Новости за 02.03.2017

eQ Homes is pleased to announce the much-anticipated grand opening of the Fernbank Crossing model homes.

One thing is becoming clear about the city's opioid crisis: nobody has any easy answers. As a consequence, we're madly off in all directions, clinging to false hope.

Vanier’s McArthur Avenue is poised to get new bike lanes this year intended to make it easier for cyclists to travel between downtown and points east. At an open house next week, the city will unveil plans for a functional redesign of McArthur between North River Road and St. Laurent Boulevard. The city plans to use paint, […]

Urban Ontarians will subsidize electricity for 800,000 people who live in places where it’s more expensive to deliver, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Thursday, as part of the Liberals’ plan to make people less angry about hydro prices. The biggest piece of the plan we already knew about when Wynne announced it: Extending the payoff periods […]

It’s a little tough to think about lounging on a patio at the moment, cold beer in hand, but your city councillors are doing that musing for you. New rules approved by the transportation committee will mean year-round patios, more walking space for pedestrians and lower fees for restaurant or bar proprietors.  Patios add life and […]

Ottawa police have closed Fallowfield Road in Barrhaven near the Via rail station after a car collided with an electrical pole. The accident has closed the roadway between Woodroffe Avenue and Greenbank Road. The collision took place around 1 p.m., according to police. There is no word on the cause of the accident, a police […]

Hey kids, it’s that time of year again! The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has 14 new colts at the breeding farm in Pakenham, Ont., waiting to join the prestigious Musical Ride and they all need names. As per custom, the names for every year of colts must start with the same letter. This year, it’s […]

A financial adviser who bilked his family, friends and senior citizens out of upwards of $2.8 million to pay for his lavish personal lifestyle was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday. Jacques (James) Scribnock’s crimes wiped out the retirement savings of many of his victims, said Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger, including […]

Opioid talk leaving out one point: just don’t do it Re: Tough talk over opioids, March 1 I read with some interest Coun. Allan Hubley’s list of ideas to harness the momentum around the community to address the “opioid crisis” in Ottawa. Interestingly, I did not see the following concept: If the pill in your […]

Planning a renovation can be an exciting new adventure. Homeowners have the opportunity to transform old dilapidated homes into classy contemporary structures, or perhaps unveil a clunky dining room’s true beauty. For Shoshanah Deaton, it meant undertaking a major renovation of her traditional Victorian home on First Avenue, in the Glebe. “I had just inadvertently […]

Typically, it takes awhile for new players to adjust to the exacting defensive structure employed by Senators coach Guy Boucher. But in the case of Alex Burrows, acquired Monday from Vancouver in a trade for prospect Jonathan Dahlen, some things never change. In his Senators debut Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, he will be in […]

Doris Yuen’s family gathered at her bedside in the Extendicare West End Villa two weeks ago to say goodbye to the woman who ran the Green Dragon Chinese Gift Shop for three-quarters of a century. The minister asked them all to join hands. That’s when Derek Yuen lifted his mother’s left hand from under the […]

Much has been written about the addiction problem facing Canadians, and there’s good information provided by teenchallenge.ca and Health Canada on the challenges Canadians face. According to statistics on these two websites, approximately two per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 say they have suffered personal harm as a result of illicit drug abuse, and 47,000 Canadian […]

There’s been some discussion about the interim Super Hornet purchase lately as those against the deal try to rally public support for their cause. Thirteen former RCAF generals tried to make a splash in the media before the deal was signed. They recently issued a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the […]

More than 300 soldiers from Canada, the U.S. and Poland will conduct a large winter warfare exercise in Labrador, according to the Canadian military. Exercise NORTHERN SOJOURN 17 starts today and runs until March 10. NORTHERN SOJOURN is an annual exercise designed to maintain arctic-capable regular and reserve force soldiers who can deploy on short notice. […]

The City of Ottawa is revamping the way it handles ambulance dispatches after an extensive review by officials with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The results of the investigation, initially released in November, found Ottawa’s paramedic service has “an overall, ongoing and systemic problem” that can leave patients waiting for ambulances coming from […]

Two men arrested last month on robbery charges face a raft of new accusations in connection with almost two dozen similar corner store-type heists since last December. Police now link the duo to robberies at gas stations and convenience stores. Police say the robberies were “essentially verbal demands. No weapons were used in any of the […]

Ottawa awoke to a return of full-on winter Thursday with a windchill of -22, blowing snow and a few traffic snarls. OC Transpo reported a string of cancelled trips. As the morning commute got underway in earnest, the city’s traffic centre warned commuters of incidents including one crash on the westbound Queensway at Eagleson Road […]

Gatineau police continue to search for a suspect who led them on a high-speed chase along Highway 50 following a holdup at a Masson-Angers credit union Wednesday night. Police said a hooded man walked into the Caisse populaire Desjardins on de Neuville Street at about 7 p.m. The man claimed to have a weapon and a […]

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. Ottawa’s first streetcars began running in 1891, servicing four routes: Main, Bank Street, New Edinburgh and Elgin. […]

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. “The sport is called ice cross […]

Exercise Flintlock 2017 – which brings African military units together with western special forces – began in Diffa, Niger on Feb. 27. It runs until March 16. This is the second time Niger has hosted Flintlock, an annual multinational special operations forces exercise designed to reinforce military capabilities of those nations taking part. “Flintlock calls […]

Ottawa’s 23 city councillors are inching closer to the six-figure club and giving Mayor Jim Watson some company on the annual Sunshine List. Each councillor pulled in $99,647 in 2016, a hair away from hitting the $100,000 figure that triggers a line on the province’s register of top earners. Watson made $178,204 in salary last year. The salary […]

The family of an Ottawa man who died in a scuba diving accident in the Dominican Republic last week is still trying to learn about Allen McGuire’s last moments of life. McGuire, 53, was on vacation with his wife, Luanna Cappuccino, when he died in a scuba diving accident on Feb. 22. News of his death […]

Police investigating the deaths of Chris LeCouvie and his girlfriend — both found dead Monday in their Hull apartment — have told his family that the couple overdosed and had been dead for at least two days while his three-year-old son fended for himself in the second-floor unit. “I was surprised that it was an […]