Новости за 03.02.2018

Brady O’Hearn-Benoit, 32, of Ottawa, who was reported missing Saturday, has been found safe, Ottawa police said Saturday afternoon. Police had earlier asked for the public’s assistance in locating him. O’Hearn-Benoit had last been seen in the area of Richmond Road and Croydon Avenue in the Lincoln Field area at about 10:30 a.m.

Guests at the deluxe Fairmont Château Montebello were forced into the cold for a few hours early Saturday when a chimney fire sent smoke through the wooden building. Fire alarms sounded shortly after 11 p.m. and staff assisted guests outside to await firefighters. First responders quickly found the source of the smoke in the large chimney above […]

Around the time she turned 50, Nancy Greene Raine suffered a serious knee injury during a celebrity ski event in California. The damage, to her anterior cruciate ligament, was then, and remains today, a serious injury. Soon after, back home in British Columbia, Greene Raine received a call from a friend imploring her to visit […]

undercurrents theatre festival produced by Ottawa Fringe When: Feb. 7-17  Where: Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. Tickets: Prices range from pay-what-you-can to $25, depending on the show. Box office opens an hour before showtime.  Passes: Evening passes $32, full-festival passes $75 More information: undercurrentsfestival.ca The eighth annual undercurrents festival of original, contemporary theatre starts at 8 […]

Time doesn’t pass as fast as it seemed to when she was careening down a French mountainside to Olympic gold and silver, but it’s still running out on Nancy Greene Raine in the Senate. Currently the oldest member of Parliament’s Upper Chamber, Greene Raine will reach the mandatory retirement age of 75 on May 11, […]

Want to inspire a village? Ask people to make puppets. That was the first step for Siminovitch-winning director Nadia Ross and her STO theatre company when they set out to create a show that would not only cultivate community spirit, but also travel well to other places and work in both official languages. The result […]

Only nine Canadians have won Olympic Winter Games medals in alpine skiing, and only Nancy Greene (Grenoble 1968) and Karen Percy (Calgary 1988) captured two each. Here’s the full list: 1956, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – Lucille Wheeler, bronze, women’s downhill 1960, Squaw Valley, U.S. – Anne Heggtveit, gold, women’s slalom 1968, Grenoble, France – Nancy […]

Personal and career highlights of Nancy Greene Raine Born: May 11, 1943, in Ottawa. Family: married husband Al Raine in 1969; twin sons Charley and Willy born in 1970; grandsons James and Kingston. Residence: Sun Peaks, B.C., where she is director of skiing at Sun Peaks Resort. Ski career: national alpine ski team member 1959-68; […]

Around the time she turned 50, Nancy Greene Raine suffered a serious knee injury during a celebrity ski event in California. The damage, to her anterior cruciate ligament, was then, and remains today, a serious injury. Soon after, back home in British Columbia, Greene Raine received a call from a friend imploring her to visit […]

Dear Justin, Andrew and Jagmeet: It’s time to throw down the gauntlet. The sexual misconduct dominoes now toppling across the country are eroding the public’s already wilted trust in their elected officials. He who moves first and most aggressively to challenge the status quo on misconduct will not only be doing the right thing, they’ll […]

The weather gods heard the news, and have delivered a wintry environment for the first weekend of Winterlude.  Environment Canada is predicting mainly cloudy skies with a 30 per cent chance of light snow for Saturday, with a high of -8 C. However, winds from the SSE  in the morning will make it feel like […]

“I’ve got one tattoo,” says Marta Néron, pulling up her sleeve to reveal her left forearm. “It’s in Alex’s handwriting. It says, ‘My love.’ It’s something we always called each other. “I think that it will be my one and only.” “Alex” was Alex Néron, Marta’s husband and the creative force behind the popular Railbender […]

It is early days for the new campus of The Ottawa Hospital, the ambitious health centre whose future home was so contentious for so long. But all parties have finally compromised on a site at the northeast corner of the Central Experimental Farm and the planning process is underway in earnest. So far, hospital brass […]

An OC Transpo driver was punched in the face Friday afternoon by a passenger who was angered by the bus operator’s refusal to drop him off between regular stops.  The assailant forced open the doors and fled after hitting the driver in the face, possibly breaking his nose.  Ottawa police and paramedics responded to the […]

The acrimony at Carleton Place Town Hall reached a boiling point Friday when a local councillor was charged with assaulting the mayor.

The Maniwaki man shot in the face during a courthouse altercation with a special constable is recovering in a Gatineau hospital as more questions are raised about the actions of security officials.

When is an exemption not an exemption? It seems like such a silly question. Yet, after a recent exchange with Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly and her staff, it may be a question worth addressing. Speaking to a crowd of more than 500 members of Canada’s broadcast industry this week, Joly talked about a controversial […]

Danika Glenn, 11 wants to be sure winning Goulbourn girls hockey teams get the lasting recognition she says they deserve.

Ottawa police arrested two people on drug and gun possession charges in McKellar Heights near Baseline Road and Clyde Avenue on Friday. After executing a search warrant in a home on Castle Hill Crescent, police seized a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun, a high-capacity magazine, marijuana, a prohibited device and $650. Mohamed Atef, 20, and […]

Ottawa police have obtained an arrest warrant for Alexandre Cadet, 18, whom police allege was in possession of a restricted handgun. Cadet, who is charged with possession of a loaded restricted handgun, is considered armed and dangerous. Police cautioned the public to not approach him and phone police instead. Cadet is described as a 5-7 […]

A student found critically injured after falling three storeys in a stairwell at Algonquin College has died, the college's president has said in a message to staff and students.

Two elderly Gatineau residents have died from causes that include flu in a long-term care home, following three earlier flu-related deaths in the Hôpital de Hull. West Quebec’s Integrated Health and Social Services Centre (CISSS) says the two people who died at Lionel Emond centre were already in poor health, as were the three people […]