Новости за 21.04.2018

Parts of Gatineau Park reopened Saturday, including several of the main trails, and cyclists can hit the parkways and paved trails with caution, says the National Capital Commission. However, the planned reopening of the parkways to vehicles, scheduled for May 4, has been postponed. Gatineau Park closed on April 16 because of damage caused by […]

The next few days are going to bring the kind of weather we deserved weeks ago. Friday got the ball rolling, with a high of 10.8 C — the first time since February that Ottawa’s temperature reached double digits. And there’s a solid period of sunshine and warmer air in the forecast. The highs are […]

A Friday night fire destroyed a commercial warehouse on Montréal street in the eastern part of Gatineau. No one was injured. Gatineau firefighters responded to reports of a fire just after midnight in a warehouse at Les Enterprises M. Menard, which sells trucks, trailers and used and recycled parts, including engines, transmissions, tires and electronic systems. […]

A fire at a two-storey home in Stittsville was quickly handled by firefighters early Saturday morning. Firefighters arrived at the scene at 18 Granite Ridge Drive shortly after a 911 call was placed by a resident. Smoke was visible and a working fire was declared. Ottawa Fire crews quickly brought a Working Fire at 18 […]

For days, weeks – maybe even months – we have whispered one word. We predicted, we assumed, we hoped, we pleaded. Cold gusts whisked away that word on endless winter winds. But no more. Today we don’t need to whisper anymore. Today we can stand up and shout: “Spring!” The next four days will be […]

This art is dull, pious and boring The debate over the National Gallery’s sale of a Marc Chagall painting in order to purchase one by Jacques-Louis David causes me to weigh the paintings’ importance not only from a stylistic viewpoint but also from a societal vantage point. David was a pillar of art in France […]

Ottawa police hope the public can help them locate a white Dodge Durango SUV and a man who they suspect was involved in two home break-ins in North Kanata on April 17. Police say the suspect arrived on Keyrock Drive in the vehicle, which had Ontario plates, at around noon that Tuesday. They say the […]

Brooke Deschamps, 22 Why she smokes pot: “I have really bad anxiety. It totally calms me down.” What she think of the risks: “I’m sure there are more benefits than harms. I’d rather not take pills. I’ve been smoking it since I was 16. It could (damage brain cells), but not mine. Or if it […]

Heather D’Alessio remembers drug education in high school that consisted mainly of dire warnings about the consequences of using any of them. She was smoking pot by Grade 9, so she disregarded the advice. “Most of the time, they would give us these fact sheets on cannabis. Then we’d all take it out to the […]

A haze of marijuana smoke blanketed crowds on Parliament Hill on Friday as pot enthusiasts of all ages gathered below the Peace Tower for the annual cannabis celebration known as 4-20. The event marks the last time pot users will flock to the Hill to celebrate cannabis culture in late April before the federal government legalizes recreational marijuana later this […]

It’s another sure sign that spring has at last arrived. Ottawa Fire Services slapped a city-wide ban on open fires Friday afternoon and said the ban will remain in effect until conditions improve. Or as the Fire Service puts it: until “the green grass starts to show through tall dead grass.” One problem firefighters face […]

James Rush was finally freed from the Ottawa jail on Friday, but not before trying to kill himself. The mentally ill man, a one-time elite athlete turned addict, appeared in court under police guard on Friday to be sentenced for shoplifting liquor, dangerous driving in a stolen car and drug possession. Rush, 33, pleaded […]

In the 19th century, French writer Marcel Proust popularized a game now known as the Proust Questionnaire.  The game involves answering a list of existential questions with the aim of revealing one’s true nature.  On 4-20, a day when hundreds of cannabis enthusiasts and activists gather on Parliament Hill, media traditionally head to the Hill […]

The chance to climb a rock wall and dangle from a wire may be part of the government of Canada’s newest campaign to educate young people about the health risks of marijuana. Health Canada is bringing cannabis “interactive activity zones” to music festivals, fairs, sporting events and other celebrations across the country starting next month. […]

A single Ottawa mother was granted refugee status this week, six months after her five-year-old triplets were barred from the initial immigration hearing as possible distractions to her testimony. A member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada accepted the claim that Margaret Nakibuuka has “a well-grounded” fear of persecution if she returns to […]

An Ottawa man has been charged with armed assault causing bodily injury and a hate crime in Washington, D.C., in connection with a widely publicized attack on a Palestinian man in March 2017. Brandon David William Vaughan, 23, is to appear in a Washington courtroom on May 1 for an arraignment on the felony assault […]

There was blue sky over Parliament Hill on April 20, 2018, where hundreds gathered to celebrate all things green. Here’s a look at 420 in Ottawa.

Organizations marked 4/20, the international day for celebrating marijuana, in various ways on Friday:  Tweed Marijuana promises $20 million to help community projects Medical marijuana grower Tweed Inc. in Smiths Falls says it plans to hand out $20 million over the next four years to support community development projects. The company invites “artists, creators, builders […]

George Thorogood has been plying his brand of three-chord boogie (boozy?) blues for more than 40 years, almost always rocking out with his dependable band, the Delaware Destroyers. Although Thorogood released a solo acoustic album, Party of One, last year, he has no intention of touring on his own, he told Lynn Saxberg in a […]