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• Provincial stats show fentanyl now Ottawa's deadliest drug

  24-05-2017 23:46
  
  A new provincial website launched Wednesdayshows fentanyl overtook all other opioids tobecome Ottawa’s deadliest drug in 2015.
  
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• Three takeaways from the look ahead Ottawa weather forecast

  24-05-2017 23:41
  
  Expect ups and downs in coming forecast.
  
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• Gatineau man caught speeding 110 kilometres an hour in school zone

  24-05-2017 23:26
  
  An 18-year-old Gatineau man was fined $1,521 and lost 14 demerit points after he was caught speeding in a school zone on Wednesday. Gatineau police officers caught the man driving 110 kilometres an hour in a 30-kilometre zone on Wilfrid-Lavigne Boulevard in Aylmer around 12:20. Police say that the man was driving with a learners' permit.
  
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• Anderson ready for next big test in Game 7

  24-05-2017 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Has Craig Anderson saved his best for last in this playoff series?
  As the Senators prepare to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday at the PPG Paints Arena, the Ottawa goaltender, coming off a 45-save performance in a 2-1 victory at home Tuesday, could move into elite company if he can help get the Senators to the Stanley Cup final.
  Though Anderson has always been well respected, he can help fortify his playoff credentials sh
  
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• MP backs petition calling for government to do more for LGBT refugees

  24-05-2017 23:14
  
  Calgary MP Michelle Rempel backs petition that will be presented to parliament.
  
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• In close vote, city council says 'no' to Rockcliffe Park heritage demo

  24-05-2017 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The year-old plan that protects Rockcliffe Park’s heritage buildings passed its first test on Wednesday when city council rejected an application to demolish a home to make way for a new one.
  The house at 270 Buchan Rd. is one of roughly 800 buildings in the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District. Designed by the architectural firm Hazelgrove and Mills, it was included on Rockcliffe’s pre-amalgamation inventory of heritage resources in the former village. It wa
  
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• Zack Smith has his work cut out for him trying to shut down Malkin

  24-05-2017 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – Nobody combines size, speed, strength and skill quite like Evgeni Malkin.
  Zack Smith was reminded of this in Game 6.
  During the second period on a night he led all Senators forwards in ice time, Smith found himself in a heavy battle along the end boards with Malkin. Everyone thought he had the Penguins centre under wraps.
  “So did I,” said Smith. “For a second. Then I made a mistake. I stuck to the outside and he spun on me.”
  Malkin wound up face-to
  
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• Ontario watchdog to probe driver’s licence snafus

  24-05-2017 22:43
  
  The provincial ombudsman wants to end the problem of the government failing to tell drivers when their licences are suspended and reinstated.
  
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• Facebook secures dog rescue page after personal accounts attacked

  24-05-2017 22:33
  
  Facebook has concluded its investigation and secured the account of the operators of Sit With Me dog rescue. All previous administrators have been added back to the page. The Ottawa-based volunteer organization uses its Facebook page to connect with its 15,000 followers and arrange for dogs to be adopted.
  
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• Facebook secures dog rescue page, personal accounts attacked

  24-05-2017 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Facebook has concluded its investigation and secured the account of the operators of Sit With Me dog rescue. 
  All previous administrators have been added back to the page. 
  The Ottawa-based volunteer organization uses its Facebook page to connect with its 15,000 followers and arrange for dogs to be adopted.
  Previously, it noticed its page administrator’s personal email had some strange activity. On May 12, the main administrator’s account was hacked and their profile w
  
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• New Canadian History Hall set to open on Canada Day

  24-05-2017 22:26
  
  The permanent exhibition features handcuffs worn by Louis Riel in 1886 and a T-shirt worn by Terry Fox during his 1980 Marathon of Hope.
  
