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Devices aren’t attracting as many delinquents — personal robberies and swarmings are down 34% compared to this time last year with 84 fewer reported incidents, say police. “It’s a great number,” said Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Mike Haarbosch from the robbery unit. “We’ve seen that trend across the city and in places where we’ve had […]
MoreGraeme Bali’s 10-year-old daughter knows the best way to rehydrate when playing soccer. “It’s 100% water on her team,” said Bali. “I’ve only seen popsicles twice.” Bali is the general manager of the Nepean City Soccer Club, which implemented a healthy snacks policy two years ago as part of its commitment to promoting an active […]
MoreAnwar Ibrahim’s staff call him crazy when he places orders for his scratch kitchen. “I pay a premium on certain items because I want my customers to have the best,” said Ibrahim, co-owner of the Baton Rouge in Kanata. How much longer he’ll continue doing so is debatable. The majority of restaurant owners polled by […]
MoreWith the arrival of school buses, the crowd grew from hundreds to thousands in a matter of seconds. Unions joined forces in a massive rally descending on the capital Thursday. “This is a government that has brought everybody together because of what they’re doing,” Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Robyn Benson said outside […]
MoreToronto’s next top cop may very well hail from that city’s toughest neighbourhood: Regent Park. Former Ottawa Police Insp. and current Cobourg Police Chief Kai Liu is being scouted by the Toronto Police Services Board, the Sun has learned. Outgoing Police Chief Bill Blair’s contract expires next year and will not be extended. Liu, Ontario’s […]
MoreThere’s no evidence suggesting Sunday’s south end shooting is gang-related, say cops. It’s “too early to tell” if the incident was random, said Ottawa police Sgt. Seth Curtis from the guns and gangs unit. Five shots were fired at two homes in a co-op at 3275 McCarthy Rd., near Paul Anka Dr., around 6 a.m. […]
MoreShe locked her front door and nearly walked into gunfire. Hundreds of south end residents awoke to the sound of five shots Sunday but one long-time tenant said she was only steps from the gunman. “And then I looked, I just saw — oh my God. From this side, of his pocket, bottom pocket, he […]
MoreMichel Chartrand may live in Orleans now, but his loyalty is with the west side. So much so, he shuns Petrie Island, driving all the way to Britannia Beach to spend a gorgeous 27C Sunday. “When I was a kid my parents took me here, so I kind of fell in love with it,” said […]
MoreA man in his mid-30s remains in hospital after he was shot in a taxi while leaving an east end strip club early Sunday. He was hit “square in the back,” said Sgt. Seth Curtis from the guns and gangs unit, commenting on the 24th shooting this year. Another man and the driver — who […]
MoreDon’t expect a “break” when you get pulled over for distracted driving — cops are worried about public safety, as well as their own. “You’re probably going to get run over or into an accident in your career before you’re going to get into a shootout, or into a dangerous situation where somebody’s pointing a […]
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