Новости за 28.04.2016

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships Edmonton and Saskatoon will return Friday to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt following their deployment to the Eastern Pacific in support of Operation CARIBBE. That happens at 10 a.m. that day. Operation CARIBBE is Canada’s contribution to the multinational campaign against illicit trafficking by transnational organized crime in the Caribbean basin and the […]

Ottawa residents will find out what the LeBreton Flats of the future could look like Thursday when the National Capital Commission reveals which of two competing development plans received the highest rating from a blue-ribbon evaluation committee.

A motorcyclist is in hospital, but his helmet took the main impact of a head-on crash with a truck at Slater and Kent Streets Thursday afternoon. The 37-year-old man has hip and knee damage and facial injuries. He may also have internal injuries. But a spokesman for the Ottawa Paramedic Service says the man has no broken bones […]

Show #17: Legally Blonde Where: Sir Robert Borden High School Director: Kathleen Paulin   Marisha Boyd Critic, All Saints High School Who needs a classic love story when Elle Woods- lawyer, Delta Nu president and fashionista extraordinaire – is around to spice things up? With a touch of glitter and a handful of personality, Sir Robert […]

On Sunday, May 1, the Canadian Forces will commemorate the sacrifices made by the thousands of Canadians who fought during the Battle of the Atlantic, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The national ceremony will be held at Parliament Hill at 11 a.m. and will include Canadian Forces members from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) […]

Two alleged drug dealers were arrested in a raid by the Ottawa police anti-gang squad over the weekend.  The guns and gangs unit, along with the tactical and canine units and east and west neighbourhood officers,  executed two warrants in the 1600 block of Pullen Avenue on Saturday. Aleksandar Mitrovic, 27, and Boris Cubrillo, 29, are each […]

The National Capital Commission wants to improve the shoreline of Meech Lake and restore Des Fées Lake in Gatineau Park. The NCC board received an update on the ecosystems in the park. Staff reported the park is in “good” condition – an improvement from the “acceptable” grade in 2006 – but they flagged a few […]

The murder of Canadian John Ridsdel by Abu Sayyaf militants brought to a tragic end his seven-month ordeal in the southern Philippines. Ridsdel and fellow Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipina Maritess Flor were taken from The Holiday Oceanview Resort last Sept. 21 and held in various locations around the island of Mindanao. Abu Sayyaf has […]

The National Capital Commission's board has signed off on a new site for the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism. But the NCC will have to move an existing piece of public art to accommodate it.

A blaze on Spadina Avenue in the Hintonburg area early Wednesday morning that caused more than $1 million in damages has been ruled accidental. The investigator’s report lists total damages to the three houses destroyed at $900,000 and the cost of the lost contents of the homes at $225,000.  Nineteen people were displaced by the fire but no one was […]

Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance to identify a man believed to be involved in two commercial break-ins and a theft of vehicle in the south end of Ottawa. Police said the incidents occurred early on April 25 around Industrial Avenue and Train Yards Drive, near the Ottawa Train Yards. Police did not divulge […]

There’s wonderful news for a Russell family: Eight-year-old Gianna-Lynn Favilla has been given a new liver. The Favilla family launched a public appeal in February for a donor who would give part of a liver to replace their daughter’s badly damaged one. And they have announced that Gianna had successful surgery a week ago and is recovering […]

Two people are in hospital, one with apparently life-threatening knife wounds, following an overnight confrontation downtown. Police were called to the Waller-Besserer area at about 2 a.m. where they found the two wounded men. There have been no arrests. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to police at 613-236-1222, ext. 5166, or CrimeStoppers […]

Vice Admiral Mark Norman, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, has provided this article to Defence Watch:  Mottos are, by design, inspiring. From where I sit, there are none more so than the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) credo: “Ready, Aye Ready!” This motto is a lot more than a collection of words; Canada’s Navy has […]

The City of Gatineau has shifted into high gear in its quest to be known as the go-to place for cycling in Quebec. After months of searching, the city has hired a bike route co-ordinator, as it seeks to increase the amount of cyclists in the city.  The city will announce the name of the new […]

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

New shows and events in and around Ottawa this week: Signs de l’étant: recent works Michel Savage, postmodern prints/paintings, vernissage May 1 from 2 to 5 p.m., exhibit from April 28to May 22, Galerie d’art Jean-Claude Bergeron, 310 St. Patrick St. www.galeriejeanclaudebergeron.ca Picasso: Man and Beast, The Vollard Suite of Prints, a collection of 100 etchings […]

Punk sometimes gets a bad rap these days (no pun intended), with a watered down, mainstreaming of the genre until it is, sometimes, unrecognizable.  But there’s nothing milquetoast here: Downtown Boys, a Rhode Island band that Rolling Stone has labelled one of the great modern punk groups of our time, is in town. The band — not […]

The president of the police union says the city is naive to think it can save money by stripping contracted traffic work from police officers, a job the mayor criticizes as expensive parade “barricade monitors.”  Council next month will consider a request from West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry to ask the province for permission to allow properly trained people, not just police, to direct traffic […]

The “deliverology” approach to governing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is counting on to help him with his ambitious campaign promises worked really well for what it was supposed to do in Ontario, but saddled the province with huge spending increases that are now crippling its government. That’s the thing about deliverology, the philosophy promoted by […]

A dispute over the term “rape culture” has set Carleton students and unions against university administrators as the school tries to rewrite its policy on sexual violence. On one side are survivors of sexual assault, outreach workers and their supporters who want the university to acknowledge a “rape culture” exists on campus. They’re furious that members […]

The Mountie on trial for torturing and starving his 11-year-old son enlisted his brother — a priest — to perform an exorcism on the “possessed” boy. “I thought the devil’s inside him. I saw his eyes and heard his voice,” the Mountie told court Wednesday. His chilling testimony came during questioning by lawyer Anne London […]

Eighty-six years ago today, Pablo Picasso was amid an explosion of creativity, the results of which are on display at the National Gallery of Canada.  Man & Beast is an exhibit of the Vollard Suite of Prints, which Picasso created during the 1930s as turmoil heaved his personal life and his Spanish homeland, and the […]

The Canadian Blood Services has a lower than normal inventory of blood due to the approaching summer and new regulations imposed because of the Zika virus. To make up for the dip in donations, Canadian Blood Services have set a goal of 4,800 donations in Ottawa by July.  The organization often sees a dip in inventory around […]

If all goes well with the National Capital Commission, the Senators will open the doors of their new downtown arena to start the 2021-22 season. They won’t be the first Canadian team to move to the city centre, they’ll just be the next one. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg all play in downtown venues, […]