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Locally made ice creams wow customers

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/21/locally-made-ice-creams-wow-customers On a sweltering summer day, Pascale Berthiaume wipes her brow as she churns out all natural ice cream in a community kitchen on Gladstone Ave. Heat wave or not, she’s got orders to fill. With flavours like peanut-butter-salted-caramel, raspberry-Cassis, and dark-chocolate-sea-salt, it’s not just grown up foodies who crave her desserts. “Kids […]

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GG honours 3 Ottawa men for bravery

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/05/06/gg-honours-3-ottawa-men-for-bravery A broken femur, cracked pelvis, shattered elbow, and herniated discs in his neck wouldn’t stop Ottawa Fire Captain John Chatterton from sacrificing his own life for his colleague’s life. “(I would) do the same thing in a heartbeat,” said Chatterton. He’s one of three Ottawa-area men honoured for their bravery Friday at […]

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CHEO to head national research on rare children’s diseases

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/17371876.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/pf-17363371.html The federal government is investing $4.5 million so two research teams can study genes causing cancers and rare diseases in children. More research for rare diseases means more hope for sick kids like 15-year-old T.J. O’Connor. T.J. and his brother, Casey, 13, have undiagnosed neuro-degenerative conditions. “…After a multitude of medical appointments […]

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No legs but standing tall

Master Cpl. Mike “Megatron” Trauner may have lost his legs while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. But he stood tall on the steps of Parliament Hill Saturday morning. Trauner accepted the To the Top Canada Award for 2011. “To become a better person, I had to suffer quite a bit,” he said. Two years ago, […]

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