Новости за 21.04.2017

The annual celebration of cannabis on Parliament Hill had extra resonance this year, coming just a week after the federal government introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. But for many in the sea of young people at the 4-20 rally, it was also the year’s best pot party. They sat in little groups, fiddling with […]

Why not now? The question Pierre Dorion asked players at last spring's exit interviews is along the same lines as what Senators fans had to be thinking on the morning of 4/20, when they were suddenly high on hope.

The Boston Bruins' David Backes says the team can't be concerned with how they get it done in Game 5. They just need to get it done.

Protecting tenants by expanding rent control in Ontario “should have been done some time ago,” Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday, in response to the province’s new blueprint to stabilize the real estate market and protect homebuyers and renters alike. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s 16-point Fair Housing Plan will slap a new tax on foreign buyers, use surplus provincial land to build […]

The Boston Bruins are down but they're not out. Not officially, anyway.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, as the saying goes, and Julia Wagg was one of the mightiest oaks of them all. A strong-willed force of nature in Ottawa’s LGBTQ community, she discovered a purpose in life helping children and families navigate a time she herself struggled with as a lesbian teenager coming of age in small-town […]

Saying good morning to residents at the long-term care home where she works used to be part of Bonnie Soucie’s daily routine. That routine has now fallen victim of stressful and hectic work conditions at long-term care homes in Ottawa and across the province, where patients are sicker than ever before and staffing levels are significantly […]

A second parent has come forward to say her daughter — a disabled adult child — had money taken from her while waiting for a bus transfer outside the Rideau Centre. On Wednesday, Susan Torrie said her son Robert Jarecsni, 25, who has autism, had been approached by a woman while waiting for a bus at the […]

Ian Bush, the Ottawa consultant on trial for the 2007 killings of three seniors, has now admitted that a hair root found at the scene of the crime is in fact his. His defence team, led by Geraldine Castle-Trudel, made the key admission Thursday, moments before prosecutors called a hair-and-fibre expert to the stand. The […]

The Ottawa Senators' Ryan Dzingel said his own struggles don’t matter in the big picture of team success.

Senators winger Tom Pyatt, who left Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over the Bruins in Game 4, likely won’t suit up for Game 5 at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé delivered 32 recommendations to the province to reform its segregation tracking system. Some of his key recommendations: The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services should appoint an independent panel to review all segregation placements every five days; inmates should have access to a lawyer during the hearings, where the burden of proof […]

The Ontario government, concerned about bulging housing prices in Toronto, has laid out a massive set of reforms that could affect the entire province. These range from a foreign buyers’ tax, to broadening rent control, to setting deadlines for how quickly elevator repairs must be done.  That sounds ambitious. So let’s start here: What should a house cost? […]

Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé identified several key issues in Ontario’s broken system of tracking segregation. Here are the highlights: • Ontario policy doesn’t clearly define “segregation,” but describes it as an “area” where inmates are placed, rather than the conditions of their confinement • The definitions of what is considered “continuous” and “segregation” vary among jails, resulting […]

Before making the short trip home to prepare for Game 5 of the series Friday night at the Canadian Tire Centre, the Senators met with the media, and though they’ve left the Bruins no margin for error, the club is taking nothing for granted.

TORONTO Ontario is following British Columbia’s lead, promising to introduce a tax on foreign homebuyers that the province hopes will help cool the frantic housing market, easing concerns about a potential bubble in Canada’s fastest growing urban region. The 15-per-cent “non-resident speculation tax” was among 16 housing measures the provincial government announced Thursday, which also […]

TORONTO There are pressures on the real estate market that need to be alleviated, but the federal government must exercise caution because any measures it implements have a national effect, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. “There’s a recognition that the levers that the federal government has cover the entire country and the housing market in […]

Toronto’s runaway real estate market could take a breather due to Ontario’s new housing measures, but much like what transpired in Vancouver, the impact of the changes is expected to be short-lived, experts say. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced more than a dozen new initiatives aimed at reining in prices that have soared out of reach […]

Karlsson has at least one point in every game, five assists overall, with enough signature moments – see the Game 2 dance along the blueline and set-up for the Derick Brassard tap-in, the Game 3 Hail Mary pass to Mike Hoffman and Wednesday’s timely play to Ryan – to stand out in a series that has centered around defensive discipline.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims is calling on police services in Ottawa and Toronto to swiftly bring those targeting Muslims and their institutions to justice.