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• Two paintballers suffer minor injuries after being shot with marbles at weekend tournament -… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 23:46 via twitter.com
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• All Ottawa fire stations trained to carry naloxone kits

  13-06-2017 23:45
  
  The last team of firefighters completed their training Tuesday and can now respond to opioid overdoses.
  
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• Ilnicki loves being a Redblack

  13-06-2017 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With his parents Brian and Wendy at TD Place watching, Alberta Golden Bears running back Ed Ilnicki took a handoff and scooted 21 yards during the Ottawa Redblacks’ 30-29 pre-season win over Hamilton last Thursday.
  It was a great moment for Ilnicki, who the Redblacks selected in the seventh round of this year’s CFL Draft, and for his mom and dad who had come from Edmonton to watch their kid play.“I barely had to do a thing — the way the defence blitzed and the offensive l
  
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• Ottawa's tent caterpillar outbreak may be just the beginning, forester warns

  13-06-2017 23:34
  
  Individually, they’re beautiful: all furry gold and black and iridescent turquoise.But when they come by the hundreds, thousands even — in your drink, in your hair, smeared across the sidewalk, smeared across your windshield — well that’s something else entirely.
  
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• Redblacks have new Owl connection

  13-06-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Back when Henry Burris was slinging the football for the Temple Owls, Avery Ellis and Eric Lofton were just kids.
  Fast forward 20 years or so. Burris, a three-time Grey Cup champion and Ottawa Redblacks hero, is retired from the CFL — now a co-host on CTV Morning Live.
  Ellis and Lofton, who also played for the Owls, are in Redblacks training camp, trying to earn roster spots with the regular season a bit more than a week away. Soon after arriving in Ottawa, they got their photo taken with
  
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• Teenage pedestrian suffers serious head injuries

  13-06-2017 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 15-year-old boy was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Colonel By Drive and Laurier Tuesday afternoon.
  The teenager was walking near the Laurier Bridge, near City Hall, when he was struck by a vehicle at 3:43 p.m.
  Paramedics said the boy suffered serious head injuries. He was stabilized and taken to the trauma centre at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus.
  
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• Alimentation Couche-Tard keen on selling cannabis in convenience stores

  13-06-2017 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  MONTREAL — Alimentation Couche-Tard is expressing interest in selling cannabis in its Quebec convenience stores.
  The company has hired a lobbyist to work on ensuring it has a place in the cannabis-distribution system Quebec will eventually set up.
  The province’s official registry of lobbyists shows Marie-Eve Bedard began working on behalf of Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) last month and will continue doing so until next May.
  She will earn less than $10,000 for her work.
  Bedard is a former c
  
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• U.S. dairy lobby submits its demands for NAFTA 1310news.com/2017/06/13/u-s…

  13-06-2017 23:17 via twitter.com
  U.S. dairy lobby submits its demands for NAFTA 1310news.com/2017/06/13/u-s…
  
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• Downtown businesses not worried about enhanced security for Canada Day

  13-06-2017 23:03
  
  More than 500,000 people expected downtown.
  
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• Paintball company offers reward in search for 'horrible person' who shot players with marbles

  13-06-2017 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An Ottawa paintball company hopes a cash reward will help it to catch the “horrible person” who, according to organizers, loaded a paintball gun with marbles instead of paint pellets at one of its signature tournaments.
  Commando Paintball owners Marie Longtin and David Pitts issued a statement Tuesday condemning the prank, saying they will implement “extra precautions” for future events, including hiring an on-site police presence. They are offering a $1,500 reward t
  
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• MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking missing senior 84 y.o. Zimi Hu #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  13-06-2017 22:47 via twitter.com
  MISSING:@OttawaPolice looking missing senior 84 y.o. Zimi Hu#ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Reevely: Jan Harder spits fire at Jeff Leiper over chief planner's retirement party: 'Next time … shut it!'

  13-06-2017 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Coun. Jeff Leiper should “shut it” rather than observing that a lot of property developers went to the retirement party for Ottawa’s urban-planning boss, the chair of city council’s planning committee says.
  Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder gave Leiper the advice in a late-evening email last week — one she sent far and wide at city hall, to all their council colleagues and all those councillors’ assistants, to city manager Steve Kanellakos and senior staff in the pla
  
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• ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MelAdams1310 & @MarkDayNews On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/SOGq3kqgjI

  13-06-2017 22:36 via twitter.com
  
  ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MelAdams1310 & @MarkDayNews On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/SOGq3kqgjI
  
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• Sears Canada raises doubt about ability to continue 1310news.com/2017/06/13/sea… https://t.co/qL36pn9jsr

  13-06-2017 22:32 via twitter.com
  
  Sears Canada raises doubt about ability to continue 1310news.com/2017/06/13/sea… https://t.co/qL36pn9jsr
  
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• Parks Canada says they can cope with increased demand this summer

  13-06-2017 22:15
  
  Agency not sure exactly what to expect because of free passes, but some growth likely.
  
