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It’s hotter in my car than it is on a city bus with no air conditioning. That’s the verdict after riding the 94 from Fallowfield to the Rideau Centre Tuesday afternoon. Armed with a thermometer, the needle was at 32C when I boarded. All the windows were open, and about 25 people were on board. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/30/warm-dry-weather-a-welcome-relief-from-rain Rain boots and umbrellas, make way for sunblock and cleats. After a soggy month with nearly triple the rain of a year ago wreaking havoc on local sports teams’ schedules, the sunny blue skies and scorching temperatures are coming as a relief to many. “In my 19 years involved in Little League […]
MoreBY AEDAN HELMER, KELLY ROCHE Brian Tinkess knows all too well about municipal regulations and red tape. And how they squeeze people like him out. For 13 years Tinkess owned and operated the Blooming Onion, a unique chip wagon in a prime location on the corner of Dalhousie and York St. in the Byward Market. […]
MoreThe former CFB Rockcliffe site has been sold to the Canada Lands Company for $27.2 million, the Sun has learned. “We’re the land owner and developer,” said CLC vice-president Gordon McIvor. Redevelopment of the lucrative real estate in north Ottawa is back on the table after being tied up in a land claim with the […]
MoreArson is suspected in last Friday’s massive Kanata townhouse development fire. “It certainly points in that direction,” said Sgt. Dave Christie from the Ottawa Police Arson Section. The blaze — which caused $2.5 million in damage — quickly tore through the unoccupied townhomes under construction on Remnor Ave. around 10 p.m. Friday. No one was […]
MoreFor the next six months, Glebe resident Victoria Merkley will be hustling to catch the #5 bus. “If I miss it, it comes every half an hour,” she said. “They’re usually early or late, so you have to be at the stop because you never know when it’s going to come.” Merkley, 21, usually takes […]
MoreA 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 […]
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