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A Lowertown resident wasn’t surprised to hear gunshots ringing out in her neighbourhood Sunday night. “There was a good six or seven (shots) the first time we heard them,” said resident Melyssa Rondhuis. Ottawa police received several calls around 11 p.m. from Beausoleil Dr. and York St., just east of King Edward Ave. Rondhuis said […]
MoreOttawa Police have charged a 14-year-old boy with several serious offences related to two incidents at a west-end park and that has many residents shocked but breathing much easier. “I feel safer,” said Thuy Cellah, a mother of three kids who was at Bellevue Manor Park on Caldwell Avenue Saturday while her children played. One […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/20/fire-hits-townhomes-under-construction Neighbours came by on foot, bike and car Saturday to stare at the charred remains of a spectacular $2.5 million four-alarm fire in Kanata. “Oh my God,” said Jasper Nie, 7, as he rode his bike then suddenly stopped. His sentiments were echoed by resident after resident. “It was a good burn […]
MoreWhen Jo Marr lived in Los Angeles, he knew better than to try and shoot a feature film on the street. The neighbours were “so savvy,” he said, they’d start mowing the lawn, ruining the audio on purpose. “I’ve got to go over there and pay them off to shut up,” Marr said. “That happens […]
MoreThe Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is paving a playground — that parents spent years raising money for — to put up a staff parking lot in Hintonburg. Cars parked at Devonshire Public School on Breezehill Ave. N. near Somerset St. W. have been ticketed for illegally parking along the front fence of the school’s yard, […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/11/sally-ann-saddled-with-1m-junk-bill Shame on you, Ottawa. Thoughtless residents keep saddling the Salvation Army with so-called donations that turn out to be junk. And it’s cost the charity almost $1 million over the last five years to get rid of it. All too often, large items such as washers, dryers, fridges, and stoves are dumped […]
MoreThe city’s bylaw department is allowing the Shih Tzu that ripped out a chunk of a Home Depot employee’s nose to live. “I’m happy because he’s not a vicious dog,” said owner Odette Fournier. Home Depot greeter Anne Riel was attacked by Spot on April 15 while working at the east-end store. Riel wanted the […]
MorePolice should have notified the public about a sexual predator targeting women in the Byward Market, says the head of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre. “Whether it was a single assault or a serial assault,” a press release should’ve come out sooner, said executive director Sandy Onyalo. “Men do pick on women who they perceive […]
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 […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/04/26/candidates-talk-housing-during-lunch-at-shelter Marty Blair stopped into the Shepherds of Good Hope for a hot lunch Tuesday. “I’ve been on the street all night last night,” he said. Blair isn’t alone. In 2010 more than 7,000 people in Ottawa used homeless shelters. “But the most staggering thing was that 832 families actually found themselves in […]
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