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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/05/17167511.html The sign says no cellphones allowed. I almost pedal backward, but figure an hour won’t kill me. So I grudgingly put both BlackBerries on vibrate, roll up my pant legs and take off my socks. Once my feet hit the warm water, it’s all worth it. It’s my first winter in Ottawa. […]
MoreUp to 1,000 people were expected, but closer to 50 actually showed up to demonstrate against usage-based billing for Internet access on Parliament Hill Saturday afternoon. The protest comes after a volatile week during which the Conservative government pledged to overturn a recent CRTC decision that would kill unlimited Internet use across the country and […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/17162976.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/pf-17159356.html The last time Patrick Auger, Marcie Beaudoin, and John Holbrook saw seven-year-old Victoria “Tori” Wilson, she was unconscious and barely alive. When they were reunited with her Friday morning, they fittingly hung out in an ambulance — where they first met. The Ornge critical care flight paramedics helped save Tori after she […]
MoreA funeral is set for the Carleton Place man whose body was found in the trunk of a burned-out rental car in Mexico last October. Daniel Dion’s funeral is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sacre-Coeur parish in Bourget. Dion, 51, lived in Ashton Station, east of Carleton Place and was on a business trip in […]
MoreA bus driver is seriously hurt but two busloads of teenagers are shaken but otherwise OK after an crash in Gatineau just past the Macdonald-Cartier bridge around 4 p.m. Thursday. “All I felt was a wrecking ball hit our bus,” said Andrew Godmere, a grade 10 student at Lester B. Pearson Catholic high school. Around […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/03/17142006.html If there’s a red X on it, it’s going down. Trees infested with the emerald ash borer are now being removed by the city’s forestry services department. The ash borer is a shiny green insect that gets under the bark and kills all species of ash trees. In July 2008 it surfaced […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/02/17128856.html Less than three months after his daughter took her own life, Ottawa Senators assistant coach and former defenceman Luke Richardson is using personal tragedy to raise awareness about teenage mental illness. His daughter Daron, 14, hanged herself on Nov. 13. More than 5,000 people attended her memorial at Scotiabank Place and Richardson […]
MoreWith a fast and furious snowfall, Ottawa paramedics are reminding residents to be careful and shovel slowly. Three men had heart attacks while outside shovelling six weeks ago on Dec. 14. One was in his mid 40s and two were in their 70s, said paramedics spokesperson J.P. Trottier. They all survived. Last winter, paramedics responded […]
MoreWhether you’re lacing up your skates to venture out on the Rideau Canal or heading out for Winterlude there’s now a free iPhone app for each, the National Capital Commission announced Wednesday. The Rideau Canal app keeps skaters updated with the latest ice conditions and lets them know which sections of the canal are open. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/31/17105181.html Bus riders weigh in on bus service, fare hikes and the possibility of another transit strike. Brigitte Engel (Carlingwood Mall) “Never had any problems (with OC Transpo service) but they’re not usually on time. If I had a pet peeve that would be it. “(A strike) would mean extra half hour walk […]
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