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Drivers in Gatineau will have to ease up on the gas pedal. A new bylaw lowering the speed limit on all residential side streets from 50 km/h to 40, will come into effect in 90 days, the city announced Wednesday. The proactive measure aims to “help improve everyone’s safety on the roads, pedestrians and cyclists […]
MoreA much needed mini-hospital expected to serve more than 20,000 patients is getting closer to fruition in east Ottawa. The province is moving forward with development, dropping $60 million into the Orleans Family Health Hub. The clinic — offering family doctors, diagnostic testing, mental health services, day surgery, paediatric and geriatric services, dialysis, and cancer […]
MoreAfter her story ran in Sunday’s Sun, an Ottawa security guard’s paperwork is now in order and she’ll be able to keep working despite a licensing backlog by the province. “They said it was processed, issued, and mailed out first thing this morning,” Tina Waltenbury said Monday, adding she called the ministry around 11 a.m. […]
MoreWhen Sean Hilliker became a bouncer at a downtown Ottawa bar in 1996 there was no training, testing, or background check needed. “It used to be, ‘OK you’re big, you’re friendly, you’re hired,’” he said. “Sometimes you don’t even have to be friendly.” The rules have changed. Hilliker is now the general manager of Grace […]
MoreWhen the clock strikes midnight Monday, Tina Waltenbury won’t be able to work. Her security guard licence expires July 11, and despite applying for her renewal a month ago, the province has dragged its heels renewing it. “This is my only source of income,” an angry Waltenbury told the Sun. Waltenbury, 45, has been employed […]
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 […]
MoreThe province is investing $20,000 in a crime prevention program aimed at helping Ottawa youth get a handle on their anger. “We have long waiting lists and we have lots of young people who are at risk, who have been kicked out of school or involved with the courts,” said Carlington Community Health Centre’s executive […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/07/16464231.html King Edward Avenue is a graveyard for drivers and pedestrians, according to a group of Lowertown residents. “Every year for the last five years there’s been somebody killed on King Edward Avenue or near it,” said Marc Aubin, chair of the King Edward task force . And now, they’re launching an anti-speeding […]
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