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Korean war vet Gus Este gets his own park in Barrhaven

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/07/19/korean-war-vet-gus-este-gets-his-own-park-in-barrhaven A local hero was honoured with his very own park as his great-granddaughter ran around exploring it, oblivious to the hoopla. “I’m shaking,” said Korean War veteran Gus Este, at the renaming of Brookside Park, near Prince of Wales Dr. and Waterbridge Dr. Great-granddaughter Ziva was visiting from Trenton with mom Cynthia […]

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Tasers will help with crazed: Cops

A call for a naked man tearing apart his mother’s home in 2005 is vivid in Ottawa Police Const. Keith Martin’s mind. Martin drove to the Bells Corners house, waiting for backup, when the man “dove through the window, right onto the lawn,” he said. Alone, Martin tried to grab him but the man was […]

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Ontario’s cops could have Tasers in their hands by year’s end

RAW VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/07/16/ontarios-cops-could-have-tasers-in-their-hands-by-years-end Frontline police officers in Ontario could be equipped with Tasers by the end of the year, the Sun has learned. That’s good news for Ottawa police Const. Keith Martin, a use-of-force instructor, who says the controversial devices called conducted energy weapons, saves lives. “There’s been many calls, actually, in my career where […]

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Wynne aims to fix transit, roads

With the province investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Ottawa’s infrastructure, work desperately needs to be done to fix transit and roads across the board, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Wednesday. Gridlock is “crippling” economic and cultural growth in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, costing taxpayers $6 billion annually. With the population there projected to […]

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Ottawa crazy for transit

We might not fancy taking public transit to work but we certainly suck it up and ride it — or cycle — in comparison to the rest of the country. Ottawa-Gatineau had the third-highest proportion of transit users (20%) in major cities, trailing Toronto (23%) and Montreal (22%), according to 2011 National Household Survey data […]

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Vigil held for murder victim Donna Jones

Surrounded by flowers — mostly purple, one of Donna Jones’ favourite colours — speakers took to the microphone sharing memories of the beloved federal public servant in Minto Park on Tuesday. Memories and photos are all that’s left for brother Derek Jones “and that’ll have to do,” he told the crowd of more than 100. […]

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