Head in the Clouds
Reporter Cheryl Brink begins a three-part series on her airborne adventures. Over the next few weeks, she will take you along on her journies in the skies via hot air balloon, Cessna 150 airplane and parachute. For more photos and a video, check out Brink's personal blog at http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com.
‘There’s space here in Kanata’
The federal government is looking long and hard at relocating thousands of civil servant jobs to Ottawa's suburbs. Kanata is a prime target for this mass exodus, with its high vacancy rate and relatively low lease rates.
Strong winds wreak havoc
Winds that reached as high as 123 kilometres per hour around Lake
Ontario and well above 100 km/hr in many parts of Renfrew County, left
Hydro One deluged with calls. By Monday evening, Hydro One had restored power to 145,000 customers.
Arnprior mourns popular former mayor
Arnprior residents and many hundreds of others who knew him
are mourning the death of former Arnprior mayor Leonard Shean, better known as
just plain Len.
Bus strike strands thousands of high school students
Ottawa's boards of education are asking striking transit workers for a guarantee they won't picket schools. The school boards are working on a deal to put more yellow buses on the road to help the thousands of high school students affected by the strike.
Transit union breaks off talks with city
Ottawa's biggest transit union broke off all talks with the city after coming to an impasse over scheduling issues. The city is now urging the federal government to step in and force the union to bring the municipality's last offer to its membership for a supervised vote.
Hockey dad volunteers to host world junior players
Behind the scenes of the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championships, thousands of volunteers are making sure every game goes smoothly. Men from the west end are giving their time to host visiting teams for the entire duration of the tournament - they'll be eating, sleeping and travelling with the players for over two weeks.
