Новости за 01.05.2018

Shopify shares tumbled five per cent to $163.50 on the TSX on Tuesday as investors absorbed the Ottawa firm’s latest financial forecasts. Although the electronic commerce specialist delivered better-than-expected results for the quarter ended March 31, it signalled revenues for the current quarter would be just two to three per cent better than the consensus […]

Ottawa voters probably shouldn’t expect any surprises from Jim Watson during the municipal election campaign. He’ll make a tax promise and continue to advocate for the city’s LRT plan. He’ll urge people to vote for stability on a mayoral ballot that, so far, has only one big-name candidate.  “My promises are not very flashy. I’m […]

One of the most significant Victoria Crosses in Canadian military history will stay in Canada. The medal, the Commonwealth’s highest honour for valour in the face of the enemy, was awarded to Lt.-Col David Vivian Currie for his role in the bloody fighting in the Falaise Pocket in the months after D-Day. A foreign collector […]

Here’s the most understated wow feature of the Confederation Line LRT: It will have the longest escalator associated with a transit system in Canada. It wasn’t until Tuesday that this even came up. John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation, told the finance and economic development committee that the escalator is being installed in […]

The academic vice-principal and provost at Queen’s University in Kingston has taken a new job as president of Carleton University. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, who has a PhD in neuropsychology, was appointed for a five-year term as Carleton president and vice-chancellor, the university announced Tuesday. He starts work July 1. Carleton conducted an international search for a […]

A ceremony will be held Friday at CFB Esquimalt, BC to unveil a monument dedicated to the establishment of the Canadian Naval Service in 1910. The guest of honour for the ceremony will be Vice Admiral (ret.) Nigel Brodeur, whose grandfather was Canada’s first Naval Minister and instrumental to the establishment of the service, according […]

A ceremony will be held Friday at CFB Esquimalt, BC to unveil a monument dedicated to the establishment of the Canadian Naval Service in 1910. The guest of honour for the ceremony will be Vice Admiral (ret.) Nigel Brodeur, whose grandfather was Canada’s first Naval Minister and instrumental to the establishment of the service, according […]

Here’s the most understated wow feature of the Confederation Line LRT: It will have the longest escalator in Canada. It wasn’t until Tuesday that this even came up. John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation, told the finance and economic development committee that the escalator is being installed in Rideau station, whose LRT platform […]

If the term new Australian circus evokes visions of Crocodile Dundee in a cage match with a kangaroo while koalas do high wire tricks, think again.  Circa — “circus that moves the heart, mind and soul” — is coming to town.  The Brisbane-based troupe was founded by director Yaron Lifschitz in 1987. For more than 30 […]

One of Marc Chagall’s grandchildren on Tuesday called the National Gallery of Canada’s decision to keep the late painter’s La Tour Eiffel in its collection a win for democracy, and hoped the work would soon be displayed on the gallery’s walls. “We are, as are most people, relieved by the decision,” said Meret Meyer, who […]

When they were called to a domestic disturbance on Monday, Kingston police discovered about 30 marijuana plants and a child who was apparently being babysat in a grow-op. A 22-year-old man is charged with unlawful production of a controlled substance. Police were called to the west-end home at about 12:30 p.m. and spoke with the […]

An arrest warrant has been issued in the U.S. for Brandon Vaughan of Ottawa after he failed to show up in a Washington, D.C. courtroom to face charges of assault and hate crime. Vaughan, 23, was to have been appeared on a felony arraignment Tuesday morning for his alleged role in the beating of a […]

The U.S. government’s Afghan watchdog agency, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, has updated Congress on the situation in that country. Here are the key findings in the latest report: — USFOR-A reported that the actual assigned strength of the ANDSF as of January 2018 was 296,409, which includes 165,622 ANA and 130,787 ANP […]

Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada lives on public platforms. She lectures often, at home and abroad, and collects laurels celebrating her shimmering career (including 38 honorary degrees) like loose change. As a decorated jurist of 42 years, she contemplates law and society as a quotidian challenge. So there she was two […]

This guest apparently did not enjoy his stay. A 27-year-old Ottawa man is behind bars more than 1,300 km from home after the OPP alleges he torched his Nipigon motel room before being collared as he walked out of town. Nipigon OPP reports that officers were called to a local motel at about 6:20 a.m. […]

His Highness the Aga Khan is visiting Canada this month as part of an international celebration of his 60th, or “Diamond Jubilee,” anniversary as spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims. I’ll be delighted to join past and present Canadian leaders of all political stripes in celebrations of his remarkable six decades of leadership. Frankly, […]

Shopify shares tumbled more than 10 per cent to $153.80 on the TSX in early morning trading Tuesday as investors absorbed the Ottawa firm’s latest financial forecasts. Although the electronic commerce specialist delivered better-than-expected results for the quarter ended March 31, it signalled revenues for the current quarter would be just two to three per […]

A Canadian government project to buy new fighter jets does not include replacement aircraft to deal with those lost to attrition. The Liberal government says it will acquire 88 advanced fighter jets to replace the current fleet of CF-18s. The fleet size is based on the Canadian Armed Forces requirement to have sufficient fighter aircraft […]

Hydro Ottawa is tackling a string of power outages clustered in the city’s south end and expects to have the lights back on at about 11:30 a.m. As of 9:30 a.m., Hydro Ottawa was reporting that 850 customers were without power in an outage straddling Alta Vista, Capital and River Wards, 2,162 in Gloucester-Southgate and […]

Investigators have concluded that a fire in a Bonnechere Valley Township trailer wasn’t suspicious but the 43-year-old man who was helicoptered from the scene remained in critical condition Tuesday, OPP report. Officers with the Killaloe detachment were among first responders called to the home on Highway 41 early Friday. A resident who had suffered critical burns was taken […]

Soak up the sun while you can, Ottawa, we’re in for a string of likely soggy days. After a foggy start Tuesday morning, the forecast is for sunny skies with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon, a high of 23 C and a UV index of 6 or high. #fog makes me #happy. So […]

Shopify on Tuesday delivered better-than-expected results during its first-quarter of 2018, putting the Ottawa firm on track towards topping $1 billion in revenues for the year. The e-commerce specialist reported revenues of $214 million (all figures U.S.), up 68 per cent year over year. This compares to consensus estimates of $202 million. Shopify also reported […]

Soak up the sun while you can, Ottawa, we’re in for a string of likely soggy days. After a foggy start Tuesday morning, the forecast is for sunny skies with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon, a high of 23 C and a UV index of 6 or high. A thick fog over Ottawa […]

A 25-year-old woman was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in rural southeast Ottawa Monday night. Paramedics reported that they were summoned at 9:40 p.m. and found the female driver of the vehicle without vital signs. They began resuscitating her and transported her to the hospital in critical condition. Ottawa police collision investigators closed a […]

Ottawa police are seeking public assistance to locate Gabriel Bérubé-Nicholas, 15, of Ottawa. He was last seen Monday night in the area of St. Laurent Shopping Centre. He is described as Caucasian, six feet two inches tall with a slim build, brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing reading glasses, a black […]