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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/20/crews-battle-fire-in-rural-west-ottawa Neighbours feared a Stittsville retiree was trapped inside his burning house Monday morning, but it turned out he’s the one who made the 911 call. “I was outside cutting the grass,” said Geoff Stevens, who lives at 304 Spruce Ridge Rd., in a three-bedroom house listed for sale at $375,000. Situated in […]
MoreAlcohol and excessive speed are factors in the death of Tony Adamo, police confirmed Sunday. The popular 21-year-old was killed early Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a culvert head on in Barrhaven. Paramedics found Adamo under his bike in the culvert on Longfields Dr. near Woodroffe Ave. around 2:20 a.m. […]
MoreMembers of a local band are mourning their drummer who was killed along with one other person in a horrific crash involving a bear late Monday. Steven Leon, 40, was in the back seat of a Nissan Pathfinder when the bear came crashing through the windshield after being hit by another car in the opposite […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/02/3alarm-house-fire-in-centretown At least two families are displaced — and a dog was rescued, tied to a tree waiting for its owner — after fire broke out just after noon at a two-storey triplex in Centretown Thursday. “My wife was on the computer and I was getting ready to go out, and we smelled […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/12/body-found-in-rideau-river A body was pulled from the Rideau River at Bronson Ave. just before 7 p.m. Thursday. The Ottawa police marine unit was dispatched to Brewer Park at about 4:30 p.m. after a man in a canoe spotted the fully-clothed body. The marine unit tried to get the bloated body out but it […]
MoreAn 11-year-old boy watched in horror Wednesday as a pitbull tore out the throat of his tiny dog as he helplessly held onto its leash. “He’s not doing well right now,” said the boy’s father, Patrick Lorange. “He tried to do the best he could for her, but there was nothing he could really do. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/07/17904946.html A woman is in critical condition and four others suffered smoke inhalation at a house fire Thursday morning. When the first crews arrived at 14 Julian Ave. at about 6 a.m., flames and smoke were visible from a second-storey living room window of the home. It is located just off Wellington St. […]
MoreThe 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 […]
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 […]
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