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• Senators captain Erik Karlsson is on the road to recovery after surgery, team says

  15-06-2017 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Erik Karlsson will be ready to walk down the aisle when he marries Melinda Currey in August.
  At the moment, the Ottawa Senators’ captain won’t be walking anywhere.
  While Karlsson is scheduled to attend the National Hockey League Awards in Las Vegas next week to see if he’ll pick up his third Norris Trophy as top defenceman, he posted a picture of himself sitting in a wheelchair with a cast on his left foot on Instagram Thursday, one day after surgery in Charlotte, N.C. to
  
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• Misconduct allegations against Ottawa gynecologist 'not proved,' committee finds

  15-06-2017 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Sexual abuse allegations levelled against an Ottawa gynecologist by a patient are “not proved,” a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario disciplinary committee has found.
  During the hearings held in Toronto from May 30 to June 1, the panel heard that a female patient saw Dr. Nasser Roshdy Beshara for obstetrical prenatal care during her pregnancy between July and December 2007.
  During the course of these appointments, she found Beshara acted “weird”
  
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• Don't expect legal pot stores by Canada Day 2018, industry expert says

  15-06-2017 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Recreational marijuana may be legal by Canada Day 2018, but Canadians will probably be buying it online, says Ottawa lawyer Trina Fraser.
  She and some others in the cannabis industry doubt whether legal pot stores will be open in most provinces by the federal government’s target date for legalization. 
  There is a massive amount of regulatory work to be done, says Fraser, who advises clients on obtaining licenses to grow marijuana.
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• NDP MP calls for National Aboriginal Day to be stat holiday

  15-06-2017 23:43
  
  MP Georgina Jolibois said day would be opportunity to celebrate Indigenous cultures.
  
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• City transportation projects, not just LRT, will need serious cash from upper-tier governments

  15-06-2017 23:29
  
  Stage 2 LRT cash has become just one morsel of funding that the City of Ottawa will need from upper levels of government to pay for a growing priority list of municipal transportation projects.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was expected to confirm on Friday the federal government’s intent to fund the city’s $3-billion blueprint to extend LRT in four
  
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• Sandy Hill garbage crackdown gets committee's OK

  15-06-2017 23:07
  
  A pilot project proposing a tougher crackdown on piles of trash and containers strewn about multi-residential properties in Sandy Hill was picked up Thursday by the community and protective services committee.Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury says complaints related to garbage are on the rise and so-called “bunkhouses” that have several rented rooms
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/WussOOnCVs

  15-06-2017 23:01 via twitter.com
  
  #RightNowOttawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/WussOOnCVs
  
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• Head west to see a REAL tent caterpillar infestation, Ottawa naturalist says [Video]

  15-06-2017 22:53
  
  As tent caterpillars thrive in and around the national capital in 2017, Ottawa naturalist Dan Brunton describes an infestation across the Prairies of “biblical” proportions.
  
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• Damage assessment on HMCS Chicoutimi now being conducted after collision with Orca vessel

  15-06-2017 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Royal Canadian Navy is still assessing the damage to HMCS Chicoutimi after the submarine was hit by an Orca-class training vessel.
  The incident happened at 8 a.m. Thursday.
  “HMCS Chicoutimi was alongside at the CFB Esquimalt jetty when the collision occurred,” Daniel Le Bouthillier told Defence Watch. “The ORCA was underway and conducting a low-speed docking maneuver when the incident occurred.”
  “There were no Canadian Armed Forces or Department of National Defe
  
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• Former Sens owner, renowned architect to build $20M athletics centre in Orléans

  15-06-2017 22:49
  
  A $20-million sports centre to help train some of Canada’s most promising athletes will be built in Orléans by 2019.The 65,000-square-foot, multi-staged development — headed by architect Douglas Cardinal, Ottawa developer and former Ottawa Senators owner Bruce Firestone, and Black Sheep Developments — will be built on an empty lot on Mer Bleue Road
  
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• OC Transpo sexual-harassment complaint system shows 800 incidents in two years

  15-06-2017 22:40
  
  New anonymous reporting tool elicits influx of reports from women.
  
