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A 15-year-old Muslim boy was beaten in Ottawa when a group of teens blamed Arabs for September’s terrorist attacks in the United States. Assaults, death threats, egg throwing, vandalism, and graffiti increased.
When the O-Train’s maiden voyage launched Ottawa’s light rail service last week, critics took careful notes.
For now the corner of Bank and Gilmour remains empty but there are hopes of a new deal.
In the two weeks following the September terrorist attacks in the United States, local magazine and newspaper retailers experienced a dramatic rise in sales.