Новости за 26.06.2017

While Lansdowne Park survived the year’s Escapade Music Festival, the jury is out on a return engagement. Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko has reservations about the Glebe neighbourhood as a suitable place for electronic music concerts, feeling that Glebe residents tolerate enough commotion from sports events and “amplified activities of all kinds,” Chernushenko said Monday, […]

Ottawa police say one of their officers has caught and arrested a man as he was committing a sexual assault. Police say the man was assaulting a 39-year-old woman about 7 a.m. Sunday morning near Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue. The woman was taken to hospital. Marc Touchette, 53, has been charged with sexual […]

The new Clerk of the House of Commons is Charles Robert, described by the Prime Minister’s Office as having a “vast knowledge of rules, procedures, practices and precedent.” Robert will be the chief executive of the House of Commons administration. His job is to advise the Speaker and members of all parties on the interpretation […]

Before Justice Michael Tulloch delivered 129 suggestions on improving oversight of police in this province, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit was already busily working away at several reforms that, as it happened, ended up being among his recommendations.  Other reforms need new legislation and money – which haven’t yet materialized. The information the SIU provided the […]

Tom Pyatt decided the grass isn’t always greener elsewhere. Sources confirmed a report the Ottawa Senators winger agreed to a two-year, $2.2 million deal to stick with the club instead of going to unrestricted free agency on July 1. Pyatt, 30, who had nine goals and 23 points in 82 games with the Senators last […]

Three members of the Royal Canadian Navy, all Medal of Bravery recipients, had their names added to the Wall of Valour at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, BC during a ceremony Monday. The addition of the names, on a uniquely Navy memorial, is for recognition of their courage, according to the RCN. The three Medal of […]

Over the last couple of years I’ve been getting more than the usual number of emails from people looking for advice on how to earn a living outside the city, ideally without commuting. I can only guess that as cities get more congested and expensive, more people are wondering if there’s another way to live. […]

There is no shortage of ways to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday on the July 1 long weekend in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. From live music played by some the country’s best to ice cream making to craft beer in the park, here is a user’s guide to everything you need to know about Canada Day in […]

Maybe they were excited about St-Jean-Baptiste Day, but two young men caught driving far too fast have hefty fines to pay in Gatineau. The first was a 23-year-old who came in from Saint-Eustache on his motorcycle. The Sûreté du Québec spotted him on Saturday around 10 p.m. zooming along Highway 50 eastbound at 170 km/h, in […]

The City of Ottawa’s public beaches were all open to swimmers on Monday, although temperatures are expected to be a bit cool for swimming, reaching a high of only 20 C.  The city said bacterial counts were well within the accepted norms Monday. Two of the beaches, Mooney’s Bay and Westboro, were closed to swimmers […]

In late April I reported about security being increased around the Ottawa headquarters of Canada’s electronic spy agency after two men entered the complex with their cellphones, saying they wanted to see if the devices were being jammed. Employees of the Canadian Security Establishment told the Ottawa Citizen the two suspicious men first walked around […]

The jazz-rock all-star quartet played for a full house at the NAC Theatre on Saturday night.

The trio of three musicians from three different cities offered a set of sophisticated, luminous original music.

Ottawa police have closed the intersection of Mitch Owens Drive and Stagecoach Road near Osgoode after a dump truck struck a student transportation van Monday morning. The dump truck collided with the van around 7:50 a.m., while the vehicle was picking up students in the area. No one was trapped in the vehicle as a […]

If you hoped after a record-breaking rain this spring, that June would be the month that ushered in sunny, precipitation-less days, you might need to wait until July. The weather wizards at Environment Canada are forecasting a chance of showers every single day this week. There’s a 40% chance the wet stuff will say hi […]

The Ottawa Police Major Crime Unit is investigating after a man was shot and killed during the early hours of the morning. Local patrol officers responded to a call about a shooting in Lowertown around 1:00 a.m. A male victim was found near the intersection of Rideau street and Augusta street. He was pronounced dead at the […]

“You are not my future!” he screamed. I whirled around just in time to see a mother who had been perched on a bench on the corner dart forward and pick up her two daughters. She hid them behind her, three hijabs billowing in the wind as they rushed out of harm’s way.  […]

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 the third generation in the business. […]

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. The Sonar, a boat used in the Paralympics and world championships by sailors with disabilities, was designed […]

After sauntering on stage barefoot in a flowing, jewel-toned sundress, the British soul singer went where the spirit took her, instead of following a prepared setlist.

Heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding dominated life in Ottawa on the first official Sunday of summer. The wild weather also had organizers at the 2017 Heineken Escapade Music Festival scrambling to adapt on the fly. As sheets of rain and high winds pelted the grounds at Lansdowne Park and damaged the main stage, the decision […]

As a possible strike loomed at the LCBO, Ottawa customers were stocking up — just in case their local liquor store is shut down Monday. Negotiations carried on through the weekend toward a deadline of a 12:01 a.m. Monday strike threat by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). On Saturday a media blackout was […]

Ottawa fire dispatch reported a house fire in Kanata on Sunday, caused by a lightning strike. At about 5 p.m. the fire department received a 911 call from a neighbour that lightning had struck a house on Evanshen Crescent and that smoke was visible. The residents of the two-story home were away at the time. […]

I’m standing, shivering really, in the rain and the mud with several thousand of my new-found closest friends. The couple in front of me is making out with a ferocity that could hurt somebody. The young lady behind me is getting up off the ground, apparently after relieving herself, a big grin on her face. […]

While free agency officially starts at noon on Canada’s 150th birthday, the party already started Sunday, when all 31 NHL teams were allowed to reach out to unrestricted free agents even though no deals can be officially done yet.