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Sens fans are hoping Alfie will be around for another Game 7. “Like, he’s doing too good to quit,” said Maxime Boivin, 15, from Aylmer. The New York Rangers eliminated the Senators 2-1 in the deciding game in Round 1 of the playoffs Thursday night. “I was very disappointed. I stopped watching it when I […]
MoreThe city reached a tentative agreement with its largest union Thursday morning — avoiding layoffs, for now. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 503 represents 6,300 inside and outside employees, or 37% of the city’s workforce. “In keeping with the usual labour relations practices, the details of the tentative agreement are confidential until ratified by […]
MoreThe city should proceed with redeveloping Lansdowne Park, despite pending legal proceedings, according to a report by city staff to be heard next week. The report recommends beginning construction works for soil remediation and the relocation of the Horticulture Building. “The public wants us to move forward with revitalizing Lansdowne because it has been ignored […]
MoreA group of hardcore Sens faithful are taking their hometown swagger to the Big Apple for Game 7 between the Senators and Rangers on Thursday. “We’re super pumped,” said Brett Starke, 26, a fan of Sens defenceman Matt Carkner. “We’ll be showing the (team) colours and making sure there’s Sens support out there.” Friends Alex […]
MoreA “treasure chest” of Canadian accomplishments nestled in the heart of the capital could be our answer to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. And the former U.S. embassy built in 1931, now sitting vacant across from Parliament Hill, is the perfect place to house it. That’s the vision of Mayor Jim Watson, who came up […]
MoreThe city of Ottawa could be forced to open supervised drug injection clinics if the province says to — much like it did back in 2007 with the safe inhalation program for crack addicts. “City council voted to end the crack pipe program and it was ended. And then the province stepped in and forced […]
MoreOttawa Public Health officials insist steps are being taken to clean up discarded drug paraphernalia after dirty needles were recently dumped in a Byward Market restaurant toilet and a six-year-old boy was pricked in Carlington. “Every time we talk to someone who’s using drugs, we counsel them about safe disposal of their equipment,” said associate […]
MoreSupervised injection sites enable addicts and will bring more drugs into the city via ‘no-go’ zones where drug laws won’t be enforced, says the co-founder of Safer Ottawa. Chris Grinham, who helps clean up spent drug paraphernalia cleanup in Lowertown, predicts a five-block radius will be filled with dealers, who’ll start carrying a low supply. […]
MoreOttawa’s university students voted to keep the Universal Transit Pass bundled into tuition fees. The price will increase to $180 per semester in September — it’s currently $145 — and will go up 2.5% each year until 2015. With student unions rallying against rising costs and service cuts, both schools held referenda this week. The […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/03/24/courtesy-counts-on-bus Passengers behaving badly. Each day, people riding the bus in Ottawa turn to social media to gripe about each other. They also vent about buses being late, early, dirty, crowded, hot, cold, going too fast, not going fast enough, etc. A record number of folks are using public transit — OC Transpo […]
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