Новости за 01.07.2017

Daniel Alfredsson is leaving the Ottawa Senators organization, Postmedia has learned. No further details are known at this time. Alfredsson, who is widely regarded as the best player to wear Ottawa colours, has been serving as the team’s senior adviser of hockey operations for the past two years. He retired after playing the 2013-14 season with […]

Environment Canada has issued a thunderstorm watch for the capital, as well as many other municipalities. The agency says the storms are expected from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The watch extends as far as Cornwall to the south and Pembroke to the north. “The main threats are wind gusts to 90 kilometres per hour and […]

Canadians are a hardy folk, have been for 150 years now. And counting. So the Canada Day celebrants weren’t about to let a little (OK, a lot) of rain dampen their enthusiasm on Saturday. The crowd on the Hill topped 25,000 by about 1:45 p.m., or about 80 per cent of capacity, according to officials. […]

An Ottawa man pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter Friday finally bring to an end the 12-year-old case of the murder of Brian Fudge, who died as a result of a New Year’s Eve bar brawl over who should be served first.  Charlie Manasseri, 55, one of the two accused in the 2005 […]

The Ottawa Senators are expected to buy on the free agent market when the clock strikes noon. The Senators are close to signing unrestricted free agent centre Nate Thompson, who spent last season with the Anaheim Ducks. The two year deal is believed to be worth $1.65 million per-season. The 32-year-old Thompson played for coach […]

I’m off for holidays….back writing July 10, thanks Dave Pugliese

Reconciliation with Canada’s indigenous people has been an underlying theme of Canada’s year-long 150 celebrations. “You can only do this in a relationship, and my new friends, who are First Nations, Inuit and Métis, have changed my understanding of what it means to be Canadian,” Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett said last […]

“NEXT TIME I HAVE TO READ S— LIKE THIS I WILL QUIT MY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CITIZEN THAT I’VE HAD SINCE 1960 – ENOUGH ABOUT DEACHMAN AND HIS FREAKS.” — An anonymous Citizen reader. Performance evaluation reports, good and bad, come from all quarters in this business, and much more readily from readers since the […]

There’s nothing like a birthday to inspire introspection. For Canadian Muslims, the opportunity to commemorate and celebrate our history since pre-Confederation comes at a critical juncture. Those who hold bigoted and racist views have become more vocal – emboldened by populist politics that can fuel fear of the “other” and engender the disillusioned to turn […]

There is no place on Earth like Canada – the land of the free. Canada is perfect for anyone seeking a life of relative tranquility, peace, freedom, equality and opportunity. That’s why more people immigrate to Canada – 250,000 per year approximately – than almost anywhere else on the planet. Canada is the second-largest land […]

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. Philemon Wright founded one of the Ottawa-Gatineau area’s first permanent settlements in the early 1800s by the […]

As part of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories. Saturday’s story marks No. 150 in the series. “I’m from Gatineau now, but I come from Vanier. I remember coming here in 1967. We had visitors from out west. […]

The Citizen asked Randy Boswell, a longtime Ottawa journalist and Carleton University professor, to reconstruct life in the capital on the day Canada was born. The history specialist dug into archives and old newspapers, unearthing a series of long-overlooked stories that shed fresh light on Confederation’s first 24 hours and some of the people whose […]

The clanging sound of unbridled rejoicing rang across Ottawa the moment the Dominion of Canada came into being at midnight on July 1, 1867. And one of the very bells that joined in that chorus 150 years ago today, pealing its welcome to Confederation, still tolls in the heart of the 21st century capital. But […]

A study that compares Canadian attitudes today to those held 50 years ago suggests our country is less patriarchal, less religious and vastly more tolerant of gay people, intermarriage — and tight pants.

Looking back at Canada’s centennial year in 1967, many of the country’s baby boomers may feel a bit warm and fuzzy. That summer was highlighted by Montreal’s World’s Fair/Expo 67; some 50 million people from around the world visited. Although only eight years old at the time, I vividly recall the monorail and some of […]

Charles Bradley blew the rain clouds away and likely left behind a few scorch marks on stage during a stirring soul revue at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival.

Pre-Canada Day revellers got a sneak peek of what to expect on July 1, along with a surprise visit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau who made an appearance on Parliament Hill.

One of the organizers of the indigenous ceremonies taking place on Parliament Hill was arrested and later released on Friday for breaching a trespassing notice that was issued on Wednesday.

After she started on the 10th tee Friday, the eagle just before the turn sparked the 19-year-old from Smiths Falls to a 2-under-par 69 and and gave her a 5-under total of 137 through 36 holes, good for a tie for eighth, two shots off the lead held by Danielle Kang and Sei Young Kim, who both have had rounds of 69-66.

There’s much for Canadians, and Indigenous people alike, to reflect on amid celebrations of the 150th anniversary of confederation, especially when it comes to the country’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples.

Ottawa police will not have a float or a vehicle in the Capital Pride parade this year, but those from the force participating will have the choice to wear their uniforms — against the wishes of Pride organizers.

Kelly, 57, shot a 12-over-par 82 for a two-day total of 157. That was going to be well over the 141 or better required to rank in the top 60 and ties and to qualify for the final two rounds.

Sleep did not come early or easily to Oopik Nakashook last Friday evening, as anxiety about her planned lunch the following day with Judy Hill and Hill’s family continued to gnaw at her. The whole week had been like this, since the two agreed to meet Saturday at Dunn’s Famous Deli in the ByWard Market. […]

To mark the 150th birthday of Confederation, we asked local residents from a variety of backgrounds to share their wishes for the future of the capital and the country. Today: Daniel Alfredsson. I have been fortunate enough in my life to visit and live in many different cities and I know that Ottawa is an […]