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Sending teen pimp to adult prison is right call, victim's mother says
Case file: The charges: Human trafficking, procurement, sexual assault, producing and possessing child pornography, unlawful confinement, uttering threats. The accused: Kailey Oliver-Machado, now 18,...
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Mother mourns Ottawa jihadi Maguire, believed killed in Syria
The mother of John Maguire, a former Ottawa resident who was reportedly killed in Syria just a month after calling for attacks in Canada in an ISIL propaganda video, says the public can’t see past his...
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New on the street: Sawgrass Towns at Stonebridge (with video)
An open stairwell leading to the basement level is the standout feature in the Sawgrass Towns by Phoenix Homes. It magically removes the basement feel from the finished recreation rooms. The other...
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Ottawa's Capital Pride may return with Bank Street BIA as partner
Members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community are looking to move beyond the tumultuous recent history of the now-bankrupt Capital Pride festival and are pitching a partnership with...
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Mulcair says NDP government would keep Tory child care benefits
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made a multi-billion-dollar pledge Thursday, saying that if his party wins the next election, it will honour the expanded universal child care benefit the Conservatives unveiled...
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Courts: Dispute over stolen cell phone led to shooting death
A stolen cellphone used in drug deals led to a triple shooting that left a 20-year-old man dead, an Ottawa court heard Thursday. Zakaria Dourhnou, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and two counts of...
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Analysis: Target's demise costs hundreds of Ottawa jobs — and creates a...
The closure of nine Target stores in Ottawa and the surrounding area will leave at least 1,000 people without jobs and open a large swath of prime retail space locally. Thanks to the then-shrewd...
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Giant Tiger sees 'opportunity' in Target's departure
Just minutes after Target announced it will close its Canadian stores, the phones began ringing at the Giant Tiger headquarters in Ottawa. Anxious landlords wanted to know if the discount retailer was...
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Egan: The jihad of John Maguire, and his sad end in Syrian sand
John Maguire — and it seems undignified to have a life concluded in a tweet — died, we are told, just the way he wanted. Fighting infidels, being a good Muslim, his armed resistance giving praise to...
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John Maguire's mother: 'I've been preparing for this moment since the day he...
Patricia Earl had a front-row seat on her son’s slow descent into radicalism. So when the mother of John Maguire heard reports this week that the 24-year-old had died near Kobani, Syria, she was...
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The gift of a new home (with video)
“Omigod, it looks so good! This is beautiful! It’s so pretty — I love it!” To say Johanne Leduc was ecstatic on entering her new home for the first time a week before Christmas would be to seriously...
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Found: Locally pressed organic juices at Bridgehead
What: Urban Juice Press juices — raw, organic, cold-pressed juices made in Ottawa. While the new company’s cleanses come with more types, three blends are now available at Bridgehead coffee shops:...
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Ottawa school bus operator charged with impaired driving
Ottawa police have charged a school bus driver with impaired driving after a collision this week. Police say a bus and a car collided Thursday around 2 p.m. near the intersection of Milton and Navan...
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7 arrested in suspected Ottawa apartment takeover
Ottawa police arrested seven people at an Albion Road apartment building after what authorities suspect was a home takeover by a group bent on partying. Police received a phone call at 8:52 a.m....
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Accused killer Rachelle Denis wrote a letter to dead man's wife, trial hears
Eight months before Rachelle Denis allegedly ran down Tony El-Kassis with her Jeep, she penned a letter to his wife accusing the Richmond chip truck owner and godfather of her child of being a “sex...
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Businesses join opposition to city's preferred western LRT route
Richmond Road business owners fear their properties could be expropriated as part of light rail construction, but say the city is keeping them in the dark. The latest alignment for the proposed western...
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Ottawa restaurant owner charged with sex assault
Ottawa police have charged a 75-year-old Ottawa restaurant owner with sexually assaulting a teenaged employee. Jim Theodossiou, co-owner of Rockwell’s Restaurant on Merivale Road, was charged Thursday...
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Ottawa office glut prompts conversion of Lisgar Street offices to apartments
An Ottawa company is taking advantage of the dip in the commercial real estate market to convert part of an office building off Elgin Street into new rental units. District Realty is renovating the top...
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Dramatic contrast in domestic violence numbers in Gatineau – Ottawa
A new Statistics Canada report reveals that Gatineau has the highest rate of domestic violence in the country — while Ottawa has the lowest. The federal statistics agency examined police reports from...
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The UpBeat: Focusing on the invisibles as we look to improve in 2015
Stephen Whiteley As is often the case, January begins with thoughts of what needs to be done and improved in 2015. But for many of us, those pledges are soon a distant memory. As anyone who is a...
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