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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/10/05/ottawa-youth-set-to-vote Debates are over, candidates are anxious, voters are searching for their registration cards — let the democratic process begin. Wednesday will be the first time Olivia Jones votes. Jones turned 18 last December and says she didn’t participate in the spring federal election. Jones hails from the Greater Toronto Area and moving […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/12/grit-minister-fires-back-at-hudak-tories Ontario’s finance minister is blasting Conservative leader Tim Hudak for his comments about the Liberals’ controversial immigrant hiring tax credit. “I think Mr. Hudak owes all new Canadians an apology,” said Duncan during a visit to Ottawa Monday. The McGuinty government is proposing a $10,000 grant to businesses for hiring skilled immigrants […]
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) […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/04/26/candidates-talk-housing-during-lunch-at-shelter Marty Blair stopped into the Shepherds of Good Hope for a hot lunch Tuesday. “I’ve been on the street all night last night,” he said. Blair isn’t alone. In 2010 more than 7,000 people in Ottawa used homeless shelters. “But the most staggering thing was that 832 families actually found themselves in […]
MoreHighly paid local bureaucrats are sucking up too much in provincial health-care dollars, an Ottawa MPP says. Each of the 14 health networks across Ontario spent more than $1 million on executive salaries, according to Lisa MacLeod, Conservative MPP for Nepean-Carleton. The number of executives in the Ottawa-area Champlain Local Health Integration Network earning more […]
MoreScrambled eggs, toast, breakfast sausage, and a side of blue signs kicked off the Conservative campaign in Ottawa’s west end Saturday morning. Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod and Ottawa-West Nepean federal incumbent John Baird riled up the crowd as fellow MP Pierre Poilievre launched his campaign for re-election in Nepean-Carleton at Greenfield’s Pub in Barrhaven. More […]
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