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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014
Kathleen Frangione was one of about 80 who raised at least $1,500 for the Make a Wish Foundation and won the prize of rappelling from the roof of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at the Rope for Hope event, the first to be held in Ottawa, on June 28, 2014. All the money raised goes to the Make a Wish Foundation of Eastern Ontario to help makes wishes come true for children with life threatening medical conditions.
This was just one of the happenings in the National Capital area to be documented by the Ottawa Citizen’s photojournalists.
SATURDAY: Recreational soccer teams compete at the 10th annual Community Cup at Ottawa’s Brewer Park on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The free multicultural event features a recreational co-ed soccer tournament, a Canadian Citizenship ceremony, live entertainment and a Community Tent with information about city services and programs.
Hundreds of people gathered to protest the Enerdu hydro power project, saying it will ruin tourism, heritage flavour and the natural environment along the river and in the town of Almonte on Saturday, June 28, 2014.
Some 200 protesters took to the streets in Almonte on Saturday carrying signs and chanting “save our river” to oppose the controversial Enerdu power project planned for their downtown.
The proposed hydro power plant expansion in Almonte has become a lightning rod for residents’ anger amid fears the project will be a visual and economic blemish upon the community’s historic downtown core.
“For me, this is the heart of Almonte, and it is at stake,” said Linda Manzer.
“We just want someone to hit the pause button so we can take a closer look at it.”
READ MORE: Downtown hydroelectric project sparks anger in Almonte
No one was seriously injured when a charter bus went into the ditch on Hwy 416 near North Gower on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The bus was on a weekend tour from Toronto to Quebec City, via Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal.
First responders had some tense moments Saturday as an intercity bus went out of control and slid into the centre median on Highway 416 south of Prince of Wales Drive.
Emergency crews were called to the scene shortly before 2 p.m. and found several of the estimated 56 passengers rattled, some with minor injuries.
The tour bus was bound for Ottawa and Montreal..
READ MORE: Minor injuries as tour bus leaves road on Highway 416
Aretha Franklin performs on the Main Stage at Confederation Park during the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 28, 2014.
When the Queen of Soul cancelled her jazz festival concert last summer because of health concerns, there was palpable disappointment.
It was to be one of those bucket list concerts for fans. Indeed many may have wondered if the chance to see her would ever come again.
Rest, treatment and a much healthier lifestyle have Franklin touring again and thankfully she honoured her commitment to the festival and delivered a soulful, energetic, dynamic concert under the warm late evening sky at Confederation Park. There are few places better to see a show when the weather is right. And it was so right Saturday night.
READ MORE: Jazzfest review: Aretha Franklin fills the park with soul
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014
Michael Tayler competes in the Kayak (K1) Men’s category at the first Ontario canoe slalom race of the year on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
Photos from the first Ontario canoe slalom race of the year, which took place at the Pumphouse downtown Ottawa on June 29, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: First Ontario canoe slalom
SUNDAY: Antoine Pruneau #6 of the Ottawa Redblacks squirts some water on his face during a practice at TD Place stadium on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
It was hot, it was humid, and Antoine Pruneau’s hair was soaked with perspiration, but he was smiling.
“I’m not complaining,” Pruneau said. “With the winter we had, we’ll enjoy the nice weather like this.”
Pruneau is from Montreal, so he was as familiar as anyone else in Eastern Canada with the frigid extent of the winter of 2013-14, but it was a far different situation on Sunday as the 23-year-old defensive back and his Ottawa Redblacks teammates practised at TD Place stadium.
The temperature was on the high side of 30C, and Environment Canada and the City of Ottawa issued heat advisories, but there was still work to do just four days before the Canadian Football League expansion team’s first regular-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Manitoba capital.
READ MORE: At least it’s not winter: Redblacks work out despite heat
EDM music lovers in Ottawa spent a scorching hot day at the Escapade Music Festival at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
EDM music lovers in Ottawa spent a scorching hot Sunday at Escapade Music Festival at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on June 29, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: Escapade Music Festival
Several people are in hospital – one with serious injuries – after an RCMP SUV and a Mazda 3 collided in front of the Supreme court building on Wellington Street on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
A 19-year-old Ottawa man faces charges after a stolen car slammed into an RCMP vehicle Sunday, injuring seven people.
Police announced Monday they have charged Tyler Hutchinson, 19, with possession of stolen property over $5,000, failure to stop for police, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and breach of probation.
Passenger Shane Reeley, 23, has been charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and breach of a recognizance.
Police said six men and women were packed into a stolen white Mazda 3 when the RCMP tried to stop them on the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.
READ MORE: Charges laid after collision with RCMP vehicle that injured seven
Bobby McFerrin performs on the Main Stage at Confederation Park during the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
After the cramped sellout and attendant excitement of Aretha Franklin on Saturday, Confederation Park was in a calmer mood Sunday.
