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• Charming con man embezzled millions from trusting victims

  22-06-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Financial advisor Conrad Eagan was charming and almost like one of the family, according to the relatives of one of his clients who gathered in an Ottawa courtroom Thursday.
  But it was his nice guy routine that allowed him to swindle approximately $3.45 million from the elderly, pocketing money they had saved through their own hard work and perseverance to sate what one of his victims described as his “uncontrollable greed.”
  The sadness, anxiety, loss and shame caused by Eagan w
  
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• Ottawa Hospital land transfer set for 2018, but unclear who pays for what

  22-06-2017 23:57
  
  Government still sorting out cost of remediation.
  
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• Redblacks not exactly getting a ton of respect

  22-06-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When the Ottawa Redblacks open their CFL season Friday at home against the Calgary Stampeders, they won’t be hung up with any best player polls or how they are slotted in any power rankings. No respect? Yeah, but even though it’s a talking point, none of that stuff matters much.
  What’s really important is that the Redblacks, who go into the game relatively healthy — offensive linemen Tommie Draheim (wrist) and Matt Albright (knee) have been placed on the six-game injured
  
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• Hospital chief of staff steps down to spend more time working with homeless

  22-06-2017 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dr. Jeff Turnbull, chief of staff at The Ottawa Hospital, is stepping down to devote more time to his passion — working with the homeless.
  For years, Turnbull has spent one day a week making house calls at the city’s homeless shelters under a program pioneered in Ottawa and emulated around the world.
  Demand at the city’s shelters is increasing, and Turnbull said stepping down as chief of staff at the hospital will allow him to devote two or more days a week working in the shelt
  
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• Auditor General finds no issues with city’s transition plan to LRT

  22-06-2017 23:43
  
  A report of the LRT audit was tabled Wednesday.
  
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• Police say the issuance of carbine rifles to officers at airport will simply provide a higher degree of safety for travellers. #ottnews

  22-06-2017 23:39 via twitter.com
  Police say the issuance of carbine rifles to officers at airport will simply provide a higher degree of safety for travellers. #ottnews
  
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• Police patrolling Ottawa International Airport getting military-style rifles. Officials say move not prompted by specific threats #ottnews

  22-06-2017 23:38 via twitter.com
  Police patrolling Ottawa International Airport getting military-style rifles. Officials say move not prompted by specific threats #ottnews
  
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• Ottawa police airport units can now carry carbines

  22-06-2017 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police units at the Ottawa airport now have carbines at their disposal.
  The short, military-style assault rifles will improve public safety and help officers better respond to any security threat, a news release stated. 
  “In today’s climate, this additional piece of equipment allows us to continue to be prepared and respond to events that may affect the safety and security of our community and travellers to Ottawa,” Ottawa police airport Staff Sgt. Atallah Sadaka said
  
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• Ottawa esthetician Eve Stewart found in contempt of court for practising medicine

  22-06-2017 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa esthetician Eve Stewart has been found in contempt of court for practising medicine without a license, in violation of an earlier court order.
  The contempt of court finding came after the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario filed a complaint that Stewart was continuing to perform controlled medical acts at her Ottawa business after being prohibited from doing so in 2014.
  Stewart, who operates Eve’s Laser Clinic on Viewmount Drive, was found to have performed a nose job on
  
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• Seniors home rallies community to make Rideau High School's last grad special

  22-06-2017 23:03
  
  They couldn’t stop their school from closing, but a group of committed parents and volunteers are promising “a night to remember” for the Rideau High School Class of ’17.And odd as it may seem, the grad-planning headquarters for Rideau High, with its large population of refugees, new Canadians and students struggling in a new language or from low-i
  
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• Ottawa-area man takes home windfall after winning Lotto 6/49 #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/22/ott…

  22-06-2017 23:03 via twitter.com
  Ottawa-area man takes home windfall after winning Lotto 6/49 #ottnews1310news.com/2017/06/22/ott…
  
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• Some NCC paths damaged by flooding closed until 2018

  22-06-2017 23:02
  
  NCC says severity of damage means paths are unsafe to use until they are rebuilt.
  
