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• Two displaced as fire from unattended pot of oil causes $108,000 in damage in Gatineau

  17-06-2017 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Two people were displaced in Gatineau Saturday after an unattended pot of frying oil caught fire and spread to the walls and roof of a single-family home.
  Firefighters were alerted to smoke coming from the home at 247 du Vallon St., near the Galeries d’Aylmer shopping centre, at about 12:20 p.m.
  Upon arrival, the firefighters were greeted by flames shooting through the roof of the home.
  One person was evacuated from the building, but there were no injuries.
  Firefighters declared the fire u
  
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• Alexis Lepage and Joanna Brown blaze into triathlon finals in Ottawa

  17-06-2017 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gatineau’s Alexis Lepage and Carp’s Joanna Brown led the country’s top triathletes in the qualification round of the two-day CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon Premium American Cup, which also serves as the Canadian championships this weekend.
  The two local favourites rose to the occasion in Saturday’s super-sprint distance qualifying heats, which included a 300-metre swim, eight-kilometre bike ride and a lightning-quick 1.5-kilometre run alongside the Rideau Canal.
  Lepage, 22, led
  
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• Our favourite photos from this weekend's festivals in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  17-06-2017 23:02
  
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  Our favourite photos from this weekend's festivals in Ottawa
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  Ottawa welcomed about a dozen events this weekend in various parts of the city. From Carivibe, to Ribfest, to Glowfair, the streets were packed on Saturday. We picked out some of the best moments from the festivals.
  
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• Canada first pulls out of fighter jet discussions, then hours later decides to go ahead with meetings

  17-06-2017 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canadian officials abruptly pulled out of meetings with aerospace companies planned for the Paris Air Show to kick off the Liberal government’s fighter jet competition but then a short time later changed course and reinstated the proposed discussions.
  Companies were told Friday their meetings, set up for next week, had been cancelled. But shortly about the Ottawa Citizen asked Public Services and Procurement Canada why the discussions had been scuttled, companies started receiving word the
  
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• Marc Methot likely to be exposed in expansion draft as Senators can't deal Phaneuf

  17-06-2017 22:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Senators may have to pay a price if they want to keep defenceman Marc Methot.
  Unable to trade blueliner Dion Phaneuf before the National Hockey League’s roster freeze went into effect Saturday, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion is expected to hold talks with Vegas Golden Knights GM George McPhee to see if there’s a way to entice that franchise not to select Methot, who will likely be left unprotected for the expansion draft.
  Dorion’s hands were tied after Phaneu
  
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• Tri and tri again … Carp's Joanna Brown is back in her triathlon groove

  17-06-2017 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Four years ago, Carp’s Joanna Brown was a rising star on the triathlon circuit. Podium finish after podium finish at huge world-class events hinted at a bright future.
  Over the next couple of years, however, Brown sputtered, falling short of the promise she had displayed. Hampered by a variety of injuries — foot, leg, back — and lacking motivation, she considered stepping away from a sport she’d been involved with since age 14.
  Refocused and re-energized, though, the 24-y
  
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• Toronto-area child, 4, dials 911 after babysitter found in pool

  17-06-2017 19:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police north of Toronto are praising a four-year-old girl who called 911 when her babysitter fell into a backyard pool Friday afternoon.
  York Regional Police say the 20-year-old woman, whose name hasn’t been given, was pulled from the swimming pool unresponsive, and remains in hospital in life-threatening condition.
  Insp. Russ Bellman said the girl called 911 just before 5 p.m., after her babysitter accidentally fell into the deep end of the in-ground swimming pool
  
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• Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, releases a statement assailing the judge and prosecutors 1310news.com/2017/06/17/sta…

  17-06-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, releases a statement assailing the judge and prosecutors 1310news.com/2017/06/17/sta…
  
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• Judge in Cosby sex assault case declares mistrial as jury deadlocks again

  17-06-2017 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.”
  Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn’t agree on whether “The Cosby Show” star drugged and molested Canadian Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. The
  
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• Bold, controversial entrepreneur, builder Robert Campeau dies at 93

