Новости за 27.01.2018

Public Services and Procurement Canada says it has selected a fairness monitor for Canada’s future fighter program. “The Fairness Monitor for the Future Fighter Capability Project is HKA Global (Canada) Inc.,” department spokesman Jean-François Létourneau told Defence Watch. The future fighter project will see the purchase of 88 new jets to replace the RCAF’s CF-18s. […]

Where government plans and resources are concerned, we dislike secrecy, and the LeBreton Flats land deal is no exception. But, as with the case of the Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic campus, we’re relieved enough about tangible progress on the file to waive this particular criticism, temporarily. For, after 40 meetings and 120 hours of hardball […]

A young Pontiac man is facing impaired driving charges after crashing his car, which then caught fire, into a Hydro-Québec pole that dropped live wires. The 19-year-old fled the crash at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday when police arrived on the scene on Principale Road East in Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham, near La Pêche, He was spotted on foot by […]

German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott, 29, will make her debut with the NAC Orchestra next week. In an interview with Lynn Saxberg, the classical-music star talked about the the joy of live performance, challenging the rules of the concert hall and finding the right life-work balance, as well as her first foray into fashion design.  […]

The fate of Patrick Brown prompted several letters, as did the cannabis file and the future of our malls. You, too, can write a letter to the editor: letters@ottawacitizen.com. Guilty Until Proven Innocent? Re: ‘Categorically Untrue’: Patrick Brown denies sexual misconduct, Jan. 25.  You have to feel for Patrick Brown, a dedicated politician who had […]

There is a chance of freezing rain early Saturday morning, changing to showers in the afternoon.  The day will start out a chilly -10 C, the wind making it feel -16 C, then gradually climbing to a balmy high of 4 C. The overnight low will dip down to -4 C.  The showers should end […]

The mayor and police chief renewed a plea to the community for help in solving a rash of gun violence that has erupted with 12 shootings across the city in the early weeks of 2018.

Admitted killers who “were spoiling for a fight” when they confronted a teen who had robbed one of them of marijuana were each sentenced to eight years in jail Friday for the September 2015 fatal knifing of Issaiah Clachar. Keanu Croteau, 20, and Mohamad Hamade, 27, both pleaded guilty in October of last year to […]

There’s a lunar eclipse coming next Wednesday and already some websites are calling it a blood moon, supermoon and blue moon in one breathless package. They haven’t quite tied in an Elvis sighting, but York University astronomer Paul Delaney just laughs that it’s “lunacy.” Lunar eclipses are fun because you can look straight at them, but blood? […]

The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have a new interim leader, whose first public act Friday was to pick a fight with his party’s executive over how long he’ll get to keep the job. His second act was to lose. The party will hold a rapid leadership race, with a mass membership vote on a permanent leader […]

Chris Raynor doesn’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Especially the ones that aim high, and end in misery. Lose 30 pounds. No carbs. Daily workouts. The bigger they are, the harder the resolutions fall. Instead of a dramatic, miracle makeover, what if we could make small, daily changes that are eminently do-able, and actually healthier […]

The entire Rideau Canal Skateway will close Saturday at 11 p.m. due to expected rising temperatures over the weekend. The full 7.8-km stretch from the National Arts Centre to Dow’s Lake will be closed to preserve the ice conditions as crews wait for temperatures to drop. The National Capital Commission said Friday it plans to […]

Police have arrested a 56-year-old Ottawa man and charged him with pimping and trafficking an underage girl. Jalaledin Eftekhar has also been charged with assault, theft and obtaining sexual services from a minor following allegations in November that a girl was being groomed into the sex trade when she was 17. The alleged victim is […]