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Quick thumbs are being linked with more fatal crashes in Ontario than bar shots. So far this year, 31 distracted driving related fatals have been tallied, compared to 19 impaired related deaths, according to OPP Sgt. Kristine Rae. That is consistent with the statistics from 2013, when there were 86 distracted driving deaths, versus 65 […]
MoreA daily injection to the belly for pregnant women at risk of developing blood clots is ineffective, according to a study by researchers at the Ottawa Hospital. “It’s very typical that women are willing to take risks for the pregnancy for the potential benefit,” said senior scientist Dr. Marc Rodger, head of TOH’s thrombosis program. […]
MoreIt took 24 hours for Moray Horne to arrive home from Central America. Upon landing at the Ottawa airport Thursday, he hadn’t heard: An Air Algerie plane disappeared from the radar and crashed over west Africa, with 116 people on board, including five Canadians, making it the third airplane to go down in seven days. […]
MoreCancer care in Eastern Ontario is about to be personalized – and expedited. A new lab giving patients access to the latest experimental cancer therapies means test results, which used to take six weeks, will be reduced to two days and patients can begin treatment sooner. “I think it’s going to have both immediate, as […]
MoreShopping was always a challenge for Mieke Westenbroek in Grade 7. “I was super skinny and, like, it was hard for me to find clothes,” said Westenbroek. Gwen Couillec can relate. “I remember when 00 was too big for me,” said Couillec, 18. The teens were surprised to hear there’s a new size in town, […]
MoreThe lure of a shiny new SUV — not a trunk full of cigarettes and booze, or blinding bling — has landed a Stittsville couple in trouble with customs officials. “They didn’t declare that it was purchased in the States (or) have the appropriate paperwork to import the vehicle,” said Canada Border Services Agency spokesman […]
MoreThe community design plan for the redevelopment of the former CFB Rockcliffe base is being submitted to city staff Friday following two years of public consultation. “We expect to get in front of the City of Ottawa planning committee and city council in January or February of next year,” said Don Schultz, the Canada Lands […]
MoreNearly $20 million was collected by the city in total revenue from parking tickets issued in 2013. Delinquents, take note: 61,423 of the 369,373 tickets distributed last year are outstanding. Tickets are issued against a licence plate, not a driver, said bylaw chief Linda Anderson. Payment should be made within 15 days from the date […]
MoreA 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged Friday following the online posting of credit card information, user names and passwords from a group of Bell Canada’s small business customers. “We’re seeing so many threats against Canada,” said RCMP Sgt. Stephane Turgeon from the national division’s integrated technical crime unit. “We had to conduct surveillance. We […]
More10. Poverty/Housing More than 10,000 households contacted the city’s social housing registry in 2013 regarding its waitlist. Only the Liberals addressed affordable housing in the form of renewing a partnership with the federal government. 9. Accountability Ethical Dilemma Time to punish those shady Liberals for the gas plants, eHealth, and Ornge debacles by supporting another […]
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