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• A look back at the Senators Game 7 history (it's not pretty)

  24-05-2017 22:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  April 29, 1997
  Sabres 4, Senators 3 (OT) @ Buffalo
  After making the playoffs for the first time in team history, the Senators saw their magical ride come to an end in an overtime loss against Buffalo.
  While there was no shortage of drama during the series when Dominik Hasek mysteriously left the net with a knee sprain in Ottawa, Derek Plante’s shot at 5:24 of overtime slipped through Ron Tugnutt’s glove to give the Sabres the series win.
  “I’ve dreamed over and over of sco
  
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• School-zone speeder in Aylmer loses licence, car (for 30-days) gets $1,521 in fines & 14-demerit points. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 22:04 via twitter.com
  School-zone speeder in Aylmer loses licence, car (for 30-days) gets $1,521 in fines & 14-demerit points. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Expect summer to blow hot and cold, says the Weather Network

  24-05-2017 22:03
  
  Go camping, but pack a warm coat.The Weather Network’s three-month forecast calls for big swings between extra-hot and cool — a summer without a lot of average summery days.The Weather Network uses the word “changeable” four times in a brief summary of June, July and August.
  
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• Ottawa could do well with new supercluster program

  24-05-2017 21:33
  
  CEO of Invest Ottawa says city has everything necessary for any company looking to take part in billion-dollar program.
  
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• No UN mission for Canada yet but there will be a peacekeeping conference in Vancouver

  24-05-2017 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Liberal government’s promise that the Canadian military will make a significant contribution to a United Nations mission seems to have gone nowhere. There’s not a lot of talk about that promise any more, although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says such a contribution is still being examined.
  So what can Canada contribute to the UN in the meantime?
  Cue the UN conference.
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday to launch the &l
  
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• Dining Out: In Barrhaven, Ka Familia's Filipino fare stresses simplicity, sweetness

  24-05-2017 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ka Familia
  3570 Strandherd Dr., Unit 1, 613-843-0555, kafamilia.ca
  Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 10 p.m.
  Prices: main courses $16 to $26
  Access: No steps to front door, washrooms
  Take it from me — if you’ve not had pork and pigs blood stew before, it can be difficult to discern if the dish has been well and authentically made.
  That was my challenge following a dinner last week at Ka Familia, which opened in April, bringing what it calls “Filipino fusion&rdq
  
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• City Council approves extra funding for road repairs

  24-05-2017 21:16
  
  The city is adding $2.9 million to the budget to repair roads, bike paths and potholes.
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/9ARziMTGdy

  24-05-2017 21:11 via twitter.com
  
  #RightNowOttawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/9ARziMTGdy
  
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• Council votes to refuse demolition of Rockcliffe heritage building

  24-05-2017 20:59
  
  Ottawa City Council voted 13-10 to refuse an application to demolish the home at 270 Buchan Road
  
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• Claesson takes his place in the post-season spotlight

  24-05-2017 20:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — The kids these days. They say – and do – the craziest things.
  There was Ottawa Senators defencemen Freddy Claesson, relishing in the post-game moment late Tuesday, having set up Mike Hoffman for the game winning goal.
  How does it feel?
  “It’s great,” he said, smiling through the kind of the playoff beard that’s only possible when a team makes it deep into the third round of the post-season. “You just want to dab.”
  Apparently, for
  
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• Another $142 million to be spent fixing Phoenix pay problems [Video]

  24-05-2017 20:52
  
  The federal government will spend another $142 million over the next two years in an attempt to fix the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system.
  
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• Ambiguous instruction, pilots’ mistake behind Pearson near-miss

  24-05-2017 20:30
  
  An air traffic controller’s ambiguous instruction and a flight crew’s mistake contributed to a near miss at Pearson International Airport, TSB Canada finds.
  
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• Marc Methot, playing on his hometown team, just one win away from realizing dream

  24-05-2017 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – Ottawa Senators defenceman Marc Methot can’t help himself.
  As much as his focus is trained on trying to once again shut down Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 here Thursday, his mind does wander towards the dream scenario of playing at Canadian Tire Centre in the Stanley Cup final.
  Long before he ever imagined becoming the ideal on-ice partner for the NHL’s best defenceman, Methot’s first hockey memories were of watching his hometown NHL tea
  
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• Ariana Grande's management team says concerts cancelled through June 5.

