Новости за 03.04.2018

After years of vigorous trade diplomacy reminding American politicians how important free trade is to their state economies, Premier Kathleen Wynne is in a fighting retreat against New York state over rules against foreign iron and steel. A law there banning those metals from public construction projects if they don’t come from U.S. suppliers kicked […]

As a decisive curling skip, Steve Kot left little to chance. One morning on the downtown Queensway, though, luck was his saving grace, giving Kathleen and Steve Kot the gift of another 19 years together. That precious time ended last Thursday, March 29, when Kot died at home of pneumonia, surrounded by family with love […]

The drive home Tuesday may be a messy one with a spring storm expected to bring freezing rain in the afternoon through to Wednesday. Environment Canada said precipitation is likely Tuesday evening, starting off as wet snow or rain until shifting into freezing rain. It is expected to stick around overnight before tapering off Wednesday […]

Numerous data breaches and information-sharing scandals over the years have done much to reinforce the view that you are not in control of your personal online information. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — where the British consulting firm was revealed to have obtained the data of millions of Facebook users — people are […]

Jim Cuddy  When & where: 8 p.m. Thursday, National Arts Centre, Southam Hall Tickets: Start at $44, plus surcharges, available at nac-cna.ca, NAC box office and ticketmaster.ca Singer-songwriter Jim Cuddy likes to keep busy. When he’s not writing, recording or touring with Blue Rodeo, his main creative outlet, the sweet-voiced 62-year-old Canadian musician revisits his […]

It was a fair end for this fowl thanks to the “turkey whisperer.” Ottawa got a gander at the gobbler Tuesday morning when word spread on Twitter that one had been spotted downtown. It took some intrepid bystanders and the Safe Wings Ottawa group to get the young hen safely out of traffic and into […]

Ottawa Markets, the arm's-length organization that oversees the ByWard Market, changed its mind about making buskers have insurance on the same day a council committee endorsed a program to promote Ottawa as a "global music city."

Ottawa Public Health has issued 300 warnings and handed out 30 fines since the implementation of a law on Jan. 1 that banned smoking on hospital grounds in the province. The health agency said it has conducted 435 inspections, and the fines have varied between $305 and $5,000 for the more severe offences. The Smoke-Free […]

Representatives from Canada’s defence industry are being invited to tour a Danish Arctic patrol ship that will be in Halifax April 4-5. The EJNAR MIKKELSEN (EJMI) is one of three KNUD RASMUSSEN-class Arctic vessels, supplementing the four units of the larger THETIS-class, Lt. Col. Per Lyse Rasmussen of the Danish embassy in Washington, pointed out […]

The principle that businesses must respect international human rights standards, including when operating in countries that don’t themselves do so, has been embraced by (among others) the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and multinational corporations such as Royal Dutch Shell, GE and Goldcorp.  In Canada, the principle is often articulated with […]

Got a gander of this gobbler?  It’s a bit late for Easter dinner but a wild turkey was spotted wandering downtown Ottawa Tuesday morning. Safe Wings Ottawa, which works to protect wild birds, tweeted that the animal was in the area of Bank and Slater streets and asked bystanders not to chase it into traffic […]

Less than a month ago, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario chose its new leader. The process was cloudy and chaotic. In a word, it was a fiasco. At different stages in the electronic balloting, the two leading candidates – Doug Ford and Christine Elliott – cast doubt on the legitimacy of the contest. Before […]

KISS bass player Gene Simmons says he’s never smoked a joint in his life, but he’s now the global ambassador for a company that’s gearing up to sell recreational pot to Canadians. In fact, the 68-year-old rock star is the CEO at Vancouver-based Invictus MD Strategies Corp.  That’s “chief evangelist officer,” the title Simmons gained in […]

Masonry wasn’t my favourite homebuilding material when I got involved in building and renovation back in the mid-1980s. However, 30 years of dealing with reality has changed my mind. Brick veneer, in particular, offers the best combination of quality and economy of any exterior building material I know of in Canada, and there are specific […]

Police officers were canvassing Castle Hill Crescent in the McKellar Heights neighbourhood for witnesses after residents reported hearing gunfire in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police were called to the crescent near the intersection of Maitland and Clyde avenues at 2:20 a.m. No one was hurt and police said they were unable to find […]

Three people, including a child, were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a Britannia duplex early Tuesday morning. The fire left them homeless and killed three pet dogs, Ottawa Fire Services said. A resident reported smoke visible on one side of  2700 Howe St. at 1:07 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found […]

A man in his 30s was taken to the trauma centre with what paramedics described as a severe leg injury after he was struck by an OC Transpo bus early Tuesday morning. They were called to the Mackenzie King Bridge at 6:07 a.m. after the low-speed crash and said that the pedestrian was in serious but […]

Two people have died as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle T-bone collision on Merivale Road late Monday night. Paramedics were called to the scene of the crash between Colonnade Road and Viewmount Drive at 11:42 p.m. A man and a woman, both in their 50s, were found with critical injuries and were in […]

Spring? Spring who? It’s Tuesday, April 3 and there’s still snow and freezing rain in the forecast. Why won’t zombie winter die already? The good news (and there’s not much) is that the precipitation should hold off until later this afternoon. Today’s high should reach 4C and tonight’s low will drop to 0C. The forecast […]

Carleton University and CUPE Local 2424 reached a tentative agreement Monday night, ending, for the time being at least, the strike that has been in effect since March 5. According to Jerrett Clark, president of the local representing 850 non-academic staff at the university, the tentative agreement was reached shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, following […]

Last week, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould unveiled her self-described “bold” criminal justice reforms. The legislation, Bill C-75, was billed as a silver bullet to unclog our courts and bring about a “cultural shift” in the justice system. The changes may be bold, but in this case the proposed reforms will likely result in more delays, […]

When it comes to small businesses, the usual cry is one against regulation. But for one band of Ottawa tow truck operators, regulation is exactly what they say they need. A group of operators is looking to form a professional association for towing in Ottawa and is calling on the city to further regulate the […]