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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/08/17920141.html At 18, Rahel Gebremariam has already figured out what some adults spend a lifetime looking for — her purpose in the world. With guidance from mentors at the Pathways to Education program, the West Ottawa student is on track to becoming a human rights lawyer. “I took a world issues course, actually, […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/07/17904946.html A woman is in critical condition and four others suffered smoke inhalation at a house fire Thursday morning. When the first crews arrived at 14 Julian Ave. at about 6 a.m., flames and smoke were visible from a second-storey living room window of the home. It is located just off Wellington St. […]
MoreThere’s posters, mugs, magnets, and all kinds of kitsch commemorating the upcoming royal wedding. On the other side of the coin, there’s elegance: the Royal Canadian Mint is honouring the union of Prince William to Kate Middleton. “The beautifully designed collector coins created by the Mint will give Canadians, royal watchers and collectors everywhere exceptional […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/05/17882876.html Red rose petals littered the parking lot at Kelly Funeral Home in Orleans Tuesday morning after the memorial service for homicide victim Jessica Riopelle. Roughly 110 people packed the chapel — and dozens lined up out the door —to remember the 23-year-old who was killed March 26 at a south Ottawa motel. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/17874436.html#/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/pf-17871576.html Every time he leaves work, Stephen Wardlaw obsesses over turning right or left onto Industrial Ave. near St. Laurent Blvd. “It’s terrible. The traffic is coming in the other way, you come out, you put your signal on, there’s nobody there,” said Wardlaw. “By the time you go to pull in, there’s […]
MoreCall it an UnPC move by a PC member. The federal incumbent for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is apologizing to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff after tweeting a comment likening his name to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. An 84-character post on Conservative incumbent Cheryl Gallant’s Twitter page reads: “@M_Ignatieff, sorry about remark on day 1. No place in debate […]
MoreWhile most university students wrap up the semester, the daughter of murder victim Tinde “Tina” Nemet cares for her younger siblings. Leonora Nemet, 20, is taking a break from nursing school at Laurentian University to look after her younger siblings — Teodora, 18 and Thomas, 16 — in Ottawa following their mother’s horrific killing. “She […]
MoreThe family of murder victim Jessica Riopelle is grieving privately after the 23-year-old was killed in a motel room Saturday. “We’re just too overwhelmed right now. We have to go,” said mother Karen Riopelle and another woman who didn’t give her name before closing the door to a house in Orleans. Karen and Jessica were […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/27/17775401.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/27/pf-17771511.html A 23-year-old woman is dead and Ottawa Police are calling it a homicide. Her body was discovered in the Saade International Inn, a motel attached to Diamonds Cabaret strip club and All Win Chinese restaurant in South Gloucester. Police said there were obvious signs of violence at the scene but the cause […]
MoreThere are mountains of rubble on Beechwood Ave. Saturday afternoon. Some passersby pause mid-step and stare. A few drivers slow down to gawk. Many don’t even acknowledge it — it’s part of the neighbourhood now. “It’s sad, but it could’ve been worse. It could’ve been the whole block,” said Christian Hurysz, who lives nearby. A […]
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