  24-05-2017 20:14 via twitter.com
  Ariana Grande's management team says concerts cancelled through June 5.
  
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• Reevely: Ontario's hydro plan will cost $21 billion more than it saves — it's terrible public policy

  24-05-2017 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The jiggery-pokery the Ontario Liberals are using to cut hydro bills will eventually cost us almost twice as much as it saves, the province’s budget watchdog reported Wednesday.
  This is the “Fair Hydro Plan,” the Liberals’ answer to the constant drumbeat of “hydro, hydro, hydro” from the opposition, the plan that Premier Kathleen Wynne hopes will save her party from annihilation next year. It cuts electricity prices by 25 per cent for residential and smal
  
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• Ontario's hydro-bill cuts will cost $21 billion more than they save us — it's terrible public policy

  24-05-2017 19:14
  
  The jiggery-pokery the Ontario Liberals are using to cut hydro bills will eventually cost us almost twice as much as it saves, the province’s budget watchdog reported Wednesday.
  
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• Coming up: @StewartBellNP of @nationalpost joins @_MarkSutcliffe on #Manchester attack bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up:@StewartBellNP of @nationalpost joins @_MarkSutcliffe on #Manchester attackbit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERlunch: @SenateCA Vern White & @StephanieCarvin join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERlunch: @SenateCA Vern White & @StephanieCarvin join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Procter and Gamble to shut Brockville plant, 480 jobs lost

  24-05-2017 17:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  BROCKVILLE — Nearly 500 jobs will be lost within three years after Procter and Gamble announced Thursday it will close its Brockville operations as early as 2020.
  Employees of the Brockville site were informed of the company’s decision at a meeting early this morning.
  The decision comes as a result of what P&G described as a “North American Supply Network Design” that will relocate remaining production of Bounce and Swiffer products manufactured in Brockville to
  
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• Glavin: We're shedding idiotic talk about terrorism

  24-05-2017 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The most dramatic event that occurred in Britain this week may or may not have been the “huge bomb-like bang” that Ariana Grande concert-goers began to call in to Greater Manchester Police at 10:35 p.m. on Monday night, with eyewitness reports of dead and dismembered teenagers strewn around the foyer of the Manchester Arena.
  It may or may not have been even the most important thing that happened in Manchester.
  Far and away more astonishing than yet another European eruption of bloody
  
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• Coming up: @HockeyScanner w/ @OttawaCitizen joins @_MarkSutcliffe on @Senators & @penguins… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @HockeyScanner w/ @OttawaCitizen joins @_MarkSutcliffe on @Senators & @penguins… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Another $142 million to be spent fixing Phoenix pay problems

  24-05-2017 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The federal government will spend another $142 million over the next two years in an attempt to fix the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system.
  Steven MacKinnon, parliamentary secretary to Public Works Minister Judy Foote, said Wednesday the new money would be spent to “recruit, attract and train more employees to fill the gaping hole left by the previous government.”
  The money would be used to increase staff at the government pay centre in Miramichi, N.B., extend the use of satellite of
  
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• Coming up: @abacusdataca @Colettod w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 17:29 via twitter.com
  Coming up:@abacusdataca @Colettod w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Government promises more money for troubled Phoenix pay system

  24-05-2017 17:15
  
  Liberals will put $142 million into system that continues to struggle, but blame Conservatives for failure.
  
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• Cappies: Longfields-Davidson's performance of Almost, Maine was commendable in its impeccable production

  24-05-2017 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Show #19: Almost, Maine
  Where: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
  Director: Hailey Kowal
   
  Ikram Abdulkadir, Critic
  Merivale High School
  Ikram Abdulkadir, Critic, Merivale High School.
  Love is a wondrous feeling that comes in many different shapes and sizes, as shown in Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School’s magnificent production of Almost, Maine.
  Almost, Maine is a collection of nine stories, created by John Cariani and Tom Kochan, centering on an aspect of love. W
  
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• Canadian Army on exercise – Maple Resolve 2017 photos

