Новости за 23.12.2016

The Bytown Museum on Friday unveiled a recently acquired painting of Ottawa lumber king and builder J.R. Booth, a portrait that will help anchor the museum’s 100th anniversary celebrations next year. The importance of John Rudolphus Booth to Ottawa cannot be overstated. While the likes of Philemon Wright, E.B. Eddy, W.G. Perley, Erskine Bronson and […]

Three people were injured, one of them airlifted to hospital following a two-car collision Friday at the intersection of County Road 15 and Jellyby Road in the township of Augusta near Brockville. The 18-year-old man who was airlifted suffered unspecified injuries. Two people were transported to the hospital by ambulance. Injuries to all three were described as […]

If you’re a small business owner in Ottawa, be careful going through your mail. Just in time for the holidays, some city businesses have been receiving scam letters from a company called Direct Pages 411, claiming that the businesses owe money. Recipients are asked to send a payment to a Montreal postal code. Mike Wood, owner of […]

Going to the hair salon or barber shop is a ritual as old as time itself. But what happens to all that hair after it’s been swept off the floor? Or the metal foil hairstylists use to give you that ombré hair or balayage? And what about all that extra hair product that’s left sitting […]

Ottawa defence lawyer Samir Adam told the court his client, Musab A-Noor, was in a "catatonic state" when he visited him in hospital.

The big pot for Friday night’s Lotto Max draw is soaring higher than Santa’s sleigh, according to OLG, reaching an estimated $60 million with an estimated eight “Max Million” prizes of $1 million each. Since its launch in 2009, Lotto Max has had three Christmas weekend jackpot wins of $50 million or more. Two of the […]

Once again, OC Transpo will be offering its free New Year’s bus service on Dec. 31, but with a new 4:30 p.m. start to the service.  Transpo, with MADD Ottawa, in partnership with the City’s Safer Roads Ottawa program and other partners, is starting the free bus and Para Transpo service earlier in the day to […]

Deck the halls with tales of terror? The Haunted Walk of Ottawa is using candlelit lanterns instead of Christmas bulbs to light up downtown streets this holiday season. The Haunted Walk, which has been in operation for more than 20 years, is hosting a themed tour, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” for six nights over the next two […]

It’s said all comedy comes from pain, and now a little blue plastic man in his Lego world has launched a popular comedy from the anxiety and depression of grad school. Lego Grad Student (found on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook) has unending roadblocks in his thesis, takes a date to a restaurant he can’t afford, sweats over impossible deadlines and watches his superiors […]

Derick Brassard is getting a chance to do something he hasn’t done in a decade: Spend Christmas at home. The Senators centre, a Gatineau native, estimated it’s been 10 years since he spent the holidays in the area so he’s looking forward to spending Christmas eve with his family before heading to his old home […]

The Senators kicked off the holiday season in style by delivering an early Christmas gift to their faithful. As people spent Friday doing their last-minute shopping to prepare for Saturday night’s visit by Santa Claus, the Senators had a chance to kick back and relax after stringing together a four-game winning streak following a 2-1 […]

Earlier this month, Annette Auger-Unwin sat next to her son, Eric, at their Sunday family dinner, wondering how much longer it would be before he died. The 34-year-old Kanata man had been riding the transplant list for seven months following three decades of surgeries and other failed attempts at repairing his heart. Thankfully, only two hours […]

The Ottawa Redblacks are keeping all their coaches in place for 2017. After winning the Grey Cup last month, the Redblacks announced on Friday that the entire coaching staff will return next season. “It’s exciting to have our entire coaching staff back for 2017,” said Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell, the only head coach the […]

The madness has begun at Ottawa International Airport, where 17,000 passengers are expected to arrive and depart Friday on the busiest travel day of the year. That’s about double the average day’s traffic, said airport vice-president Krista Kealey. “Most of the flights are at capacity coming in or out,” she said. “We’ve got about 8,500 passengers going […]

The last 12 months saw the release of a bumper crop of Canadian jazz.

This winter, the Citizen’s Tom Spears looks at snow and ice and wildlife to find out what makes our coldest season tick. It’s a series we call The Science of Winter. Today, we look at why tiny animals don’t turn into tiny ice cubes when the temperature falls. As you stand in cold of minus -25 C, it’s easy […]

In the chaos of a failed ceasefire, no hospital stands in Aleppo, civilians are being murdered with impunity in an attempt to flee the fighting and an unprecedented number of humanitarian workers from everywhere have been attacked or killed. The humanitarian law governing the conduct of combatants in war no longer holds. 2016, which is […]

Climate change is the least of Kiribati’s problems Re: Migration with Dignity, Dec. 17. I found the article on Kiribati interesting. However, permit me to add a few details in the spirit of helping understand these issues. First, most of Kiribati’s GDP is mainly government revenue from tuna fishing licences to Japanese and American fleets; […]

President-elect Donald Trump continues to turn the heat up on Lockheed Martin and its F-35 stealth fighter. Trump is now suggesting that his administration may sideline the F-35 in favor of buying more Super Hornets. “Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a […]

The music in the malls is a reminder of the countdown to the holiday season. In addition to shopping for the perfect gift, some advanced planners will be checking when their neighborhood church is holding its annual Christmas service.   While they might not go regularly, for some, Christmas carols at church are a holiday tradition, […]

Senators 2, Ducks 1 (OT) The wrapping wasn’t pretty, but the Senators will take their gift of two points. And, that’s certainly better than a lump of coal. Mike Hoffman scored the overtime winner on a one-timer on the power play to give the Senators a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks as Ottawa extended […]

You can tell his teammates like Ryan Dzingel by how much they tease him. When the Senators were in his hometown of Chicago earlier this week, Bobby Ryan took to Twitter to express his surprise that Dzingel didn’t invite the team to his house for dinner. “I think Bobby Ryan was just looking for some […]

Ever wonder what a hockey game would be like without coaches? Picture the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks left to their own devices — Erik Karlsson firing up ice at will, Cam Fowler freewheeling on the other side. Skilled forwards swapping chances at both ends. Instead, the Sens and Ducks served up a first period only a […]

Motorists might have a tough time on the roads this holiday weekend with a “winter cocktail” of snow, ice pellets and freezing rain expected to wreak havoc on the roads, Environment Canada is warning. The storm, which could affect much of northeastern and Eastern Ontario, is expected to begin late Christmas night or early Boxing Day. A Colorado low is […]

Mark Stone wasn’t on the ice for the morning skate on Thursday. But he was there when it counted on Thursday night. While it looked like the Senators would be without one of their best players in the last month, Stone, who missed the skate because he was sick, was in the lineup against the […]