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• Ottawa's plan to legalize Uber creates '2-tiered system,' taxi industry claims - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 22:44 via
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  Ottawa's plan to legalize Uber creates '2-tiered system,' taxi industry claims
  CBC.ca
  Mayor Jim Watson has thrown his support behind a city plan to legalize app-based ride-hailing services such as Uber even as leaders within Ottawa's taxi industry argue it would create a "two-tiered system." City of Ottawa recommends legalizing Uber ...
  Ottawa's proposal to legalize Uber draws ire from taxi industryThe Globe and Mail
  Ottawa taxis could have a different look and feel under reformsOtt
  

• Murray vows changes are coming - Ottawa Citizen

  01-04-2016 22:32 via
  Ottawa Citizen
  Murray vows changes are coming
  Ottawa Citizen
  PHILADELPHIA — Bryan Murray served notice that nobody should relax heading into the off-season because the Senators have no plans to sit idle. As this season winds down with only four games left — including Saturday's rare 1 p.m. matinee against the ...and more »
  

• Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Ottawa news conference at 2:30 pm ET - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 18:18 via
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  Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Ottawa news conference at 2:30 pm ET
  CBC.ca
  Country music superstars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are in Ottawa this weekend to play four shows at the Canadian Tire Centre. Before the first performance on Friday night, Brooks and Yearwood will speak to the media at a news conference starting ...
  

• Ottawa police committees hold secret meetings - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 17:28 via
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  Ottawa police committees hold secret meetings
  CBC.ca
  Ottawa's Police Services Board has been discussing police business behind closed doors for years at committee meetings that are never publicized and few people even know about. The board has four standing committees — complaints, finance and audit, ...and more »
  

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• Magdalen Islands plane crash investigation to move wreckage to Ottawa - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 14:19 via
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  Magdalen Islands plane crash investigation to move wreckage to Ottawa
  CBC.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will soon wrap up the first phase of its investigation into the Magdalen Islands plane crash that killed seven people, including former cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and several members of his family. Magdalen ...and more »
  

• Taxi driver Sobhi Fliti says the City of Ottawa has given drivers "the run-around" since Uber arrived in the city in ... - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 12:23 via
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  Taxi driver Sobhi Fliti says the City of Ottawa has given drivers "the run-around" since Uber arrived in the city in ...
  CBC.ca
  Ottawa taxi drivers are expressing their outrage that City of Ottawa staff are recommending legalizing Uber after the city spent nearly 18 months fighting the app-based ride-hailing service. Since Uber arrived in Ottawa in October 2014, city bylaw ...
  Ottawa's proposal to legalize Uber draws ire from taxi industryThe Globe and Mail
  Taxi union furious over city's
  

• Ottawa police services board committees meet in secret - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 11:02 via
  CBC.ca
  Ottawa police services board committees meet in secret
  CBC.ca
  Ottawa's Police Services Board has been discussing police business behind closed doors for years at committee meetings that are never publicized and few people even know about. The board has four standing committees — complaints, finance and audit, ...
  

• Ottawa's human rights report on Saudi Arabia to be 'sanitized' for public - The Globe and Mail

  01-04-2016 03:28 via
  The Globe and Mail
  Ottawa's human rights report on Saudi Arabia to be 'sanitized' for public
  The Globe and Mail
  A new assessment of the state of human rights in Saudi Arabia drawn up by the Canadian government will be heavily censored before it is released to the public to remove, among other things, information that could damage Canada-Saudi relations, a ...
  

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• Family wants answers after inmate dies at Ottawa jail - CBC.ca

  01-04-2016 02:49 via
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  Family wants answers after inmate dies at Ottawa jail
  CBC.ca
  The family of a man who died after going into cardiac arrest at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre say they want answers into what happened in the days leading up to his death. Report: Overcrowding, staff shortages, food issues at OCDC ...
  

• Ottawa's proposal to legalize Uber draws ire from taxi industry - The Globe and Mail

  01-04-2016 01:22 via
  The Globe and Mail
  Ottawa's proposal to legalize Uber draws ire from taxi industry
  The Globe and Mail
  The City of Ottawa is embracing Uber and other ride-sharing services, proposing a major reform that is already infuriating taxi drivers who fear the value of their city-issued permits will plummet. In a move that will be closely watched by cities ...
  City of Ottawa recommends legalizing UberCBC.ca
  Judge denies Ottawa cabbies' request for Uber injunctionOttawa Citizen
  Taxi union fumes over Ottaw
  

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taps Ottawa chef to feed his family and visiting dignitaries - National Post

  01-04-2016 00:44 via
  National Post
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taps Ottawa chef to feed his family and visiting dignitaries
  National Post
  Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his successor Justin Trudeau likely won't be breaking bread anytime soon, but their respective chefs are part of a tight-knit circle who've cooked for Canada and the world's elite. They've fed ambassadors, high ...and more »
  

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