Новости за 08.04.2022

Ottawa police say a special needs teacher faces charges in a probe of allegations of mistreatment of two students under the age of 10. The incidents are alleged to have started in September 2020 and happened when the teacher was working at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the Ottawa Police Service said in a release […]

As council considers passing its cultural protocol and implementation plan, a failed proposal to rename Wellington St. is a reminder that sensitivity is crucial

Ontario (Reported Friday) 10: New deaths (six reported Friday, four more in a data cleanup) 12,537: Total deaths 1,135: People in hospital and testing positive 166: In ICU 86: In ICU and on ventilators (subset of previous total) 4,295 New confirmed cases (case numbers are considered underestimates with testing limited to high-risk groups) 1,188,640: Total […]

Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve laid charges including dangerous driving against a Kitchener man after tracking a truck to the Toronto area on a tip from police in Quebec. The Sureté du Québec called the OPP Wednesday about a tractor trailer heading into Ontario on Highway 401.  It had been reported to have been travelling […]

Ontario’s civilian police watchdog is investigating after an Ontario Provincial Police officer discharged what’s known as a “less-lethal firearm” at a 35-year-old man in South Frontenac Thursday. The Special Investigations Unit said that OPP officers were responding to a 911 call reporting that a man was in distress in the municipality north of Kingston. The […]

If you are professionally credentialled like a Liberal, live in an urban setting like a Liberal, and have the financial pressures of a Liberal, this government feels your pain. If not, well, too bad.

A 69-year-old Val-des-Monts man received minor injuries Friday morning when the school bus he was driving rolled into a ditch. The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. on Chemin Paugan. Police in MRC des Collins said the hilly roadway was extremely slippery. There were no students in the crash.

Throw in some snow on top of the 31.5 mm of rain that fell at the Ottawa airport Thursday. Local amounts of 2 cm are expected Friday with the flakes — or a bit more rain — ending in the morning, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The forecast high is 8 C. There’s […]

Thousands of Canadians paid the ultimate price in April 1917, and the least we can do to honour their legacy is learn from it.

Friday, March 8: Numbers suggest our pandemic protocols aren't so bad, say some readers. You can write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com

This is the time of year when do-it-yourselfers are outside cleaning out this or that, cutting limbs or just getting up to scary nonsense on their properties.

Since January, the board had experienced class closures "nearly every day," but the number has risen even more in the past week.

Much of the budget's policy attention addressed the attainability and availability of homes for purchase, and one advocate says such measures don't extend to the people "feeling the crisis the most."

Trofi 343 Somerset St. W., 613-421-0053, trofiottawa.ca Open: Wednesday to Sunday 5 to 10 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday Prices: starters $7 to $21, mains $23 to $55 Access: steps to front door, washrooms downstairs Thank you, Trofi, for inspiring my next painting — Still Life with Souvlaki. At this Greek restaurant in Centretown, brochettes of […]

According to the budget document, "the 2020 Public Service Employee Survey showed that Black federal public servants feel less included in the workplace — a key component of a healthy and safe work environment."

Samuel de Champlain will have a new home at Nepean Point. The statue of Champlain, the first European to visit the region, used to be at the apex of the point with a commanding view over the Ottawa River. The new spot will be along a pathway of the redesigned point and more integrated into […]

Top Ottawa health officials issued a joint statement on Thursday warning of rising COVID-19 cases and recommending residents get vaccinated, wear masks indoors and limit close contacts. The statement, signed by the chiefs of staff of hospitals and medical officers of health in the Champlain region (the health region that captures Ottawa) — including Dr. […]

“Parents want to know that when we are investing our money,  it will be to build a better future for our kids."

“You cannot rush building code compliance as a means to achieve more affordable housing,” Coun. Scott Moffatt says.

Last month, the federal government announced $750 million to help public transit agencies address shortfalls. The budget confirms the government will proceed with the spending.

Housing, dental care and defence get support, but why must governments always micromanage?

Chrystia Freeland's grand plan is simple enough. It’s to blunt the sector’s price momentum enough to ensure home ownership remains within reach of most Canadians.

A look at six proposed programs and tax measures that could add to or take from the wallets of Canadian homeowners (hopeful and current).

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the smaller promises that you might have missed: $1.9 billion over 24 years to build and operate the new Canadarm3 for the next generation NASA Lunar Gateway project. $1.3 billion over the next five years and $331.2 million on going […]