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The fate of the contentious Universal Transit Pass will be decided Friday for undergraduates at Ottawa U. Students will begin voting in the referendum Tuesday through Thursday. “We anticipate to have results by midday Friday,” said Julia McDonald, chief electoral officer at the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa. Here’s the question: Are you […]
MoreSpending $3.25 in bus fare could score you a hot date, spring fling, or even a life partner. Riding OC Transpo isn’t just a means of getting around the city; plenty of buses abound. Taking one just might land you in love. Ask Alissa LaVecchia. She had a bus pass and a guy made a […]
MoreWas Bob Chiarelli right all along? Light rail transit was his baby back in 2006; a 30 km north-south corridor from Barrhaven to the University of Ottawa. Fast forward six years. The price tag, now $2.1 billion, for a downtown tunnel connecting a 12.5 km east-west stretch between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair station. Perhaps the […]
MoreThe public health department plans to test air quality in hookah bars this year to see if there is a health risk. Restaurant owner Charbel Karakouzian finds the idea amusing. “If they’re talking about air quality, go stand (at the) Rideau Centre where we have the city buses killing people from the smoke coming out […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/02/11/hookah-crackdown-too-much-owner A downtown business owner says the public health department’s crackdown on tobacco is warranted, but not if it’s intended to stop all forms of smoking. “I think they’re going a step too far. It’s becoming Communist within a country like Canada,” said Charbel Karakouzian. He co-owns the Garlic Corner shawarma restaurant in […]
MoreSports radio personality Jungle Jim Jerome of Team 1200 is one of 16 Bell Media employees locally who were given pink-slips on Thursday. “It’s a stinger, but I’ll be OK,” Jerome told the Sun from Las Vegas, where he’s attending Wayne Gretzky’s Fantasy Camp. CTV Ottawa promotion manager Brent Corbeil and four other management and […]
MoreA dozen people were taken to hospital after two city buses collided on the Transitway in the west end during the afternoon rush hour Tuesday. “We were bouncing around, people were screaming,” said 30-year-old Melissa, from Kanata. “I was sitting down, so I didn’t see what was going on.” Melissa works downtown and didn’t want […]
MoreOttawa’s patios, parks, and beaches are one step closer to being smoke-free. The board of health gave the greenlight to a three-year clean air strategy during a meeting at City Hall Monday night. The strategy aims to protect children and non-smokers from second hand smoke and help smokers quit. The report includes a recommendation to […]
MoreNdjiwa Yakibonge is a single mom who’s married — to the rural bus schedule. She works in a downtown office and rides OC Transpo Route 232 from Vars, in Russell Township. “Rural buses are not the easiest thing,” said Yakibonge. The fixed schedule, with three runs during each rush hour, means she has to pencil […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/27/bad-weather-dont-keep-fans-away Freezing rain wasn’t keeping Mark Debruyn and his sons from attending the NHL Fan Fair on Friday. “We’re a hockey family,” said Debruyn, from Nepean. His boys, Caleb, 8, and Lucas, 5, had the day off from school and it was the first All-Star experience for the family. “We’re going to walk […]
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