Новости за 13.01.2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to “break” NATO, warns retired Gen. James Mattis, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary. “Right now the most important thing is that we recognize the reality of what we deal with, with Mr. Putin is trying to break the North Atlantic alliance,” Mattis told the Senate Armed Services […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins were in town. Hockey royalty. For the Senators, this meant their greatest challenge was to keep from tripping over themselves while genuflecting to the Stanley Cup champs. It’s a fine line between respecting an elite team and being in awe of them. The last time they met, on Dec. 5 in Pittsburgh, […]

The Senators’ special teams actually were very special against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they could have even been just a little more so. You know, special. The power play scored twice in the opening 20 minutes, making it 5-of-7 in Ottawa’s first four periods of the season against the defending champs, dating back to the […]

Would you like revenge with that? Team Hailey Armstrong won the U21 provincials on Sunday in Russell by defeating the only two rinks they lost to in the round robin. Skip Armstrong works as an assistant manager at the MacDonald’s in Carleton Place but on the ice she was dishing up victory. Armstrong and her […]

After six Canadian titles, two world championships and Olympic gold and silver medals, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have nothing left to prove as ice dancers. After all, it has been three years since they last claimed a national ice dance crown and two decades since they began skating together at the initiative of aunt […]

“We’ve got one law for the police and another law for everybody else with the status quo," said Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon.

OTTAWA — The federal government failed its employees when it didn’t properly heed warning signs about its problem-plagued Phoenix pay system before rolling it out almost a year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted Thursday. “I’ll admit it,” Trudeau told a frustrated civil servant as he fielded questions from the public during the first major […]

It’s a sparkling $30 million facility designed to bring together the best in innovation, entrepreneurship, economic development and the highest of high-tech, but it was a particularly low-tech innovation that caught social media’s notoriously short attention span. The Innovation Centre on Bayview Road is barely open, welcoming its first tenants in late November, and has […]

Next year was always going to be a challenge for Ottawa tourism, given the hangover from the splashy events happening throughout 2017 for Canada’s 150th birthday. But 2018 comes with its own massive problem: One of the city’s prime attractions, Parliament Hill’s Centre Block, will start renovations that will take at least 10 years, and probably more like 15. […]

Make sure to make Elgin Street a “people place” in a redesign of the commercial strip. That’s what the city’s urban design review panel told city transportation planners during an examination of the draft plan Thursday. The city unveiled the latest iteration of the design during an open house Wednesday night. Elgin Street would be one […]

The Ottawa Senators have dealt with the future during scouting meetings in Fort Lauderdale. Now, they’ll take a look at their immediate needs. While the initial work has been done for this June’s NHL entry draft, Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion and the club’s pro scouts are wrapping up their meetings this weekend with a focus […]

Richard Naud wants to be a mind reader, wants to understand the many tiny signals of your brain cells, but there’s one problem. Scientists can’t yet read brain language. It’s his job to change that. Naud is a new researcher at the Brain and Mind Research Institute of the University of Ottawa, where he will work with neurosurgeons […]

Which of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods has the worst snow removal? OK, hands down everybody, and stop screaming — you can’t all have baddest banks on the planet. But The Glebe, surely, has to be among the worst. We’re standing with Stephanie ter Veen, 46, and her daughter Francesca, 10, outside First Avenue Public School — and we’re standing […]

A court challenge to salary increases given to two senior executives at the University of Ottawa will go ahead, a judge has ruled. The challenge comes from the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa, which argued that 2014 pay raises the university gave to vice-president of research Dr. Mona Nemer and Dr. Jacques […]

Calling all Ottawa-Gatineau renters and homeowners! We’re looking to compile a collection of stories on the pros and cons of living in a rental versus living in a place that you own. Tell us about your experiences and we’ll feature them in our Homes & Condos section. Do you think buying a home is an […]

A developer wants to allow luxury vehicles from a dealership to be parked at the site of a future condo in Little Italy, leaving some neighbours and the area councillor fuming. “I think it’s belligerent to proceed with this,” Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper said Thursday. Mastercraft Starwood’s application to temporarily use its Phase 2 site at SoHo Champagne for […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force has extended the contract for the NATO Flying Training in Canada program until 2023. CAE provides ground-school classroom and simulator training, and supports the live flying training of military pilots in Moose Jaw and Cold Lake. In addition, CAE will also add new capabilities and perform a range of upgrades […]