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• Vanier residents grow wary as suspected firebug strikes again

  05-06-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Marcel Monette said he’s added new security features around his Vanier home.
  It’s the kind of thing you do after there have been five suspicious fires within a few blocks of your house in the past two months and police suspect the same person might be responsible for all of them.
  “There is obviously a real sick person going around,” said Monette, a day after the latest early morning fire razed a home down the block at 309 Montfort St. The fire caused an estimated $450,000
  
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• Toronto officers won't be charged in 2016 shooting death of Ottawa man

  05-06-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit has concluded that no charges are warranted in the death of an Ottawa man shot eight times by police in Toronto on March 4, 2016.
  Devon LaFleur, 30, was wanted by police in Ottawa for an armed robbery earlier that day and had left the city to head to Toronto in an SUV stolen from his sister to meet a friend. Toronto police, who had been warned that LeFleur was headed to Toronto and were waiting for him, shot LaFleur eight times on Bayview Avenue i
  
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• Dead suspect wanted in Vaughan when shot by police

  05-06-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The homicide suspect shot dead by a tactical police officer this weekend was wanted on a bench warrant in Vaughan at the time of his death, the Citizen has learned.
  Raymond Alliman, 31, died in a shootout with an Ottawa police officer early Saturday morning inside a ByWard Market parking garage. That exchange of gunfire came after Alliman had already shot two other people in a frenzied rampage that played out on bustling downtown streets as bar-goers were leaving the Market.
  A dispute between tw
  
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• Redblacks looking forward to CFL pre-season tests

  05-06-2017 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Now more than a week into training camp, the Ottawa Redblacks are looking at two Canadian Football League preseason games that could decide who stays and who goes.
  The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are in Ottawa for a game Thursday night, and then the Redblacks will travel to Montreal to face the Alouettes on June 15.
  “I’m not totally committing to this, but, if people are healthy, they’re dressing and they’re going to play,” Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell said after Mond
  
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• Liberals: Ontario's Wynne focuses on fairness one year from election

  05-06-2017 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  One year out from Ontario’s next general election, we’re looking at the three major provincial parties, their leaders, and their potential paths to victory. Today, in Part 1, we look at Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals.
  TORONTO Kathleen Wynne is all about the F word.
  Listen to Ontario’s premier speak these days and chances are she’ll talk about fairness. It has become her mantra, an idea she ties to nearly every big announcement she has made lately, fro
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks drop handful of veterans from training-camp roster

  05-06-2017 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With plenty of tough decisions still to make in the next two weeks, the Ottawa Redblacks said goodbye to five veterans, including two former second-round draft picks, on Monday.
  The release of defensive back Mikael Charland, punter Ronnie Pfeffer, receiver Scott Macdonell and quarterback Brock Jensen was announced Monday afternoon. 
  Receiver Scott Macdonell was the Redblacks’ second-round draft pick in 2014. Julie Oliver/Postmedia
  Coinciding with the Jensen move, expect the arrival of
  
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• Nature Conservancy protects 60 square kilometres near Montebello [Video]

  05-06-2017 22:52
  
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada has formally protected 60 square kilometres of land — nearly 15,000 acres — northeast of Montebello to give wildlife room to move.The area — about three-kilometres wide and 20 km from north to south — will maintain a forest “corridor” between Mont Tremblant National Park and commercially managed forests to the north
  
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• Nature Conservancy protects 60 square kilometres near Montebello

  05-06-2017 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada has formally protected 60 square kilometres of land — nearly 15,000 acres — northeast of Montebello to give wildlife room to move.
  The area — about three-kilometres wide and 20 km from north to south — will maintain a forest “corridor” between Mont Tremblant National Park and commercially managed forests to the north, and the Adirondacks to the south.
  The announcement was made Monday at the Manoir Papineau National Historic Sit
  
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• Reevely: Old Ottawa South church plans condos by Rideau Canal

  05-06-2017 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A zoning quirk could let an Old Ottawa South church shore up its finances by building a six-storey condominium overlooking the Rideau Canal.
  Southminster United overlooks the canal just west of the Bank Street Bridge. If you’re skating toward Dow’s Lake on a winter afternoon, you can see its stained glass glowing in the sun.
  The church and the stained glass are staying. But what’s going, conditional on city council’s approval, are a two-storey addition at the back and a s
  
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• Spring convocation ceremonies celebrate students, honorary recipients

  05-06-2017 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s that time of year when students walk across a university or college stage to accept a diploma for their hard work and dedication.
  At Carleton University, approximately 3,581 undergraduate and graduate students will receive their degrees. During its spring convocation ceremonies, held June 13 to 16, Carleton will also present 13 honorary degrees.
  “The extraordinary recipients of these honorary degrees will inspire Carleton graduates as they embark on the next chapter of their liv
  
