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• Six Ottawa-region organizations included in $18M gender-equality funding

  12-06-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When women flee abusive relationships, they often need more than just a new roof over their heads. Police protection, legal advice and emotional and financial support are crucial to rebuilding their lives and that of their children.
  On Monday, the federal government stepped in to give dozens of organizations in Canada the funding to make some of those key resources more available. 
  Harmony House, a second-stage women’s shelter, is one of six non-profit organizations in the Ottawa
  
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• Children escape unhurt in Luskville school bus-van collision

  12-06-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  About 20 kids were aboard a school bus that collided with a vehicle in Luskville Monday morning. MRC des Collines Police say no one was hurt in the crash before 8 a.m. at the intersection of chemin Crégheur and chemin de la Montagne.Collision Camion / Autobus secteur Luskville. Aucun blessé. environ 20 enfants à bord. L'autobus n'aurait pas cédé le passage. #policemrc pic.twitter.com/U57ZLcsKvg
  — PoliceMRCdesCollines (@Police_MRC) June 12, 2017Collis
  
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• Capital Taxi launches new app for passengers

  12-06-2017 23:38
  
  App allows customers to hail a cab, but pay with cash.
  
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• Ottawa Police Services Board approves new contract - 1310news.com/2017/06/12/ott… #ottnews https://t.co/Ks1ptVpaQG

  12-06-2017 23:37 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa Police Services Board approves new contract - 1310news.com/2017/06/12/ott… #ottnews https://t.co/Ks1ptVpaQG
  
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• Fire crews respond to east end kitchen blaze - 1310news.com/2017/06/12/fir… #ottnews https://t.co/9PBGoc6opy

  12-06-2017 23:34 via twitter.com
  
  Fire crews respond to east end kitchen blaze - 1310news.com/2017/06/12/fir… #ottnews https://t.co/9PBGoc6opy
  
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• Reevely: Board gets its $18.3M reward for closing some schools

  12-06-2017 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s English public school board is getting $18.3 million from the provincial government to help surviving schools on the west side of the city absorb others the board is being forced to close, Education Minister Mitzie Hunter announced Monday.
  She pledged the money in the sweltering library of Agincourt Road Public School near Baseline and Merivale roads. The school is air-conditioned but the ventilation struggled to keep up with the heat outside. Kids in classrooms sat under ceiling
  
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• Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin to step down Dec. 15

  12-06-2017 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OTTAWA — Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is stepping down from the Supreme Court of Canada in December after 28 years on the court, including almost 18 years as chief.
  McLachlin, 74, is the first woman to hold the top job on the high court and is also Canada’s longest-serving chief justice. She will leave Dec. 15, about nine months before her legally mandated retirement on her 75th birthday in September 2018.
  She was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court in 1989 and was appoint
  
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• Macfarlane: McLachlin leaves behind a confident Supreme Court

  12-06-2017 23:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It seems somehow appropriate that Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, the longest-serving chief justice in Canada’s history, will retire, slightly earlier than required under the law, during the year the country celebrates its 150th anniversary. An institution in her own right, McLachlin has had an immense impact on both the Supreme Court and Canadian law.
  In the time McLachlin has sat on the court (she was first appointed in 1989, and elevated to chief justice in 2000) the litany of issues
  
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• Father, son bike for cure to Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  12-06-2017 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Andrew Sedmihradsky completed a 600-kilometre bike ride on Monday to raise money for research that might one day allow his six-year-old son, Max, to ride alongside him. 
  Max suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive muscle-wasting disease that mostly strikes boys. Max’s Big Ride raises money to finance research into what is now an incurable, fatal disease. 
  “The whole ride boils down to giving Max the opportunity that other boys have,” Sedmihr
  
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• Ontario announces $14.65 million to help local public health units combat opioid crisis

  12-06-2017 23:07
  
  Exact details of what that will mean in Ottawa have not yet been released.
  
