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An Ottawa man’s release from prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be short-lived — he may be behind bars again in a matter of days. “He’s not coming home,” family friend Henriette Yakibonge told the Sun on Sunday. “He doesn’t have his passport, he doesn’t have any money. He’s afraid of what’s going […]
MoreA strike by 60 Salvation Army employees at a downtown shelter has been averted — for now. “We want the employer to come back to the table,” Larry Rousseau from the Public Service Alliance of Canada told the Sun late Monday. As of Tuesday, kitchen and maintenance staff as well as social workers at the […]
MoreJust days before Christmas, 60 workers at a downtown shelter are poised to go on strike because they say their employer the Salvation Army isnt paying them enough. “We have members who actually go over to the food bank,” said Larry Rousseau of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the union representing the Booth Centre […]
MoreHighly paid local bureaucrats are sucking up too much in provincial health-care dollars, an Ottawa MPP says. Each of the 14 health networks across Ontario spent more than $1 million on executive salaries, according to Lisa MacLeod, Conservative MPP for Nepean-Carleton. The number of executives in the Ottawa-area Champlain Local Health Integration Network earning more […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/05/17167511.html The sign says no cellphones allowed. I almost pedal backward, but figure an hour won’t kill me. So I grudgingly put both BlackBerries on vibrate, roll up my pant legs and take off my socks. Once my feet hit the warm water, it’s all worth it. It’s my first winter in Ottawa. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/17018636.html#/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/pf-17016371.html The province is trying to make student loans easier to get. Ontario Student Assistance Program applications will now be available Feb. 1 instead of May; there’s a new academic credit transfer system; and interest on loans will be waived for the first six months after graduation. John Milloy, the provincial minister for […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/06/16448781.html For Barry Irvine, there’s no better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than in his favourite place — the arena — kicking off the Navan for Hockeyville campaign. This is the second time Navan Memorial Centre is entering the competition. “We came in third in Ontario last year. This year we’re trying […]
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 […]
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