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An $8.7 million research project looking to cure HIV will include a team of local doctors. “We’ve made incredible advances in HIV research and treatment, but the job is not yet done,” said Ottawa Hospital Research Institute HIV specialist Dr. Jonathan Angel. While current treatments are effective, “many have serious side effects, they are very […]
MoreOTTAWA – A heartbroken Ottawa mother sat in an Australian courtroom Wednesday to hear the verdict she’s awaited for two years. The jealous, controlling fiance her daughter nearly escaped from was convicted of murder after tossing her off their 15-storey balcony in Sydney, Australia. Australian Simon Gittany, 40, had pleaded not guilty to killing Lisa […]
MoreDressing sexy for school or the office will garner snide remarks by female peers — behind your back, of course. Women turn hostile when a young, attractive female dresses provocatively, a new study finds. Led by University of Ottawa psychology professor Tracy Vaillancourt and McMaster University’s Aanchal Sharma, researchers examined intrasexual competition on campus, finding […]
MoreUnder a sunny blue sky there was no blatant display of violence in a quiet east-end neighbourhood — unless you went right up to the corner house and squinted. There they were, six bullet holes in the siding. Shots were fired at 1880 Summerfields Cres., near Innes Rd. and Orléans Blvd., at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, […]
MoreA fifth man has been arrested in connection with the vicious beating of a naked man found stabbed in a west-end park last Sunday. A nationwide warrant was issued Friday night for Fabrice Batubenga, 25. Less than 24 hours later, he was in Ottawa Police custody, although it’s unclear where he was picked up. Batubenga […]
MoreAdrian “Dudz” Dudzicki was a warrior on the squash court and equally driven out of uniform. “He wanted to be successful in life,” said Squash Canada executive director and friend Danny Da Costa. “He was passionate, witty, you know, he loved the sport. He got along well with people.” Dudzicki, 23, was killed in Toronto […]
MoreThe plan to go paperless with patient files is underway at CHEO. That’s fantastic news for Sandra and Ross Wallace of Carp, and their daughter Camryn, 8. An electronic record means “less time missed at school for Camryn in her Grade 2 class, and a little less stress for mom and dad,” said Sandra Wallace. […]
MoreA naked man with knife wounds was found in a west-end park Sunday. He was spotted under a tree near a parking lot in Andrew Haydon Park on Carling Ave. around 9:30 a.m. by a passerby who called 911. It’s unclear if the man, in his 20s, was stabbed or cut — by himself or […]
MoreBY DANIELLE BELL & KELLY ROCHE Police are mourning the loss of one of their own, after an Ottawa officer was killed in a head-on crash while on his way to work Sunday. Ottawa police Const. Mike Robillard, 32, never made it to start his shift. He leaves behind his wife and one child. Robillard […]
MoreNearly 200 people rallied outside of the Prime Minister’s Office — on an unusually balmy fall afternoon — to defend our climate and oppose the Energy East pipeline project. “We’re just here to stop that, because we believe that it’s not a viable project. It’s something that will definitely put our communities, and our waterways, […]
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