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Ndjiwa 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/2011/08/24/major-expansion-for-ottawa-heart-institute For the last two years, Cornwall resident Terry Hamilton has been visiting the University of Ottawa Heart Institute every two months. “I had a corroded artery cleaned out when I had a stroke. It left this scar here,” he said, pointing at his neck. “I’ve had a stent put in my heart […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/15/renters-fed-up-with-filthy-conditions Residents of a decrepit south-Ottawa housing complex — with mould, rodents, bedbugs, flooding, and overflowing garbage — are fed up with their landlord and they’re calling on the mayor to do something about their filthy living conditions. “The city should be more concerned about this than us. I mean, these are not […]
MoreMinutes after it opened Sunday, cyclists weren’t alone using the city’s new segregated bike lane on Laurier Ave. A mix of rollerbladers, skateboarders, parents with strollers, mopeds, and pedestrians were spotted between Bronson Ave. and Elgin St. The city couldn’t say for sure if they were allowed there. “That’s very clear, it’s a bike lane […]
MoreThe former CFB Rockcliffe site has been sold to the Canada Lands Company for $27.2 million, the Sun has learned. “We’re the land owner and developer,” said CLC vice-president Gordon McIvor. Redevelopment of the lucrative real estate in north Ottawa is back on the table after being tied up in a land claim with the […]
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