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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Reporter Cheryl Brink gets a lesson from two competitive skijoring racers - and a sled dog named Griffen - about the unique, Norwegian-based sport that combines skiing and dogs and is supposed to help both participants get exercise in the winter.
A major Ottawa builder and well-known Arnprior developer has been served with a $6 million class-action lawsuit.
Ottawa's mayor is calling on the president of the city's largest transit union to allow its members to vote on the city's final contract offer. In the meantime, Mayor Larry O'Brien is asking residents to form carpools to reduce traffic on the city's highways.
A number of local students will be packing their suitcases and hopping
aboard planes this upcoming March Break for a well-deserved vacation,
but the destination for a local group of youth is a far cry from a
tropical resort or beachside theme park.
The Ottawa Talent Initiative is re-starting a job hunting service for out-of-work or underemployed professionals, teaching them how to tap the 'hidden job market'.
Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien was blindsided this week by a coalition of 15 councillors who pushed through a budget with a 4.9 per cent increases and few cuts to programs and services on Monday, Dec. 8.
Ninety-eight per cent of drivers, mechanics and dispatchers with
the Amalgamated Transit Union local 279 voted to give their leadership a strike
mandate on Dec. 3. The city was unable to negotiate a new contract with the transit
union which has resulted in a city-wide transit strike starting on Dec. 10.
Arnprior Jr. B Packers coach Shawn Patrick says he may make some changes after another bad loss on Friday night.
Author and long-time educator Annette Young, along with artists
Wendi Dawson and Heather White, has a new book, ZuluBear and the Alphabet, the first in a proposed series of 10 books designed to help children learn to read.
A plan to hire 15 new school crossing guards is on the chopping block, as Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien is pushing city council to cancel spending on "nice to have" programs and bring in a tax-freeze budget.
A car salesman told a jury of eight men and four women he
saw the fire that later turned out to be the body of 46-year-old Barbara
Galway of Almonte being burned off the lonely Dolman Ridge Road in east end
Ottawa in early 2005.
Christmas is coming to Constance Bay in a big way this Saturday, Dec. 6.
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