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• EGAN: The dead boy for whom a light still shines, 44 years on

  12-06-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  One of the best columns Dave Brown ever wrote was about a dead little boy, a curious insurance agent and a bright light in a graveyard, which a mother burned against a dark world for 44 years.
  It will not suffer from re-telling.
  (For those not old or lucky enough to know Brown’s work — he retired the daily column in 2003 — it was a collection of human-interest, street-level pieces that were easily the most widely read in the history of the newspaper.)
  First, some news. The Otta
  
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• Senators' Dion Phaneuf has a decision to make on his 'no move' clause

  12-06-2017 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dion Phaneuf has a decision to make and the clock is ticking.
  Will he or won’t he?
  National Hockey League sources have confirmed a weekend report that the Ottawa Senators have asked Phaneuf, an alternate captain, to waive the “no-move” clause in his contract so he can be made available in the expansion draft for the Vegas Golden Knights.
  By doing that, the Senators would be able to protect veteran blueliner Marc Methot from the expansion draft, for which protected lists must be
  
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• LRT subcontractor says it's been stiffed for $1.5M

  12-06-2017 22:58
  
  An LRT subcontractor claims the company overseeing construction owes more than $1.5 million for work done on the City of Ottawa’s largest-ever infrastructure project. HC Matcon (HCM) filed a statement of claim in court last week alleging it has been short-changed by the Rideau Transit Group (RTG) and partner companies.
  
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• Gender-neutral anthem bill still waiting in the Senate

  12-06-2017 22:57
  
  An amendment that would have killed it has been defeated, but the bill is now up against a ticking clock.
  
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• LRT subcontractor alleges builder hasn't paid $1.5M

  12-06-2017 22:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An LRT subcontractor claims the company overseeing construction owes more than $1.5 million for work done on the City of Ottawa’s largest-ever infrastructure project.
  HC Matcon (HCM) filed a statement of claim in court last week alleging it has been short-changed by the Rideau Transit Group (RTG) and the consortium’s partner companies.
  The City of Ottawa is named as a defendant, too, because some of its LRT lands are subject to a construction lien claim by HCM.
  None of the allegation
  
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• Ontario offers public servants contract extensions, 7.5-per-cent raises

  12-06-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is offering public servants a four-year contract extension with 7.5-per-cent raises, which, if ratified, would avoid possibly contentious bargaining before the next provincial election.
  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union workers would get 1.5 per cent on July 1, then one per cent on Jan. 1, 2019 and another one per cent every six months for the life of the deal. The approximately 35,500 workers and correctional staff represented by OPSEU are employed across the pu
  
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• Health minister says overdose issue requires treatment without judgment 1310news.com/2017/06/12/hea…

  12-06-2017 22:29 via twitter.com
  Health minister says overdose issue requires treatment without judgment 1310news.com/2017/06/12/hea…
  
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• The federal government has inked a national child care deal with the provinces -- but Quebec is not included because it has its own program.

  12-06-2017 22:13 via twitter.com
  The federal government has inked a national child care deal with the provinces -- but Quebec is not included because it has its own program.
  
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• 'Use your head but follow your heart': ill MP delivers plea to Parliament 1310news.com/2017/06/12/use…

  12-06-2017 21:58 via twitter.com
  'Use your head but follow your heart': ill MP delivers plea to Parliament1310news.com/2017/06/12/use…
  
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• Ottawa pledges money to gender-equality projects

  12-06-2017 21:58
  
  Projects across country to receive $18 million.
  
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• Paramedics treat man who collapsed from heat stroke. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…

  12-06-2017 21:53 via twitter.com
  Paramedics treat man who collapsed from heat stroke. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…
  
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• Heat warning continues for Ottawa area 1310news.com/2017/06/12/hea… #ottnews

  12-06-2017 21:49 via twitter.com
  Heat warning continues for Ottawa area1310news.com/2017/06/12/hea… #ottnews
  
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• Sign of the times: Crowdfunding for scientific research

  12-06-2017 21:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Eric Fisher is a biochemist who was headed for a career researching heart disease when he abruptly changed course. Now, instead of doing his own research, he has created a crowdfunding platform to help other scientists raise money to continue their work at a time when money for science is scarce.
  Labfundr, as the platform is called, is a sign of the times for science funding in Canada.
  Halifax-based Fisher, who did an undergrad degree at the University of Ottawa and a PhD in biochemistry from Da
  
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• The Ottawa Police Services Board approved a 4-year contract for officers following a meeting earlier this afternoon #ottnews

  12-06-2017 21:24 via twitter.com
  The Ottawa Police Services Board approved a 4-year contract for officers following a meeting earlier this afternoon #ottnews
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews and @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/EMk5TCIPA3

  12-06-2017 21:18 via twitter.com
  
  #RightNowOttawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews and @MelAdams1310LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/EMk5TCIPA3
  