And while the relatively small size of the crowd suggested an Aretha hangover, those who chose to take the night off missed a treat.
The moment Bobby McFerrin threw out his first pitch at the start of his remarkably varied and polished concert, it was clear this was going to be a special night with a unique performer backed by a tight, skilled band of musicians.
McFerrin’s prowess as a one-man polyphonic vocal performer is legendary and the first 15 minutes was devoted to his own special brand of vocal gymnastics.
READ MORE: Bobby McFerrin delivers the perfect pitch and a Jazzfest hit
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014
Piloted by his brother, David, right, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at Gatineau Airport Monday in a Second World War P-40 Kittyhawk.
Piloted by his brother, David, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at Gatineau Airport on Monday, June 30, 2014 in a Second World War P-40 Kittyhawk. The Canadian hero watched as a CF-18 roared above along with Canadian Forces Snowbirds, and later met with kids and fans as part of an event put on by Vintage Wings of Canada.
READ MORE: Photos: Chris Hadfield featured in Gatineau Airport event
Ottawa Redblacks players practice at TD Place stadium on Monday, June 30, 2014.
“We’re developing a new strategy,” Rick Campbell says. “That’s not to play and get first place. We’ll take 18 bye weeks if that happens.”
Seriously, the Ottawa Redblacks are in position not only to make the playoffs, but also to be the home team for the Canadian Football League’s Eastern Division final. Granted, the CFL’s newest team hasn’t played a game, but Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton all lost season openers, leaving Ottawa in first place going into its Thursday’s road game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
To earn a shot at the franchise’s first Grey Cup title and the city’s first since the Clements-to-Gabriel 1976 Rough Riders, the Redblacks need only to finish ahead of one other team in the East and, in consideration of CFL crossover playoff berth rules, two in the West.
Will it happen? Nobody knows. Could it happen? Yes.
READ MORE: Playoffs? Playoffs! It could happen, Renegades say
Patrick Boyille and his three-year-old, Peter, seemed already in the festive spirit as they wandered around Parliament Hill Monday, June 20, 2014, where rehearsals continued on the main stage for Canada Day.
From the closing passages of Donald Creighton’s epic The Young Politician, the first of his two-volume biography of Sir John A Macdonald:
By nine o’clock, the public buildings and many large houses were illuminated all across Canada… When true darkness had at last fallen, the firework displays began; and simultaneously throughout the four provinces, the night was assaulted by minute explosions of coloured light, as the roman candles popped away, and the rockets raced up into the sky…
In Ottawa, long before this, Monck and Macdonald and the other ministers had quitted the Privy Council chamber; and Parliament Hill was crowded once again with people who had come to watch the last spectacle of the day. The Parliament buildings were illuminated. They stood out boldly against the sky; and far behind them, hidden in darkness, were the ridges of the Laurentians, stretching away, mile after mile, towards the north-west.
READ MORE: The Gargoyle: The First Canada Day
Natalie MacMaster performs at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival held at Confederation Park in Ottawa, June 30, 2014.
Natalie MacMaster performs on Monday, June 30, 2014 at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, held at Confederation Park..
READ MORE: Photos: Natalie MacMaster at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014
People flock to Parliament Hill and the downtown core to enjoy Canada’s 147th birthday. Photo taken at 12:44 on July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill was awash in red and white today as thousands gathered in sweltering heat to celebrate Canada Day.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston joined the crowd for the festivities.
There was music from bands such as Marianas Trench, a flyover by the Snowbirds, plus vendors, face painting and more.
Meanwhile, across the river at the Canadian Museum of History, a special citizenship ceremony was being held for new Canadians — one of 45 across the country.
READ MORE: Photos & Video: Canada Day
Lucy Galoyan, 3, waves the flag while her mom Araksya Mirzoyan received her citizenship today as 50 new Canadians take the Citizenship Oath during a special Canada Day ceremony held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.
Stand up. Raise your right hand. Repeat after me.
“I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen.”
Some in tears, some grinning from ear to ear, 50 candidates from 22 countries carefully repeated the oath of Canadian citizenship in both official languages at a special Canada Day ceremony Tuesday in the Canadian Museum of History’s Grand Hall. Canadians in the crowd of about 200 followed along, reaffirming their commitment to the nation on its birthday. It was one of 45 special ceremonies held across the country Tuesday by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
READ MORE: ‘It’s like a new life for me, starting now’: Canada Day citizenship ceremony brings tears, smiles
TUESDAY: People enjoy pockets of sunshine between rain showers in downtown Ottawa during Canada Day festivities on July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill Canada Day fireworks on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill was a sea of red and white.
As thousands descended for Canada Day festivities in the capital Tuesday, people were finding every way imaginable to show their national pride — whether it was getting temporary tattoos, wearing crazy red hats or dressing up as the superhero Captain Canada.
