Новости за 16.05.2017

The American saxophone star's third album on ECM Records is exceptionally powerful and teems with gravitas.

PITTSBURGH — The way both Craig Anderson and his teammates were playing, Game 2 could have gone deep into the night. If not for just one little snag. Anderson is sure he would have stopped the third period Phil Kessel shot that turned out to be the game’s only goal but for the “bad luck” of […]

Canadian interim Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose is leaving politics to join the Washington-based Wilson Center as her party prepares to choose her successor. Ambrose, 48, confirmed her departure in a speech Tuesday morning in Ottawa, saying she’ll resign her seat in parliament after the House of Commons adjourns for the summer. She pledged to continue to help […]

One in six RCMP members did not receive easy and timely access to the mental health supports they needed, the auditor general has concluded. And of those who did get support, some felt they were labeled as “fakers” by colleagues and were socially isolated when returning to work. Despite being one of the first federal […]

The end of blank-slate hearings over land development has municipal politicians in Ottawa cheering a provincial plan to transform the appeal process at the Ontario Municipal Board. But the Ottawa Greater Home Builders’ Association warns the proposed changes announced Tuesday are a “nasty surprise” that scuttles the whole reason for having an appeal body. John Herbert, […]

With the flood waters mostly gone in Gatineau, Diane Bourrée is left waiting for the insurance evaluator, and worrying that she could lose her home. She is 63, and bought her house on Saint-Louis Street five years ago, taking $25,000 out of her RRSP to help pay for it. Now she’s worried that if the […]

TORONTO — Ontario municipalities will have more power over building their communities under major proposed changes to how disputes over planning and development are adjudicated in the province. Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Mauro announced Tuesday that the Ontario Municipal Board will be replaced by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal with legislation that will be introduced […]

Alastair Summerlee, former president and vice-chancellor of Guelph University, has been named interim president and vice-chancellor at Carleton University. Summerlee, who holds a PhD in medical sciences from the University of Bristol in the U.K., has been honoured for his work with refugee camps, as well as championing programs that addressed poverty and hunger in […]

A Gatineau medical marijuana grower has recalled products after the discovery of trace amounts of an unapproved pesticide. The Hydropothecary Corp. announced the recall Tuesday morning, saying it’s still searching for the source of the contamination at its facility in Masson-Angers, about 40 kilometres northeast of Ottawa. In the meantime, sales of most Hydropothecary products […]

The 2017-18 NAC Presents series will include some 50 concerts this fall, the biggest of which will be performances in Southam Hall by Diana Krall, Bruce Cockburn, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Jesse Cook and Jann Arden.  These shows, plus several dozen more, represent the first bookings by Heather Gibson, who last fall became the […]

PITTSBURGH — Eugene Melnyk isn’t the least bit pleased with the decision to move the Hard Rock Casino into Rideau Carleton Raceway. The Ottawa Senators’ owner, who has expressed his desire to have a casino development in Kanata more than once in the last five years, told Postmedia in a statement Tuesday he was caught […]

Canada will be asked to consider sending troops to Afghanistan once again to deal with the Taliban resurgence in that country. The request will be on the agenda May 25 at the NATO summit in Brussels to be attended by U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump is looking at up to […]

Last Friday, the World Health Organization confirmed a new outbreak of Ebola in the Congo. This is the first time the terrifying disease has flared up since the massive epidemic in west Africa in 2014-2015, so international agencies are scrambling to mobilize resources and newspaper editors are rushing out headlines. Our experiences in that last epidemic […]

A man barricaded himself in a building in Gatineau’s Riviera neighbourhood overnight before finally surrendering himself to police Tuesday morning. The man in his 30s, who lives in the building on Rue des Flandres, was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police were called to the building at about 9 p.m. by a complaint of […]

I’m always surprised and pleased to see how some ordinary people still like to build furniture from wood just for the fun of it. With so many digital distractions in the world these days, I worry that hands-on creativity might die. The fact that it hasn’t is a good thing, but there’s something even better […]

After a weekend in custody, the 37-year-old transport truck driver charged in last week’s fiery crash that killed four on Highway 401 was released on bail Monday. Dunhill Tabanao of Vaudreuil-Dorion, near Montreal, was required to deposit a $10,000 cash bail with the court and his wife and brother-in-law, who agreed to act as his […]

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown has brought out a new plan to increase ethics and accountability in government. Judging by a recent Forum Research poll that shows Premier Kathleen Wynne is trusted by only 11 per cent of those polled, Brown has certainly identified a Liberal weak spot. Unfortunately for Brown, his timing wasn’t the […]

Sandwiched between two historic franchises that are never shy of pounding their chests with pride, Tom Anselmi feels there is plenty of legitimate reasons for the Senators, their fans and the city of Ottawa to step forward and do the same. Anselmi, of course, spent 17 years with Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, the majority […]

Canadian border officers have been allowing people into the country at land crossings without conducting the necessary checks, the auditor general has revealed. Auditors reviewed a sample of 19 million vehicles that entered Canada over a 12-month period and found anomalies in 511,000 cases. When auditors drilled down to a small 66-vehicle sample, they found […]

Nearly 16 years ago a mid-level official from the government’s main procurement agency — Public Service and Procurement Canada — spotted some anomalies in a series of contracts involving the maintenance of military computers. Nenna Khan had been reviewing a routine audit that had triggered concerns about abnormally high levels of spending. She noticed that many […]

Multiple 911 calls went to the fire department Tuesday morning alerting them to a fire on an eighth-floor balcony at a seniors’ apartment building at 160 Charlotte St. in Lowertown. Firefighters declared a working fire when they arrived just before 4 a.m.  The fire was quickly brought under control. One elderly woman was assessed by paramedics for […]

Ottawa police are investigating after a man allegedly grabbed a female student during a school event in Barrhaven. According to police, the man was walking along a park pathway last Thursday at about 10:40 a.m. near a schoolyard along Kennevale Drive with what appeared to be a golden retriever. The man approached a girl who […]

Even with a risk of afternoon showers, Tuesday’s forecast is nothing to sniff at with a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 21 C. But Wednesday is even better, a taste of high-summer to relieve what’s been a cold, dreary spring. The situation is looking sunnier for car commuters, too. While a crash blocked […]

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’m 73. I’ve been gardening here for […]

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. During the Second World War, shooting ranges occupied parts of the Lisgar Collegiate Institute and Glebe Collegiate […]