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If you’re trying to drop cigarettes, don’t look to their electronic counterparts. That’s the conclusion from a new literature review by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. There’s no evidence e-cigarettes can help smokers quit, the review states. But that’s not necessarily the only reason to use e-cigarettes. […]
MoreA sombre week is in store for the city. Funeral arrangements have been finalized for five out of the six victims of Wednesday’s Barrhaven bus-train crash, including OC Transpo driver David Woodard. Four passengers will be honoured this week. A service will be held for Karen Krzyzewski, 53, at Woodvale Pentecostal Church, 205 Greenbank Rd., […]
MoreHeads bowed, eyes closed, hands clasped; they prayed for their devastated neighbours, opening with Psalm 23. Six lives lost. No one to blame. As the community struggles to make sense of unthinkable tragedy, roughly 200 people, many with tears in their eyes, filed into the Cedarview Alliance Church in Barrhaven Sunday evening for a memorial […]
MoreThursday night harness racing has been extended at Rideau Carleton Raceway, and officials are praising the provincial government for reversing a decision, restoring the track’s twice-weekly race calendar. “I don’t see how we could’ve gotten by on one day a week,” said track announcer and handicapper Norm Borg. Rideau Carleton offers live horse racing on […]
MoreA Second World War veteran, NHL player, and prominent businessman passed away Sunday at the age of 91. Howard “Rip” Riopelle, who launched his professional hockey career in the 1945-46 season suiting up for the Montreal Royals, died in his Blackburn Hamlet home. “He was a very, very, faith-filled man,” said daughter Julie Wallace. “His […]
MoreFuneral details have been announced for two of the six victims in the fatal Barrhaven bus-train crash. The life of Carleton University student Connor Boyd, 21 will be celebrated Monday at 11 a.m. at Cedarview Alliance Church, south of Fallowfield Rd. The address is 2784 Cedarview Rd. Boyd loved the arts; reading, and all types […]
MoreA 27-year-old west-end man is wanted in connection with nearly two dozen offences, including a shooting in Nepean last month, and city cops are asking for the public’s help to cuff him. Behzad Behruzi has links to numerous gun offences, a break and enter, and uttering threats, say police. “I think there’s about 20 charges […]
MoreDecapitated bodies. Limbs strewn like toys in a yard. Fear of loved ones — not responding to their cell phones or social media feeds — being killed or seriously injured. Reaction to Wednesday’s horrific crash between an OC Transpo bus and VIA train, killing six and sending dozens to hospital, can range from numbness to […]
MoreThirteen years behind bars isn’t long enough for “monster” rapist Gilles Simard, say the nieces whose childhood he stole. “We did get a lot of years compared to some that get very few, so we’re happy with that, but at the same time, we wish we could take him off the streets forever so that […]
MoreAn accessibility advocate is applauding city staff for recommending Para Transpo accept Presto cards loaded with monthly passes. “It is good news and OC Transpo has been working a lot with people to make changes,” said Catherine Gardner. In the past, she said, there was a rather frosty relationship but now “staff are working with […]
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