Most revellers came ready for the heat, which was fortunate, because it was sweltering. But they draped themselves in flags, slathered themselves with sunscreen, carried their dripping ice creams, and partied on. (At least two people were taken away by stretcher to a nearby medical tent suffering from potential heat stroke.)
The day kicked off with a flag raising, followed by the singing of the national anthem. In between each of the performances on the Parliament Hill stage, videos showed on the big screens, including a highlight reel of the Winter Olympics and some classic Heritage Minute TV spots.
READ MORE: Canada Day: Flags, facepaint and fireworks in the nation’s capital
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014
Crews clean up whats left of the garbage on Parliament Hill on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, following Canada Day celebrations.
Walking downtown Tuesday evening the Canada Day crowds seemed a little thinner than in past years. The roads seemed a little less chaotic. Though thousands paraded downtown in red and white many say they felt the atmosphere was more relaxed and laid-back.
Police reported less crime, and several restaurants reported business was slower than usual for Canada’s birthday. The cleanup Wednesday was reportedly straightforward and quick.
Although the arrest of Philadelphia Flyers player Claude Giroux grabbed the capital’s attention, police reported only seven arrests in total during the festivities. Other than Giroux’s case, which did not result in any charges, the six other arrests were minor.
Compare that to last year when 23 arrests were made by Ottawa police during Canada Day festivities. Unsurprisingly, most of these were for public intoxication.
READ MORE: Police, businesses find Canada Day slightly slower than usual in the capital
Alex Guptil, newly acquired in the Jason Spezza trade, skates as the Ottawa Senators continue to hold their development camp. Photo taken at 10:50 on July 2, 2014.
Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray was playing defence late Tuesday afternoon.
After giving Jason Spezza his wish and trading him to the Dallas Stars for Alex Chiasson, a pair of prospects and a second-round draft pick next summer, he addressed the growing perception that the organization isn’t doing enough, including spending enough money, to keep its star players.
“I hear the comments that we don’t spend to keep (our players),” Murray said, without revealing the club’s internal salary limit. “Just so you know, I offered Jason (Spezza) an extension and (he) said he wasn’t interested. Whether it’s because he thought we didn’t have enough around him or what … but there are different stories in each case. The problem is, I tell my version of it and then (the media) go to someone else and they tell a different version, and that’s the one that is believed. It has been frustrating. I tell it the way it is. I don’t usually fib anybody.”
READ MORE: Bryan Murray on the defensive after dealing Spezza, signing Michalek
Ottawa Redblacks’ Nolan MacMillan (66) runs during practice on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at TD Place Stadium.
READ MORE: Here are your Ottawa Redblacks
Michael Bublé performs at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
In his trademark tux and bow tie, Canadian crooner Michael Bublé entertained a near-capacity audience of 13,200 at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday with a polished, well-paced concert.
What kept it from being too slick was Bublé’s winning smile and his goofy sense of humour. Despite his international acclaim and numerous Grammy and Juno awards, the youthful singer from Burnaby, B.C., still came across like the guy next door, demonstrating the undeniable charm that endears him to a wide range of fans.
There were women of all ages in the audience swooning over Bublé’s lush sound, but also a fair number of men, who appreciated his boyish jokes about hockey and sex.
READ MORE: Concert review: Michael Bublé charms Canadian Tire Centre
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014
THURSDAY: U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman and his wife, Vicki Heyman, will host their first Fourth of July party on Friday.
When the new U.S. ambassador and his wife host an estimated 3,000 diplomats, politicians and other guests Friday for a July 4 party at their Rockcliffe Park residence, Vicki Heyman may garner even more attention than her husband.
A noted philanthropist and community builder in Chicago, a successful political fundraiser who has also dedicated her time to the local children’s hospital, social-innovation projects and helping kids on the city’s rugged south side, she is arguably as well-known in Chicago circles as her ambassador spouse, Bruce Heyman, the successful investment banker at Goldman Sachs who was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Canada in March.
In an exclusive interview with the Citizen Thursday, Vicki Heyman explained how her business career in banking evolved into philanthropy, fundraising for Barack Obama and, now, diplomacy.
READ MORE: Vicki Heyman steps into starring role in U.S. diplomacy
Ottawa Senators’ NHL prospect Mark Stone lifts weights on Thursday, July 3, 2014 during the annual development camp.
Talk confidently and carry a big stick. That’s Mark Stone’s operating philosophy to earning a full time right wing spot with the Ottawa Senators.
“I feel like I need to dominate when I’m out on the ice and show I can play at the next level,” Stone said about taking part in his fifth development camp this week with the Senators. “When it comes right down to it, if people can see the things I’ve gone through from my first development camp to my fifth, I’m just trying to show that I’ve become better over time.”
