Новости за 29.05.2017

Pierre Dorion is set to have an interesting summer. After head coach Guy Boucher brought the team to within inches of a Stanley Cup Final, the Senators’ GM will have to find a way to make his team better while dealing with free agency and the NHL expansion draft. Here’s a list of players Dorion […]

A police officer who faked two traffic warnings and was suspended for 15 months by the Ottawa Police Service was demoted for five months Monday, at the culmination of his police disciplinary hearing. Const. Peter Dawson pleaded guilty on May 2 to discreditable conduct and insubordination under the Police Services Act for falsifying two traffic warnings or […]

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Monday that Operation Artemis will be extended for 2021. Artemis is a multinational operation that deploys ships and surveillance systems to intercept shipments of weapons and narcotics in the region. More details from the Canadian Forces:  The renewal of Op ARTEMIS authorizes the Canadian Armed Forces to: Deploy up to […]

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect involved in a May 16 drug store robbery.  According to police, around 7:10 p.m., a man entered a drug store near the corner of Bank and Albert streets in downtown Ottawa. He lined up at a cashier multiple times, but each time he […]

After decades of delay in committing to a worthy new central library, followed by an extended sharp debate over location, the city and its federal government partner have been surprisingly quick off the mark to impose their design selection process. But instead of producing the “iconic” architecture so often promoted, will the result of this […]

When it comes to the look and feel of homes and cottages, the materials used to make exterior walls matter more than you might realize. Wood siding creates a certain look and feel. Cedar shingles are wood too, but lend a completely different character than horizontal boards. Vinyl or aluminum siding creates yet another impression. […]

1. Homegrown hitmakers hit the big time When The Weeknd capped off a blockbuster 2015 by scooping up his first two Grammy Awards, it was “just the beginning” for an Ottawa-based management team that was hitting the big time. Amir “Cash” Esmailian, a Merivale High School grad, and friend Tony Sal were the engine driving […]

A week of rainy forecasts is making people nervous, but so far water managers say there’s little reason to fear more flooding. Environment Canada forecasts 15 to 25 millimetres of rain in Ottawa Monday, followed by chances of showers for the rest of the week. Water levels may rise slightly in the Rideau River and Lakes, “but […]

A small explosion and fire forced a brief evacuation of the Tweed Inc. medicinal marijuana production plant in Smiths Falls Monday morning. The fire occurred while construction crews were using an acetylene torch in an unoccupied portion of the company’s sprawling campus in the former Hershey’s Chocolate factory, said Bruce Linton, founder and CEO of Canopy Growth, […]

Pierre Dorion isn’t going to rest on his laurels. The Ottawa Senators may be coming off one of the most successful seasons in club history, but general manager and coach Guy Boucher told reporters Monday morning during their end-of-season wrap-up at the Canadian Tire Centre that the club must come back next September and be […]

Ontario will have a law limiting protests outside abortion clinics this fall, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi promised Monday. The Ottawa Centre MPP’s riding includes Ottawa’s Morgentaler Clinic downtown, where protesters carrying placards regularly confront staff and patients. Demonstrators say they’re using their democratic rights to resist a procedure they believe is evil; the clinic workers and […]

The late Mauril Bélanger was a big supporter of the Canada Space and Aviation Museum, and starting Monday, his memory will live on at its theatre. The museum announced it will be renaming its theatre to the “Mauril Bélanger Theatre” in recognition of the former MP, who passed away last year at 61 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or ALS.  “I […]

Race weekend an inspiration I had the pleasure and privilege of volunteering at the marathon and half-marathon events. We folks from Pay it Forward were tasked with handing out bananas and oranges to runners who were not yet halfway through their races. For five hours, I watched the runners, from the elite marathoners who didn’t […]

Two men were injured when a motorcycle and a car collided at the intersection of Moodie Drive and Fallowfield Road Sunday night. Paramedics were called just before 9:30 p.m.  Advanced care paramedics were able to give intravenous fluids to a 38-year-old man while he was immobilized to prevent further head, spinal and lower body injuries. […]

It’s grey and wet and it’s going to stay that way, according to Environment Canada’s forecast for 15 to 25 mm of rain Monday, potentially nudging the 1899 record for this day in May. The risk of thunderstorms was already a reality by the time the commute got underway with a high of 18 C and southwest […]

A fire investigator is on the scene after a raging fire broke out overnight at a pair of townhouse blocks that are still under construction. Residents who’d already moved in called 911 reporting visible smoke inside just before 3 a.m. on Mancini Way at Garrity Crescent.  The blaze went to a second alarm then a […]

A 16-year-old girl was taken to CHEO Monday morning in serious but stable condition after being struck by a vehicle on Woodroffe Avenue at Claridge Drive. The girl suffered injuries to multiple parts of her body but was conscious and talking to paramedics after the 5:30 a.m. crash.

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. Inspired by a spontaneous sunset gathering on Westboro Beach on the day Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot […]

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. “My dad’s grandfather, Charles Acres, bought this […]

It’s been called the Tonys of high school musical theatre and, on Sunday, students from across Ottawa won big at the Canada Capital Cappies award gala at the National Arts Centre. “My drama teacher, she’s my everything,” said Victoria Miron, 18, who was nominated in the creativity category for her school’s production called Midsummer/Jersey.  “She […]

MONTREAL An alliance of construction trade unions broke off negotiations with a group representing employers on Sunday, saying it prefers to wait for the province to adopt back-to-work legislation. Union spokesman Michel Trépanier confirmed in a phone interview that the unions had rejected what the construction companies called their final offer. “We were laughed […]

Several factors seem to be at play in the decrease to 43,148 from about 48,500 just two years ago, but one seems to be hotel costs in the capital region.

The Midwifery Group of Ottawa was established in 1994 and held its first picnic the following summer. Every year since — rain or shine — current and previous clients are invited to converge on a park, where they spread out their beach blankets and catch up over lunch with the midwife who helped to bring their babies […]

It’s dusk on a warm summer evening in Ottawa. As people emerge from a new light-rail station a block south of Parliament Hill, they look down the street to the west, to see a glowing glass tower. They walk toward it, lured by an LED screen projecting a live performance from a theatre on the […]

Martin Jarry dreamed of running a marathon someday. But after being diagnosed last year with an incurable muscle disease, the 47-year-old Montrealer had to settle for Saturday’s 10-kilometre race instead. “The 10K,” he said before the start of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend event, “will be my 42 kilometres, because it’s really demanding on my muscles.” Jarry […]