Archive 1997-2016
By Howard Nason
It will take until at least December before the RCMP lay charges in the Oct. 9 cigar bust that netted an estimated $100,000 in counterfeit cigars.
Names of the three raided stores will not be made public until it’s decided whether they will be charged.
By Vicki Newton
Now that municipal elections and the teachers’ strike are over, local sign producers are taking a breather after frenzied productions and counting their cash.
Eleanor Hawley of Hawley Signs in Gloucester, experienced a financial windfall during the last month.
Hawley Signs churned out more than 50,000 signs for municipal, hydro and school-board election candidates, and produced 2,000 signs for the teachers’ strike. Hawley says this year’s profit has made up for years when there weren’t any strikes or elections.
By Tasha Stefanis
Sparks Street landlords are marketing their location as an ideal place for one of Ottawa’s two permanent casinos.
The site has not been announced yet, but Ken Dale, of the Sparks Street Improvement Area, says landlords are actively pursuing the companies who won the casino bids in September, offering potential sites on Sparks Street.
Peter Harris thought it was the race he couldn’t lose — but did.
The former city councillor for Centretown lost his bid to become regional councillor for Bay ward Nov. 10 when he was defeated by Wendy Byrne, a lawyer, by 182 votes.
Harris wants to contest the results because some polling stations ran out of ballots and people left before voting.