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• Man in his 30's in critical condition after broad daylight stabbing in Bells Corners - 1310news.com/2017/06/28/man…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 23:51 via twitter.com
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• Rivalry heats up, Redblacks hope for first-ever win in Calgary

  28-06-2017 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  CALGARY — Like gladiators slugging it out in a coliseum, the Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders will stare each other down for the third straight meaningful time on Thursday night.
  This time, the stage is McMahon Stadium, where the Redblacks have never won — their 0-3 mark includes lopsided defeats of 48-23 (2016), 48-3 (2015) and 38-17 (2014). Ottawa got a measure of revenge last year, winning the Grey Cup with a 39-33 victory  in Toronto.
  “(A win in Calgary), it&rsq
  
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• Who's on your Canada Day music playlist?

  28-06-2017 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If your knowledge of Canadian music extends beyond Drake and Justin Bieber — not that there’s anything wrong with only knowing Drake and Bieber — we want to know.
  The Citizen is compiling a master list of the best songs Canada has to offer. Send us your music recommendations/Spotify or YouTube playlists by Canada Day, and we’ll post a massive list of your picks in this space. (Also handy if you need a last-minute music guide for July 1.)
  You can send your favourite tunes
  
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• Woman ID'd in fatal two-vehicle collision on Highway 401 near Long Sault

  28-06-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A woman was killed Wednesday morning when the van she was driving collided with a car on Highway 401 east of the Moulinette Road exit at Long Sault, west of Cornwall.
  Police say the collision occurred around 7 a.m., when two westbound vehicles, a Ford Focus and a GMC Savanna van, collided. The van then rolled over and into the median.
  Kristine Cadieux of Cornwall, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene. A male passenger, 50, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The 20-year-old
  
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• National Arts Centre pulls back the curtain on renovation

  28-06-2017 23:28
  
  New facility to formally open with Elgin Street entrance on Canada Day
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued; hailstorm brings winter to Barrhaven

  28-06-2017 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Ottawa area that said hail of two to three centimetres in diameter was possible in Kanata, Ottawa North and Orléans.
  The storm could accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain.
  The warning was issued at 5 p.m., even though an brief, intense summer storm already pelted parts of Barrhaven with hail on Wednesday afternoon.
  The icy burst lasted about three minutes, but covered parts of the suburb in icy, pea-sized pellet
  
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• Updated: Cyclist struck and killed by cube van on Highway 7 near Perth ID'd

  28-06-2017 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The cyclist struck by a cube van on Highway 7 early Wednesday morning was remembered by his employer as a hard-working family man who was no stranger to cycling along the busy roadway that runs through Perth.
  According to Raymond Shanks, owner of Raymond Shanks Handyman Services in Perth, Chris Smith, who was in his 50s, was a reliable employee who had been working at his business for close to a decade.
  “He worked for me eight or nine years. He was a good worker and he always rode his bike
  
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• Drug companies should be required to reveal payments to doctors, says author of book on the issue

  28-06-2017 23:20
  
  The Canadian medical profession is too close to pharmaceutical companies for comfort, warns a Toronto physician and expert in pharmaceutical policy.
  
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• Drug companies should be required to reveal payments to doctors: author

  28-06-2017 23:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Canadian medical profession is too close to pharmaceutical companies for comfort, warns a Toronto physician and expert in pharmaceutical policy.
  Dr. Joel Lexchin, author of Doctors in Denial, says Canadians deserve better accountability about how much money pharmaceutical companies are spending to try to influence doctors and the health industry.
  Lexchin’s book – which raises concerns about ties between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry — is out just as Canadians are
  
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• OPP identify victim of fatal crash on 401 in South Stormont TWP as Kristine Cadieux, 32, of Cornwall #ottnews #401

  28-06-2017 23:19 via twitter.com
  OPP identify victim of fatal crash on 401 in South Stormont TWP as Kristine Cadieux, 32, of Cornwall #ottnews #401
  
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• No arrests after man in 30s sent to trauma centre after afternoon stabbing in Bells Corners #ottnews

  28-06-2017 23:18 via twitter.com
  No arrests after man in 30s sent to trauma centre after afternoon stabbing in Bells Corners #ottnews
  
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• Cyclist struck and killed by cube van on Highway 7 near Perth

  28-06-2017 23:10
  
  Provincial police say a cyclist has died of injuries he received when struck by a cube-van on Highway 7 near Perth Wednesday morning. Officers were called to the scene at about 6:30 a.m. Preliminary indications are the eastbound cyclist was struck from behind.
  
