Новости за 31.05.2017

Jonathan Pitre will celebrate his 17th birthday this week with a most astonishing gift: hope.  The Russell teenager has staged a remarkable physical recovery during the past week in his fourth-floor room at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. Although his breathing remains laboured, his kidney, liver and gastrointestinal problems have all improved. What’s […]

He has been kidnapped, held for ransom and was the symbol of a fierce tug of war between rival football factions. Pedro the Panda, blood-stained and laden with signatures and mini-pennants, has witnessed some sights in his 62 years on earth. Now he is coming out of hiding to signal another chapter. The panda bear, […]

Grilled meats and stews are on the menu at the Kempster Avenue eatery.

More than a foot of rain in the past two months has washed away all kinds of weather records in Ottawa. Wettest May. Wettest April and May combined. Wettest spring. (The weather office defines spring as March 1 through May 31.) Rainiest first five months of the year. And most of these are records not […]

The Ontario government has balanced its budget, if you squint and cock your head in exactly the right way, but it’s already promised to spend its way back into a deficit after the next election, the province’s budget watchdog says. Pharmacare for kids, a cut to sales taxes on electricity and more money for hospitals […]

Ottawa police are seeking the public’s help to locate an allegedly stolen pick-up truck that they believe may have been used in a series of robberies. According to police, a pick-up truck was stolen from a parking lot along Boyd Avenue, near Carling Avenue. The truck, which does not have licence plates, is described as […]

There’s no evidence Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau showed preferential treatment when it came to suspending officers, the Ottawa Police Services Board has concluded. The board had requested a briefing from Bordeleau in the wake of allegations about “inconsistencies” in the evidence of senior police officers in the case of an acting staff sergeant who […]

In early March, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance announced on Twitter that Lt.-Gen. Alain Parent would assume the job as acting vice chief of the defence staff. His first day on the job was May 30. Parent made his public debut Wednesday at the CANSEC defence trade show in Ottawa. He spoke […]

People shouldn’t panic about a small decrease in OC Transpo ridership in the first quarter of 2017, Ottawa’s transit head says. “We always need to remind everybody to put all that into perspective,” general manager John Manconi said Wednesday after a transit commission meeting. “We’re around 100 million rides a year, so when people talk […]

The National Capital Commission is warning local residents that the westbound lane of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway, between Third and Fourth avenues, will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday due to construction. The NCC said flag persons will control traffic in both directions on the open lane of the Queen Elizabeth […]

A Royal Canadian Air Force delegation recently conducted a preliminary “anthropometric” examination of the cockpit of the Airbus C295W aircraft, which has been selected for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program. The examination at Airbus’s Seville, Spain C295W final assembly line allowed the RCAF to gain more a detailed familiarity with the aircraft’s design and layout from a human […]

While there’s no shortage of summer adventure and festivals in Ottawa, it can be nice to simply relax at home and unwind after a long day of work. Patios can be the perfect at-home escape. Create a cozy space with wooden patio furniture, a fire pit and lots of pillows. Put up a hammock and […]

Six people were arrested and a seventh is still being sought after Lanark County OPP raided a rural property and netted more than 6,000 marijuana plants, hundreds of pounds of pot and several weapons. The “extensive” indoor pot-growing operation at a Tay Valley Township residence was dismantled Friday by officers with the detachment and the […]

Ontario’s next election will be held June 7, 2018, the Liberal government says. Don’t bet on it. The Liberals have been delivering a flood of election promises that is even more torrential than Ontario’s spring rains. The sheer volume is unusual a year before an election. So are some of the promises. The one that […]

Leonardo Helicopters and IMP Aerospace & Defence say that they are re-establishing their “Team Cormorant” to pursue the proposed modernization of the Cormorant search and rescue helicopters. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan recently suggested that an upgrade program for the Cormorants would be a key program for the RCAF in the future. Team Cormorant comprises Leonardo […]

OPP officers in Rideau Lakes say they nabbed a driver for allegedly driving drunk because his passenger was setting off fireworks from the moving pick-up truck. It happened around 8:45 a.m. on May 27 when officers on patrol on Highway 15 in Portland spotted a “succession” of fireworks coming from a northbound truck.  They pulled […]

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan suggested the U.S. aerospace firm that wants to sell billions of dollars worth of fighter jets to Canada can no longer be considered a trusted partner. Although he stopped short of cancelling the Liberal government’s plan to purchase 18 Super Hornet fighters from Boeing, Sajjan said the U.S. firm has damaged […]

Citizen arts writers suggest outings over the next week.

If it felt like you never got out of your wellies this month, there’s good reason – this May has been the wettest in a century. Rolf Campbell, who tweets as @YOW_Weather, crunched the official numbers and even with days to go, May of 2017 had the most rain since May of 1916. For Wednesday, Environment […]

Hilton Lac-Leamy security guards discovered a man who’d been shot in a car in a hotel parking lot late Tuesday night, Loto Quebec reports. They were alerted by 911 calls and a witness who was with the wounded man, who was quickly transported to the Hull Hospital. The gaming agency says that the victim and […]

Peace protesters were out at CANSEC 2017 Wednesday morning, backing up traffic in front of the EY Centre. The peaceful demonstration slowed vehicles entering the centre. CANSEC is the annual defence and security trade show. The protesters were highlighting the sales of weapons to repressive regimes.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has always had a deeply personal significance to me. In my life, its importance centers around the relationship between two boys: myself, and my best friend Greg. I met Greg on my first day of high school. We were in the same class in Grade 9, and stayed together […]

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. All 306 private rooms at the Château Laurier used to cost $2 per night when it opened […]

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. “I work with Christie Lake Kids camp. […]

Cycle commuting has never been more popular, and with good reason – the benefits are many. Cycle commuters can save money on fuel, parking, vehicle maintenance and even insurance rates.