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• City hall blog: AG and city manager have different views on waste

  22-06-2017 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We don’t often witness the auditor general and city manager publicly disagree on something, so seeing Ken Hughes and Steve Kanellakos admitting Thursday they can’t see eye-to-eye on some waste investigations is a notable development.
  Hughes has a big-picture view of wasteful behaviour. If any kind of time is being spent on non-work activities during an employee’s work day, that’s a waste, or it might result in wasteful activity.
  There are a few examples that wound up in h
  
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• Man charged after letters sent to pre-teen girl 1310news.com/2017/06/22/man… #ottnews

  22-06-2017 21:50 via twitter.com
  Man charged after letters sent to pre-teen girl 1310news.com/2017/06/22/man… #ottnews
  
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• Queensway drivers privy to rare sight: Porta-potties on the highway

  22-06-2017 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There was at least one driver perhaps close to filling his pants on Highway 417 Wednesday afternoon, just before the afternoon rush hour, when the flat-bed truck he was driving dumped its load on the eastbound lanes near Moodie Drive.
  The lost cargo consisted of three porta-potties that finally came to rest on the bus lane shoulder, according to OPP officials, having little impact on the traffic flow.
  Fortunately, no one was hurt by the spill. Even better news for environmentalists and others wa
  
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• Man, 47, accused of harassing pre-teen girl with letters to her home

  22-06-2017 21:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Investigators say they’re concerned there could be more alleged victims after charging a 47-year-old man with trying to make contact with a pre-teen girl by delivering “inappropriate” letters to her home.
  The Ottawa police’s sexual assault and child abuse section investigated and charged Robert File Wednesday with three counts of harassment by repeated communication with a person and one count each of mischief and invitation to sexual touching of a person under the age of
  
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• Driver charged after portable toilets fall off truck on 417 1310news.com/2017/06/22/dri… #ottnews #pottnews

  22-06-2017 21:25 via twitter.com
  Driver charged after portable toilets fall off truck on 417 1310news.com/2017/06/22/dri… #ottnews #pottnews
  
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• New proposed whistleblower law could make it easier for public servants to report

  22-06-2017 21:24
  
  Committee recommends changes to make it easier to report wrongdoing.
  
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• 14 city employees lost their jobs in 2016 for fraud or waste

  22-06-2017 21:20
  
  Seven employees were fired, and seven quit, because of city’s Fraud and Waste Hotline tips
  
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• On the @MeehanCarolAnne show now details on downtown Canada day security with the @OttawaPolice https://t.co/9HFBFYqM3W

  22-06-2017 20:47 via twitter.com
  
  On the @MeehanCarolAnne show now details on downtown Canada day security with the @OttawaPolice https://t.co/9HFBFYqM3W
  
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• City Auditor: Playground at Mooney’s Bay followed letter, but not spirit of rules

  22-06-2017 20:45
  
  Investigation: The Giver 150 Playground did not contravene any specific requirements, but actions did not fully reflect principles of transparency
  
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• Escapade music fest labelled 'more than a local event,' bars can remain open until 4 a.m.

  22-06-2017 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Several bars in the ByWard Market will remain open until 4 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday to allow for after-parties linked to the 2017 Heineken Escapade Music Festival, provincial regulators have ruled.
  The decision to allow the bars to have extended hours was released by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Thursday morning. The agency said the extended hours were approved due to the size of the annual event, which regularly attracts more than 25,000 attendees over two days.
  “The AG
  
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• LCBO strike looming this weekend

  22-06-2017 20:34
  
  Workers want end to short, part-time shifts.
  
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• Flood-related repairs to some NCC pathways to take another year

  22-06-2017 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Floodwaters washed out so much of the Ottawa River shoreline that the National Capital Commission will require nearly another year repairing pathways and “shoreline assets.”
  Several popular pathways will be closed because of sinkholes and erosion until the spring of 2018, including:
  – The Parliament Hill section of the Ottawa River Pathway. “There is severe shoreline erosion, as well as visible sinkholes,” the NCC says.
  – The Voyageurs Pathway from t
  
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• Rideau Street stabbing victim identified as former murder accused

  22-06-2017 20:19
  
  A 25-year-old man once accused of being the getaway driver in a gangland homicide was in stable condition in hospital after being stabbed on Rideau Street early Thursday morning.
  
