Новости за 06.12.2016

Firefighters were called to a south-end business park Tuesday afternoon to battle a blaze that broke out in a flooring store. No injuries were reported, and fire officials said the building at 58 Antares Dr. was safely evacuated. The fire was brought under control at 3 p.m. The damage was contained to Rome Flooring, a local […]

Four CF-18 Hornet aircraft from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que. will conduct a flyby over Hamilton, Ont. on Wednesday, during the memorial service for Captain Thomas McQueen. The memorial is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Captain McQueen, a CF-18 Hornet pilot from 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron, was recently killed in a crash near 4 […]

A northbound lane of Hwy. 416 reopened shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday after a disabled tractor-trailer was cleared from the roadway after a three-vehicle collision that sent two people to hospital. Ottawa OPP officers responded to the collision involving the tractor-trailer and two cars on Hwy. 416 near West Hunt Club, where there was a lane closed […]

My, what a fragile, sensitive lot some Ottawa police are. When the deputy chief recently suggested there were patrol officers not pulling their weight, several took offence at her phrasing. One inspector described it as “shocking.” What could have so dismayed the hardened men and women who take down criminals, help quell unruly protests and regularly interact […]

The woman's mother also had the same charge withdrawn after admitting she lied to police and deleted messages on the victim's cellphone.

If you've ever wondered what the National Capital Commission's 55,000 hectares of green spaces and agricultural land are worth, a study released Tuesday provides an answer — of sorts.

Citizen writers suggest outings over the next week.

Beat this with a snow shovel, Ottawa. An employee at a Vancouver outdoors store has figured out what’s got to be the most left coast way to shovel their meagre snow – riding a OneWheel, a self-balancing electric skateboard, that the store just happens to sell for $2,295. Given that the capital gets a bountiful […]

With a month left to go, 2016 has smashed the annual record for resale home sales, according to the Ottawa Real Estate Board. Already there have been a total of 14,825 homes sold in the first 11 months of 2016, surpassing the previous record of 14,742 set in 2009 and real estate agents still haven’t yet […]

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down to talk with the premiers Friday, Canadians may justifiably be confused by the current war of words over health care. Let’s recap some of the issues. First, politics is more important than health or money. The 11 federal and provincial governments want to be re-elected, so each wants to convince […]

A pair of teen drivers with probationary licenses learned a costly lesson after being caught on a police cruiser’s camera drag racing in Cantley last weekend – one of them to the tune of almost $2,000. The pair, age 17 and 18, decided to race along Mont Cascades Road at about 11 p.m. Friday. An MRC […]

Homeowners near the National Research Council’s lab in Mississippi Mills are organizing a class action lawsuit against the NRC, claiming extensive damage to their properties by contamination. There could be as many as 70 households involved if a judge certifies the class action, says lawyer Michael Hebert, who represents the homeowners. They are claiming $40 million in […]

A suspected bored dog with advanced puzzle solving abilities found itself in a precarious position Tuesday morning when it became stranded on the icy roof of a Barrhaven home staring down at the driveway below. The dog, described as a black-and-white collie-type breed, was home alone and found a broken window in the townhome’s second […]

For the chocolate lover, probably the best, most indulgent, cookies on the planet are The Attack of the Killer Chocolate Cookies at Old Montreal’s Olive & Gourmando bakery.  These whoppers are famous for their rich, chocolatey gooeyness suspended in a delicate texture — and their gigantic size. Often, people share just one. To make them into treats more […]

The urban-rural divide is swiftly becoming one of the most pressing issues of economic policy in this century. From Europe to England to the United States and yes, here in Canada, the sweeping changes to physical landscapes have translated to sweeping changes in political landscapes. As David Reevely pointed out last week, Ontario’s urban centres […]

WASHINGTON – It is not easy being Barack Obama these days. In the evening of his presidency, he was supposed to be planning his memoirs and handing power to Hillary Clinton, his legacy secure. And here he is, the lamest of ducks, facing a successor he campaigned against this fall with unprecedented intensity. He sees […]

OpenTable, a leading international online restaurant-reservation service, has released its 2016 list of Canada’s 100 best restaurants — raising the ire and bemusement of Ottawa fine-dining venues, which were entirely excluded. The list, released late last week, was generated from “the combined opinions of more than 480,000 restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for […]

The 59th annual Grammy Awards will be handed out next year on Feb. 12.

A Cheaper Way to Heat Water Q: What do you think about air source heat pump water heaters? A: Air source heat pumps use electricity to “harvest” heat from the surrounding air, concentrating it and moving it to where it’s useful for space heating. An air source heat pump water heater uses this same approach, […]

Pittsburgh – Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson is not accompanying the team to California. Anderson, had returned from a personal leave of absence to play in Monday’s 8-5 loss to Pittsburgh. He has been dealing with his wife’s treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma – a rare throat cancer. With Anderson gone, Andrew Hammond has been recalled from […]

After spending much of Monday outside the precinct, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be back on the parliamentary clock this morning as he heads behind closed doors to chairs the weekly cabinet confab. Later this morning, he and his ministers will head to the Centennial Flame to lay flowers “in remembrance of the victims of […]

Conservative Party defence critic James Bezan submitted this opinion piece on the Liberal government’s decision to purchase Super Hornet fighter jets as an interim measure to deal with what they say is a fighter aircraft capability gap: By James Bezan As the Liberals attempt to rationalize their sole-source deal of Boeing’s Super Hornet fighter jets, […]

Penguins 8, Senators 5 PITTSBURGH — The Ottawa Senators gave themselves some early, middle and late hope Monday against the defending Stanley Cup champions. Ultimately, though, the Pittsburgh Penguins ability to flex their offensive muscles at key moments led them to a wild, wide-open 8-5 victory. Given the nature of the shootout, it was entirely […]

Defence lawyer Karin Stein said she only found out her client was on life support after she was contacted by the Citizen on Monday.

Alan Gustafson was a wizard with a welding torch, a craftsman with “old-man strength and old-man knowledge.” He was a faithful member of the group of friends who called themselves the League of Gentlemen and a loving husband to his wife, Jessica.  And for a cruelly short time, he was also a doting dad to the […]