Новости за 15.04.2022

In an era of 'decolonization,' people in this country are watching what’s happened in Barbados and Jamaica with interest.

The government — all of them — should stop giving us “free” stuff and sending cheques in the mail. It’s all getting a little creepy. Election or not, it just doesn’t seem like an adult way to conduct the state’s business. “Dear voter,” says a stranger in a long coat, “here’s a fiver, shut up […]

When Annette Hegel joined the marketing team of SAW Video in 2015, the artist-run new-media centre had an identity problem.  Although it had been part of Ottawa’s cultural landscape for decades, few people outside the contemporary art world knew anything about it.  There was, as Hegel put it, “brand confusion” between SAW Video, Club SAW […]

The City of Ottawa’s planning department was bracing for impact Thursday as the Ontario government moved at “lightning speed” to pass new housing legislation ahead of the upcoming provincial election. The governing Progressive Conservatives unveiled Bill 109, or the “More Homes For Everyone Act,” on March 30. Included among its package of policy actions is […]

Carleton University says students and staff will be required to continue to wear masks on campus to protect against COVID-19 until further notice. The university announced Thursday that it was cancelling its plan to lift mask mandates on May 1. “Unfortunately, a sixth wave is now driving up the monitoring indicators of COVID-19 in Ottawa,” […]

City of Ottawa chief financial officer Wendy Stephanson told council on Thursday that $558,000 went missing through a fraudulent transaction because the city “was impacted by an illegal action perpetrated against a partnering agency.” Staff on Monday learned about a “possible irregularity” with the payment made by the city, Stephanson said in a memo. The […]

The spring freshet is beginning on the Ottawa River but the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority says that while the river is expected to rise over the next few days, the risk of flooding remains low so far for 2022. Snow cover within the 146,300 square kilometre catchment basin is variable, with most of the snow […]

Ottawa police have charged four men in connection with a human trafficking ring that victimized four young women — and police believe there may be more victims. The investigation, called Project Exodus, began in June 2021, police said. The alleged offences occurred between 2013 and 2020 when three of the victims were under 18. The […]

A Montreal man was charged Thursday with inciting hatred in a public place in a March incident on Wellington Street near Parliament Hill. At about 5:20 p.m. on March 12, “a man was seen waving a known racist hateful flag, making heinous gestures, and shouting hateful slurs,” the Ottawa Police Service said in a release. […]

On Thursday, 89 staff members from the hospital were in isolation as a result of COVID-19, the hospital said in a statement.