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Two of the three survivors of Saturday’s plane crash in Nunavut are recovering in Ottawa hospitals. A seven-year-old girl was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. “She is recovering quite well and she was able to speak to the grandpa who lives here in Iqaluit,” her uncle Terry Audla told Sun News Network […]
MoreA two-day prostitution sweep netted 18 arrests in Lowertown and Vanier, but Ottawa Police say it’s not an issue specific to downtown neighbourhoods. “We find prostitution across the city,” said Insp. Uday Jaswal. “A lot of it is driven by poverty, addiction.” Police arrested 18 women Wednesday and Thursday, laying 44 charges. Prostitution isn’t illegal, […]
MoreCops are still looking for the person responsibe for the hit-and-run crash that killed 22-year-old Dan Miller. A woman described as a “person of interest” spoke to Ottawa Police Friday, but she later walked out of the Elgin St. station without being charged. Her name was not released and charges were “not immediately pending,” said […]
MoreA 22-year-old Sutton man was arrested Wednesday and is facing several child pornography-related charges after allegedly luring a Renfrew girl last winter. Provincial police searched the man’s home in this Lake Simcoe community north of Toronto, and seized two computers after investigating for nearly seven months. The family of the victim, in her early teens, […]
MorePolice caught the break they were looking for Thursday when a tip from the public led them to a car driven in a deadly hit-and-run accident. Late Thursday night, Ottawa cops said they had located a black Nissan Maxima that struck and killed Stratford native Dan Miller on Bronson Ave. around 3:18 a.m. Wednesday. Miller, […]
MoreOttawa Police say they’re doing enough to combat panhandling in the heart of the city. “We have officers in the downtown core on a daily basis who do enforcement on these issues and other issues,” said Insp. Uday Jaswal from the central district, adding they’re often on foot. “Having said that, we need to prioritize […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/17/hit-and-run-leaves-man-critically-hurt A Stratford family is devastated after a 22-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Bronson Ave. early Wednesday. Emergency crews got the call at 3:18 a.m. for a young man found unconscious and bleeding near Somerset Ave. W., on the outskirts of Chinatown. Dan Miller, 22 — the youngest of […]
MoreA new plan is “in the works” to hire permanent sexual assault nurse examiners at the Ottawa Hospital — replacing the on-call system — ensuring rape kits will always be available. “We owe it to our population to be there 24/7, so we’re going to put the staff in place,” said advanced practice nurse Janet […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/15/renters-fed-up-with-filthy-conditions Residents of a decrepit south-Ottawa housing complex — with mould, rodents, bedbugs, flooding, and overflowing garbage — are fed up with their landlord and they’re calling on the mayor to do something about their filthy living conditions. “The city should be more concerned about this than us. I mean, these are not […]
MoreA much needed mini-hospital expected to serve more than 20,000 patients is getting closer to fruition in east Ottawa. The province is moving forward with development, dropping $60 million into the Orleans Family Health Hub. The clinic — offering family doctors, diagnostic testing, mental health services, day surgery, paediatric and geriatric services, dialysis, and cancer […]
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