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• Bruce Firestone, Douglas Cardinal to build $20M athletics centre

  15-06-2017 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A $20-million sports centre to help train some of Canada’s most promising athletes will be built in Orléans by 2019.
  The 65,000-square-foot, multi-staged development — headed by architect Douglas Cardinal, Ottawa developer and former Ottawa Senators owner Bruce Firestone, and Black Sheep Developments — will be built on an empty lot on Mer Bleue Road. It will feature a large building, with Tumblers Gymnastics as the anchor tenant, and host international gymnastics co
  
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• Liberals to sink nearly $2.5B into used subs to keep them sailing past 2030 1310news.com/2017/06/15/lib…

  15-06-2017 22:27 via twitter.com
  Liberals to sink nearly $2.5B into used subs to keep them sailing past 20301310news.com/2017/06/15/lib…
  
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• McKenna details Ottawa's $2B carbon fund - Hamilton Spectator

  15-06-2017 22:21
  
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  McKenna details Ottawa's $2B carbon fund
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  Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna walks to a news conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Thursday June 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld. next play/pause pre 1/1. OTTAWA — Manitoba ...
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• Field hospital to be set up downtown for Canada Day

  15-06-2017 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The provincial government will set up a temporary field hospital in downtown Ottawa to take some pressure off local medical centres bracing for an influx of patients over the Canada Day weekend.
  At The Ottawa Hospital’s request, Ontario’s emergency medical assistance team (EMAT) will be deployed here for the first time, Anthony Di Monte, general manager of emergency and protective services, said Thursday.
  The EMAT is a mobile medical field group that can set up a 56-bed unit tha
  
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• Committee approves pilot project for student garbage in Sandy Hill

  15-06-2017 21:52
  
  Two-year pilot would limit the number of waste and recycling containers and regulate their storage.
  
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• Ottawa Public Health getting $350,000 to fight opioid crisis

  15-06-2017 21:25
  
  The money comes from new provincial funds announced earlier this week.
  
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• Dodge minivans recalled; air bag can inflate unexpectedly 1310news.com/2017/06/15/dod…

  15-06-2017 21:22 via twitter.com
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• Dragon Boat Festival preview: Said the Whale becomes a smaller band tackling heavier topics

  15-06-2017 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  By Stuart DerdeynSaid the Whale
  What: One of 10 bands playing free concerts at the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
  When: June 22 to 25
  Where: Mooney’s Bay Park
  Info: dragonboat.net
  Said the Whale turned 10 this year. That’s a milestone in the career of any band. It is rarely reached without struggles and the Juno Award-winning Vancouver indie rockers have had theirs.
  For the release of its fifth album, titled As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide, the group has shrunk from a qui
  
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• A love story that came to be because of comments by a famous actor. "Old Love" is playing at the Ottawa Little Thea… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  A love story that came to be because of comments by a famous actor. "Old Love" is playing at the Ottawa Little Thea… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Caterpillars everywhere! There's an infestation of tent caterpillars in Ottawa. Forester Jason Pollard talks to… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 20:33 via twitter.com
  Caterpillars everywhere! There's an infestation of tent caterpillars in Ottawa. Forester Jason Pollard talks to… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Online reports of harassment aboard OC Transpo surge - CBC.ca

  15-06-2017 20:30
  
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  Online reports of harassment aboard OC Transpo surge
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  Incidents of harassment, assault and other troubling behaviour aboard OC Transpo buses reported anonymously through an online tool have skyrocketed over the last year, new data shows. Launched in June 2015 and lauded as the first of its kind in Canada, ...and more »
  
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• A national count of homeless veterans found 17 in Ottawa. Jim Lowther with @vetscanada tells @MeehanCarolAnne about… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 20:17 via twitter.com
  A national count of homeless veterans found 17 in Ottawa. Jim Lowther with @vetscanada tells @MeehanCarolAnne about… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Have a problem plant? Do your daisies droop? We're taking your calls now on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Ask our exp… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Have a problem plant? Do your daisies droop?We're taking your calls now on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Ask our exp… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Crews from other cities, medical tent, among emergency measures for Canada Day

  15-06-2017 19:58
  
  More specifics of the plans for 2017 celebrations released Thursday.
  
