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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014
HOPE’s flagship Volleyball SummerFest event combines recreational volleyball with live rock entertainment. Each year, more than 25,000 players and spectators flock to Mooney’s Bay Beach in Ottawa for the greatest summer party in the region. These participants have helped HOPE donate over $3.5 million in support of more than 110 local charities. Not bad for a group of friends that wanted to make a difference.
READ MORE: Photos: HOPE Volleyball Summerfest
Snoop Dogg performed at Bluesfest on Saturday July 12, 2014.
Snoop Dogg unleashed Snoop Lion in front of a rowdy crowd at RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest on Saturday with a performance that showed his transformation from rap to reggae is a still few puffs away from completion.
After a trip to Jamaica, where Snoop declared himself the reincarnation of Bob Marley and changed his name to Snoop Lion, the lanky rapper put out the reggae-fied Reincarnated last year, earning a Grammy nomination for best reggae album.
By way of introduction to the new persona, Snoop made his entrance in a Senators jersey and kicked off the show with Here Comes The King, issuing a call for revolution to the masses crammed on the plaza. But there was no reggae band backing him; just a couple of mates operating the decks and keys.
READ MORE: Bluesfest Review: Old-school Snoop Dogg thrills
Dignitaries, including Councillor Maria McRae, MP Pierre Pollievre, MPP John Fraser, Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Steve Desroches and his son Jack, 9, and Councillor Jan Harder cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Two years late, and at a cost of $48 million, the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge — or Ottawa’s Eiffel Tower, as Mayor Jim Watson called it Saturday — has finally been officially opened.
The mayor was joined by a large crowd that also included Barrhaven councillor Jan Harder and Riverside South councillor Steve Desroches at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:15 p.m. on the eastern side of the structure that spans the Rideau River.
“It looks like our version of the Eiffel Tower right here in Riverside South. This is going to be a new landmark,” Watson said. “Forget the Sydney Opera House, forget the bridge in St. Louis. We’ve got the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.”
READ MORE: Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge Ottawa’s Eiffel Tower, Watson says at ribbon cutting
The Slaughter Daughters try to force out Riot Squad jammer Restless Rose during the Rideau Valley Roller Girls’ Roller Derby Expo at the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Rideau Valley Roller Girls’ Roller Derby Expo at the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza in Ottawa on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos & Video: Roller Derby Expo
Hundreds of people rally in support of Palestine at the Human Rights Memorial on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
About 500 people gathered near the Human Rights monument at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 to protest the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip. The group marched up Elgin Street before heading to the U.S. Embassy.
READ MORE: Photos: Palestinians protest bombing of Gaza
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
The biggest blast in Ottawa’s history was over in seconds on Sunday, reducing the 11-storey John Carling Building to 40,000 tonnes of rubble by 420 kilograms of explosives.
Hundreds of people gathered 300 metres away from the federal office tower at 930 Carling Ave. that overlooked Dow’s Lake to catch a glimpse of the $4.8 million demolition.
Denis Lafrance came to the Experimental Farm prepared with fold-up lawn chairs to sit on. Lafrance said he was an avid viewer of a demolition television show and wanted to see it done in person.
READ MORE: Live Blog replay: Sir John Carling building destroyed
Fans react at the German Ambassador to Canada’s residence on Sunday, July 13, 2014 as they watch the World Cup Soccer Finals on his TV.
When Mario Götze scored the winning goal in the World Cup Final in Rio de Janeiro, the stadium exploded. Angela Merkel did not.
Watching from the stands, the Chancellor smiled tightly and clapped robotically. Her comportment was her country itself: a picture of restraint, humility, practicality, excellence.
Germany did celebrate, though not as rhapsodically as the Argentines would have, had they won. Then again, Germans are Germans – the stern, sturdy denizens of Northern Europe, tribunes of order and discipline, frugal, guarded and humourless.
That, of course, is the national image. But even if they were more like hot-blooded Latinos, they would be unable to show it. As we know, Germans are not allowed to be nationalistic.
READ MORE: Reasons for Germany to cheer
Collective Soul closed out Bluesfest on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at LeBreton Flats.
It was the final day of Bluesfest, but it hardly went out with a whimper.
READ MORE: Photos: Sunday at Bluesfest
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014
Belgian ambassador Bruno van der Pluijm, left, and the Governor of the Province of East Flanders, Jan Briers, right, gifted the City of Ottawa – represented by mayor Jim Watson, centre – and unveiled a plaque honouring a gift of 144 bushes of the 1814 Treaty of Ghent Rose Monday in front of city hall.
A Treaty of Ghent Rose Garden will be formally presented to Ottawa on Monday in a half-hour formal ceremony between the mayor, Belgium’s ambassador and Belgium’s governor of East Flanders.
READ MORE: Why Ottawa is getting a Treaty of Ghent Rose Garden
Workers have begun dismantling the Bluesfest stages and concession stands on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum.
The 20th-anniversary edition of RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest wrapped up Sunday with another music-filled day at LeBreton Flats Park, the final instalment in a 10-day run of multi-act concerts that, every year, turns Ottawa into a party town.
Between July 3 and 13, hundreds of artists played on the festival’s five stages, and hundreds of thousands of fans went through the gates on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum. The biggest crowds, more than 25,000 strong, turned out for a country bash with superstar Blake Shelton on opening night, a confetti carnival with pop diva Lady Gaga on July 5 and Snoop Dogg’s rap smokeout on July 12.
After 20 years, there are still a handful of people who continue to complain about the blues-worthiness of the lineup, but this year it seemed the case was pretty much closed. Most folks have learned to accept what’s booked, whether it’s rap, country, pop or electronic dance music, even if it’s on the main stage.
READ MORE: That’s a wrap on the 20th Bluesfest
Head Coach Rick Campbell issues instructions during practice as the Ottawa Redblacks practice at TD Place Stadium on Monday, July 14, 2014.
It isn’t every team that opens a season 0-2 and gets to be the hometown darling.
The Redblacks are not any team, and this is no ordinary season. On Friday, the new/old Ottawa CFL team finally gets to play in its refurbished stadium, when the Toronto Argos visit. What’s the worry of being 0-2 for a franchise that has been third-and-long for years? Lansdowne Park hasn’t been alive with CFL football since the fall of 2005. Now that the wedding is over, the honeymoon is full on.
