Dan Taekema
Reporter at CBC Ottawa
@CBCOttawa reporter covering Kingston and the surrounding area. Chatham's #1 son. Send tips to [email protected]
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cbc.ca | Dan Taekema
Herstmonceux Castle offered students a fairy-tale experience — the chance to learn at a centuries-old English estate, complete with a moat and peacocks strutting around the gardens. But behind its beautiful red-brick facade, parts of the building in East Sussex, U.K., were cracking and crumbling. In November 2023, Queen's University, which operates Bader College at the castle as its international campus, announced serious structural issues had been discovered and the site was no longer safe.
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1 week ago |
cbc.ca | Dan Taekema
Ottawa·NewEvidence from 28 complainants who allege Michael Haaima preyed upon them — some when they were teen girls — will reveal a "predatory system of sexual violence," the Crown said as his trial began Thursday in Kingston, Ont. Michael Haaima pleads not guilty to 96 of 98 charges as trial opens in Kingston, Ont.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Dan Taekema
Ottawa·NewThe integrity commissioner found Mayor John Beddows violated council's code of conduct eight times, including by making discriminatory comments about women and affirmative action, and an "offensive sexual joke."John Beddows has also been asked to write a letter of apology to town staffDan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: May 23, 2025 3:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes agoGananoque Mayor John Beddows was found to have breached council's code of conduct eight times.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Dan Taekema
Ottawa·NewAndre Wareham died in hospital on April 22 while awaiting trial, according to the Ministry of the Solicitor General. An investigation is ongoing. Coroner's office is investigating the death of Andre Wareham Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: May 22, 2025 11:04 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoAndre Wareham, shown in this photo from 2012, died last month while in custody and awaiting trial, according to Ontario's Ministry of the Solicitor General.
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3 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Dan Taekema
Ottawa·NewDrivers at three busy intersections in Kingston, Ont., had no way of knowing they were being watched earlier this month, but high above them police hovered, zooming in to catch those using their phones while behind the wheel.
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Fake nurse Madeline Stenhouse has been sentenced to house arrest for forging her credentials and treating roughly 200 patients at KGH before being found out. #ygk https://t.co/eQPoWfIcIE
Months after Kingston’s causeway bridge was demolished, some workers are still waiting for severance. "I've tapped out my credit cards. I'm dipping into my line of credit. I still haven't seen a cent.” #ygk https://t.co/a9dRnXb9tm