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• Erik Karlsson is on the road to recovery

  15-06-2017 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Erik Karlsson will be ready to walk down the aisle when he marries his fiancee Melinda Currey in August.
  At the moment, the Ottawa Senators’ captain won’t be walking anywhere.
  While the Senators captain is scheduled to attend the NHL Awards in Las Vegas next week to see if he’ll pick up his third Norris Trophy, Karlsson posted a picture of himself sitting in a wheelchair with a cast on his left foot on his Instagram Thursday after having surgery Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. to
  
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• National Arts Centre names first director of Indigenous Theatre

  15-06-2017 19:48
  
  Vancouver playwright Kevin Loring will be the first person to hold new position.
  
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• The Cosby trial is deadlocked. Could the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada be here by next month? @LauraPeck6 speaks wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  The Cosby trial is deadlocked. Could the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada be here by next month? @LauraPeck6 speaks wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Lots of work on the table for Pierre Dorion

  15-06-2017 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The off-season is no holiday for Pierre Dorion.
  While the Senators GM started off his informal meeting with the media Thursday by confirming he told veteran winger Chris Neil in a meeting Tuesday he won’t be back next year, Dorion also touched on the status of a number of areas where has to do some business before training camp opens in September:
  Centre Chris Kelly: The Senators met with the 36-year-old Kelly Tuesday and let him know he’s not going to be offered a deal before free a
  
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• Editorial cartoons for June 2017

  15-06-2017 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Here’s how our cartoonists see Canada and the world.ShareHow our cartoonists see the world in JuneTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmailGALLERY:How our cartoonists see the world in June Buying votes  Steve Nease Jeff Sessions  Greg Perry Mosquito season  Patrick Lamontagne Matchstick  Bruce MacKinnon Tangled webs  Malcolm Mayes/- Military spending  Dale Cummings/- Roadwork  Malcolm Mayes/- Paris accord  Bruce MacKinnon/- Minimum wage  
  
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• A Senate Committee recommends scrapping the Jordan ruling. Senator George Baker talks to @MeehanCarolAnne about the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 19:32 via twitter.com
  A Senate Committee recommends scrapping the Jordan ruling. Senator George Baker talks to @MeehanCarolAnne about the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Gord Downie, indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle to receive Order of Canada

  15-06-2017 19:24
  
  Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie and indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle will be receive the Order of Canada on Monday at a special ceremony Monday at Rideau Hall recognizing outstanding indigenous leadership in Canada.
  
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• A movement frustrated with PC leader Patrick Brown. Carlos Naldinho with @VoteOn18_Im_Out speaks with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 19:17 via twitter.com
  A movement frustrated with PC leader Patrick Brown. Carlos Naldinho with @VoteOn18_Im_Out speaks with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• One-in-five fatal crashes involves transport truck: OPP 1310news.com/2017/06/15/one… #ottnews

  15-06-2017 19:09 via twitter.com
  One-in-five fatal crashes involves transport truck: OPP 1310news.com/2017/06/15/one… #ottnews
  
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• Second man accused in death of Christine MacNeil appears in court

  15-06-2017 19:04
  
  The second man accused in the 2015 shooting death of Christine MacNeil appeared in a Gatineau court at noon Thursday, charged with first-degree murder.
  
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• Phaneuf could still move despite his unwillingness to waive his 'no move'

  15-06-2017 18:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dion Phaneuf refused to waive his ‘no move’ clause to be exposed in the expansion draft — but that doesn’t mean he won’t be on the move.
  Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion is making his protected list for this weekend’s expansion draft and since he doesn’t have the option of exposing the 32-year-old veteran defenceman to the Vegas Golden Knights sources say he is trying to trade Phaneuf so the club can protect Cody Ceci and Marc Methot.
  With the Senators e
  
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• Conservation authority cancels Navan wetland project amid controversy

  15-06-2017 18:55
  
  The South Nation Conservation Authority has cancelled a plan to build a wetland and boardwalk on city land in Navan, caving to an opposition group of residents who feared restrictions to property rights.
  