“I think this place is going to be rocking,” said centre John Gott, speaking mere moments after the TD Place sign was hoisted by crane on top of the stadium scoreboard.
READ MORE: Redblacks 0-2 but still hometown heroes before historic Lansdowne opener
Cleanup takes place on Monday, July 14, 2014 following the demolition of the Sir John Carling building on Sunday.
There has been much talk recently about the demolition of the Sir John Carling Building, built around 1967. Apparently it was an old federal office tower that had come to the end of its useful life.
I bought my two-storey frame house brand new in 1964. I would say that it is in better shape today.
It has better insulation, better windows, and its fourth roof is to be installed later this month. It is in such good shape because I spent money to look after it. Why cannot governments at all levels learn that it pays to maintain the current infrastructure?
READ MORE: Letter: Let’s maintain current infrastructure
Rafael Barak, Israeli ambassador to Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2014.
The Middle East conflict has taken a perilous turn in recent days, as Israel responded to rocket attacks from Hamas with its own air strikes on targets in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Rafael Barak, discussed the issue with Mark Kennedy.
READ MORE: Israel’s ambassador calls Gaza air strikes ‘calibrated’ response to terrorism
Greg Thomsen lost his quad-copter a month ago, and has plastered signs around the city to find his four-armed flying friend.
Greg Thomsen’s quad-copter was soaring about 46 metres in the air above Lincoln Fields when he lost its signal. Chasing after it, he watched it fade from view, and wondered if he’d ever see it again.
That was a month ago, and since then he has plastered signs around town asking people if they’ve seen his four-armed flying friend, but to no avail. Although the copter is built with a “fail-safe” mode that allows it to return to its controller if the signal is lost, the fail-safe failed, and the copter flew out of sight and out of grasp.
“It could be miles away,” he said.
READ MORE: Hobbyist loses his quad-copter when it flies away
TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014
TUESDAY: Pedestrians walk past Muskoka chairs sitting alongside the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa city hall on a soggy Tuesday lunch hour.
OPP’s new East Region commander, Chief Superintendent Dan Redmond.
Two weeks on the job and OPP Chief Supt. and regional commander of East Region Dan Redmond is standing in the rain outside the force’s Kanata detachment in a crisp white dress shirt posing for an official portrait. Jokes about whether he needs to be using his “Blue Steel” pose aside, the veteran cop who spent the bulk of his 28-year-career in investigative units with the provincial police force still wears his gun.
“I don’t want to be a liability,” the 49-year-old married father of one son says. He has to be able to handle himself on the road, if the need arises. Being fit for duty means staying physically fit for the job but mentally ready for service, too, he says. Senior officers ought to be willing and able to back up their frontline colleagues at scenes.
READ MORE: There’s a new OPP Chief in town
Alfred Brousseau is fed up with the court bureaucracy as he tries to get a pardon for a petty crime he committed when he was 18 years old.
Fred Brousseau had forgotten about it: A $1.85 pack of Player’s cigarettes he shoplifted from an old Cash and Carry store in 1983 because he was broke.
The cigarettes were supposed to be a birthday present for his mother, who smoked the brand. The then-20-year-old was caught, charged with theft under $200, pleaded guilty and was fined $85. The judge said he did a stupid thing, and his father agreed, with Brousseau recalling he got a good beating.
Now, three decades later, the 1983 conviction has come back to haunt the Orléans man, who feels the Parole Board of Canada is needlessly prolonging his ordeal.
READ MORE: Adami: Man stuck waiting for pardon after stealing pack of smokes in 1983
Shaun Michael is in Ottawa court challenging the mandatory victim surcharge.
For a lot of people, $900 doesn’t amount to much. One mortgage instalment. A monthly grocery bill for a family of four. A couple of car payments. For someone with major substance abuse problem who has been in and out of jail and homeless shelters, it’s yet another difficult obstacle in the way of leading a more productive life.
Shaun Michael, a 26-year-old who admitted to kicking a loss prevention officer and police officer after trying to swipe a bottle of rye from the LCBO, is the first offender in Ottawa to argue that the Conservative government’s mandatory victim surcharge is unconstitutional. His lawyer says the $900 surcharge Michael now faces is out of proportion with his crimes, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and violates his right to life, liberty and security because he’ll never be able to pay the fine and could face jail time as a result. It could also affect future applications for a pardon, credit or a driver’s licence. The Crown prosecutor argues that it’s not a punishment, it’s a “monetary consequence” aimed at supporting victims.
READ MORE: Editorial: Victim surcharge can be disproportionate
Steve Cousineau of Admiral Realty cleans the dirt off a rare type of sign called a Norge Ball which was used as the “Venus Envy” sign on Lisgar Street, but was taken down and saved during the demolition of the building last week.
Arthur Loeb said he remembers visiting Norge Village Cleaners when he was younger and admiring how its sign, featuring a giant ball, was illuminated and spinning. He said he was fixated on how it looked like the inside of the washing machine turning with the “bubbles” on the outside.
The ball was once a part of the corporate signage for the coin-operated laundromat chain based out of Chicago that had a few locations sprinkled around Ottawa. Each sign featured a white, plastic, polka-dotted ball, and collectively they became known as “Norge balls.”
Of the roughly 3,000 original signs made, fewer than 100 are known to still exist. One of them is being stored away in a packaging warehouse on Star Top Road for safekeeping, where it is expected to remain until Loeb can find it a new home.
READ MORE: A rare Norge ball’s long run on Lisgar comes to an end
Stephanie Headley, thanks to an anonymous donation of $128,000, recently reached her goal to fund a potentially life saving operation at a Chicago hospital.
Things were not looking good for Stephanie Headley.
For 13 years, the 48-year-old single mother of four in Kanata has been battling systemic scleroderma, a progressive auto-immune disorder that was — almost literally — turning her skin and internal organs to stone.
She’s in the end stages of the disease, which causes a buildup of scar tissue called fibrosis in the skin and other organs. Doctors said she’d likely be dead within a year.
