Новости за 07.05.2018

An Ottawa man has been arrested after allegedly making threats at his former workplace, then fleeing the scene and ramming a police car. Police were called on Sunday afternoon after a man entered a building on the 500 block of West Hunt Club Road in Nepean and allegedly made threats to his former colleagues before […]

Family and friends of Opiny P’Ochieng say they are shocked to hear about the violent death of the 49-year-old, who they remember as “funny” and “quiet.” P’Ochieng was found dead of a gunshot wound near Russell Road and Southvale Crescent in the city’s south end on Saturday around 3:30 a.m.  Police said Monday they’re looking […]

The association representing professors at Carleton University says it fears management is planning a lockout, a charge the administration denies. The university asked on May 2 for a conciliator to be appointed, according to a statement posted on the website of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association. The faculty association accuses management of a “procedural ambush” […]

Canadian country music star Kira Isabella will perform a live concert — for free — in Nepean on May 17. The event will start at 7 p.m. at Montana’s Restaurant at 1711 Merivale Rd. The concert is being thrown to promote a contest by brewing company Coors, which wants to name a small Canadian town “Canada’s […]

A construction worker suffered “significant lacerations” to his leg Monday after he fell six feet from a construction site and caught his leg on a piece of steel reinforcement bar. Ottawa paramedics said the incident occurred near Earl Armstrong and Spratt roads near Riverside South at 12:44 p.m.  Spokesman Marc Deschamps said the worker’s colleagues […]

A Pembroke dentist who struck and killed a father of three while driving drunk more than seven years ago has lost an appeal of her conviction. Christy Natsis was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in 2015 for the death of Bryan Casey on Highway 17 near Arnprior. In a decision released Monday, Ontario’s Court […]

If there was ever a good time for qualified young workers to be hired as cops, now might be it. Faced with the daunting requirement of hiring up to 500 cops over the next five years, the Ottawa Police Service is assigning more officers to find candidates in a highly competitive field for police recruits. […]

One person is dead following a fire at a house in Smiths Falls early Monday morning. Smiths Falls firefighters responded at approximately 1:35 a.m. to a fire at 80–82 Victoria Ave., fire officials reported Monday. Firefighters called in mutual aid from the Montague Township and Perth Fire departments, while town police also responded. “Sadly, there […]

Letter writers have views on official bilingualism, and a writer says a fond farewell to Ernesto, the iconic barber, who has retired. Write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com Forget language training – there’s a better way Re: VP bids NRC adieu after pricey French stint, May 4 When I was in the public service in Ottawa […]

Fire burned through the roof of an eight-unit condo building in central Gatineau early Monday and torched the building next door as well, causing an estimated $1 million in damage. No one was hurt, but as many as 60 people had to be evacuated from the burning building and from nearby homes around 3 a.m. […]

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is looking into the availability of a capable non-Canadian Coast Guard Oceanographic Research Vessel to conduct its spring 2019 Atlantic Zonal Offshore Monitoring Program. Specifically, an Oceanographic Research Vessel is required for a period of 30 continuous days within the time period of May 1, 2019 up to June 15, 2019 […]

The executive director of an organization that advocates for women in the music industry will step down from a panel discussion at Canadian Music Week to protest the lack of diversity on the panel. Tiffany Ferguson, executive director of Women in Music Canada, will not participate in next week’s panel discussion, titled The Future Is […]

Ottawa Fire Services has lifted its ban on open-air fires. People with permits can resume their burning activities, Fire Services tweeted on Monday. The ban was imposed on April 20 to prevent fires spreading in dry grass and brush. The day after the ban, firefighters put  out two brush/grass fires in rural areas. One began […]

Monday’s sunshine and seasonable temperatures will give way to a glorious couple of days to remind us that summer is just around the corner. Environment Canada is predicting it will climb to 24 C in the sunshine by Wednesday before showers head in Thursday. Monday’s high is expected to be 15 C, with mainly sunny […]

An Ottawa retiree is furious that a Stittsville condo she purchased and was supposed to have moved into last July is still not built and likely won’t be finished until September. In the meantime, Susan Tomac-Brennan is renting a room in a friend’s basement and has been unable sign a lease for better accommodation. All […]

This is soon to be our summer of our discontent, disagreement and discomfort, as Canadians watch increasing numbers of people claiming asylum try their luck at undesignated border crossings Discontent over Justin Trudeau’s government’s handling of the file. Disagreement over how it should be handled, and discomfort over the realization that despite the often-proffered narrative of […]

Drivers owe cyclists some respect It is early in the season but I cannot help it. Again, another vehicle-bicycle conflict. What I would really like to see changed, however, is the approach that vehicle drivers take to bicycle drivers. The incident (among a sad and enormous number) that encouraged this letter was an encounter with […]

A thousand years ago, the Chinese Middle Kingdom regarded the regions around it as being made up of barbarians. These areas were either controlled by Chinese military power or regarded as satellites. The custom, and the rule, was that the barbarians had to recognize the imperial supremacy of China. This was done by performing the […]

As conversations unfold in this country about internet privacy and the taxation of online corporations, there is a web of current and former federal Liberals in influential positions. A review by this newspaper has highlighted several human connections between the governing party of Canada and the internet giants that are steadily lobbying it. The analysis shows […]

Up To Low By Brian Doyle, adapted and directed by Janet Irwin NAC English Theatre production To May 19, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca For Ottawa-area audiences, part of the charm of the theatrical adaptation of Up to Low, by Ottawa author Brian Doyle, is that it’s based on a […]

Police have identified the man who was found in a pool of blood on the shoulder of Russell Road. An autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was a gunshot wound but “no clear motive has been established,” Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt of the major crime unit reported.  Police have not determined whether there’s a gang […]

Conservative incumbent MPP Lisa MacLeod kicked off her fifth campaign Sunday, packing a former Barrhaven pub for a celebrity-studded rally where she declared that “we are one Nepean” even as her party weathered a weekend bombshell. Before hundreds of people jammed her strip mall headquarters she praised leader Doug Ford’s “strong leadership” and “decisive action” […]

Police are investigating after shots were fired in the city’s east end at about 5 p.m. Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident on St. Laurent Boulevard near the intersection of Smyth and Russell roads. Police described the location as the 1900 block of St. Laurent, which is a short distance from the Russell […]

When Ann Thomas first accepted a position at the National Gallery of Canada, she planned to give it five years. That was almost 40 years ago. Thomas began working at the gallery as the assistant curator of photographs in October 1978, joining the collection’s founding curator, James Borcoman. She enjoyed her previous job as architectural […]

A Carleton University professor says Canadian officials have missed a “golden opportunity” to preserve a link to Sir John A. Macdonald’s past in Glasgow, Scotland.  Randy Boswell said Global Affairs Canada should explain why it failed to digitally record what’s presumed to be Macdonald’s birthplace on Brunswick Street, or preserve some part of the building, […]