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SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/17/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-deng Serena Deng was a ray of sunshine. Tears were shed by hundreds who filled Emmanuel Alliance Church in Bells Corners Saturday afternoon. “The pain will stay forever in our hearts,” said Serena’s father, Ming Deng, holding onto his wife, Sarah Hui Liu. The bubbly 17-year-old University of Ottawa student was killed Sept. […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/29/new-ottawa-lab-could-speed-up-cancer-treatments It’s been four years since Sue Bothwell was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. “I’ve had six months of chemotherapy and I qualified right from day one for a drug called AZD2171,” said Bothwell, who lives near Perth. “I take it every morning. I’m still cancer-free.” But not everyone is so lucky […]
MoreWhile most university students wrap up the semester, the daughter of murder victim Tinde “Tina” Nemet cares for her younger siblings. Leonora Nemet, 20, is taking a break from nursing school at Laurentian University to look after her younger siblings — Teodora, 18 and Thomas, 16 — in Ottawa following their mother’s horrific killing. “She […]
MoreBy KELLY ROCHE and JUSTIN SADLER, Ottawa Sun Ottawa’s second homicide victim of 2011 is being remembered as a dedicated mom to her three kids and who loved volunteering at the local swimming pool. “Tina is a terrific lady. She put her heart into her kids’ activities,” said Wayne Toner, president of the Sudbury Laurentian […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/20/16623661.html It’s Christmas vacation, and while most teenagers are sleeping in, 16-year-old Morgan Jackson is volunteering at Bayshore Mall. “I just really love gift wrapping and figured it’s a good way to get community service hours,” said the grade 11 West Carleton student. She’s one of 300 volunteers wrapping presents to raise money […]
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