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• Claridge diversifies Ottawa portfolio with plans for new airport hotel, retirement residence - Ottawa Business Journal

  13-06-2017 21:55
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  Claridge diversifies Ottawa portfolio with plans for new airport hotel, retirement residence
  Ottawa Business Journal
  Though the Claridge name often calls to mind highrise condos and new-built suburban homes, the Ottawa family-owned residential developer is continuing to diversify its portfolio with a new retirement residence and eventual hotel on a plot of land near ...
  
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• Jeff Sessions says the suggestion that he colluded with Russians in the 2016 presidential election ``is an appalling and detestable lie.''

  13-06-2017 21:19 via twitter.com
  Jeff Sessions says the suggestion that he colluded with Russians in the 2016 presidential election ``is an appalling and detestable lie.''
  
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• Ten long guns stolen in two Petawawa thefts

  13-06-2017 21:16
  
  Provincial police are on the lookout for thieves who took 10 rifles and shotguns, as well as other items, in a pair of break-ins earlier this month.The first theft occurred overnight June 3-4, when the suspect or suspects broke into three units at a storage facility on Petawawa Boulevard.
  
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• Remember: You can hear @1310NEWS via the @RadioplayerCa app! Download it at radioplayer.ca and make us a favourit… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  Remember: You can hear @1310NEWS via the @RadioplayerCa app! Download it at radioplayer.ca and make us a favourit… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ten long guns stolen in two Petawawa robberies

  13-06-2017 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Provincial police are on the lookout for thieves who took 10 rifles and shotguns, as well as other items, in a pair of break-ins earlier this month.
  The first robbery occurred overnight June 3-4, when robbers broke into three units at a storage facility on Petawawa Boulevard. The suspect or suspects stole a Remington 700 bolt action rifle with Leupold scope in a grey “camo” pattern, a Mosin Nagant 7.62 X 54 bolt action rifle with light brown stock and a CIL 12-gauge br
  
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• Drake, The Weeknd in Polaris showdown with Feist, Downie, Cohen

  13-06-2017 20:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Polaris long list is out and it reads like a who’s-who of the Canadian music industry. Platinum-selling superstars (and perennial nominees) Drake and The Weeknd are back to vie for the $50,000 prize, not only battling previous winners Feist and Tanya Tagaq, but also up against emotional favourites Gord Downie, his band, the Tragically Hip, and the late, legendary poet Leonard Cohen.  
  Pop darlings Carly Rae Jepsen and Hannah Georgas, grassroots heroes Mac Demarco, B.A. Johnston an
  
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• Concerned about your pet? Ask our Vet next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Call 613-750-1310 now. https://t.co/c4AAiC3B2n

  13-06-2017 20:14 via twitter.com
  
  Concerned about your pet? Ask our Vet next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show.Call 613-750-1310 now. https://t.co/c4AAiC3B2n
  
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• Three Ottawa beaches opening this weekend, Petrie Island closed to swimmers

  13-06-2017 20:08
  
  Britannia, Westboro and Mooney's Bay beaches will be open as of Saturday, with lifeguards on duty from noon to 7 p.m every day.
  
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• Coyote sightings on the rise in 2017 - CBC.ca

  13-06-2017 20:02
  
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  Coyote sightings on the rise in 2017
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  This year's late spring melt pushed more coyotes out of their natural habitat and into urban Ottawa, but the province's Ministry of Natural Resources says residents should be cautious, not fearful of the wild animals. The number of reported coyote ...
  
