Новости за 21.12.2018

A 37-year-old man faces a number of charges following an east end altercation Thursday night involving a knife. Police were called to a residence in the 2100 block of Russell Road for a report of a dispute involving a knife. Patrol officers subdued and arrested the suspect in the residence without incident. The victim, a […]

Show #3: Radium Girls Where: St. Mother Teresa High School Director: Lindsay Laviolette Laura Clow, Critic St. Pius X High School With so many social movements prevalent today, we forget some of the lesser-known injustices that have been carried out in the past. St. Mother Teresa High School’s rendition of Radium Girls made hearts heavy […]

Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in locating a suspect in a robbery last week in which the female victim was choked unconscious. The robbery occurred when the pair had a “pre-arranged meeting” at 5:35 p.m. Dec. 16 on Albert Street between Elgin and Metcalfe streets. Police did not describe the nature of the meeting. […]

A Belleville police officer who used a stun gun several times to control a knife-wielding 60-year old man will not face criminal charges from Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). In a report released Friday by SIU director Tony Loparco, the officer’s actions were “completely reasonable and in all likelihood the only effective non-lethal use of […]

The co-CEO of cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. in Smiths Falls says he’s looking forward to pouring guests a Tweed and tonic. Bruce Linton was in an ebullient mood on Thursday after Health Canada announced proposed rules that would allow Canadians to buy a wide range of cannabis products, including edibles and drinks. Canopy is now […]

Before the National Capital Commission even contemplates re-launching the LeBreton process, it needs to understand the forces that shaped this debacle, and learn from its errors. It should start with a sharper appreciation of the risks. When the NCC selected RendezVous LeBreton 2 1/2 years ago as its preferred bidder, it was prepared to negotiate […]

This Christmas, as presents are unwrapped everywhere, Ottawa’s Robert Wang will take another giant leap toward a corporate goal that once seemed preposterous: to put an Instant Pot in every kitchen. Wang, a former Nortel team leader, is the inventor of Instant Pot, a multifunctional pressure cooker that has ranked among the top-selling consumer goods […]

Among the 84 singers in the chorus of Handel’s Messiah at the National Arts Centre this week was Gov. Gen. Julie Payette, probably the only soprano in the section who has been to outer space. There was so little fanfare about her appearance that Postmedia was compelled to ask the vice-regal about her history of […]

Children whose parents are homeless, incarcerated or have addictions face an array of challenges, including lifelong impacts on their mental and physical health, and their ability to achieve in education and employment. They are more likely to grow up in poverty, and less likely to access federally funded benefits meant to help them. That must […]

Friday, Dec. 21: On Clublink's development plan in Kanata, and multilingual signage. You can write to us too, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

Despite a couple of impressive “matching pledges” from supporters, the Ottawa Humane Society says it’s “very concerned” it won’t make its fundraising goals by the end of the year. In a Facebook post, the society blames the Canada Post labour stoppages and subsequent backlogs for the slow pace of fundraising. “We’re at risk of not […]

The good news is that whoever is in charge of the weather decided to spare the capital region from the “significant” freezing rain that had been threatened for the past 48 hours or so. The bad news is Ottawa and area is undergoing a good old-fashioned soaking Friday, with more on the way before more […]

The arsenal used to fight speeding on our roads includes a whole bunch of tools and weapons: speed bumps, these weird new signs in the middle of the road known as flex stakes, speed boards, and the thing we apparently can’t use in this province without people having conniptions, photo radar. Which traffic-calming method works […]

Remember the days when political watchers wondered when Justin Trudeau’s honeymoon with the Canadian electorate would end? These days, a better question is whether the prime minister and voters are on the brink of a trial separation. Angus Reid Institute polling released this week doesn’t suggest any imminent thawing of affections. Trudeau’s approval has sunk to […]

As 2018 draws to a close, the need for action to combat diabetes has never been greater. There are over one million more Canadians living with the disease today than there was a decade ago. Today, a 20-year-old faces a 50-50 lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a raging epidemic in this […]

My late grandmother was a classy lady. She wouldn’t dare leave the house, whether for church or the grocery run, without exquisitely pressed clothes and a made-up face. She kept a weekly appointment at her local hair salon on Rideau Street. And she was unfailingly polite. I never heard a rude word cross her lips. […]

Defence lawyers in the terror trial of Awso Peshdary suggested the prosecution’s star witness was acting as an “agent provocateur” when he was contracted by the RCMP to spy on Peshdary and his associates. During eight days of testimony from Abdullah Milton, who called himself Peshdary’s “best friend” while secretly recording his interactions from the […]

More than two-and-a-half years after it lost out to the National Capital Commission’s preferred bid in the competition to redevelop LeBreton Flats, the Devcore Canderel DLS Group sees a second chance at implementing its vision for the downtown area. In statement released Thursday, Devcore announced its belief that the NCC is “legally obliged” to negotiate with […]

From the moment in late 2014 when Ottawans learned their NHL team would be making a bid to transform LeBreton Flats into a future home for the Ottawa Senators, to the implosion of this plan four years later, team owner Eugene Melnyk has had the city hanging on his every word. He has been anything […]

It took four years for the National Capital Commission to get to a point where it was on the verge of locking up an arena-anchored development plan for LeBreton Flats. It could take another four years to get a shovel in the ground and there’s little expectation a blueprint will include a new downtown home […]

The day after calling Montreal police, confessing to the murder of his parents Dave Rogers and Merrill Gleddie Rogers, Cameron Rogers is interviewed by Ottawa police homicide investigator Det. Theresa Kelm. This video was shown in full to the courtroom as evidence in his first-degree murder trial.

A man with addresses in both Renfrew County and West Kelowna, B.C., faces four charges after the car he was driving on Montreal Road was identified by the Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system. Ottawa police started rolling out the ALPR technology in 2016. The system allows officers to scan up to 5,000 plates an […]

Former Ottawa Senators executive Randy Lee faces new legal jeopardy after dealing with an harassment charge in a Buffalo courtroom on Thursday. Lee, the former assistant general manager, pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment in connection with an incident involving a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver earlier this year. Lee’s defence lawyer, Justin Ginter, characterized the charge […]