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• 28 months later, husband still can't join new wife in Canada

  28-06-2017 22:52
  
  An Aylmer woman has tried for 28 months to get her Kurdish husband into Canada — a delay casting doubt on their whole future — just as the immigration department has been crowing about a speedier spousal unification process.
  
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• Government allows unapproved drugs into Canada to combat opioid crisis

  28-06-2017 22:48
  
  The medications are approved in Switzerland and the U.S.
  
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• Man in critical condition after Bells Corners stabbing

  28-06-2017 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A man in his 30s was taken to hospital in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after he was stabbed near Bells Corners.
  Police and paramedics were called to an address at Tybalt Crescent just before 3 p.m., where they found the victim.
  Paramedics said they used “specialized dressings” to control the man’s bleeding, then took him to the hospital trauma unit where he was listed in critical condition.
  No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, said Ottawa police
  
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• Egan: 28 months later, husband still can't join new wife in Canada

  28-06-2017 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An Aylmer woman has tried for 28 months to get her Kurdish husband into Canada — a delay casting doubt on their whole future — just as the immigration department has been crowing about a speedier spousal unification process.
  Desperate for answers, Gholi Fathoullahnejad, 46, appealed to the Citizen and her MP for help after months of frustrating silence from officials at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
  “I’m so confused,” she said recently, sorting throu
  
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• Here's what's open and closed for Canada Day

  28-06-2017 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With Canada Day right around the corner, not all businesses and services will be open for the nation’s 150th anniversary on Saturday. 
  Retail, groceries and alcohol
  CF Rideau Centre is the only shopping mall open with limited hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on July 2 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tanger Outlets, Place d’Orléans, Bayshore and St Laurent are closed. 
  Most businesses in the ByWard Market will be open. 
  All Sobeys, Loblaws and Your Canadian Superstore loc
  
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• Ottawa spends $1.2M on travel for Phoenix training boot camp - CBC.ca

  28-06-2017 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
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  Ottawa spends $1.2M on travel for Phoenix training boot camp
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  The federal government spent more than $1 million sending workers to a training boot camp in its ongoing efforts to fix its troubled payroll system, called Phoenix. Compensation advisers from across the country have travelled to a facility in Gatineau ...and more »
  
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• Many kind words about Canadian research, but few funding details from federal science minister

  28-06-2017 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada is doing a bang-up job of supporting research, says Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, but it’s still too early for details on what she will do about calls to support “basic” science.
  In an interview as the House of Commons takes a break, Duncan looked back happily on Liberal deeds so far.
  “It was a good year for science,” she said.
  “We’ve begun the process to ban asbestos — really good news. I’ve launched the search for Canada’s Ch
  
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• Glavin: A better way forward on indigenous-federal relations

  28-06-2017 21:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If you’re the sort of person who insists that Canada’s indigenous people are shirkers, shakedown artists, swindlers and tax cheats who should just let it go and shut up about residential schools, you’ll want to give this column a pass. If you really believe that Canada 150 is no time to notice the cruelty in Canada’s history and the ongoing alienation from the rest of us that so disfigures indigenous communities across the country, there’s no point in trying to conv
  
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• McConaghy: Why Canada must not abandon democratic Taiwan

  28-06-2017 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This month, Panama announced that it was cutting off diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of recognizing the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Though the story received only passing coverage in western media outlets, it sent shock waves through Taiwan. While the minutiae of Taiwanese diplomacy may seem of little importance to most Canadians, the Taiwan question is one that they would do well to consider.   
  Taiwan is a self-governing and democratic society, though its
  
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• New wayfinding signs could soon be coming to capital region

  28-06-2017 21:26
  
  Tourist-oriented maps showing attractions within five-minute walking distance can already be found in other Canadian and international cities.
  
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• Going out best bets, June 29 to July 5

  28-06-2017 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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  Legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie returns to the National Arts Centre on Monday to star in one of the signature events of this year’s Canada Scene festival. At 76, the visionary indigenous artist is still making music that matters, winning the 2015 Polaris Prize for her Power in the Blood album. For this concert, she teams up with another veteran Canadian artist, Randy Bachman, as well as DJ Shub, formerly of A Tribe Called Red, and Northwest Territories singer-songw
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, a new APP that will help you deliver things. details on Ottawa's… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, a new APP that will help you deliver things. details on Ottawa's… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa Senators lock up Mike Condon with new three-year, $7.2 ... - Ottawa Citizen

