Новости за 23.02.2017

About 200 Canadian Forces members will take part in Operation NUNALIVUT 2017. The annual surveillance and control operation in the High Arctic takes place this year in Resolute Bay and Hall Beach, Nunavut. It started today and runs until March 10. Operation NUNALIVUT began in 2007 to provide the Canadian military an opportunity to operate […]

Chelby Marie Daigle says it would be demoralizing if her report on anti-black racism in Ottawa effected no change. “I don’t want, in 20 years, that kids are saying the same thing that I said in this report,” Daigle said Thursday after the release of the document at Ottawa City Hall. “That would be heartbreaking.” The report […]

Canadian Army soldiers will be returning from Operation REASSURANCE in Poland on Friday. They will arrive in Edmonton. Approximately 100 soldiers from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group will reunite with their families at Edmonton Garrison after a six month deployment, the Canadian Army noted in a news release. Operation REASSURANCE refers to the military activities […]

The streams of people crossing snow-laden fields, risking loss of fingers and life in the cold, have prompted a lively discussion about what to do about migrants circumventing our ports of entries at land borders. Conservative Public Safety critic Tony Clement called for a stop to the growing number of “illegal crossings” by refugees at […]

Canadian children, some only a few months old, are being housed in prison-like conditions across the country. Others are forcibly removed from their detained parents. These children are the victims of serious flaws in Canada’s immigration detention system, leaving them and their parents desperate and damaged in violation of international law. I witnessed this first-hand […]

The biggest donation in the Canadian Museum of Nature’s history will pay for museum work in areas that most donors feel are not sexy enough. The $4-million gift from Ross and Trisha Beaty of Vancouver won’t buy any stunning museum displays. Instead it will deliver research on Canada’s plants and animals. “One of the hardest things for us to […]

Murray McLauchlan When: March 3,8 p.m. Where: Centrepointe Theatre Tickets: $47.50, plus surcharges at Centrepointe box office and centrepointetheatre.ca Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan is gearing up to release his 18th studio album this spring. Lynn Saxberg talked to the veteran musician, 68, about the no-frills recording, and how a sojourn in Italy rekindled his love of playing […]

Expanding the city’s cycling network has cost 30 per cent more than what was originally forecast just over three years ago, transportation planners say. “Site-specific conditions such as contaminated soils, poor slope stability and utility conflicts are difficult to anticipate during master planning and have resulted in increased project costs,” the planners told council in a […]

It took 38 years but it finally happened: The bloom is off The Silver Rose — Gerry Arial is retiring. In the year he turns 70, Ottawa’s florist to the stars is preparing to wind up his shop on O’Connor Street at the end of March. “I always said if I lived to be 70, I’ll […]

The group of companies that lost the competition for Canada’s new fixed wing search and rescue aircraft is going to court to try to overturn the contract. Procurement Minister Judy Foote and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced December 8 that the government had selected the Airbus C295W aircraft for its new fixed-wing search and rescue […]

The word is in: March is forecast to come in like a lamb, albeit a soggy one. After a potentially record-breaking warm weekend coming up, Environment Canada is predicting a high of 5 C with a good chance of flurries or rain showers for next Wednesday, the first day of March.  A high of -2 […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Pierre Dorion has the green light to do whatever it takes for a playoff payoff for the Senators. With the clock ticking towards the NHL trade deadline (next Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET) the Senators GM told the travelling media if he wants to make a move to help Ottawa down the […]

In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, obsession and fear. From Feb. 2 until Canada Day, we’ll share one person’s story every day. “Skating the canal is the perfect […]

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about. Clandeboye, Clarkstown and Janeville, three villages east of the Rideau River, joined together to form the village […]

This is a very sad anniversary for public service workers. A year ago, the Liberal government began its rollout of Phoenix, the consolidated payroll system for the federal public service. Since then, thousands of workers have been paid incorrectly or, in some cases, not at all. This has caused financial hardship and stress for these […]

Cole Nicholls reaches down and picks up a pebble on the carpet when asked the question: Why are counterfeit pharmaceuticals so dangerous? Many parents in Ottawa are looking for the answer to that question after a 14-year-old Kanata girl, Chloe Kotval, died on Feb. 14. Her family has called on police and public officials to […]

HMCS Chicoutimi is now doing training exercises on the west coast after undergoing repairs to dozens of problem welds, the Canadian Press news service reports. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article about the Royal Canadian Navy submarine: Katelyn Moores, with Maritime Forces Pacific, said HMCS Chicoutimi has been doing trials since mid-December […]

The Ottawa Public Library is encouraging speed reading with a new “express” ebooks system, the first of its kind at a Canadian public library. Starting Wednesday, customers can borrow new and bestselling English-language ebooks for a loan period of seven days. The express system, previously only available for print books, now includes fiction and non-fiction […]

Ottawa police have confirmed that a Laval, Que., man is alleged to be behind a scam that involves stealing shoppers’ PC Plus points from their accounts.  Police say 21-year-old Ferradji Manigat was arrested on Jan. 21 and charged with fraud under $5,000 and money laundering after security at the Loblaws store on Isabella Street caught him trying to buy […]

On Wednesday, the first group of Canadian Army soldiers from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, based in Edmonton, Alberta, left for Poland in support of Operation REASSURANCE. “From now until early March, approximately 200 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry will relieve fellow brigade members, who will return home over the […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the walking wounded. Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning outside the club’s hotel, Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion indicated wingers Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman could play as early as Sunday against the Florida Panthers, and, if not then, possibly by Monday against the […]

Those considering coming to Canada as refugee claimants across our unmarked border with the United States must think carefully about the pitfalls they will face. If they still decide to come, and if their numbers swell, Canadians must think carefully about how we treat them. This is even more complex than other refugee scenarios. Under the Canada-U.S. Safe […]

Montebello Rockfest has released its 2017 lineup, advertising reunion performances, new sets and headliners such as Rammstein, Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop. The 12th annual festival will feature about 130 rock, metal, punk, hardcore and hip-hop acts. According to Rockfest founder Alex Martel, most of the acts have never performed at the […]

Gatineau is finally getting a new home for the Olympiques, a $79-million complex with one big rink for the major junior team and three smaller rinks for community use. After more than 10 years of debate in Gatineau on how to replace the aging Robert Guertin Arena, the city council accepted the deal with Vision Multisports […]

Builders treat development rules like suggestions and Ontario cities co-operate so they can get parks and nice streets for cheap, a veteran member of the Ontario Municipal Board wrote in a scorching takedown of the way we plan communities in this province. Marc Denhez’s cry begins around the 300th paragraph of a ruling on redeveloping a strip […]