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Twenty-nine people busted by the Canada Border Services Agency last month for illegally working in Ottawa and Gatineau have been ordered to leave the country. “They all admitted the allegation that they were working without authorization, so that’s why the removal order was rendered for all of them,” said Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada […]
MoreAn Ottawa man’s release from prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be short-lived — he may be behind bars again in a matter of days. “He’s not coming home,” family friend Henriette Yakibonge told the Sun on Sunday. “He doesn’t have his passport, he doesn’t have any money. He’s afraid of what’s going […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/01/new-years-baby-in-a-hurry-to-get-here Ottawa’s first baby of 2012 was born just 30 seconds after midnight. Audrey Pelchat was delivered at the Ottawa Hospital Civic campus, weighing 8 lbs, 3 ozs. “It’s amazing. We’re really happy,” said mom, Sarah Fairbrass, 30, of Barrhaven. “I feel good.” The baby arrived early. “I was due Jan. 9 ” […]
MoreA mother and daughter from Bourget are dead following a three-vehicle crash east of Ottawa on Friday night. Bertha Clairoux, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Doris Billings, 74, was transported to hospital in critical condition where she died within two hours. OPP Const. Serge Gauthier said they were travelling in the […]
MoreAn Ottawa man is behind bars in the Congo because of his close ties with that country’s opposition leader, according to his family, who is fearing for his life. Fabien Kalala Shambuyi, 24, was supposed to return home for Christmas and got arrested at the Kinshasa airport and thrown in jail, said his brother, Eric […]
MoreGetting A-list movie stars to come to Ottawa is part of producer Ron Schwarzmann’s master plan, but he knows it’s easier said than done since there are no direct flights from Los Angeles to Ottawa. “Al Pacino would be waiting for two hours in Montreal,” said Schwarzmann. Sorting out the logistics would clear the way, […]
MoreTreacherous road conditions had drivers and pedestrians eating ice, and emergency workers scrambling to treat them Wednesday. By 7 p.m., “there’s so many (calls), I have no idea. I can’t even start doing math to add them up. I just keep getting them,” said Ottawa paramedic Supt. Darryl Wilton. Calls came in for everything from […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/21/sens-make-christmas-merry-for-sick-kids Thirteen-year-old Hiba Allam has the ultimate Christmas gift for her brothers: autographs from the Ottawa Senators. The Sens made their annual visit to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Wednesday, meeting with patients and their families. “Everybody’s, like, speechless,” said Allam, a Bells Corners resident. Leukemia has kept her in hospital for […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/20/cops-bust-illegal-workers-in-ottawa-gatineau The Canada Border Services Agency raided eight shopping centres in Ottawa and Gatineau Monday, arresting 30 suspected illegal workers — 15 in each city — at kiosks selling beauty products. A booth called Seacret is set up on the main floor at Bayshore, and witnesses tell the Sun they saw one man […]
MoreA strike by 60 Salvation Army employees at a downtown shelter has been averted — for now. “We want the employer to come back to the table,” Larry Rousseau from the Public Service Alliance of Canada told the Sun late Monday. As of Tuesday, kitchen and maintenance staff as well as social workers at the […]
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