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• Canada fast-tracking would-be immigrants with French skills, and siblings in the country. 1310news.com/2017/06/05/ott…

  05-06-2017 22:16 via twitter.com
  Canada fast-tracking would-be immigrants with French skills, and siblings in the country. 1310news.com/2017/06/05/ott…
  
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• Jim Watson says the Byward Market is a safe place to celebrate Canada's 150th - 1310news.com/2017/06/05/jim… #ottnews https://t.co/WFBHImKmfm

  05-06-2017 21:59 via twitter.com
  
  Jim Watson says the Byward Market is a safe place to celebrate Canada's 150th - 1310news.com/2017/06/05/jim… #ottnews https://t.co/WFBHImKmfm
  
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• Elgin Street's newest landmark named for $5M NAC donors

  05-06-2017 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The signature element of the National Art’s Centre’s $110.5-million facelift will be named the Kipnes Lantern after an Edmonton couple gave $5 million to the arts organization.
  The hexagonal lantern faces the National War Memorial and will serve as the centre’s new Elgin Street entrance. Four sides will be clad in glass that’s enabled with LED technology so it can transform into a giant digital screen and livestream events from inside the building or across the country.
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• ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/WTtr6ITWt3

  05-06-2017 21:47 via twitter.com
  
  ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/WTtr6ITWt3
  
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• Bids for Canadian Surface Combatant delayed until mid-August

  05-06-2017 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Canadian government and Irving Shipbuilding Inc. announced Monday they were extending the submission deadline for the Canadian Surface Combatant request for proposals.
  Bidders had previously complained they didn’t have enough time to recruit Canadian firms for the surface combatant program.
  The deadline was originally June 22. That has now been delayed to at least mid-August, noted a statement from the federal government.
  “As per the RFP, bidders can submit draft bids for re
  
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• Carling Travelodge owner files high-rise residential proposal for hotel property

  05-06-2017 20:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The company that owns the west-end Travelodge Hotel has filed a blueprint to overhaul the property into a high-rise residential complex, adding to the long-term transformation of a short stretch of Carling Avenue.
  The first phase of the redevelopment would knock down the existing 13-storey hotel building, which is currently vacant, and parking structure to make way for a 20-storey building on Carling Avenue and a nine-storey building along Archibald Street.
  A three-storey hotel building on the w
  
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• Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @JimWatsonOttawa on Canada Day security & the safety of the Byward Ma… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @JimWatsonOttawa on Canada Day security & the safety of the Byward Ma… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• There's an Ottawa-area festival for just about everyone this summer

  05-06-2017 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  First come the tulips, then come the tunes.
  It’s seasonal ritual in the nation’s capital: As the city’s Tulip Festival comes to a close, the bloom begins for another season, one filled with live music.
  Beginning with Westfest, this first weekend in June, the calendar is packed through to September with nearly continuous live music on open air stages from east to west.
  Perhaps it was the unusually long spring, helped along by the hometown hockey team’s inspiring playoff ru
  
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• #WeDay takes over Parliament Hill on July 2nd, @craigkielburger joins us with all the details next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  #WeDay takes over Parliament Hill on July 2nd, @craigkielburger joins us with all the details next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @MediaSmarts Matthew Johnson discusses the latest guidelines for kids and screen… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @MediaSmarts Matthew Johnson discusses the latest guidelines for kids and screen… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @ethelnalule on the challenges of treating #LymeDisease here in Canada https://t.co/AnFHS5ndOQ

  05-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @ethelnalule on the challenges of treating #LymeDisease here in Canada https://t.co/AnFHS5ndOQ
  
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• Antiques: Outstanding Maritime table could fetch over $7500

  05-06-2017 19:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Q. This table has been in my family for some time and my parents always talked about it being special and made by a famous maker. It is now with me in Ontario but my family roots are from the Maritimes. It’s in very good shape except for some missing bits of wood on the front corners. It’s about 122 cm wide (48 inches) without the end little leaves raised up. I’m wondering if I have my information correct and this is the table they were talking about. Thank you.
  Clare, Caledon
  
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• If there was a 5,000-strong pro-Trump rally, Ottawa police didn't hear about it

  05-06-2017 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Organizers dubbed Saturday’s event the Million Canadian March.
  “5,000 Canadians march in support of Trump, against Liberal Trudeau administration,” reported the right-wing Breitbart news in a post on Saturday shared more than 34,500 times.
  The text of the article revises that to “up to 5,000” rallied on Parliament Hill.
  “March against Trudope and his tyranny,” said the march’s Facebook page, which lists 504 people as having attended. “This ma
  
