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• Gatineau marijuana facility poised to grow

  27-06-2017 23:59
  
  Hydropothecary looking to raise $20 million to expand facility.
  
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• Short passes were the plan for Redblacks

  27-06-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In football, sometimes it’s best just to take what you’re given.But the Ottawa Redblacks aren’t losing sight of what they may need to do to beat the Stampeders Thursday night in Calgary.
  In a 31-31 double-overtime tie Friday at TD Place, the Redblacks relied on mostly short passing routes — with quarterback Trevor Harris completing 33-of-45 passes for 300 yards.
  Explained Redblacks offensive co-ordinator Jaime Elizondo: “We went into the game thinking we would take
  
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• Egan: Last grads make final walk from Greenbank Middle School

  27-06-2017 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Wednesday is the final graduation day at Greenbank Middle School, as rows of shiny shoes and fancy dresses attend the bittersweet end of a 50-year era, if not an entire educational concept.
  Opened in 1968, the “middle” school of Grade 7 and 8 students will close for good Friday, sending students and most of the 20 teachers to Sir Robert Borden High School in September.
  “It’s an amazing school, that’s why it’s bittersweet, right?” said principal Dennis Pa
  
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• Ottawa driver who killed his best friend sentenced to three years in prison

  27-06-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It started as a night of video games and beer, followed by a trip to the pub for Ryan Smith and Teague McEwen, best pals who had shared a brotherly bond since Grade 6.
  It ended with Smith’s speeding car rolling over at least twice in a darkened ditch before slamming into a traffic light pole on a rural stretch of road in April 2015.
  On Tuesday, the 25 year old stood in an Ottawa courtroom to say sorry for killing his best friend. Smith was then sentenced to three years in a federal pr
  
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• ByWard Market residents: We must do better for this part of town

  27-06-2017 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The following is submitted by five residents of the ByWard Market.
  Why is it that every time there is a violent incident in Ottawa’s ByWard Market – such as the recent shootings and homicides – our councillor, mayor and the ByWard Market’s BIA are relatively silent, or they assure the public that these are one-off incidents and that this part of town is safe and flourishing?
  This could not be further from the truth. Come to the ByWard Market on any evening between Wednesd
  
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• Flag Man of Vanier is back and showing his Canada Day colours

  27-06-2017 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Flag Man of Vanier is back in business.
  A year after two dozen of his Canadian flags were stolen just before Canada Day, Henry McCambridge is featuring a grander flag display to ring in Canada’s 150th birthday.
  “We’re just showing that these young punks who stole them last year can’t deny us our festivities this year,” McCambridge said. “Us seniors are not just going to lay low and die. We did our own little presentation.”
  Henry McCambridge has led t
  
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• Trudeau says electoral reform died because 'nobody else agreed' with Liberals' policy preference

  27-06-2017 23:05
  
  Opposition was clearly never going to agree on a new voting system, prime minister tells reporters.
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown's Tories catch a break with a tidy nomination in Ottawa South

  27-06-2017 22:49
  
  The Progressive Conservatives in Ottawa South have nominated former city councillor Karin Howard to run against Liberal John Fraser in next year’s provincial election — a quiet success for a party struggling with some very noisy messes.
  
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• Trudeau defends progress made on economy, trade, Indigenous issues

  27-06-2017 22:40
  
  The prime minister defended his government’s record as it nears the middle of its mandate, saying many goals would take time or more willingness or “capacity” in others to realize.
  
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• Ottawa police seek suspect in assault at Major's Hill Park

  27-06-2017 22:19
  
  The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s help to identify a man believed to have been involved in an assault in May.According to police, a verbal confrontation took place between two men at Major’s Hill Park on May 23 around 1:15 p.m.
  
