Новости за 09.06.2017

Corn should have sprouted by now all over Eastern Ontario. Soybeans should be planted, greenhouse tomatoes should be red. And south of Smiths Falls, Ellie Renaud should have hay cut and baled for her beef cattle. But the flooding rains came instead, and weeks of cool, dampish weather have left fields like soaked sponges, unable […]

When Justin Trudeau grabbed a bite with Barack Obama in Montreal this week, it was far more than a couple of friends catching up over crab cakes. Beyond the frame of the immaculately staged and cheery photo the prime minister tweeted out Tuesday night, the world order was in convulsions. Trudeau was knitting together a […]

After a clammy start to the street food season, Ottawa's trucks and carts are in high gear for the summer of 2017.

Jack MacLaren is two weeks free of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and the happiest he’s been in years, he says. “You know where I am? I’m out here on Tom Black’s deck, looking out and waiting for the soybeans to grow,” he says over the phone on Friday, the breeze blowing into the […]

The sight of stacked-up arena boards on city fields in April was the first sign of trouble. Ottawa area fields were so wet and soft from a record rainfall, city staff couldn’t get their trucks onto park grounds until late April or early May. Workers are still trying to catch up while managing some 800 […]

Marc Seaman, an executive with Microsoft who has been chair of the Shaw Centre for four years, is the new chair of the board of the National Capital Commission. He has been appointed for a five-year term, replacing Russ Mills, who retired earlier this year after 10 years in the job. The announcement from the […]

In a new twist on their aerospace rivalry, Bombardier has joined Boeing to protest the awarding of a U.S. military aircraft contract to another company. The challenge comes as Bombardier finds itself the target of a Boeing complaint over the Quebec firm’s sales of commercial aircraft in the U.S. Boeing has accused Bombardier of receiving […]

Dull grey hoardings still surround 100 Wellington St., almost two decades after the beaux-arts-style building was abandoned by American diplomats in favour of the behemoth that now looms over the ByWard Market. But sometime this month –­ likely around National Aboriginal Day on June 21 –­ the federal government intends to finally, formally announce a […]

The city will wait until after the next municipal election to decide if it should license payday loan companies, which traditionally charge enormous fees to those who can’t get bank loans or credit cards. Bylaw chief Roger Chapman wrote an analysis on what the city could do to regulate the businesses, responding to a council […]

For Arif Jaffer, riding on Via Rail is like riding the Hogwarts Express. “I romanticize everything,” said Jaffer, 23, who is originally from Toronto and works as a civil servant in Ottawa. “I essentially wanted to be the brown Harry Potter, that was my end-goal in life.” One train ride in particular was a turning […]

Surrounded by nature on the shores of the Rideau River, eQ Homes’ eQuinelle could be the place to begin that life you always promised yourself. It’s a resort-like community where there’s always an opportunity to improve your golf game, bike the woodland trails or paddle along the river at sunset. On Saturday June 10th, eQ […]

Some letter writers aren’t fans of the plans for the old U.S. embassy. Still others worry about terrorism, long-term care and the Afghanistan war memorial .  Got thoughts? Email us at letters@ottawacitizen.com **** Afghan memorials must be completed properly Re: Liberals pick new home for long-awaited war memorial, June 1. It was certainly good news […]

Sounds like former Redblacks kicker Brett Maher, an expansion-season home-opener hero, is coming back to Ottawa. A report by 3 Down Nation’s, Drew Edwards said Maher, who kicked for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2016, has signed with the Redblacks. All that could be standing in the way of an announcement is paperwork being finalized and […]

To enter the soon-to-be complete MosaïCanada 150/Gatineau 2017,  visitors first walk into an exact replica of a 1920s Canadian Pacific Railway station – except that it’s sheathed in living plants instead of boards and shingles. On the tracks, a gardener is carefully clipping the living roof of Engine No. 374. A duplicate of the first CPR […]

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced last week that his government was going to invite Canadians to cross-country discussions aimed at getting the province to sign the 1982 Canadian Constitution. As Canada embarks upon major celebrations of its 150th anniversary, Couillard sincerely desires that the province formally endorse the Constitution. His government issued a policy statement […]

Theresa May called this election because she believed Britain needed a “strong and stable” government to navigate its way through the treacherous waters of Brexit. A thumping Conservative majority, she said, would “strengthen” her hand as she begins the process of negotiating the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Give me the tools, she […]

Welcome to the drowned rat season – where giant carp wash onto golf courses from flooded rivers and baseballs disappear into the long, wet outfield grass. That is, when teams can play baseball at all. Or tennis. Or golf. Name an outdoor recreational pursuit and it has been affected by soaked fields or courts, and […]

An Ottawa man is in custody for allegedly posing as a dentist, although police can only confirm he has worked as a dental assistant at two Ottawa clinics. Police received a call from the National Dental Examining Board of Canada that someone was attempting to take dental exams on May 27-28 with falsified credentials. In order […]

The capital region’s jobless rate jumped to 5.7 per cent in May compared to 5.3 per cent in April, driven down by developments on the Ottawa side of the river, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Overall, the region suffered a net decline of 800 jobs, along with an increase of 3,200 new job seekers. These numbers […]

By Lauren La Rose Louis Riel was originally created to mark Canada’s centennial in 1967, but a new incarnation of the opera about the famed Metis leader has an added poignancy given the current era of truth and reconciliation with indigenous peoples, says director Peter Hinton. “They could have chosen a story that was much idealized, that celebrated […]

The political chaos that has paralyzed the United Kingdom with the crippling of Theresa May’s Conservative government at the polls Thursday is an instructive illustration of the disruptive anxiety and exhaustion sweeping the West that Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland warned about in her address to the House of Commons this week. A “hung Parliament” […]

Ottawa police say two women face robbery charges in connection with an attack and theft of a phone following an attack on George Street near Dalhousie Street last month. Cynthia Nathan, 19, and Shahinaz Chol, 25, both of Ottawa surrendered to police. They have been jointly charged with one count of robbery. The were released […]

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects in a convenience store robbery in Orléans last week. The three men entered the store in the 300 block of Tompkins Avenue, near Tenth Line Road, shortly after 3 a.m. June 2. One of the men had a knife. They demanded cash and cigarettes, […]

Ready for some hot fun in the summertime? The weather office is predicting some sun and lots of warm temperatures for the weekend. For Friday, expect a mix of sun and cloud, a 30-per-cent chance of afternoon showers with the risk of a thunderstorm and a high of 25 C. Saturday is forecast to feature […]

As the national president of the union representing the largest number of federal public service workers, I am proud of the comprehensive prescription drug coverage the Public Service Alliance of Canada has helped negotiate for all the workers covered by the Public Service Health Care Plan. However, this plan is not without its flaws. One […]