earthquake

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 12, 2011March 12, 2011

Ottawa’s Japanese community remain worried

Yumi Schoenhofer can sleep now. The Ottawa woman has reached her 80-year-old mother who lives alone in Tokyo. “I called and finally, the line was open,” Schoenhofer said, adding the quality of the sound wasn’t great. “(We talked for) three to four minutes. It was good enough to find out she was fine.” Schoenhofer, the […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 15, 2010

Museum still assessing quake damage

The Canada Science and Technology Museum is still assessing damage from last summer’s earthquake that forced the closure of the iconic lighthouse on St. Laurent Blvd. The lighthouse remains closed nearly five months after the magnitude 5.0 quake after mercury spilled from the bearing for the rotating light. “Less than a litre of mercury was […]