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Security guard to keep job after Sun story
After her story ran in Sunday’s Sun, an Ottawa security guard’s paperwork is now in order and she’ll be able to keep working despite a licensing backlog by the province. “They said it was processed, issued, and mailed out first thing this morning,” Tina Waltenbury said Monday, adding she called the ministry around 11 a.m. […]
MoreWatson eyes commute at bike lane push-off
Mayor Jim Watson donned a helmet and a white T-shirt with a red bicycle, reading, Be the Change, as he cut the ribbon Sunday on Laurier Ave. “We have finally delivered a segregated bike lane for the cyclists of Ottawa,” he told the crowd. He gave kudos to council for voting unanimously for the lanes, […]
MoreSegregated bike lane invaded by all sorts
Minutes after it opened Sunday, cyclists weren’t alone using the city’s new segregated bike lane on Laurier Ave. A mix of rollerbladers, skateboarders, parents with strollers, mopeds, and pedestrians were spotted between Bronson Ave. and Elgin St. The city couldn’t say for sure if they were allowed there. “That’s very clear, it’s a bike lane […]
MoreBook by U of Ottawa student shines light on foster care
Karisa Karmali is blunt about her upbringing in foster care in Ottawa — and that’s exactly how she doles out advice in her new book, The Art of Attitude. Her philosophy: circumstances don’t determine success, attitude does. “The people I consider my parents, I only met them when I was 16,” she said. “I feel […]
MoreBar manager says ministry overboard with training of security guards
When Sean Hilliker became a bouncer at a downtown Ottawa bar in 1996 there was no training, testing, or background check needed. “It used to be, ‘OK you’re big, you’re friendly, you’re hired,’” he said. “Sometimes you don’t even have to be friendly.” The rules have changed. Hilliker is now the general manager of Grace […]
MoreWoman out of work due to licence renewal hold up
When the clock strikes midnight Monday, Tina Waltenbury won’t be able to work. Her security guard licence expires July 11, and despite applying for her renewal a month ago, the province has dragged its heels renewing it. “This is my only source of income,” an angry Waltenbury told the Sun. Waltenbury, 45, has been employed […]
MoreOttawans opine on public nudity as judge weighs case
SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/09/ottawans-speak-out-on-public-nudity-as-judge-weighs-case Going au naturel in public is unnatural to many Ottawans. “If you want to be nude, do it in your own privacy, or do it at a nude beach — don’t do it in public where everyone else has to look at you,” said teenager Lindsay Boyd. She’s one of several sunbathers […]
MoreRussell farmer dead after milking mishap
Jonathan Bergeron’s father watched his only son and “right-hand man” die in a horrific industrial accident on the family farm Thursday. Bergeron was milking and feeding the cows with his dad, Marc, around 8:30 a.m. at 431 St-Guillaume Rd in Russell Twp. when he got trapped in the barn’s feed-mixing machine. The 27-year-old farmer was […]
MoreKids hurt in school bus, car crash
SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/07/kids-hurt-in-school-bus-car-crash Five people were taken to hospital with bumps and bruises after a school bus was hit from behind by an SUV on Pinecrest Rd. Thursday afternoon. The bus was carrying about 60 children from the Centre d’Education le Manege, a French day camp, and was heading southbound over Hwy. 417 just after […]
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