Новости за 07.04.2016

The Sûreté du Québec have laid charges against two Quebec men after they were caught driving under the influence of alcohol in separate incidents on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. According to police, the first man was spotted around 11 p.m. Wednesday travelling westbound on Highway 50, just before the Boulevard de la Gappe […]

A 42-year-old man was killed when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor trailer near North Dundas on Wednesday afternoon. The ATV was traveling north on County Road 16 when it collided with the truck going in the opposite direction just south of County Road 3 at around 5:45 p.m., according to […]

Uber finally released its analysis Thursday morning of the City of Ottawa’s proposed taxi reforms, with the city’s insurance proposal giving the international ride company the biggest concern. The company wants to see the city require $2 million of non-owned automobile insurance coverage, rather than $5 million. The city’s consultant, KPMG, recommended $2 million in coverage, […]

Ottawa Citizen reporter Matthew Pearson is a finalist for a Canadian Association of Journalists award for outstanding investigative journalism for his profile of David Gibson, a social worker who was a passenger on the OC Transpo bus that collided with a Via Rail train on Sept. 18, 2013. The article was published on Sept. 12, […]

There was an eye-catching headline on the television this week: Canada Shines at Juno Awards. Yes, what a moment for our country. While it’s not like us to brag, we can’t be expected to hide the fact that Canada won just about every one of the major awards at the Junos this year. And while […]

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame has announced the passing of George Arthur Neal, who died peacefully on April 4 in North York, Ontario, at the home where he was born and lived all his life. More details provided in the news release issued by Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame: Born on November 21, 1918, George was the […]

Mark Stone will never forget that hit from Dustin Byfuglien. How could he? “I think that’s the hardest anyone has ever been hit,” said Stone, speaking publicly for the first time, Thursday morning. “He’s a big man. That’s a big hit. It’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit for sure.” The Senators’ high-scoring winger wasn’t […]

Two local songwriters are going to be testing out new songs on the unsuspecting audiences this week though, given their credentials, no one has to fear. Also, the two great treats of the week are both all-ages shows, oddly enough.  Local popular folk troubadour Craig Cardiff hasn’t released a new album in a few years […]

Wondering what to do this weekend? We have some ideas.

The floodwaters and debris have receded in Horton Township near Renfrew, but Steve Osipenko hasn’t forgotten the frightening speed of last week’s massive landslide, and the flooding it caused. Ten hectares of land slid into the Bonnechere River downstream from Renfrew on the night of March 28 to 29, clogging the fast-running river with trees and clay. With the river blocked by trees and […]

Can home design facilitate better family relations? That’s highly debatable, but is no doubt part of a larger question as to whether good or bad architecture can influence behaviour. As an architecture student in the 1970s, I recall debating the issue. Some argued that properly designed buildings and communities can make their inhabitants friendlier or […]

Editor’s note: After Ottawa couple Lisa Grassi-Blais and Jake Rupert fell in love with the region in Italy where her grandfather came from, they left their careers to stake their futures on a tour company and restored villa in the old country. This 12-part weekly series offers a first-person look at their adventures as they gear up for opening day. […]

As New Democrats from across the country prepare to descend on Edmonton to plot out their party’s path to future electoral victory, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to spend the morning making the rounds on the Montreal media circuit, with planned appearances on two local radio shows, as well as TVA and CTV Montreal. […]

How to fix party fundraising Re: Fundraising: Fix It Now, April 1. Let’s be realistic: the political process is expensive. It would be ideal to raise all the funds from individual donors with limits on the amount that each can give. But if parties need to hold a fundraising dinner, there is a way to do […]

Here is more industry news taken from my latest article in Esprit de Corps magazine:  Team Spartan members General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada and Finmeccanica recently announced the creation of a new joint venture to provide long-term in-service support for the C-27J aircraft in Canada. Managed by General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, Spartan Aviation Services will be the […]

Canada’s budget watchdog has some of the missing data Parliament needs to scrutinize the Liberal government’s budget but says it couldn’t disclose those numbers in its latest report because they are confidential. Mostafa Askari, the assistant parliamentary budget officer, confirmed that Finance Canada officials handed over figures behind the budget’s five-year cost estimates but later warned the […]

It takes nearly half a tonne of vegetables to make 5,000 servings of hearty lentil and Swiss chard soup. “I don’t remember, in recent memory, ordering 400 kilograms (nearly 900 pounds) of vegetables for one day,” says Wayne Murphy, co-ordinator of the culinary arts program at La Cité collégiale, who is opening his kitchens for two […]

This deal appeared to come out of the blue. Bridge Growth Partners, a New York equity firm, revealed Wednesday it had acquired a majority stake in Solace Systems – one of Ottawa’s more promising high-tech firms. But when you pull the transaction apart, this surprise $100-million-plus equity deal is as logical as they come. The […]

The Ontario government is looking for anyone who might be related to early Bytown residents whose bones were recently discovered at a burial site uncovered during an excavation on Sparks Street. The remains came to light in December during the installation of a gas line outside 62 Sparks St., which used to be a bank but is now the site […]

Life has come full circle for Katherine Stewart-Jones in at least one high-profile aspect of her cross-country ski journey. Back in 2010, she made her wide-eyed debut at the Canadian cross-country skiing championships in Whitehorse, YT, winning her first individual medal (a women’s juvenile bronze), and contributing to Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club winning its first […]

It was picture day at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the picture is hardly pretty for the Senators. Preparing for an off-season of change — which could begin not long after the final buzzer sounds Saturday afternoon at the TD Garden following a game against the Boston Bruins — the Senators gathered for their team […]

Changes could be coming to a proposal reforming Ottawa’s taxi regulations after cabbies challenged the plan. What councillors do on the floor of Thursday’s committee meeting could force Uber to decide if it’s worth staying in Ottawa. The city still wants to implement a system that legalizes Uber and the international ride-hailing company seems content […]