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Three times out of 10, the bus driver is to blame. Operators are at fault for roughly 34% of OC Transpo collisions since 2007, the Sun has learned through a Freedom of Information request. From 2007 to 2011, there were 5,819 crashes, 1,998 of which were preventable. City buses have averaged 1,164 crashes each year […]
MoreWarm weather, fare hikes, gas prices, and a shaky job market might account for why ridership was down 4.4% on city buses and the O-Train last summer compared to the same time in 2011. Almost 22 million passenger trips were made, according to OC Transpo’s quarterly performance report. Full-time and part-time youth employment in the […]
MoreA grandma in a walker could go faster than this bus. Is that bus driver trying out for NASCAR? The woman with the crying baby taking up five seats is so annoying. Can someone please give that guy a stick of deodorant? Taking the bus sucks. That’s the consensus from OC Transpo riders who use […]
MoreTaxpayers could foot the bill for equipment not fitting in a new fleet of police cruisers but cops remain tight-lipped about how much. Ottawa police Insp. Uday Jaswal maintains “there has been no cost” to the service, but also said “we don’t have the solution identified yet.” The fleet of 58 cruisers cost $1.6 million […]
MoreEmotions ranged from relief to anger Friday morning as parents dropped their children off at public elementary schools across the city. “I’m glad that the daycare’s open at least,” said Doris Luckert of Nepean after walking her daughter, 9, into Agincourt Road PS. “I would’ve had to take off work, because I don’t have any […]
MoreOwen Varty is well-known at CHEO. The eight-year-old Riverside South resident was born with a diaphragmatic hernia. “The condition caused his stomach and intestines to creep into his lung cavity and didn’t allow his lung to expand,” said his mother, Monica Coyne. Varty, just two days old, underwent a procedure. “The surgery saved his life […]
MoreHockey players dusting off their uniforms could be icing injuries once the season begins. “They will have to be careful in their first game, because the speed will be a little bit faster,” said Denis Prud’homme, a professor at the University of Ottawa’s school of Human Kinetics. The NHL and its players’ association reached a […]
MorePerhaps the most infamous interrogation in Canadian history was OPP Det. Sgt. Jim Smyth taking on Russell Williams in 2010. Smyth used the controversial ‘Reid technique’ with Williams, getting the former CFB Trenton commander to confess to brutally raping and killing Jessica Lloyd and Cpl. Marie-France Comeau. Captured on video, they’re seated in a small […]
MoreTwo chairs. One table. The pursuit of truth. When suspects are seated across the table, it’s in the best interest of police to properly and fairly conduct interviews, says the president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa. “The interview is one of the cornerstones of the criminal justice system,” said James Foord. “I mean, […]
MoreDrunk driving during the holidays is at its highest in eight years, say provincial police. OPP officers charged 693 people with having a blood alcohol concentration level over .08. In addition, 625 “warn range” suspensions were issued to motorists caught driving with between .05 and .08. “We had hoped to see these numbers decrease significantly […]
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