Новости за 23.12.2017

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate to investigate OPP-involved shooting death in Morrisburg Saturday. The SIU did not immediately provide details of the incident. Local media report an incident occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Morrisburg OPP station. Reports described two OPP officers, one with a […]

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is no stranger to controversy.  And now Morneau has firmly entrenched himself on one side of a very fiery debate. It’s clear that he fully supports allowing animals to wear sweaters. And not just any sweaters but Christmas sweaters specifically. On Friday afternoon, Morneau tweeted out a photo of himself getting […]

Anyone who’s ever agonized over prepping one Christmas turkey for a few friends and family can only begin to imagine the madness in the Algonquin College School of Hospitality kitchens Saturday. Dozens of staff and volunteers zoomed around the room in organized chaos putting the final touches for the annual Operation Big Turkey feast presented […]

A male young offender has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death early Saturday of a 50-year-old Vanier resident. Police identified the victim as Keith Fitzsimmons. It was the city’s 15th homicide of 2017. Two men were arrested at the scene and appeared in court. They have been remanded in custody. In […]

Kailee Wise is among the most brightly spirited residents of famed Taffy Lane in Orléans, annually festooning her house and front yard with so many lights and Christmas decorations that Rudolph can safely turn his nose off when Santa’s sleigh is still kilometres  away. It took Wise 30 hours this year just to set up […]

A large quantity of drugs were seized in raids in Gatineau and Montreal Thursday. The Outaouais regional squad, with members from a number of police forces including the Sûreté du Québec, hit a number of cars and homes in coordinated raids in both cities. They seized a little more than four kilograms of cocaine, some […]

Ottawa paramedics were called to an unusual crash scene Friday night when an Ornge ambulance collided with a horse in Ottawa’s southeast end. The crash occurred at about 10 p.m. when the Ornge ambulance, transferring a patient to an Ottawa hospital, hit the animal at the intersection of Hawthorne and Rideau roads. A paramedics spokesperson […]

A man in Vanier is dead. Police and paramedics responded to an emergency call on Freshette Street near Jolliet Avenue in Vanier at approximately 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. A man in his 50s had gone into cardiac arrest after being shot. Police were first to arrive and performed CPR and used a defibrillator to try […]

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is no stranger to controversy.  And now Morneau has firmly entrenched himself on one side of a very fiery debate. It’s clear that he fully supports allowing animals to wear sweaters. And not just any sweaters but Christmas sweaters specifically. On Friday afternoon, Morneau tweeted out a photo of himself getting […]

No need to rush around today, right? You finished your holiday shopping days or even weeks ago – just like you planned – right? Well, if someone has saddled you with unforeseen chores today, you might want to get them done early. Environment Canada is calling for 5-10 cm of snow, with the bulk of […]

Police and paramedics responded to an emergency call on Freshette Street in Vanier at approximately 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. A man in his 50s had gone into cardiac arrest after being shot. Police were first to arrive and performed CPR and used a defibrillator to try and stabilize the man. As soon as they arrived, […]

The magical season of gift-giving is upon us, so we’d like to wish everyone the best of times with family or friends, and prosperity during the year ahead. And if we could, we’d confer these special presents on the following people: • Mayor Jim Watson: First, a quick and full recovery from recent surgery. Then, […]

As road conditions in the region worsened Friday evening, Ontario Provincial Police announced yet another collision on the same stretch of Highway 7 where they were investigating a fatal crash. Lanark County OPP continued to investigate at Highway 7 near Tatlock Road, where a Ministry of Transportation vehicle, on scene as part of an investigation into […]

Paul “Little Ray” Goulet remembers the Christmas when he and his wife, Sheri Lynn, scrounged through the pockets of old clothing searching for the spare change they needed to buy bulk pasta for their holiday meal. Little Ray’s Reptiles was struggling to get off the ground and the couple’s backs were to the wall. “We were […]

John Matunga, 44, says that so far, his first Christmas in Ottawa is the best one he’s ever had. “It’s the happiest ever,” he said, wearing a suit, tie and a novelty Santa hat that drew laughter from his wife, Bijou. “I’ve never enjoyed such a good Christmas.” Matunga is a government-sponsored refugee from the […]

Politicians have given out hundreds of medals and pins this fall in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, even though there’s no national program to do it. So many, in fact, that it’s hard to escape the worry that the politicians are up to something. The Department of Canadian Heritage gave each member of Parliament 20 […]

Gisele Allam wants an American Girl doll for Christmas. So it’s not surprising that she and her family chose to buy a large, brown-haired doll for a nameless child who may not have many presents under the tree. Allam’s carefully-selected doll — “for a little girl, a six-year-old, like me,” she explained solemnly – was […]

Will you be spending the holidays in Ottawa’s winter wonderland? Don’t be left out in the cold. Whether it’s for a last-minute gift or ingredient, this newspaper has you covered in terms of what’s open and what’s closed over the holiday season. Read on to find out about businesses and public services operating from Dec. […]

Gisele Allam wants an American Girl doll for Christmas. So it’s not surprising that she and her family chose to buy a large, brown-haired doll for a nameless child who may not have many presents under the tree. Allam’s carefully-selected doll — “for a little girl, a six-year-old, like me,” she explained solemnly – was […]

The details are in place for a new not-for-profit corporation to take over management of the ByWard Market. Ottawa Markets will be in charge of the ByWard Market starting Jan. 1, making this the last December holiday season that city hall has direct oversight of the tourist destination. Council signed off on the final marching […]

The fate of Christmas services remains uncertain for a congregation whose church was destroyed in a fire Thursday. On Friday morning, the Living Waters Christian Assembly thanked Ottawa residents for their “prayers and support” in posts on Facebook and Twitter. The Pentecostal church was planning a carol event on Christmas Eve. The pastors of the […]