Новости за 12.09.2017

Jonathan Pitre remains in a Minnesota hospital as doctors strive to prepare him for gallbladder surgery by hiking the number of blood-clotting cells in his body.  Pitre’s gastrointestinal system is struggling to eliminate the waste chemical, bilirubin, which has yellowed his eyes and skin, and left him nauseous and exhausted. Bilirubin is a brownish-yellow substance made when […]

The National Capital Commission is caught in another memorial controversy. The Canadian War Museum and its architect are resisting a plan to locate the National Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan at a site near the building. NCC management on Tuesday recommended that the board approve the site location just west of the War Museum, […]

Raising Ontario’s minimum wage will cost 50,000 jobs and much of the money meant to help working poor people will end up in the hands of the relatively well-off, says a new analysis from the government’s Financial Accountability Office released Tuesday. Hiking the minimum wage from $11.40 to $15 an hour by 2019 is a […]

The legendary tradition of Arabian hospitality is coming to the National Capital Region, as the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia presents the Saudi Cultural Days festival Sept. 26-27 at Ottawa Welcomes the World, part of the year-long Ottawa 2017 celebrations. The main portion of the festival will take place in the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne […]

Orléans should host Amazon Re: Ottawa mayor expresses interest in Amazon campus Sept. 7. With the city of Ottawa announcing that it is in the running to win Amazon’s second headquarters contest, many focus groups will be part of the discussion: from universities to high-tech to hydro and government, and one wishes them well. Ottawa […]

The Royal Canadian Navy has jettisoned the names selected by the previous Conservative government for its new joint support ships and will revert to calling the vessels by the names of the previous supply ships. The new ships will be called HMCS Protecteur and HMCS Preserver, to honour the service of those two ships over […]

With opioid overdoses rising, Ottawa’s public health unit wants to open its own supervised drug-injection site, health officer Dr. Isra Levy told the board of health Tuesday. “It is my intent to begin to offer these services as soon as we can responsibly do so, and we are aiming to achieve that within the next […]

How many more reports and research showing that Canadian youth have poor access to mental health and addictions care will it take for government to make mental health care and addictions a funding priority? The latest report, released just last week by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), shows again just how much children […]

Firefighters launched a rescue boat to reunite a dog and owner late Tuesday morning after the animal got caught in the current of the Ottawa River. The dog, which looked like a Labrador retriever, was about 50 feet offshore when it was able to climb onto a bridge abutment at Lemieux Island that couldn’t be […]

Ontario’s advocate for children and youth is expanding his reach to include teenage asylum seekers. Irwin Elman said this week that he is increasingly concerned about vulnerable youth entering Canada on their own. He recently met with federal immigration and border officials so they could develop a plan to work together to protect teenagers who […]

September brings the Days of Awe, the period between the Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Atonement. For Jews, it is a time of repentance, prayer and charity. This year the Days of Awe are preceded by a new, secular interlude of anxiety. You don’t have to be Jewish to see it. You don’t have […]

Ottawa Senators president Tom Anselmi made a pitch to a business audience on Tuesday to help fill the Canadian Tire Centre this hockey season, while predicting the move to a planned downtown arena is still four to five years away. The hockey club, through RendezVous LeBreton Group, continues to negotiate with the National Capital Commission […]

Ottawa police called in extra officers and the canine unit to Old Ottawa South Tuesday morning in a search for a suspect in an unspecified case. Police arrived on the scene at about 9 a.m. They asked residents on Bellwood Avenue and Cameron Avenue between Riverdale and Bank to go into their houses and stay […]

Canada’s rich heritage is the theme of the 2017 Dream Home with builder Minto saying “we went big” to celebrate the nation’s sesquicentennial. The showpiece prize of the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery is dubbed the Red Maple. Its 5,392-square feet features rustic stone, Douglas Fir beams and wood floors milled from reclaimed logs pulled […]

It seems every serious tech company is doing it — Apple, Google, Nvidia, LinkedIn and, soon, Amazon. They’re building, or have already built, vast new operations centres that celebrate the companies’ brands and provide unique working space to encourage productive employees. Ottawa is no stranger to the trend. On Wednesday, 1,600 plus employees of Ciena […]

Aerospace workers will hold a rally outside the U.S. consulate in Montreal to protest Boeing’s decision to file a trade complaint against Bombardier. Boeing alleges that the Canadian and Quebec governments heavily subsidize Bombardier, allowing it to sell its C-Series civilian aircraft in the U.S. at below market prices. Bombardier sold the aircraft to Delta […]

Ten people were displaced following a stubborn fire early Tuesday in a multi-unit building at 61 Charpentier St. in Gatineau. Gatineau fire service reports they were called to the three-unit building shortly after midnight and found flames had taken hold in a back balcony, spreading towards the roof. The two dozen firefighters had the blaze […]

You’re going to want to rise up singing. This week keeps getting better and better with sunshine through the weekend and forecast temperatures that just keep getting hotter. There isn’t a drop of rain expected until next week. Environment Canada predicts that Tuesday will be sunny and 25 C but it will feel more like […]

Should efforts to exile Canada’s pre-eminent founder, Sir John A. Macdonald, to the scrap heap of history be allowed to succeed? No. Anger at monuments and memorials misunderstands our history and misdirects our energy. It is not with the dead but with the living that lies the responsibility to realize further the promise of Canada. […]

This year, 2017, Canadians proudly celebrate the 150th, grand anniversary of our nation. In the last 22 years, since my landing on Canadian shores, I have witnessed Canada evolving, changing towards the better. Each day here gave me an opportunity to appreciate Canada and Canadians more, and feel privileged at being part of the Canadian […]

It’s easy to forget what a vast, sprawling enterprise is the National Capital Commission, the 58 year-old federal crown corporation at the heart of the national capital region.  Unlike other federal crown companies such as Canada Post, the NCC lacks an imposing headquarters operation. Instead, it makes its presence felt in other ways.  Pieces of […]

The focus of Craig Anderson is once again being put to the test. When the Senators’ goalie showed up at the rink last season, it was while hoping and praying that his wife Nicholle would prevail in her battle against cancer. When he returned to Ottawa last week for training camp, it was with great […]

Bobby Ryan readily admits he was slow to learn the new system employed by the Senators last season, his worst in a decade-long career. When he did catch on, he became the productive power winger they need him to be going forward. From 13 goals (no game winners) and 25 points in 62 games, Ryan […]

When Ben Dupont jumped from a plane in the skies above Gatineau on Saturday, he wasn’t wearing a device that might have saved his life. The 27-year-old skydiver from Sudbury collided with another jumper shortly after launching himself from the plane, witnesses told the Citizen.  On Monday, Gatineau police said it was too early in […]

VandeVelde, 30, scored six goals and nine assists in 81 games with Philaelphia last season. Primarily used on the fourth line and as a penalty killer during his career, he has 18 goals and 30 assists in 278 NHL games with Philadelphia and Edmonton.