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A $5 million campaign is underway at CHEO to improve its day surgery unit and reduce wait times for kids. Construction for Project Stitch begins next year and renovations are slated for completion at the end of 2016. Money is being raised through the CHEO Foundation. Project Stitch will help to reduce the wait times […]
MoreMario Theoret was crazy about mountain biking and the Calgary Flames. “He was a very easygoing person who just freely gave of his time and his energy, always,” said close friend Cat Weaver. A memory bike was placed at the southwest corner of Merivale and Hunt Club roads Sunday morning to honour Theoret. Within minutes, […]
MoreA suspect is on the loose after reportedly raping a young woman in a residential neighbourhood in Barrhaven. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday on Deerfox Dr. at Woodroffe Ave., north of Strandherd Dr. “I didn’t hear a thing,” said resident Andy Malguzzi. “I wish I did. I wish I could’ve done something about it.” […]
MoreA temporary sidewalk has been created at an Orléans elementary school, as per the promise of Ashcroft Homes. “It was not on time,” said resident Bruce Perley. Nonetheless, “it’s better than I thought it was going to be.” French Catholic school Notre-Dame-des-Champs opened at the end of August at 6280 Renaud Rd., near Navan Rd. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/10/19/ottawa-police-crack-down-on-drivers-rolling-through-stop-signs City cops can add OC Transpo rider to their list of decoys. Twenty-one tickets were dished out by officers in a 70-minute traffic blitz on Thursday as Ottawa Police were out enforcing stop sign violations, the focus of October’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. Drivers, predictably, were full of excuses. ”We’re hearing exactly […]
MoreAn 11-month-old baby had the worst case of tooth decay Dr. Nabil Ouatik has ever seen. “It was so severe that we had to take the child to hospital to repair these cavities,” said Ouatik, a pediatric dentist. The baby had active decay on the upper and lower front teeth. “If we were to wait, […]
MoreA city cop is nursing arm injuries after being struck by a motorcycle in Kanata on Tuesday, the Sun has learned. Numerous sources confirm the off-duty cop was working an overtime shift, directing traffic near a construction site on Eagleson Rd., when the bike went into an area that was cordoned off. The officer stepped […]
MoreMotorists who slow down, look around, then cruise through stop signs will be targeted on either side of the river this month as part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program initiative. “People need to understand when it says stop, it means stop, not roll through it, not just keep going,” said Ottawa Police Const. T.J. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/10/02/family-friends-drivers-mourn-ottawa-bus-crash-victim-dave-woodard The friendly OC Transpo bus driver behind the wheel of the deadly collision with a Via train was laid to rest among a sea of green, brightening the crowd of an estimated 1,500 people at the Metropolitan Bible Church on Wednesday afternoon. A number of mourners wore David Woodard’s favourite colour, while […]
MoreA multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by victims of the OC Transpo bus-Via rail crash could be in the works soon, the Sun has learned. Lawyers in Toronto have spoken with a potential representative plaintiff “who wants to issue a class action on behalf of all of the victims involved in both the bus and the […]
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