Новости за 03.12.2016

After being spoiled last fall with numerous rarities, we finally had a good run of exciting birds over the past week. This is the part of birding I really enjoy, as do other keen birders. Even after birding for almost 50 years, I still get caught up in the excitement of finding or seeing a […]

Mike Condon will start in goal and Andreas Englund will make his NHL debut for the Ottawa Senators Saturday against the Florida Panthers. Buddy Robinson will also step into the lineup, perhaps spending time on a line with Kyle Turris and Ryan Dzingel. Condon, who lost 3-2, in overtime, to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, […]

Clarke MacArthur isn’t ready to retire and he intends to return this season.  A day after GM Pierre Dorion indicated he’s “100%” certain that MacArthur will play again this season, the Senators winger said after Saturday’s morning skate that’s his aim. “That’s my full intention. If they will clear me to play, I want to […]

Two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from 3 Wing Bagotville, Quebec, will operate out of the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport for a military exercise in New York State. The exercise started December 2 and runs until Dec. 4. The CF-18s are taking part in Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) with U.S. F-16 […]

WELLAND, Ont. — Police in Ontario are continuing their search for a nine-year-old girl believed to be abducted by her mother. Niagara Regional Police say Layla Sabry and her mother Allana Haist were last seen Thursday at 6 p.m. in Welland, Ont. Earlier reports indicated the Amber Alert ended early Saturday, but Niagara police say […]

Ottawa police have reported that the woman missing from Barrhaven since Friday night has been located and is safe.

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital after he was stabbed late Friday night in Vanier. The stabbing occurred at about 11:45 p.m. outside an address in the residential, 100 block of Jolliet Avenue.  Police are seeking two male suspects in their 20s, last seen walking northbound on Jolliet Avenue. Police did not provide […]

The guest list for the holiday party hosted Friday by U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman and his wife Vicki read like a veritable who’s who of achievement as some of Canada’s most powerful figures in business, law, banking, sports, politics and military were seen arriving to the couple’s official residence in Rockcliffe Park. Lornado was beautifully […]

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr sounded an ominous note for anyone thinking of protesting less than peacefully the Liberal government’s decision to allow the building of pipelines. They will have to face the Canadian military. Some opponents to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project, which would expand an existing pipeline carrying diluted oil sands bitumen from […]

There is a rich skiing history at Bromont, montagne d’expériences, from legendary Canadian freestyle skiing pioneer Greg Athans winning Moguls and Ballet events at the 1979 World Cup Freestyle, to the FIS World Cup races in 1986. Located just 45 minutes from Montreal in the Eastern Townships, it’s become North America’s largest night-skiing resort.   […]

Barely had the sweat begun to dry from fourth-ranked uOttawa’s 79-59 spanking of seventh-ranked McMaster when Gee-Gees point guard Adam Presutti was left pondering questions of perspective.

John Nathan Nicol has been arrested in connection with an indecent act in Apollo Crater Park, Ottawa police announced Friday night.

Outrage was the predominant tone on Parliament Hill this week, despite the omnipresent Christmas decorations with their messages of peace on earth. The chief of the defence staff, Jonathan Vance, headed up the anger parade Monday, lashing out at his own rank and file after Statistics Canada released an update on sexual assault in the […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new president of the Canada Border Services Agency in his latest shuffle of the top ranks of Canada’s public service. John Ossowski, deputy commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency, steps into the top job at the border agency with years of experience in security and safety. He was […]

The Ottawa Redblacks brought the Grey Cup to the tree lighting outside the Aberdeen Pavilion as the Lansdowne Christmas Market opened on Friday evening.

Anyone headed west on Highway 417 this weekend should know they'll face a slight detour at March Road.

So Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna wants to look forward and not back. Good call, since it would appear McKenna’s support of the Tunney’s Pasture location has almost everything to do with the Ottawa Hospital fiasco this past week. And let’s face it, it wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world […]

All lanes have been reopened following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 417 westbound just past Maitland Avenue. The three left lanes had been closed following the crash, the Ontario Provincial Police had tweeted at 6:28 p.m.

The organizers of a series of free fun runs are dedicating the final instalment of 2016 on Saturday to showing support for Jonathan Pitre, who is awaiting a second stem cell transplant at a Minneapolis hospital with his mom, Tina Boileau.

For the Ottawa Paramedic Service, their last call was their best Thursday when they helped to deliver a healthy baby girl in the living room of a Westboro home. At the end of a busy day, paramedic crew responded to 1 more call. Healthy baby girl delivered at home in Westboro. Mom & baby doing well! […]

Police found more than 229,000 images of child pornography on the man's laptop after conducting a search warrant at his home.

“I believe your reputation is the most precious gift you can possibly bequeath to your children,” Wesley Nicol once advised aspiring business students in a speech at his alma mater, Carleton University.  Those weren’t just hollow words from Nicol, who founded Tartan Homes in 1966. When his eldest son, Bruce, returned to Ottawa in 2000 to […]

The Archdiocese of Ottawa has launched the process required to officially remove Rev. Barry McGrory from the priesthood. It’s the strongest penalty that can be imposed by the Catholic Church against a wayward cleric. “We have reported the case of Barry McGrory to the Holy See and are waiting to hear from them,” Deacon Gilles Ouellette wrote this […]

There are still details to be ironed out before a new Civic hospital can be built on the Sir John Carling site. Among them:  The fault line: The Sir John Carling site has a fault line passing through it, which could increase design and building costs. NCC CEO Mark Kristmanson calls it a “moderate” issue […]

When council scrapped a tentative agreement with Plasco Energy Group last year, it dashed the city’s hope of finding a long-term solution to managing residential trash. Of course, council had little choice since Plasco couldn’t secure financial backing at the time. Today, the city doesn’t see any urgency to searching for an alternative. That worries one councillor. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. […]