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

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 at 3500 Fallowfield Rd. - will be on Feb. 12 and will feature the work of a dozen...

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

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...

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

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...

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Thefts from cars on rise: police

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...

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Short list for new police chief too short

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...

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Web Poll

THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION Is the city's police services board right to limit its search for a new chief to internal candidates only? A) They're the experts - if they feel the right person is in-house, hire away. B) No. It should be the city's policy...

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Everything for nothing on the web?

If there was a way to sneak into the NHL All-Star Game without paying, some of us would have. Most of us wouldn't. That's the way we were brought up. If somebody is selling something and you want it, you pay for it. But if someone offered us a pirated...

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Merivale teacher inducted into Order of the Good Bear

Irv Osterer, head of the arts department at Merivale High School, received accolades from CHEO on Jan. 24 for his work with the hospital's Wear Your Bear contest to kick off the annual fundraising campaign. Osterer said he has been encouraging students...

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Barrhaven to host departing chief Counsellors to host tribute dinner

EMC news - The Barrhaven branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will host police Chief Vern White on his final day as chief. He is scheduled to become a member of the Senate on Feb. 20. The Feb. 19 event will be a charity fundraiser for Project s.t.e.p.,...

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Jewish Federation does mitzvah for all

EMC news - The community is coming together to do a series of good deeds thanks to the Jewish Federation of Ottawa's annual Mitzvah Day on Feb. 12. Returning after a one-year hiatus, the day of good deeds will start at 9 a.m. at the Joseph and Rose...

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Parkwood Hills gets community involved

EMC news - Parkwood Hills residents have been taking matters into their own hands. What started as a needs assessment by a local community resource centre and health centre more than two years ago has blossomed into a community initiative that has...

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Search for police chief limited within ranks

EMC news - Ottawa is set to promote its first police chief from within its ranks in a dozen years. During a meeting on Jan. 23, police services board members agreed that limiting the search for Vern White's replacement to members of the Ottawa police...

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Watson's first key honours orchestra maestro

EMC news - Ottawa Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor David Currie began his 20th season with the OSO on a high note as he was presented with a key to the city. The honour, which was bestowed upon Currie just prior to the start of a 20th-anniversary...

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Men step up to end violence against women

EMC news - Ron Couchman admits he didn't always know how to deal with the cycle of violence against women. "I engaged in binge drinking. I was angry, and short-tempered. I got in fights at bars with other men," he described his life from seven years...

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'State of the city' offers a few new ideas, Youth summit, sesquicentennial planning get underway

EMC news - A summit for youth, plans for Canada's 150th birthday celebrations and a new award, the Order of Ottawa, are a few of the new ideas Mayor Jim Watson highlighted in his first-ever state of the city address. Delivered to city council the morning...

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OC Transpo set to release bus-location data

EMC news - Following the outrage that ensued after OC Transpo management backtracked on a promise to release bus-location data openly to the public, the transit agency is set to keep its commitment and release the information by March 22. Beacon Hill-Cyrville...

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Shadow city council to spread the green word, Ecology Ottawa hopes 'bottom-up approach' more effective than top-down policies

EMC news - A new community-driven shadow city council is being created to ensure Ottawa residents can voice their concerns about the environment to their municipal government. The initiative, brought forward by Ecology Ottawa, was organized and created...

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Best high school basketball players coming to Barrhaven for provincials

March Madness comes to Ottawa as the city plays host to the best high school boys basketball teams in Ontario. The three-day tournament features 18 high school teams, 27 games and will crown a provincial champion. Ottawa has only twice hosted the...

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Dragon boat floats to Israel, Initiative to provide funding for Israeli charities

Ottawa residents will be sailing away to the Holy Land in May thanks to an Israeli dragon boat initiative. Debbie Halton-Weiss, chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa came up with the idea after participating in last year's Dragon Boat festival in...

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Chapman Mills community building plans displayed

EMC news - Residents could see a new community building in Chapman Mills as soon as the fall, according to a planner with the city's parks and recreation department during a public consultation held at St. Emily Catholic School on Jan. 25. Patrick...

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