Новости за 09.08.2021

Four months into the pandemic, anyone exercising their right to query the federal government would have received the following message from one of its largest departments, Public Services and Procurement Canada: Due to the current and evolving COVID-19 pandemic, PSPC’s network is limited to essential and critical services such as pay, pension and procurement. While […]

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has been called in to investigate a mishap involving an O-Train car that forced the entire Confederation Line to shut down Monday. The O-Train’s Line 1 was temporarily closed “out of an abundance of caution,” according to general manager John Manconi, following an issue with an axle on an out-of-service train […]

Police are hoping the public — and some crystal-clear security camera images — can help them find a man suspected of stealing a bag of cash inadvertently left on the counter of a Blossom Park convenience store. The incident occurred at about 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, when a woman paid for her purchases […]

An Ottawa police officer is recovering from injuries at home after his cruiser was struck head-on by a suspected drunk driver near Richmond on Sunday night. Police said an impaired driver crossed the median line around 10 p.m. and struck the cruiser head-on in the oncoming lane near the intersection of Joys Road and Franktown […]

With Ottawa in the grip of a heatwave for the next two days, the city has opened three emergency cooling centres. The centres opened at 11 a.m. and will stay open until 7 p.m. One is in the City Hall Sports Hall of Fame on the first floor of the building at 110 Laurier Ave. […]

Ontario reported 325 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Monday, the day that Canada loosened restrictions at its land border with the U.S. for the first time since March 2020. Toronto, with 90 new cases, Peel, with 47, and Hamilton and York, with 29 each, were the province’s worst-hit regions. The new figures […]

In the 1830s, the Grand Chief of the Algonquins was forced to relinquish control over his people’s vast traditional hunting ground,  including the entire Rideau River drainage basin. But a measure of Algonquin control is slowly returning.

After a showery night and soggy early morning, Ottawa can look forward to a mix of sun and cloud. The real story here is the tropical heat, with Environment and Climate Change Canada’s weather office releasing a heat warning for Monday and Tuesday. A heat warning has been issued by @environmentca for the City of […]

We are at a crossroads. Most of you have spent the pandemic doing the right thing. If 'most of you' was 'all of you,' we’d be done with this. Alas.

"When we were 'live' (in person), you would know people. It was the grease that made the system work."

"I am facing some health challenges which, though not insurmountable, will demand my ongoing effort and attention."

He was last seen in Ottawa in the area of Bowesville Road and Leitrim Road.