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The public health department plans to test air quality in hookah bars this year to see if there is a health risk. Restaurant owner Charbel Karakouzian finds the idea amusing. “If they’re talking about air quality, go stand (at the) Rideau Centre where we have the city buses killing people from the smoke coming out […]
MoreSexually transmitted infections are at their highest rates since the early ’90s, and the federal government is trying to combat STIs in Canada’s youth by investing six figures in a new study. The Canadian Sexual Health Indicators Survey is the first of its kind and will collect data from 18 to 20-year-olds across the country […]
MorePolice should have notified the public about a sexual predator targeting women in the Byward Market, says the head of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre. “Whether it was a single assault or a serial assault,” a press release should’ve come out sooner, said executive director Sandy Onyalo. “Men do pick on women who they perceive […]
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 […]
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