Новости за 21.01.2016

Mailyne Briggs has never trekked to the top of Mt. Everest, but her “journey” to live a zero waste lifestyle for a year has definitely been an uphill challenge, filled with similar feelings of fear, frustration and elation.  “It’s like climbing a mountain. It’s exhausting and overwhelming, but then it gets easier after that,” says the 30-year-old single mom, who last February decided […]

The adrenalin-pounding Ice Cross Downhill Championship will be part of Ottawa’s 2017 celebrations. The two-day championships will be held in March 2017 next to the Château Laurier and Major’s Hill Park at the Ottawa locks, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday at a press conference at the Château Laurier that featured icy bowls full of Red Bull cans, […]

The University of Ottawa is joining in on a worldwide celebration of William Shakespeare with a massive cross-department effort that kicks off Saturday night with a sold-out gala.  The globe is marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, which falls on April 23, the date that is also considered his birthday. We don’t know […]

Workers hurt on the job in Eastern Ontario won’t have to go to Sudbury or Toronto to be checked out before they start treatment, with the opening of a new occupational health clinic on Carling Avenue. Funding the clinic to the tune of $777,000 is a “no-brainer,” said Labour Minister Kevin Flynn. Ottawa’s is the […]

The attacks in Burkina Faso indicate many things, but — contrary to what pundits and politicians would like you to think — one of them is not that Canada is in danger. Canadians might well be. But Canada? Nah. Not from something like that. Equally important, Burkina Faso tells us nearly nothing about what Canada […]

A man who attacked five unsuspecting women with a hammer will undergo a psychiatric evaluation before learning his sentence. A jury found Nabil Benhsaien, 38, guilty on a dozen counts of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, following a string of ambush attacks on women in Ottawa between 2010 and 2013. Benhsaien said little in court Thursday, consulting […]

My greatest hope for my children is not that they live in beautiful, stately homes in spectacular surroundings, but that they are healthy and happy. Likewise, our greatest ambition for our city shouldn’t be that it’s as picturesque as Paris or as historic as Washington but that its residents are safe and content. Over the […]

Work will begin this spring on a Douglas Cardinal-designed Grand Hall that will add some “sparkle” to the controversial Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sussex Drive. The National Capital Commission gave its approval this week to the glass-and-stone structure with its ‘Arabasque geometries.’ The addition will be built on the north side of the embassy, atop an existing […]

Iraq will be receiving more than $2 billion in bombs and missiles from the U.S. The deal is for weaponry for Iraq’s F-16s. It includes more than 16,000 precision-guided bombs as well as a small number of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. “Iraq requires these additional weapons, munitions, and technical services to maintain the operational capabilities of […]

Police have charged two people in connection with an east-end shooting last week in which a sleeping man was shot in the leg. In a news release, police say the guns and gangs unit executed two search warrants Wednesday and arrested three people, two of whom were subsequently charged in the Jan. 15 incident. They […]

By Brian Mersereau Defence Watch Guest Writer Theoretically speaking, when it comes to risk management, enhanced governance is almost always construed as a ‘good thing’. For instance, a governance structure which encourages responsible, collaborative thinking and strong stakeholder involvement should – in theory – deliver positive results. But like all things in life, too much […]

The National Capital Commission wants to give its aged, 1960s-era campground at Lac Philippe a makeover to attract more campers, “glampers”  – that’s “glamorous campers” – and RV users. But a $6-million proposal to install electrical hookups at about half its sites, add more “ready-to-camp” cabins and yurts, and revamp the tired camp store was too rich for the NCC’s board […]

NEWARK, N.J. – With his shootout winner against the Sharks Monday, center Mika Zibanejad has moved past special company. Zibanejad now has five game-deciding shootout goals, one more than his Swedish countryman, Senators franchise legend Daniel Alfredsson. Alfredsson scored the NHL’s first shootout goal as the NHL introduced the concept for the 2005-06 season. In […]

NEWARK, N.J. – The Senators-Devils rivalry is not exactly the stuff to get a fan’s heart palpitating. Beyond a couple of playoff series in the first decade of Ottawa’s modern history, not much is shared by these franchises, not even an Eastern Conference division. Yet, when the Senators make their one and only visit to […]

Following a five-month stalemate and a nasty war of words, the Ottawa Senators lifted their suspension on the defence prospect Wednesday, allowing Wikstrand to play for Farjestad of the Swedish Hockey League.

In an unusual move, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new Clerk of the Privy Council with a mandate to rebuild Canada’s non-partisan public service and come up with a better process to pick his own permanent replacement as the country’s top bureaucrat. The Prime Minister’s Office issued a terse press release Wednesday announcing […]

It's gold for Joseph Phan and bronze for Christian Reekie in junior men's singles, plus bronze for Hannah Davidson and her partner in novice pairs.

The brother of an Ottawa man who was once imprisoned and tortured in Syria is taking the Canadian Human Rights Commission to court over its failure to act against the foreign airline that barred him because he was listed on a U.S. no-fly list. Youssef Almalki says he was denied travel on a Etihad Airlines flight from Toronto […]

The civilian body that oversees Ottawa police is planning to offer contract extensions to police Chief Charles Bordeleau and his two deputies, the Citizen has learned.  Bordeleau and deputy chiefs Ed Keeley and Jill Skinner are expected to receive the offers during a portion of Monday afternoon’s police board meeting that will be closed to the public and reserved […]

Racist graffiti that was spray-painted across the outside wall of a predominantly black Ottawa church just days before a Martin Luther King Day service is being investigated as a hate crime, Ottawa police said. On Jan. 8 or 9, vandals defaced the south wall of Parkdale United Church with a racial epithet, the word “Tupac” – […]

The newly released 461-page report of an expert panel on assisted dying lays out such a tangle of issues and questions that it is difficult to see how the parliamentary committee evaluating them can meet its Feb. 26 deadline for answers. Just deciding on the terminology – physician-assisted dying, physician-assisted death, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia – is confusing and contentious. Then […]

Diversity as the engine of invention, unbridled optimism in the genius of entrepreneurship, youthful, ambitious leadership, ladders of opportunity for everyone and everything resilient and green and getting better all the time. Such was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s elucidation of Canada’s bright new brand at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos this […]

Ottawa police are prepared to work with organizations interested in offering reward money to help solve major crimes. A proposed policy change going to the police services board Monday would allow the chief to consider participating in rewards offered by third parties. Currently the police force only endorses rewards from its own resources. The chief […]

Ten years ago, a Cree elder named Mary Richard approached André Lewis, the artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, with an idea.  “She wanted to commission a ballet. She was an aficionado of ballet and a supporter of the RWB.” Richard knew that the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood had commissioned a ballet version of The Ecstasy of Rita […]

Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says his department is drawing up plans to offer injured ex-soldiers the choice of lump-sum payments or lifetime pensions when they leave the military, despite the government’s tight fiscal situation. “We made commitments to our veterans to offer the lump sum or lifetime pension option,” he said. “We are putting […]