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• Original Redblack Scott Macdonell wanting more in fourth CFL season

  03-06-2017 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Official Canadian Football League stats show 16 catches for 221 yards, with 13 of those grabs and 181 yards coming in Year 1, when the Ottawa Redblacks were an expansion team struggling to win games.
  Now wearing a CFL jersey for the fourth season, Scott Macdonell loves being part of the Redblacks culture. He loves Ottawa. But, somehow, some way, the 26-year-old who was a second-round draft pick out of Queen’s University in 2014, wants more. He knows how tough that will be with so many
  
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• Toddler in critical condition after being struck by car in Gatineau

  03-06-2017 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A toddler was rushed to CHEO in critical condition after he was struck by a car in a residential parking lot in Gatineau around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
  Police said the two-year-old boy may have been playing near the parking lot on 50 Lorrain Blvd. at the Lorrain Habitations apartment complex near Maloney Boulevard. Investigators believe the child was hit by a reversing car as he went to chase a ball.
  Sgt. Sebastien Pepin said the latest indication from hospital is that the child’s in
  
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• Woman, 23, dead after being hit by car on Highway 416

  03-06-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 23-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on Highway 416 in Edwardsburgh Township, about an hour’s drive south of Ottawa, early Saturday morning. 
  The Grenville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to the crash around 5:30 a.m. on the highway, near mile marker six. 
  A Brockville woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The OPP said it would not release her name until next of kin was notified. 
   
  
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• Reevely: No re-vote for Tories in Ottawa West-Nepean, local party leader says amid fraud claims

  03-06-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ontario Progressive Conservatives will sidestep controversies over the candidates they’ve nominated for the next provincial election by having leader Patrick Brown use his authority to appoint them, says the president of the party’s Ottawa West-Nepean riding association.
  Emma McLennan, a longtime party activist, has been asking for a re-vote in her riding amid numerous allegations of fraud, including more ballots counted in the boxes at the May 6 nomination meeting than there wer
  
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• Reevely: No re-vote for Tories in Ottawa West-Nepean, local party leader says amid fraud claims - Ottawa Citizen

  03-06-2017 22:52
  
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  Reevely: No re-vote for Tories in Ottawa West-Nepean, local party leader says amid fraud claims
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  Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown will use his authority to appoint nominated candidates, says the president of the party's Ottawa West-Nepean riding association. James Park / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. The Ontario ...
  
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• Firefighters extinguish fire at McNabb Community Centre

  03-06-2017 21:54
  
  A rooftop blaze at the McNabb Community Centre in Chinatown was quickly brought under control by Ottawa firefighters Saturday afternoon. A worker phoned Ottawa Fire Services around 12:20 p.m. to report a fire at the centre on 160 Percy St.
  
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• Firefighters extinguish McNabb Community Centre rooftop blaze

  03-06-2017 21:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A rooftop blaze at the McNabb Community Centre in Chinatown was quickly brought under control by Ottawa firefighters Saturday afternoon. 
  A worker phoned Ottawa Fire Services around 12:20 p.m. to report a fire at the centre on 160 Percy St.
  Firefighters arrived at the scene and confirmed a small blaze on the roof of the two-storey building, from which occupants had evacuated. The fire was brought until control at 12:50 p.m. No one was injured as a result.
  The blaze did not reach inside
  
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• Fleeing homicide suspect killed by officer in ByWard Market gunfight

  03-06-2017 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A cluster of related shootings in the ByWard Market early Saturday morning left two people dead, a third injured and prompted an investigation by both the civilian police watchdog and homicide detectives.
  One man was shot and suffered non-life threatening injuries on the west side of Dalhousie Street, north of Clarence Street, just after 2 a.m. The suspect in that shooting fled the scene and later shot a second man, 43, killing him.
  A tactical police officer attempted a gunpoint arrest of the su
  
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• Fake science publisher accepts previously-retracted paper for third time

  03-06-2017 20:52
  
  OMICS, the major Indian publisher of fake science journals, has now accepted a previously-retracted paper for the third time — this time for use at a continuing medical education conference. It previously published the meaningless text submitted by the Sun in an ethics journal — then was forced to retract it.
  
