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• Obituary: Rinaldo, iconic hairdresser, 'drew people together'

  25-05-2017 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Rinaldo Canonico, former hairdresser to Ottawa’s rich and famous, and a man so celebrated in social circles himself that he was known solely by his first name, died on Wednesday afternoon of complications from pneumonia.
  He was 82.
  “It’s a loss to the Ottawa community,” said longtime friend and concert promoter Dennis Ruffo. “He was one of those colourful personalities that always stand out above the rest. He always had a smile on his face, a twinkle in his eye and
  
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• Remembering Rinaldo Canonico, Ottawa's hairstylist to the stars ... - CBC.ca

  25-05-2017 23:49
  
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  Remembering Rinaldo Canonico, Ottawa's hairstylist to the stars ...
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  For more than four decades, Rinaldo Canonico — or simply 'Rinaldo' — styled the hair of heads of state, royalty, and other Ottawa celebrities. He died ...
  Ottawa hair stylist to the stars dead at 82www.insidebrockville.com/all 3 news articles »
  
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• GG honours two Ottawa Police Service officers

  25-05-2017 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Governor General David Johnston presented honours to two Ottawa Police Service officers on Thursday.
  Deputy Chief Jill Skinner and Staff Sgt. Paul Burnett were invested as members of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
  The order of merit recognizes careers of exceptional service or distinctive merit in policing contributions in Canada.
  Members of the order of merit are recognized for their exceptional service or performance of duty over an extended peri
  
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• More than 100 emergency room visits for overdoses last month

  25-05-2017 23:24
  
  Ottawa Public Health has released its drug overdose report for the month of April.
  
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• Former petty officer sentenced to nine months for sex assault, breach of trust

  25-05-2017 23:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A former petty officer was sentenced to nine months in civilian prison on Thursday for one count of sexual assault and three counts of breach of trust. On February 3, 2017, at a general court martial in Gatineau, Que., Ex-PO2 James Wilks was found guilty of those four charges.
  Wilks was a Canadian Armed Forces recruit medical examiner in London and Windsor, Ont., in 2009. The offences were reported in 2013 and 2014.
  Chief Military Judge Col. Mario Dutil announced the sentence during a general co
  
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• NCC assessing flood damage on pathways and trails

  25-05-2017 23:06
  
  Some paths remain closed and NCC asks residents to stay off.
  
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• Citizen reporter wins award for story on youth homelessness

  25-05-2017 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An Ottawa Citizen reporter has collected another award.
  Matthew Pearson won this year’s Joan Gullen Award for Media Excellence in the large print category from the eastern branch of the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
  He received the recognition for an article published last September on a report about helping homeless youths. A Way Home Ottawa, which was developed by local youth-focused social agencies, called for more emphasis on preventing youth homelessness,
  
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• Bobby Ryan's playoff strategy for avoiding distractions: stay off the phone

  25-05-2017 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – Warning: If you want to win the Stanley Cup, turn off your phone.
  According to Ottawa Senators winger Bobby Ryan, blocking any and all outside distractions is a pivotal part of having success in the NHL playoffs.
  “I don’t read anything,” said Ryan, whose outstanding post-season run has helped turn some of his biggest critics into some of his biggest fans. “I stay off all social media. Things (show) through there, they pop up. But for me, I’ve turn
  
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• #GoSensGo #NHLPLAYOFFS tonight on @Sportsnet and @CBC twitter.com/Senators/statu…

  25-05-2017 22:52 via twitter.com
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• Slow start for Ottawa Race Weekend - CBC.ca

  25-05-2017 22:22
  
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  Slow start for Ottawa Race Weekend
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  The biggest running event in Canada — and one of the most prestigious in the world — is just two days away, but the 2017 Ottawa Race Weekend still isn't sold out. The marquee running weekend — which includes a marathon, half marathon, 10K, 5K, ...
  Getting ready for Race WeekendCTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Senators prospects Brown and Chabot also enjoying lengthy playoff runs

  25-05-2017 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Ottawa Senators prospect Logan Brown is getting a second chance to shine in a season marred by injuries.
  Just like the big-league Senators, Brown is also enjoying an extended spring.
  His Windsor Spitfires are hosting the Memorial Cup and went 3-0 in the round robin portion of the tournament, guaranteeing them a spot in Sunday’s final.
  Brown, drafted 11th overall by the Senators last summer, played in only 35 games in the regular season due to hand, wrist and shoulder inj
  
