Новости за 15.12.2016

An age adjustment is expected to provide a big boost for minor football in the Ottawa area. The National Capital Amateur Football Association, in its 62nd year, has adjusted its divisions, allowing players as young as seven, while cutting out 19-year-olds. Each division will be bumped up a year. The tyke level will now consist […]

Exactly six months after the late Liberal MP Mauril Belanger brought MPs on all sides of the Commons to their feet as he led off the final vote to approve his bid to tweak the lyrics of the national anthem, his hoped-for legacy of a more inclusive O Canada has made it one step closer […]

We cover homicides these days as though we were keeping score of something: 22 homicides in 2016, heading for a frightening record! What story are we telling ourselves? Here’s the problem with keeping a homicide ticker as though it were a thermometer of Ottawa’s level of safety: if you count out 22 eggs and put them in a basket, […]

The new year will be bringing big changes to OC Transpo fares and pass systems. As of Jan. 1, all OC Transpo routes will require regular fare only, including “Connexion” routes (formerly known as Express routes).  In preparation for the O-Train Confederation Line, set to launch in 2018, OC Transpo has created a unified monthly pass […]

The Ontario government has announced the hiring of new nurses, social workers, psychologists and recreational to help improve the health and well-being of inmates in the province’s jails. In a release Thursday, the government said it intends to address “immediate priorities” in correctional facilities by providing “better access to programs and services, improved facilities and […]

Three killings took place in a span of five days last week, bringing the total number of homicides for the year so far to a startling 22. Comparatively, there were seven homicides in each of 2015 and 2014, and nine the year before. At the time of this writing, Ottawa police had counted a record 66 […]

At his year-end news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated a boast he has used in the House of Commons: that his government consults Canadians widely and frequently, including at political fundraising events, listening deeply to their concerns. Then he said what he hears at Liberal fundraising events doesn’t influence his decisions; he always chooses […]

Hey readers, we’d like your help:  We’re compiling our “naughty” and “nice” lists of local figures for 2016, and would love your input. Send us a letter, 50 words or less, with your nomination(s) for either category and the reason you’ve made that nomination. “Nice” can include your neighbour who does good deeds, or a local organization […]

Awww! Former Sens player Mike Fisher, now the captain of the Nashville Predators, has revealed a heartwarming story about his former team back in Ottawa — and it made his wife, country star Carrie Underwood, shed a few tears. It was February 2011 and Fisher was in his 11th season with the Sens, he writes in […]

With winter temperatures apparently here to stay for another year, the Ottawa Humane Society is reminding pet owners to keep their four-legged companions safe. The organization recommends owners put a limit on how often their pets go out into the snow. Also, make sure to wipe down your pets’ paws after they’ve come home from […]

Police are looking for tips on any suspicious vehicles spotted in the area after handguns and jewelry were stolen from a North Grenville home Wednesday. The thefts from the locked home on River Road just east of Burritts Rapids happened sometime between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. Grenville County OPP won’t say how many or […]

Police are investigating after a man’s body was found behind a business near a busy Orléans intersection Wednesday night. The body was found in the area of St. Joseph and Jeanne d’Arc boulevards shortly after 10 p.m. The man had earlier been reported missing. Police were releasing few details with the early stages of an […]

The Senators are waiting for word on winger Mike Hoffman. As they prepare to face the New Jersey Devils Saturday and the New York Islanders on the road Sunday, the Senators could be without their high-scoring winger because he could be facing supplementary discipline from the NHL’s department of player safety. Thursday morning league VP […]

Canada’s special forces will be receiving a fleet of new combat vehicles that resemble a dune buggy on steroids. The vehicle, designed with the help of NASCAR engineers, will be able to carry up to nine commandos. Polaris Industries of the U.S. has been awarded the $20 million contract to deliver 78 of what Canadian […]

Ottawa police are hunting a robber who terrorized a fast-food delivery driver at gunpoint in Nepean last month, demanding he hand over the food. The driver went to a building in the 100 block of Medhurst Drive with a delivery on Nov. 6. The suspect was outside the building but the driver buzzed him in. The suspect […]

Subtle, bold, bright, or dark: the interior walls of our home leave a lasting impression. The paint colours we choose set a scene for each space – we can create a variety of moods and energies. Certain colours create excitement and joy while others give a more relaxing feel. We can paint all the walls of […]

Artists in Ottawa-Gatineau earn the highest median incomes among those who work in the arts in Canada's six largest cities. But they receive a relatively small share of support from the two largest federal arts funding bodies.

Brrr! Time to break out the balaclavas. Ottawa awoke to wildly blowing snow and a windchill of -23 Thursday. The City of Ottawa is under a frostbite advisory and it’s only getting colder. Meanwhile, Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, warning of a large system from the southwestern U.S. bringing snow and poor […]

As predicted right here in this space on Wednesday morning, thanks to a pre-Christmas outpouring of cross-aisle cooperation, the denizens of the House of Commons were able to put aside their differences and unite behind a motion to shut down the Chamber two days ahead of schedule, freeing MPs to scatter to the four corners […]

Sharks 4, Senators 3 (SO) It began as a celebration to honour Chris Neil for his 1,000th game, but it ended in disappointment for the Senators. Unfortunately, Neil couldn’t write a storybook ending. After Neil couldn’t bury the first shootout attempt of his career, Kevin Labanc put it away as he scored in the skills […]

The Chris Neil theme was inescapable. Towels to honour his 1,000th game as an Ottawa Senators player were everywhere. Front teeth were optional. In the warmup, all the Senators came out with the name Neil on the back of the ubiquitous No. 25 jerseys – a scary sight. Even the anthem ceremony had a Neil […]

So, who’d a thunk it. A sixth-round draft pick — 161st overall — at the age of 19. Two years in the minors racking up more than 300 bruising penalty minutes a season, then into the big show in 2001 to debut against the archrival Toronto Maple Leafs. Fast-forward 16 seasons. Chris Neil’s NHL Game 1,002 (he played […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force has released details about the planned design for the 2017 CF-18 Demonstration Hornet.  Next year’s Demonstration Hornet will be painted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the confederation of Canada, and will honour the history of the RCAF and Canadian Armed Forces, the RCAF noted. The image below shows the […]

Supporters of an inmate who took his own life while at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre held a vigil outside the jail Wednesday evening to send a message: that mentally ill inmates should be in treatment centres, not prisons.  Justin St. Amour, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, hanged himself in his segregation cell at OCDC on Nov. 30. […]

Chris Wideman wore not one, but two extra pieces of equipment on Wednesday night. The biggest was as obvious as the nose on his face — the full face shield that was guarding his fractured jaw as much as anything else. The other could be detected only up close. What looked like piece of Kleenex […]