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Canadian woman among four dead “in pursuit of her dream” climbing Everest - Ottawa Citizen
“Unexpected winds blew them down the mountain,” a government official said. The climbers, whose bodies remain on the mountain, were among 341 people who have attempted to scale Everest since the climbing season last month, and among the 90 foreigners ...
Canadian woman among four dead “in pursuit of her dream” climbing Everest - Ottawa Citizen
“Unexpected winds blew them down the mountain,” a government official said. The climbers, whose bodies remain on the mountain, were among 341 people who have attempted to scale Everest since the climbing season last month, and among the 90 foreigners ...
Showdown for CPR's future favours activist hedge fund - Ottawa Citizen
“This is basically a takeover without having to buy the company,” said the executive, who declined to be named because his firm's support of Pershing is not public. “I'd be very surprised if two-thirds of the vote is not going to go in Pershing's ...
Christian activists attack Georgia gay pride parade - Ottawa Citizen
It should not be allowed," one of the priests, who declined to give his name, told AFP. Police intervened after the violence broke out and detained at least three people at the march that was organized to mark the annual International Day Against ...
George W. Bush declares 'I'm for Mitt Romney' - Ottawa Citizen
The Republicans, who insisted on anonymity to discuss strategy, said Romney's team will determine, if it hasn't already, how best to recognize Bush at the party's national convention in August in Florida, where Bush's brother, Jeb, was governor.
Bylaw protest ends early, night demo dispersed - Ottawa Citizen
"When the police show up for protests they can wear masks and apparently don't need to wear anything that identifies themselves," said a Université du Québec à Montréal student who refused to give her name. She was referring to how the Montreal police ...
Hyundai, BMW said to be in talks for alliance on engines - Ottawa Citizen
"The talks are at early stages," the source said on condition of anonymity because the talks were confidential. Another source said the two companies had discussed a comprehensive alliance, including jointly developing an engine and sharing development ...
Woman badly beaten in Stittsville domestic assault - Ottawa Citizen
A neighbour who wouldn't give her name said police dressed in black spread out through the woods about 11:30. One civilian car, a beige Nissan, has been surrounded with yellow tape. The area is one of several NCC trails in the swamp, this one beginning ...
Homs shelled, Russia warns of Syria civil war - Ottawa Citizen
"Activities at the Turkish embassy have been suspended from this morning," the source said on condition of anonymity, adding however that the consulate in the northern city of Aleppo would remain open. Meanwhile Syria's fragmented opposition was ...
The cost of driving set to soar in Ontario - Ottawa Citizen
A government official said Tuesday's announcement was the "only fee increases that will affect families" in the budget. "We wanted to make sure families were aware of this," said the spokeswoman, who asked not to be named.
The cost of driving set to soar in Ontario - Ottawa Citizen
A government official said Tuesday's announcement was the "only fee increases that will affect families" in the budget. "We wanted to make sure families were aware of this," said the spokeswoman, who asked not to be named.
Tory staffer shocked to be named: source - Ottawa Citizen
But a source close to Sona said Tuesday that he did not talk to investigators. "He never spoke to Elections Canada yesterday, so whoever spoke to Elections Canada is not him," the source said. "Whoever did, and confessed, it's not him.
The cost of driving in Ontario set to soar - Ottawa Citizen
A government official said Tuesday's announcement was the “only fee increases that will affect families” in the budget. “We wanted to make sure families were aware of this,” said the spokeswoman, who asked not to be named.
'There comes a time when I have to stop' - Ottawa Citizen
In an email to the Citizen, the man asked that his name not be used in this story, explaining that he and his wife are worried about their children. "Always they stay in the house," he wrote. "The security situation is not good here.
Canadian icon Flora MacDonald seeks to help refugee and his family - Ottawa Citizen
In an email to the Citizen, the man asked that his name not be used in this story, explaining that he and his wife are worried about their children. “Always they stay in the house,” he wrote. “The security situation is not good here.
Retail redraw - Ottawa Citizen
"We are hard-working people. We made this store look good," said an employee who asked not to be named. She added that if she were unable to transfer to a different Sears outlet, she would seek employment elsewhere.
U.S. advisers killed for mocking protesters, source says - Ottawa Citizen
Describing the sequence of events that led to the interior ministry shootings, the source said the US advisers were "scolding the protesters and calling them bad names," as they watched videos of protests in Kabul. "They called the Koran a bad book in ...
Details of Whitney Houston's funeral still being sorted out - Ottawa Citizen
17, said the person, who requested anonymity because the plans aren't public. A wake could be held Feb. 16, with a funeral the following day, the person said. Houston's family is flying with the singer's body to New Jersey from Los Angeles, ...
Family loses pets, contents in Blossom Park blaze - Ottawa Citizen
She declined to give her name. The fire, which was reported at 5: 20 pm, required about 40 firefighters and about 15 pumpers and trucks, including a ladder unit. When firefighters arrived they searched the main and second floor, but found no occupants.
Family's Blossom Park townhouse destroyed by fire - Ottawa Citizen
She declined to give her name. The fire, which was reported at 5:20 pm, required about 40 firefighters and about 15 pumpers and trucks, including a ladder unit. When firefighters arrived they searched the main and second floor, but found no occupants.
Firefighters quell three-alarm blaze in rowhouse complex at Albion and Lester ... - Ottawa Citizen
A woman who said she lived in the unit but refused to give her name said she and one of her teenaged sons were shopping. Her other teenaged son was working. The woman said the family pets, two cats and a dog, were in the home and are believed dead.
NDP got no cash from Mulcair for three years - Ottawa Citizen
An official with the party, speaking on background, said all New Democrat candidates in a general election sign the form and almost all those who win comply with the requirement by giving the maximum allowable contribution. The vast majority of new NDP ...
'Corruption on wheels' - Ottawa Citizen
He did not wish to be identified. The high spending on cars, said Ren Jianmin, a professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University, is the result of a system set up by the Communist Party in the 1940s to allocate perks to ranking members. ...
'Corruption on wheels' - Ottawa Citizen
He did not wish to be identified. The high spending on cars, said Ren Jianmin, a professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University, is the result of a system set up by the Communist Party in the 1940s to allocate perks to ranking members. ...
Modern design in a traditional cover - Ottawa Citizen
(They did not want to be identified.) The pair have always had an environmental bent, hanging around with friends connected to Pollution Probe at U of T and worrying about the oil crisis. Their answer then was to build a small, sans-power cottage near ...