Новости за 21.08.2017

In an extraordinary and unprecedented public statement, The Royal Ottawa Hospital says society has failed to protect Marlene Carter, the Indigenous woman at the centre of a health and safety violation that led to the hospital being fined $75,000 last week. “This will happen again,” said Dr. AG Ahmed, associate chief of forensic psychiatry at […]

In 2006, Capt. Nichola Goddard became Canada’s first female soldier to die in combat. It was a death that shocked a nation. This is one of 15 Canadian stories we present as part the Citizen’s Canada 150 coverage. Nichola Goddard was attending Royal Military College and looking forward to a career in the Canadian Forces […]

Hawkesbury OPP say a series of raids has solved a six-month crime spree that ranged from broken windows and stolen school buses to burning an abandoned home to the ground. Eight teenagers were arrested and face a total of 90 criminal charges related to more than two dozen property crimes in the Hawkesbury area from February to […]

On Sept. 14, an Ottawa mother with no legal training is hauling billion-dollar tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Bell into court to help answer a basic but haunting question. How did her son die? Maureen Henry, 54, refuses to believe that suicide was the reason her son, Dovi, was found washed up on the […]

This past weekend, in Montreal, Canadians from across the country came together to celebrate the significant strides towards improving the rights of the LGBTQ2S community. It was the first national Pride celebration for Canada, and it was a spirited and modern display of support for a historically marginalized group. Amid all the posters and catchphrases, […]

The Quebec side of the Ottawa River is finally just as historic as the Ontario side — but the new status doesn’t bring any new form of automatic protection. The designation by Quebec Monday celebrates the river’s history as a superhighway and focus of human settlement in the thousands of years before roads. It is […]

I recently 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, Somalia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia […]

A Friday night RIDE check turned up 40 pounds of pot sniffed out by a police dog after officers found what looked like cocaine in a stopped sedan, OPP report. The driver, a woman from Petawawa, and her passenger, a man from the Scarborough area, were arrested. Napanee OPP officers were running the RIDE check on […]

Monday is going to be hot and humid but not a drop of November Rain is forecast for those watching the partial eclipse by day or rocking out to Guns N’ Roses at TD Place by night. Environment Canada’s forecast is mainly sunny with fog patches dissipating and a high of 30 C that will […]

Documentary should preserve MosaïCanada for all Canadians Last week, we had the pleasure of visiting the MosaïCanada 150 exhibition with thousands of others from far and wide. What an inspiring work of art to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary! With its horticultural scenes representative of Canada’s diverse heritage and geography, our pride in Canada once again […]

The homes of Dream Court come with a long list of high-end standard features but can also be customized to virtually any specification.

Pleasant memories will be ample supply when the Australian pro comes back to the course where she claimed her first LPGA Tour victory nine years ago.

The Liberal government is thinking about using its massive purchasing power to support women in business. “Inclusive federal procurement is a potential avenue through which the Government of Canada can demonstrate leadership and support for women’s entrepreneurship,” said a November 2016 memo prepared for Patty Hajdu, who was then minister for the status of women. […]

The Canadian Forces is still dealing with its review of the “Proud Boys” incident. The investigation began in early July, several days after a group of “Proud Boys” disrupted a protest organized in Halifax on Canada Day by Indigenous activists. The Canadian Forces confirmed five members of the military, who were off duty at the […]

Blakefield came into the week without a previous Top 10 finish in six previous starts on the Mackenzie Tour this year, having earned only $7,722. Sunday’s triumph was worth $31,500.

The mother of four allegedly killed by her son in their Sandy Hill apartment building was a “beautiful woman” and “extraordinary person,” according to those who worked closely with her. Rachelle Mair’s lifeless body was found inside apartment 1010 at the Sandringham apartment building at 85 Range Rd. on Friday after police responded to a […]

A Minnesota man who raced vintage boats was killed while competing at a regatta in Rideau Ferry. Bill Pearson, 69, was critically injured Saturday afternoon when his vintage hydroplane boat “became airborne,” provincial police said. Officers from the Lanark County OPP detachment responded to the crash that occurred during the Rideau Ferry Regatta around 2 p.m. […]

A former Ottawa technology star has dimmed after a series of business decisions failed to pan out. Once an inspiration to other Ottawa-area software firms, Fuel Industries recently found itself insolvent and has now been acquired by one of its creditors, Chou Associates Management Inc. Founder Mike Burns is out as chief executive and chief creative officer […]

Jake Amarualik had just one wish. And when he stepped off the CP Canada 150 train in a miniature conductor’s outfit Sunday afternoon and nearly jumped onto the platform, he managed to make two come true. “We made it!” he yelled. The five-year-old Inuk boy, who has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, had been away from his […]

Glenn Crawford suggests meeting in the parking lot between Staples and the Book Bazaar at the Corner of Bank Street and Gladstone Avenue. It seems like a rather mundane place to start a historical walking tour. But Crawford, the research and project leader of the Village Legacy Project, assures that this newly paved lot is a […]

The Capital Pride Festival kicks off Monday with seven days of activities that will be capped off on Aug. 27 with the annual Pride parade.  The festival has come a long way since its inception in the 1980s, when it began with a small gathering at Strathcona Park. Now the event draws thousands in support […]