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• Fake science publisher accepts previously-retracted paper … again

  03-06-2017 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OMICS, the major Indian publisher of fake science journals, has now accepted a previously-retracted paper for the third time — this time for use at a continuing medical education conference.
  It previously published the meaningless text submitted by the Citizen in an ethics journal — then was forced to retract it once we made the episode public.
  Earlier this week, it accepted the same text all over again for presentation at a conference on immunology, claiming it had passed
  
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• UPDATED: Two dead, one injured after shooting in the Byward Market #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/two…

  03-06-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  UPDATED: Two dead, one injured after shooting in the Byward Market #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/two…
  
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• SIU says 2 are dead after police involved shooting in downtown Ottawa - Toronto Star

  03-06-2017 20:04
  
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  SIU says 2 are dead after police involved shooting in downtown Ottawa
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  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating a series of three shootings — one involving a police officer — that left two people dead in downtown Ottawa. By The Canadian Press. Sat., June 3, 2017. OTTAWA—Ontario's police watchdog is ...
  SIU investigating shooting that left 2 dead at ByWard Market in OttawaGlobalnews.ca
  Watchdog says 2 are dead after police involved shootin
  
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• If you couldn't get your car out of the garage in the Byward Market because of the investigation, keep your receipt… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  03-06-2017 18:45 via twitter.com
  If you couldn't get your car out of the garage in the Byward Market because of the investigation, keep your receipt… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Traffic: Highway 416 near Spencerville reopened after woman killed

  03-06-2017 18:32
  
  A 23-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on Highway 416 in Edwardsburgh Township, about an hour's drive south of Ottawa, early Saturday morning. 
  
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• Top cop to eat crow, wear Penguins jersey

  03-06-2017 18:18
  
  Ottawa’s police chief will be trading in his red, black and white Senators colours for a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey.On Friday night, Charles Bordeleau tweeted that he had received a Penguins jersey with a Pittsburgh police patch. He tagged the rival chief, Scott Schubert, and the Ottawa police’s Twitter account in his post.
  
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• Woman, 23, dead after collision with car on Highway 416

  03-06-2017 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 23-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on Highway 416 in Edwardsburgh Township, about an hour’s drive south of Ottawa, early Saturday morning. 
  The Grenville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to the crash around 5:30 a.m. on the highway, near mile marker six. 
  A 23-year-old woman from Brockville was pronounced dead at the scene. The OPP said it would not release her name until the next of kin was notified. 
  The OPP closed all s
  
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• OPP say a 23-year-old Brockville woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on the 416 near mile marker 6 arou… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  03-06-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  OPP say a 23-year-old Brockville woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on the 416 near mile marker 6 arou… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Two dead, one injured after Market shooting [Video]

  03-06-2017 17:42
  
  The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after one person was killed and police then shot a suspect dead. The shootings occurred early Saturday morning in the area of Clarence and Dalhousie streets in the ByWard Market.A parallel homicide investigation of the first victim will likely begin once the SIU assesses the scene.
  
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• Two dead, one injured after Market shooting

  03-06-2017 17:42
  
  The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after one person was killed and police then shot a suspect dead. The shootings occurred early Saturday morning in the area of Clarence and Dalhousie streets in the ByWard Market.A parallel homicide investigation of the first victim will likely begin once the SIU assesses the scene.
  
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• SIU investigating after two dead and one injured in ByWard Market

  03-06-2017 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A cluster of related shootings in the ByWard Market early Saturday morning left two people dead, a third injured and prompted investigations by both the civilian police watchdog and homicide detectives.
  One man was shot and injured in the area of Dalhousie and Clarence streets some time after 2 a.m. The suspect in that shooting fled the scene and later shot a second man, killing him.
  A tactical police officer, in pursuit of the male suspect, exchanged gunfire with him inside a parking garage. In
  
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• You can catch all the action on @1310NEWS just after 1 p.m. twitter.com/BlueJays/statu…

  03-06-2017 17:17 via twitter.com
  You can catch all the action on @1310NEWS just after 1 p.m. twitter.com/BlueJays/statu…
  
