Новости за 08.12.2016

Squibs Mercier was going to skip The Ottawa Kennel Club’s annual pot luck dinner on Wednesday to watch the popular British TV program Coronation Street. After some debate, Mercier thought better of it. She put on her coat and out the door she went. What she didn’t know was that this year’s pot luck dinner […]

It has been a violent year in Ottawa, with 20 homicides to date. When compared to other cities across the country, Ottawa sits somewhere in the middle. There have been 63 homicides in the Greater Toronto Area as of Dec. 5, according to the Toronto Police Department. There were 23 homicides in Montreal as of Dec. 7. The Vancouver […]

Hundreds across Ontario came out on Wednesday to pay tribute to Capt. Thomas McQueen, who died after the CF-18 he was flying crashed during a training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border on Nov. 28. A military funeral was held earlier in the day for the 29-year-old Canadian Air Force pilot at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum […]

With Anderson in and out of the lineup to be by the side of his wife, Nicholle, as she undergoes treatment for a rare throat cancer, Condon recognizes that there’s no room for long-term planning.

Ottawa has sought nearly twice as much help from neighbours’ ambulances since it stopped paying for it this year, say the paramedic services that have had to supply it. “They’ve created rules to suit themselves knowing full well that their neighbours will have to pick up the slack and we have no recourse in the matter,” says Michael Nolan, […]

Coun. Jeff Leiper is calling for an increased police presence in Hintonburg, after a fatal shooting that has rattled the community. He said Wednesday residents are “very concerned” at the latest in a string of incidents dating back to October. They’ve included the discharge of a firearm on the street that night, gun and knife-point […]

A teenage boy was gunned down Tuesday night in a targeted shooting that police are probing for links to an ongoing feud between two former alleged criminal associates, the Citizen has learned.  Though several bullets were fired into the silver Jeep he was driving, Leslie Mwakio, 17, was hit once in the left side of […]

The OPP is looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a stroller carrying a five-month-old baby in Kemptville Tuesday afternoon. The baby was taken to hospital as a precaution but was unhurt, OPP Const. Cathy Lindsey said. The 24-year-old mother was walking east on the north side of Clothier Street at 1:49 p.m. when the stroller […]

Ryan, who entered Wednesday’s game with three goals and five assists in 21 games, says the unbearable pain has disappeared. He has worked closely with the club’s training staff, pushing to get back.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will be in Ottawa on Thursday for an official two-day visit hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Biden’s agenda will be packed with meetings about softwood lumber, trade and border security and climate change. We think Biden, who has been the butt of many jokes and memes over his administration’s eight-year […]

Police revealed several shreds of new evidence in the murder of Kelly Morrisseau Wednesday, nearly 10 years after she was found brutally murdered, but some are questioning why potentially crucial details were withheld from the public while the case grew colder.

Kelly Joe Morrisseau Born: Jan. 24, 1979 Died: Dec. 10, 2006 The eldest daughter of Lisa Morrisseau and Faron Cook, Kelly Morrisseau was born in Fort Alexander on the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba. The mother of three lived among a vulnerable population in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood. She was known to use drugs and was […]

An inmate with mental illness who attempted suicide by hanging himself in his segregation cell in the health care unit of the Ottawa jail has been removed from life support. The family of Justin St-Amour made the decision to remove the 32-year-old from his ventilator and feeding tube on Wednesday, a week after he attempted […]

Wednesday’s stabbing on Jasmine Crescent is a stark reminder that the troubled neighbourhood is still struggling to quell the ongoing violence. The community near Gloucester High School has been rallying to make this neighbourhood safer, working with local councillors to step up police presence. However, more violence erupted on Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. when paramedics responded […]

Provincial Progressive Conservatives in Burlington want a redo of the nomination vote that chose ex-MPP Jane McKenna as the party’s candidate for the 2018 provincial election. It’s yet another nomination headache for leader Patrick Brown, whose headquarters operation has infuriated local supporters in several ridings by disqualifying candidates, often at the last minute. In Burlington, […]

Brian Mulroney was in town Tuesday to receive the highest civilian honour bestowed by France at a decoration ceremony held at its embassy and attended by a distinguished crowd, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The former Conservative prime minister received the insignia of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour from Ambassador […]

Grey Cup champs' staffer told he won't be hired as GM of rival Montreal Alouettes, but happy with how that process played out.

The first major move of Defence department employees to the former Nortel campus in west end Ottawa will be delayed until early next year so as not to cause workers too much stress over the holidays as well as to allow them to sort out their transportation arrangements to the site.  The delay will also […]

Council might need to consider bringing back an infrastructure levy to fix the city’s roads, sewers and buildings. The transportation committee, which oversees departments in charge of the road, cycling and sidewalk network, heard Tuesday that there just isn’t enough money to make all the needed repairs. Coun. Keith Egli, chair of the committee, wasn’t ready to say if […]

A Carleton University team is mapping the air quality in the Central Experimental Farm, an effort to learn how much central Ottawa’s giant green space helps our health. Paul Villeneuve’s students are measuring the air current quality as a starting point for comparing changes in the air as the farm is developed for a new hospital, and perhaps […]

Another night, another round of head injuries in the NHL. The most dramatic took place in New Jersey Tuesday, as Vancouver Canucks defenceman Philip Larsen was knocked out cold on a hit from the Devils’ Taylor Hall. The play sequence illustrates how difficult it can be to reduce head injuries in hockey. Hall doesn’t act […]