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• Today's letters: Politicians, not weather, responsible for our bad roads

  05-06-2017 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Old ideas become new again
  Re: Can’t vote, can’t contribute, June 3
  I think I agree with Shannon Gormley’s views on the necessity of preventing foreign money and influence on elections. I certainly appreciate her embracing so vigorously concepts such as citizen control of the body politic, national sovereignty and national identity.
  I admit to having been a little shocked to see these arguments being offered now. I have gotten used to seeing such concepts, once foundational to
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne we check in with @RiverWardRiley to discusses the Giver 150 Playground. https://t.co/dL6fW1KzT7

  05-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne we check in with @RiverWardRiley to discusses the Giver 150 Playground. https://t.co/dL6fW1KzT7
  
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• #BREAKING: Police name 2 of the London Bridge attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane.

  05-06-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Police name 2 of the London Bridge attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane.
  
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• Feds pull military support out of flood-affected areas in Quebec as conditions improve - 1310news.com/2017/06/05/fed…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  Feds pull military support out of flood-affected areas in Quebec as conditions improve - 1310news.com/2017/06/05/fed…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• The @MeehanCarolAnne show starts now, Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/3EIW1JIxhD

  05-06-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  
  The @MeehanCarolAnne show starts now, Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/3EIW1JIxhD
  
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• Nicholas: It's looking doubtful that the new library will be iconic

  05-06-2017 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When Ottawa residents were promised a new central library, many had visions of an iconic new structure. This hope is now rather doubtful.
  The city is on a path that will lower our chances of having a new architectural landmark.
  Whereas cities around the world have run open competitions for their library designs, Ottawa seems to be going in the opposite direction: not having any competition. Without any competitive pressure to obtain the most striking design, Ottawa may get a building that is sim
  
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• Still ahead: @JR_Ottawa on PC Party denying new vote in #Ottawa West-Nepean: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #onpoli… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 18:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @JR_Ottawa on PC Party denying new vote in #Ottawa West-Nepean:bit.ly/1uwtdOs#onpoli… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Prof. @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on the State of the Media… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Still ahead:Associate Prof.@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on the State of the Media… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Motorcyclist, passenger seriously hurt in crash with deer

  05-06-2017 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A motorcyclist and his passenger were seriously hurt when their bike hit a deer in Augusta Township Sunday morning.
  The Brockville man and his female passenger, both 58, were traveling on County Road 2 at about 7 a.m.
  OPP technical traffic collision investigators were on hand to help with the investigation, Grenville County OPP said. 
   
  
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• Conservatives say Liberal government blocks plan to study Super Hornet and ship deals

  05-06-2017 16:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Conservative members on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates were blocked last week from trying to begin an examination of the military procurement system.
  They put forward the following motion: “That the meeting on Thursday, June 15, 2017, be dedicated to develop a work plan for the Committee’s study of the Federal Government’s procurement process, which includes the vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard, the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy,
  
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• Gatineau students moving to Cegep after water pipe break

  05-06-2017 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The 550 students washed out of a Gatineau elementary school by a broken water pipe will be finishing up the school year at an area Cegep starting Wednesday.
  École Euclide-Lanthier was evacuated Friday morning when water reached a depth of one foot in the school’s basement causing significant electrical damage. 
  The Portages-de l’Outaouais School Board reports staff are working on moving the students to Cégep Heritage College.
  In the meantime, parents and stude
  
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• NEXT @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live to discuss #politics of the day: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  NEXT@michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live to discuss #politics of the day:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Fire destroys abandoned farm house near Manotick

  05-06-2017 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A fire investigator has been called in to find out what caused a fire that destroyed an abandoned farm house on Nicolls Island Road near River Road Sunday evening.
  Fire crews got multiple 911 calls reporting heavy black smoke and flames and found the home fully engulfed.
  They established a “collapse zone” around the house because the integrity of the structure was weakened by the fire and went into defence mode to stop the flames from spreading.
   The smoke was billowing out
  
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• Coming up at 10: Are you less likely to attend #CanadaDay celebrations in #Ottawa? #QuestionOfTheDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 15:36 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10: Are you less likely to attend#CanadaDay celebrations in #Ottawa? #QuestionOfTheDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• COMING UP: @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 15:28 via twitter.com
  COMING UP:@YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• JUST IN: Orange County Sheriff's office report multiple fatalities in workplace shooting in #Orlando. Officials say situation stabilized.

  05-06-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Orange County Sheriff's office report multiple fatalities in workplace shooting in #Orlando. Officials say situation stabilized.
  