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• Liam Maguire's Ultimate Hockey Show starts now. Listen live here: player.1310news.com twitter.com/Liams_Hockey/s…

  03-06-2017 17:07 via twitter.com
  Liam Maguire's Ultimate Hockey Show starts now. Listen live here: player.1310news.com twitter.com/Liams_Hockey/s…
  
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• If you bought a Lotto Max ticket in Quebec, you're going to want to check it. Someone won the $55M jackpot https://t.co/4xMCH3qedU

  03-06-2017 16:56 via twitter.com
  
  If you bought a Lotto Max ticket in Quebec, you're going to want to check it. Someone won the $55M jackpot https://t.co/4xMCH3qedU
  
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• Suspected kitchen fire then spreads through row house unit near LeBreton Flats #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/sus…

  03-06-2017 16:46 via twitter.com
  Suspected kitchen fire then spreads through row house unit near LeBreton Flats #ottnews1310news.com/2017/06/03/sus…
  
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• Overnight fire at family home on Banff Avenue being investigated

  03-06-2017 16:24
  
  An overnight fire on Banff Avenue is being investigated. Calls to 911 reported a fire inside a carport on Banff Avenue near Walkley Road. By the time Ottawa Fire Services arrived, the fire had spread to the house. Three people were displaced and one person needed treatment from paramedics.
  
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• Arson unit investigating after car fire spreads to single family home

  03-06-2017 16:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating an overnight fire on Banff Avenue in the city’s south end. 
  Calls to 911 Saturday just after 5 a.m. reported a car on fire inside a carport at a single-family home on 1930 Banff Ave., near Walkley Road.
  By the time Ottawa Fire Services arrived, the fire had spread to the house.
  Three people were displaced and one person needed treatment from paramedics.
  Investigators were on the scene. 
  
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• Some rain today, thunderstorms on Sunday and more rain next week

  03-06-2017 16:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Enjoy what sliver of sun you can today.
  Environment Canada is only forecasting a 30 per cent chance of rain Saturday, with a high of 19 C and low of 8 C and clouds at night.
  For Sunday, the weather pros are expecting rain, around 5-10 mm, with thunder and lightning possibly getting into the mix and a high of 16 C. Nighttime should see a low of 11 C and more showers.
  Monday and Tuesday are both going to be wet, so if you have a chance to get outside today, take advantage of it.
  The good news?
  Mor
  
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• Three displaced after car fire spreads to south-end home #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/thr… https://t.co/rl0YzTd1YV

  03-06-2017 15:34 via twitter.com
  
  Three displaced after car fire spreads to south-end home #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/thr… https://t.co/rl0YzTd1YV
  
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• Ottawa weather: Chance of rain today, thunderstorms Sunday and more rain on Monday

  03-06-2017 15:20
  
  Enjoy what sliver of sun you can today. For Sunday, the weather pros are expecting rain, around 5-10 mm, with thunder and lightning possibly getting into the mix.
  
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• 2 dead, 1 injured after shootout in ByWard Market - CBC.ca

  03-06-2017 14:55
  
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  2 dead, 1 injured after shootout in ByWard Market
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  A suspect exchanged gunfire with an Ottawa police officer early Saturday morning in a case that ended with two dead and one injured. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit said it is investigating the police-involved shooting in Ottawa's ByWard Market ...
  SIU investigating double fatality in ByWard MarketCTV News
  Fleeing homicide suspect killed by officer in ByWard Market gunfightOttawa Citizen
  2 dead after shooting in Ottawa's By
  
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• Highway 416 Southbound at County Road 21 remains closed near Spencerville. No information on when it will reopen twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  03-06-2017 14:37 via twitter.com
  Highway 416 Southbound at County Road 21 remains closed near Spencerville. No information on when it will reopen twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• Two people are dead after a shooting in the Byward Market overnight. The SIU is investigating #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/03/two…

  03-06-2017 14:28 via twitter.com
  Two people are dead after a shooting in the Byward Market overnight. The SIU is investigating #ottnews1310news.com/2017/06/03/two…
  
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• This year's Canadian Pacific Women's Open a home game for Brooke Henderson

