Новости за 23.07.2018

Anyone in Ontario who suspects someone they know might commit an act of violence like the Sunday night shootings in Toronto should report it, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. “We will make sure our police have the tools and resources they need to do their jobs, and we will work with our municipal and federal […]

Sticky, sweltering, sultry – and now soggy. A total of 16.6 mm of welcome rain fell overnight but it won’t break the heat which will reach 29 C Monday. With the humidity, it will feel like 37 under a UV index of 9 or very high and it may get downright soggy with a risk […]

Ottawa police are investigating after a man tried to stab a member of the Ceremonial Guard on Parliament Hill Monday. Department of National Defence official Daniel Le Bouthillier said the incident took place Monday at 10:15 a.m. on the lawn of Parliament Hill, during the Changing of the Guard parade. The man was armed with […]

The Boy Who Lived and the NAC will meet in January for a special screening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone featuring a live soundtrack performed by the arts centre’s orchestra. With the Canadian Tire Centre set up for a crowd of 5,000, the first Harry Potter film will be shown on a 40-foot, high-definition […]

Paramedics rushed a man in his 60s to hospital in serious but stable condition after he was struck by a vehicle as he walked in Vanier early Monday afternoon. The pedestrian suffered a head injury and abrasions when he was hit at the corner of Montreal Road and Marier Avenue at 12:38 p.m. Police are […]

Café Merkén 2 Rue Aubry, Gatineau (Hull sector), 819-776-0220, facebook.com/cafemerken/ Open: Monday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7p.m., Prices: three tacos for $11 Access: steps to front door La Ha Tacos 1400 Youville Dr., Orléans, lahatacos.com Open: […]

Seaspan Shipyards today announced that Mark Lamarre, who most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Australian Shipbuilding Company has been named Chief Executive Officer of Seaspan Shipyards, effective immediately. Lamarre succeeds Brian Carter, who has stepped down from his role at the company to pursue other opportunities, according to a news release issued by […]

An 81-year-old man took matters into his own hands Sunday afternoon after he was relieved of his casino winnings at an east-end ATM. The man chased down the robbery suspect with his car, cornered the man in a nearby alley and retrieved his cash, police said. Officers made an arrest shortly after. Police say they […]

A 39-year-old man was scheduled to appear in court in Pembroke Monday to face charges including assault causing bodily harm after a stabbing on Bronx Street Friday. An “altercation involving an edged weapon” happened at about 8 p.m., OPP said. Paramedics took the victim, a 28-year-old man, to hospital with unspecified injuries while the accused […]

In which an encounter with two famous women upends a Citizen writer's assumptions – and speaks to what's possible in journalism.

Public health officials are warning people they’ll “swim at their own risk” if they take a dip at the Petrie Island East Bay beach. An E. coli level of 519 per 100 ml of water in samples collected at the beach topped the province’s safe level of 200, Ottawa Public Health said Monday as it […]

A string of new power outages struck Algonquin College Monday morning just as the campus was getting back to normal after losing power Friday. “Continue normal operations if possible,” the college said in a flurry of tweets reporting outages at the Ottawa campus’ buildings A, B, C, H, E or student commons, G and F […]

The city is warning of “significant delays” as Highway 417 closes Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning for a demolition kicking off the two-year, $13.5-million replacement of the Harmer Avenue Pedestrian Bridge. Both directions of the highway will be closed from Bronson Avenue to Carling Avenue from 5 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday while the […]

Sticky, sweltering, sultry – and now soggy. A total of 16.6 mm of welcome rain fell overnight but it won’t break the heat which will reach 29 C Monday. With the humidity, it will feel like 37 under a UV index of 9 or very high and it may get downright soggy with a risk […]

Wael Aun’s father died when he was 17. The teenager left his village in the south of Syria for Kuwait, where an uncle taught him the fine trade of upholstering furniture. “I leave school because my family needed the money,” Aun says. The youngest of his eight sisters and four brothers was only a year […]

A $64-million program that was helping cash-strapped hospitals save millions on electricity bills is among the provincial programs that have been cut as a result of the scrapping of cap and trade in Ontario. The Hospital Energy Efficiency Program paid out $64 million to Ontario hospitals in 2017-18 for projects such as motion-activated light sensors […]

Lynn Kelly doesn’t like to look in the mirror much. “It’s not as bad as it used to be,” she said. “I hated what I saw.” For Kelly, her reflection was a reminder of where she was in life; she felt inadequate and it was painful to see a person whose life felt out of […]