CBC News Online - Ottawa Digest - 2015-03-10

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100-kg ice chunk hits man in head in downtown Ottawa Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:24:25 EDT 100-kg ice chunk hits man in head in downtown Ottawa Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:24:25 EDT A large slab of ice hit a 56-year-old man in the head in downtown Ottawa late Tuesday afternoon, sending him to hospital with a concussion, a deep cut to back of head and a fractured collar bone, paramedics said. Read More Elderly man's legs amputated after being crushed by elevator Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:48:54 EDT A man in his 80s had both of his legs amputated in surgery after they were crushed in an elevator accident on Tuesday morning, Ottawa police say. Read More Man killed in BASE jump left letter for friends in case he died Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:19:47 EDT A 32-year-old Vancouver man, killed Monday when his parachute failed to open during a BASE jump in Idaho, left instructions for friends to use his death to fight poverty. Read More Who should be the Senators' No. 1 goalie? Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:28:00 EDT Veteran Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson will make a second consecutive start on Tuesday against Boston, despite the fact rookie Andrew Hammond sports a 1.43 GAA and .954 save percentage. Is the right netminder playing? Read More Body of Sgt. Andrew Doiron returned to Canada with CFB Trenton ceremony Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:49:14 EDT The flag-draped casket carrying the body of a Canadian soldier killed in Iraq arrived at an Ontario military base on Tuesday afternoon and began the journey along the "Highway of Heroes" to Toronto. Read More More Headlines Cpl. Stuart Langridge's suicide mishandled by military, report finds Your pictures from the 2014-15 Rideau Canal skating season Gun found outside Lowertown apartment building Monday Canada Revenue Agency building on Heron Rd. lacks sprinklers Ottawa Uber drivers making trips to Gatineau on trial basis Body of Sgt. Andrew Doiron returned to Canada with CFB Trenton ceremony Wife having affair with conman 'needed' husband dead: Crown Ottawa man builds hybrid car from scratch despite Parkinson’s Pamela Wallin's Senate expenses for board-related trips being investigated Ottawa electrician says he wasn't told about asbestos at federal building