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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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According to eye witnesses a scooter driver hit the side of a baby’s pram while overtaking it late last week.  Comments (1)
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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Half a dozen bag thefts in the city centre have been reported to the police in the past week reflecting a big rise in the problem compared to other years. 
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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A 30-year-old Oulu man fled from the police in a dramatic car chase on Friday evening in which he tore the wrong way up a one-way street.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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A car was completely incinerated on Friday afternoon in a carpark in Harjapäänkatu in Heinäpää.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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An ammonium leak at Kotivara factory in Limigantulli caused havoc in the nearby area on Friday afternoon.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
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Oulu City Council has met with strong opposition from disability organisations to their plans to limit car traffic at Rotuaari. Although the Council plans include more P-permit parking spaces near Rotuaari, ‘it isn’t enough’ say some. Kaleva has been reporting on the spin off discussion started by the City’s recent plans to make Rotuaari a car free zone after 11.00am.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
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Oulu City Centre Association (Oulun Liikekeskus) which is responsible for arranging the annual Garlic Festival in Oulu has decided to cancel the event this summer, reports Kaleva. The organisers are planning to expand the Garlic Festival to a more international food and travel festival again in 2009. 
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
 During next week, Oulu police will tighten up traffic control in the suburbs of Tuira, Laanila, Hintta and Parkkisenkangas.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
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The Maikkula library fire in January has resulted in library after hours return boxes being closed in the Oulu suburbs. Only the main City library return box will stay open at night in the wake of the blaze, started by an Oulu teenager. Comments (2) |
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By Matti McCambridge
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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 Oulun Vesi, the Oulu water authority, has sent every Oulu home a pamphlet entitled “H2Oulu,” in which it discusses the intricacies of filtration and sewage, and its plan to obtain permission to supply the town’s water from groundwater sources. Currently, all Oulu’s water supply is pumped from the river.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Kaleva has reported another dog theft in Oulu. A valuable Karelian Bear Dog was stolen from its locked cage in the owner’s yard last Saturday in broad daylight. Two days later the dog was found by chance running loose near the university hospital. It was in good condition and had obviously been looked after by the person involved.
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By Matti McCambridge
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
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Oulu is to be overrun by midgets, according to immigration authorities. Pygmies recently ejected from their home in the Unda district of western Brazil met a Finnish crane-driver who suggested that Oulu was a nice place to live, and that they might be good at air guitar. Instead of resuming their slash-and-burn farming in another part of the rainforest, the entire Bulabula tribe will arrive in Oulu airport this Tuesday April 1. Comments (2) |
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
A survey conducted during 2006 and 2007 has ranked Oulu the top province in Finland for interaction between development and vocational education.
A total of 188 vocational institutes took part in the survey, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education. The worst results were found in the province of Eastern Finland, while the best individual region was Kainuu in Oulu province.
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