  17-06-2017 17:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Robert Campeau, the small-town boy who built up huge swaths of Ottawa and elsewhere before his business reach exceeded his grasp in the 1980s in a headline-grabbing corporate battle that wiped out U.S. retailers Allied Stores and Federated, has died in an Ottawa hospital.
  He was 93.
  Campeau arrived in Ottawa in the 1950s from Chelmsford, near Sudbury, almost penniless with rudimentary English skills and a drive for success.
  In the North, he was one of 14 children and he’d quit school in th
  
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• Prosecutors say they'll retry Bill Cosby after a mistrial was declared Saturday morning 1310news.com/2017/06/17/pro…

  17-06-2017 17:23 via twitter.com
  Prosecutors say they'll retry Bill Cosby after a mistrial was declared Saturday morning1310news.com/2017/06/17/pro…
  
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• Jury deadlocks in Cosby trial; mistrial declared

  17-06-2017 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended without a verdict Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.”
  Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn’t agree on whether “The Cosby Show” star drugged and molested Canadian Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
  
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• Liam MaGuire's (last) Ultimate Hockey Show is on now. Listen live here. player.1310news.com twitter.com/Liams_Hockey/s…

  17-06-2017 17:06 via twitter.com
  Liam MaGuire's (last) Ultimate Hockey Show is on now. Listen live here.player.1310news.com twitter.com/Liams_Hockey/s…
  
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• Police in London, say 58 people who were in Grenfell Tower are missing and presumed dead after Wednesday's fire

  17-06-2017 16:41 via twitter.com
  Police in London, say 58 people who were in Grenfell Tower are missing and presumed dead after Wednesday's fire
  
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• BREAKING: Judge declares mistrial in Bill Cosby sexual assault case after jury says it's deadlocked.

  17-06-2017 16:31 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Judge declares mistrial in Bill Cosby sexual assault case after jury says it's deadlocked.
  
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• ICYMI Three Ottawa beaches now open for the summer season #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/14/thr…

  17-06-2017 16:18 via twitter.com
  ICYMI Three Ottawa beaches now open for the summer season #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/14/thr…
  
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• After suffering a setback, some good news for Jonathan Pitre, his infection is gone 1310news.com/2017/06/17/set…

  17-06-2017 15:38 via twitter.com
  After suffering a setback, some good news for Jonathan Pitre, his infection is gone 1310news.com/2017/06/17/set…
  
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• An 11-year-old boy is dead after apparently drowning in a friend's pool in Chelsea 1310news.com/2017/06/17/boy…

  17-06-2017 14:54 via twitter.com
  An 11-year-old boy is dead after apparently drowning in a friend's pool in Chelsea 1310news.com/2017/06/17/boy…
  
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• Missing girl, 16, has been located

  17-06-2017 14:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Police have released a statement saying that a missing 16-year-old girl has been located. She had gone missing Tuesday from her school in Ottawa’s south end. 
  
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• Boy, 11, drowns in Chelsea pool

  17-06-2017 13:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  MRC des Collines are reporting that an 11-year-old boy drowned Friday night in a pool at a home he was visiting in Chelsea. 
  He was with a group of friends when the incident occurred at about 11 p.m. 
  The drowning is presumed to be accidental. 
  The identity of the boy has not been released as family members are still being notified. 
   
  
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• Capital Facts: The first projected commercial movie in English Canada took place in Ottawa

  17-06-2017 12:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
  The first projected commercial movie in English Canada was shown just off present-day Holland Avenue, south of the Queensway, on July 21, 1896, in what was then called West End Park. The movie, which included The Kiss and waves crashing on a beach, was shown to 1,400 specta
  
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• Capital Voices: 'I felt I had landed in some glamorous place'

  17-06-2017 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, the exceptional and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day.
  “I grew up in Hamilton and we didn’t have a lot of money or a lot of opportunity to do things, but I always wanted to see the world.
  “I had been working at a
  
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• Ottawa Champions blank visiting Cuban team in opening game of series

