Новости за 19.11.2017

There was a lot of news coverage about words spoken by the top US nuclear commander at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday. Gen. John Hyten, commander of US Strategic Command which oversees America’s nuclear weapons, said he would not follow an “illegal order from the president if he was ordered to launch a […]

Ottawa Fire Services were called to a single family home at 2570 Egan Road near Riverside Drive and Brookfield Road on Sunday morning.  They declared a working fire at 8:24; the blaze was out by 9:15 a.m. The occupants were not home at the time, and there were no injuries. Damages are estimated at $250,000 […]

The Canadian Forces says one person has died during a training exercise at CFB Shilo in Manitoba. No further details are being released at this point as the family of the deceased still has to be notified. More details to come.

It’s a burden for any musical act made up of a husband-and-wife team. Ever since Melissa McClelland and husband Luke Doucet put their respective solo careers on hold seven years ago to concentrate on Whitehorse, you would be hard-pressed to find an article written about them that doesn’t address the spousal dynamic and its impact on […]

It’s not exactly snow-mageddon, but temperatures will continue to be below normal for this time in November.  Snow should end early this afternoon,  with cloudy skies . Environment Canada was calling for  a risk of freezing rain early Sunday morning. You’ll probably need a broom, rather than a shovel, with snowfall of about 5 cm.  […]

The Ottawa Police Frontline Services responded to shots fired in the 1500 block of Triole  Street near St. Laurent Blvd and Belfast Road at approximately 1:17 a.m. Sunday. No suspects have been located so far.  The Guns and Gangs unit has been called in to investigate.  If you have information that could assist investigators, please contact […]

Written and recorded aboard a Russian icebreaker, the eclectic album Khlebnikov earned the Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries award, while Michel and Rob Carli were named producers of the year.

Work on the structure to house the Kandahar Airfield Cenotaph should be finished by the end of this month. The cenotaph is located at the new Department of National Defence headquarters at the former Nortel complex in the west end of Ottawa. Natural disasters in the U.S. have caused a minor delay in getting some […]

Police said the shooting occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the area just south of Walkley Road.

A back-to-work bill that would end a strike by college faculty in Ontario appears on track to be pushed through the legislature Sunday. The bill cleared another hurdle Saturday while the Liberals and New Democrats pointed fingers at each other over how the legislation has been handled. The New Democrats have blocked swift passage of […]

Opponents of the Salvation Army’s proposed “mega-shelter” on Montreal Road say they’re prepared to take their fight to the Ontario Municipal Board, if the project gets the green light in a council vote Wednesday. Drew Dobson, head of the group SOS Vanier, whose members came out in numbers through three days of impassioned public hearings […]

“Somebody please help me,” Adrian Johnson pleaded outside the Shepherds of Good Hope before he collapsed into the arms of a panhandler on the streets he called home, a fatal knife wound in his chest. Several witnesses outside the Murray Street shelter on Saturday described the gruesome scene and identified Johnson as the victim of […]