  28-06-2017 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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  Ottawa Senators lock up Mike Condon with new three-year, $7.2 ...
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  Waived by the Canadiens at the start of the 2016-17 season, Mike Condon was briefly with the Penguins before he was acquired by the Senators at the cost of a ...
  Ottawa Senators sign goaltender Mike Condon to three-year extensionCTV Newsall 21 news articles »
  
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• Ottawa Senators lock up Mike Condon with new three-year, $7.2 million deal

  28-06-2017 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mike Condon won’t be testing the UFA market after all.
  The Ottawa Senators have signed Condon to a three-year deal worth $7.2 million.
  The contract breakdown is:
  $1.7 M in year one, $2.5M in year two, $3M in year three.Keeping Condon was important. He had 11 teams show interest. Expect the #Sens to step up their efforts to try to trade Andrew Hammond.
  — Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) June 28, 2017
  From the Senators release: 
  “Condon, 27, was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pen
  
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• Highway 7 reopens following death of cyclist struck by van near Perth

  28-06-2017 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Provincial police say a cyclist has died of injuries he received when struck by a cube-van onHighway 7 near Perth Wednesday morning.
  Officers were called to the scene at about 6:30 a.m.
  Preliminary indications are the eastbound cyclist was struck from behind.
  Police concluded their onsite investigation Wednesday afternoon and reopened the highway at about 2 p.m.
  Perth is about 90 kilometres south of Ottawa.
  OPP on the scene of a fatal crash near Perth Wednesday. A cyclist died after she was stru
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Miriam Bloom joins us with her unique view of Ottawa in her kids book "An A… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Miriam Bloom joins us with her unique view of Ottawa in her kids book "An A… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• One arrested in non-fatal 'targeted' shooting near south-end Ledbury Park

  28-06-2017 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police confirm that a teenaged boy has been arrested following the shooting early Wednesday of a young man near Ledbury Park in the city’s south end.
  The victim was found by police on a street just off Banff Avenue, which runs northwards away from the park shortly after 1 a.m. after several 911 calls. 
  Paramedics said they treated the victim and his injuries were not considered life-threatening. He was transported to hospital.
  Police said Wednesday afternoon that they arrested
  
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• Teen being treated for gunshot wound after shooting in Ledbury Avenue and Banff Avenue area early this morning #ottnews

  28-06-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  Teen being treated for gunshot wound after shooting in Ledbury Avenue and Banff Avenue area early this morning #ottnews
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @BoylesqueTO with a preview of what their audience can expect at Friday's… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show,@BoylesqueTO with a preview of what their audience can expect atFriday's… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Reevely: Lansdowne's slow start means a lot more money for OSEG later

  28-06-2017 20:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city’s private partners in redeveloping Lansdowne Park stand to make almost $200 million more from the project than they were expected to, assuming the site’s poor early results turn around.
  City councillors get a detailed look at the Lansdowne financials once a year, that day is next week, and there’s a lot going on in that report.
  Over the 32-year deal the City of Ottawa made with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group of developers and sports impresarios to renovate L
  
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• Former councillor Peter Hume is Ottawa's new city markets boss

  28-06-2017 20:01
  
  Peter Hume, the former city councillor, planning chairman and now Ottawa’s new city markets boss, says people will need to be patient watching a transformation in the ByWard Market.“Change is going to happen over time and it’s not going to be Dec. 31 when the (municipal services corporation) actually has carriage of the assets,” Hume said Wednesday
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Dr. Manisha Kulkarni on the risk of #LymeDisease in #Ottawa's west end. https://t.co/6fEjbOXj6W

  28-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Dr. Manisha Kulkarni on the risk of #LymeDisease in #Ottawa's west end. https://t.co/6fEjbOXj6W
  
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• Former councillor Peter Hume is new boss of Parkdale, ByWard markets

  28-06-2017 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Peter Hume, the former city councillor, planning chairman and now Ottawa’s new city markets boss, says people will need to be patient watching a transformation in the ByWard Market.
  “Change is going to happen over time and it’s not going to be Dec. 31 when the (municipal services corporation) actually has carriage of the assets,” Hume said Wednesday in an interview.
  “I’m sure you’ll see, over the next 18 months, exciting plans.”
  A political selecti
  
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• BIG news from the @OttawaChampions, we're joined by @davidgourlay next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/hnQPAC3z77

  28-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  BIG news from the @OttawaChampions, we're joined by @davidgourlay next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/hnQPAC3z77
  
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• Aircraft to begin flights over Ottawa starting Thursday as Canada Day prep begins

