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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/03/hospital-execs-big-bucks-contracts-now-public Hospitals came clean Tuesday, revealing executives’ big salaries and perks. The Ottawa Hospital’s CEO Dr. Jack Kitts tops the list, earning $517,700 with an additional $12,000 annual car allowance. Kitts also doesn’t pay into his pension — it’s covered by the hospital. “People like Dr. Kitts are really important to the system. […]
MoreClothing donation bins claiming to be for charities continue to crop up across Ottawa on city property. Thanks to a tip from a Sun reader, a donation box was spotted Tuesday in the east end near the main entrance of the Trim Rd. park-and-ride station. The boxes are not permitted on OC Transpo property, said […]
MoreThe only survivor of an Alexandria house fire is out of a coma but doesn’t yet know his partner and three young children have died. Martin Desjardins, 26, has been in the burn centre at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital since Aug. 12, after fire trapped the young family inside their Boundary Rd. East home. “You can’t […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/07/kids-hurt-in-school-bus-car-crash Five people were taken to hospital with bumps and bruises after a school bus was hit from behind by an SUV on Pinecrest Rd. Thursday afternoon. The bus was carrying about 60 children from the Centre d’Education le Manege, a French day camp, and was heading southbound over Hwy. 417 just after […]
MoreIt’s been seven months since Morgan Richardson lost her sister and best friend. She recently celebrated her 17th birthday and is handling the pressures of being in high school and figuring out where to go to school next — on top of grieving after her sister Daron, 14, took her own life last November. “We […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/17371876.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/pf-17363371.html The federal government is investing $4.5 million so two research teams can study genes causing cancers and rare diseases in children. More research for rare diseases means more hope for sick kids like 15-year-old T.J. O’Connor. T.J. and his brother, Casey, 13, have undiagnosed neuro-degenerative conditions. “…After a multitude of medical appointments […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/17162976.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/pf-17159356.html The last time Patrick Auger, Marcie Beaudoin, and John Holbrook saw seven-year-old Victoria “Tori” Wilson, she was unconscious and barely alive. When they were reunited with her Friday morning, they fittingly hung out in an ambulance — where they first met. The Ornge critical care flight paramedics helped save Tori after she […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/11/16849516.html Ottawa Public Health is getting two million dollars from the province’s Healthy Smiles program. That means up to 10,000 local children from low-income families can access free dental care at public clinics. And that’s good news to people who consider visiting the dentist a luxury. “I really need to clean my teeth […]
MoreThe short life of Olisadike “Oli” Soludo Okoye was celebrated through art and song, as more than 400 people attended his funeral at St. Joseph Cathedral Wednesday morning. His mother Donna Joseph was escorted to the lectern, where, voice shaking, she praised her “bright son.” “In my heart, I believe you are seated beside grandpa,” […]
MoreBy Jamie Long and Kelly Roche, OTTAWA SUN Just four days before Christmas, an Ottawa mother has lost her nine-year-old son to the frigid waters of the Rideau River. Identified by friends as Olisa “Oli” Joseph, his lone black mitten lay next to the path in Strathcona Park where he was pulled from the water. […]
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