Her only hope was to travel to Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital for an innovative stem cell transplant treatment by U.S. immunologist Dr. Richard Burt, the doctor who pioneered it.
READ MORE: Donor’s $128,000 gift offers new hope to Kanata woman with fatal disorder
Said Hamad, Chief Representative of the Palestinian General Delegation in Canada.
As the crisis in Gaza and Israel deepened this week, the top Palestinian diplomat to Canada, Said Hamad, discussed the violence with Mark Kennedy.
READ MORE: Palestinian diplomat says Gaza violence a symptom of occupation
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A worker appears at the end of a jelly fish while fixing the small panels that make up the jumbo screen at TD Place Stadium – all last-minute preparations for the Ottawa Redblacks home opener on Friday.
One of four goalies, Chad Bush, skids on the turf to stop the ball during drills during the Ottawa Fury Football Club practice at their new digs at TD Place Stadium, at Lansdowne Park, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Ottawa Fury FC expects to establish a North American Soccer League single-game attendance record when it hosts the New York Cosmos on Sunday.
“It was a goal of ours. We didn’t talk about it too much, but it was a goal,” John Pugh, Fury FC president and a partner in franchise owner Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group, said Thursday as the first-year soccer club practised at TD Place stadium.
Pugh said he didn’t have an up-to-the-minute total of tickets sold but was assured that Fury FC would surpass the previous mark of 13,151 established by the San Antonio Scorpions.
“We want to build a fan base and get to the biggest number we possibly can,” he added.
READ MORE: Fury FC poised to set league attendance record, Pugh says
WEDNESDAY: MG owners from across North America gathered at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for a car show on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, as part of the 39th North American MG Register.
Kiarra Kooyman, 10, poses for a photograph with Ottawa Senator Chris Neil on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, as the veteran winger visits the Ottawa Senators Summer Hockey Camps being held this week at the Bell Sensplex.
With Jason Spezza gone, winger Chris Neil is one of only two Senators left from the 2007 team that went to the Stanley Cup final.
So, it shouldn’t be surprising that Neil holds the other remaining veteran, defenceman Chris Phillips, in high regard.
In fact, Neil said on Wednesday that Phillips gets his approval to replace Spezza as team captain.
“I have no idea (who it will be), I don’t worry about that or control that,” Neil said, speaking to reporters after visiting minor hockey players at the Senators summer camps at the Sensplex. “The torch is going to get passed on sooner or later.
READ MORE: In a post-Spezza world, Neil approves of a Phillips reign
Arthur Matheson is photographed in his home in Drummond on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Arthur Matheson lay in a hospital bed in a coma, his body broken.
The Perth cattle and sheep farmer had suffered a catastrophic brain injury. His leg was broken so badly that at first doctors thought they might have to cut if off. There were fractures to his arm, a rib and vertebrae.
He had been airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus after being rammed by a hit-and-run driver as Matheson rode his farm ATV the 100 yards between his driveway and a gate into the field where his sheep had been grazing.
The ATV ride would normally take 30 seconds or less on the gravel concession road that runs past the farm.
READ MORE: Despite devastating injuries, Perth farmer barred from suing hit-and-run driver
Jo-Anne Polak, now the vice-president of communications at Canada Post, holds the helmet of quarterback Damon Allen – who played for the former Ottawa Rough Riders (1989-1991) when Polak was co-general manager of the team.
Today it’s glitz and glory. The rainbow after the storm.
Months of buildup yield to the Redblacks first CFL game in a sparkling stadium in the Glebe, in front of 24,000 fans primed for the biggest Ottawa sporting debut since 1992 when the modern Senators played their first NHL game — on Civic Centre ice, underneath the north stands of Lansdowne.
Quarterback Henry Burris may well turn Rideau Canal water into wine. Such is the anticipation for Friday’s sold-out game against the visiting Toronto Argos. But first, a moment to appreciate the pioneers who held Ottawa’s football hopes together, at times with sticky tape and bubble gum, to make this glorious day possible.
Twenty-five years ago, Jo-Anne Polak was 29 and wide-eyed when she first got a peek at the Rough Riders accounting books. She gulped.
READ MORE: A tip of the cap to the pioneers who made the Redblacks era possible
(Left-right, back) James Flindall, Karen Flindall, grandma Gemma Blackwood, David Blackwood and Kathy Blackwood, with sons/grandsons (left to right, front) Justin Flindall, Jalen Flindall, Devaughn Blackwood and Deion Blackwood make up three generations of RedBlacks fans.
With the return of the CFL to Ottawa just hours away, no one is more excited than 73-year old Gemma Blackwood. But, at the same time, the longtime season-ticket holder says she will attend the Redblacks’ home opener on Friday with a bit of a heavy heart.
She has been a season-ticket holder since the mid-1960s but always attended games with her husband, Baron. When the Rough Riders folded following the 1996 season, it was hard on them both.
With the 2002 rebirth of the CFL in Ottawa in the form of the Renegades, the Blackwoods were once again front and centre — actually a little to the left — as they had tickets behind the Renegades bench on the west side of Frank Clair Stadium.
READ MORE: Football’s back, and so are the Blackwoods
Katy Perry performs in concert at the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour landed at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, dazzling a sold-out audience of 16,200 with a whimsical extravaganza of a concert experience that incorporated everything from fireworks and giant butterflies to a life-size inflatable convertible.
Every blip of Perry’s imagination was brought to life and bathed in neon, evidently sparing no expense. The tour to promote last year’s album, Prism, includes multiple costume changes and wild hair colours, an extended supporting cast of athletic dancers and crack musicians, a massive stage with several moving parts and enough visual stimulation to basically eliminate the urge to check one’s cellphone.
Capturing the attention of a perpetually distracted generation is no mean feat, but Perry accomplished it with a performance that was brimming with lights, sound and action. Perhaps most impressive was her ability to focus amid the mayhem. Even when there was a minor prop malfunction — a jump rope gone askew — her voice was strong and she sang with the utmost confidence.
READ MORE: Concert review: Katy Perry at Canadian Tire Centre
WEDNESDAY: Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Marc Garneau and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird look on during the Rally for the People of Israel at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014
Nikki Patterson leads the warmup run. Ottawa Fury Football Club practiced at TD Place Stadium on Thursday, July 17, 2014.
