Новости за 28.07.2018

An Ottawa artist who helped animate children’s TV shows has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for possessing more than 60,000 images of child pornography and sharing them online. Tom Wysom, 55, has worked on TV productions such as My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Littlest Pet Shop, according to the Internet Movie […]

Do we actually care about city government in Ottawa? If this fall’s election is an indicator, the answer is: Not much. With no heavyweight opponent, Mayor Jim Watson can coast to a return gig as mayor. Two ward councillors had no opponents until right before Friday’s deadline to register. Only a few veterans face serious […]

An Ottawa police sergeant wants to have a word with a van driver who was seen on video appearing to deliberately drive into puddles and splash pedestrians in Sandy Hill. The video, which was posted to YouTube by the user “Saif Khan” and tweeted by CFRA, shows a white Ford van marked with the logo of […]

Are you the type of person who can’t decide what to order at a restaurant? “But everything just looks sooo good!” If so, you should be thrilled with this weekend’s forecast – a lively tasting menu from Mother Nature. Interested in a little sun? We’ve got that. Hoping to get some more rain for the […]

Before you plan you’re big outdoor adventure, there are several beaches you may want to avoid today (for swimming, at least). Results from Ottawa Public Health: Mooney’s Bay: “E. coli levels exceed the provincially established safety level.” Britannia Beach: “E. coli levels exceed the provincially established safety level.” Petrie Island East Bay: “E. coli levels exceed the […]

The former chef of Bar Lupulus and Social has opened a snack bar in a Bank Street parking lot in the Glebe.

Are you the type of person who can’t decide what to order at a restaurant? “But everything just looks sooo good!” If so, you should be thrilled with this weekend’s forecast – a lively tasting menu from Mother Nature. Interested in a little sun? We’ve got that. Hoping to get some more rain for the […]

As an avid cyclist and former professional safety officer, I am troubled by the hostile “cyclist versus motorist” war that rears its ugly head every year. The recent trial involving a truck driver and the death of a cyclist is heartbreaking. While there is so much focus on safe cycling infrastructure, all the green paint […]

Flora MacDonald deserves her footbridge Re: Why we shouldn’t fawn over a footbridge named Flora, July 21. What a disappointing rant by Kelly Egan against the naming of the new canal footbridge after Flora MacDonald. “Hardly anybody,” he says, would associate her with the canal. Instead, he proposes — for example — Frank Amyot, a 1930s’ athlete […]

HMCS Calgary will leave CFB Esquimalt Monday for a five-month deployment to the Asia-Pacific region on Operation PROJECTION. While deployed the crew will work alongside partner navies to strengthen international partnerships and regional stability, according to the Royal Canadian Navy. (Photo above of HMCS Calgary courtesy of Canadian Forces)

A Starbucks in Little Italy was on fire Friday night, in the Preston Square complex, at 347 Preston Street. Ottawa Fire Services were alerted to the fire by an alarm company and one 911 call reporting smoke in the kitchen area of the coffee shop. When fire crews arrived, there was no one in the […]

The city is moving quickly to deal with the Magee House, which was missing the better part of its west-facing wall, by knocking part of the building down. Since the wall collapsed Tuesday, engineers have been puzzling about what to do with the parts of the building that remain standing. The building had been standing […]

The initial stage of demolition for the Magee House began Friday night with crews taking down the south west corner of the building, hoping that would be enough to make the building stable enough and the street could be opened to traffic. No decision has been made on whether restoration is a solution or complete […]

Bruce Linton found out that Ontario was planning to privatize pot sales the same way just about everybody else did: when the news broke online late Thursday night. The CEO of Canopy Growth, the country’s largest producer of cannabis, wasn’t even in the province at the time — he was out in British Columbia touring […]

There was big news on the municipal election front on Friday, as former local television personality Carol Anne Meehan announced that she was, in her words, “running for city council in Nepean South Gloucester.” Big news. I am running for city council in Nepean South Gloucester. Talking to Rick gibbons on 1310news. Listen now. @1310NEWS […]

Between 748 and 1,634 Ottawa hospital jobs could be cut if Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government fulfils its campaign promises, according to projections by the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. According to calculations by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, which represents 35,000 provincial health care workers ranging from nurses to […]

And they’re off. Nominations for mayor, city councillor and school board trustee closed Friday afternoon. Seeking his third term as mayor post-amalgamation, Jim Watson’s name will appear alongside the names of 11 other men when Ottawa voters head to the polls in October (Watson previously served one term as mayor in pre-amalgamation Ottawa). Among the […]

The city is moving quickly to deal with the Magee House, which is currently missing the better part of its west-facing wall, by knocking part of the building down. Since the wall collapsed Tuesday, engineers have been puzzling about what, exactly, to do with the parts of the building that remain standing. The building has […]