Новости за 30.08.2018

Police have charged an Ottawa doctor with sexual assault after a patient complained about the physician’s actions in November 2016. The complaint was filed with police in February 2017 by a woman in her 50s who alleged she had been sexually assaulted during a scheduled appointment with the doctor. The incident occurred at the Seekers […]

Ottawa property owners with trees killed by the emerald ash borer may be eligible for up to $500 per tree in subsidized removal and replacement costs. The South Nation Conservation Authority and the City of Ottawa have partnered to make the offer on a first-come, first-served basis. It covers 50 per cent of the cost […]

The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are facing up to the need to cut billions in spending to keep their campaign promises, appealing to the public for ideas through an online survey. They’re calling it A Consultation for the People, open now until Sept. 21. The Tories and Premier Doug Ford were elected on pledges to spend […]

For harm reduction workers on the front lines of Ottawa’s overdose crisis, International Overdose Awareness Day starts to feel a bit like the movie Groundhog Day. Politicians and people’s minds change, and so do the services workers are allowed to give. But the core of the problem, which is that drug use is still partly […]

In 2014, university athlete Krista Van Slingerland described her spiral into deep depression and self harm while she played basketball for the Carleton Ravens, a team she eventually left. “The police interrupted my suicide attempt a few months later. I’m not sure I had the courage to actually go through with it, but I was […]

A major power outage overnight prevented our presses from printing the Ottawa Citizen. As a result there will be no home delivery today for print subscribers. Thursday and Friday’s papers will be delivered together tomorrow morning. The electronic edition of the Ottawa Citizen is available to download here. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank […]

A woman in her 60s was rushed to hospital Thursday morning after falling from her bike and being hit by a truck. According to paramedics the woman was riding on O’Connor Street near Argyle Avenue at about 11 a.m. when she fell. She was struck by a truck, causing serious head and chest trauma. The […]

An Ottawa man is facing several drug related charges after police executed a search warrant on Stonehenge Crescent near Innes Road Wednesday night. Police seized drugs including cocaine and crack cocaine, as well as a digital scale and more than $1,000 in cash. Ilebo Boindombe, 34, of Ottawa, faces charges including possession for the purpose […]

Have fun on the Labour Day long weekend but pay attention, provincial police said Thursday in announcing a weekend blitz on distracted drivers. Ontario Provincial Police officers have investigated a total of 5,619 collisions involving distracted drivers in 2018, the force said in a release. Police said 1,051 of the collisions involved injuries. Over the past […]

The first Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship is expected to be delivered the first week of October, according to Department of National Defence officials. The ship was originally supposed to be delivered this summer. The ship will undergo various tests in the months following delivery. The formal acceptance of the vessel by the Royal Canadian Navy […]

A major power outage overnight prevented our presses from printing the Ottawa Citizen. As a result there will be no home delivery today for print subscribers. Thursday and Friday’s papers will be delivered together tomorrow morning. The electronic edition of the Ottawa Citizen is available to download here. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank […]

A car hit a telephone pole in the early hours of Thursday morning, causing a power outage that affected more than 1,300 customers in Ottawa’s west end. Hydro Ottawa lists the outage as beginning at 11:13 p.m., and was mostly in the area around Pinecrest Road and the Queensway. Ottawa police have said that they […]

Kingston police arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a knife on two paramedics while they were responding to a call. According to police, the 51-year-old man was holding a knife while he approached two Frontenac paramedics in the hallway of an apartment building while they were responding to a call around 9 […]

Quite a wakeup call for a homeowner, as Ottawa firefighters were called to put out a shed fire in the east end Thursday morning. The owner of a home on Brant Street called Ottawa firefighters at 6:55 a.m. to report the fire, which appears to be only a few feet from the home itself. “Our […]

Hold CAS accountable Re: Man admits physical assault on baby son, sex assaults on girl (Aug. 27) With much interest and concern, I read this article. A real life horror story! A tragedy!  It is absolutely appalling, despicable and unprofessional  that the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) after having been warned twice by both the mother and […]

Council approves neighbourhood ‘gateway’ speed limit signs Blanket speed limits of 30 or 40 km/h may be coming soon to some neighbourhoods now that council has signed off on a new policy for speed limit signs at community entry points. Council on Wednesday approved a plan to have “gateway” speed limit signs now that the […]

One man was taken to hospital Wednesday after Gatineau firefighters found him unconscious on the floor of an apartment and rescued him from the smoke and flames. Ten trucks and more than two dozen firefighters responded to an alarm at 150 Gréber Blvd. near Les Promenades mall in Gatineau around 2:15 p.m. According to the fire […]

In a matter of minutes Wednesday afternoon, a vicious storm ripped through the Campbell family farm near Smiths Falls, downing power lines, ripping posts from fences and destroying two 40-year-old barns on the rural property. “Picked one up and took it across 15 acres, and I think just twisted up the other one — they’re […]

In May 1990, Elaine Cloutier was visiting Musée d’Orsay in central Paris when, beneath all the dreamy French paintings, she felt something hard underfoot, like a stone or piece of glass. She bent over to find a small gold ring, child-sized, and slipped it into her purse, whereupon she promptly forgot about it during the […]

Less than four months after the accidental fire that nearly killed her, Hana Engel is piecing her life back together. A positive attitude has taken Engel places, including to a state of mind she didn’t think she could have this soon, and now it is about to accompany her overseas. On Labour Day, Engel’s partner, […]

Staring at a pit bull that had just mauled two men, Marcel Lamoureux decided to try and calm the animal down — using some banter and some roast beef. It was Tuesday evening. Lamoureux had heard yelling across the road from his home on Highway 148 just west of Aylmer and at first thought it was […]

The ongoing conversations on diversity make me think: What does it mean to be a Canadian citizen, particularly for a first generation immigrant like myself? I came to Canada some 18 years ago as a student, with a dream, but not much money or resources. I completed my studies at the University of Ottawa and […]

The United States Embassy plans to make a book of condolences available to the public to honour the late Sen. John McCain. Signatures and notes from Canadians and diplomats will be collected at the embassy before they will be sent to the McCain family. The embassy said the book will be available to be signed […]

A man’s heart is beating again because his co-workers knew what to do in an emergency. Ottawa paramedics say the man, in his 50s, was electrocuted while he was working on an underground fuel pumping equipment on Cyrville Road, north of Innes Road. He went into cardiac arrest, but his co-workers managed to turn off […]