Новости за 14.12.2016

Aleppo has fallen. The last and sturdiest bastion of the Syrian uprising is gone. The Battle of Aleppo is over, the revolution is finished, and the Syrian mass murderer Bashar Assad has won. Russia has won. Iran has won. Hezbollah has won. The United States has lost. The United Nations has lost, and the bloody […]

As Chris Neil and the Senators took the ice for the morning skate Wednesday, they were surrounded by towels with his name and No. 25 that will be given to the fans at the Canadian Tire Centre to mark his 1,000th game. It was a sight to behold and Neil, who will be honoured in […]

Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in finding a suspect who held up a store clerk at gunpoint Oct. 30. Police say the stickup occurred at about 6:30 a.m. when the suspect walked into a conventience store in the 200 block of Parkdale Avenue, pulled a black handgun and demanded the clerk hand over cash and […]

A 24-year-old Kemptville woman who claimed a black sedan struck her infant daughter in her stroller on Clothier Street last week before racing away has been charged with mischief for filing a false report. Ontario Provincial Police laid the charge Wednesday against Jennifer Lowe after investigators determined there was no collision. Lowe, who also goes by her married […]

Time is running out but you can still skate through your Christmas shopping list at Bayshore. The west-end shopping mall hosted a launch party Tuesday for its third-floor Crystal Hall holiday space, complete with indoor synthetic ice skating rink. All the money raised from skate rentals, along with coat check and gift wrapping services, is […]

Police have made a collar in a south-end carjacking turned hit-and-run last May. It was just before midnight on May 24 when a man returned to his vehicle at a gas station at the corner of Lorry Greenberg Drive and Hunt Club Road. Once inside the vehicle, he was approached by a man, pulled out […]

It turns out Ottawa can make even sex seem unappealing.  Ottawa Public Health will be handing out condoms in 2017, as it always does, to promote safe sex, but the new proposed designs on its sesquicentennial condom wrappers – the public gets to vote on which one it likes best! – are, to put it mildly, not […]

Noted tax fighter Mayor Jim Watson has been quick to extinguish the idea of an infrastructure levy to fix our crumbling roads, calling the concept “a fancy way of raising taxes by another two or three per cent without saying it.” Well yes, exactly. Were the city to institute a road tax, some might start […]

Ottawa police have arrested a 27-year-old man who was sought in a series of commercial break-and-enter thefts from October and December. Justin Odo, who was named in at least four warrants, was arrested Tuesday afternoon without incident by west division neighbourhood officers. He was to appear in court Wednesday.

If you're in the market for a home in a history-rich area, with distinct geography and architecture, close to the city core and still affordable (for now), revitalized Vanier is a great option.

A tin of spiced nuts is great secret weapon to have on hand over the holidays. They’re the perfect accompaniment to a glass of eggnog or a holiday cocktail, or just to munch on with a Mandarin orange or clementine. Package them up, and you’ve got a wonderful host or hostess gift. These ones, from an […]

Seven Romanian nationals and a teen girl from England are accused of bilking Ottawa merchants using sleight of hand. Police believe they’re part of a crime ring of “short-change scammers” who use tricks to confuse retailers out of cash. Police say the scams can add up to hundreds of dollars.  The eight people – five […]

This message was sent to Public Services and Procurement Canada staff: You will likely have noticed last month’s announcement made by the Honourable Minister Judy Foote and her colleagues regarding the Fighter Capability Project which outlines plans for both the Future Fighter Capability and the Interim Fighter Capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. In order […]

Upcoming Events Gift Wrapping: Stop by Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind with your holiday gifts and they will take care of the wrapping. All of the proceeds support Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. Stop by the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind National Training Centre at 4120 Rideau Valley Drive North for their gift wrapping drop-in on […]

Winter hasn’t even officially begun and it’s already an extra snowy one – with even more white stuff on the way. Local blogger @YOW_Weather, weather historian Rolf Campbell, tweeted Tuesday that including the recent storm, 75.7 cm of snow has been dumped on the capital, more than double the average of 37.4 cm by Dec. 12. Including […]

Depending – as always – on how it unfolds, today could mark the final sitting before the Chamber shuts down for the holidays. While the official Commons calendar would keep MPs on the clock until Friday, those same MPs could rise ahead of schedule, provided that every one of them – or, at least, every […]

Canadian actor Alan Thicke has died, his publicist confirmed Tuesday. Thicke, best known for his role in the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains,” suffered a heart attack while playing hockey. He was 69 years old. The entertainer was born in Kirkland Lake, Ont., and was also a talk show host and songwriter. Most recently, he made […]

Pot smokers, dispensary owners and cannabis industry executives reacted Tuesday to the federal government task force recommendations on how Canada should go about legalizing recreational marijuana. The dispensary manager: stores should be here to stay Kristina Simpson’s hands fly up to her face in shock when she’s informed the task force has come out in favour of […]

A $1.5 billion project to train Canada’s fighter pilots, touted by the Liberal government as an example of how it is improving defence procurement, has gone off the rails. A private company was to have been selected by the end of December to provide aircraft and pilots to act as adversaries in training for Canadian […]

The couch. It’s the KD — comfort food — of furniture for Canadians coast to coast to coast. Be it leather or lint, on it we sit, read, drink, nap, snack, dine, absorb televised movies and sports, sleep (if we’ve sufficiently provoked a partner — or lack one), and spill out our dreams and wishes and hopes and promises. And […]

When the Ottawa Redblacks won the Grey Cup on Nov. 27, their biggest supporter saluted them with a glass of rye from his Civic Hospital bed. “I knew they were going to do it,” said Harold Moore, to his family. How could they not? That very day, Harold turned 85. Two weeks later, Harold left […]

The memento is apparently waiting for Ernest Jackson to retrieve it — and his car — from TD Place stadium in Ottawa.

For approximately half of his 1001 NHL games, Chris Neil has found a way to throw a charge into a building.  Whether it’s with a big hit or a fight, he has lifted Ottawa hockey crowds to their feet and, in turn, energized his team. Now, the Senators could use a similar impact from the […]

An alliance of local festival organizers is saying the mayor and council have “turned their backs” on the city's cultural community at the worst possible time. Wednesday's municipal budget is expected to contain no new money for festivals, leading Ottawa Festivals officials to question what became of council's six-year funding strategy – a plan approved in 2012 with the blessing of council, staff and the mayor's office, along with “the buy-in of the entire cultural community,” – that has since been abandoned... Читать дальше...

A mentally ill man had gone to the Ottawa Hospital looking for help eight days before he hanged himself in his segregation cell in Ottawa’s jail, according to his lawyer. Defence lawyer Karin Stein said police reports revealed that Justin St-Amour went to the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus complaining he was suicidal on Nov. 22, but wasn’t admitted. […]