Новости за 18.08.2018

The Renfrew OPP said Saturday it had located a 2013 Subaru Impreza, last seen in the Pembroke area. The detachment had sent a public appeal Friday to track down the vehicle. No information was given about why police were looking for the car. LOCATED: Vehicle has been located. #Renfrew #OPP would like to thank the public […]

Three people face firearms charges following a brief standoff Friday night in Gatineau’s Templeton district. Police were called to an address on Schingh Street at about 9 p.m. following reports of shots fired. Responders surrounded the home, then set up a perimeter and evacuated some nearby apartment buildings. At about 10:30 p.m., a woman and […]

A large storage barn was destroyed in a fire late Friday at a farm at 6210 Corduroy Rd. in the Vars area. Ottawa Fire Services were called to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. and found the 30-feet-by-50-feet structure enveloped in flames. The barn contained no animals, just hay and a few work vehicles. Portions […]

Another beautiful day is in store for the region today. Even fewer clouds than yesterday and a high of 27 C, low 14, humidex 30 and UV high. Typical temperatures for mid-August are highs of 25 C and lows of 15 C. Monday will be sunny with a high of 28 C and a low […]

It’s forecast to be a wonderful weekend weather-wise, Saturday has a few clouds in store, but no chance of rain. The high is predicted to be 26 C with an overnight  low of 15 C. The humidex is 32, UV index is 7, or high. For Sunday, even fewer clouds and a high of 27 […]

There’s been a lot of polarizing talk in reaction to Victoria city council’s recent decision to remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from the high-profile place it has commanded in front of city hall since 1982. The sculptor himself, Montreal artist John Dann, has remarked with regret that “everyone has dug in their […]

It looks like any other road bike, but there’s nothing normal about this gleaming red and white two-wheeler. Why does your foot keep slipping off the pedal? What’s that wobble in the wheel? Are those ball bearings digging into your palm? It takes just a few minutes aboard it to know what it’s like to […]

Saturday, Aug. 18: Housing, doctors and the Second World are just a few of the topics you've written to us about this week. We love letters, so send them to: letters@ottawacitizen.com

To listen to some people, the eviction of 105 families from Ottawa’s Heron Gate development is a simple tale of a greedy corporate landlord victimizing low-income tenants, most of whom are visible minorities. Indeed, Leilani Farha, an Ottawa resident and UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has accused landlord Timbercreek of “unscrupulous […]

I had a rough childhood. I was raised by a single mother who brought me to Canada when she was 24 and I was one-and-a-half. Growing up, I battled with mental health issues, culminating in an attempted suicide. In the back of my head, I felt different. I wasn’t like other kids. I tried to […]

A bomb squad and hazmat units were deployed to a Transportation Safety Board laboratory in the city’s south end Friday night after traces of potentially explosive picric acid were discovered during a routine inspection. “Someone noticed traces of dry residue on a container lid,” TSB spokeswoman Josée Coallier said. “Our guys know better than to […]

A bomb squad and hazmat units were deployed to a National Research Council building in the city’s south end Friday night to investigate a container of picric acid, which “could become explosive,” according to Ottawa Fire Services. At about 5:20 p.m., OFS received a call from Building U-100 at 1901 Research Private, near the Ottawa […]

The Renfrew OPP called on the public Friday night to help locate a 2013 Subaru Impreza, last seen in the Pembroke area. Police said in a tweet the car had a Quebec licence plate, E25PEE. If sighted, members of the public were directed to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. No information was given about why police […]

Pot shops are coming to small-town Ontario, where the pace is slower and the pie is better. But don’t expect a parade. A number of Ottawa Valley mayors said Friday they’d like a good deal more information before taking a position on whether their municipalities should opt in or out of Ontario’s new marijuana sales […]

Long before he launched the medical marijuana company now known as Canopy Growth, Bruce Linton took at least 16 business trips to India. Most times, he planned to visit the Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra, one of that country’s most famous tourist sites. “I never got there,” he said. “Business,” he said somewhat ruefully by […]