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Three Ottawa athletes usually run track but are now sprinting around town trying to find something to wear. They’ve scored a chance to mingle with the Royal couple at a youth barbecue at Rideau Hall Thursday. “I just found out the news today and I was extremely excited. It was a huge surprise,” said Cody […]
MoreA storied congregation has gone from worshipping in the same building as Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, to a makeshift altar inside a theatre where it’s BYOB: Bring Your Own Bible. “Ultimately, a church is people,” said Rev. George Sinclair. More than 100 worshippers gathered at St. Alban’s Church in downtown Ottawa […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/21/aboriginal-veterans-honoured-in-ceremony More than 100 people gathered to celebrate National Aboriginal Day in Ottawa Tuesday. Every year on June 21, aboriginal veterans are honoured in a wreath laying ceremony downtown. One veteran traveled all the way from northern Alberta last year, said John Jewitt from the National Aboriginal Veterans Association. “He wanted to see […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/17/ottawa-pools-a-no-text-zone A person can drown faster than you can type SOS and hit send. And that’s no laughing matter. Lifeguard Emma Walker has no problem texting “TTYL” and putting her phone away when she’s at work. “You make sure you have enough self control not to be playing with your phone or whatever,” […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/06/gg-honours-3-ottawa-men-for-bravery A broken femur, cracked pelvis, shattered elbow, and herniated discs in his neck wouldn’t stop Ottawa Fire Captain John Chatterton from sacrificing his own life for his colleague’s life. “(I would) do the same thing in a heartbeat,” said Chatterton. He’s one of three Ottawa-area men honoured for their bravery Friday at […]
MoreCall it an UnPC move by a PC member. The federal incumbent for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is apologizing to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff after tweeting a comment likening his name to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. An 84-character post on Conservative incumbent Cheryl Gallant’s Twitter page reads: “@M_Ignatieff, sorry about remark on day 1. No place in debate […]
MoreThe family of a missing Ottawa man is terrified for his safety and is begging the Canadian government to intervene after he vanished last Sunday. “He was either arrested or kidnapped from the Bahrain airport,” a distraught Sadeq Al Raas, 26, said about his brother, Naser Al Raas, 28. A Canadian citizen living in Kuwait, […]
MoreThe redevelopment of the former CFB Rockcliffe site could be back on the table sooner than later after a four-year stall. The Algonquins of Ontario have agreed to a financial settlement, clearing the way for the project, according to Ottawa-Vanier MP Mauril Belanger. Just how much money they’re receiving isn’t known. An Algonquin land claim […]
MoreIf federal public servants want to exercise their right to choose to speak French or English at work, management must respect the employee’s choice. Public sector senior and middle managers were given this tip and many others Thursday when an employee study — taken to gauge ideas on how to foster bilingualism — was released. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/05/17169566.html An Ottawa man says he wants to know how he could inadvertently board a flight from Ottawa with fireworks in his carry-on bag without getting caught. “I had a Roman eight-ball candle, Roman 10-ball candle, I had a big pack of extra large sparklers and I had a airbomb,” said Mark Bennett, […]
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