You only had to stand on the sidelines Friday at TD Place watching some feverish finishing touches slipping into place to feel the energy.
It was like as the Ottawa Fury FC squad skipped onto the field for an intense practice session ahead of Sunday’s NASL home opener against the New York Cosmos.
Everything was looking good from the million-dollar replay screen hovering over the Bank Street end to the iconic new Southside stand and its curvy wooden roof. I was just as impressed by something the fans will not get to see — the shining individual wooden lockers for the players look smarter than a million-dollar walk-in closet.
Add a state-of-the-art playing surface and the prospect of 15,000 fans cheering you on against a team that has seen some of the most historic moments in North American soccer and it is easy to understand why a few Fury FC players might have their heads turned.
READ MORE: Fury men ready to make history at TD Place
Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud, Commanding Officer of the RCMP’s National Division, announced charges on July 17, 2014 to suspended senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate scandal investigation.
A bribery charge laid by the RCMP against Senator Mike Duffy under a rarely used Criminal Code corruption provision indicates prosecutors believe he asked the prime minister’s then-chief of staff, Nigel Wright, to pay him $90,000, contradicting Duffy’s version of the now-infamous transaction.
The 31 charges the police disclosed Thursday include a single count of “Bribery of judicial officers,” a Criminal Code offence that also pertains to bribery involving members of Parliament. Under the law, it is an offence for parliamentarians to either accept or attempt to obtain money or “valuable consideration” for acting in their official capacity, and is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
That suggests police believe Duffy asked Wright for the money to pay off his residency expenses, rather than Wright offering the money first.
READ MORE: Bribery charge against Duffy puts PMO back under the spotlight
Construction workers and police are on scene of a work place accident that resulted in a man being run over by a trailer on a bicycle path located on the north side of the Canadian War Museum.
Ottawa police are looking for witnesses after a 63-year-old construction worker died in hospital from injuries he sustained when a colleague ran over him with a trailer near the Canadian War Museum.
The man was doing construction on a bike path near the museum when the accident happened. When the man got out of the passenger’s seat of a pickup truck and went to the back near the attached trailer, the driver started to back up the vehicle.
The man was crushed under the trailer and his co-workers used a forklift to move the trailer.
The man suffered severe injuries to his head, chest and extremities, and was pronounced dead at hospital.
READ MORE: Construction worker dies near Canadian War Museum
THURSDAY: Annie Pootoogook, acclaimed Inuit artist, continues to battle alcoholism and idleness.
Acclaimed Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook still has a long way to go to beat her demons.
Seeing her the other day — sitting and smoking on a manhole cover while her boyfriend, Bill Watt, panhandled up and down the Queensway off-ramp to St. Laurent Boulevard — reminded me of what I wanted to believe two years ago. She might win.
In July 2012, after spending months wrecked on drugs and booze, Pootoogook suddenly emerged from her abyss, apparently clean and sober. Through a third party, the couple contacted the Citizen because they had a story to tell and needed help finding a home.
READ MORE: Adami: Alcohol, idleness still battle acclaimed Inuit artist
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014
FRIDAY: Former Blue Jays player Jesse Barfield has a few kids amazed as he shows them some youtube video in his playing days as he fellow players Devon White and Duane Ward participated with the Jays Care Foundation in helping unveil two reconstructed player dugouts at Eagles Nest Baseball Diamond in Barrhaven on Friday, July 18, 2014.
Trend Micro execs Wael Mohamed, left, is the company’s EVP Corporate Strategy & Global Operations, based in the company’s U.S. Headquarters in Texas, and Bill McGee, right, is Ottawa-based SVP & GM, for Cloud and Data Center Security.
Business is booming at former Ottawa startup Third Brigade, five years after it was acquired by Japanese computer security giant Trend Micro Inc.
The firm, which employed about 50 people locally when it was acquired, now has about 150 working in its Kanata offices and is looking to add more.
“We are hiring like crazy,” Wael Mohamed, executive vice-president of corporate strategy and global operations at Trend and one of the co-founders of the former Third Brigade. “We are very lucky that it’s worked out this way.”
The company, which specialized in security for cloud computing before most people knew what the cloud actually was, was founded by former Entrust employees and began operations in 2004. It was acquired by Trend Micro, which has more than $1 billion US in sales annually and employs 5,200 people in 37 countries globally, in 2009 for an undisclosed amount.
READ MORE: Within Trend Micro, Ottawa’s Third Brigade lives on — and thrives
Ottawa police tactical squad execute a search warrant at a home located at 19 Topley Crescent in the Hunt Club area on Friday, July 18, 2014.
Police are looking for a man they say is armed and dangerous after a shooting in the south end of Ottawa this week.
Police say Mohamed Abdi Abdullahi, 31, is facing charges after a man was shot in the legs Thursday night on Horsdal Private.
The shooting was initially believed to involve the Crips street gang. The man who was shot was apparently not connected to two other recent shootings where victims were also shot in the legs.
Abdullahi is known to the police guns and gangs unit. Police described him Friday as a black man, five-foot-10, 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Earlier Friday, police executed a search warrant at Topley Crescent, related to the shooting. They briefly closed down a section of the street and evacuated a handful of homes in the area.
READ MORE: Police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ shooting suspect
Jimmy D Fata and son Colby Fata put on their game faces well before the Redblacks’ home opener kickoff at TD Place on Friday, July 18, 2014.
Fans proved that football is still alive and well in Ottawa, showing their spirit as they turned out for the Redblacks home opener on Friday, July 18, 2014. Not to be outdone, some Argos fans came to celebrate too.
READ MORE: Photos: Fans turn out for Redblacks home opener
The Ottawa Redblacks warm up before their home opener at TD Place on Friday, July 18, 2014.
The Ottawa Redblacks hosted the Toronto Argonauts at their home opener at TD Place stadium at Lansdowne Park on Friday, July 18, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: Argos at Redblacks, July 18
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HOPE’s flagship Volleyball SummerFest event combines recreational volleyball with live rock entertainment. Each year, more than 25,000 players and spectators flock to Mooney’s Bay Beach in Ottawa for the greatest summer party in the region. These participants have helped HOPE donate over $3.5 million in support of more than 110 local charities. Not bad for a group of friends that wanted to make a difference.
