Новости за 26.01.2022

Our score on the annual Corruption Perceptions Index has dropped again, to its lowest ever: 74 out of 100. And this ranking only scratches the surface.

Gatineau police confirmed Wednesday that a man in his 40s died in a two-alarm fire at a small apartment building at 190 St-André St. in Gatineau. Police had no further details on the victim’s identity or cause of death. Firefighters were called to the building in Gatineau’s Lac Beauchamp area at about 5:30 a.m. and […]

The slowdowns could affect all highways across eastern Ontario between Thursday and Saturday, Ontario Provincial Police tweeted.

Truckers and their supporters from across Canada are expected to arrive in Ottawa by the weekend to protest the new federal vaccine mandate for those in the industry hauling goods across the Canada-U.S. border.

Jim Watson’s state of the city speech on Wednesday was his last as mayor and he used the occasion to mostly reflect on his work leading the City of Ottawa over three consecutive terms. Watson, who was elected in 2010 and isn’t running in the October 2022 municipal election, reminisced about big projects and big […]

With 89 new COVID-19-related deaths reported Wednesday, Ontario’s count of fatalities increased to 11,160 since the pandemic’s start. The province’s hospitalizations for COVID-19 also increased slightly from Tuesday, from 4,008 to 4,016, with 608 in intensive care and 367 on ventilators, both slight decreases. The province, meanwhile, also confirmed 5,368 new COVID cases on Wednesday, […]

The spouse of Justice Clarence Thomas has long been visibly associated with far-right groups that have submitted briefs to the court on abortion, gun rights and Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban.

Temperatures that don’t make your face hurt are right around the corner, but they’ll bring some shovelling conditions. In the meantime, an extreme cold warning remained in effect Wednesday morning with a 7 a.m. temperature of -27 C at the Ottawa airport and a wind chill of -36. Wednesday is expected to be sunny with […]

For the first time in more than five years, Minto Communities has brought new single-family home models to Orléans. Minto takes a measured approach to its models, sprinkling them strategically across the city and rarely having the same floor plan built as a model from one site to the next. Such is the case with […]

A program providing lights and reflective gear to cyclists and pedestrians was only able to have nine events out of the expected 24.

"We aren't obviously growing anything locally now, aside from a few green house items. So you're reliant on the trucks. If there's a shortage, you pay more money."

Over a two-week period in January, fraud unit investigators received eight reports from people who had been contacted by scammers: six of whom fell victim to the fraud and sent money to the perpetrators.

It has, as everyone knows, been a grim time for small business, especially those that rely on storefront or foot traffic.

Noel Perez is expected to appear in court on Wednesday.

"All of last winter, we had only five days below -20 C — the entire winter.".

Investigators are are trying to identify two suspects in a break-in reported at a Richmond Road business earlier this month that netted electronics including a pair of 55-inch Roku 4K televisions. Two men are alleged to have entered a storage area through a garage at a multi-unit commercial building in the 400 block of the […]

Ontario reported 64 new COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday, bringing the province’s total to 11,068 since the pandemic began.

The Ottawa Police Service’s missing persons unit is asking the public to help them find 36-year-old Yerckmide Henrice, who was last seen when she signed out of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Friday. Her family and investigators are concerned for her safety and well-being, police said. Henrice was not known to have friends in Ottawa. She […]