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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 […]
MoreA 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 […]
MoreRAW 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 […]
MoreMotorists should only sidestep animals on an empty road at a slow speed, warn cops. “If you want to swerve into oncoming traffic ’cause you want to avoid a chipmunk, wrong move,” said Ottawa police Sgt. Mark Gatien. “I can see if there’s a moose coming, if there’s a deer coming, this sort of thing, […]
MoreAn intoxicated woman invites sexual assault. That’s what one in five Canadians think, according to a new survey from the Canadian Women’s Foundation released Tuesday. Roughly 19% of respondents believe women may provoke or encourage sexual assault when they’re drunk; of these, nearly 23% were people between 18 and 34 years old. “I think it’s […]
MoreAs the Laurier segregated bike lanes become a permanent fixture downtown, on-street parking can’t come soon enough for nearby residents and their visitors. Nearly two dozen parking spots are slated for return “hopefully before the fall, but definitely before the winter,” said Janine Hutt of the Bay/Bronson Residents’ Action Group for Fair Access to the […]
MoreOC Transpo is receiving $36.6 million in gas tax funding from the province this year — Ottawa’s slice of the $324 million pie. The announcement was made by Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, alongside transportation minister Glen Murray at the transit garage on Industrial Ave. Monday. “What’s important to families is, it’s reducing air pollution […]
MoreWith 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 […]
MoreWe 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 […]
MoreSurrounded 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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