192 Tandalee Crescent $309,900
S a l e s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e
838-2211
Tel: 613-725-1171
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Gorgeous 4 BED END Unit town on a quiet crescent. Over 2000 sq ft of living space & features dark oak hardwood floors. Large eat-in kitchen w/maple cabinetry, tile floors & patio doors to the yard. Spacious master w/walk in closet & luxurious ensuite. Fully finished basement!
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Kanata Kourier-Standard 40 Pages
44th Year, Issue 24 June 24, 2010
Second of a fourpart series. P 10
Great skate: Board competition rolls into town. P 15
Saving the pond: Beaver Pond might be part of NCC Greenbelt study. P 8
Condo fire likely set by arsonist: police Bridlewood fire on May 4 definitely not accidental or electrical: arson unit BLAIR EDWARDS KOURIER-STANDARD
JESSICA CUNHA PHOTO
O CANADA!: Attendees at the Kanata Seniors’ Centre’s annual Canada Day celebration take part in a Canada couture fashion show at the Mlacak Centre on Thursday, June 17. More Canada Day coverage inside, from pages 11 to 18.
A fire that destroyed 20 condos in a Bridlewood housing development and forced the evacuation of 108 seniors from a nearby retirement home was likely set by an arsonist, said police. Investigators have eliminated any other possible cause for the fire on Stonehaven Drive on May 4, said Sgt. David Christie, of the Ottawa police arson unit. “You’re looking at a building under construction – it wasn’t energized,” said Christie. It wasn’t an electrical fire and there was no lightning strike, he said. “If you eliminate all those other causes you have to make the assumption the fire was deliberately set,” Christie said. “There’s nothing else going to fit.” A witness interviewed following the fire said they heard three bangs prior to the fire being observed.
“The fire was really intense and it had a rapid growth in a matter of minutes,” said Christie. Investigators have not found any incendiary devices used to start the fire, said Christie. Ottawa police Const. Karen Montague discussed the fire investigation during a meeting of the Bridlewood Community Association at the Eva James Memorial Community Centre on Monday, June 14. TEENS NOT RESPONSIBLE “There’s nothing conclusive when it comes to the fire,” she said. “(Investigators) said it wasn’t careless active teenagers – it wasn’t (caused by) a cigarette. “Definitely they’re looking at an arsonist,” she said. The Ontario fire marshall’s office and the Ottawa police arson unit are still investigating the fire. FIRE, SEE 3
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