Stone, who just turned 22, was once considered a longshot because of his skating – “the first time I saw him, I did not project him to be an NHL player,” says Senators GM Randy Lee – but has overcome that and a series of injuries to put himself in the hunt for a spot somewhere on the club’s top two lines next season.
READ MORE: Mark Stone embraces challenge of winning spot on Sens’ crowded right wing
A stuffed passenger pigeon on display in a Museum of Nature exhibit on the 100th anniversary of the day the last passenger pigeon died. Photo taken at 11:36 on July 3, 2014.
One hundred years ago this summer, visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo could watch a red and brown bird in its cage, knowing they were watching extinction happen.
Martha the passenger pigeon was the last of its kind, a dead bird hopping.
Her mate, George (the pair were patriotically named after the Washingtons), had already died, and Martha died in September of that year, weeks after the Great War began.
It was a shocking extinction. Passenger pigeons had been the most abundant birds in North America, with numbers estimated at between three billion and five billion. The birds swarmed together in flocks of up to a billion, and people beneath them reported a cold draft from the downbeats of their wings. Skies darkened.
READ MORE: Museums mark 100 years without passenger pigeons
Carl Raskin called Canadian Blood Services to arrange an appointment to donate. But because he spent a cumulative total of three or more months in the UK or France between 1980 and 1996, he was told he couldn’t donate.
When Canadian Blood Services issued a public appeal for donors ahead of the Canada Day holiday, Barrhaven resident Carl Raskin stepped up.
“I haven’t given blood for years,” said Raskin, a 66-year-old retired public servant. “I wanted to give back to the community.”
But when he called to make an appointment, Raskin was told he wasn’t eligible to donate because he’d travelled regularly to Britain and France for work in the 1990s, when an epidemic of mad cow disease was raging.
Since 1999, Canadian Blood Services has “deferred” blood donations from anyone who spent a cumulative total of three months or more in the United Kingdom or France between 1980 and 1996. Many other countries have similar policies.
READ MORE: No end in sight for ‘mad cow’ ban on blood donations in Canada
Gary Clark Jr. performs at Bluesfest opening night on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
While country superstar Blake Shelton was tearing it up on the main stage, the scene at the River Stage unfolded like an early version of Bluesfest, back when Bluesfest actually celebrated the blues.
On opening night of the 20th-anniversary edition of the event now known as RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, it was a welcome throwback to the roots of the festival, which was originally founded by blues fans for blues fans. Many of the original festivalgoers were spotted in the crowd at the River Stage at LeBreton Flats Park, reliving the glory days before grey hair and grandbabies came along. Happily, the younger demographic was well-represented, too, a turnout that proves there’s still an appetite for the real thing.
READ MORE: Review: Gary Clark Jr. took crowd down to the river where Bluesfest began
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014
Ottawa Senators’ NHL prospect Vincent Dunn #36 and other prospects on the ice on Friday, July 4, 2014 during the annual development camp at the Bell Sensplex.
The Ottawa Senators’ annual development camp continued Friday, July 4, 2014 at the Bell Sensplex.
READ MORE: Photos: Friday at the Sens development camp
Workers work on the pedestal of the George Brown statue on Friday, July 4, 2014 in preparation for a move.
FRIDAY: The Beijing Xue Ming Art Troupe rehearse at the Ottawa Chinese Canadian Heritage Centre Friday, July 4, 2014. They are performing July 5-11th at the Kent Street centre.
U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman, right, and Mrs. Vicki Heyman, left, dance as they host the annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at their residence on Friday, July 4, 2014.
Photos from the annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence on Friday, July 4, 2014..
READ MORE: Photos: Fourth of July celebration in Ottawa
Journey’s lead singer, Arnel Pineda, plays on the main stage to an appreciative audience at LeBreton Flats on day two of Bluesfest on Friday, July 4, 2014.
He may not be the oft-missed Steve Perry, singer for veteran American arena rockers Journey during their commercial heyday of the 1980s and ‘90s, but the band’s current frontman Arnel Pineda did a heckuva job belting out a cavalcade of hits Friday night.
The 46-year-old Filipino, who looks like a kid next to long-time bass player, 65-year-old Ross Valory, was a dancing, leaping, hair-flopping fireball as he led the band, established in 1973, through the big opener Be Good to Yourself, Separate Ways and other immediately recognizable tunes.
The large crowd, comprising everyone from a hoodie-wearing pre-teen to greying boomers, responded to the string of old favourites with equal enthusiasm. They also cheered on lead guitarist Neal Schon’s howling version of Star-Spangled Banner, played with special gusto in honour of July 4 (Schon is the only member who’s been with the band continuously since its inception).