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• Boucher will add veteran experience for Game 7

  25-05-2017 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – Guy Boucher wants all the experience he can get for Game 7.
  And, it sounds like he’ll turn to veteran centre Chris Kelly Thursday night.
  As the Ottawa Senators prepare to close out the Eastern Conference against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the PPG Paints Arena, the coach confirmed rookie Colin White won’t suit up which means he’ll dress either Kelly or veteran winger Tommy Wingels.
  With a victory, the Senators can move to the Stanley Cup final for the first ti
  
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• Senators prospects Brown and Chabot also enjoying lengthy playoff runs - Ottawa Citizen

  25-05-2017 22:19
  
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  Senators prospects Brown and Chabot also enjoying lengthy playoff runs
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  Windsor Spitfires right wing Jeremy Bracco (97) celebrates his goal with teammates centre Logan Brown (21) left wing Graham Knott (37) and defenceman Mikhail Sergachev (31) during third period Memorial Cup round robin hockey action against the Seattle ...and more »
  
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• Big City Mayors want federal government to take lead combating opioid crisis

  25-05-2017 22:05
  
  Mayors call for national leadership on crisis.
  
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• How to protect loved ones living with dementia

  25-05-2017 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  According to the Alzheimer Society of Ontario, up to 60 per cent of people with dementia-related memory problems will go missing at some point.
  For many people, getting lost can happen without warning, the society said. Familiar surroundings may suddenly become strange, and people can become disoriented and unable to find their way home. Half the people with dementia who go missing for at least 24 hours end up seriously injured or dead.
  On Thursday, police found the body of Nelliya Karbishe
  
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• Reevely: Why we fight fentanyl with flawed information

  25-05-2017 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Detailed new stats on Ontario’s opioid problem from the provincial government are months behind and still probably about the best we’re going to get.
  The new provincial figures that Public Health Ontario released Wednesday show emergency-room visits, hospitalizations and deaths by overdoses of drugs like heroin and fentanyl, broken down by sex, age group and geography.
  They’re are reliable and detailed … so they’re late. The most recent data, on emergency-room visi
  
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• NCC names finalists for Nepean Point redesign

  25-05-2017 21:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Four teams have been shortlisted to win the $6.7 million contract to reimagine Nepean Point, the National Capital Commission announced Thursday.
  The iconic site occupies a total area of 2.5 hectares, including Nepean Point, the north sidewalk of St. Patrick Street, the triangular traffic island at the junction of St. Patrick and Mackenzie Avenue, a Sussex Drive entrance adjacent to the National Gallery and a small portion of Major Hill’s Park.
  The first phase will replace the 50-year-
  
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• City debt reached $1.8 billion at the end of 2016

  25-05-2017 21:17
  
  The City’s consolidated financial statements show Ottawa added to its net debt in 2016.
  
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• LCBO workers protest lagging contract talks, privatization concerns

  25-05-2017 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Workers from two Liquor Control Board of Ontario outlets in Ottawa staged information pickets Thursday to protest ongoing contract concerns, including privatization of alcohol sales and with shift hours for casual employees.
  The pickets were staged at the outlet on Innes Road and the Gloucester outlet near Blair Road.
  The next bargaining date is scheduled for June 5.
  Employees picket in front of the LCBO store on Innes Road. They are concerned with the number of casual e
  
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• Investigation into death of SAR Tech focusing on “human factors”

  25-05-2017 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Department of National Defence’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority has issued the report From the Investigator in relation to a fatal parachute training accident on March 8, 2017 near Yorkton, Saskatchewan which claimed the life of Master Corporal Alfred Barr, a Royal Canadian Air Force Search and Rescue Technician (DND photo below).
  Copyright 2016 DND-MDN Canada
  This document is a brief summary of the circumstances and factual information known at this time and does not provide in
  
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• It's an epic 150 day tour celebrating Canada. We learn about the@canada_c3 next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/h4tQvMFAqp

  25-05-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  
  It's an epic 150 day tour celebrating Canada. We learn about the@canada_c3 next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/h4tQvMFAqp
  
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• What sort of weather can we expect this summer? We speak with the @weathernetwork next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/JFFYVThB5N

  25-05-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  
  What sort of weather can we expect this summer? We speak with the @weathernetwork next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/JFFYVThB5N
  
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• What to do this weekend in Ottawa, May 26 – 28

  25-05-2017 20:06
  
  Lots to do this weekend, including race weekend, garage sale-ing and Ethiopian coffee tasting.
  
