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• Hospital and federal government still negotiating lease for new Civic site

  21-06-2017 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It could be late fall before a lease is signed allowing The Ottawa Hospital to build on the former site of the Sir John Carling building.
  CEO Cameron Love said Wednesday the federal government and the hospital are still working out details of that lease, six month after an agreement was announced to allow a new Civic hospital to be built on the site at the eastern edge of the Central Experimental Farm. He expects it to be signed before the end of the year.
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• France accused of violating human rights by group lobbying for academic Hassan Diab's release

  21-06-2017 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hassan Diab’s first hint that French police suspected him of being a terrorist was in October 2007 when a French newspaper reporter approached him after class at Carleton University.
  That was exactly 27 years after a devastating bomb attack outside a Paris synagogue that killed four and injured more than 40.
  In the year following his short exchange with the French reporter, Diab noticed he was being followed and often obviously so. He complained to the Ottawa police, only to discover later
  
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• Redblacks have tricks up sleeve vs. Stamps - Ottawa Citizen

  21-06-2017 23:36
  
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  Ottawa Redblacks defensive line (black) during practice at TD Place Wednesday (June 21, 2017). Julie Oliver / Ottawa Citizen. Share Adjust Comment Print. Nearly seven months ago, the Ottawa Redblacks went into the Grey Cup as nine-point underdogs, ...
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• Redblacks have tricks up sleeve vs. Stamps

  21-06-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Nearly seven months ago, the Ottawa Redblacks went into the Grey Cup as nine-point underdogs, with, most folks saying, no chance to beat the Calgary Stampeders.
  We all know how that turned out. You can bet the Stampeders are still aching from Ottawa’s magical 39-33 overtime victory, sparked by a wounded 41-year-old now-retired quarterback — Henry Burris. 
  So right out of the gate to open the CFL season, the schedule maker is giving us a Grey Cup rematch — Friday night at T
  
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• Federal inmates get naloxone kits, training before release

  21-06-2017 23:28
  
  A federal program is training inmates to use naloxone to prevent overdoses and giving them take-home kits on release
  
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• Contractor was driving Transpo bus when it flipped

  21-06-2017 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Transit heads are investigating why a routine test drive went sideways this week when a driver lost control of an OC Transpo bus, which ended up flipped in a ditch.
  Emergency services responded to the bus crash Monday morning on Russell Road near Ramsayville Road.
  Crews on scene for bus in ditch on Russell Rd & Ramsayville Rd. No one trapped. No reported injuries. #ottnews…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—Ottawa Fire Services (@OttFire) June 19, 2017
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• Overall crime rate in Ottawa up in 2016: report - CTV News

  21-06-2017 23:15
  
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  Overall crime rate in Ottawa up in 2016: report
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  The City's overall crime rate rose by nearly 6% last year, according to stats released Wednesday by Ottawa Police. In their annual report, Police say there were 33,125 reported crimes last year, up from 31,019 the year before. That amounts to 3,420 ...
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• Indigenous group calls foul on CRTC decision on radio stations

  21-06-2017 23:13
  
  Wawatay Native Communications Society arguing they should have been given stations in Toronto and Ottawa.
  
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• Police seize pill press, firearms, drugs and chemicals in big drug bust

  21-06-2017 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Four people have been charged and a large stash of drugs, chemicals and equipment used to produce counterfeit pills have been seized by Ottawa police after an eight-month investigation.
  In November 2016, the drug unit began to look into a group of Ottawa residents in their 20s and 30s believed to be responsible for trafficking cocaine and counterfeit pills in the city.
  On Tuesday, the investigation ended with the execution of eight search warrants at residences, businesses and vehicles acro
  
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• Threats against Wynne range from the bizarre to the serious, documents reveal

  21-06-2017 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Since 2013, Premier Kathleen Wynne has been threatened with beheading over changes to the province’s sex-ed curriculum, and told she should “catch a bullet” for her policies.
  These were among records of 97 “security incidents” involving the premier that the Citizen obtained using Freedom of Information laws. The records include four instances in which charges of uttering threats were laid.
  The menacing messages Wynne has received since becoming premier run the gamut
  
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• LIVE TONIGHT: @MLB on #1310NEWS – @BlueJays vs. @Rangers at 7:30. https://t.co/pZFOGHb6KQ

  21-06-2017 23:03 via twitter.com
  
  LIVE TONIGHT: @MLB on #1310NEWS – @BlueJays vs. @Rangers at 7:30. https://t.co/pZFOGHb6KQ
  
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• 'A historic day': Algonquin tribal flags raised at home of German ambassador