READ MORE: Photos: HOPE Volleyball Summerfest
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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 during the week.
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Snoop Dogg performed at Bluesfest on Saturday July 12, 2014.
Snoop Dogg unleashed Snoop Lion in front of a rowdy crowd at RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest on Saturday with a performance that showed his transformation from rap to reggae is a still few puffs away from completion.
After a trip to Jamaica, where Snoop declared himself the reincarnation of Bob Marley and changed his name to Snoop Lion, the lanky rapper put out the reggae-fied Reincarnated last year, earning a Grammy nomination for best reggae album.
By way of introduction to the new persona, Snoop made his entrance in a Senators jersey and kicked off the show with Here Comes The King, issuing a call for revolution to the masses crammed on the plaza. But there was no reggae band backing him; just a couple of mates operating the decks and keys.
READ MORE: Bluesfest Review: Old-school Snoop Dogg thrills
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Dignitaries, including Councillor Maria McRae, MP Pierre Pollievre, MPP John Fraser, Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Steve Desroches and his son Jack, 9, and Councillor Jan Harder cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Two years late, and at a cost of $48 million, the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge — or Ottawa’s Eiffel Tower, as Mayor Jim Watson called it Saturday — has finally been officially opened.
The mayor was joined by a large crowd that also included Barrhaven councillor Jan Harder and Riverside South councillor Steve Desroches at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:15 p.m. on the eastern side of the structure that spans the Rideau River.
“It looks like our version of the Eiffel Tower right here in Riverside South. This is going to be a new landmark,” Watson said. “Forget the Sydney Opera House, forget the bridge in St. Louis. We’ve got the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.”
READ MORE: Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge Ottawa’s Eiffel Tower, Watson says at ribbon cutting
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The Slaughter Daughters try to force out Riot Squad jammer Restless Rose during the Rideau Valley Roller Girls’ Roller Derby Expo at the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Rideau Valley Roller Girls’ Roller Derby Expo at the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza in Ottawa on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos & Video: Roller Derby Expo
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Hundreds of people rally in support of Palestine at the Human Rights Memorial on Saturday, July 12, 2014.
About 500 people gathered near the Human Rights monument at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 to protest the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip. The group marched up Elgin Street before heading to the U.S. Embassy.
READ MORE: Photos: Palestinians protest bombing of Gaza
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SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
The biggest blast in Ottawa’s history was over in seconds on Sunday, reducing the 11-storey John Carling Building to 40,000 tonnes of rubble by 420 kilograms of explosives.
Hundreds of people gathered 300 metres away from the federal office tower at 930 Carling Ave. that overlooked Dow’s Lake to catch a glimpse of the $4.8 million demolition.
Denis Lafrance came to the Experimental Farm prepared with fold-up lawn chairs to sit on. Lafrance said he was an avid viewer of a demolition television show and wanted to see it done in person.
READ MORE: Live Blog replay: Sir John Carling building destroyed
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Fans react at the German Ambassador to Canada’s residence on Sunday, July 13, 2014 as they watch the World Cup Soccer Finals on his TV.
When Mario Götze scored the winning goal in the World Cup Final in Rio de Janeiro, the stadium exploded. Angela Merkel did not.
Watching from the stands, the Chancellor smiled tightly and clapped robotically. Her comportment was her country itself: a picture of restraint, humility, practicality, excellence.
Germany did celebrate, though not as rhapsodically as the Argentines would have, had they won. Then again, Germans are Germans – the stern, sturdy denizens of Northern Europe, tribunes of order and discipline, frugal, guarded and humourless.
That, of course, is the national image. But even if they were more like hot-blooded Latinos, they would be unable to show it. As we know, Germans are not allowed to be nationalistic.
READ MORE: Reasons for Germany to cheer
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Collective Soul closed out Bluesfest on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at LeBreton Flats.
It was the final day of Bluesfest, but it hardly went out with a whimper.
READ MORE: Photos: Sunday at Bluesfest
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MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014
Belgian ambassador Bruno van der Pluijm, left, and the Governor of the Province of East Flanders, Jan Briers, right, gifted the City of Ottawa – represented by mayor Jim Watson, centre – and unveiled a plaque honouring a gift of 144 bushes of the 1814 Treaty of Ghent Rose Monday in front of city hall.
A Treaty of Ghent Rose Garden will be formally presented to Ottawa on Monday in a half-hour formal ceremony between the mayor, Belgium’s ambassador and Belgium’s governor of East Flanders.
READ MORE: Why Ottawa is getting a Treaty of Ghent Rose Garden
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Workers have begun dismantling the Bluesfest stages and concession stands on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum.
The 20th-anniversary edition of RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest wrapped up Sunday with another music-filled day at LeBreton Flats Park, the final instalment in a 10-day run of multi-act concerts that, every year, turns Ottawa into a party town.
Between July 3 and 13, hundreds of artists played on the festival’s five stages, and hundreds of thousands of fans went through the gates on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum. The biggest crowds, more than 25,000 strong, turned out for a country bash with superstar Blake Shelton on opening night, a confetti carnival with pop diva Lady Gaga on July 5 and Snoop Dogg’s rap smokeout on July 12.
After 20 years, there are still a handful of people who continue to complain about the blues-worthiness of the lineup, but this year it seemed the case was pretty much closed. Most folks have learned to accept what’s booked, whether it’s rap, country, pop or electronic dance music, even if it’s on the main stage.
READ MORE: That’s a wrap on the 20th Bluesfest
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Head Coach Rick Campbell issues instructions during practice as the Ottawa Redblacks practice at TD Place Stadium on Monday, July 14, 2014.
It isn’t every team that opens a season 0-2 and gets to be the hometown darling.
The Redblacks are not any team, and this is no ordinary season. On Friday, the new/old Ottawa CFL team finally gets to play in its refurbished stadium, when the Toronto Argos visit. What’s the worry of being 0-2 for a franchise that has been third-and-long for years? Lansdowne Park hasn’t been alive with CFL football since the fall of 2005. Now that the wedding is over, the honeymoon is full on.