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• Watch Live: Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee

  13-06-2017 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers intend to ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions about his meetings with the Russian ambassador and the firing of former FBI director James B. Comey when the former Alabama senator testifies Tuesday.
  The hearing will be the first time that Sessions is questioned by lawmakers since January when he testified during his confirmation hearing that he did not communicate with any Russian officials during the presidential campaign, when Sessions acted as an adviser t
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: @CommandoOttawa co-owner on the search for the culprit that shot marbles from pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 19:48 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: @CommandoOttawa co-owner on the search for the culprit that shot marbles from pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Today's letters: Condo controversy and Ottawa's nightlife

  13-06-2017 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The way to make downtown better is nightlife, says one letter writer, while others decry care for seniors and lament condo development and Sidney Crosby. 
  Got thoughts? Email us at [email protected].
  Nightlife key to revitalizing downtown
  Re: Ideas to improve Ottawa’s downtown, June 12
  ​It would appear that Ken Rubin’s approach to making Ottawa’s downtown more vibrant is more conference and meeting places for this group or that group.
  Taking existing building
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: Spousal sexual abuse @AngelaMeansBiz shares her personal story. https://t.co/wnmpsalII9

  13-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: Spousal sexual abuse @AngelaMeansBiz shares her personal story. https://t.co/wnmpsalII9
  
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• What does the future hold for @SearsCA? @Kris680NEWS joins us next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/35YlNMMq6U

  13-06-2017 19:16 via twitter.com
  
  What does the future hold for @SearsCA? @Kris680NEWS joins us next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/35YlNMMq6U
  
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• Senators' Dion Phaneuf unlikely to waive 'no move' clause

  13-06-2017 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dion Phaneuf will likely exercise his right to stay with the Ottawa Senators. 
  The 32-year-old Phaneuf isn’t expected to waive his ‘no move’ clause to allow the Senators to make him available in this weekend’s expansion draft. 
  That means GM Pierre Dorion is going to have to do some wheeling and dealing to try to keep his top four intact.  
  TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported Tuesday morning Phaneuf doesn’t want to waive so that means the Senators won&r
  
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• Petrie Island remains closed, but other beaches, outdoor pools to open Saturday

  13-06-2017 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If you’re hoping to stay cool this weekend, you’ll be able to enjoy most of the city’s outdoor swimming pools, wading pools, splash pads and beaches.
  Three of Ottawa’s outdoor beaches are set to open this weekend – Britannia, Westboro and Mooney’s Bay – but high water has delayed the preparation of Petrie Island beach. Residents are asked to stay away from Petrie Island until maintenance equipment has been removed and lifeguards are on duty.
  The latest E
  
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• House Works: Cordless recip saw rivals Jaws of Life for auto rescue

  13-06-2017 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Power tools are getting better all the time and that’s good news for every homeowner who builds or renovates. What’s surprising is the extent of the improvement. The experiences of a small town volunteer fire team using a pair of Milwaukee 18-volt reciprocating saws is a striking case in point.
  The Gore Bay Fire Department is in charge of saving people trapped during auto accidents in one area of rural Ontario, but limited funds prevent them from investing in the traditional hydrauli
  
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• Reward offered after marbles strike 2 during paintball game - CBC.ca

  13-06-2017 18:15
  
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  Reward offered after marbles strike 2 during paintball game
  CBC.ca
  An Ottawa paintball company is offering a $1,500 reward to find out who used marbles instead of paintballs to strike two people during a large game on Sunday. It happened at Commando Paintball on Dunning Road, off Russell Road in Ottawa's rural east ...
  Paintball tourney halted after 'horrible person' shot players with marblesOttawa Citizen
  Marbles used in paintball gameCTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• The Smugglers: Indie rockers reform, play Ottawa this weekend for first time in 20 years

  13-06-2017 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  By Stuart Derdeyn
  Ottawa Explosion Weekend 2017
  What: Indie-music showcase featuring more than 100 bands
  When: June 14-18
  Where: Club Saw, St. Alban’s, Avant Garde Bar and various clubs
  Info: ottawaexplosion.com
  Pass: $80 general admission pass at ticketfly.com
  Grant Lawrence was just another West Vancouver teen with a rock ‘n’ roll dream until his life was changed on a rainy Monday night in June, 1987.
  That was when he and his buddy Nardwuar the Human Serviette snuck into the
  
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• Paintball tourney halted after 'horrible person' shot players with marbles

  13-06-2017 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A weekend paintball tournament was marred by an ugly incident when one “horrible person,” according to organizers, loaded a gun with marbles instead of paintballs.
  Commando Paintball owners Marie Longtin and David Pitts issued a statement condemning the action, saying they will implement “extra precautions” for future events, including an on-site police presence. Organizers are now offering a $1,500 reward to anyone who can identify the guilty player.
  “Fortunately t
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @KimothyWalker & @NancyMorris join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @KimothyWalker & @NancyMorrisjoin @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Critic of 'predatory' publishing returns with scathing message

  13-06-2017 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jeffrey Beall, who was the first to identify and study “predatory” science publishers, is back after a five-month silence, with criticism for universities as well as fake publishers.
  Beall, a University of Colorado librarian and researcher, created the widely-known Beall’s List of thousands of shady websites that imitate academic journals but publish anything for money.
  Then, around New Year, he went silent. His website disappeared and he wouldn’t say why, although a
  
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• Should edible cannabis products be regulated with changes to pot laws?

