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A mother and daughter from Bourget are dead following a three-vehicle crash east of Ottawa on Friday night. Bertha Clairoux, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Doris Billings, 74, was transported to hospital in critical condition where she died within two hours. OPP Const. Serge Gauthier said they were travelling in the […]
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 […]
MoreGetting A-list movie stars to come to Ottawa is part of producer Ron Schwarzmann’s master plan, but he knows it’s easier said than done since there are no direct flights from Los Angeles to Ottawa. “Al Pacino would be waiting for two hours in Montreal,” said Schwarzmann. Sorting out the logistics would clear the way, […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/21/sens-make-christmas-merry-for-sick-kids Thirteen-year-old Hiba Allam has the ultimate Christmas gift for her brothers: autographs from the Ottawa Senators. The Sens made their annual visit to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Wednesday, meeting with patients and their families. “Everybody’s, like, speechless,” said Allam, a Bells Corners resident. Leukemia has kept her in hospital for […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/20/cops-bust-illegal-workers-in-ottawa-gatineau The Canada Border Services Agency raided eight shopping centres in Ottawa and Gatineau Monday, arresting 30 suspected illegal workers — 15 in each city — at kiosks selling beauty products. A booth called Seacret is set up on the main floor at Bayshore, and witnesses tell the Sun they saw one man […]
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 […]
MoreThe Christmas rush has been more like the Christmas lull for baby boutique owner Denise Carvellas. “Last year, I thought I was going to lose my mind,” said Carvellas, who owns lulu&coco in Hintonburg. She opened the shop two years ago, selling clothing she designs for newborns to six-year-olds. This is her second Christmas, and […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/17/protesters-want-merry-christmas-back A group of Ottawa residents fed up with ‘Merry Christmas’ being replaced by politically correct greetings took to Parliament Hill Saturday. “When you tell me I can’t say Merry Christmas, you’re taking my Christ out of Christmas and you’re excluding me, so how about me?,” said Gloucester resident Bruce Strickland, carrying a […]
MoreProstitutes gathered for a vigil on Parliament Hill Saturday marking the ninth annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. “We do it in a public place, specifically, so that we can draw public attention,” said Emily Symons from Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work, Educate and Resist (POWER). “Sex workers have always faced violence.” Around […]
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