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Mayor Jim Watson donned a helmet and a white T-shirt with a red bicycle, reading, Be the Change, as he cut the ribbon Sunday on Laurier Ave. “We have finally delivered a segregated bike lane for the cyclists of Ottawa,” he told the crowd. He gave kudos to council for voting unanimously for the lanes, […]
MoreMinutes after it opened Sunday, cyclists weren’t alone using the city’s new segregated bike lane on Laurier Ave. A mix of rollerbladers, skateboarders, parents with strollers, mopeds, and pedestrians were spotted between Bronson Ave. and Elgin St. The city couldn’t say for sure if they were allowed there. “That’s very clear, it’s a bike lane […]
MoreKarisa Karmali is blunt about her upbringing in foster care in Ottawa — and that’s exactly how she doles out advice in her new book, The Art of Attitude. Her philosophy: circumstances don’t determine success, attitude does. “The people I consider my parents, I only met them when I was 16,” she said. “I feel […]
MoreWhen Sean Hilliker became a bouncer at a downtown Ottawa bar in 1996 there was no training, testing, or background check needed. “It used to be, ‘OK you’re big, you’re friendly, you’re hired,’” he said. “Sometimes you don’t even have to be friendly.” The rules have changed. Hilliker is now the general manager of Grace […]
MoreWhen the clock strikes midnight Monday, Tina Waltenbury won’t be able to work. Her security guard licence expires July 11, and despite applying for her renewal a month ago, the province has dragged its heels renewing it. “This is my only source of income,” an angry Waltenbury told the Sun. Waltenbury, 45, has been employed […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/09/ottawans-speak-out-on-public-nudity-as-judge-weighs-case Going au naturel in public is unnatural to many Ottawans. “If you want to be nude, do it in your own privacy, or do it at a nude beach — don’t do it in public where everyone else has to look at you,” said teenager Lindsay Boyd. She’s one of several sunbathers […]
MoreJonathan Bergeron’s father watched his only son and “right-hand man” die in a horrific industrial accident on the family farm Thursday. Bergeron was milking and feeding the cows with his dad, Marc, around 8:30 a.m. at 431 St-Guillaume Rd in Russell Twp. when he got trapped in the barn’s feed-mixing machine. The 27-year-old farmer was […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/07/kids-hurt-in-school-bus-car-crash Five people were taken to hospital with bumps and bruises after a school bus was hit from behind by an SUV on Pinecrest Rd. Thursday afternoon. The bus was carrying about 60 children from the Centre d’Education le Manege, a French day camp, and was heading southbound over Hwy. 417 just after […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/06/cops-crack-down-on-unlicensed-security-guards-2 Cops are busting unlicensed security guards and businesses for hiring them, but the owner of an Ottawa security company says the province is to blame. “It takes, right now, about three months for a security guard to get their licence, which is absurd,” said the owner, who doesn’t want to be named. […]
MoreGatineau police detectives have 15 new leads about three attempted abductions that happened last month but are still trying to identify one of the victims. Police released her first name and description: “Caroline” stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 inches, has long, curly brown hair and was toting a camouflage print purse. “We’re still looking for […]
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