Новости за 14.07.2017

Jonathan Pitre received important news Friday when doctors reported that his low white blood cell count is not the result of a failed engraftment as some feared. Pitre, 17, has been in hospital for more than a month, battling a series of serious medical complications, including laboured breathing, high blood pressure, kidney dysfunction, infections and […]

Eventually, many of us are going to need care and assistance, whether it’s help getting to the bathroom, eating or simply moving around in our day-to-day lives. In 15 years, more than 900,000 Canadians will have dementia. Many of these people – many of us – will end up in long-term care homes. There are […]

Something dramatic is emerging from the Arctic ice and it is not just John Franklin’s recently discovered ships Erebus and Terror. The discovery of Franklin’s ships, lost searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845, has been overshadowed by dramatic revelations of archaeological skullduggery, political corruption, illegal searches, and at least one police investigation surrounding disputes between private searchers […]

A senior Ottawa police officer who is under provincial police criminal investigation will be temporarily promoted to deputy chief in charge of all investigations at the local force, the Citizen has learned. A general order sent Thursday by Chief Charles Bordeleau to all police officers said that “Effective July 22 to August 13, inclusive, Superintendent […]

Ottawa police are warning residents against rushing into deals with paving contractors who show up at the front door.

If you think it’s time to eradicate hip hop from Bluesfest due to Thursday night’s crowd behaviour, there is a good chance you are being racist. That doesn’t mean you are a racist, however it does mean that the racist tropes of Black criminality – and criminality of people of colour in general – are […]

Residential house price patterns in metropolitan Gatineau varied sharply from west to east during the second quarter, the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards reported this week. While the average sale price of a single-family home climbed 7 per cent year over year to $275,100 across the region, house prices in Aylmer gained 12 per […]

Marco Gauthier-Carriere, whose decision nearly four years ago to drive while impaired resulted in the death of his girlfriend, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and a 10-year driving ban. Valerie Charbonneau was 20 years old when she got in the passenger seat of the Buick LeSabre that Gauthier-Carriere was driving on a […]

Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown spent this week rolling out a set-piece announcement a day about things he’ll do if he can hold the Progressive Conservative party together long enough to win an election next year. It gave conservatives something to talk about other than the meat-grinder of the party’s nomination process, which keeps splatting […]

A songbird from Western Canada that was rescued from freezing after it somehow strayed to Pakenham needs human assistance to fly home. The Bullock’s oriole was rescued in January 2016 and taken to the Wild Bird Care Centre in Ottawa, and now the centre has put out a plea: “We are sending our Bullock’s Oriole home […]

The Rideau River and its tributaries just won’t take the usual summer slowdown, thanks to rain that won’t stop. Some points from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority on Friday: “Flows continue to be above normal throughout the watershed. July is typically a dry month, normal flow on the Jock River is about 1.7 cubic metres […]

The New York-based dance music duo plays the Black Sheep stage on Saturday night.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining and stealing five ride-sharing Zipcar vehicles in Ottawa, police said Friday. A joint investigation by Ottawa police, Montreal police and the OPP found that five Zipcars had been targeted and were fraudulently obtained in 2016 between March and September. The incidents took place in […]

On July 12, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service charged a captain with one count of sexual assault. The charge relates to a reported sexual assault against a civilian at a private residence in Edmonton in January 2017, according to the NIS. Captain Mark Sribney, a member of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment at CFB Edmonton […]

The Canadian Forces is in its final preparations for Fortissimo 2017, a military and musical spectacular performed by the Ceremonial Guard on Parliament Hill. More from the news release issued by the Canadian Forces: In addition to the Ceremonial Guard and musical performers, Fortissimo 2017 will include presentations by the Dominion Carillon, the Central Band […]

School’s out but the Science of Summer continues. Today, Postmedia’s Tom Spears looks at the wonky world of telling people that every summer day is hotter than the thermometer shows. Thursday was a pleasant summer day in Windsor — 27 C and mostly sunny with a west wind. You’d think it would be the same […]

All it would take is a goal here or a goal there. It doesn’t seem like to much to ask and that’s really all the Ottawa Fury FC need to start climbing up the United Soccer League table. As the Fury FC open the second half of their USL regular season schedule at home at […]

Paramedics say they assessed more than 200 people at Bluesfest Thursday evening, including fans who reported being sexually assaulted, hurt after falls, intoxicated or suffering from overdoses. Paramedics also responded to another 10 calls nearby, according to a media release.  They administered Narcan for suspected opiate overdoses, according to the release. Nineteen people were treated […]

Ottawa police met a WestJet flight after the crew reported that an abusive passenger started a physical confrontation on board the plane.  The incident was described in a report filed Thursday with the federal government’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System. The incident occurred on WestJet Encore flight 3485 from Halifax to Ottawa on June […]

The Ottawa Police Service is looking for help to identify a suspect in a June 14 robbery on Nepean Street. At about 12:20 am, a man forcibly entered a premise in the 100 block of Nepean Street, say police. He left empty-handed.    The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, 45 to 55 years old, […]

CSIS, government, deserve blame in Khadr case The public reaction to and much of the media coverage of the Canadian government’s apology to Omar Khadr and settlement of the lawsuit seems quite unfair and misses the most important point: this was made necessary by the improper actions of members of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. […]

First the good news –Saturday looks glorious with clearing skies, a high of 28 C and no chance of rain, according to Environment Canada’s forecast. The bad news is that it’s the only day with no risk of showers through Wednesday. For Friday, expect mainly-cloudy skies, a 40 per cent chance of showers and the […]

Assent Compliance is a 12-year-old software company with an awkward name and an unusual location for a tech firm — Ottawa’s east end. It may be transforming into something rather special. Three years ago, just 25 people worked at Assent Compliance, which specializes in software for verifying if multinationals and their suppliers are complying with […]

Alan Doyle proved he doesn’t need his shipmates in Great Big Sea to host a proper kitchen party. Yes, everyone was just a little bit Newfie Thursday night as the gravel-voiced former Great Big Sea frontman brought his new band to Bluesfest, where his down-home sound has always been a hit with the crowd. It […]

A much-hyped appearance from Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos was set to be the story of Bluesfest on Thursday, but it was a rowdy crowd that stole the show.