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• OC Sessions: Montreal jazz guitarist Mike Rud gives his hero Wes Montgomery a big thumbs-up

  12-06-2017 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Juno-winning, Montreal-based jazz guitarist Mike Rud has his iconic predecessor Wes Montgomery on his mind these days.
  In the next few days, Rud, Ottawa bassist Alex Bilodeau and drummer Michel Delage will be celebrating Montgomery’s spirit and music with four concerts in Ottawa and Montreal. Before the first of those shows, Rud and his bass-and-drums team stopped by the Citizen to play a bit and discuss their affinity for Montgomery, who was famed for plucking his guitar’s strin
  
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• Police board approves four-year contract for cops

  12-06-2017 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Police Services Board approved a four-year collective agreement with the rank-and-file union Monday in a special in-camera meeting.
  The contract had already been ratified by the police union on June 2 when 98 per cent of civilian employee voters and 96 per cent of police officer voters accepted the proposed contract. It’s the first bargained contract between the Ottawa Police Association and the board since 2008.
  “The Board is very pleased with the terms of the agreement,&
  
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• Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - great local ideas for dad this Father's day and more with @JulieBeun https://t.co/YU6RIcSgzZ

  12-06-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show -great local ideas for dad this Father's day and more with @JulieBeun https://t.co/YU6RIcSgzZ
  
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• Capital Taxi unveils Uber-like app, but still no fare discounts

  12-06-2017 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Fares are the next frontier for Ottawa’s largest cab company owners who now have a smartphone application that mirrors almost all the things customers like about the Uber app.
  Capital Taxi unveiled its app for the 350-cab fleet during an event Monday at Lansdowne Park, with co-owner Marc Andre Way preaching the importance of innovation in the taxi industry.
  “Our next phase is to start introducing discounts at certain times of the day or the week or whatever,” Way said in a
  
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• Phaneuf has a decision to make on his 'no move' clause

  12-06-2017 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dion Phaneuf has a decision to make and the clock is ticking.
  Will he or won’t he?
  Trying to keep veteran blueliner Marc Methot from being exposed to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft with the protected lists due Saturday at 5 p.m. EST, league sources confirmed a weekend report the Ottawa Senators have asked Phaneuf, the club’s alternate captain, to waive his ‘no move’ clause so he can be made available.
  The deadline to make the request was 5 p.m. Monday but
  
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• Reevely: English public school board gets $18.3M provincial reward after school closings

  12-06-2017 19:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s English public school board is getting $18.3 million from the provincial government to help surviving schools on the west side of the city absorb others the board is being forced to close, Education Minister Mitzie Hunter announced Monday.
  She pledged the money in the sweltering library of Agincourt Road Public School near Baseline and Merivale roads. The school is air conditioned but the ventilation struggled to keep up with the heat outside. Kids in classrooms sat under ceiling
  
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• It's Money Monday! @MoneycoachJudi answers your questions next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. call in 613-750-1310 https://t.co/cwSdIeDYDu

  12-06-2017 19:55 via twitter.com
  
  It's Money Monday! @MoneycoachJudi answers your questions next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show.call in 613-750-1310 https://t.co/cwSdIeDYDu
  
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• DND appeals not-guilty verdict in military sexual assault trial

  12-06-2017 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Department of National Defence has appealed a not-guilty verdict for a Petawawa-based special operations soldier who was accused of sexual assaulting a fellow soldier during a deployment in Jamaica two years ago.
  Cpl. Simon Cadieux was found not guilty of sexual assault and drunkenness by a military judge following a court martial in May. Cadieux’s unit was participating in Operation Tropical Dagger, where Canadian Forces soldiers mentor members of Jamaica’s military in counter-t
  
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• Williams: Liberals barely pass on defence review

  12-06-2017 19:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If I were a professor and had assigned my graduate students the preparation of a new defence policy and had received the government’s response from one of my students, I would have given this student a C or C+ at best.
  I was pleased to see its focus on the men and women in the military and their families. I was pleased to see the government convey a vision of a military that is more capable and more engaged in world affairs. I was also pleased to see the government back up this vision with
  
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• Quick, can you draw the Senators' logo from memory?