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• RCN Orca training vessel hits Victoria-class sub – extent of damage unknown

  15-06-2017 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Word has just come in from CFB Esquimalt in BC that an Orca-class training vessel just hit a Victoria-class sub. No information just yet on the extent of the damage, other than some of the acoustic tiles came off the submarine, sources say.
  More news to follow.
  
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• Head west to see a REAL tent caterpillar infestation, Ottawa naturalist says

  15-06-2017 18:25
  
  As tent caterpillars thrive in and around the national capital in 2017, Ottawa naturalist Dan Brunton describes an infestation across the Prairies of “biblical” proportions.
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @OPA_President & @CouncillorMcRae join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @OPA_President & @CouncillorMcRae join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• #Ottawa's garbage plan is a real stinker. @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  #Ottawa's garbage plan is a real stinker.@Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Today's letters: Defending Jeff Leiper and open access publishing

  15-06-2017 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A letter writer defends Jeff Leiper, while another defends open access and yet another says Canada, really, needs to decide on what it stands for internationally.Got opinions? Write to us at [email protected]
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  Defending Jeff Leiper 
  Re: ‘Next time … shut it!’ June 14
  Jeff Lieper is the best councillor I have ever had.
  He keeps in regular touch with us and even changes his mind based on the feedback he gets. Over the years, as I have watched the development in t
  
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• Ahead at 11:30: Sen. Bob Runciman joins @_MarkSutcliffe w/ recommendations on how to fix Canada's justice system… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 17:10 via twitter.com
  Ahead at 11:30:Sen. Bob Runciman joins @_MarkSutcliffe w/ recommendations on how to fix Canada's justice system… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @OPA_President & @CouncillorMcRae join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 17:06 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @OPA_President & @CouncillorMcRae join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT on the #EthicsLab w/ @dk_munro: Predictive policing & second-hand #marijuana smoke.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #EthicsLab w/ @dk_munro: Predictive policing & second-hand #marijuana smoke.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• DIY Project: Paint 'seaglass' jars for an ocean feel

  15-06-2017 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There’s something soothing about being by the sea. The sound of the waves crashing on the shore, the soft sand and the birds soaring above bring us back to beach vacations, weekend getaways and family picnics. And with coastal chic entering the interior decorating world, there’s a variety of bold stripes, weathered wood and antiques are making their way into living spaces.
  Seaglass begins as bottles & glass that get tossed on the shore, broken, and then tumbled smooth by the wave
  
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• Still ahead: Allen Abel of @macleans has latest on #VirginaShooting & #TrumpInvestigation… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: Allen Abel of @macleans has latest on #VirginaShooting & #TrumpInvestigation… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• ICYMI: Council approves plan to build rail overpasses in #Barrhaven: bit.ly/2sw9CsX #ottnews #ottcity https://t.co/THGpKFnEpy

  15-06-2017 16:29 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Council approves plan to build rail overpasses in #Barrhaven: bit.ly/2sw9CsX #ottnews#ottcity https://t.co/THGpKFnEpy
  
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• Coming up: @DougMaclean discusses #Sens parting ways with #ChrisNeil: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-06-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @DougMaclean discusses #Sens parting ways with #ChrisNeil: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Trump says Qatar is funding terror – now U.S. signs $12 billion fighter jet deal with Qatar

  15-06-2017 16:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What a difference a week makes.
  Six days ago U.S. President Donald Trump was accusing Qatar of funding terrorist groups. “The nation of Qatar has unfortunately been a funder of terrorism, and at a very high level”, Trump said at the White House.
  And in Washington on Wednesday, Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah met with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and signed a deal for F-15 fighter jets it described as being worth $12 billion (U.S.).
  “Qatar and the Uni
  
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