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Frosh party company releases new promo video
The company responsible for a contentious video that promoted a series of boozy Private Frosh week events is back at it again, except this time everything is a little more PG-13. Aficionado Studios...
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Strong July puts real estate market on par with 2013
Ottawa’s real estate market warmed up in July, putting sales so far this year on par with 2013 despite a slow start. The Ottawa Real Estate Board said its members sold 1,445 existing homes and condos...
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A visit to Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre
When the front door opens to the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre, a line of three- to five-year-olds tumbles into the playroom, shrieking and giggling, before they cluster in small groups, picking up...
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OPP identify young Gatineau mother killed in weekend fall
Ontario Provincial Police have released the identity of a woman who died last weekend near Renfrew while attempting to rescue a fallen friend. Amanda Tessier, 24, of Gatineau died when she fell about...
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Two teens extricated after south end crash
Ottawa firefighters worked to free two teenagers trapped in a vehicle Thursday afternoon after a car hit a tree and flipped. The single-vehicle crash occurred on Leitrim Road between Bank Street and...
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Student volunteers install new floor in Lowertown community room
A group of University of Ottawa master’s students participating in the school’s Centre for Global and Community Engagement put their carpentry skills to the test on Thursday. The centre promotes and...
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Plane flies under Macdonald-Cartier Bridge
Lana Burpee was stunned when a float plane flew under the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge last weekend. Burpee, president of the Ottawa Rowing Club, was standing on the dock on the Ottawa River on Saturday...
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Motorcyclist, 24, dead after collision in Barrhaven
A 24-year-old motorcyclist is dead following a collision Thursday evening in Barrhaven, according to Ottawa Paramedic Service. Paramedics were called to the scene in the Strandherd Drive and Jockvale...
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Henry E. McCandless: How city hall can make better decisions
Columnist Mark Sutcliffe recently set out the essence of the public accountability obligation of the directing minds of City Hall. For any intention that would affect citizens in important ways, the...
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How you can help the Leger project
It is a condition of the age that new Canadian music does not get the funding it needs or, arguably, deserves. That is the case for Kelly-Marie Murphy. Even a piece such as Blue on Blue: Unthinkable...
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The immigrant effect
In case you hadn’t noticed, Ottawa is no longer the white, northern European-centric city it was a few short decades ago. Swelling immigration numbers mean that we, like much of the country, have...
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Don Grant: Ottawa is becoming a bike-friendly city
Riding my bike into work along our lovely Rideau Canal on a sunny August morning, I was contemplating the point of that letter penned by the two European tourists. As I recall, the letter suggested...
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Motorcyclist, 24, dead after crash in Barrhaven
A 24-year-old man is dead after he was thrown from his motorcycle when he lost control of it Thursday night in Barrhaven. Police said the man was riding at the intersection of Strandherd Drive and...
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Gun seized in Orléans raid, one man charged
A 23-year-old man faces several firearms charges after a 9 mm handgun and ammunition were seized during a search warrant execution Thursday in Orléans. Ottawa police guns and gangs detectives, heavily...
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Ottawa paramedics tweet Gaga: flip your mask
Paramedics are a helping profession, so when the people at the Professional Paramedics Association of Ottawa saw Lady Gaga’s recent online complaint that she’d suffered altitude sickness-type symptoms...
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Chapin: No wrong way to be naked
It’s become a summer tradition for a nudist to encourage me to switch my bathing suit for a birthday suit. The first time was last year at Hanlan’s Point Beach, the stripped-down portion of the Toronto...
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Traffic disruptions include Hwy construction, demonstration
Motorists are urged to plan alternate routes as there will be several lane reductions and ramp closures this week as part of the Highway 417 expansion project and a demonstration disrupting traffic in...
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Three cyclists injured in peloton crash
Three cyclists were injured, one of them seriously, Saturday morning when the peloton they were travelling in had a pileup on Thomas Dolan Road, east of Carp Road. Paramedics arriving at the scene...
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Photos: Color Vibe 5k run in Ottawa
Blue, yellow and green“magical coloured powder” was tossed at squealing runners at Saturday’s Color Vibe 5k run at the Wesley Clover Park in Nepean. The run, open to participants of all ages and skill...
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Dog perishes in intense east end house fire
Two families are out of their homes and a family pet is dead after a fire in the city’s east end Saturday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a call of a fire on Foxwell Street, near Innes Road,...
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