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Ottawa’s university students voted to keep the Universal Transit Pass bundled into tuition fees. The price will increase to $180 per semester in September — it’s currently $145 — and will go up 2.5% each year until 2015. With student unions rallying against rising costs and service cuts, both schools held referenda this week. The […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/30/saudi-doctors-suing-u-of-ottawa Three doctors from Saudi Arabia are suing the University of Ottawa and several of its officials for more than $100 million. The suit claims racial discrimination, conspiracy to injure, defamation, breach of contract, and negligence, among other allegations. Dr. Waleed AlGhaithy, Dr. Khalid Aba-Alkhail, and Dr. Manal Al-Saigh announced they’ve filed a […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/10/31/students-pan-planned-u-pass-price-hike Two zombies strategically place six tombstones in front of an OC Transpo bus then hit the ground, playing dead. Dozens of Carleton University students getting off buses and trains do double-takes Monday, smiling as they read some of the signs: “RIP Affordable Transit,” “Here Lies A Student Suffocated In A Bus,” “RIP […]
MoreA former west-Ottawa resident is one of at least 70 people found killed in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Hamid Darrat, 46, was a “successful businessman” who has shuttled between Tripoli and Ottawa for the last 27 years. “He was just helping people,” Ahmed Hussein said about his friend of more than 20 years. “The whole community […]
MoreThree Ottawa athletes usually run track but are now sprinting around town trying to find something to wear. They’ve scored a chance to mingle with the Royal couple at a youth barbecue at Rideau Hall Thursday. “I just found out the news today and I was extremely excited. It was a huge surprise,” said Cody […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/16/17643661.html A large-scale study of francophone history and culture in North America will be led from the University of Ottawa. Professor France Martineau is getting a $2.5-million grant from the federal government to fund the project. “This will document history of families, history of individuals, history of humble people, really,” said Ottawa Orleans […]
MoreBoard members of an upscale downtown condominium don’t want a homeless drop-in centre in their neighbour’s backyard. “It’s just the wrong place in our mind to put this,” said Bruce Baker, condo board president of the Galleria at 200 Besserer St. Plans by the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa to move Centre 454 from its current […]
MoreUp to 1,000 people were expected, but closer to 50 actually showed up to demonstrate against usage-based billing for Internet access on Parliament Hill Saturday afternoon. The protest comes after a volatile week during which the Conservative government pledged to overturn a recent CRTC decision that would kill unlimited Internet use across the country and […]
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