READ MORE: Bluesfest Review: Journey gets all ages movie’ to the music
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Kathleen Frangione was one of about 80 who raised at least $1,500 for the Make a Wish Foundation and won the prize of rappelling from the roof of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at the Rope for Hope event, the first to be held in Ottawa, on June 28, 2014. All the money raised goes to the Make a Wish Foundation of Eastern Ontario to help makes wishes come true for children with life threatening medical conditions.
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This was just one of the happenings in the National Capital area to be documented by the Ottawa Citizen’s photojournalists.
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SATURDAY: Recreational soccer teams compete at the 10th annual Community Cup at Ottawa’s Brewer Park on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The free multicultural event features a recreational co-ed soccer tournament, a Canadian Citizenship ceremony, live entertainment and a Community Tent with information about city services and programs.
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Hundreds of people gathered to protest the Enerdu hydro power project, saying it will ruin tourism, heritage flavour and the natural environment along the river and in the town of Almonte on Saturday, June 28, 2014.
Some 200 protesters took to the streets in Almonte on Saturday carrying signs and chanting “save our river” to oppose the controversial Enerdu power project planned for their downtown.
The proposed hydro power plant expansion in Almonte has become a lightning rod for residents’ anger amid fears the project will be a visual and economic blemish upon the community’s historic downtown core.
“For me, this is the heart of Almonte, and it is at stake,” said Linda Manzer.
“We just want someone to hit the pause button so we can take a closer look at it.”
READ MORE: Downtown hydroelectric project sparks anger in Almonte
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No one was seriously injured when a charter bus went into the ditch on Hwy 416 near North Gower on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The bus was on a weekend tour from Toronto to Quebec City, via Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal.
First responders had some tense moments Saturday as an intercity bus went out of control and slid into the centre median on Highway 416 south of Prince of Wales Drive.
Emergency crews were called to the scene shortly before 2 p.m. and found several of the estimated 56 passengers rattled, some with minor injuries.
The tour bus was bound for Ottawa and Montreal..
READ MORE: Minor injuries as tour bus leaves road on Highway 416
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Aretha Franklin performs on the Main Stage at Confederation Park during the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 28, 2014.
When the Queen of Soul cancelled her jazz festival concert last summer because of health concerns, there was palpable disappointment.
It was to be one of those bucket list concerts for fans. Indeed many may have wondered if the chance to see her would ever come again.
Rest, treatment and a much healthier lifestyle have Franklin touring again and thankfully she honoured her commitment to the festival and delivered a soulful, energetic, dynamic concert under the warm late evening sky at Confederation Park. There are few places better to see a show when the weather is right. And it was so right Saturday night.
READ MORE: Jazzfest review: Aretha Franklin fills the park with soul
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014
Michael Tayler competes in the Kayak (K1) Men’s category at the first Ontario canoe slalom race of the year on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
Photos from the first Ontario canoe slalom race of the year, which took place at the Pumphouse downtown Ottawa on June 29, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: First Ontario canoe slalom
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SUNDAY: Antoine Pruneau #6 of the Ottawa Redblacks squirts some water on his face during a practice at TD Place stadium on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
It was hot, it was humid, and Antoine Pruneau’s hair was soaked with perspiration, but he was smiling.
“I’m not complaining,” Pruneau said. “With the winter we had, we’ll enjoy the nice weather like this.”
Pruneau is from Montreal, so he was as familiar as anyone else in Eastern Canada with the frigid extent of the winter of 2013-14, but it was a far different situation on Sunday as the 23-year-old defensive back and his Ottawa Redblacks teammates practised at TD Place stadium.
The temperature was on the high side of 30C, and Environment Canada and the City of Ottawa issued heat advisories, but there was still work to do just four days before the Canadian Football League expansion team’s first regular-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Manitoba capital.
READ MORE: At least it’s not winter: Redblacks work out despite heat
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EDM music lovers in Ottawa spent a scorching hot day at the Escapade Music Festival at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
EDM music lovers in Ottawa spent a scorching hot Sunday at Escapade Music Festival at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on June 29, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: Escapade Music Festival
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Several people are in hospital – one with serious injuries – after an RCMP SUV and a Mazda 3 collided in front of the Supreme court building on Wellington Street on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
A 19-year-old Ottawa man faces charges after a stolen car slammed into an RCMP vehicle Sunday, injuring seven people.
Police announced Monday they have charged Tyler Hutchinson, 19, with possession of stolen property over $5,000, failure to stop for police, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and breach of probation.
Passenger Shane Reeley, 23, has been charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and breach of a recognizance.
Police said six men and women were packed into a stolen white Mazda 3 when the RCMP tried to stop them on the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.
READ MORE: Charges laid after collision with RCMP vehicle that injured seven
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Bobby McFerrin performs on the Main Stage at Confederation Park during the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
After the cramped sellout and attendant excitement of Aretha Franklin on Saturday, Confederation Park was in a calmer mood Sunday.
