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Five cabbies have been caught by the city using fake credentials to obtain a taxicab driver’s licence, according to documents obtained by the Sun. The city’s by-law department sent a letter to each driver last month, advising them to hand in their permits. “And so far, only two of the five have returned their licences,” […]
MoreStudents at Algonquin College are relieved an 18-day strike by support staff is over, restoring access to financial aid, registration, daycare, and Internet service. “I couldn’t access my courses (online) during school,” said student Jonathan Anglin, 20. So he had to go home to check his coursework. “If there’s an assignment up that I needed […]
MoreOttawa-West Nepean candidates duked it out in front of two dozen students over tuition, tenants’ rights, jobs, and healthcare at Algonquin College Monday. Journalism student Samantha Brazeau-Wilson, 19, was listening carefully. “I’m paying a little over $5,000 for just my courses,” she said. “I needed to buy a new laptop this year, a camera for […]
MoreA 22-year-old Osgoode man died early Sunday morning after the car he was driving rolled several times, throwing him out. It happened around 5:40 a.m. on Snake Island Rd. in Ottawa’s southwest end between Doyle Rd. and Nixon Dr. Tyson Weigand was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Nearby residents said Weigand was driving […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/17018636.html#/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/pf-17016371.html The province is trying to make student loans easier to get. Ontario Student Assistance Program applications will now be available Feb. 1 instead of May; there’s a new academic credit transfer system; and interest on loans will be waived for the first six months after graduation. John Milloy, the provincial minister for […]
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