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’Tis the season to be jolly, but don’t fall victim to holiday follies. With just three weeks left until Christmas, beware of the cybercrooks who steal your hard-earned money. In the last two months alone, 72 complaints of online loan scams have been filed, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre told the Sun. Last December, there were […]
MoreOC Transpo’s $12.1-million Next Stop announcement system will be on most buses by March 31, 2011 – a month later than originally planned. By then, the website states, the entire fleet should be equipped with the Next Stop technology, which calls out major and requested stops along the routes in English and French. About 500 […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/02/16405836.html Sending kindergarten teachers to off-site daycares could be the solution if the public school board isn’t given enough money from the province to renovate or build new schools to accommodate the third round of Ontario’s full-day kindergarten program. So says the former chair of the Ottawa Carleton district school board. “We haven’t […]
MoreThe Ottawa Sun asked a 15-year-old boy to try to buy lottery tickets. Out of 10 places he tried, five sold tickets to him. It’s illegal to sell lottery tickets to minors. (KELLY ROCHE/Ottawa Sun) Children in Ontario are rolling the dice on their future by betting on card games and buying lottery tickets. Close […]
MoreOttawa police are rewarding drivers for not texting or talking without a bluetooth while cruising the east and south ends of the city. In December and January, east district traffic cops will give two free movie passes to drivers who have pulled over to use their cell phones. Bluetooth users are not going to be […]
MoreAlmost two weeks after student unions filed papers to take the school to court for holding onto their money, Carleton administration is alleging student unions are holding back details about their spending habits. “They allege to have been made available to their members but not the university,” said Jason MacDonald, the university’s director of communications. […]
MoreCohen Connah-Piercey is a huge Ottawa Senators fan with a small problem. “I don’t have cable. I don’t really get to watch hockey. I watch it when I can,” he said. But Sunday, the Grade 6 student got to see the Senators in person, as thousands laced up their skates and took to the ice […]
MoreOTTAWA – More than 50 queer and transgender rights activists held a sit-in at Ottawa police headquarters on Elgin Street Saturday to protest the arrest of two people during the first Transgender Day of Remembrance event in Canada. “None of us wants to be here, but we don’t trust that the police are going to […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/11/12/16116001.html They’re learning to set up field hospitals so they can be ready when disaster strikes. Three hundred emergency workers from across the country are in town this weekend for the Paramedicine 2010 Expo and Conference. Training by simulation is the theme and participants are learning what it takes to be a Global […]
MoreSEE VIDEO: http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/11/11/16098351.html The two biggest student unions at Carleton University are taking the school’s administration to court for holding $7 million in student fees. “It’s really treating us like children where we have to say OK mommy, daddy, I really need this money for this month. Can you please give it to me?,” said […]
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