And while the relatively small size of the crowd suggested an Aretha hangover, those who chose to take the night off missed a treat.
The moment Bobby McFerrin threw out his first pitch at the start of his remarkably varied and polished concert, it was clear this was going to be a special night with a unique performer backed by a tight, skilled band of musicians.
McFerrin’s prowess as a one-man polyphonic vocal performer is legendary and the first 15 minutes was devoted to his own special brand of vocal gymnastics.
READ MORE: Bobby McFerrin delivers the perfect pitch and a Jazzfest hit
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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014
Piloted by his brother, David, right, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at Gatineau Airport Monday in a Second World War P-40 Kittyhawk.
Piloted by his brother, David, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at Gatineau Airport on Monday, June 30, 2014 in a Second World War P-40 Kittyhawk. The Canadian hero watched as a CF-18 roared above along with Canadian Forces Snowbirds, and later met with kids and fans as part of an event put on by Vintage Wings of Canada.
READ MORE: Photos: Chris Hadfield featured in Gatineau Airport event
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Ottawa Redblacks players practice at TD Place stadium on Monday, June 30, 2014.
“We’re developing a new strategy,” Rick Campbell says. “That’s not to play and get first place. We’ll take 18 bye weeks if that happens.”
Seriously, the Ottawa Redblacks are in position not only to make the playoffs, but also to be the home team for the Canadian Football League’s Eastern Division final. Granted, the CFL’s newest team hasn’t played a game, but Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton all lost season openers, leaving Ottawa in first place going into its Thursday’s road game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
To earn a shot at the franchise’s first Grey Cup title and the city’s first since the Clements-to-Gabriel 1976 Rough Riders, the Redblacks need only to finish ahead of one other team in the East and, in consideration of CFL crossover playoff berth rules, two in the West.
Will it happen? Nobody knows. Could it happen? Yes.
READ MORE: Playoffs? Playoffs! It could happen, Renegades say
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Patrick Boyille and his three-year-old, Peter, seemed already in the festive spirit as they wandered around Parliament Hill Monday, June 20, 2014, where rehearsals continued on the main stage for Canada Day.
From the closing passages of Donald Creighton’s epic The Young Politician, the first of his two-volume biography of Sir John A Macdonald:
By nine o’clock, the public buildings and many large houses were illuminated all across Canada… When true darkness had at last fallen, the firework displays began; and simultaneously throughout the four provinces, the night was assaulted by minute explosions of coloured light, as the roman candles popped away, and the rockets raced up into the sky…
In Ottawa, long before this, Monck and Macdonald and the other ministers had quitted the Privy Council chamber; and Parliament Hill was crowded once again with people who had come to watch the last spectacle of the day. The Parliament buildings were illuminated. They stood out boldly against the sky; and far behind them, hidden in darkness, were the ridges of the Laurentians, stretching away, mile after mile, towards the north-west.
READ MORE: The Gargoyle: The First Canada Day
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Natalie MacMaster performs at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival held at Confederation Park in Ottawa, June 30, 2014.
Natalie MacMaster performs on Monday, June 30, 2014 at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, held at Confederation Park..
READ MORE: Photos: Natalie MacMaster at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014
People flock to Parliament Hill and the downtown core to enjoy Canada’s 147th birthday. Photo taken at 12:44 on July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill was awash in red and white today as thousands gathered in sweltering heat to celebrate Canada Day.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston joined the crowd for the festivities.
There was music from bands such as Marianas Trench, a flyover by the Snowbirds, plus vendors, face painting and more.
Meanwhile, across the river at the Canadian Museum of History, a special citizenship ceremony was being held for new Canadians — one of 45 across the country.
READ MORE: Photos & Video: Canada Day
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Lucy Galoyan, 3, waves the flag while her mom Araksya Mirzoyan received her citizenship today as 50 new Canadians take the Citizenship Oath during a special Canada Day ceremony held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.
Stand up. Raise your right hand. Repeat after me.
“I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen.”
Some in tears, some grinning from ear to ear, 50 candidates from 22 countries carefully repeated the oath of Canadian citizenship in both official languages at a special Canada Day ceremony Tuesday in the Canadian Museum of History’s Grand Hall. Canadians in the crowd of about 200 followed along, reaffirming their commitment to the nation on its birthday. It was one of 45 special ceremonies held across the country Tuesday by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
READ MORE: ‘It’s like a new life for me, starting now’: Canada Day citizenship ceremony brings tears, smiles
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TUESDAY: People enjoy pockets of sunshine between rain showers in downtown Ottawa during Canada Day festivities on July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill Canada Day fireworks on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.
Parliament Hill was a sea of red and white.
As thousands descended for Canada Day festivities in the capital Tuesday, people were finding every way imaginable to show their national pride — whether it was getting temporary tattoos, wearing crazy red hats or dressing up as the superhero Captain Canada.