  13-06-2017 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The federal government should regulate edible cannabis products at the same time that it legalizes dried pot, plants and cannabis oil, the city’s health unit says.
  Ottawa Public Health wants support from the health board to tell the federal government to develop regulations around edible cannabis products now rather than waiting until after the legalization comes into force, which is expected to happen by July 2018.
  In a report for the health board, the unit cites a 2016 study and a 2
  
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• Toronto is mulling new Airbnb rules. Should Ottawa follow? - CBC.ca

  13-06-2017 17:22
  
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  Toronto is mulling new Airbnb rules. Should Ottawa follow?
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  As Toronto considers new regulations to control Airbnb rentals in that city, one expert is suggesting Ottawa should follow its lead. Toronto Mayor John Tory has proposed restricting listings on the popular short-term rental site to primary dwellings ...and more »
  
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• Heads up if you're flying today! #ottnews twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…

  13-06-2017 17:21 via twitter.com
  Heads up if you're flying today! #ottnews twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…
  
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• Today's letters: Old U.S. embassy should have been portrait gallery

  13-06-2017 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Wrong decision to abandon portrait gallery idea
  Re: Mayor welcomes plan for indigenous cultural centre, June 7
  I am disappointed to hear that the fine building at 100 Wellington St. is to be used to focus on only one small segment of the Canadian population. The option of a National Portrait Gallery would not be so restrictive. It would show art in all media by all Canadians.
  A National Portrait Gallery would show images of all First Nations, the early explorers, the first European immigrants, o
  
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• Still ahead: @JSportsnet on #Sens asking Dion Phaneuf to waive no-trade clause: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 17:14 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @JSportsnet on #Sens asking Dion Phaneuf to waive no-trade clause: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Cohen: What is an ambitious Canada's purpose?

  13-06-2017 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Is Canada an “essential” nation in the world in 2017?
  It is flattering to see ourselves this way, as Chrystia Freeland, the minister of foreign affairs, suggests in her recent address to Parliament. To think the world cannot get on without us. To assume that if we did not exist, the world would have to invent us.
  Essential, though, to whom? To the United Nations, as one of 193 members, which rejected our last appeal to sit on the Security Council? To NATO, where we’re a reliabl
  
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• Regulate edible cannabis products with changes to pot laws, city health unit says

  13-06-2017 16:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The federal government should regulate edible cannabis products at the same time that it legalizes dried pot, plants and cannabis oil, the city’s health unit says.
  Ottawa Public Health wants support from the health board to tell the federal government to develop regulations around edible cannabis products now rather than waiting until after the legalization comes into force, which is expected to happen by July 2018.
  In a report for the health board, the unit cites a 2016 study and a 2
  
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• Can you be addicted to love? @briandavidearp joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/8aPSex1lMk

  13-06-2017 16:43 via twitter.com
  
  Can you be addicted to love? @briandavidearp joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/8aPSex1lMk
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ noon: @KimothyWalker & @NancyMorris join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 16:37 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ noon: @KimothyWalker & @NancyMorrisjoin @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @stphnmaher w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/J7Gt6oMDK9

  13-06-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up:@stphnmaher w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/J7Gt6oMDK9
  
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• Still ahead: @Anniekidder on uneven #fundraising rules for schools: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_marksutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-06-2017 16:13 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @Anniekidder on uneven #fundraising rules for schools: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_marksutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @OPA_President joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss new police contract: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews https://t.co/pN5YbxWHP3

  13-06-2017 15:40 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: @OPA_President joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss new police contract: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews https://t.co/pN5YbxWHP3
  
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• Fire dispatchers guide 'disoriented' resident out of smoky New Edinburgh blaze

  13-06-2017 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fire Services telephone dispatchers instructed a resident of a burning building to leave the premises late Monday after the person called to report a fire while still inside the home.
  Firefighters were called by the resident of 107 Rideau Terr. at around 11:08 p.m. who reported thick smoke throughout the home.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the home owner seemed disoriented on the phone amd they told the owner to leave the house. 
  Upon arrival, firefighters found a blaze that se
  
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