Новости за 12.05.2017

Police have issued a call for witnesses to a crash late Thursday on Woodroffe Avenue near Norice Street that claimed the life of a 30-year-old Ottawa man. The crash occurred at about 11:30 p.m., when a Honda Civic was travelling south on Woodroffe Avenue.   The Honda attempted to turn onto Norice Street and was T-boned on […]

The waters are falling steadily and, more importantly, the rain expected for the weekend is unlikely to make them rise again. By Friday morning, the Ottawa River in downtown Gatineau was down 58 centimetres from its peak, or about 23 inches, and was dropping at a rate of 18 cm a day. It was down 25 […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s setting aside his NHL allegiance to his beloved Montreal Canadiens for now to back the Ottawa Senators — and urging fellow hockey fans to join him. Many of those fans have a simple message back: no thanks. “I think all Canadians will be rooting for the final […]

Donald Trump does not merely oppose his opponents. He hates them. It is his hatred more than even his madness, unpredictability or vulgarity that will define his presidency. But it’s his ability to tap into and foment hatred in others that puts so much at stake. The fact, nature and scope of Trump’s hatred are […]

Six months after updating its taxi bylaw to make room for ride-hailing services, the city says Uber is playing by the rules. Ottawa launched a dual-licensing regime on Sept. 30, 2016 and Uber received its private transportation company licence Oct. 4. There are different rules for taxis and PTCs. Since Uber became licensed, the company has met all of the […]

On the matter of the proposed addition to Ottawa’s most famous hotel, the people have spoken. Loudly. Between Feb. 14 and March 15, the city collected more than 1,750 public comments on the Château Laurier expansion. It also collected feedback by email and phone, but a report released this week only summarizes comments submitted through an online […]

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service charged a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force on May 10 with three offences punishable under the National Defence Act. The charges relate to alleged offences against two members of the Canadian Forces while the accused was deployed to Ellesmere Island for Operation NEVUS in the summer of […]

A transport driver has been charged with dangerous driving as police work to identify four people who died after the car they were travelling in burst into flames in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Kingston early Thursday. It happened at about 1:30 a.m. on the westbound 401 between Joyceville Road and Highway 15. The […]

There was that time we took our moms to Italy. Both were already in their 70s, and, my mother-in-law having been recently widowed, my husband and I invited her to join us in our travels. Peggy would need a companion her own age, we thought, so my mother, Jean, became the fourth member of our […]

Give cyclists some space, motorists, or else you could face a $110 fine and lose two demerit points. City police say they’ll be on the lookout for drivers violating the one-metre safe passing of cyclists legislation in the coming weeks. The Highway Traffic Act dictates that drivers must leave at least a metre between their vehicle and […]

The Ottawa Senators hit the ice at the Canadian Tire Centre before hitting the road to the East final for the first time in a decade Friday morning. As they prepare to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 Saturday night at the PPG Paints Arena, the Senators held a 45-minute skate at home and […]

Readers feel more could have been done to prevent the damage from flooding in Ontario and Quebec. Others have views on the fairness of the news media, and on that flag outside city hall. You can write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com  Find our guidelines here. — Permanent anti-flooding strategies needed In Ottawa, Rockland, Gatineau, Montreal, […]

Approximately 5,000 military personnel from Canada and four other nations will take part in Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 2017 at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre in Wainwright, Alta. The exercise, to run from May 14 to May 29, will confirm the high readiness of Task Force Tomahawk soldiers based out of Petawawa, Ontario, the Canadian Forces […]

It’s pretty hard to persuade a jury that you didn’t mean to kill when you came in latex gloves, and armed with a knife. And on Friday, after a 14-week trial, a jury found Carson Morin guilty of first-degree murder in the throat-slitting death of Mike Wassill. Morin, who had dreams of running a stripper […]

OTTAWA — John Couse’s bar is quiet on a weekday afternoon as he looks ahead to the weekend. Game 1 of the NHL eastern conference final is Saturday night, with the Ottawa Senators four wins away from the Stanley Cup final. The path through the playoffs has been anything but smooth off the ice. Couse […]

Show #22: Night of the Living Dead Where: Sacred Heart High School Director: Student Nicholas Roque Colman Brown, Critic Merivale High School Kinemortophobia is the fear of zombies. However, when combined with a devoted and skilled cast and an adept crew, the undead become just another part of cultivating a brilliant show. Ask Sacred Heart […]

Nestled between Sussex, Beechwood and the Rideau River lies the historic neighbourhood of New Edinburgh. This lively area is known for its restaurants, shops and pedestrian pathways and is an ideal location for those who want to live in a residential area while still being close to downtown and the ByWard Market. The neighbourhood, filled with properties […]

They say there are two seasons in Ottawa, winter and construction. It’s full-on construction season and add on flood-related road closures to this Friday’s commute ahead of a likely wet weekend. Bank Street northbound is reduced to one lane of traffic from Lamira Street to Billings Bridge for emergency repairs until Saturday. On Highway 417,  both […]

A Pembroke man has been fined $500 and banned from having any animals for 15 years after he was convicted this week of animal cruelty for taping his dog’s muzzle shut to keep it quiet. The Ontario SPCA says it was called to a home in following reports that a shepherd-type dog had been seen […]

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 1821, Nicholas Sparks paid 95 pounds for 200 acres of land in what is now downtown […]

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’ve lived in Ottawa all my life. […]

“Government by cabinet is back.” Those words of wisdom from Justin Trudeau, dispensed two Novembers ago, are as forgotten as his “because it’s 2015” gender quip is famous, which is a shame because it is every bit the broken promise as the others on the Liberals’ ever-growing pile. The soundbite — as deliberate as its […]

Despite only being in existence two years, the gutsy Ottawa Champions baseball team won the Cam-Am league title in September 2016. Having lost the first two games in a best-of-five series against the Rockland Boulders, the aptly-named Champions came from behind to win the next three, clinching the title with a nail-biting 3-1 Game 5 win.

One man is dead after a fatal crash in South Dundas Thursday night. Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP said the crash occurred on County Road 1, otherwise known as Carman Road, at about 9:30 p.m. That was when police said the male driver of a pick-up truck lost control of the vehicle and it rolled […]

An 18-year-old man went to hospital with stab wounds after a fight at an Aylmer shopping mall Thursday. Gatineau police said they were called to the Galleries d’Aylmer on Principale Street at about 8:10 p.m. for a report of as many as eight people fighting in the mall, including one who may have had a […]