  17-06-2017 04:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The first thing the Ottawa Champions did on Friday was announce that the Can-Am League baseball team had “parted ways” with pitching coach Miguel Gomez and replaced him on an interim basis with pitcher Phillippe Aumont.
  Later, the Champions went out on the field and defeated the visiting Cuban National Team 3-0, with Daniel Cordero pitching a four-hit shutout before a crowd of 2,874 at RCGT Park.
  The victory improved the Champions’ regular-season record to 9-18.
  Steve Nyisztor
  
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• Ottawa-area man arrested in connection with homicide

  17-06-2017 03:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Canada-wide search for a 28-year-old Ottawa-area man in connection with a homicide came to an end on Friday, when Brian Quesnel was arrested in Sainte-Barbe, Que., about 80 kilometres east of Cornwall.
  Joseph Simonds, 34, was shot on June 4 at a residence in Orillia, Ont. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died.
  Police arrested two other men on June 8 in connection with the Simonds homicide. Sonny Brokenshire, 20, of Orillia, and Martin Forget, 41, of Sainte-Barbe, were charged w
  
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• Brooke Henderson: Photos and video from Round 2 of the Meijer LPGA Classic

  17-06-2017 02:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Brooke Henderson bogeyed the final two holes for a 4-under 67 on Friday, but the 19-year-old golf star from Smiths Falls still left the course with a two-stroke lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic.
  Henderson had seven birdies and three bogeys in the second round, leaving her at 12-under 130 overall. She had a one-stroke lead Thursday after an opening 63.
  “It has been a little bit of a rough season so far, you know, not getting the results that I’ve been lookin
  
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• Tri and tri again … Carp's Joanna Brown is back in her groove

  17-06-2017 01:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Four years ago, Carp’s Joanna Brown was a rising star on the triathlon circuit. Podium finish after podium finish at huge world-class events hinted at a bright future.
  Over the next couple of years, however, Brown sputtered, falling short of the promise she had displayed. Hampered by a variety of injuries — foot, leg, back — and lacking motivation, she considered stepping away from a sport she’d been involved with since age 14.
  Refocused and re-energized, though, the 24-y
  
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• Ottawa Fury FC's Onua Obasi looking forward to return match with Rochester Rhinos

  17-06-2017 01:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fury FC left back Onua Obasi has no shortage of memories from his two seasons as a member of the Rochester Rhinos.
  He knows he’ll see some familiar faces when he runs onto the field at Rochester’s Capelli Sports Stadium on Saturday night.
  From the trials and tribulations of turning pro with the Rhinos in 2014 to the elation of being part of a United Soccer League championship squad in 2015, when the Rhinos lost just once all season, Obasi experienced about all there was to exp
  
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• Senators will open 2017 pre-season schedule against Maple Leafs

  17-06-2017 00:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Senators will open the 2017 pre-season schedule with a Battle of Ontario.
  If the Senators want to get a good idea of where they stand going into next season, there’s no better measuring stick than a home-and-home series against the Toronto Maple Leafs to open the National Hockey League exhibition schedule.
  The Senators will play two exhibition games at Canadian Tire Centre as well as a “home” game at O’Leary, P.E.I., against the New Jersey Devils on Sept. 25 as
  
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• Smiths Falls pool closes after funding dries up

  17-06-2017 00:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Smiths Falls’ popular Aquatic Resource Centre closed its doors until further notice on Friday after its municipal revenue stream dried up.
  The not-for-profit pool — the largest in the region — operated in a privately owned centre, relying on funding from Smiths Falls, Montague, Merrickville-Wolford and Rideau Lakes townships to subsidize it. 
  The Queen Street pool provided a number of programs, including lessons for children and students, aquafit classes and
  
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• Updated: Police union severs ties with police brass over 'double-standard' of officer treatment

  17-06-2017 00:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The rank-and-file Ottawa police union has severed ties with the police executive after what its president says has been months of double-standards and a refusal to treat officers fairly.
  But Chief Charles Bordeleau counters that Ottawa Police Association president Matt Skof has been fanning the flames of strife and “creating divisions” when the service, its employees and the community need them to work together. 
  “The ongoing relationship between the (union) and the (polic
  
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