Новости за 11.02.2018

Brace for it. Freezing rain is on the way, warns Environment Canada. The warning, issued at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, says several hours of freezing rain are expected, possibly preceded by light snow. The freezing rain will likely continue into the evening, with a total accumulation of a few millimetres possible. Some flurries may follow. The […]

The Canadian government is looking for technology from domestic firms that might help the Department of National Defence in efforts to track unmanned aerial vehicles. The technology could either be in the late stage of development or not yet on the market, according to the government. There are about 70 nations with UAV programs. In […]

On a recent weekday evening, a handful of young Ottawa 67s hockey players filed into a lounge inside TD Place for a mandatory session on consent and preventing sexual violence, among other things. Far from the awkward few hours that scenario might suggest, the conversation was animated and the players, ages 16-18, were eager to […]

How many had a flu shot? Re: Outaouais hospitals make changes to deal with overcrowding due to flu outbreak, Feb. 8. Recent articles in the Ottawa Citizen on the overcrowding of hospitals due to the flu have cited numbers on overcapacity. It would be informative if the reports also included how many of the patients […]

Love starts young. Only weeks after birth a baby can recognize a face smiling down, and can smile back. As those early months go by, love evolves. And those early months all build into an emotional launching pad that will enable us some day to have friends, to fall in love as adults, and even […]

On a recent weekday evening, a handful of young Ottawa 67s hockey players filed into a lounge inside TD Place for a mandatory session on consent and preventing sexual violence, among other things. Far from the awkward few hours that scenario might suggest, the conversation was animated and the players, ages 16-18, were eager to […]

The embattled mayor of Carleton Place is calling for a judicial inquiry into the “actions and transgressions” of his fellow members. In a lengthy public message posted to his personal Facebook page in response to “escalating issues that now deeply concern me,” Mayor Louis Antonakos excoriated his critics on what he called “a council within […]

67’s 4, Generals 2 Sasha Chmelevski thinks he has put up big offensive numbers over a lengthy stretch of games before. Just not since minor-hockey days in Michigan. The Ottawa 67’s offensive catalyst continued a torrid run with yet another goal and an assist, and goaltender Olivier Tremblay turned back 32 of 34 shots as […]

The Ottawa police traffic unit turned its attention to snowmobilers on Saturday, stopping more than 100 riders and issuing three tickets for improper documentation.

One hundred teams of hardcore ice dragon boaters, half of them from out of town, hit Dow's Lake on Saturday for the finals of the second annual Winterlude Ice Dragon Boat Festival.

The embattled mayor of Carleton Place is calling for a judicial inquiry into the “actions and transgressions” of his fellow members. In a lengthy public message posted to his personal Facebook page in response to “escalating issues that now deeply concern me,” Mayor Louis Antonakos excoriated his critics on what he called “a council within […]

In the shadow of the Peace Tower, battling both her own sobs and the peals of Parliament’s carillon, Charlotte Overvold struggled to make her voice heard. “I am a survivor of an attempted murder. My birth mother is a survivor of an attempted murder. Neither of us had justice,” Overvold told a crowd of about […]

Ottawa firefighters made short work of a Saturday afternoon fire at a residence on Paul Anka Drive. The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. by a caller to 911 who saw thick smoke billowing from a townhouse at 3339 Paul Anka Dr., near Uplands Drive. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 4:15 p.m. […]