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It’s just before 11 p.m. on a Saturday night and Centretown Pub is packed. Men and women – but mostly men – sit in the dimly lit pub chatting, laughing and drinking. Every table is taken and several more people lean up against the mirrored walls or the bar.
Approximately four million Canadians work outside of the nine-to-five workday. Nicole Baute joins the bleary-eyed crew at Dunn’s Famous Deli to find out what it’s like to work the night shift.
Dark alleys and drugs. Prostitutes and pimps. Gangs and guns. Centretown at night is perceived by many as a dangerous place.
Who's behind Ottawa's 911? Christine Otsuka visits the Ottawa Police Service Communications Centre to find out. the police call centre.