  12-06-2017 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Well, now that the NHL season is officially over, it’s time to start working on your fundamentals again.
  Like drawing.
  Twitter user @wtyky came up with a fun game for Sens’ fans: Draw the team’s logo from memory.
  It’s A LOT harder than you think.
  Here’s the original post:Let's play a game. Try to draw the Sens current logo completely from memory. I'll start… pic.twitter.com/PRRRSTAOYu
  — WLCM 2 YR KRLSSN YRS (@wtyky) June 12, 2017
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• Today's letters: Don't let NIMBYism destroy Southminster United Church

  12-06-2017 19:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The spat over Southminster United Church continues, with a letter writer saying don’t let NIMBYism wreck it. Meanwhile, another writer loves the Capital Voices series and another has opinions on minimum wage hikes for franchise owners. 
  Got thoughts? Hit us up at [email protected]. 
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  Don’t let NIMBYism destroy Southminster
  Southminster United Church is facing hard times. After looking at many options to keep it viable, it decided to partner with a developer to se
  
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• 35,500 OPSEU workers offered contract extensions & 7.5% raises. Reaction from @OPSEUSmokey & @cvangeyn next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  12-06-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  35,500 OPSEU workers offered contract extensions & 7.5% raises. Reaction from @OPSEUSmokey & @cvangeyn next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Prof. @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/LebNfutamZ

  12-06-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Associate Prof.@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Mediabit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/LebNfutamZ
  
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• Humane society warns of 'high-rise syndrome' with cats as weather heats up

  12-06-2017 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Humane Society is warning cat owners to keep an eye on their pets as the weather heats up and windows are being opened in an effort to cool down apartments.
  Open windows in high-rise buildings are a hazard to felines whose curiosity may cause them to slip and fall. The humane society said every year as temperatures rise, it sees an influx of seriously injured cats who’ve fallen from open windows or balconies.
  Two such cats are in the care of the humane society right now &md
  
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• Dawson: The SIU won't talk about reforms to how it does its job

  12-06-2017 18:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The director of the Special Investigations Unit won’t talk to me. 
  That sounds petulant, but hang on a minute. In April, a year-long review of civilian oversight of Ontario policing concluded, and it made 129 recommendations for improvements. Among these were many directed at upping transparency among the agencies involved. The SIU, which investigates serious injury, death and sexual assault at the hands of police, has historically operated in an opaque manner, offering very few detai
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @PierrePoilievre & @SusanSherring join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  12-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch@PierrePoilievre & @SusanSherring join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Spencer: So much for open government under the Liberals

  12-06-2017 17:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For the second year in a row, a Canadian prime minister attended the annual parliamentary press gallery dinner, and for the second year in a row, Justin Trudeau was charming and funny. Clearly, the man is accessible, in contrast to the previous prime minister, who avoided such events with fierce determination.
  But as with many things Trudeau, symbolic shows of openness haven’t entirely been matched by the actions of his no-longer-new government. Days after the merriment among journalists a
  
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• CAN & US flyers say airline industry is broken, but differ on how to fix it @Ian_Holliday w/ @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  12-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  CAN & US flyers say airline industry is broken, but differ on how to fix it@Ian_Holliday w/ @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Would Donald #Trump testify under oath about #Comey? @russellberman joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  12-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Would Donald #Trump testify under oath about #Comey?@russellberman joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa Public Library offering free WiFi all summer

  12-06-2017 17:25
  
  Library will be offering free Internet access from June 19 to Oct. 19.
  
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• Still ahead @KathyTGlobe on some doctors double-billing both government & patients: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  12-06-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  Still ahead@KathyTGlobe on some doctors double-billing both government & patients: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @zoecormier on why she won't leave #London -- ever: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_marksutcliffe https://t.co/f0iFY06g2C

  12-06-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: @zoecormier on why she won't leave #London -- ever: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@_marksutcliffe https://t.co/f0iFY06g2C
  
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• David will now join @_marksutcliffe at 11:15AM: twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  12-06-2017 16:34 via twitter.com
  David will now join @_marksutcliffe at 11:15AM: twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Still ahead: @morrisonSNET on #Penguins #StanleyCup win: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe @Sportsnet https://t.co/Ac3ym4OpsT

  12-06-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead: @morrisonSNET on #Penguins #StanleyCup win: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe@Sportsnet https://t.co/Ac3ym4OpsT
  
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• Inuit woman missing from Ottawa

  12-06-2017 16:27
  
  Mary Papatsie, 39, was last seen in Ottawa in late April.
  
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