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• Parking fail? Ottawa police cruiser blocked lane, reader says - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 22:09
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Parking fail? Ottawa police cruiser blocked lane, reader says
  Ottawa Citizen
  The reader who took this cellphone photo on Bank Street in Old Ottawa South at noon Monday says the Ottawa police cruiser blocked traffic trying to turn from Hopewell Avenue for five minutes. Of course, police aren't expected to follow the parking ...
  
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• When in Ottawa, be sure to visit the … Wine Rack? - Toronto Star

  19-01-2015 21:23
  
  Toronto Star
  When in Ottawa, be sure to visit the … Wine Rack?
  Toronto Star
  That is essentially the fate that befell our nation's capital over the weekend, when the Times ran a much-criticized dispatch from Ottawa's ByWard Market. After calling the area “sleepy” — it has long been the least sleepy part of a relatively ...
  5 things to do in the ByWard Market that aren't Wine Rack (with video)Ottawa Citizen
  Byward Market's Wine Rack feels the NY loveOttawa Sun
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• Ottawa senior targeted not once but twice in 'grandparent scam' - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 21:08
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Ottawa senior targeted not once but twice in 'grandparent scam'
  Ottawa Citizen
  An 86-year-old Ottawa man was contacted last week by someone claiming to be his grandson, police said Monday. The impostor told the man he needed a $10,000 cash loan. A man then arrived at the senior's home a short time later, saying he was a courier ...
  Alleged scammer taken down by copsOttawa Sun
  Man charged for allegedly scamming elderly manCTV News
  
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• Rights groups sue Ottawa over solitary confinement in prisons - The Globe and Mail

  19-01-2015 19:55
  
  CBC.ca
  Rights groups sue Ottawa over solitary confinement in prisons
  The Globe and Mail
  Two rights groups have sued the federal government over the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons, arguing the practice is unconstitutional, leads to prisoner suffering and deaths, and is discriminatory against both mentally ill and ...
  John Howard Society, BCCLA sue Ottawa over solitary confinementCBC.ca
  BC lawsuit claims solitary confinement in prisons is 'inhumane'CKNW News Talk 980
  
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• Cops not releasing photo of gun suspect - Ottawa Sun

  19-01-2015 19:35
  
  Ottawa Sun
  Cops not releasing photo of gun suspect
  Ottawa Sun
  A photo Ottawa police have of a man with a gun who they're trying to identify will not be made public until the end of the week. They're still working on identifying him themselves first. Cops often quickly release photos of suspects, but in this case ...
  Ottawa police searching for suspect who pointed gun at passing carsCTV News
  Police seek man who pointed gun at Barrhaven driversCBC.ca
  Gun-wielding man spooks Ottawa grandpa
  
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• Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's focused on NCC negotiations, despite LRT ... - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 19:29
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's focused on NCC negotiations, despite LRT ...
  Ottawa Citizen
  Enter the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa. It owns 2.4 hectares of land adjacent to a proposed station on Cleary Avenue and fears LRT construction will mean months of traffic congestion and lost parking, not to mention constant noise and ...
  
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• Ottawa invokes rarely used law in Buy America row with US - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  19-01-2015 19:00
  
  Ottawa invokes rarely used law in Buy America row with US
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  Ottawa has invoked a rarely used anti-sanctions law after Alaska refused to void Buy America purchasing rules in the rebuilding of a B.C. ferry terminal. The Canadian government signed an order Monday under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, ...
  
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• Canada fights back in Buy America feud - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  19-01-2015 19:00
  
  Vancouver Sun
  Canada fights back in Buy America feud
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  Ottawa has invoked a rarely used anti-sanctions law after Alaska refused to void Buy America purchasing rules in the rebuilding of a B.C. ferry terminal. The Canadian government signed an order Monday under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, ...
  Ottawa threatens to use rare law in Buy America Prince Rupert ferry terminal ...Vancouver Sun
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• 5 things to do in the ByWard Market that aren't Wine Rack (with video) - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 17:27
  
  Ottawa Sun
  5 things to do in the ByWard Market that aren't Wine Rack (with video)
  Ottawa Citizen
  Jantine Van Kregten, director of communications at Ottawa Tourism, says she's happy these kinds of conversations are happening. “It's unfortunate that the author started the article with Wine Rack,” she says, but adds she loves that people are getting ...
  Byward Market's Wine Rack feels the NY loveOttawa Sun
  
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• Jenkins: From a century ago, the plan for Ottawa's future - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 17:23
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Jenkins: From a century ago, the plan for Ottawa's future
  Ottawa Citizen
  It informs me that this document is graciously submitted to the Minister of Finance by the Federal Plan Commission, and that it concerns a general plan for the cities of Ottawa and Hull. The date printed at the bottom of the frontispiece is 1915 ...
  
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• Egan: Joe Feller, thread to a lost clothing era, dead at 98 - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 16:42
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Egan: Joe Feller, thread to a lost clothing era, dead at 98
  Ottawa Citizen
  Feller, who died in Ottawa at 98, was a clothier when clothes mattered. His flagship store on Rideau Street was expanded in 1955 to 24,000 square feet, reportedly making it the single largest men's clothing store in Canada. It made all the papers ...
  
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• Gun-wielding man spooks Barrhaven grandparents - Ottawa Sun

  19-01-2015 00:34
  
  Ottawa Sun
  Gun-wielding man spooks Barrhaven grandparents
  Ottawa Sun
  Ottawa Police released no new information on the suspect Sunday. Staff Sgt. Ken Bryden said Saturday officers were still investigating the incident but said the gun was not fired. He said there was no evidence so far that it was a gang-related incident.
  Ottawa police searching for suspect who pointed gun at passing carsCTV News
  Police seek man who pointed gun at Barrhaven driversCBC.ca
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• Ottawa 67's prevail, but it was more about Neil Doef - Ottawa Citizen

  19-01-2015 00:02
  
  Ottawa Citizen
  Ottawa 67's prevail, but it was more about Neil Doef
  Ottawa Citizen
  Hockey moms of the Smith Falls Bears players wait rinkside for the start of a ceremony at an Ottawa 67's game on January 18, 2015, raising awareness and support for Neil Doef, a hockey player with the Smiths Falls Bears, who was severely injured during ...
  Ottawa 67's do it for Doef on special dayOttawa Sun
  Ottawa 67's pitch in to help critically injured Smiths Falls Bears hockey playerMetroNews C
  
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