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• Gilmour Street gas leak fixed, streets reopened

  22-06-2017 20:14
  
  Streets reopened around a Gilmour Street park and residents returned to their homes shortly before 2 p.m. after a gas leak prompted the evacuation of several buildings. The fire department confirmed shortly after 11 a.m. that three buildings on the north side had been evacuated as a precaution.
  
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• Sections of NCC pathways closed until next spring because of flood damage 1310news.com/2017/06/22/224… #ottnews

  22-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Sections of NCC pathways closed until next spring because of flood damage1310news.com/2017/06/22/224… #ottnews
  
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• Is your garden challenging you? Call 613-750-1310, Peter Rofner, Richmond Nursery answers your questions at 2pm on… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-06-2017 19:53 via twitter.com
  Is your garden challenging you? Call 613-750-1310, Peter Rofner, Richmond Nursery answers your questions at 2pm on… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Joss Stone: 'Let’s come together and have a blast, shall we?'

  22-06-2017 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Joss Stone 
  When: Sunday, June 25, 8:30 p.m.
  Where: TekSavvy Main Stage, Confederation Park
  Tickets/passes: ottawajazzfestival.com
  A couple of years into her Total World tour, the going is getting interesting for British soul singer Joss Stone. Her mission is to perform in every country in the world, and she just finished a run that let her check off Rwanda, the Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and several other African countries from the master list. Though she ticked off Canada back in 2
  
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• Reevely: If we hadn't bent the rules, Mooney's Bay playground wouldn't have been built, city says

  22-06-2017 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We could have a city government that asked people what they thought, kept proper records, and used clear rules to decide how to spend money, or we could have a playground at Mooney’s Bay. We picked the playground.
  Strictly speaking, city auditor general Ken Hughes reported Thursday, city employees broke no laws when they rushed to say yes to a Toronto TV production company that wanted to build that playground and shoot the work for a TVOntario series last year. But they didn’t act in
  
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• Damage from Ottawa River flooding closes @NCC_CCN pathways, incl. behind Parliament Hill, until 2018. #ottnews twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status…

  22-06-2017 19:46 via twitter.com
  Damage from Ottawa River flooding closes @NCC_CCN pathways, incl. behind Parliament Hill, until 2018. #ottnews twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status…
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, we discuss the challenges facing journalists with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/DUkW2tsD1U

  22-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, we discuss the challenges facing journalists with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/DUkW2tsD1U
  
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• Officials detail widespread road closures for Canada Day

  22-06-2017 19:39
  
  Most of downtown will be closed to vehicle traffic.
  
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• Expect traffic madness from festivals, cyclists and sports events this weekend

  22-06-2017 19:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Festivals, cyclists and sporting events will take over the capital this weekend. 
  But with all the fun comes traffic, and lots of it. 
  Anyone intending to take in one or more of the events is strongly urged to do a little advance planning.
  Some of the special events and activities happening this weekend include:
  A number of events taking place at Lansdowne.
  On Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Ottawa REDBLACKS will open their CFL season, hosting the Calgary Stampeders at TD Place Stadium.
  Satur
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show a birthday celebration for Ottawa's oldest public school. We learn about festivit… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show a birthday celebration for Ottawa's oldest public school. We learn about festivit… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• The Salvation Army plans to move to Vanier. Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show we connect with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  The Salvation Army plans to move to Vanier. Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show we connect with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Today's letters: Going around in (traffic) circles?

  22-06-2017 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The challenge of traffic circles moves one of readers to write, and the future of the monarchy weighs heavily on another. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
  Find our guidelines here.
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  Learn to use that roundabout
  Re: Letters, June 20.
  The letter “Ask yourself about your driving habits” prompted me to finalize a letter I have been drafting for four years. Since the installation of a roundabout at Kanata and Keyrock Avenues about six years ago, my driving skil
  
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• City employee fired after AG discovers employee was working elsewhere while calling in sick

  22-06-2017 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City auditor general Ken Hughes tabled his annual report on the fraud and waste hotline on Thursday, shedding light on theft, lawbreaking and peculiar behaviour in the municipal public service.
  Seven employees were fired and seven others resigned after the AG investigated tips from the snitch line in 2016. More employees had their knuckles rapped by management.
  The AG’s office collected 287 tips from the hotline in 2016, with the most coming in the area of misuse of city property or time.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for suspect in several break-and-enters

