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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/27/bad-weather-dont-keep-fans-away Freezing rain wasn’t keeping Mark Debruyn and his sons from attending the NHL Fan Fair on Friday. “We’re a hockey family,” said Debruyn, from Nepean. His boys, Caleb, 8, and Lucas, 5, had the day off from school and it was the first All-Star experience for the family. “We’re going to walk […]
MoreAn Ottawa man is behind bars in the Congo because of his close ties with that country’s opposition leader, according to his family, who is fearing for his life. Fabien Kalala Shambuyi, 24, was supposed to return home for Christmas and got arrested at the Kinshasa airport and thrown in jail, said his brother, Eric […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/10/28/retailers-see-drop-in-halloween-sales With spooky seasonal sales figures, retailers are hoping customers will open their wallets and spend big for Halloween this weekend. “We’re down about 20, 25% over last year,” said Canadian Tire’s Merivale Rd. store manager Bob Starmans. That could be due to consumers shopping at specialty stores instead, because they don’t appear […]
MoreHello, homework. Tuesday marks the end of summer vacation as about 100,000 Ottawa students head back to school. Nepean resident Vanessa Pietrantonio, 12, is excited about entering Grade 7 at Frank Ryan. “I’m looking forward to the new teachers, the new kids and stuff, but I’m kind of sad that I have to go back,” […]
MoreThe soft launch of the city’s new transit schedule Sunday had some riders smiling and others griping. “For today, I’m happy,” said Ann Martins, who’s been riding the bus for many years. She was catching Route 4 along Rideau St. near the mall. “Now I take one bus, instead of two or four,” she said. […]
MoreA former west-Ottawa resident is one of at least 70 people found killed in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Hamid Darrat, 46, was a “successful businessman” who has shuttled between Tripoli and Ottawa for the last 27 years. “He was just helping people,” Ahmed Hussein said about his friend of more than 20 years. “The whole community […]
MoreNepean residents turned out in droves Wednesday evening to voice their frustration about new development they say will mire them in gridlock. “We’re not against intensification, but this is ludicrous,” said Cynthia Sutcliffe, who’s lived in the area for more than 30 years. About 150 people showed up to Ben Franklin Place to hear about […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/30/apartment-project-irks-residents Lionel Rowe knows people don’t like change. What they like even less, he says, is being left in the dark. The retired Nepean resident charges the city hasn’t been straight with residents about the re-zoning of a proposed development at 2940 Baseline Rd. and Sandcastle Dr., west of Greenbank Rd. — a […]
MoreIt feels like a zillion degrees outside and Eliza-Jane Scott’s family is staying cool by hanging out in the basement of their west Ottawa bungalow. “We have air conditioning, we just don’t want to put it on,” she said. Next summer, she’ll be able to take her son, Ducolon Banville, 5, to play in a […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/15/rising-enrolment-brings-two-new-french-catholic-high-schools Rising enrolment has forced the McGuinty government to pay for two new schools for the French Catholic school board. “For September, I think we are getting approximately 500 more students already,” said Diane Doré, chair of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est. “We’re probably going to reach the 20,000 students (mark) […]
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