Sandy Hill

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 9, 2011December 9, 2011

Protesters return to Congolese embassy

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/09/protesters-return-to-congolese-embassy A moving protest held by Ottawa’s Congolese community Friday got at least three people arrested. For the second time in four days, a rally was held at the Democratic Republic of the Congo embassy on Range Rd. in Sandy Hill. The demonstrators are calling for the international community to intervene in what […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 6, 2011December 7, 2011

Cops, protesters clash at embassy

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/06/cops-protesters-clash-at-embassy At least three people were arrested — one hit with a Taser — Tuesday as hundreds of protesters squared off with RCMP and Ottawa police in Sandy Hill outside the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Police in riot gear were called in Tuesday evening to manage the fiesty crowd […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 9, 2011August 4, 2011

Homeless centre a magnet for crime, neighbours warn

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/17557041.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/pf-17555811.html Wednesdays were hell. From witnessing a stabbing to crack addicts smoking up on their front steps, residents living near Cumberland St. and Daly Ave. saw it all when a homeless drop-in centre used to operate at St. Paul’s-Eastern United church. “It was on Wednesdays, once a week, for five or six years,” […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 3, 2011

Anglicans apologize for ‘Nazi’ remark

The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa has apologized for comments made by an archdeacon which likened remarks made by downtown residents against a homeless centre to “Nazi Germany.” “They were not constructive to moving the dialogue forward,” the Very Rev. Shane Parker wrote in a letter to the Sun’s editor Wednesday afternoon. At a meeting Monday […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 1, 2011

‘Nazi’ jibe overshadows shelter debate

An Ottawa Anglican Diocese official is comparing neighbourhood opposition to the relocation of a downtown homeless centre and comments by those opposing it to “Nazi Germany.” After a heated meeting with area residents Monday night, archdeacon David Selzer is “appalled” by comments describing the homeless. “There was a huge degradation of people using Centre 454 […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 29, 2010

‘Bright son’ remembered at funeral

The short life of Olisadike “Oli” Soludo Okoye was celebrated through art and song, as more than 400 people attended his funeral at St. Joseph Cathedral Wednesday morning. His mother Donna Joseph was escorted to the lectern, where, voice shaking, she praised her “bright son.” “In my heart, I believe you are seated beside grandpa,” […]