  21-06-2017 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  From the barricades to the boardroom, it’s become common to start events in Ottawa with an acknowledgment that the gathering is on “traditional unceded Algonquin territory.”
  But the outgoing German ambassador went a step further this week, raising the flags of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation and the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation at his Rockcliffe Park residence on the eve of National Aboriginal Day Wednesday.
  After the speeches and prayers by the t
  
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• Crime rates, severity of violent crime up in Ottawa

  21-06-2017 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Reported crime was up in Ottawa in 2016, but the rate of violent crime remained relatively the same, even after a near-record year of homicides, according to the 2016 Ottawa Police Service annual report.
  The crime rate was up nearly six per cent from 2015, but the rate of violent crime, despite a year of atypical bloodshed in the city, was down almost one per cent. The rate of non-violent reported crime was up more than seven per cent.
  The annual report “highlights how (OPS) addressed (its
  
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• Police seize drugs, firearms after eight-month long investigation 1310news.com/2017/06/21/pol… https://t.co/EKIRKGIaEw

  21-06-2017 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  Police seize drugs, firearms after eight-month long investigation1310news.com/2017/06/21/pol… https://t.co/EKIRKGIaEw
  
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• Government announces Indigenous Centre for 100 Wellington

  21-06-2017 22:40
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announces new name for Langevin Block
  
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• New Afghan army uniform cost $28 million more than needed, says watchdog

  21-06-2017 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The U.S. government’s Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released a new report Wednesday on the Pentagon’s procurement of new Afghan National Army (ANA) uniforms. 
  Key Points: 
  — DOD’s decision to procure ANA uniforms using a proprietary camouflage pattern was not based on an evaluation of its appropriateness for the Afghan environment. 
  — Procurement costs to the U.S. government were 40-43 percent than similar non-proprietary
  
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• Maloney: Was Pearson racist?

  21-06-2017 22:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was removing the name of Hector-Louis Langevin from the prominent Ottawa building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office. Many Canadians are unhappy about Langevin’s involvement, as a minister in Sir John A. Macdonald’s cabinet, with racially based assimilation policies. But the move raises disturbing questions about the potential double standard around naming government buildings and historic, racially based wrongs.
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  21-06-2017 21:49 via twitter.com
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• Methot bound for Vegas … for now

  21-06-2017 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  CHICAGO _ Marc Methot is likely to get a ticket to Las Vegas as he celebrates his 32nd birthday Wednesday.
  But it may be a short stay.
  League sources say that Methot, the Ottawa Senators’ veteran defenceman, was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL expansion draft, however, there’s a possibility Methot could be flipped in a trade once the dust settles Thursday on the club’s roster.
  The Knights will announce their selections during the NHL Awards Wednesday night in La
  
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• Dining Out: Coconut Lagoon's expertly spiced dishes now served in sleek, modern setting

  21-06-2017 21:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Coconut Lagoon853 St. Laurent Blvd., 613-742-4444, coconutlagoon.caOpen: Sunday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9:30 p.m.Prices: entrées $20 to $27 Access: no steps to front door, washrooms
  After a recent, too-lengthy run of restaurant dinners that were woefully short on bold, impressive flavours, I was in need of a sure thing. And with that, a friend and I went to Coconut Lagoon on St. Laurent Boulevard.
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• Two Quebecers remain detained on terrorism-related charges 1310news.com/2017/06/21/two…

  21-06-2017 21:32 via twitter.com
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• Smiths Falls Police report Erik Lalonde (missing teen) has been located & thanks everyone for their assistance. #ottnews #smithsfalls

  21-06-2017 21:29 via twitter.com
  Smiths Falls Police report Erik Lalonde (missing teen) has been located & thanks everyone for their assistance. #ottnews #smithsfalls
  
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• Jazzfest preview: St. Paul & The Broken Bones grow their soulful sound

  21-06-2017 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  St. Paul & The Broken Bones have played a ton of shows as they’ve crisscrossed the globe over the past four years, and they may not recall them all, but they’ll probably never forget their last visit to Ottawa.
  At CityFolk 2015, the Birmingham, Alabama-based soul revivalists had the unenviable side-stage task of following Van Morrison.
  But for Broken Bones front man Paul Janeway, whose soaring, throaty tenor has often drawn comparisons with Van the Man (and with influences like S
  
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• ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/7r9UCCaVnu

  21-06-2017 21:20 via twitter.com
  
  ON AIR NOW: The Afternoon News with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 On 1310NEWS or online: player.1310news.com https://t.co/7r9UCCaVnu
  
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• Police seize counterfeit pill press in city-wide drug bust - CBC.ca

  21-06-2017 21:18
  
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  Police seize counterfeit pill press in city-wide drug bust
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  Ottawa police seized guns, drugs, cash and a "pill press" capable of churning out about 20,000 counterfeit pills an hour during a city-wide drug bust Tuesday. Four people were charged after officers with the Ottawa Police Service's drug unit executed ...
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• SIU continues probe in death of man who shot himself after call from police

