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Horse owners sue raceway, C3 WORLD NEWS. CO PUZZLES. C8 a COMICS, C9 Three months without plastic 1 an eye-opener for Kanata family, C3 Editon Peter Robb, 613-726-5902 cityaottawacitlzen.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 2011 NEWS TIPS: 613-596-6397 OR 0TTAWACITIZEN.COM THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, SECTION Wife Idler to serve at least 12 years 1 ii i Murder scarred children for life, judge says separation and feuding over custody of the children, then aged eight and three. The two children were seated on the couch in the family's living room when Angelis sat on his wife's chest and put his hand over her mouth until she died, the daughter said.

The girl testified that her mother cried out to her to get help, but she didn't because she was too small and shy. After the killing, Angelis rolled his wife's body in a rug and dragged her to a bedroom. He then took the children to Sunday school and waited three hours before calling 91L Angelis, who was once a registered nurse and holds master's degrees in public and health administration, made no attempt to perform CPR. That conduct was aggravating and deserving of a longer term of imprisonment before he could apply for parole, Smith said, even though Angelis had no prior crimin al record, held a steady job with Health Canada, was described as a good father and regularly attended church. "His post-offence conduct of wTapping the body in a rug and dragging it to a bedroom was demeaning and disrespectful," Smith said, adding "the fact he waited three hours to call 911 indicated he wanted to make sure she was dead." See MURDER on page C2 front of his two children was also abusive of them, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith said Thursday.

"He has deprived them both of their mother forever and their father for a substantial amount of time," Smith said. "His conduct will have scarred his children for the rest of their lives." Angelis, 41, was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in October for killing Lien Le Angelis, 42, in the couple's McEwen Avenue apartment Second-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison; the only question is when the offender can first seek parole. At the time of the June 2008 killing, the couple had been going through a bitter LOVE BY ANDREW SEYMOUR An Ottawa public servant who killed his wife has robbed his children of their mother's lov and traumatized them for life, a judge said Thursday before sentencing the man to spend at least 12 years behind bars before he can apply for parole. Demetrios Angelis' suffocating his wife lien Le Angelis in SIU ends injury probe Cellblock incident involved special constable BY MEGHAN HURLEY The Special Investigations Unit has concluded a probe into the case of a man who was injured in the Ottawa police cellblock in November. "We have concluded our investigation because the individual (involved) is not a police officer" said Frank Phillips, a spokesman with the SIU.

"Ve no longer have the authority to investigate." The SIUs decision comes three months after Jeremiah Ivalu, 37, was injured in the cellblock. Since the incident involved a special constable, the SIU said the case was out of its jurisdiction and has handed the file back to Ottawa police. Supt Ed Keeley said the force's professional standards section would lead an investigation to determine if criminal or Police Services Act charges were necessary. See SIU on page C2 -T 111 I I II Illl i i I v.N i PUPPY 1 I i i Gallant apologizes for rescue remarks Newfoundlanders told not to look only for Coast Guard help in incidents at sea Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant known for her shoot-from-the-lip style, apologized Thursday for remarks suggesting Newfoundlanders shouldn't simply look to the Canadian Coast Guard if they ran into trouble at sea. The apology comes as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to make a series of public appearances today in Newfoundland and Labrador, where federal-provincial relations have been strained.

Gallant's statements last week, meant to focus on how local communities and the private sector could contribute to more effective search-and-rescue efforts, prompted a storm of criticism from opposition MPs. Cape Breton Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner accused the Eastern Ontario MP of revealing "a secret Conserv ative plan to end coast guard rescues for Atlantic Canadians lost at sea." "She says that those who find themselves in trouble in the North Atlantic should save their own lives because, get this, when folks from Ontario go canoeing on the Ottawa River, they do not rely on the coast guard when they get into trouble," Cuzner said. "Perhaps the member failed to notice that the closest coast to her riding is a thousand-kilometre drive." Gallant, who argued she had been implying nothing of i the sort, nonetheless issued a "further clarification" Thursday to the remarks initially made to a I louse of Commons committee that had travelled to Newfoundland, See REMARKS on page C2 i -) i MP Cheryl Gallant made I her initial remarks to a i Commons committee. WAVNl One of 11 puppies abandoned near the Canadian War care at a Stirtsville home on Thursday. See the story Museum last week seems to be enjoying life in foster about a campaign to pay for their care on PAGE C5.

Cartoon scrubs still OK, but plain Ottawa Hospital policy changing March 1 CUODINGTON. OTTAWA ClTlEN top needed Smith said. "I think what is more of concern for nurses is that the hospital is continuously at over-100-per-cent occupancy. We don't have enough people working to help us look after our patients. "Nurses are run ragged throughout the day, and some of the nurses are having a tough time to even take their break, let alone go to their locker, get their lab coat go get their food, come back to the locker, drop off their lab coat and then eat their food." Smith also wonders if the money spent on more lab coats could be put to better use.

"The hospital is going to be telling us that they're in a real budget crunch," she said. See NURSES on page C5 lab coat on J'r the biggest concern she had heard about the upcoming change regarded nurses' off-duty time at the hospital. "to me, it seems somewhat intrusive on the break time," recognize members of their care teams," a hospital release said. "Registered nurses and registered practical nurses still have control over what scrubs they wear. In addition, they are now asked to wear lab coats so that patients and families can recognize them." A policy forbidding cartoon characters on clothing only applies to staff members who don't wear uniforms to work, spokesman Nicolas Ruszkow-ski said.

The new lab coats must clearly state a health practitioner's title and must be worn at all times when the workers are outside their usual units. They don't have to be worn BY KRISTY NEASE Nurses at The Ottawa Hospital will be allowed to wear scrubs with cartoons and other prints on them after all, but they must wear plain, white lab coats on top. The hospital's announcement came Wednesday, just days after a Citizen story about a change to dress-code policy set to take effect on March "Over the past year, consultation and feedback from patients, staff and professional practice groups throughout the hospital as well as a review of existing research confirmed that a key to ensuring patients' comfort and safety is the ability to easily Scrubs with colourful prints will be allowed under the new dress code, but nurses will have to wear a white lab coat so patients and families can recognize them. while working with patients because they can pose an infection hazard. Frances Smith, a representative from the Ontario Nurses Association Local 63, said 'fidtaai mtnif;.