  28-06-2017 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The RCAF has announced that Canada Day spectators can expect to see historic and current aircraft in the skies in preparation for this Saturday’s Canada Day celebrations. Here are the details from the RCAF:
  When:Thursday June 29 – 3 – 3:30 p.m. – First World War aircraft
  Friday June 30 – 1:30 – 2 p.m. – First and Second World War aircraft, current RCAF fleet
  Saturday July 1 – as part of the daytime show up from 12:15 p.m. until approximately 1:40 p
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - Ottawa's @TheKANIALife on being asked to take part in #NewYorkFashionWeek… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - Ottawa's @TheKANIALife on being asked to take part in #NewYorkFashionWeek… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, find out how you can help @rcaf_arc decide which aircraft to perform the Parliam… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, find out how you can help @rcaf_arc decide which aircraft to perform the Parliam… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Uber customers to start paying federal sales taxes July 1

  28-06-2017 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A ride in an Uber taxi will be a little more expensive as of Canada Day with federal tax added to the app’s taxi fares.
  The 2017 federal budget requires that HST and GST — which amounts to 13 per cent for Ontarians — be charged on every ridesharing trip in Canada as of July 1.
  A Uber Canada spokesperson confirmed all existing customers have been informed of the new tax.
  “We have informed driver-partners and riders that as of July 1, the federal government will requir
  
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• Heinbecker: Why the Salvation Army centre shouldn't move to Vanier

  28-06-2017 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The idea of transferring the Salvation Army’s George Street shelter and social service centre to Vanier is a very bad one for Vanier.
  At almost any time of day or night, a visit to lower George Street in the Salvation Army Centre’s neighbourhood in the ByWard Market reveals a scene out of a gothic movie, with sidewalks full of panhandlers, hustlers, prostitutes, windshield washers, and the mentally troubled. Drugs are consumed on the sidewalks and drug deals are done in the shadows a
  
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• UPDATE: Power's back on for all but 13 customers as crews repair equipment issue. #ottnews @hydroottawa twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…

  28-06-2017 18:48 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Power's back on for all but 13 customers as crews repair equipment issue. #ottnews @hydroottawa twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…
  
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• RRRoll Up the Rim in the summer? Yes, it's happening now

  28-06-2017 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s time to double down on Canada 150 celebrations with a double-double.
  Tim Hortons has announced a special edition of RRRoll Up the Rim to Win that begins on June 28 and continues through July 21, 2017.
  Most of the standard prizes have returned but Tim Hortons has added new grand prizes: ten Canadian vacations (valued at $10,000 each).
  You choose where you want go in Canada and they’ll take care of the rest.
  Tim Hortons celebrates Canada 150 with special edition of Roll Up the Rim
  
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• NEXT @ThomasMulcair will join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE to talk #Canada150 Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @NDP_HQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  NEXT@ThomasMulcair will join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE to talk #Canada150Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@NDP_HQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @hobbs_katherine & @PaulDewar join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @hobbs_katherine & @PaulDewarjoin @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @royalhistorian discusses #PrinceCharles and whether or not he is misunderstood:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @royalhistorian discusses #PrinceCharles and whether or not he is misunderstood:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• At jazzfest Wednesday, The Bad Plus to substitute for Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra

  28-06-2017 17:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is replacing tonight’s scheduled concert by the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra with a show by the Bad Plus.
  The Haden orchestra was cancelled at the last minute because the flight for most of its musicians out of New York was cancelled. The group played Tuesday night at New York’s Blue Note jazz club.
  The Bad Plus had been scheduled to play earlier tonight in the National Arts Centre Studio, but will move to play the main stage at 8:30 p.m., 
  
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• Hydro Ottawa bosses losing sleep over electricity politics

  28-06-2017 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The “politically charged environment” in the province over electricity keeps Hydro Ottawa bosses up at night, according to the company’s chairman.
  Jim Durrell, making the utility’s annual presentation to city council, said the political climate in Ontario could create volatility in providing the hydro service.
  Durrell warned against any political plan that “sells short-term votes” when the long-term pain could be “substantial” for hydro companies.
  
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• Ottawa warned to expect thunderstorms again

  28-06-2017 17:37
  
  Heavy wind and hail possible for the fourth straight day.
  
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• F-35 operating costs will significantly increase unless reliability improves, warns U.S. Defense Department test office

  28-06-2017 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The U.S. Defense Department’s testing office is warning that the costs to operate and support the F-35 will significantly increase unless reliability of the aircraft improves, the Bloomberg news service is reporting.
  Bloomberg’s Anthony Capaccio has obtained a copy of a May 8 presentation written for the DoD. The availability of spare parts for the 203 F-35s already assigned to bases “is getting worse, affecting fly rates” and pilot training, Capaccio writes. Reliabi
  
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