  22-06-2017 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police are searching for a man wanted in connection to several commercial break-and-enters in the Centretown area. 
  Investigators say the incidents occurred between Feb.  21 and June 5.
  A number of charges have been laid, and an arrest warrant has been issued for Trieu Dinh, 31 of Ottawa. 
  Dinh is charged with eleven counts of break-and-enter; 11 counts of possession of break-in instruments; and 11 counts of breach of probation.
  Additional charges are expected as the inv
  
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• Roads closed, buildings evacuated after gas leak on Gilmour Street

  22-06-2017 18:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Fire crews were called to manage and monitor a gas leak on Gilmour Street Thursday morning.
  The fire department confirmed shortly after 11 a.m. that three buildings on the north side had been evacuated as a precaution.
  Gilmour was closed between Elgin Street and Cartier Avenue pending the arrival of Enbridge Gas.
  Ottawa police lock off Minto Park and Gilmour Street in Ottawa Ontario Thursday June 22, 2017. Ottawa Police and Ottawa Fire were responding to a gas leak on Gilmour Street Thursday.
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• Government not looking for alternate site for portrait gallery

  22-06-2017 18:13
  
  Heritage Minister says finding a site for collection not a priority.
  
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• No swim flags at Westboro and Petrie River beaches. Britannia, Mooney's and Petrie East all open! twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  22-06-2017 18:11 via twitter.com
  No swim flags at Westboro and Petrie River beaches. Britannia, Mooney's and Petrie East all open! twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• Police searching for man wanted for Centretown break-ins #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/22/pol…

  22-06-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  Police searching for man wanted for Centretown break-ins #ottnews1310news.com/2017/06/22/pol…
  
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• 70% of Ontarians disapprove of Kathleen Wynne @quito_maggi joins @_marksutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  70% of Ontarians disapprove of Kathleen Wynne@quito_maggi joins @_marksutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• VIDEO: Why some Indigenous people are calling out #Canada150: bit.ly/2tSt2oC https://t.co/jkptinSvXT

  22-06-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  
  VIDEO: Why some Indigenous people are calling out #Canada150:bit.ly/2tSt2oC https://t.co/jkptinSvXT
  
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• Quick action by staffer douses fire in Stittsville retirement home

  22-06-2017 17:24
  
  Ottawa Fire Services credits a staffer’s quick action with a fire extinguisher in preventing a fire in a Stittsville retirement residence from spreading.
  
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• Woman, 82, seriously hurt in Greenbank Road crash

  22-06-2017 17:20
  
  An 82-year-old woman suffered serious chest injuries in a T-bone collision on Greenbank Road, south of Fallowfield, Thursday morning.Crews were called to the Barrhaven site at about 9 a.m.A 20-year-old man was also injured, suffering a minor hand injury when an airbag deployed and was also taken to hospital.
  
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• #Sears Canada to close some stores, cut 2,900 jobs 1310news.com/2017/06/22/sea… #ottawa #ottnews $SCC https://t.co/JxgNJU468E

  22-06-2017 17:14 via twitter.com
  
  #Sears Canada to close some stores, cut 2,900 jobs 1310news.com/2017/06/22/sea… #ottawa #ottnews $SCC https://t.co/JxgNJU468E
  
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• Advice from a Realtor: Buying Investment Property? Do your homework

  22-06-2017 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Many Canadians dream of owning a second property or several properties as an investment. Renting spaces out as commercial or residential areas can generate a substantial income over time. Among the many options, individuals can invest in second homes, townhouses, condos, duplexes, rooming houses or multi-unit residential buildings.
  There are many things to consider when buying income-producing properties, so it’s important to do your homework.  The following tips are provided by Patri
  
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• Fernbank Crossing: eQ Homes unveils four new model homes and final condo building

  22-06-2017 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  eQ Homes’ Fernbank Crossing in Stittsville is one-of-a-kind. Surrounded by green space,  it’s close to nearby amenities and schools and encompasses its own Village Green town centre. The community offers quick access to the heart of Kanata, the high-tech capital of the region, as well as golf courses, shopping centres, dining and more. Fernbank Crossing is close to all major public transit as well as Highway 417.
  On Saturday, June 24, eQ Homes will be welcoming registrants and g
  
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