Новости за 06.03.2017

One male has died in a “very serious” collision between a dump truck and car that has forced the closure of a portion of Navan Road on Monday. According to police, the collision occurred near the intersection of Navan and Milton roads around 1 p.m. No details about the collision were immediately available. However, police have closed […]

The Canadian music-business trailblazer speaks in Ottawa Wednesday at the Women in Business conference.

One of the two officers captured on video following the violent arrest of a Somali-Canadian man last summer will be charged with manslaughter on Monday. The Special Investigations Unit is expected to charge Const. Daniel Montsion on Monday afternoon. Montsion and Const. Dave Weir were originally designated as subject officers in the SIU’s investigation into an arrest that left […]

The Canadian military is continuing its training mission in Ukraine until 2019, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Monday. The mission was set to expire on March 31 but it was expected that Canada would continue on with the deployment. The mission, dubbed Operation UNIFIER, is Canada’s contribution to support Ukrainian forces through capacity building, in […]

The Citizen has invited the official candidates for the leadership of the federal NDP to explain briefly why they are running. Today: Guy Caron, MP for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques:  When you’re worried about putting food on the table, it’s hard to think about anything else. Planning for a better future for your family is next to […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s top Mountie has decided the time has come for him to step down. In a message to the force on Monday, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said he will leave at the end of June to focus on his family more after spending 32 years with the force, the last five as commissioner. […]

How about making Gatineau bilingual? Re: Why Ottawa must become officially bilingual, Feb. 26. I can appreciate the thinking behind John Trent’s case for a officially bilingual Ottawa. But as the National Capital Act includes representation from the Gatineau area on the National Capital Commission – an acknowledgment that Canada’s capital presence in this area straddles the Ottawa River – […]

The City of Ottawa’s plan to deal with the opioid drug crisis is a model for the rest of the province and the Ontario government is ready to fund it with $2.5 million, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday. “We are prepared to work with them to fund their plan,” Wynne said. “We’re prepared to make sure […]

The Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame needs your help. As part of the Canada 150 celebrations (and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame’s 50th birthday), the hall is compiling a list of the top 50 moments in Ottawa sports history. So, what’s your top call? Tom Clements to Tony Gabriel in the 1976 Grey Cup, […]

The ever-busy Montreal musician and professor pays tribute to Oscar Peterson with his new album and upcoming concerts.

Guy Boucher could have a decision to make on defence Monday night. As the Senators prepare to face the Boston Bruins in a game that will have big implications in the Atlantic Division, the club may be without blueliner Dion Phaneuf, who has the flu and may be sidelined. If Phaneuf, who was at the […]

Ottawa’s largest school board is hosting four public meetings for parents concerned about abuse of illegal opioids and overdoses. The meetings will feature presentations and a chance to ask questions to officials from the Ottawa Police Service, Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services centre and Ottawa Public Health.  Wednesday, March 8: Earl of March Secondary School, 4 […]

Moisture Barrier Under Engineered Flooring Q: What can I put down as a moisture barrier underneath engineered wood floor panels that are going down over concrete? I’m helping my daughter renovate a street-level store, and there’s only half an inch of space between the top of the flooring and the bottom edge of the door. […]

Ottawa’s pot shops are proving to be – entirely unsurprisingly – a whack-a-mole problem for law enforcement in town.  Over the past four months, the police have raided 11 pot shops, carrying off boxes of their wares. So far, six of those shops are back in business, with 15 or so up and running around the city. […]

Leeds County OPP is investigating after a 78-year-old man died in a fiery crash west of Delta on Saturday evening. Officers with the force’s Rideau Lakes detachment were called to the single-vehicle collision on King Street at Daytown Road around 7:15 p.m. The eastbound car had left the roadway, overturned and became engulfed in flames, police […]

The latest list of the Top Women in Defence is now out. In 2015 Esprit de Corps magazine published details on 25 prominent women in the defence sector and profiled their careers. It was not intended to be a ranking, but rather a recognition of the contributions made by those individuals across the broad spectrum […]

Ottawa playwright Hannah Moscovitch's play runs at the National Arts Centre until March 11.

After an hour of picketing M0nday morning, the union representing 2,400 contract instructors and teaching assistants at Carleton University announced it had a tentative deal. CUPE Local 4600 announced on social media that picket lines were going up at 6 a.m. and was announcing the deal, but no details, by shortly after 7 a.m. after […]

Environment Canada is warning of a “long-lasting” period of freezing rain on the way for Monday evening into Tuesday morning ahead of a warm front expected to move over eastern Ontario. Five to 10 mm of ice could accumulate before the mercury breaks zero. “Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become […]

Did you know that downtown Rideau Street was once enclosed in a giant, hideous piece of glass? The $4.2-million Rideau bus mall was one of the worst design boondoggles in the history of the city.

In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, obsession and fear. From Feb. 2 until Canada Day, we’ll share one person’s story every day. “As a newcomer to Ottawa, I […]

From the minor hockey rinks to the classrooms to the ice at The Arena at TD Place, Ottawa 67’s hockey is all about community. Giving back to the community that supports them, supporting the minor hockey community that is growing future 67’s players, and teaching students to pursue their goals. When attending an Ottawa 67’s […]

It took Ottawa firefighters nearly an hour to get a blaze under control at a two-storey home on Borden Street near Crystal Bay in the city’s west end on Sunday. Fire services said residents of the home called 911 at 9:16 p.m. to report a chimney fire, then called back saying smoke and flames were inside the […]

Carleton also seeded No. 2 for men's nationals at Halifax.

Marie-Philip Poulin scores two goals in her team's 3-1 victory.