>Passengers at the Ottawa International Airport (YOW) will not be required to remove their laptops and liquids from carry-on-bags for screening, thanks to a new CT X-ray screening technology. > >The Ottawa airport is the second airport in the country to be using CATSA’s new technology.

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> ## GoRetroid Unveils the Retroid Pocket 5 ## > > GoRetroid, known for their line of retro gaming handhelds like the Retroid Pocket and mini consoles, has once again impressed fans by revealing a new entry to its lineup—the Retroid Pocket 5. This device boasts a 5.5-inch AMOLED screen, which marks it as an improvement over its predecessors, particularly the Retroid Pocket 4 series that featured a smaller and less vibrant IPS screen. > > The new handheld's features also include a 1080p resolution and feature a modern ergonomic design. The AMOLED technology ensures deep blacks and excellent contrast ratios. > > --- > > What do you think of the design? How do you think this device will compare to other retro-gaming handhelds on the market?

> On Saturday at about 11 a.m., Ottawa police were called to the area of Wellington Street West and Holland Avenue following reports of suspicious activity involving a pickup truck. The vehicle was later located, abandoned, in an alley beside Reid Park, near Sherwood Drive, in the Civic Hospital neighbourhood. > > > Inside the truck’s cab, police found three calves and a dog. > >Police initially suspected the calves must have been taken from the nearby Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, but they later confirmed the animals did not originate there. > >It’s not yet known where the calves came from, why they were in the truck or what happened to the person who abandoned them. The Ottawa police refused to provide more information, saying its official investigation is ongoing.

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> GoRetroid Announces The Retroid Pocket Mini | Time Extension > > GoRetroid recently unveiled its latest handheld, the Retroid Pocket Mini, in an intriguing teaser video. While the announcement doesn't provide extensive details on specs, price, or release date, it does give us a glimpse of what we can expect from this new device. > > * Design: The Retroid Pocket Mini promises to be significantly smaller than its predecessors but retains some characteristics like dual-LED joysticks, D-pad positioned on the upper left, and face buttons (X,Y,B,A) on the right. It features stacked shoulder buttons, a 4:3 screen, and three inputs for charging, headphones, and SD cards. > > * Potential Release: Given GoRetroid’s history of teasing details slowly, we might see more information in the near future about this device which is poised to bring nostalgic gaming experiences into a compact form factor. > > --- > > Are you a fan of the Retroid handhelds? How do you expect this device to compare with the equivalents from PowKiddy or Anbernic?

Visitors can mine for pieces of history on NCC land on a prime spot on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.

On select dates throughout August, the NCC is opening the doors for the curious to get their hands dirty to check it all out for free.

“This is one of 14 Indigenous archaeological sites within Lac Leamy Park,” said Maika. “This is one of the ones under the most threat from climate change, active erosion and changing water levels on the Ottawa River, so we’re trying to learn as much as possible about this site before it’s completely gone into the river.”

Last August, Maika says about 1,000 people showed up for the 20 days the site was open. During last week’s heat wave, the daily count was around 20, slightly higher on the weekend. Crowds are largest around the noon hour.

Retroid Official Dock Compatibility List:

RP4 Pro(D1100) : Full compatibility

RP4(D900): Partial compatibility (No HDMI support)

RP3+ : Partial compatibility*

RP3: Charge only

RP2/2S/2+: Not applicable

*Application Limitations for RP3+ Owners:

1. For RP3+, the 2 USB3.0 ports will become USB2.0.
2. When RP3+ is docked and if you want to use any of the 4 usb ports or ethernet, DO NOT apply any external power to the dock which can be powered by the battery of RP3+
3. When external power is applied to the dock, the 4 usb ports or ethernet will lose its functionality. In this mode, the dock can only have charging function for RP3+

Temporary tent-like structures to house hundreds of asylum seekers in Ottawa could appear in Alta Vista or Barrhaven by the end of next summer, city councillors for those wards say.

The city plans on building two "Sprung Structures" — the trademark name of one company that could potentially provide the shelters — each with capacity for 150 asylum seekers. They would be part of what the city has referred to as a "welcome and stabilizing centre" for asylum seekers upon their arrival in Canada.

The city has submitted a $105-million funding request to the federal government to pay for the facility and its operation. That amount includes a request of $32.6 million to cover capital costs.

City staff began looking at 93 potential sites, narrowing that list down to 10 and eventually three. They considered a range of criteria including easy access to public transit.

Ottawa city councillor Clarke Kelly says he is not apologizing after a Kinburn daycare owner alleged he screamed and swore in front of children during a dispute that saw police called to the scene on Wednesday afternoon.

"This morning, councillor Kelly took it upon himself to enter chambers where a small summer camp group was doing crafts and started yelling profanities at staff, threatening that camps has to go and using vulgar language and names towards staff and children," the email said.

"He then proceeded to confront another staff outdoors to have toddlers (who were walking past a window outside) to have them remove their hands and get out of the area, in an aggressive manner trying to cause an escalated confrontation."

"I did use some profanity with the owner. I will admit that wasn't my finest moment as councillor and that I should have collected myself before going out there to have that conversation, but I don't think that gives her the right to lie and tell people things that I did not do."