  24-05-2017 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Approximately 5000 personnel from Canada and four other nations are involved in Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 2017 at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre in Wainwright, Alta. The exercise, the largest Canadian Army training event of the year, is designed to confirm the high readiness of Task Force Tomahawk soldiers based out of Petawawa, Ontario. The exercise started May 14 and runs until May 29. Here are photos of that exercise courtesy of Army public affairs/Base Petawawa imagery techs:
  Simulated
  
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• COMING UP: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly global affairs segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  COMING UP: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly global affairs segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: Luke Richardson joins @_MarkSutcliffe on heading to @NYIslanders bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up:Luke Richardson joins @_MarkSutcliffe on heading to @NYIslandersbit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/WaucT6VaD6

  24-05-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:@powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs#cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/WaucT6VaD6
  
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• Coming up: Dr. Bernard Thébaud joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat about Run for a Reason bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 16:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up: Dr. Bernard Thébaud joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat about Run for a Reason bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Some flooded Gatineau residents won't be allowed to rebuild

  24-05-2017 16:10
  
  Gatineau residents whose homes are writeoffs because of flood damage and who live in the most flood-prone part of the city will not be allowed to rebuild.The ruling affects condemned properties in the zone that is considered likely to flood on average every 20 years, or more.
  
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• #QuestionOfTheDay NEXT Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs Watch: bit.ly/1ldOZJF OR call @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 15:59 via twitter.com
  #QuestionOfTheDay NEXTListen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs Watch: bit.ly/1ldOZJFOR call @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Denley: City planning needs more imagination – and fewer rules

  24-05-2017 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The replacement of the Ontario Municipal Board with a new, less powerful, appeal body is being widely hailed as a long overdue improvement that will place the responsibility for planning squarely in the hands of city councillors and planning bureaucrats.
  The news would be even better if these weren’t exactly the same people who have brought us little but uninspired condo towers and ridiculously dense suburbs in a city awash in land. Although new home buyers pay the bill for much of the cit
  
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• Live next @JosephAngolano live with latest on #CPCLdr race: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 15:43 via twitter.com
  Live next @JosephAngolano live with latest on #CPCLdr race: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• UPDATE: Liberal hydro plan to cost $45B and save electricity ratepayers $24B 1310news.com/2017/05/24/ont… #onpoli… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 15:39 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Liberal hydro plan to cost $45B and save electricity ratepayers $24B 1310news.com/2017/05/24/ont… #onpoli… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT @mclomedia joins @_MarkSutcliffe live for weekly political segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ffDwLDKSkQ

  24-05-2017 15:28 via twitter.com
  
  NEXT@mclomedia joins @_MarkSutcliffe live for weekly political segment:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ffDwLDKSkQ
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Making the best of a bad situation

  24-05-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When buying a pre-owned home, you inherit the good, the bad and the ugly. While each home comes with its own quirks and problems, some sellers try to gloss over these things in hopes of attracting a buyer.
  One couple was looking for an affordable second home in Ottawa — they lived in a lake house more than an hour’s drive from work downtown and wanted something closer. They ended up settling on a townhome in Overbrook South.
  The couple had seen the home on a warm day — the
  
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• Cappies: Redeemer Christian High School's production of Around the World in 80 days was comical and engaging

  24-05-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Show #25: Around the World in 80 Days
  Where: Redeemer Christian High School
   Director: Ashley Visser
   
  Christen Potvin, Critic
  Notre Dame High School
  Christen Potvin, Critic, Notre Dame High School.
  “A true Englishman doesn’t joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.” This statement was more than proven in Redeemer Christian High School’s production of Around the World in 80 Days. Complete with enthusiastic performances, a dynamic set and a br
  
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• Ottawa police continue search for missing elderly woman

  24-05-2017 14:54
  
  A search continues Wednesday in the area for an missing 82-year-old woman who has been missing for three days.Nelliya Karbisheva, who police say has a form of dementia, was reported seen around 10:30 p.m. Sunday leaving the Queensway Carleton Hospital on foot, walking toward Baseline Road.
  
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