Most revellers came ready for the heat, which was fortunate, because it was sweltering. But they draped themselves in flags, slathered themselves with sunscreen, carried their dripping ice creams, and partied on. (At least two people were taken away by stretcher to a nearby medical tent suffering from potential heat stroke.)
The day kicked off with a flag raising, followed by the singing of the national anthem. In between each of the performances on the Parliament Hill stage, videos showed on the big screens, including a highlight reel of the Winter Olympics and some classic Heritage Minute TV spots.
READ MORE: Canada Day: Flags, facepaint and fireworks in the nation’s capital
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014
Crews clean up whats left of the garbage on Parliament Hill on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, following Canada Day celebrations.
Walking downtown Tuesday evening the Canada Day crowds seemed a little thinner than in past years. The roads seemed a little less chaotic. Though thousands paraded downtown in red and white many say they felt the atmosphere was more relaxed and laid-back.
Police reported less crime, and several restaurants reported business was slower than usual for Canada’s birthday. The cleanup Wednesday was reportedly straightforward and quick.
Although the arrest of Philadelphia Flyers player Claude Giroux grabbed the capital’s attention, police reported only seven arrests in total during the festivities. Other than Giroux’s case, which did not result in any charges, the six other arrests were minor.
Compare that to last year when 23 arrests were made by Ottawa police during Canada Day festivities. Unsurprisingly, most of these were for public intoxication.
READ MORE: Police, businesses find Canada Day slightly slower than usual in the capital
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Alex Guptil, newly acquired in the Jason Spezza trade, skates as the Ottawa Senators continue to hold their development camp. Photo taken at 10:50 on July 2, 2014.
Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray was playing defence late Tuesday afternoon.
After giving Jason Spezza his wish and trading him to the Dallas Stars for Alex Chiasson, a pair of prospects and a second-round draft pick next summer, he addressed the growing perception that the organization isn’t doing enough, including spending enough money, to keep its star players.
“I hear the comments that we don’t spend to keep (our players),” Murray said, without revealing the club’s internal salary limit. “Just so you know, I offered Jason (Spezza) an extension and (he) said he wasn’t interested. Whether it’s because he thought we didn’t have enough around him or what … but there are different stories in each case. The problem is, I tell my version of it and then (the media) go to someone else and they tell a different version, and that’s the one that is believed. It has been frustrating. I tell it the way it is. I don’t usually fib anybody.”
READ MORE: Bryan Murray on the defensive after dealing Spezza, signing Michalek
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Ottawa Redblacks’ Nolan MacMillan (66) runs during practice on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at TD Place Stadium.
READ MORE: Here are your Ottawa Redblacks
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Michael Bublé performs at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
In his trademark tux and bow tie, Canadian crooner Michael Bublé entertained a near-capacity audience of 13,200 at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday with a polished, well-paced concert.
What kept it from being too slick was Bublé’s winning smile and his goofy sense of humour. Despite his international acclaim and numerous Grammy and Juno awards, the youthful singer from Burnaby, B.C., still came across like the guy next door, demonstrating the undeniable charm that endears him to a wide range of fans.
There were women of all ages in the audience swooning over Bublé’s lush sound, but also a fair number of men, who appreciated his boyish jokes about hockey and sex.
READ MORE: Concert review: Michael Bublé charms Canadian Tire Centre
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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014
THURSDAY: U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman and his wife, Vicki Heyman, will host their first Fourth of July party on Friday.
When the new U.S. ambassador and his wife host an estimated 3,000 diplomats, politicians and other guests Friday for a July 4 party at their Rockcliffe Park residence, Vicki Heyman may garner even more attention than her husband.
A noted philanthropist and community builder in Chicago, a successful political fundraiser who has also dedicated her time to the local children’s hospital, social-innovation projects and helping kids on the city’s rugged south side, she is arguably as well-known in Chicago circles as her ambassador spouse, Bruce Heyman, the successful investment banker at Goldman Sachs who was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Canada in March.
In an exclusive interview with the Citizen Thursday, Vicki Heyman explained how her business career in banking evolved into philanthropy, fundraising for Barack Obama and, now, diplomacy.
READ MORE: Vicki Heyman steps into starring role in U.S. diplomacy
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Ottawa Senators’ NHL prospect Mark Stone lifts weights on Thursday, July 3, 2014 during the annual development camp.
Talk confidently and carry a big stick. That’s Mark Stone’s operating philosophy to earning a full time right wing spot with the Ottawa Senators.
“I feel like I need to dominate when I’m out on the ice and show I can play at the next level,” Stone said about taking part in his fifth development camp this week with the Senators. “When it comes right down to it, if people can see the things I’ve gone through from my first development camp to my fifth, I’m just trying to show that I’ve become better over time.”