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• NEXT: @AGMacDougall & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss #Londonattack -- it’s getting harder to keep calm & carry on… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-06-2017 15:12 via twitter.com
  NEXT: @AGMacDougall & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss #Londonattack -- it’s getting harder to keep calm & carry on… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Expect up to 40 mm of rain on Monday and Tuesday. Sigh. [Video]

  05-06-2017 14:47
  
  Another Monday, another rainy forecast in Ottawa.Environment Canada is predicting up to 40 mm of rain to fall Monday and Tuesday. But Wednesday should finally be a little more June-like. For Monday, expect showers to start near noon, with a risk of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm and a high of 17 C and low of 11 C.
  
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• Canadian military personnel receive pay hike starting June 30

  05-06-2017 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canadian Forces personnel will receive an increase of over 6% to pay and around 5% to some environmental and special allowances, according to the Department of National Defence. Military personnel will be paid at these new rates along with a lump sum back-payment starting June 30, 2017. This covers retroactive increases starting April 1, 2014 calculated as follows:
  four 1.25% increases in pay and allowances effective April 1 for the past four fiscal years: 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 20
  
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• Expect up to 40 mm of rain on Monday and Tuesday. Sigh.

  05-06-2017 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Another Monday, another rainy forecast in Ottawa.
  Environment Canada is predicting up to 40 mm of rain to fall Monday and Tuesday. But Wednesday should finally be a little more June-like.
  For Monday, expect showers to start near noon, with a risk of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm and a high of 17 C and low of 11 C. Predicted rainfall is 5 to 10 mm during the day and 10 to 15 mm in the evening.
  On Tuesday, expect periods of rain totalling 10 to 15 mm, with a high of 13 C and low of 9 C
  
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• The opioid crisis: Watch how Ottawa paramedics save lives with naloxone

  05-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “Sir, can you hear me? Hello? Sir?”
  Nothing.
  Paramedics Richard White and Colin Stiff find the man limp and totally unresponsive after bystanders called 911.
  It’s an imagined scenario, but one increasingly familiar to first-responders in this city.
  The man’s barely breathing, his pupils are mere pinpoints and he can’t be roused by a shake. His pulse is racing. His blood sugar is normal, ruling out hypoglycemia, and there’s no signs of a head injury, another co
  
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• The Gargoyle: Boozy night morphs into awkward meetings and intense committees

  05-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s a busy week on the Hill, as the government outlines the future of the military, tries saving the economy and faces off against an oddly timed court ruling.
  But first, a look at Saturday night’s press gallery dinner.
  Scheer shines for press gallery
  The annual nerd prom brought cabinet ministers, past and former premiers and Supreme Court justices – oh, and scads of journalists – to the Museum of History for a boozy evening of light-hearted jabs.
  The Gargoyle saw Prim
  
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• 'It is a failure on many levels': Ontario failing to adequately support the elderly, critics say

  05-06-2017 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With thousands of people on waiting lists for long-term care beds in this region, you might expect a new long-term care home in Ottawa to bring some relief.
  But the Ontario government’s move to approve a new facility in the city’s west end without adding a single new bed to the mix is drawing criticism and frustration from doctors. It offers a glimpse, they say, into how the province is failing the elderly and not dealing with a growing health-care crisis.
  “It is a failure on m
  
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• Capital Voices: 'She believed she could so she did'

  05-06-2017 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 uncommon and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day.
  “I have three quotes that I try to live by: ‘She believed she could so she did,’ ‘I’m a fan of the story that you might someday tell’ and &lsq
  
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• Capital Facts: The heartbreaking and heroic story of the Hill's Sir Galahad statue

  05-06-2017 12:30 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.
  The statue of Sir Galahad, welcoming people to Parliament Hill, actually tells a touching but heartbreaking Ottawa story of heroism and sacrifice. It pays homage to Henry Albert Harper, a young civil servant who drowned trying to save Bessie Blair, who fell through the ice
  
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• Today's letters: Hypocrisy on pot and the chief should get to fire bad cops

  05-06-2017 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hypocrisy on pot vs. alcohol
  Re: Medical journal blasts Liberals over pot age limit, May 30
  While I understand the Canadian Medical Association Journal’s concern for the potential harmful effects of marijuana consumption on the “young” brain, I also find the criticism of the government’s plan somewhat hypocritical.
  If marijuana consumption is harmful, why single it out when the same young person can legally obtain and consume alcohol at around the same age as the proposed
  
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• Multiple pets dead, four people displaced after west-end fire: bit.ly/2rCaYzf #Ottnews https://t.co/w2SLnBMOf0

  05-06-2017 11:56 via twitter.com
  
  Multiple pets dead, four people displaced after west-end fire: bit.ly/2rCaYzf #Ottnews https://t.co/w2SLnBMOf0
  
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