Новости за 21.09.2018

An Ottawa man awaiting trial for first-degree murder has died of an apparent drug overdose while in jail. Steven Frenette was being held at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay while he awaited trial for the December 2016 fatal shooting of Lee Germain. Frenette died while in custody at the jail on Thursday. He […]

Italian artist Cristina Guggeri says she is appalled her paintings have been misappropriated by an Ottawa landlord in order to target the Shepherds of Good Hope. “The Daily Duty was designed to highlight the equality of humanity and beyond,” said Guggeri on Friday. “It aims precisely to defend the weak strata of society like the […]

Environment Canada is adding a tornado warning to its list of bad weather that might hit the capital today. The agency had already forecast strong southwesterly winds of 70 to 80 km/h with even higher gusts during expected thunderstorms as a cold front tracks across the region sweeping away a sticky day. Environment Canada issued […]

An incumbent councillor candidate who was to be the recipient of campaign donations during a steakhouse lunch with bigwigs in the development industry says he has cancelled the event. “There’s been threats and intimidation of the place where we were supposed to have it,” Jean Cloutier said Friday. “That’s completely unacceptable in a democratic process […]

No Ottawa police officer committed any misconduct when they returned a boy to his Mountie father, a man who would later be convicted of one of the most severe child abuse and torture cases in the local force’s history, according to a report to the police board. “The case of child abuse against this young […]

Gregory Lick has been named as the interim Ombudsperson for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Gary Walbourne, who served as ombudsperson since 2014, is leaving. “With over 30 years in the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Mr. Lick has served onboard CCG icebreakers and search and rescue vessels, and has worked […]

A juror fainted in his seat during Michael LeBlanc’s murder trial Friday as a forensic pathologist described in gruesome detail the first of 12 knife wounds on Mohammad Ali Hassan’s neck. Hassan, the 19 year old known by the street name “Flex,” was stabbed 23 times in Overbrook’s Lawson Park on Feb. 22, 2016. LeBlanc […]

While the provincial government deliberates on the future of supervised injection sites, Ottawa’s large temporary site at Shepherds of Good Hope has run out of space and will be replaced with a bigger one to cope with overwhelming demand. Shepherds of Good Hope and Ottawa Inner City Health set up a 40-foot trailer in a […]

A 31-year-old woman, who was already banned from driving,  had a blood-alcohol level more than double the legal limit when she was arrested Friday morning after crashing into another car and a light standard in Gatineau, police allege. A passerby reported the two-vehicle crash at 7:30 a.m. The driver was heading east on Maloney Boulevard […]

The Ontario government now has a more honest take on its financial situation than it did under the Liberals, though Tories professing shock at what their summer investigation found are overselling it pretty hard. This year’s deficit is $15 billion, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli announced Friday morning in a speech to Toronto’s Economic Club, not […]

Equilibrium (Odd Sound) Samuel Blais No Codes (Multiple Chord Music) Benjamin Deschamps / Frank Lozano / Sébastien Pellerin / Louis-Vincent Hamel For further proof that Montreal’s jazz scene is bustling with a new generation of potent, ear-catching players charting their own artistic courses, look no further than the just-released albums by saxophonist Samuel Blais and […]

The Broadway Across Canada presentation plays at the NAC Sept. 25 to 30.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — No one saw it coming, not even Bruce Linton or Chuck Rifici, the politically astute entrepreneurs who launched Canopy Growth, the marijuana juggernaut responsible for Smiths Falls’ unexpected resurgence. Five years ago, Linton and Rifici rescued a 470,000-square-foot facility in the town’s north end from demolition. It had not been their first […]

Cornwall’s singing fire chief may be getting a lot of attention for his classic Queen parody in what has to be the king of fire prevention videos but his pipes are just one of the talents that won him an award for being Canada’s fire chief of the year this week. Chief Pierre Voisine parodies […]

Friday’s forecast is for strong southwesterly winds of 70 to 80 km/h with even higher gusts during expected thunderstorms as a cold front tracks across the region sweeping away a sticky day. Environment Canada issued the special weather statement, along with a severe thunderstorm watch, warning of strong winds in the late afternoon and early […]

The government says it will start testing prototypes of replacements for the Phoenix pay system very soon. But have the essential lessons been learned? Phoenix is simply the biggest and most obvious example of a wider management and leadership malaise that has been growing for decades within the federal public service. When I began my […]

The federal government is backing two new housing projects, including a 27-storey downtown apartment building which will provide hundreds of affordable housing units in Ottawa’s downtown. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will provide as much as $74.7-million in two loans to fund the two projects. Most of the new money, $70.8 million, will be for […]

Award-winning designer and TV personality Sarah Richardson began her career as a prop stylist almost 25 years ago. Since then, she has hosted eight HGTV shows including: Room Service, Sarah 101, Design Inc., Sarah’s House, Sarah’s Cottage, Real Potential, Sarah’s Rental Cottage and her newest, Sarah off the Grid. She’s known for her keen eye […]

As Ottawa cools down from a steamy summer, inspiration for home renovations and interior design are heating up. The much-anticipated Ottawa Fall Home Show takes place at the EY Centre from Sept. 27 to 30. The event will host more than 200 exhibitors and allow visitors to learn about and get inspired by all things […]

Ottawa International Animation Festival Screenings, workshops, lectures and parties, Sept. 26-30 in various downtown locations Brent Butt keynote: 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, Chateau Laurier Tickets and schedule info: animationfestival.ca • Comedian Brent Butt, the star and creator of Corner Gas, which was Canada’s most popular homegrown television sitcom during its six-season run, this year […]

Marchers joined in the annual Take Back the Night event in downtown Ottawa on Thursday, the 40th anniversary of the march against sexual and gender-based violence. The mass gatherings and marches are a call for safety and equality for women in all places, at all times. Organizers say they are a chance to emphasize that […]

Six Ottawa high schools are on a “secret list” used by the University of Waterloo to select students to admit to its prestigious engineering school. The list, released following a freedom of information request, shows that successful applicants from those six schools have been well-prepared to succeed in one of Canada’s most competitive undergraduate programs. […]

Darcy Picard testified it was “the worst day of my life” when police arrested him and spent hours questioning him as an accessory after the fact to murder. He struck an immunity deal that day in December 2012 and told detectives what he knew about younger brother Adam Picard’s alleged role in killing 28-year-old Fouad […]

Crystal Bastien was in the hotel room where Mohamad Mana was killed for “a matter of seconds” before she ran out screaming, according to her lawyer. Bastien, who was wanted for first-degree murder, appeared in court Thursday morning, the day after she turned herself in to police. Wearing a black hoodie, Bastien, 32, was ordered […]

The LYNNeS, Jack Pine and the Fire, Kristine St. Pierre and Jeremy Fisher are among the singer-songwriters from Ottawa nominated for this year’s batch of Canadian Folk Music Awards. As the LYNNeS, Lynne Hanson and Lynn Miles are up for five awards, tied with the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie for the most nominations. The collaborative effort […]