Новости за 15.08.2017

Queensway traffic slowed to a crawl for several hours Tuesday morning after a woman was injured in a dramatic collision and rollover. Ontario Provincial Police received a call about a two-car crash in the westbound lanes between Nicholas Street and Vanier Parkway at 9:30 a.m.  A spokeswoman for the OPP said the crash caused one of the […]

The Canadian War Museum is marking the centenary of the Battle of Hill 70 with a special display highlighting the six Canadian soldiers who received Victoria Cross decorations as a result of their courageous actions. The Battle of Hill 70, which includes portraits of the recipients and some of their medals, will be on view […]

Writer Amal El-Mohtar is back home in Centretown after picking up a prestigious Hugo Award at Worldcon 75, the annual World Science Fiction Convention, held this year in Helsinki. It’s just the latest kudos for her short story Seasons of Glass and Iron, which has also garnered Locus and Nebula awards and is nominated for […]

Gatineau’s ambulances might not need flashing lights this week after the paramedics’ union decided to redecorate them in garish colours and cartoon figures. The union is protesting the slow pace of contract negotiations. Paramedics are still on duty as usual, but they’re turning their vehicles into rolling protest signs. About 30 ambulances are affected, with […]

Police Chief Charles Bordeleau has decided that instead of deliberately antagonizing people by wearing full police regalia when he marches in the Capital Pride parade Aug. 27, he’s going to don a golf shirt with the police crest. Good. The decision by organizers to discourage officers in uniform, though, is still troubling and should be […]

Your shoes are caked in mud, umbrellas are blocking your view and you’re almost hoping the show will be called off so you can go home and wring out your sopping wet clothes. That’s been the experience of many festivalgoers in the Ottawa area this soggy summer. Close to 250 millimetres of rain, a record-setting […]

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Montréal, Kingston, and Goose Bay have left from their home port of Halifax, NS to conduct operations in northern waters. During their deployments, Montréal, Goose Bay and Kingston will conduct surveillance in Canada’s northern waters and will visit a number of communities. HMCS Montréal and HMCS Goose Bay will also […]

Gatineau police have released security video to try to identify two suspects who robbed a Buckingham jewelry June 6. The video shows the suspects entering the Bijouterie Trudel, 396 Buckingham Ave., shortly before 2 p.m. They were wearing blue work coveralls with hoods, with medical-type mouth masks, and security glasses. They spoke English. The first […]

On a morning the Ottawa Fury FC were to leave on their toughest road trip of the season, and just 12 games from the finish line to the 2017 regular season, the club announced Tuesday that Paul Dalglish had stepped down as both general manager and head coach. The surprising move came after Dalglish apparently […]

Anne Applebaum, the gifted journalist, sees Donald Trump as an untethered toddler in the driver’s seat of a car. He pushes buttons, presses pedals, yanks the gearshift. The car remains in the driveway. That’s about where his administration is after seven months: pushing, posturing, pulling. It’s more motion than progress. It isn’t going anywhere. But […]

Amongst Canadian conservatives, it is common to hear critics of Justin Trudeau point out the stark contrast between the prime minister and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. The former is a charismatic, master communicator; the latter projects an air of staid bookishness. Trudeau relies on broad and sweeping language to convey his messages, while Wall has […]

A 22-year-old Ajax man is to appear in court on stunt-driving charges next month after being clocked at more than twice the speed limit on Highway 15 in Rideau Lakes Township. The incident occurred Monday afternoon, when OPP clocked the driver doing 165 km/h in the 80 km/h zone about 30 kilometres south of Smiths Fall. […]

As Canadians digest a stream of statements and punditry around the upcoming NAFTA negotiations, another discourse — possibly more consequential for our future — is being planned in comparative silence. The second China-Canada Foreign Ministers Dialogue was held in Beijing last week, Canada’s Chrystia Freeland sitting down with her counterpart Wang Yi to “explore ways […]

Here is an update on recent developments in the defence and aerospace industry that I wrote about in the most recent issue of Esprit de Corps magazine: Leonardo Helicopters and IMP Aerospace & Defence have added more Canadian industrial partners to its team that plans to pursue the contract to modernize the RCAF’s fleet of […]

McDonald’s restaurants across Canada are celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary in Canada with an offer of cheap hamburgers for a large part of Wednesday. This may be the only event of the summer that isn’t trying to hitchhike on the Canada 150 parade. Get a 67¢ Hamburger (+ tax) on August 16th to celebrate our […]

Over the 25-plus years I’ve been giving home improvement advice to Canadians, the single most common question I get has to do with deck finishing. Most often, it’s a plea for help about a deck finish gone bad. Other times the questions are about which deck stain to choose for a new deck or an […]

A 51-year-old man suffered what were described as “minor” stab wounds in a fight in the ByWard Market Monday night. Police said the victim was taken to hospital after the altercation on York Street around 9 p.m. The second man in the fight was arrested at the scene. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. […]

It’s going to be a sticky, and likely soggy, Tuesday. Ottawa is at maximum humidity, yes that’s 100 per cent, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers, the risk of a thunderstorm and a high of 25 C that will feel like 29, Environment Canada predicts. There’s a 30-per-cent chance of evening showers and the risk of […]

As the local city councillor and MPP representing the vibrant and diverse community that hosts Capital Pride, we want to express our support for police Chief Charles Bordeleau’s decision to wear a crested golf shirt, rather than a full police uniform, when he attends Capital Pride 2017. We, probably more than most, know that […]

Less than two years before the 9/11 attacks, an Algerian named Ahmed Ressam tried to cross from Canada into the United States to bomb the Los Angeles Airport. This is one of 15 stories the Citizen presents as part of its ongoing Canada 150 coverage. “The fire is on. And it’s coming.” With those cryptic […]

Ottawa writer Amal El-Mohtar has returned home a conquering hero after winning a prestigious Hugo Award. The 32-year-old author, who lives in Centretown’s Golden Triangle neighbourhood, said she was shocked to see more than a dozen friends and family members greet her with placards and balloons at the Ottawa airport Monday afternoon after her trip home […]

“Marie-France Lalonde: Regulate Zoos Now!” read a sign in front of the Orléans office of the Liberal MPP. On Monday, a group of 15 people, including some from the Ottawa Animal Defense League, gathered on the sidewalk in front of the officer of the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to protest the lack of zoo […]

A mild earthquake gently shook parts of the Ottawa-Gatineau area Monday but federal officials said there were no reports of damage.  Earthquake Canada said the tremor began at 4:58 p.m. and was an estimated magnitude of 3.3. The quake could be felt in Orléans, Buckingham, Que., and Val-des-Monts, Que., which is about 40 kilometres northeast […]

The Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital, a Catholic institution, is applauding The Ottawa Hospital’s decision to create a “regional care coordination service” for medical assistance in dying — and says it already considers Ottawa’s largest hospital to be a partner. Since medical assistance in dying, known as MAID, was legalized last year, Catholic institutions have walked a […]

Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Ottawa Redblacks to start firing coaches, despite a 1-6-1 start to their CFL season.  When asked if that was something he’d consider, Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins on Monday answered. “No. I wouldn’t say I would never consider it. But it’s not a consideration now and I don’t anticipate […]