"Which is absolutely mystifying to me. How could a couple of F-Bombs scare an adult so much that they called the police? And she did that," Kelly said, referring the Bolton.

"Just been incredible that someone would call the police for me on that."

"[…] I'm not sorry for showing my frustrations over what has been happening around here. The daycare operations are getting in the way of my ability to serve my constituents."

Kelly says the dispute was the culmination of almost two years of issues between the daycare and Kelly's constituency office.

A member of the Skyhawks, Canada’s military parachuting team, crashed into a cement pillar on landing. They’re facing serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Several of Ottawa's school boards are getting significant investments to build new schools in the city's suburbs.

By far the largest pot of money announced last week by the Ontario government will go to the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), which is receiving more than $117 million to be divided among four school-related projects.

On the French side, the province is investing more than $40 million with the* Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est *(CECCE) so they can build a new secondary school in Riverside South.

Meanwhile, the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO), the French-language public school board, will see nearly $15 million for a new Leitrim-area elementary school near Kelly Farm and Barrett Farm drives.

It's also getting more than $52 million for secondary schools in Orléans and Clarence-Rockland, Ont.

No announcement was made Friday regarding funding for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the largest board in the city.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) released on Tuesday a list of the top 10 costliest cities in Ontario for auto theft claims last year. Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham and Ottawa followed Toronto on the list.

According to the bureau, auto theft claims costs surpassed $1 billion for the first time in Ontario last year. The bureau said auto theft claims costs have surged by 524 per cent in Ontario and by 561 per cent in Toronto since 2018.

> In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors", Detmer and Owosekun were assigned to pilot the Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise to Federation HQ by Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). This explained Detmer and Owo's absence for the rest of Discovery season 5.

> However, Detmer and Owo do appear in Star Trek: Discovery's epilogue scene, and they were a sight for sore eyes.

The suit seeks roughly $4.5 billion in total damages from Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., which operate the platforms Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok respectively.

"The mix of public and Catholic school boards, and private schools in both urban and rural regions of Ontario demonstrate this is a universal issue that affects those from diverse cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds," the news release said.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly criticized the suit after it was filed, calling it "nonsense" and questioning the legal fees the boards could end up paying in a protracted court battle against some of the richest companies in the world.

Neinstein LLP, the Toronto-based firm representing the school boards and private schools, said in March they will not be responsible for any costs related to the suit unless a successful outcome is reached.

Ottawa residents have four months to adjust their garbage disposal habits before a new three-garbage item limit is imposed on curbside waste this fall.

The City of Ottawa will implement the new three-item limit on Sept. 30, as part of a plan to reduce the amount of waste heading to the landfill and extend the life of the Trail Road Landfill.

"If changes aren’t made to waste disposal habits, the Trail Waste Facility Landfill could reach capacity between 2034 and 2035," staff say, noting a new landfill or waste-to-energy facility could cost between $350 and $500 million.

The city says a garbage item could be a garbage bag, a 140-litre container or a bulky item.

Gordon Ramsay sets out on a mission to discover the world's best kept culinary secret: Minecraft. After exploring different biomes, he is tasked with the challenge of using the ingredients he collected to prepare a grand feast for the villagers of the savannah.

I can’t remember the last time I found these on sale, so I wanted to share in case anyone else was waiting on a discount.

The convoy will pass through Mattawa, Ont., and other communities along the way. It will make both short stops and longer halts for rest, fuel, maintenance and training.

Members of the public are asked to take extra caution when approaching military vehicles.

Ontario's health care spending was the lowest in Canada per capita and below the average of other provinces in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to a new report by a government watchdog.

According to the report, health care spending per capita in Ontario was $4,889 in 2022-2023, the lowest in Canada, and $876, or 15.2 per cent, below the average of the other provinces. […]

"Since 2008, Ontario's health spending per capita has consistently ranked at or near the lowest in Canada," the report reads.

You can read the report here.

The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, saying it needs to see a sustained decline in inflation before rate cuts can begin.

The central bank projects inflation to ease from 3 per cent earlier in of 2024 to 2.5 per cent by the end of this year. Inflation is expected to return to target by 2025, and fell to 2.8 per cent in February.

The bank projects gross domestic product (GDP) growth to pick up in the latter half of this year, with the economy expected to grow by 1.5 per cent this year, 2.2 per cent next year and 1.9 per cent in 2026.

The next rate announcement is scheduled on June 5.

Under the Medical Priority Dispatch System, or MPDS, ambulances will be dispatched based on answers to detailed questions, and according to five colour-based levels based on the “acuity” of the situation.

Top-priority calls are now marked as “purple,” which indicates there are immediate life-threatening conditions, where time is critical. This accounts for about two per cent of calls.

Next on the priority list is “red,” which means emergent and potentially life-threatening, representing about 38 per cent of calls. Time is sensitive in these cases.

“Orange” is urgent and potentially life-threatening. Time may be a factor. This accounts for 17 per cent of calls.

“Yellow” is non-urgent, but potentially serious. Time is sensitive. It’s about 19 per cent of calls.

“Green” is non-urgent and not serious, with no immediate threat to life, and it may be deferred without detriment to the patient’s outcome. This is about 24 per cent of calls.