Новости за 28.07.2017

Since we force the Salvation Army to act like a pushy private developer so it can build a new homeless shelter, it’s doing the only sensible thing by fighting hard to get that shelter built in Vanier. The story of the 350-bed shelter and health-care complex the Salvation Army wants to build just off Montreal […]

As noted in a recent posting, I received a behind-the-scenes look at the Canadian War Museum’s storage facilities/vaults as specialists there prepare for reworking exhibit areas at the museum. The concluding area of Gallery 4: From the Cold War to the Present is being redeveloped to explore Canadian involvement in operations in the Gulf War, […]

The Toronto-based cellist's trio plays Chamberfest's late-night concert series on Tuesday, Aug. 1.

The world’s great cities know a thing or two about turning on the lights at night. Think Rome and the Colosseum, or London’s Westminster, or the Parthenon looming imposingly above Athens after dusk. Think Toronto and the CN Tower, artfully illuminated in different hues on certain evenings. And they don’t call Paris the “City of […]

Gatineau police are investigating after an 11-month old girl sustained injuries at a private Aylmer daycare earlier this week. Police received a complaint on Monday about the baby who has injuries that included bruises and a bite mark “that looked like a child bite.”   She was sent to the hospital to be treated and […]

The conservation authority that was denied building an artificial wetland in Navan is looking for another Ottawa community to enhance. The South Nation Conservation Authority is working with the city to find a candidate site. “We plan to select an area that would benefit from enhancements to biodiversity while improving water quality in a community […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Paro closes its watery eyes, tilts its head and emits a soft cry. The robotic harp seal — the world’s best-known therapeutic robot — is the creation of Japanese scientist Takanori Shibata, but its voice is made in Canada. Shibata recorded the baby harp seal, which became the voice of Paro, on Quebec’s Magdalen […]

We were live from downtown Ottawa where Long-Ma awakened.  The giant machines — Long Ma, the horse-dragon, and Kumo, the spider — are astonishing, a combined 80 tonnes of clanking, articulated steel, escaping steam and window-rattling roars. Kumo can stretch 20 meters long and 13 metres high and takes more than a dozen people to […]

The world loves Justin Trudeau, and why shouldn’t it? He’s handsome. He’s kind. He loves children, whimsical clothing and constitutional rights. And then there’s his touch.  So goes the erotic letter to Penthouse that, through an unfortunate clerical error, ended up mislabelled as a political profile in Rolling Stone magazine this week, anyway. It was a […]

Over the years, many Citizen articles have been written about the assassination of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, including the recent retelling of the tale by Bruce Deachman. Yet there is part of the story that has yet to be told, except in a few old books, about the bizarre and incredible fate of McGee’s statue, and […]

One day, shortly after the Pringles finished their garage makeover, Ruth wondered where her husband was hiding. She opened the door to their two-car Orléans garage and found he’d grabbed a folding chair and was just sitting out there. “Enjoying the view,” joked retiree Brian. “Now it feels like it’s an addition to the house […]

Readers were conflicted over the story a woman told us this week about how police reacted to her report of being sexually assaulted. You also shared views on public art, and on former mayor Jim Durrell’s views about Canada Day security. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com Find our guidelines here. —- Police […]

Provincial police are seeking a federal offender wanted for breaching his parole. Daniel Pilon, 52, was on a long-term supervision order after completing a five-year sentence for robbery, and overcoming resistance by attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle a person and forcible confinement. He is described as Caucasian, six-feet-three-inches (191 cm) tall, weighing 282 pounds […]

Ottawa police have issued new security camera photos of suspects sought in a series of commercial break-and-enters between June 6 and July 10. The B&Es occurred at three times at a business on the 600 block of Eagleson Road, as well as individual break-ins at the 1500 block of Laperriere Avenue and the 200 block of […]

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s assistance with information about gunplay that occurred near Lee Valley Tools last Saturday. According to police, several spent shells were found near the intersection of Morrison Drive and Draper Avenue after residents reported the sounds of gunshots in the area. Further investigation found several structures and homes had […]

Pursuing police from five jurisdictions and a spike belt couldn’t put the brakes on a truck that was stolen in the Laurentians Thursday but wound up abandoned neared the Ottawa Hospital General Campus about 140 kilometres away. The chase was on at about 10:30 a.m. when MRC Antoine-Labelle police officers were alerted to the theft of […]

Ontario Provincial Police were kept busy Friday morning responding to two different accidents involving tractor trailers that ran off the road. The first crash occurred at about 7 a.m. on Highway 401 eastbound near the entrance to Highway 416, where a tractor trailer had gone into the ditch. Highway 401 had to be closed in […]

I have finally made it to Denver. After almost two years of planning and preparations, I am at the “Mile High City.” My host parents are very nice. Tomorrow we are going to the rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It’s kind of funny — not even a day in the state and we are already going […]

The National Capital Region is known for its distinguished Rideau Canal, breathtaking views and its historical landmarks. Come sundown, though, the moonlight only illuminates a portion of Canada’s history. A plan is afoot to brighten up some of Ottawa’s landmarks during the nighttime. Yet, many consequences will come to light as the city gets brighter. […]

Happy Friday on the day when we may lose dubious bragging rights, but gain a gorgeous summer weekend. Ottawa’s forecast is finally delivering a sunny, dry weekend even as we’re a few showers away from setting a rain record for the month of July. The Glebe BIA summed it up in a tweet. “This weekend […]

A Gatineau man was stabbed during a skirmish overnight in the city’s Masson district. Police said the attack occurred shortly before midnight. The man, who was stabbed in the back, was taken to hospital where he received stitches. He was released a few hours later. Investigators said the suspects were known to police.

Mohamad S. Barkhadle looked confused Thursday as he appeared in an Ottawa court on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of the woman whose toddler son spent 10 days fending for himself after her death.  Barkhadle, 31, winced and shook his head repeatedly as the charge was read. At one point, the justice […]

In a testament to the human spirit, a two-year-old Ottawa boy fended for himself for 10 days after his mother was killed in their fifth-floor apartment of a public housing building in Mechanicsville, the Citizen has learned. Seasoned detectives and CHEO doctors have been left marvelling at the young boy’s health, and more, his will […]

As this unsettling summer of Trump and Kim Jong Un continues, I have found myself wondering what Gerald R. Ford might be thinking, were he alive today. And since I cannot, obviously, ask Mr. Ford, I’ve been increasingly wondering what his longtime friend and confidant, retired New York Daily News legend Tom DeFrank, thinks, with […]

Ottawa police have arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of Dirie Olol and Abdurahman Al-Shammari, and the wounding of Al-Shammari’s brother, Talal Al-Shammari. Alam Gabriel Buoc, 30, had been sought on two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Al-Shammari, 26, and Olol, 27, and one count of attempted murder in the shooting […]