Новости за 26.10.2017

A horse was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Stagecoach Road, near Osgoode on Thursday afternoon. An Ottawa Fire Services spokeswoman said no one was riding the horse, and the driver of the vehicle wasn’t hurt. UPDATE: No injuries to driver. No one riding horse. Avoid area of Stagecoach north of Snake Island. #otttraffic https://t.co/Lhi8Snkpl1 […]

No charges will be laid after provincial police completed their investigation into allegations of fraud and evidence manipulation made against senior Ottawa police employees. Chief Charles Bordeleau, in a statement to all officers and then to media, confirmed he received an investigative report from the Ontario Provincial Police Thursday morning. That probe looked at the conduct […]

A scathing review of the Toronto office of Canada’s spy agency has painted a picture of a dysfunctional organization that is more akin to a frat house than a government’s intelligence-gathering agency. According to the article by Jim Bronskill of the Canadian Press, the assessment found leadership skills “wanting” and employees facing reprisals for speaking […]

Good news and bad news for the folks — you know who you are — who get upset at the roar of military planes soaring over the Stadium at TD Place during Redblacks games. The good news is there will be no flybys Friday night when the Redblacks face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The bad news for some, […]

Provincial police are seeking public assistance after six long-guns were stolen in a break-in at a residence in rural North Algona-Wilberforce Township, about 150 kilometres west of Ottawa. The break-in was reported Oct. 22 and the owners believe the intrusion on Letts Cemetery Road occurred sometime between Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. Police listed the stolen […]

It’s almost been a blur to Jeff Hunt – four years have gone by so quickly and in a month the Ottawa Redblacks will host the Grey Cup, a game that is officially sold out. The Redblacks, of course, are the defending Grey Cup champions. “I remember when we were negotiating our expansion franchise,” said […]

Wednesday, Matthew Carmichael appeared sober and contrite. “I’m using the opportunity to take ownership of my actions and shed light on my behaviour,” the acclaimed Ottawa chef told a television interviewer. Speaking softly, Carmichael offered himself as a “champion of change” on the issue of sexual harassment. His demeanour was a far cry from his […]

The Department of National Defence has put out the call for a painting crew to spruce up HMCS Victoria. The sub will be docked at HMC Dockyard facility at CFB Esquimalt, BC and the contractor winning the bid will be given one month to complete the job. Painting is to start Nov. 21. The painting […]

Matt Carmichael, an Ottawa celebrity chef, has come forward and admitted to sexually harassing some of his employees. What the world has come to see is that sexual harassment exists in every male-dominated industry (which, let’s face it, is basically every industry). In the statement Carmichael issued – he got ahead of the news, as […]

Ottawa 67’s working hard to improve attendance, and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind weighs in on dogs and Uber.  Write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com. — How the 67’s are winning back fans Re: 67’s celebrate a glorious history, Oct. 23. Writer Wayne Scanlan and I spoke about many factors that can lead to […]

If you blinked, you would have missed it. For less than three weeks, it looked as if the Kurds might have their own independent country. The Kurds control a mountainous area in northern Iraq and since the British occupation in 1920 they have been pushing for their own independent country. Last month, the Kurds held […]

Ottawa rugby legend Al Charron, a former Canadian captain and the greatest forward this country has ever produced, was named Thursday to the World Rugby Hall of Fame. He is only the third Canadian to be inducted into the world rugby hall. The others are his former teammate, Gareth Rees, and Heather Moyse, the superstar […]

Police are investigating after a man was beaten by a group of assailants in the ByWard Market Wednesday night. The victim suffered a broken ankle, police said.  A 911 call drew them to the intersection of Rideau and Waller streets at 10:25 p.m. The victim was taken to hospital by ambulance. Central investigations are probing the […]

Approximately 2400 Canadian Army soldiers from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) in Edmonton, Alberta, are taking part in Exercise IRON RAM over the next three weeks. The exercise is being held at Canadian Forces Base / Area Support Unit Wainwright. The exercise runs from October 23 until November 17. It will, at times, […]

The average Ontario household’s electricity bill will reach nearly $200 a month before levelling off in 2030, the provincial government predicted as it released its latest long-term energy plan Thursday morning. This is the first overhaul to the province’s electricity forecast in four years, which means it’s the first one since the Liberal government got […]

A blaze that began in the basement of a split-level house in the city’s west end Thursday morning has been brought under control. The homeowners called 911 at 8:51 a.m. and firefighters declared a working fire on arrival. The couple was able to safely escape their home on Gold Crescent near Queensview Drive. The fire […]

Exactly a month before the 105th Grey Cup kicks off in the capital, the event is officially sold out. That’s the word from the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group Thursday. “The excitement from RNation and CFL fans across our country has been tremendous and we promise that this will be a Grey Cup to remember,” enthused  Jeff […]

A single-vehicle crash damaged at light standard, leaving Fallowfield Road closed for repairs into the morning rush hour. Police said that the crash happened at 5:31 a.m. but repair crews and officers were still on the scene at 8 a.m. with road closures in effect from Woodroffe Avenue to Holitman Drive. No one was hurt in […]

Did you wake up this morning and find it a mite chilly?  Cooler temperatures are finally landing in Ottawa but it’s still warmer than typical for late October when Environment Canada reports that we’d normally expect to get a high of 9 C and low of 1 C. Thursday’s forecast is mainly cloudy with a […]

A scathing review of the Toronto office of Canada’s spy agency has painted a picture of a dysfunctional organization that is more akin to a frat house than a government’s intelligence-gathering agency. According to the article by Jim Bronskill of the Canadian Press, the assessment found leadership skills “wanting” and employees facing reprisals for speaking […]

Ottawa-Gatineau is becoming increasingly diverse, according to census data released Wednesday. Almost 281,000 of the 1.3 million people — or one in five residents in the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area — identified as a visible minority in the 2016 census, according to Statistics Canada. That’s an increase of about 45,000 people compared with the data […]

One Ottawa restaurant owner called it a “kick in the ass,” while another questioned the effectiveness of workplace policies after a prominent local chef admitted to sexually harassing women on Wednesday.  Celebrity chef Matthew Carmichael, 46, apologized after admitting to sexually harassing an unspecified number of women with inappropriate comments. In a statement, he said he […]

Striking Ontario college professors say they are seeking the “academic freedom” to decide what and how to teach and evaluate their students. For the college administrators on the other side of the bargaining table, it’s a demand for “academic control” they say they can’t relinquish. It’s one of the key issues in a dispute that […]

At 101 and stooped over his walker, Ernest Côté may have looked “frail and feeble”, but when a stranger barged into his New Edinburgh condo, bound him with duct tape and covered his head with a plastic bag, he fought to live, the Crown told his alleged assailant’s trial Wednesday. Ian Bush left him to […]