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• Flooding: Dam regulators insist they didn't release too much water

  25-05-2017 20:06
  
  The organization that oversees Ottawa River dams says it did not add to the flooding problem in Ottawa and Gatineau by letting too much water through its dams farther upstream.Facebook reports have been circulating with pictures of low water on the river near Mattawa, about 300 kilometres upstream, and claiming this contributed to flooding.
  
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• We're answering your #gardening questions on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Peter Rofner of Richmond Nursery joins us n… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  We're answering your #gardening questions on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Peter Rofner of Richmond Nursery joins us n… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, our weekly update from the world of politics with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/k5EawOPzaa

  25-05-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, our weekly update from the world of politics with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/k5EawOPzaa
  
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• Elderly woman who went missing found dead in Stittsville

  25-05-2017 19:25
  
  Nelliya Karbisheva was found Thursday afternoon, with her dog by her side.
  
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• Police find body of Stittsville woman missing since Sunday

  25-05-2017 19:24
  
  Police said Thursday they had found the body of Nelliya Karbisheva, the 82-year-old Stittsville woman who went missing Sunday. Karbisheva, who police said has a form of dementia, was found in a wooded area near the end of Stittsville Main Street, not far from the area she was last seen.
  
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• Police say her dog was by her side when Neliya Karbisheva's body was found today: 1310news.com/2017/05/25/bod… #ottnews

  25-05-2017 19:17 via twitter.com
  Police say her dog was by her side when Neliya Karbisheva's body was found today: 1310news.com/2017/05/25/bod… #ottnews
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. The cost on Ontario's Hydro plan. We speak with @VicFedeliMPP next. https://t.co/N70b6HfJCV

  25-05-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. The cost on Ontario's Hydro plan. We speak with @VicFedeliMPP next. https://t.co/N70b6HfJCV
  
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• Road closures coming for Tamarack #Ottawa Race Weekend 1310news.com/2017/05/25/roa… #ottnews #otttraffic @1310traffic https://t.co/vq6xlDsqeT

  25-05-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  
  Road closures coming for Tamarack #Ottawa Race Weekend 1310news.com/2017/05/25/roa… #ottnews #otttraffic @1310traffic https://t.co/vq6xlDsqeT
  
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• A sad ending to the disappearance of a Stittsville senior. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  25-05-2017 19:08 via twitter.com
  A sad ending to the disappearance of a Stittsville senior. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Four arrested as OPP seize stolen items, pot, meth in Prescott raid

  25-05-2017 18:44
  
  A raid Wednesday at a home on George Street in Prescott yielded items that had been stolen in break-ins and thefts from vehicles in Prescott and Augusta Township along with methamphetamine and marijuana, the OPP says.
  
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• Report: Harper aide Nigel Wright breached ethics rules in Duffy affair

  25-05-2017 18:43
  
  Wright used his position to seek to influence a senator and the Conservative Fund Canada to reimburse Sen. Duffy’s living expenses, report says.
  
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• Still ahead: Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Still ahead:Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Trudeau not keen on new Afghan mission for Canada

  25-05-2017 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  NATO is looking at boosting the number of troops the alliance has committed to Afghanistan. It will decide on how many more soldiers are needed later this year.
  There are around 13,000 military personnel, mainly involved in training Afghan forces.
  But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wasn’t exactly jumping at the bit to get involved in providing Canadian troops for an Afghan training mission. (Canada has less than a dozen soldiers involved in guarding its embassy in Kabul).
  “We served a
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERlunch: @Alison_Sandor & @JulieBeun join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERlunch:@Alison_Sandor & @JulieBeun join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Search continues for elderly woman missing since Sunday - CBC.ca

  25-05-2017 17:55
  
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  Search continues for elderly woman missing since Sunday
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  Ottawa police will meet today to decide how to proceed in their search for an elderly woman missing since Sunday night. Nelliya Karbisheva, 82, was last seen around noon on Sunday while she walked her small white poodle near Horseshoe Crescent in ...
  Police find body of Stittsville woman missing since SundayOttawa Citizen
  Body of missing senior found in wooded areaCTV Newsall 6 news articles »
  
