Новости за 23.12.2018

In what operator Traversier Bourbonnais calls a “very rare” event, the ferry between Cumberland, Ontario and Masson-Angers, Quebec closed Sunday morning due to ice on the Ottawa River. Usually operating around-the-clock and year-round, the service closed at about 8 a.m. Sunday but hopes to reopen by late Sunday afternoon, Elaine Hayes said from its Gatineau […]

It’s December and that means boys and girls throughout Canada are writing Santa to let him know what they want for Christmas: Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s Santa Claus here and I’ve got bags of mail from children all over the world including some special letters from Canada. One little girl from Edmonton named Rachel N. […]

People living in the northern hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years. The evergreens that we decorate with during Christmas can represent a celebration of holidays and a reminder that spring will come again. I’m a Christmas tree traditionalist, and will never give up the ancient […]

The days may be getting longer, but that extra sunshine doesn’t seem to relate in any way the days to be any warmer. Today will be chilly -6 C with the added windchill near -12. Some clouds will hide the much heralded returning sun. Overnight temperatures will drop to -12 with a windchill of -16 […]

The young woman received two emails from the University of Ottawa Health Services clinic last winter and spring, saying her doctor was absent due to “unforeseen circumstances,” and then advising that he would not be returning. “I was angry,” the woman said. What the messages failed to mention was that Dr. Vincent Nadon had been […]

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But the fire is so delightful. And since we’ve no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” A man sat in our soup kitchen all alone, humming this song. His clothes were ragged and not warm enough for our cold weather. But he was […]

Shawn Dooley ran a hand along his newly-shorn temples and jawline and smiled. Then he turned to thank barber Jamal Alattar for his painstaking work. “I feel fresh, I feel sharp, I feel good,” Dooley, 43, said after getting out of Alattar’s chair as the non-profit Humans for Peace Institute turned the chapel at the […]