Новости за 22.04.2017

Fire investigators sifted through charred debris at an Ottawa group home Saturday to determine the origins of a fatal blaze that claimed the life of a young woman on Friday.  Office of the Fire Marshal investigator William Hay said the body was recovered from a basement bedroom after fire ripped through the group home on […]

After helping build the Ottawa Redblacks into a Grey Cup champion, Brock Sunderland will try to do the same in Edmonton. Sunderland, the Redblacks assistant GM for the past three seasons, has been hired as the Eskimos GM, replacing Ed Hervey who was fired two weeks ago. Before joining the Redblacks, Sunderland spent six seasons […]

Emergency officials responded to a bizarre crash on Iris Street, near Greenbank Road, early Saturday afternoon that left several people with minor injuries.  According to witnesses, a car sped out of control west on Iris, knocked down several street signs and mounted a a grass median before crashing into a silver car coming in the opposite direction. […]

Ushers and box office staff at the National Arts Centre have reached a tentative deal with its ushers and box office staff, averting a potential strike. The NAC said in a news release that the four-year agreement includes a general wage increase, as well as other improvements. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents the […]

In 2013, Susan Hagar’s mother spent six days in intensive care and four more in hospital. Hagar, a registered nurse, was there to support her and to navigate the often complex health system. She remembers wondering what people who don’t have a nurse in the family did in similar circumstances. “Everyone needs a nurse on board,” she […]

Missed opportunities come back to haunt the Senators in their bid to clinch victory in their first-round playoff series.

The slogan on the towel is “All In!” Can we change it to, “Still In?” The Ottawa Senators lost a battle on Friday night, dropping Game 5 to the Boston Bruins in overtime. Yet, the crusade lives on for another day. Game 6 is in Boston on Sunday afternoon. The Senators carry a 3-2 series […]

Take four of Ottawa's top six defencemen out of the lineup and then see where the Senators would be.

Senators coach Guy Boucher said Friday that making Chris Kelly a healthy scratch to start the series was “probably the toughest thing I had to do” because the team had a full complement of healthy forwards for the first time.

This spring, the Citizen’s Tom Spears looks at what makes our not-quite-warm, not-quite-cold season tick. It’s a series we call The Science of Spring, and today we look at how an early melt can portend disaster for baby loons.  Loons are back in Eastern Ontario, and one of North America’s loon scientists is discovering a problem: An early melt […]

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Saskatoon, in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard, seized 464 kg of cocaine in international waters in the eastern Pacific off the coast of Central America on April 6. The Royal Canadian Navy announced the drug bust on Friday. Additionally, HMCS Saskatoon assisted the US Coast Guard in the disruption […]

The veteran Bruins' captain says he still loves playing in the NHL, but he won't be like Jaromir Jagr and say he wants to play until he's 50.

After what some residents call the worst flooding they’ve seen in 20-plus years, Gatineau may finally be about to catch a break. There have been dozens of evacuations across western Quebec over the past week due to the rising water on the Ottawa River and Gatineau River. Some residents have been paddling through the streets, while others […]

For now, Mike Hoffman is excited to see that Mika Zibanejad has been making an impact in the playoffs with the New York Rangers against the Montreal Canadiens.

The finish on the most skilled end-to-end play in Ottawa Senators history was not inspired by Peter Forsberg's "postage stamp" move, but rather by Montreal Canadiens winger Alexander Radulov.

If you are ever caught in an earthquake, here’s what you need to know: Indoors The rule is “Drop, cover, hold on.” Drop under solid furniture (table, desk, bed.) Cover your head and torso. Hold tight. In a hallway, flatten yourself against a wall. In a mall, go into the nearest store. Stay away from windows, […]

What rights do protesters outside Ottawa’s only publicly funded abortion clinic have? What can the clinic do in response? And what role do police play? Such questions arose this week after the Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street complained about a perceived lack of action by authorities during years of harassment by anti-abortion demonstrators. The clinic says its clients and staff have […]

Fury FC, coming off two losses (3-2 at St. Louis and 1-0 at Tampa Bay) and a win last week (1-0 in Richmond) to start the United Soccer League regular season, is banking on some momentum after taking the full three points against the Kickers.

It has been a learning process for the former Canadian player of the year, who collected 80 caps in his 15-year international career.

The triple-murder trial of Ian Bush took a strange twist on Friday when the jury heard that DNA evidence linked another man to the bloody crime scene. Police had found a partial DNA profile in their sweep of the Riverside Drive condo where retired tax judge Alban Garon, his wife Raymonde, and friend Marie-Claire Beniskos, […]

Jory Baker found himself in a completely different demonstration from the one he had planned Friday afternoon. Wearing an Auston Matthews Toronto Maple Leafs sweater, the 26-year-old Ottawa man ended up drawn to Darcy Smith, who was standing on the sidewalk near anti-abortion demonstrators outside the Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street with a “Free Hugs” message on a fluorescent square […]

The benefits of music therapy to those with dementia are well known. Stories are often told of patients who are completely unable to speak yet able to sing.

Native of Bahamas helped team capture 2016 Can-Am League championship title.

One person is dead following a Friday afternoon house fire in Orléans. Ottawa paramedics said Friday the person died as a result of burns so significant they weren’t able to provide information about age or gender. Old Montreal Road was closed briefly between Dairy Drive and Famille-Laporte Avenue as firefighters battled the blaze, which was reported […]

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. In a moment captured by photojournalist Fred Ross, alderman and former mayor Charlotte Whitton refused to recognize […]