“I think this place is going to be rocking,” said centre John Gott, speaking mere moments after the TD Place sign was hoisted by crane on top of the stadium scoreboard.
READ MORE: Redblacks 0-2 but still hometown heroes before historic Lansdowne opener
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Cleanup takes place on Monday, July 14, 2014 following the demolition of the Sir John Carling building on Sunday.
There has been much talk recently about the demolition of the Sir John Carling Building, built around 1967. Apparently it was an old federal office tower that had come to the end of its useful life.
I bought my two-storey frame house brand new in 1964. I would say that it is in better shape today.
It has better insulation, better windows, and its fourth roof is to be installed later this month. It is in such good shape because I spent money to look after it. Why cannot governments at all levels learn that it pays to maintain the current infrastructure?
READ MORE: Letter: Let’s maintain current infrastructure
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Rafael Barak, Israeli ambassador to Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2014.
The Middle East conflict has taken a perilous turn in recent days, as Israel responded to rocket attacks from Hamas with its own air strikes on targets in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Rafael Barak, discussed the issue with Mark Kennedy.
READ MORE: Israel’s ambassador calls Gaza air strikes ‘calibrated’ response to terrorism
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Greg Thomsen lost his quad-copter a month ago, and has plastered signs around the city to find his four-armed flying friend.
Greg Thomsen’s quad-copter was soaring about 46 metres in the air above Lincoln Fields when he lost its signal. Chasing after it, he watched it fade from view, and wondered if he’d ever see it again.
That was a month ago, and since then he has plastered signs around town asking people if they’ve seen his four-armed flying friend, but to no avail. Although the copter is built with a “fail-safe” mode that allows it to return to its controller if the signal is lost, the fail-safe failed, and the copter flew out of sight and out of grasp.
“It could be miles away,” he said.
READ MORE: Hobbyist loses his quad-copter when it flies away
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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014
TUESDAY: Pedestrians walk past Muskoka chairs sitting alongside the Rink of Dreams at Ottawa city hall on a soggy Tuesday lunch hour.
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OPP’s new East Region commander, Chief Superintendent Dan Redmond.
Two weeks on the job and OPP Chief Supt. and regional commander of East Region Dan Redmond is standing in the rain outside the force’s Kanata detachment in a crisp white dress shirt posing for an official portrait. Jokes about whether he needs to be using his “Blue Steel” pose aside, the veteran cop who spent the bulk of his 28-year-career in investigative units with the provincial police force still wears his gun.
“I don’t want to be a liability,” the 49-year-old married father of one son says. He has to be able to handle himself on the road, if the need arises. Being fit for duty means staying physically fit for the job but mentally ready for service, too, he says. Senior officers ought to be willing and able to back up their frontline colleagues at scenes.
READ MORE: There’s a new OPP Chief in town
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Alfred Brousseau is fed up with the court bureaucracy as he tries to get a pardon for a petty crime he committed when he was 18 years old.
Fred Brousseau had forgotten about it: A $1.85 pack of Player’s cigarettes he shoplifted from an old Cash and Carry store in 1983 because he was broke.
The cigarettes were supposed to be a birthday present for his mother, who smoked the brand. The then-20-year-old was caught, charged with theft under $200, pleaded guilty and was fined $85. The judge said he did a stupid thing, and his father agreed, with Brousseau recalling he got a good beating.
Now, three decades later, the 1983 conviction has come back to haunt the Orléans man, who feels the Parole Board of Canada is needlessly prolonging his ordeal.
READ MORE: Adami: Man stuck waiting for pardon after stealing pack of smokes in 1983
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Shaun Michael is in Ottawa court challenging the mandatory victim surcharge.
For a lot of people, $900 doesn’t amount to much. One mortgage instalment. A monthly grocery bill for a family of four. A couple of car payments. For someone with major substance abuse problem who has been in and out of jail and homeless shelters, it’s yet another difficult obstacle in the way of leading a more productive life.
Shaun Michael, a 26-year-old who admitted to kicking a loss prevention officer and police officer after trying to swipe a bottle of rye from the LCBO, is the first offender in Ottawa to argue that the Conservative government’s mandatory victim surcharge is unconstitutional. His lawyer says the $900 surcharge Michael now faces is out of proportion with his crimes, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and violates his right to life, liberty and security because he’ll never be able to pay the fine and could face jail time as a result. It could also affect future applications for a pardon, credit or a driver’s licence. The Crown prosecutor argues that it’s not a punishment, it’s a “monetary consequence” aimed at supporting victims.
READ MORE: Editorial: Victim surcharge can be disproportionate
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Steve Cousineau of Admiral Realty cleans the dirt off a rare type of sign called a Norge Ball which was used as the “Venus Envy” sign on Lisgar Street, but was taken down and saved during the demolition of the building last week.
Arthur Loeb said he remembers visiting Norge Village Cleaners when he was younger and admiring how its sign, featuring a giant ball, was illuminated and spinning. He said he was fixated on how it looked like the inside of the washing machine turning with the “bubbles” on the outside.
The ball was once a part of the corporate signage for the coin-operated laundromat chain based out of Chicago that had a few locations sprinkled around Ottawa. Each sign featured a white, plastic, polka-dotted ball, and collectively they became known as “Norge balls.”
Of the roughly 3,000 original signs made, fewer than 100 are known to still exist. One of them is being stored away in a packaging warehouse on Star Top Road for safekeeping, where it is expected to remain until Loeb can find it a new home.
READ MORE: A rare Norge ball’s long run on Lisgar comes to an end
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Stephanie Headley, thanks to an anonymous donation of $128,000, recently reached her goal to fund a potentially life saving operation at a Chicago hospital.
Things were not looking good for Stephanie Headley.
For 13 years, the 48-year-old single mother of four in Kanata has been battling systemic scleroderma, a progressive auto-immune disorder that was — almost literally — turning her skin and internal organs to stone.
She’s in the end stages of the disease, which causes a buildup of scar tissue called fibrosis in the skin and other organs. Doctors said she’d likely be dead within a year.
