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The 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 […]
MoreBy KELLY ROCHE and JUSTIN SADLER, Ottawa Sun Ottawa’s second homicide victim of 2011 is being remembered as a dedicated mom to her three kids and who loved volunteering at the local swimming pool. “Tina is a terrific lady. She put her heart into her kids’ activities,” said Wayne Toner, president of the Sudbury Laurentian […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/17557041.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/pf-17555811.html Wednesdays were hell. From witnessing a stabbing to crack addicts smoking up on their front steps, residents living near Cumberland St. and Daly Ave. saw it all when a homeless drop-in centre used to operate at St. Paul’s-Eastern United church. “It was on Wednesdays, once a week, for five or six years,” […]
MoreA collection agency is going after convicted rapist, sex killer and former colonel Russell Williams, according to CTV Ottawa. Williams was apparently ordered to pay an $8,000 victims surcharge fine for the sexual assaults and murders he was convicted of last year. “A lot of offenders don’t have resources to pay,” said executive director of […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/26/17419326.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/26/pf-17419326.html Three people are in custody after two men were shot and stabbed during an early morning brawl in Vanier Saturday — part of a growing trend of gun violence in the city. “Definitely, there’s a lot more people turning to firearms,” said Det. Chris O’Brien of the guns and gangs unit. Cops […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/06/17173206.html Caring neighbours rushed to comfort a 76-year-old Orleans woman whose house may have been set ablaze by an arsonist early Sunday morning. The Ottawa police arson unit is now investigating the fire. “We got out there and met her crying,” said a neighbour, who didn’t want his name published. “Other neighbours were […]
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 […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/13/16878576.html One of the women brazenly attacked from behind by a man in broad daylight last month says she wants other women to be more aware of their surroundings. “It’s very concerning that this person is still out there,” said the 58-year-old, who doesn’t want to be named. “I wasn’t wearing headphones or […]
MoreInside the artistic, inviting, and warmly decorated house of Allan and Robin O’Connor in Orleans, hundreds of friends trickled in Saturday to celebrate Simon Hubbard’s zeal for life. “Anytime people were getting together and Simon showed up, people had a little more fun,” said Steve Lafond, who’s known Hubbard for more than 30 years. Hubbard, […]
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