  21-06-2017 20:51
  
  Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking for new details relating to the death of a 43-year-old man who apparently shot himself after receiving a call from police earlier this month. The SIU said the incident occurred in the afternoon of June 3, in the Township of Rideau Lakes, just West of Smiths Falls, when the man was contacted
  
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• Police seize drugs, firearms, in searches across Ottawa 1310news.com/2017/06/21/pol… #ottnews

  21-06-2017 20:49 via twitter.com
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• Defenceman Marc Methot bound for Vegas … for now - Ottawa Citizen

  21-06-2017 20:39
  
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  Senators defenceman Marc Methot pins the Penguins' Sidney Crosby in Game 6 of the NHL's Eastern Conference final. Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images. Share Adjust Comment Print. CHICAGO — The Ottawa Senators rolled the dice by making Marc ...and more »
  
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• OC Transpo forgot to budget $4.8M to train LRT drivers.

  21-06-2017 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OC Transpo had to figure out where to get $4.8 million for teaching bus operators how drive LRT trains because apparently the transit department forgot to budget the money.
  That’s what the transit commission learned on Wednesday during a quick meeting at City Hall.
  Transit management needed the commission’s approval to shift money between internal accounts, including $4.8 million from a bus refurbishment fund to an LRT account.
  As we reported this week, Transpo is getting ready to tr
  
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• Reevely: Converting old embassy to an indigenous centre an idea and a promise, not yet a plan

  21-06-2017 20:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Indigenous leaders hailed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that the former U.S. embassy on Wellington Street will become a centre for indigenous peoples Wednesday afternoon, but there’s a lot of work to do and money to be spent before anybody picks up a hammer.
  The government dropped banners down the facade with representations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis history on them and raised indigenous flags on the roof for the announcement, outdoors in the early-summe
  
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• Reevely: Converting embassy to indigenous centre still only an idea

  21-06-2017 20:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Indigenous leaders hailed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that the former U.S. embassy on Wellington Street will become a centre for indigenous peoples Wednesday afternoon, but there’s a lot of work to do and money to be spent before anybody picks up a hammer.
  The government dropped banners down the facade with representations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis history on them and raised indigenous flags on the roof for the announcement, outdoors in the early-summe
  
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• OC Transpo announces new route IDs, end of paper passes

  21-06-2017 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Starting Sunday, OC Transpo passengers in the south and east areas of the city may be doing double-takes as several routes adopt new numbers in preparation for next year’s opening of the O-Train Confederation line.
  In all, 15 routes will be renumbered.
  The busiest route is No.1, which will be renamed the No. 6. Others changing are: Rte 41 becomes No. 291; routes 121, 123, 124, 126, and 128 become routes 42, 23, 24, 26, and 28 respectively; lines 144, 146, 147, 148, and 149 will become
  
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• Glavin: How the PM is ramming China down our throat

  21-06-2017 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  You’ve really got to hand it to the creepy China-trade lobbyists, deal-makers and sycophants who have so successfully insinuated themselves into federal Liberal power circles and the upper echelons of the foreign affairs bureaucracy over the years.
  Never mind the weird go-ahead that Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains gave to the estimated $1 billion acquisition of a Vancouver nursing home conglomerate by the opaquely structured Chinese insurance and real-estate giant Anbang, and w
  
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• Amnesty says no evidence for France to jail Ottawa professor, urges PM to act - Times Colonist

  21-06-2017 19:53
  
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  Amnesty says no evidence for France to jail Ottawa professor, urges PM to act
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  Rania Tfaily, Hassan Diab's wife, looks on as lawyer Donald Bayne responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday June 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld. OTTAWA — The lawyer for an Ottawa professor jailed in ...
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• City hall blog: Forgotten training tab should be last LRT surprise, commission told

  21-06-2017 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OC Transpo had to figure out where to get $4.8 million for teaching bus operators how drive LRT trains because apparently the transit department forgot to budget the money.
  That’s what the transit commission learned on Wednesday during a quick meeting at City Hall.
  Transit management needed the commission’s approval to shift money between internal accounts, including $4.8 million from a bus refurbishment fund to an LRT account.
  As we reported this week, Transpo is getting ready to tr
  
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• LCBO strike deadline fast approaching, @OPSEUSmokey gives us a negotiation update next on the @MeehanCarolAnne sho… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
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• More problems with the Phoenix Pay System. We connect with @Debi_Daviau, president of @PIPSC_IPFPC next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  More problems with the Phoenix Pay System.We connect with @Debi_Daviau, president of @PIPSC_IPFPC next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Senators to open at home against Washington on October 5

  21-06-2017 19:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  CHICAGO _ The Ottawa Senators will be in tough to start the season. 
  The Senators will play their home opener Thursday, October 5th against the Washington Capitals to kick off the club’s regular season schedule. 
  The rest of the schedule will be released Thursday but the Senators will head overseas in November to face the Colorado Avalanche in Stockholm, Sweden for two regular season games. 
  The Senators will also play an outdoor game at Lansdowne Park against the Montreal C
  
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• Smiths Falls police locate missing youth

  21-06-2017 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Smiths Falls police have located a young man who had been reported missing from his foster home since Saturday.
  Police said they located the 17-year-old Wednesday.
   
