Новости за 21.04.2017

A Gatineau woman accused of “treating mental problems” without being qualified as a psychologist will go on trial next Tuesday. The Quebec Order of Psychologists is prosecuting the case against Louise Ward, who has run a centre screening and treating people with dyslexia in Ottawa. The charges relate to a consultation she had in Gatineau with a woman who Ward says […]

The Canadian Wildlife Federation, Carleton University and Energy Ottawa will spend three years studying the endangered American eel on its dangerous migration to the Atlantic. The work is covered by a $122,000 provincial grant. Eels were once common in the Ottawa River, but today’s population is only one per cent of the original size. Eels must […]

A former small claims court judge who pocketed a quarter of a million dollars from the cemetery funds of his Catholic church will spend the next year under house arrest. Ontario Superior Court Justice Lynn Ratushny said it was only Ronald Houlahan’s decades of good deeds as a respected lawyer, judge, volunteer and family man […]

Save for the pot-smoking protesters who lit up outside the Peace Tower on Thursday, Parliament Hill was an island of quiet this week — even as global forces battered the country’s sense of security. MPs were mainly in their ridings for the Easter break, and several cabinet ministers were south of the border preaching the […]

A minor earthquake gave a gentle shake to Val-des-Bois and Notre-Dame-du-Laus at 2:38 a.m. Friday. “There are no reports of damage, and none would be expected,” Natural Resources Canada reported after the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 2.8. However, it was strong enough for people to feel it. Val-des-Bois, Que., was also the centre of […]

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, the exceptional and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day. “For me, bingo is time to myself […]

City and Ottawa Hospital officials are alerting the public to a spike in overdose-related emergency visits in the last few days. The Ottawa Hospital reported five visits to the the trauma centre at the Civic Campus and two to the general Campus, all suspected to involve fentanyl. Shortly after this information was released, the Ottawa Overdose Prevention […]

The rent, a famous New York gubernatorial candidate once declared, is too damn high.  Queen’s Park apparently thinks that’s also true in Ontario. As part of 16 sweeping measures meant to address home prices, the Liberal government is instituting price controls on all rentals, even those built after 1991, ending a policy once meant to get developers to build more rental […]

Even if Erik Karlsson doesn’t bring home the hardware this spring, being nominated for the fourth Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenceman does come with its perks. One is a trip to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas in June after the regular season has ended. “It’s fun to go to Vegas. I’d never […]

Supply management, the airport, affordable transit and marijuana were on the minds of our letter writers this week. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com and you can consult our guidelines here. — Supply management works for Canadians – and dairy farmers Re: Trump targets dairy farmers, April 19. There have been recent attacks in […]

The NAC Orchestra's discography gains a striking new addition.

Three new one-act ballets, each danced to an original orchestral score performed by the NAC Orchestra, will be performed Friday and Saturday in Southam Hall.

Provincial police have charged a 45-year-old Pembroke with impaired driving after he allegedly struck an OPP cruiser that had its emergency lights flashing and was responding to another call. Upper Ottawa Valley OPP said they were responding Wednesday night to a report about a suspicious man walking along Highway 148 near Laurentian Valley Township, about […]

Even the Bruins beat writers in Boston have been gushing about Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson.

A 46-year-old man has suffered a serious concussion after crashing his motorcycle at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Walkley Road late Thursday night. Paramedics received the call to respond to the collision at around 10:30 p.m. The motorcycle hit a curb and crashed, said paramedic spokesman Marc-Antoine Deschamps. He was treated on scene and then […]

The City of Ottawa will begin its new Kanata North mosquito control program Friday. The program, which was approved by council in February and is expected to cost around $1.5 million, will continue throughout the summer and is expected to end on Sept. 15. The program is aimed an controlling the number of mosquito larvae in wetlands so […]

The OPP is asking for the public’s help to identify the body of a man found Tuesday night along the shores of the Ottawa River near Wendover, Ont. The victim is believed to be between 40-50 years old, and was recovered by Hawkesbury OPP’s forensics identification services unit off of Division road in Wendover, a town […]

April road closures bring May tulips? Not quite, but the National Capital Commission is shutting down parts of Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Colonel By Drive Friday and Saturday to make the switch from winter skating to the spring show. Both north and southbound Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed between Fifth Avenue and Bank Street from […]

Wall art provides a great design opportunity: it delivers an instant colour palette, creates a focal point and finishes off a space. It helps pull everything together and bring a sense of completeness to a room. The extra touch can add creativity to an otherwise unimpressive space. Decorating your walls isn’t limited to artwork either: you […]

Earlier this year, a sinkhole swallowed a fire engine in California, after biblical-style rain and storms caused $1 billion in damage. The Arctic Circle saw temperatures above freezing in November, peaking at 20 C higher than normal. Recent flooding and mudslides in Peru, caused by warmer Pacific waters, levelled 14,000 homes and left at least 150,000 […]

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. Some of the first skiers in Ottawa were ski jumpers. In the early 1900s, when the Ottawa […]

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, the extraordinary and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day. “I used to live at Val-des-Monts, Quebec, […]

Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance has announced a number of promotions and retirements that will take place this year. Lieutenant-General J.A.J. Parent will be appointed Acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, at  National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, resulting in the following promotions and appointments: Major-General J.C.G. Juneau will be promoted to the […]

SEOUL, South Korea – China is using economic measures to punish South Korea for allowing a U.S. missile defence system to be installed in the country. But South Korea’s government says it will hold firm on moving forward with the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system or THAAD. The missile system arrived […]

Police and the city say their hands are legally tied after Ottawa’s only publicly funded abortion clinic accused authorities of doing little to curb years of harassment and intimidation it says clients and staff have faced from protesters.  The Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street says anti-abortion demonstrators, some wearing sandwich boards featuring what appear to be bloody […]