liberia, where he’ll make his first official visit to the continent of Africa before heading to Madagascar for the yearly gathering of La Francophonie. Before his plane begins to taxi down […]

In 20 years, there had not been one photograph showing a full smile for Shauna Wagner. “The teeth were bad, the gums weren’t good; braces weren’t even an option, and it got worse,” said Wagner, 41. “I was born without five permanent teeth,” said the Pembroke single mother of three children. “The dentist told my […]

Senators 4, Canadiens 3 MONTREAL — On a night full of strange events and crazy bounces, the Ottawa Senators accomplished the unthinkable. They made Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price look human. The Senators came off the ropes again and again en route to a 4-3 win over the Canadiens on Tuesday, handing Price his first […]

Ontario’s environment watchdog sees a big potential pitfall to the province’s cap-and-trade system that starts up in January: an excessive dependence on a vast pool of cheap California pollution credits. Under that scenario, Ontario businesses will be sending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to California rather than achieving actual emissions reductions here and adapting to a […]

The 150 constituents of Ottawa-Vanier who showed up to a September town hall to share their opinions on electoral reform may well be wondering if their voices were heard at all. Liberal party Whip and Orleans MP Andrew Leslie said he made “a rookie mistake” when the official report submitted to the Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform (ERRE) neglected to include any of the opinions shared by those who actually attended the town hall – which was the stated intention of the exhaustive cross-country consultation.

The Transportation Safety Board says it has closed an investigation into a recent near-collision between a Porter plane and what two of its crew members believed to be a drone. Pilots on board Porter flight 204 from Ottawa to Toronto took evasive action on Nov. 14 when they encountered an unknown object more than 8,000 feet […]