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Putting heart into art, Local artists get creative for heart institute

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

EMC news - The Barrhaven Legion will once again be home to the Art for the Heart Show to benefit the Ottawa Heart Institute. The show - set to take place at the Legion...

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Merivale teacher 'sexually involved' with numerous students at previous school, Joanne Léger-Legault pleads no contest to allegations

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Blair Edwards and Nevil Hunt

EMC news - A female teacher was allowed to teach at Merivale High School up to last June, despite being accused of haning multiple sexual relationships with male students at a Kanata high school. By the 2005-06 school year until June 2011, she taught at Merivale. There is no indication that any misconduct...

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Author tells tale of ill-fated MS St. Louis, 'I still have nightmares': Sara Loewenthal

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

EMC news - The first Spanish word Herbert Karliner learned was mañana. The word was one he heard often from the Cuban police officers aboard the MS. St. Louis while he waited to see if he and 936 other Jews fleeing Nazi Germany would be allowed to seek refuge on the Caribbean island. Karliner was...

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Thefts from cars on rise: police

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by EMC News

Since the beginning of January, there have been about 60 reported thefts from vehicles parked in apartment building garages, including those with controlled access. These incidents have primarily occurred in the area bounded by Woodroffe and Carling avenues, the Rideau River and Hunt Club Road. Police...

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Short list for new police chief too short

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by EMC News

The city has picked up a nasty habit. In the interest of harm reduction, an intervention is in order as our elected representatives appear to have learned little from the Lansdowne reconstruction fiasco. In that case, council voted to accept a proposal from a sole supplier, and then had to attempt...

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