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• Four arrested as OPP seizes stolen items, pot, meth in Prescott raid

  25-05-2017 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A raid Wednesday at a home on George Street in Prescott yielded items that had been stolen in break-ins and thefts from vehicles in Prescott and Augusta Township along with methamphetamine and marijuana, the OPP says.
  Grenville County OPP teamed up with the region’s emergency response team and organized crime unit to execute the search warrant and arrested three men and a woman.
  Reese Williams, 18, of Edwardsburgh Township, and Prescott residents Brook Shedrick, 18, and Courtland Merkley,
  
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• NEXT Social media expert Beisan Zubi joins @_MarkSutcliffe on a tough day in Manchester, a love letter to teen girl… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  NEXT Social media expert Beisan Zubi joins @_MarkSutcliffe on a tough day in Manchester, a love letter to teen girl… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Developmentally delayed man missing in Ottawa

  25-05-2017 17:15
  
  Michael Brownlee, 26, has not been seen since May 14.
  
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• Ottawa issues urgent call for volunteers to help with flood clean-up

  25-05-2017 17:00
  
  The volunteers are needed to remove sandbags in Constance Bay, Fitzroy Harbour, and Dunrobin.
  
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• Rosy economic outlook for Ottawa-Gatineau: report - CBC.ca

  25-05-2017 16:47
  
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  Rosy economic outlook for Ottawa-Gatineau: report
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  Led by the federal government's hiring spree, Ottawa-Gatineau's economy is expected to grow by 2.3 per cent in 2017, according to an outlook published Thursday by the Conference Board of Canada. "We're painting a pretty rosy picture for Ottawa-Gatineau ...and more »
  
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• Maple Flag exercise to start next week – more than 2,000 to take part

  25-05-2017 16:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Exercise MAPLE FLAG will take place at 4 Wing Cold Lake between May 29 and June 23. The Royal Canadian Air Force points out that the exercise is its largest and most complex international training event of the year, involving over 1600 Canadian Forces members and over 500 allied military personnel.
   
  
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• Today's letters: Eugene Melnyk responds to criticism - Ottawa Citizen

  25-05-2017 16:22
  
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  Today's letters: Eugene Melnyk responds to criticism
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  Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk after talking on the radio in the Red Zone outside the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa Saturday April 15, 2017. Melnyk is hitting back against criticism levelled against him by a Citizen columnist. Tony Caldwell ...and more »
  
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• Today's letters: Eugene Melnyk responds to criticism

  25-05-2017 16:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  My commitment is to making the Sens a great hockey team 
  Re: Melnyk must be to blame for so many unsold playoff tickets, May 23
  It was hugely disappointing to see that Don Brennan, a veteran member of our Ottawa sports media establishment, has chosen to single me out as the root cause for empty seats during our spectacular playoff run.
  This has been too good a moment for our team, our city and our fans. I won’t ruin it for them, nor our organization, by trying to counter the
  
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• NEXT #QuestionOfTheDay Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs Watch: bit.ly/1ldOZJF OR call… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 15:59 via twitter.com
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• #OttawaToday COMING UP AT 10: How do you feel going into Game 7 of the #Senators series with Pittsburgh? #sens… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 15:53 via twitter.com
  #OttawaToday COMING UP AT 10: How do you feel going into Game 7 of the #Senators series with Pittsburgh? #sens… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• #MISSING: Michael Brownlee, 26, of #Ottawa. Police say he is developmentally delayed 1310news.com/2017/05/25/ott…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-05-2017 15:51 via twitter.com
  #MISSING: Michael Brownlee, 26, of #Ottawa. Police say he is developmentally delayed 1310news.com/2017/05/25/ott…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Volunteers urgently needed — this time to take away sandbags

  25-05-2017 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city says it urgently needs volunteers in areas flooded by the Ottawa River, this time to take away sandbags.
  It has called for volunteers age 16 and over in Fitzroy Harbour, Constance Bay and Dunrobin, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  Anyone able and willing to help move sandbags from residential properties to the side of the road for pick up is asked to report to a meeting point at the Constance Bay Community Centre at the following dates and times:
  Friday, May 26, between 2
  
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