Новости за 08.01.2018

Another nearly-frozen bird has turned up in Ottawa long after it should have flown south, but this one lived. The black-crowned night heron was looking for food in open water last week, with ice forming on its feathers. Birder Bruce Di Labio saw it, picked it up and took it to the Wild Bird Care […]

Lawyers for a former hostage held in Afghanistan, now behind bars in Ottawa, are still working on a bid for bail, a judge heard Monday. Joshua Boyle, 34, made a brief court appearance by video from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on 15 charges including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to “take a noxious […]

It has never been a secret that Parliament Hill can have a sexually charged atmosphere. There has long been a culture of after-hours schmoozing and boozing, with plenty of power and celebrity and those who are staking their careers on being close to both. But, as Hollywood and other industries face a rising chorus from […]

What, in the New Year, are we to make of the conviction and sentencing of Basil Borutski for the murders of Carol Culleton, Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasia Kuzyk? Do they represent a just outcome to a tragedy, or a symbol of responding after-the-fact to the abject failures of the criminal and family law responses to […]

First-responders were called to a home in Carp on Monday after a man fell 25 feet from his roof and injured his head. According to Ottawa paramedics, the man, in his 50s, was attempting to clear snow from the roof of a home on Rothbourne Road around 11:30 a.m. when he slipped and fell. The […]

One letter writer wonders where dogs that belong to the homeless are cared for in the winter, while the minimum wage hike debate continues, and another writer lauds Citizen columnist Andrew Cohen.  You, too, can write a letter to us: letters@ottawacitizen.com. Who cares for homeless dogs? We see them in spring, summer and fall: dogs […]

A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, at least, seven words. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, who works in the highway safety division for the Ontario Provincial Police, tweeted out this photo on Monday morning: Sometimes a picture is all that is needed.#SeeSnowGoSlow pic.twitter.com/Pg170gXELS — Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) January 8, 2018 A 20-year-old driver lost […]

A Canadian-led team has trained the first group of Jordanian military personnel in how to co-ordinate air strikes. The Jordanian joint terminal attack controllers or JTACs were taught by three Canadian JTAC instructors. The team was supplemented by others from Australia, France, Poland, and the United States, according to Jane’s International Defence Review. As lead […]

This one’s for Priscilla. After this newspaper published a story on its website in November detailing the highlights of the transit commission’s 2018 budget, she posted in the comments section the following: Can they please hire ppl to clean them … Buses are absolutely disgusting. Had to complain about a chicken carcass left on bus […]

Our series, “Politics for the rest of us,” continues today. It’s an attempt to see if Canadians can find common ground, without resorting to name-calling and insults, between differing views. Today, an Indigenous Canadian reaches across cultures: Some say being an Indigenous person in Canada can mean being at home in two different worlds. It […]

An Ottawa traffic officer is posting Twitter photos of cars he pulled over Monday with thick coatings of snow. One driver brushed off the windshield, but Phil Kane pulled over the driver and wrote a $110 ticket anyway as thick snow from the rest of the car flew everywhere. “It was like driving behind a […]

Part of Laurier Avenue was closed during the Monday morning commute as crews tackled a fire in a high-rise apartment building. Laurier was closed between Bay and Kent Streets and southbound Lyon Street was closed at Slater Street while crews handled the small fire. The fire was located in the garbage room on the 10th […]

Be careful what you wish for. We all wanted some relief from last week’s cold snap but will Ottawans be any happier with a week’s worth of snow? We’re about to find out. Some form of precipitation is in store every day this week (including rain – but we’ll get to that). Crazy slippery this […]

Police are hoping the public can help them find a 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving her Chapman Mills-area home on Sunday afternoon. Safi Nur was wearing a black Calvin Klein winter jacket, black jeans and black Timberland boots when she left the house near Grandlea Terrace and Len Lunney Crescent at about 2 p.m. […]

Be careful what you wish for. We all wanted some relief from last week’s cold snap but will Ottawans be any happier with a week’s worth of snow? We’re about to find out. Some form of precipitation is in store every day this week (including rain – but we’ll get to that). Environment Canada is […]

The recent arrival of Asterix in Halifax has allowed Davie and Federal Fleet Services to crow about their on time and on budget project to produce an interim AOR. After training of Royal Canadian Navy personnel on the vessel is completed, Asterix will begin supporting RCN operations. Davie, in its news release announcing the arrival […]

Forty eight hours after setting up a hotline for workers, the Ottawa and District Labour Council said Sunday it had already heard complaints about more than 20 Ottawa businesses potentially acting as what it calls “corporate bullies” in response to new Ontario minimum wage laws. The issue has gone viral in recent days as several […]

At the social pediatric hub in Vanier, there’s an examining table and other medical accoutrements. There are also boxes of toys and a kitchen table with a bowl of fruit for nibbling. The hub is a one-stop shop that recognizes it takes more than medical expertise to keep children healthy — not just physically, but […]

How much would any of us pay, sell or sacrifice to extend our lives by a year or two? Hy Elmas kept his soul, but parted with $29,000 for a trip to London, England, in November to undergo a procedure to zap a growing tumour in his pancreas, one of the worst places to get […]

Their voices were many, the song was the same. It echoed through the common room and down the corridor of a Donald Street high rise. I travelled a day, I travelled a year, I travelled a lifetime, to find my way home … It’s Wednesday night and the members of One World Choir are practising. […]

This one’s for Priscilla. After this newspaper published a story on its website in November detailing the highlights of the transit commission’s 2018 budget, she posted in the comments section the following: Can they please hire ppl to clean them … Buses are absolutely disgusting. Had to complain about a chicken carcass left on bus […]