   
   
  
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• Smiths Falls police looking for missing youth

  21-06-2017 18:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Smiths Falls police are asking for the public’s help in locating a young man who has been reported missing from his foster home since June 17.
  Erik Lalonde, 17, is described as white, five feet eight inches (177 cm) tall, weighing 140 pounds (64 kg), with curly brown hair and brown eyes.
  He was last seen wearing orange pants and a black hoodie.
  Police are asking anyone with information to contact Smiths Falls police at 613-283-0357 ext 0.
   
   
  
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• Comedian does Ottawa show over speakerphone after flight cancellation

  21-06-2017 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Determined not to cancel his comedy show in Ottawa, and stranded in Toronto because of a flight cancellation, Steve Hofstetter did something he’d never done before – performed an improvised set over speakerphone from his hotel.
  “Part of what was going through my head was not how I was upset about it but how upset everyone else would be,” said Hofstetter, who is based in Los Angeles. 
  Hofstetter was scheduled to perform Sunday at City At Night at 7 p.m. on Slater Stre
  
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• The family of @JudyTrinhCBC is the inspiration for the newest #HeritageMinute She joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-06-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  The family of @JudyTrinhCBC is the inspiration for the newest #HeritageMinute She joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Cops charge driver after cut-off car crashes into woods - Ottawa Sun

  21-06-2017 18:20
  
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  Police have laid charges against a driver who cut off another person who was trying to pass a line of cars, sending the passing car crashing into the woods on Monday. Ottawa firefighters were called at about 7 a.m. to rescue a person whose vehicle ...and more »
  
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• Om, om, om: Parliament Hill yoga taking a breather until July 12

  21-06-2017 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Parliament Hill Yoga is taking a breather to make way for the flurry of activities coming to the Hill.
  What’s become a Wednesday lunchtime “must” for hundreds of yogis is canceled starting today, returning to the lawn in front of Centre Block July 12 with teacher Jen Dalgleish.
  “PHY is resting in savasana today,” organizers joked on Facebook Wednesday. For non-yogis, that’s the so-called corpse pose, which is typically done at the end of a practice.
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• Driver charged after cut-off car crashes into woods

  21-06-2017 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police have laid charges against a driver who cut off another person who was trying to pass a line of cars, sending the passing car crashing into the woods on Monday.  
  Ottawa firefighters were called at about 7 a.m. to rescue a person whose vehicle crashed into a heavily wooded area early Monday morning near the intersection of Stagecoach Road and Old Prescott Road.
  According to police, a driver was legally and properly attempting to pass a line of cars.
  However, one of the other cars in t
  
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• Wynne hits Atlanta to promote trade, keep lines of communication open

  21-06-2017 18:00
  
  Ontario's premier is touring Georgia to encourage U.S.-Canada trade, and push back on rising protectionism in the United States.
  
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• Police ask for help to identify suspect in fast food break-in

  21-06-2017 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s assistance to identify a suspect involved in a break-and-enter at a Kanata fast-food restaurant.
  According to police, at some point overnight between June 6 and June 7, a man forced his way into the unidentified restaurant, near the intersection of Eagleson Road and Michael Cowpland Drive. He forced the door open, then proceeded to steal various items before fleeing.
  Police did not specify what was stolen.
  The man is described as Caucasian, ap
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @sherrilynne & @markblevis join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
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• NAC ribbon-cutting ceremony to feature Charles, Prince of Wales on Canada Day

  21-06-2017 17:43
  
  Charles, Prince of Wales, will be cutting the ribbon at the NAC's new glass atrium on July 1. The public is invited to watch the unveiling at 2 p.m. as part of the Canada Day celebrations.
  
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• Cops charge driver after cut-off car crashes into woods

  21-06-2017 17:34
  
  Police have laid charges against a driver who cut off another person who was trying to pass a line of cars, sending the passing car crashing into the woods on Monday. Ottawa firefighters were called at about 7 a.m. to rescue a person whose vehicle crashed into a heavily wooded area early Monday morning.
  
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