Marion Dewar, a former Ottawa mayor and peace activist, died Monday morning after falling down during a visit to Toronto for the city’s international film festival.
Month: September 2008
‘Suspicious’ fire causes millions in damage
Fire officials are investigating a ‘suspicious’ $4-million overnight fire that destroyed a four-storey commercial building at 275 Bank St. last night.
Running for a good cause
Centretown residents will be among the thousands of participants in Ottawa's 27th annual Terry Fox Run, scheduled to take place Sunday in Anniversary Park at Carleton University.
Police Beat: What does community policing really mean?
When I first joined the police, one of the first things I was educated about were the merits of community policing. Its principal proponent was an English politician by the name of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the modern English police force (it’s from Robert that the nickname Bobby for an English police officer comes from) and he came up with the following principles: