Новости за 18.01.2017

The National Capital Commission is launching an international design competition to reimagine Nepean Point. Details will be released Thursday at the NCC’s board meeting and a winning design is expected to be unveiled by the end of the year. Nepean Point — the 2.5-hectare site behind the National Gallery of Canada and overlooking the Ottawa River […]

“Yes, we can,” they chanted in unison. To hear Barack Obama speak, or just to catch a glimpse of him, roughly 200,000 people had turned out that day, July 24, 2008, filling the broad, tree-lined avenue of Strasse des 17 Juni, in Berlin’s glorious Tiergarten Park. It was an audience three times the size of […]

More perspective needed about safe injection sites Re: Chief wants more security at injection site, Jan. 14. As a client of the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, I was pleased to read police Chief Charles Bordeleau’s comments about a safe injection site. However, more perspective should be added to the broader question of street drugs, […]

A career diplomat will lead the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa until a new ambassador is appointed by Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality TV star who will be sworn in Friday as the country’s 45th president.  Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Moore Aubin assumed the job of chargé d’affaires on Wednesday following the […]

The latest nightmare for the Ontario Liberals around the cost of electricity (there have been many) came last week when, in front of national media at a Justin Trudeau event in Peterborough, a tearful woman said she’s living in energy poverty because of paying $1,000 monthly for hydro. That sounds like an extreme case, and […]

INGLESIDE — A leisurely evening of ice fishing almost turned deadly Tuesday when a truck went through the ice on Hoople Creek near Cornwall. Joshua van de Glind, 21, was helping his uncle set up his fishing hut when he noticed a Jeep beginning to sink into the water. The driver had rolled down his […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force announced Wednesday that Captain Matthew Kutryk will be the pilot for the 2017 CF-18 Demonstration Team. Capt. Kutryk will entertain audiences around North America during the 2017 air show season, flying his specially painted CF-18 Hornet commemorating Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation, the RCAF noted in a news release. More […]

I hate crowds and I’ve never been able to sleep on a bus. I’ve got looming client deadlines, and my family’s weekend is packed: hockey games, birthday parties and piles of laundry. So why would I opt to spend two restless nights on a charter bus with 53 strangers, headed to the Women’s March on […]

In an officially bilingual country, you’d think those who lead us – or who aspire to – would show a modicum of sensitivity to the linguistic preferences of voters. Instead, both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative leadership aspirant Kevin O’Leary botched it this week. Trudeau’s “listening tour” took him to Sherbrooke, Que. Asked by an audience […]

Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking two men in connection with a rash of early morning convenience store robberies earlier this month. In each case, one member of the robbery team demanded cash and/or cigarettes, while the second suspect remained near the door. In one robbery, a knife was seen and, in another, […]

Although the news is likely to get lost in the flurry of coverage of a certain venture capitalist turned TV host’s long-rumoued and now official bid to win the Conservative leadership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped retired lieutenant-general and first-time Liberal MP Andrew Leslie to serve as parliamentary secretary to newly installed Foreign Affairs […]

There’s something about the winter that makes us want to stay indoors, cosy up with some hot chocolate and tackle home improvement and do-it-yourself projects. You get to learn a new skill. You get to show off a one-of-a-kind piece. You get to build something with your own hands. And, with the Ottawa Home and Remodelling […]

The stepmom was found guilty of assault with a weapon (a wooden spoon) and failing to provide the necessities of life.

Retired Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, a former commander of the Canadian Army, has been appointed parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs as the Trudeau government gears up to deal with a Trump presidency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Leslie, member of parliament for Orléans, would take on the parliamentary secretary position. “In this […]

A Sun-Ra-inspired octet and LGBTQ choir join forces for a unique concert Sunday night at the Church of the Ascension.

If your Wednesday commute means getting behind the wheel, top up your windshield washer fluid first. A freezing drizzle advisory is in effect and roads are a wet mess of slush, spray and salt. For pedestrians, Ottawa Public Health has reiterated its recommendation that everyone do the “penguin walk.” Knees relaxed Toes pointed outShort stepsSlow […]

Lockheed Martin officials are scrambling around, trying to figure how to deal with U.S.-president elect Donald Trump and his demands the cost of the F-35 program be reduced. Roger Carr, chairman of BAE Systems Plc, which is a key participant in the program, has provided some details on how much savings are being sought. “We’ve […]

Will this be the day that finance guru turned TV personality Kevin O’Leary finally makes it official by launching his bid for the Conservative leadership? Citing unnamed, but presumably reliable sources, multiple media outlets are now predicting that the much-speculated-over announcement could happen as early as later this morning, but the lone spokeswoman for the […]

Paramedics used defibrillation equipment to revive a man who had gone into cardiac arrest after a single car crash in the west end Tuesday night. The crash occurred at Meadowlands Drive and Grant Carman Drive just after midnight, and responders found a 45-year-old man unconscious and in cardiac arrest. Police were able to remove the man from […]

A new poll suggests most Ottawa residents are in favour of a safe injection site, even though the seriousness of the opioid crisis has yet to register with many of them.  The Mainstreet Research poll, conducted for Postmedia, found that 53 per cent of those surveyed support the plan to open a safe injection site […]

ST. LOUIS — The Ottawa Senators are hoping their trip here is a step through the gateway to the playoffs. The Senators officially passed the midway point of the season with a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues to open this difficult three-game trip with a huge two points Tuesday night. Led by a […]

Before the Senators flew out of town for this important three-game trip, Jean-Gabriel Pageau insisted he was unconcerned about his lost scoring touch. At the time, he had four goals, the same number he had on Nov. 3 last season, when he finished with 19. “It’s obviously hard when you play against really good players, […]

The skater from Georgetown made her first national championship a memorable one with a sparkling performance.

Commuters, students, pedestrians, travellers — anyone anywhere who needs to be somewhere else — were facing the prospect of cancelled school buses, transit delays, traffic gridlock and possible airline delays Wednesday morning. Environment Canada issued a statement just after 8 p.m. Tuesday warning that snow and ice pellets would mix with freezing rain — creating an expected ice […]

Love or hate the outcome, there’s always something magical and maniacal in all iterations of the hoops Canal War between the Carleton Ravens and University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. And invariably, there’s an added story line to the dust-ups. This year, it was transfers, with ex-Gee Gee and Ontario University Athletics all-star Catherine Traer suiting up […]