Новости за 23.10.2020

Two reports by the parliamentary budget officer looking into the costs of major Canadian naval equipment projects have been delayed. The Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates had unanimously passed a motion in June to request the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer undertake a costing analysis of the Royal Canadian Navy’s new […]

There have been 400 times this year that the Ottawa Paramedic Service hasn’t had a single ambulance and paramedic transport crew available, according to statistics provided by the city. Paramedic Chief Pierre Poirier provided the information Friday in the aftermath of a committee meeting at which hospital executives were on the hot seats explaining the […]

Ottawa police are asking the public for help to identify a person suspected of creating hate-motivated graffiti. The incident took place on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at around 9:46 p.m. at the National War Memorial on Wellington Street. Ottawa police had earlier reported the incident was Oct. 16. The suspect, described by police as a white […]

The National Arts Centre’s restaurant, 1 Elgin, is shutting on Saturday and temporarily laying off 20 cooks, servers and dishwashers because of the latest COVID-19 restrictions that ban indoor restaurant dining in Ottawa. “We made the tough decision to temporarily close our 1 Elgin restaurant … until we can operate again under changed conditions that […]

How do you explain to your kids that they can’t go trick-or-treating because of COVID-19 but it’s OK for some politicians not to bother with masks or physical distancing?

The Democrat contender offered a message of unity Thursday night, while the president promised a return to a great economy, then pivoted to his default position of personal grievance.

What you need to know, at a glance Ontario reported 826 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, including 88 in Ottawa The new numbers push Ontario’s total number of infections to 68,353 There were nine new deaths, bringing the total to 3,080 There are 276 people in hospital with 78 of those in ICU care […]

"We are seeing larger tumours that are more likely to have spread to the lymph nodes."

A 19-year-old Alberta man was killed Thursday night when a car left left County Road 15 and crashed into a home in North Stormont. Police said the crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. near Duffs Corner Road, about 30 kilometres north of Cornwall. There were no injuries to anyone in the home. The crash site […]

Police have charged an Ottawa pastor with sexual assault after an incident that occurred last year, involving a man in his 20s in a private home. Brian Matthew Markle, 54, was charged by the Ottawa Police Service’s sexual assault and child abuse unit, and is scheduled to appear on court on Nov. 26. The investigation […]

OC Transpo could be projecting a fare revenue loss in the tens of millions of dollars as management gets closer to releasing their projections as part of the 2021 draft budget, but there are few indications the transit agency will undergo major transformation to match the new financial reality. If a big change in public […]

The butterfly is Claudia Salguero’s favourite motif. She’s the Colombian-Canadian visual artist (and singer) who’s been instrumental in creating big, bright murals on Ottawa Community Housing buildings, often with a butterfly incorporated into the design. The latest is no exception. On the south fence of the Ottawa Community Housing office in Sandy Hill, four stylized […]

Ottawa Public Health is encouraging everyone to think about getting a flu shot in this year of COVID-19, and is preparing to vaccinate “as many people as possible” through community clinics that will operate as long as they’re needed, up to seven days a week. “We anticipate the level of interest in this year’s flu […]

Canadian print and online publishers are urging the federal government to follow Australia’s lead in demanding that Google and Facebook compensate news companies for their content. In a report released Thursday, News Media Canada recommends a model similar to Australia’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code, which would require Google and Facebook to license content. Demand […]

A 33-year-old Smiths Falls woman faces two charges of theft under $5,000 for allegedly stealing neighbourhood cats. Smiths Falls Police launched an investigation Oct. 15 into allegations pets had disappeared while roaming a town neighbourhood. Police allege the woman “lured” the felines onto her property and trapped them. Investigators then suspect she took them to […]

A report published Thursday says extending LRT to the heart of Barrhaven would cost $3 billion. The estimate was the last piece of the puzzle in the functional design study for Barrhaven LRT, which would run from the Algonquin College LRT station to Barrhaven Town Centre. Barrhaven LRT would effectively be Stage 3 of LRT […]

CORNWALL — One of the individuals convicted of manslaughter in the 2015 death of Issaiah Clachar was recently granted full parole, according to documentation released by the Parole Board of Canada. The board’s five-page report said old Keanu Croteau, 23, would more than likely not commit an indictable offence within three years of his release. […]

Billy Khoo, chef of the Centretown restaurant Fauna, has won this year’s Ottawa edition of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, which had to be radically revamped because of the novel coronavirus. Previous versions of the event, which for many years was known as Gold Medal Plates, were galas that fed hundreds of food-lovers at the Shaw […]

A Halloween night food drive in west Ottawa will go ahead after all and the organizer said all 1,000 spots for the Great Kanata, Carp and Stittsville Spookyby were booked within hours of it going online. “We’re giving people the opportunity to have just two minutes of normal,” said Spookby organizer Crystal Smalldon. “And they […]

What you need to know, at a glance Health regions have the power to increase pandemic measures on their own, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday He noted Middlesex-London Health Unit independently announced new restrictions on gyms, bars and restaurants The province is also closely watching Calgary pilot project to allow arriving international travellers to skip […]

Before rendering his not-guilty verdict in the manslaughter and assault trial of Const. Daniel Montsion this week, Ontario Court Justice Robert Kelly considered evidence that received little attention at trial, the judge said, including police radio dispatches that illustrate what Montsion may have known in the moments prior to Abdirahman Abdi’s fatal arrest. “When I […]