Her only hope was to travel to Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital for an innovative stem cell transplant treatment by U.S. immunologist Dr. Richard Burt, the doctor who pioneered it.
READ MORE: Donor’s $128,000 gift offers new hope to Kanata woman with fatal disorder
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Said Hamad, Chief Representative of the Palestinian General Delegation in Canada.
As the crisis in Gaza and Israel deepened this week, the top Palestinian diplomat to Canada, Said Hamad, discussed the violence with Mark Kennedy.
READ MORE: Palestinian diplomat says Gaza violence a symptom of occupation
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014
WEDNESDAY: A worker appears at the end of a jelly fish while fixing the small panels that make up the jumbo screen at TD Place Stadium – all last-minute preparations for the Ottawa Redblacks home opener on Friday.
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One of four goalies, Chad Bush, skids on the turf to stop the ball during drills during the Ottawa Fury Football Club practice at their new digs at TD Place Stadium, at Lansdowne Park, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Ottawa Fury FC expects to establish a North American Soccer League single-game attendance record when it hosts the New York Cosmos on Sunday.
“It was a goal of ours. We didn’t talk about it too much, but it was a goal,” John Pugh, Fury FC president and a partner in franchise owner Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group, said Thursday as the first-year soccer club practised at TD Place stadium.
Pugh said he didn’t have an up-to-the-minute total of tickets sold but was assured that Fury FC would surpass the previous mark of 13,151 established by the San Antonio Scorpions.
“We want to build a fan base and get to the biggest number we possibly can,” he added.
READ MORE: Fury FC poised to set league attendance record, Pugh says
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WEDNESDAY: MG owners from across North America gathered at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for a car show on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, as part of the 39th North American MG Register.
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Kiarra Kooyman, 10, poses for a photograph with Ottawa Senator Chris Neil on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, as the veteran winger visits the Ottawa Senators Summer Hockey Camps being held this week at the Bell Sensplex.
With Jason Spezza gone, winger Chris Neil is one of only two Senators left from the 2007 team that went to the Stanley Cup final.
So, it shouldn’t be surprising that Neil holds the other remaining veteran, defenceman Chris Phillips, in high regard.
In fact, Neil said on Wednesday that Phillips gets his approval to replace Spezza as team captain.
“I have no idea (who it will be), I don’t worry about that or control that,” Neil said, speaking to reporters after visiting minor hockey players at the Senators summer camps at the Sensplex. “The torch is going to get passed on sooner or later.
READ MORE: In a post-Spezza world, Neil approves of a Phillips reign
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Arthur Matheson is photographed in his home in Drummond on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Arthur Matheson lay in a hospital bed in a coma, his body broken.
The Perth cattle and sheep farmer had suffered a catastrophic brain injury. His leg was broken so badly that at first doctors thought they might have to cut if off. There were fractures to his arm, a rib and vertebrae.
He had been airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus after being rammed by a hit-and-run driver as Matheson rode his farm ATV the 100 yards between his driveway and a gate into the field where his sheep had been grazing.
The ATV ride would normally take 30 seconds or less on the gravel concession road that runs past the farm.
READ MORE: Despite devastating injuries, Perth farmer barred from suing hit-and-run driver
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Jo-Anne Polak, now the vice-president of communications at Canada Post, holds the helmet of quarterback Damon Allen – who played for the former Ottawa Rough Riders (1989-1991) when Polak was co-general manager of the team.
Today it’s glitz and glory. The rainbow after the storm.
Months of buildup yield to the Redblacks first CFL game in a sparkling stadium in the Glebe, in front of 24,000 fans primed for the biggest Ottawa sporting debut since 1992 when the modern Senators played their first NHL game — on Civic Centre ice, underneath the north stands of Lansdowne.
Quarterback Henry Burris may well turn Rideau Canal water into wine. Such is the anticipation for Friday’s sold-out game against the visiting Toronto Argos. But first, a moment to appreciate the pioneers who held Ottawa’s football hopes together, at times with sticky tape and bubble gum, to make this glorious day possible.
Twenty-five years ago, Jo-Anne Polak was 29 and wide-eyed when she first got a peek at the Rough Riders accounting books. She gulped.
READ MORE: A tip of the cap to the pioneers who made the Redblacks era possible
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(Left-right, back) James Flindall, Karen Flindall, grandma Gemma Blackwood, David Blackwood and Kathy Blackwood, with sons/grandsons (left to right, front) Justin Flindall, Jalen Flindall, Devaughn Blackwood and Deion Blackwood make up three generations of RedBlacks fans.
With the return of the CFL to Ottawa just hours away, no one is more excited than 73-year old Gemma Blackwood. But, at the same time, the longtime season-ticket holder says she will attend the Redblacks’ home opener on Friday with a bit of a heavy heart.
She has been a season-ticket holder since the mid-1960s but always attended games with her husband, Baron. When the Rough Riders folded following the 1996 season, it was hard on them both.
With the 2002 rebirth of the CFL in Ottawa in the form of the Renegades, the Blackwoods were once again front and centre — actually a little to the left — as they had tickets behind the Renegades bench on the west side of Frank Clair Stadium.
READ MORE: Football’s back, and so are the Blackwoods
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Katy Perry performs in concert at the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour landed at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, dazzling a sold-out audience of 16,200 with a whimsical extravaganza of a concert experience that incorporated everything from fireworks and giant butterflies to a life-size inflatable convertible.
Every blip of Perry’s imagination was brought to life and bathed in neon, evidently sparing no expense. The tour to promote last year’s album, Prism, includes multiple costume changes and wild hair colours, an extended supporting cast of athletic dancers and crack musicians, a massive stage with several moving parts and enough visual stimulation to basically eliminate the urge to check one’s cellphone.
Capturing the attention of a perpetually distracted generation is no mean feat, but Perry accomplished it with a performance that was brimming with lights, sound and action. Perhaps most impressive was her ability to focus amid the mayhem. Even when there was a minor prop malfunction — a jump rope gone askew — her voice was strong and she sang with the utmost confidence.