  03-06-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Brooke Henderson maintains she tries to look at her LPGA Tour schedule only one week and one tournament at a time, the idea being to focus on the task immediately at hand.
  It might not be possible for the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, though, particularly this year. The Aug. 24 to 27 tournament will take place at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, only an hour or so from Henderson’s bursting-with-pride hometown of Smiths Falls.
  The last time the LPGA Tour visited the capital regio
  
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• Brooke Inc: Smiths Falls golfer Brooke Henderson a star with corporate sponsors, too

  03-06-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Brooke Henderson is a star on golf’s world stage.
  She’s almost always featured in pre-tournament media sessions for LPGA Tour events and included in featured opening-round groups.
  It will be Henderson and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Lorie Kane at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club this month to promote the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in August, not defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand.
  Corporations willing to spend on endorsements by professional a
  
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• Brooke Henderson's success paying dividends for Canadian golf on course, too

  03-06-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Profit-seeking corporations aren’t the only supporters hoping to turn the successes of Brooke Henderson into something more.
  The national sport organization for golf also hopes the 19-year-old LPGA Tour star from Smiths Falls inspires Canadian contemporaries and those following in her spike marks.
  “I think Brooke’s profile in the media now is such that it’s creating a larger awareness of golf and specifically women’s golf,” says Jeff Thompson, c
  
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• Capital Facts: One of Ottawa's most decorated hockey names

  03-06-2017 12:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
  Born in 1934, Brian Kilrea is one of Ottawa’s most decorated hockey names, dedicating most of his life to the sport as a player, coach, general manager and scout.
  Kilrea played 26 games in the NHL, one as Gordie Howe’s teammate with the Detroit Red Wings and 25
  
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• Capital Voices: 'It comes down to this misunderstanding we have about introversion'

  03-06-2017 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, the exceptional and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day.
  “This message of ‘be kind’ has been with me for a life-long journey. I came to Buddhism as a child — and on my own — and I always thought that it
  
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• Pedal through the Ottawa countryside on these rural cycling routes - CBC.ca

  03-06-2017 11:01
  
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  Pedal through the Ottawa countryside on these rural cycling routes
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  There are now twelve trails that wind through both nature and culture open to cyclists in rural Ottawa. You may be familiar with the bike path along the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway or the special lanes installed downtown, but did you know that there ...
  
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• Ottawa ups its cool factor for Canada's 150 - Calgary Herald

  03-06-2017 11:00
  
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  Ottawa ups its cool factor for Canada's 150
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  Illuminated by the late-day sun, its Neo-Gothic buildings bathed in golden rays, Parliament Hill glows. I pause from the pathway adjacent to the Canadian Museum of History in Hull, Que. — just across the Ottawa River from Canada's seat of government ...
  Under construction: Downtown Ottawa on Canada Day will remain a work in progressCBC.ca
  The Rideau Canal will be a busy place this summerCTV Newsall 7 news artic
  
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• Beacon Heights Retirement Residence celebrates refresh with open-house

  03-06-2017 06:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Beacon Heights Retirement Residence is celebrating its new look and the comfortable lifestyle it has been offering residents for the last seven years with a two-day Open House Community Celebration.
  As executive director, Pam Story, says, it was simply time for the well-established retirement residence in north-east Ottawa to “re-glamorize and update.”
  “This is people’s home and you want to keep it looking good, just as you want to keep any home looking nice,” she s
  
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• ‘A bet is a bet:' Police chief to wear Pittsburgh Penguins jersey

  03-06-2017 05:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s police chief will be trading in his red, black and white Senators colours for a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey.
  On Friday night, Charles Bordeleau tweeted that he had received a Penguins jersey with a Pittsburgh police patch. He tagged the rival chief, Scott Schubert, and the Ottawa police’s Twitter account in his post.
  Last week, the Senators were defeated by the Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, leaving the team with broken playoff dreams. Pittsburgh is
  
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• Champions edge Miners in home game

