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Twenty-nine people busted by the Canada Border Services Agency last month for illegally working in Ottawa and Gatineau have been ordered to leave the country. “They all admitted the allegation that they were working without authorization, so that’s why the removal order was rendered for all of them,” said Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/01/new-years-baby-in-a-hurry-to-get-here Ottawa’s first baby of 2012 was born just 30 seconds after midnight. Audrey Pelchat was delivered at the Ottawa Hospital Civic campus, weighing 8 lbs, 3 ozs. “It’s amazing. We’re really happy,” said mom, Sarah Fairbrass, 30, of Barrhaven. “I feel good.” The baby arrived early. “I was due Jan. 9 ” […]
MoreA 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 […]
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, […]
MoreTreacherous road conditions had drivers and pedestrians eating ice, and emergency workers scrambling to treat them Wednesday. By 7 p.m., “there’s so many (calls), I have no idea. I can’t even start doing math to add them up. I just keep getting them,” said Ottawa paramedic Supt. Darryl Wilton. Calls came in for everything from […]
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 […]
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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