Kanata Local Community News

Group combats youth suicide, Reach Up holds dinner, silent auction on Feb. 2

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Blair Edwards

EMC News - Jon Lovagi still struggles with his son Dustyn's suicide. The 20-year-old had so much going for him: a loving family, friends and a place on the Dean's List...

Former A.Y. Jackson teacher 'sexually involved' with numerous students, Joanne Léger-Legault pleads no contest to allegations

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Blair Edwards and Nevil Hunt

EMC News - A former teacher at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School accused of having "an intimate sexual relationship" with two of her students and kissing another on the lips has had her teaching licence revoked by the Ontario College of Teachers. Joanne Léger-Legault, who taught at A.Y. Jackson and Merivale...

Anti- bullying group offers scholarship

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by EMC News

BullyingCanada EMC News - BullyingCanada, Canada's National anti-bullying charity, is now accepting applications for the organization's scholarship program. The scholarship is open to students in their final year of high school, who have worked to end bullying in their schools and communities,...

Frustration 'palpable' during rezoning workshop

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Jessica Cunha

EMC News - Neighbours, friends and residents of the Beaverbrook community gathered for a hastily assembled workshop to deal with an application to rezone the land at 2 The Parkway, on Jan. 24 at Earl of March Secondary School. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson hosted the meeting in an effort...

Humane Society offers reward in dead cat in dumpster case

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

The Ottawa Humane Society is offering a reward for any information leading to charges in the case of a dead cat found in a dumpster behind an apartment complex on Morisset Avenue. The cat, a female calico, was found on Jan. 20 in a dumpster behind 1411 Morisset. Its back legs were tied together...