  03-06-2017 04:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Brian Bistagne hit a game-winning homer for the Ottawa Champions in a 3-2 victory over the Sussex County Miners in a Can-AM League baseball game at RCGT Stadium on Friday night.
  Matt Helms also homered for the Champions, who face the Miners in Game 2 of the weekend series starting Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
  Alex Luna (1-0) picked up his first win of the season in relief for the Champions, who were playing for the first time since they went just 1-6 on a seven-game road swing. Raydel Sanchez reco
  
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• Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame officially inducts OSEG partners

  03-06-2017 04:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It has already been quite a run with everything that has gone on around Lansdowne Park, including the return of the Canadian Football League and professional soccer to Ottawa.
  Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group partners Roger Greenberg, John Ruddy, Jeff Hunt, John Pugh and Bill Shenkman were inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Horticultural Building at Lansdowne Park on Friday evening.
  Several former Rough Riders and some of Ottawa’s all-time greate
  
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• School's out for some repairs on a broken water pipe at École Euclide-Lanthie

  03-06-2017 02:15
  
  Five hundred and fifty elementary students will not be returning to École Euclide-Lanthier for the rest of the school year due to a broken water pipe. Caroline Sauvé, the director of communications for the Commission scolaire des Portages-de-l’Outaouais, said the school will remain closed until summer holidays arrive.
  
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• OC Sessions: Singer-songwriter Scott Helman talks music, love and living with ADHD

  03-06-2017 02:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Scott Helman
  with Featurette and Ryland James
  7 p.m. June 9, Maverick’s Bar, 220 Rideau St. (all-ages)
  Tickets: $15, plus surcharge, available at www.tickets.spiff.space
  Singer-songwriter Scott Helman released Hotel de Ville, his full-length, major-label debut, last month. The 21-year-old musician stopped by the Citizen office to play a few songs, and spoke to Lynn Saxberg about creating the new album, living with ADHD and the “absurdity” of being on the road. 
  Q: You
  
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• What will LRT mean for bus service east of Rideau River?

  03-06-2017 02:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The opening of the Confederation LRT Line is an exciting moment in Ottawa’s public transit history, but OC Transpo must use it as an opportunity to improve service for all users, including those who won’t ride the train on a daily basis, says east-end Coun. Tobi Nussbaum.
  What effect the $2.1-billion LRT line, which opens sometime next year, will have on local bus routes in Vanier, Overbrook and other neighbourhoods east of the Rideau River, in particular, is the subject of
  
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• School's out — for some repairs on a broken water pipe at École Euclide-Lanthier

  03-06-2017 01:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Five hundred and fifty elementary students will not be returning to École Euclide-Lanthier for the rest of the school year due to a broken water pipe. 
  Caroline Sauvé, the director of communications for the Commission scolaire des Portages-de-l’Outaouais, said the school will remain closed until summer holidays arrive. 
  Significant electrical system damage occurred when water reached a depth of one foot in the Gatineau school’s basemen
  
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• Our picks for Doors Open Ottawa: Good dogs, paramedics and more

  03-06-2017 01:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Penny Bowden woke up one morning when she was 43 and realized she could no longer see. 
  “It’s quite frightening when you’ve had your sight your whole life,” said Bowden, who lives in Ottawa.
  Bowden, now 52, was diagnosed with Stargardt’s retinal dystrophy, which rapidly progressed. She became legally blind in both eyes within a year. Bowden said there is no cure or treatment for Stargardt’s, a disorder that causes progressive damage to the centre of the e
  
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• Vanier forum explores post-LRT bus service east of Rideau River

  03-06-2017 01:50
  
  The opening of the Confederation LRT Line is an exciting moment in Ottawa’s public transit history, but OC Transpo must use it as an opportunity to improve service for all users, including those who won’t ride the train on a daily basis, says east-end Coun. Tobi Nussbaum.
  
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• House prices climb 7.4 per cent in May as Ottawa market strengthens

  03-06-2017 01:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Real estate agents are finally getting a taste of spring — at least in some parts of the city. 
  The average price for residential properties in Ottawa sold in May jumped 7.4 year over year to $436,600, the Ottawa Real Estate Board reported Friday. It’s the second month in a row that has seen prices increase in excess of seven per cent, suggesting Ottawa’s real estate market is strengthening in favour of sellers.
  Certainly agents are seeing multiple offers for new listings,
  
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