Новости за 20.01.2018

Ontario Provincial Police are warning motorists to remove licence plates from vehicles that are not in use after a Bancroft man reported getting parking tickets issued in Toronto.  It turns out man had left an old vehicle on his property. The plates were stolen and installed on another vehicle — although it’s not clear when […]

Buckle up for slick roads on Monday. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, warning that the Ottawa area is likely in for a “significant freezing rain event” on Monday night into Tuesday morning with several millimetres of accumulation. “Roads will likely become slippery, initially due to some snow followed by a layer of […]

Ottawa police will be doing rolling road closures along the route of the Women’s March on Saturday  and are asking drivers who expect to be downtown in the afternoon to consider alternate routes.  The march, which begins on Parliament Hill at noon, will travel west on Wellington Street from Parliament Hill, travel south on Bank […]

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 34 F-35s and related equipment to Belguim at a cost of $6.53 billion U.S. The move clears the way for that country to purchase the conventional model of the F-35. The Belgians are in the midst of acquiring a new fighter jet to replace their F-16s. […]

An overnight fire that destroyed a New Edinburgh house under construction and seriously damaged the duplex next door is under investigation. Firefighters were called to shortly before 11:30 p.m. to respond to a report of a fire in a house under construction on the corner of Queen Victoria Street and River Lane. Based on the […]

Please regulate these caregivers Re: Ministry report on abuse case ‘watered down,’ Jan. 18. I am writing on behalf of a group of wives who came together to address issues that affect people with dementia and their caregivers. Our group is called Mind the Gap and we have all been caregivers to our husbands who have, […]

After the paralyzing accident, Eugenie Budulan couldn’t even lift a finger — so he was thrown, in a way, to the world, to the mercy of the city’s sidewalks. The dream of gentleman farming was quashed, the job in heavy equipment was over, the marriage — already on the skids — was now officially done. […]

A man with a history of replying to classified ads seeking tutors for children now faces several luring and child pornography offences, Ottawa police announced Friday evening. In mid December, a member of the Peel Regional Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit notified Ottawa police of an undercover luring operation identifying an Ottawa man communicating with […]

A man in his 30s was shot in the leg as he stepped out of his car in Findlay Creek on Friday night. Ottawa police say calls to 911 came in shortly after 8 p.m. after area residents heard gunfire. A witness told police two suspects were seen fleeing the scene. The incident, which occurred on […]

Ali Osman gathered with family and friends at his apartment Friday evening, eating together as they watched the Toronto Raptors play the San Antonio Spurs. But there wasn’t much cheering. One by one, people shuffled in and hugged each other, sitting on the couch, quietly talking to one another as Ali encouraged everyone to grab […]

Ontario is considering licensing lounges where people can consume marijuana when the drug becomes legal across Canada, according to regulations published by the province for public comment.

Major crime detectives have obtained a Canada-wide warrant for an “armed and violent” suspect in a November homicide on Montreal Road. Rhyan Alexander Moore, 27, is wanted in connection with the Nov. 27 slaying of Zakaria Iqbal. Police said the Ottawa man’s whereabouts are unknown and that he may be in the Toronto or Montreal areas. […]

Former Ottawa Citizen and Sun columnist Ron Corbett's Ragged Lake, published by Toronto's ECW Press in October, was among six Edgar Awards nominees in the Best Paperback Original category.

Six adults safely escaped smoke and flames in their South Keys-area home Friday morning, and Ottawa Fire Services were asking motorists to avoid the area. Firefighters were called to the home on Southgate Road near Johnson Road at 8:02 a.m. Occupants noticed smoke on the main floor of the two-story attached home, then called back […]

An Ottawa towing company claims a competitor has been conspiring to win municipal government contracts and city hall is doing nothing about it. Gervais Motors lays much of the blame on the City of Ottawa in its lawsuit filed at Superior Court. The company, which started in 1934, claims damages totalling more than $5 million […]