Новости за 21.06.2017

From the barricades to the boardroom, it’s become common to start events in Ottawa with an acknowledgment that the gathering is on “traditional unceded Algonquin territory.” But the outgoing German ambassador went a step further this week, raising the flags of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation and the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation at his Rockcliffe Park […]

Reported crime was up in Ottawa in 2016, but the rate of violent crime remained relatively the same, even after a near-record year of homicides, according to the 2016 Ottawa Police Service annual report.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based play in Confederation Park on Thursday, June 22.

CHICAGO _ Marc Methot is likely to get a ticket to Las Vegas as he celebrates his 32nd birthday Wednesday. But it may be a short stay. A report by TSN’s Pierre Lebrun Wednesday afternoon said that Methot, the Ottawa Senators’ veteran defenceman, was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL expansion draft, […]

Determined not to cancel his comedy show in Ottawa, and stranded in Toronto because of a flight cancellation, Steve Hofstetter did something he’d never done before – performed an improvised set over speakerphone from his hotel. “Part of what was going through my head was not how I was upset about it but how upset […]

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking for new details relating to the death of a 43-year-old man who apparently shot himself after receiving a call from police earlier this month.   The SIU said the incident occurred in the afternoon of June 3, in the Township of Rideau Lakes, just West of Smiths Falls, when […]

OC Transpo had to figure out where to get $4.8 million for teaching bus operators how drive LRT trains because apparently the transit department forgot to budget the money. That’s what the transit commission learned on Wednesday during a quick meeting at City Hall. Transit management needed the commission’s approval to shift money between internal […]

Indigenous leaders hailed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that the former U.S. embassy on Wellington Street will become a centre for indigenous peoples Wednesday afternoon, but there’s a lot of work to do and money to be spent before anybody picks up a hammer. The government dropped banners down the facade with representations of First […]

Ottawa city councillors have spent themselves into a corner and one way or another, you’re going to pay. The problem is that the city can’t afford to properly maintain public assets such as roads and rinks. That’s because the two-per-cent tax increases councillors pride themselves on don’t provide enough money to fix what we already […]

Starting Sunday, OC Transpo passengers in the south and east areas of the city may be doing double-takes as several routes adopt new numbers in preparation for next year’s opening of the O-Train Confederation line. In all, 15 routes will be renumbered. The busiest route is No.1, which will be renamed the No. 6. Others […]

You’ve really got to hand it to the creepy China-trade lobbyists, deal-makers and sycophants who have so successfully insinuated themselves into federal Liberal power circles and the upper echelons of the foreign affairs bureaucracy over the years. Never mind the weird go-ahead that Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains gave to the estimated $1 billion acquisition […]

CHICAGO _ The Ottawa Senators will be in tough to start the season.  The Senators will play their home opener Thursday, October 5th against the Washington Capitals to kick off the club’s regular season schedule.  The rest of the schedule will be released Thursday but the Senators will head overseas in November to face the […]

Smiths Falls police have located a young man who had been reported missing from his foster home since Saturday. Police said they located the 17-year-old Wednesday.

Parliament Hill Yoga is taking a breather to make way for the flurry of activities coming to the Hill. What’s become a Wednesday lunchtime “must” for hundreds of yogis is canceled starting today, returning to the lawn in front of Centre Block July 12 with teacher Jen Dalgleish. “PHY is resting in savasana today,” organizers joked […]

Police have laid charges against a driver who cut off another person who was trying to pass a line of cars, sending the passing car crashing into the woods on Monday.   Ottawa firefighters were called at about 7 a.m. to rescue a person whose vehicle crashed into a heavily wooded area early Monday morning […]

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s assistance to identify a suspect involved in a break-and-enter at a Kanata fast-food restaurant. According to police, at some point overnight between June 6 and June 7, a man forced his way into the unidentified restaurant, near the intersection of Eagleson Road and Michael Cowpland Drive. He forced the […]

The National Arts Centre will celebrate its re-opening by getting the royal treatment on Canada Day. Charles, Prince of Wales, will be cutting the ribbon at the NAC’s new glass atrium on July 1. The public is invited to watch the unveiling at 2 p.m. as part of the Canada Day celebrations.  “The ‘new’ NAC […]

Home renovations come about from the desire to adapt and change. The projects may be large or small, born from necessity or a desire for  luxury. A thoughtful reno can transform a property into a real home. Our story takes us to a family living in Old Ottawa South, just a short distance from Billings […]

Three Cheers For This Painting Q I grew up with a Maud Lewis painting in my childhood bedroom. My Nova Scotian grandparents purchased a couple of Maud’s “boards” in the late ‘60s or early ‘70s for about $6-8. At the time I had no idea what I was looking at, other than a colourful and […]

Remember the military recruiting campaign “Fight with the Canadian Forces.” Lots of firepower. Lots of action. Forget all that. The Canadian Forces will launch on June 23 its “Dare to be Extraordinary” recruiting campaign. The campaign is designed to appeal to millennials to make them aware of the 100 or so jobs available in today’s […]

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, meeting this week in Ottawa, is luring clinicians, exhibitors and media with “hot topics” such as this one: “Opioids are used to manage pain during pregnancy and childbirth, but the risk of addiction is real. What are the alternatives, and what are the risks?”  It was bound […]

Happy summer solstice! Wednesday is the longest day of the year and it’s one you’ll want to stick around with some sunshine, even if it’s mixed with cloud and a high of 23 C. The sun rose at 5:14 a.m. and won’t set until 8:54 p.m. Good morning and happy Summer Solstice! Tonight, in Major's Hill […]

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 uncommon and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day. “Twenty-five or so years ago at the […]

Business is very good these days for Canada’s top outdoor apparel makers. Toronto-based Roots and Canada Goose and Vancouver-based Mountain Equipment Co-op combined for almost $1 billion in sales in 2016. All proudly Canadian and savvy marketers of iconic symbols of our country’s vast outdoor wilderness heritage. But as corporate business booms in the south, […]

The federal government has tabled Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters, its response to concerns about the extensive powers and accountability failures of the 2015 Anti-Terrorism Act, Bill C-51. Bill C-59 has its positives, including necessary accountability measures for security agencies CSIS, CSE and the RCMP. It clarifies CSIS powers; removes concerns around definitions […]