READ MORE: Concert review: Katy Perry at Canadian Tire Centre
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WEDNESDAY: Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Marc Garneau and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird look on during the Rally for the People of Israel at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014
Nikki Patterson leads the warmup run. Ottawa Fury Football Club practiced at TD Place Stadium on Thursday, July 17, 2014.
You only had to stand on the sidelines Friday at TD Place watching some feverish finishing touches slipping into place to feel the energy.
It was like as the Ottawa Fury FC squad skipped onto the field for an intense practice session ahead of Sunday’s NASL home opener against the New York Cosmos.
Everything was looking good from the million-dollar replay screen hovering over the Bank Street end to the iconic new Southside stand and its curvy wooden roof. I was just as impressed by something the fans will not get to see — the shining individual wooden lockers for the players look smarter than a million-dollar walk-in closet.
Add a state-of-the-art playing surface and the prospect of 15,000 fans cheering you on against a team that has seen some of the most historic moments in North American soccer and it is easy to understand why a few Fury FC players might have their heads turned.
READ MORE: Fury men ready to make history at TD Place
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Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud, Commanding Officer of the RCMP’s National Division, announced charges on July 17, 2014 to suspended senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate scandal investigation.
A bribery charge laid by the RCMP against Senator Mike Duffy under a rarely used Criminal Code corruption provision indicates prosecutors believe he asked the prime minister’s then-chief of staff, Nigel Wright, to pay him $90,000, contradicting Duffy’s version of the now-infamous transaction.
The 31 charges the police disclosed Thursday include a single count of “Bribery of judicial officers,” a Criminal Code offence that also pertains to bribery involving members of Parliament. Under the law, it is an offence for parliamentarians to either accept or attempt to obtain money or “valuable consideration” for acting in their official capacity, and is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
That suggests police believe Duffy asked Wright for the money to pay off his residency expenses, rather than Wright offering the money first.
READ MORE: Bribery charge against Duffy puts PMO back under the spotlight
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Construction workers and police are on scene of a work place accident that resulted in a man being run over by a trailer on a bicycle path located on the north side of the Canadian War Museum.
Ottawa police are looking for witnesses after a 63-year-old construction worker died in hospital from injuries he sustained when a colleague ran over him with a trailer near the Canadian War Museum.
The man was doing construction on a bike path near the museum when the accident happened. When the man got out of the passenger’s seat of a pickup truck and went to the back near the attached trailer, the driver started to back up the vehicle.
The man was crushed under the trailer and his co-workers used a forklift to move the trailer.
The man suffered severe injuries to his head, chest and extremities, and was pronounced dead at hospital.
READ MORE: Construction worker dies near Canadian War Museum
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THURSDAY: Annie Pootoogook, acclaimed Inuit artist, continues to battle alcoholism and idleness.
Acclaimed Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook still has a long way to go to beat her demons.
Seeing her the other day — sitting and smoking on a manhole cover while her boyfriend, Bill Watt, panhandled up and down the Queensway off-ramp to St. Laurent Boulevard — reminded me of what I wanted to believe two years ago. She might win.
In July 2012, after spending months wrecked on drugs and booze, Pootoogook suddenly emerged from her abyss, apparently clean and sober. Through a third party, the couple contacted the Citizen because they had a story to tell and needed help finding a home.
READ MORE: Adami: Alcohol, idleness still battle acclaimed Inuit artist
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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014
FRIDAY: Former Blue Jays player Jesse Barfield has a few kids amazed as he shows them some youtube video in his playing days as he fellow players Devon White and Duane Ward participated with the Jays Care Foundation in helping unveil two reconstructed player dugouts at Eagles Nest Baseball Diamond in Barrhaven on Friday, July 18, 2014.
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Trend Micro execs Wael Mohamed, left, is the company’s EVP Corporate Strategy & Global Operations, based in the company’s U.S. Headquarters in Texas, and Bill McGee, right, is Ottawa-based SVP & GM, for Cloud and Data Center Security.
Business is booming at former Ottawa startup Third Brigade, five years after it was acquired by Japanese computer security giant Trend Micro Inc.
The firm, which employed about 50 people locally when it was acquired, now has about 150 working in its Kanata offices and is looking to add more.
“We are hiring like crazy,” Wael Mohamed, executive vice-president of corporate strategy and global operations at Trend and one of the co-founders of the former Third Brigade. “We are very lucky that it’s worked out this way.”
The company, which specialized in security for cloud computing before most people knew what the cloud actually was, was founded by former Entrust employees and began operations in 2004. It was acquired by Trend Micro, which has more than $1 billion US in sales annually and employs 5,200 people in 37 countries globally, in 2009 for an undisclosed amount.
READ MORE: Within Trend Micro, Ottawa’s Third Brigade lives on — and thrives
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Ottawa police tactical squad execute a search warrant at a home located at 19 Topley Crescent in the Hunt Club area on Friday, July 18, 2014.
Police are looking for a man they say is armed and dangerous after a shooting in the south end of Ottawa this week.
Police say Mohamed Abdi Abdullahi, 31, is facing charges after a man was shot in the legs Thursday night on Horsdal Private.
The shooting was initially believed to involve the Crips street gang. The man who was shot was apparently not connected to two other recent shootings where victims were also shot in the legs.
Abdullahi is known to the police guns and gangs unit. Police described him Friday as a black man, five-foot-10, 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Earlier Friday, police executed a search warrant at Topley Crescent, related to the shooting. They briefly closed down a section of the street and evacuated a handful of homes in the area.
READ MORE: Police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ shooting suspect
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Jimmy D Fata and son Colby Fata put on their game faces well before the Redblacks’ home opener kickoff at TD Place on Friday, July 18, 2014.
Fans proved that football is still alive and well in Ottawa, showing their spirit as they turned out for the Redblacks home opener on Friday, July 18, 2014. Not to be outdone, some Argos fans came to celebrate too.
READ MORE: Photos: Fans turn out for Redblacks home opener
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The Ottawa Redblacks warm up before their home opener at TD Place on Friday, July 18, 2014.
The Ottawa Redblacks hosted the Toronto Argonauts at their home opener at TD Place stadium at Lansdowne Park on Friday, July 18, 2014.
READ MORE: Photos: Argos at Redblacks, July 18
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