The Ottawa Sun n Wednesday, november 6, 2013
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Parliament Hill began with a warm wave to an adoring crowd of thousands and ended with a sugary sweet BeaverTail in the Byward Market. As Obama’s motorcade left his working visit in the Centre Block of Parliament Hill shortly before 4 p.m., it made an unexpected pit stop in the Byward Market. Obama exited his limousine to shop, shake hands, and grab one of the iconic Ottawa fried pastries. The Secret Service asked a nervous Jessica Milien, 17, an employee at the BeaverTail kiosk, to bring the
president one of the savory treats. She served him the aptly named ObamaTail, created in honour of the president’s inauguration. “I am standing there shaking, my legs are shaking, and I kept thinking, ‘What am I going to say? I have to sound smart, this is the president we are talking about,’“ she said. “He was such a down-toearth guy, he wasn’t hard to talk to at all,” she said. Obama wandered through the Byward Market, shaking hands and leaving awestruck shoppers as he went. He bought a keychain for one of his daughters with a Canadian $5 bill at the Oxxo Market. Obama told shopkeeper Adnan Ustun that his daughter collects the trinkets.
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Hundreds of Kanata and Stittsville homeowners are dealing with the aftermath of flooded basements following torrential rain storms Friday and early yesterday. The city said by 12:30 p.m. yesterday it had received close to 200 complaints of backed up sewers and water in the basements of homes, particularly in the Glen Cairn area of Kanata. They expect there are many more who haven’t called. “I think it’s bad day for me but when I think of all these people it’s a bad day for them,” said Michel Chevalier, manager of the city’s wastewater and drainage operations. “Unfortunately, I’ve seen many (flooded basements). It’s tough.” Chevalier was busy yesterday monitoring the
sewer and pumping system and by noon said the water had begun to recede. But the systems remained full as of 4 p.m. “We are gaining ground,” he said. Forty millimetres of rain fell at the Ottawa airport, according to Environment Canada. Chevalier said he didn’t have the exact numbers for the west end, but said it’s fair to say there was more rain. “Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes,” he said. “We know it was worse in the west end.” Lisa D’Eon lives on Ballantrae Way in the Glen Cairn area. While she avoided a massive flood in her basement, that wasn’t the case outside her home. She took pictures of her son swimming in large ponds and, a neighbour paddling his kayak.
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Neighbours were curious Sunday when cops showed up at a Kanata home after five cyclists were mowed down by a minivan about 1 km from the neighbourhood. Along with cops came a tow truck, which hauled the beige minivan that residents on Flamborough Way said was parked halfway inside the house’s garage. It was a strange way for anyone to park a vehicle, but as it turns out, the garage momentarily concealed possible evidence of an early morning crash on March Rd., near Solandt Rd. The minivan’s front end was marred by a bent hood, broken windows and scratches. Before officers seized the
minivan, the alleged driver of the vehicle turned himself in as news quickly spread that investigators were hunting for a vehicle like his. Police kept the 45-year-old man in custody overnight and sent him to court yesterday morning to be booked on five criminal counts of failing to stop at a collision involving injuries. Sommit Luangpakham, dressed in blue jail garb, appeared composed at his bail hearing. At the Crown’s request, justice of the peace Terry Pasche adjourned the case, placing Luangpakham, who has a full-time job and no criminal record, behind bars for at least three more nights.
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