Новости за 20.12.2016

A judge dismissed a suggestion Antonio Comunale, 33, was only a party to the sexual assaults on two 16-year-old girls in 2014.

For much of her life, Monique Vaillant had a big fear of dentists, and had problem teeth. “Each time I went to the dentist for cleaning, they gave me gas to calm me,” she said. “When I had to have a tooth pulled out, I had to have sedation.” Now, thanks to her New-Teeth-in-a-Day from […]

On Friday, I had an item about problems at two Department of National Defence buildings in Ottawa. Department of National Defence offices at 25 Nicholas St. were evacuated due to power outage and sprinkler system outage. There was also a flood there. And the DND building at 615 Booth St. had been shut down completely […]

The boy who escaped the horrors of his Kanata basement in February 2013 says he’s doing much better these days and though he tries to forget his gruelling ordeal, his scars are a daily reminder. “I wish they weren’t there,” the boy, now 14, said in a videotaped victim-impact statement shown at his stepmother’s sentencing […]

The intent behind our cell phones, computers and devices is relatively straightforward: to make our days easier and more efficient.

To the surprise of exactly no one, the federal government and the provinces failed this week to agree on redistributing taxpayers’ money. For – make no mistake – the political keening over health care transfers is mainly about which level of government gets to claim what proportion of your money, then take credit for spending it on that […]

It’s the Internet’s fault. No, wait. Scratch that. We can’t blame a single diffuse piece of infrastructure stretching undersea and over land. That’s not fair or correct. The gnawing sense that dark days are ahead, the awareness that all of this – the relative peace and prosperity enjoyed by the West since the Second World […]

Ottawa police have closed down a square block of Vanier Tuesday morning as they investigate reports of an assault. Police would not release details regarding the incident, however sources suggest that the investigation is related to an assault in a home on the 200 block of Desrosiers Street where at least one person was stabbed. Reports […]

As the now no longer newly installed Liberal government wraps up its first full year in office, much has – quite properly – been made of how very little in the way of substantial legislation has actually made it all the way through Parliament to become the law of the land. Since the session got […]

Provincial police in Renfrew have arrested a 73-year-old Peterborough man in connection with an historical sexual assault case from 1973. Police say the alleged victim came forward in 2015 to report an assault he said occurred at a hunting camp west of Barry’s Bay when he was 15 years old. Stanley McBride, 73, is charged […]

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is blasting the U.S. Navy’s expensive new warships that have been plagued by engine problems and have yet to demonstrate key warfighting functions, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a Navy fighter pilot in the Vietnam […]

A man is in custody after 21-year-old man was stabbed in a home on Albert Street Tuesday morning. Police said it happened just east of the intersection with Booth Street at about 8:20 a.m. Michael Karlin, 36, lives in the area and was walking to work when he saw a barefoot man, wearing only underwear, running […]

China has returned to the U.S. an unmanned underwater drone that has been the centre of an ongoing international incident. The Chinese Navy seized unlawfully last week in international waters, the Pentagon said. China’s defence ministry said it handed the drone back after “friendly consultations,” the Associated Press reported. More details from the Associated Press: […]

WASHINGTON – We skeptics have learned to appreciate the gifts of Donald Trump as showman, strategist, choreographer, master of events. Until now, though, we did not know him as craftsman. But here, as cabinet-maker, he has outdone himself. His cabinet is a ministry of luminaries. It is, as John F. Kennedy once hailed a gathering […]

An OPP RIDE check netted more than holiday revellers early Tuesday morning. Police report that they laid a charge of marijuana trafficking after spotting a vehicle trying to evade the check west of Prescott with a U-turn. The officers were running the check on County Road 2 at Merwin Lane at about 2 a.m. when […]

CHICAGO – It looks like Andrew Hammond is back on the shelf. The Senators’ goaltender, who left Sunday’s 6-2 victory over the New York Islanders in Brooklyn with a twisted ankle, may not be able to back up Tuesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. While the Senators won’t know until he […]

Ottawa awoke to a frosty morn Tuesday that felt like -17 but it’s forecast to rise to a relatively balmy -4C by afternoon then Wednesday, the first official day of winter, is expected to hit zero. While roads were slick in places, the City of Ottawa’s traffic centre had nothing to report Tuesday morning, OC […]

With the Christmas break now just four days away, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cross-country end-of-year media tour is set to take him to British Columbia, where he’ll undergo a Facebook Live-streamed interview with the Vancouver Sun editorial board, as well as live chats with the hosts at News Talk 980 CKNW and News 1130. Also […]

Michael and Elaine Merker, whose two children are enrolled in classes for gifted students, are "freaking out" at the prospect of losing the classes that have provided their kids with the specialized instruction.

Ottawa's police chief has ordered a full review of how investigators handled allegations of child abuse from a 9-year-old-boy, who was sent back to live with the father now accused of torturing and starving him in a darkened Kanata basement. After learning police visited with the victim of a horrific case of child torture nearly two years before the extent of the abuse came to light, Chief Charles Bordeleau wants to know “exactly what steps were taken and what did we know at what time.”

With a record year for homicides drawing to a close, Ottawa's police chief admits there is concern within the force about increased violence in the capital.

Ottawa Senators prospect Thomas Chabot will be easy enough to spot during the upcoming world junior hockey championships. He'll be one of two Canadian players with an "A" on the front of his jersey.

The Ontario Provincial Police have charged 30-year-old Tristan Marois Drouin of Gatineau with eight counts of armed robbery following a province-wide investigation.

President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up the defence industry with his tweets and threats to cancel expensive programs. He recently tweeted that if Boeing doesn’t get the costs under control for the proposed new Air Force One aircraft then the project should be cancelled. He has also gone after the F-35 –in both interviews and […]

It ain’t over till it’s over.  With apologies to the late Yogi Berra, this one might never be over for a lot of Americans. But, really, stick a fork in it; this one’s about done. Donald Trump has cleared virtually every hurdle between 721 Fifth Ave. and 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., winning the Electoral College vote on […]