Новости за 21.03.2022

An Ottawa man who worked as a traditional healer at the Wabano Centre was charged with three counts of sexual assault Monday, city police said. The sexual assault and child abuse section investigated allegations involving three women after receiving a complaint in May 2021, the Ottawa Police Service said in a release. Police allege their […]

Abdurazak Juhar was behind the counter of his South Keys newsstand as usual Monday morning, the day Ontario dropped most of its requirements for indoor masking. And as he has for now for nearly two years, Juhar was masked up. “I feel more comfortable with a mask,” said Juhar, owner of Towngate News on Bank […]

For many, Monday was a bitter breakup, the end of a stormy relationship that always had strings attached. And so the mask, mostly and officially, is put away, or maybe just stored somewhere handy. Spring is here, a new season in a two-year pandemic that brings us to a different station in this city and […]

Ottawa police responded to an assault call at a local high school on Monday. Officers arrived at the school, Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest, around noon and the school was put into “secure mode,” a police update on Twitter said. One teenager was taken to hospital with minor injuries, a paramedic spokesperson said. The school posted a […]

This is Amilcar's first annual business plan since she started at Transpo in October.

The William Saunders Garden includes a 130-year-old-plus Austrian Black Pine, several mature European larches, an English Oak, one of the oldest and tallest Golden Honeylocusts in Ottawa, a Willow Oak native to the southern US, and 130-year-old+ white pines and Norway spruces.

Ontario  (Reported Monday) 551: People hospitalized because of COVID-19 (and still testing positive) 181: In ICU due to COVID-related illness 94: In ICU and on ventilators due to COVID-related illness (subset of previous total) 1,217: New confirmed cases (case numbers are regarded as underestimations with testing limited to high-risk groups) 1,139,418: Total cases 4: COVID-19 […]

A Quebec activist who allegedly counselled others to take part in the “Freedom Convoy” protest in downtown Ottawa and Gatineau will not be detained in advance of his trial. Justice of the Peace Jocelyne St-Jean granted bail to Steeve Charland on Monday with several restrictions, including a ban from posting on social media, travelling to […]

Two 14-year-old girls face charges including counselling suicide in an investigation into criminal harassment in South Glengarry Township, Ontario Provincial Police said in a media release. The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment’s crime unit launched an investigation into the case — which didn’t result in a loss of life — on March 5, police said. […]

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and everybody can do something to knock down barriers.