Stone, who just turned 22, was once considered a longshot because of his skating – “the first time I saw him, I did not project him to be an NHL player,” says Senators GM Randy Lee – but has overcome that and a series of injuries to put himself in the hunt for a spot somewhere on the club’s top two lines next season.
READ MORE: Mark Stone embraces challenge of winning spot on Sens’ crowded right wing
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A stuffed passenger pigeon on display in a Museum of Nature exhibit on the 100th anniversary of the day the last passenger pigeon died. Photo taken at 11:36 on July 3, 2014.
One hundred years ago this summer, visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo could watch a red and brown bird in its cage, knowing they were watching extinction happen.
Martha the passenger pigeon was the last of its kind, a dead bird hopping.
Her mate, George (the pair were patriotically named after the Washingtons), had already died, and Martha died in September of that year, weeks after the Great War began.
It was a shocking extinction. Passenger pigeons had been the most abundant birds in North America, with numbers estimated at between three billion and five billion. The birds swarmed together in flocks of up to a billion, and people beneath them reported a cold draft from the downbeats of their wings. Skies darkened.
READ MORE: Museums mark 100 years without passenger pigeons
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Carl Raskin called Canadian Blood Services to arrange an appointment to donate. But because he spent a cumulative total of three or more months in the UK or France between 1980 and 1996, he was told he couldn’t donate.
When Canadian Blood Services issued a public appeal for donors ahead of the Canada Day holiday, Barrhaven resident Carl Raskin stepped up.
“I haven’t given blood for years,” said Raskin, a 66-year-old retired public servant. “I wanted to give back to the community.”
But when he called to make an appointment, Raskin was told he wasn’t eligible to donate because he’d travelled regularly to Britain and France for work in the 1990s, when an epidemic of mad cow disease was raging.
Since 1999, Canadian Blood Services has “deferred” blood donations from anyone who spent a cumulative total of three months or more in the United Kingdom or France between 1980 and 1996. Many other countries have similar policies.
READ MORE: No end in sight for ‘mad cow’ ban on blood donations in Canada
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Gary Clark Jr. performs at Bluesfest opening night on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
While country superstar Blake Shelton was tearing it up on the main stage, the scene at the River Stage unfolded like an early version of Bluesfest, back when Bluesfest actually celebrated the blues.
On opening night of the 20th-anniversary edition of the event now known as RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, it was a welcome throwback to the roots of the festival, which was originally founded by blues fans for blues fans. Many of the original festivalgoers were spotted in the crowd at the River Stage at LeBreton Flats Park, reliving the glory days before grey hair and grandbabies came along. Happily, the younger demographic was well-represented, too, a turnout that proves there’s still an appetite for the real thing.
READ MORE: Review: Gary Clark Jr. took crowd down to the river where Bluesfest began
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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014
Ottawa Senators’ NHL prospect Vincent Dunn #36 and other prospects on the ice on Friday, July 4, 2014 during the annual development camp at the Bell Sensplex.
The Ottawa Senators’ annual development camp continued Friday, July 4, 2014 at the Bell Sensplex.
READ MORE: Photos: Friday at the Sens development camp
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Workers work on the pedestal of the George Brown statue on Friday, July 4, 2014 in preparation for a move.
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FRIDAY: The Beijing Xue Ming Art Troupe rehearse at the Ottawa Chinese Canadian Heritage Centre Friday, July 4, 2014. They are performing July 5-11th at the Kent Street centre.
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U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman, right, and Mrs. Vicki Heyman, left, dance as they host the annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at their residence on Friday, July 4, 2014.
Photos from the annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence on Friday, July 4, 2014..
READ MORE: Photos: Fourth of July celebration in Ottawa
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Journey’s lead singer, Arnel Pineda, plays on the main stage to an appreciative audience at LeBreton Flats on day two of Bluesfest on Friday, July 4, 2014.
He may not be the oft-missed Steve Perry, singer for veteran American arena rockers Journey during their commercial heyday of the 1980s and ‘90s, but the band’s current frontman Arnel Pineda did a heckuva job belting out a cavalcade of hits Friday night.
The 46-year-old Filipino, who looks like a kid next to long-time bass player, 65-year-old Ross Valory, was a dancing, leaping, hair-flopping fireball as he led the band, established in 1973, through the big opener Be Good to Yourself, Separate Ways and other immediately recognizable tunes.
The large crowd, comprising everyone from a hoodie-wearing pre-teen to greying boomers, responded to the string of old favourites with equal enthusiasm. They also cheered on lead guitarist Neal Schon’s howling version of Star-Spangled Banner, played with special gusto in honour of July 4 (Schon is the only member who’s been with the band continuously since its inception).
READ MORE: Bluesfest Review: Journey gets all ages movie’ to the music
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