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• Elmvale Acres strip mall redo gets nod from planners, neighbours

  27-06-2017 22:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Something has gone refreshingly right with planning a major transformation of a strip plaza in east Ottawa.
  The blueprint for the future of Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre at 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. isn’t perfect in the eyes of the community, but it’s a big improvement from the original design 18 months ago.
  Council’s planning committee on Tuesday approved the proposed transformation of the aging commercial property.
  RioCan Management has a demonstration plan that calls for three
  
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• Study on public school closures in Alta Vista, Hunt Club delayed

  27-06-2017 22:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Parents and students in Alta Vista and Hunt Club will have to wait a little longer to find out the fate of the English public schools in their neighbourhoods.
  A study of 19 schools in the area that was to begin in September is in limbo because the province is expected to change some of the rules that govern such “accommodation reviews.”
  Everything is on hold, says Shirley Seward, chair of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. She expects more information as early as Wednesday fr
  
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• Study on public school closures in Alta Vista and Hunt Club delayed while province tinkers with rules

  27-06-2017 22:03
  
  Parents and students in Alta Vista and Hunt Club will have to wait a little longer to find out the fate of the English public schools in their neighbourhoods.A study of 19 schools in the area that was to begin in September is in limbo because the province is expected to change some of the rules that govern such “accommodation reviews.”
  
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• Transformation of Elmvale Acres strip mall receives planning approval

  27-06-2017 21:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Something has gone refreshingly right with planning a major transformation of a strip plaza in east Ottawa.
  The blueprint for the future of Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre at 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. isn’t perfect in the eyes of the community, but it’s a big improvement from the original design 18 months ago.
  Council’s planning committee on Tuesday approved the proposed transformation of the aging commercial property.
  RioCan Management has a demonstration plan that calls for three
  
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• Michael Bublé to accept award and speak at Rideau Hall

  27-06-2017 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Michael Bublé returns to the spotlight this week during a visit to Ottawa to pick up the National Arts Centre Award as part of the 25th-anniversary edition of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards.
  He will make his first public speech of 2017 when he accepts the award at Rideau Hall on Wednesday. 
  The 41-year-old British Columbia-born singer and his wife, Argentine actor Luisana Lopilato, put their careers on hold last fall to care for their three-year-old son, Noa
  
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• Jazzfest preview: Post-Bowie, Donny McCaslin breaks out of the jazz bubble

  27-06-2017 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Don’t get Donny McCaslin wrong.
  Yes, the jazz saxophonist and bandleader was feeling a bit burnt out during a recent interview. He was home in Brooklyn with his young family, but also feeling “haggard” following a stretch of touring. This year, McCaslin expects to be on the road for more than five months, visiting locales as distant as Australia and Japan as a leader for the first time.
  But McCaslin, who has a famously sunny personality, says he is simply grateful to be so busy
  
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• Rockfest had law-abiding rockers, Sûreté says

  27-06-2017 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It was another mostly crime-free year for Rockfest, as the only unusual behaviour police had to contend with was a case of car-surfing.
  “In general, Rockfest went well,” says a statement from the Sûreté du Québec.
  In an end-of-incident wrapup report, police said there were three impaired drivers and nine arrests for trafficking drugs, with five more for possession.
  Police seized cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine and marijuana, but none of the seizures were fo
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighs in on rise in hate crimes

  27-06-2017 20:37
  
  Trudeau says government needs more data.
  
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• Police seek suspect in Wellington West break-in

  27-06-2017 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in locating a suspect in connection with a break-in at a Wellington Street business June 19.
  The break-in occurred at about 1:50 a.m. at an unidentified business in the 1000 block of Wellington Street West.
  The suspect was captured on security video and is described as a 40-50-year-old Caucasian, five feet 10 inches to six feet (178cm – 188cm) tall with an average build.
  He was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with hood tied tightly around fa
  
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• Air Force asks Facebook for advice on what to fly over Parliament Hill

  27-06-2017 19:19
  
  Users can choose from among the service's full fleet of aircraft.
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: concerns over the new Ontario Autism program. We speak with a father that s… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 19:18 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show: concerns over the new Ontario Autism program. We speak with a father that s… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• The @MeehanCarolAnne show starts now. How are you celebrating Canada day let us know 613-750-1310 listen in:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  The @MeehanCarolAnne show starts now. How are you celebrating Canada day let us know 613-750-1310listen in:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Canadians should “celebrate” JTF2 sniper’s killing of Islamic State gunman, says Trudeau

  27-06-2017 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian special forces are doing what is expected of them on their mission in Iraq and the public should celebrate what the military says is a record-breaking sniper kill.
  Last week the Canadian Forces announced that a JTF2 sniper set the world record for long-range killing when he eliminated an Islamic State member with a shot from 3,540 metres away.
  That shot should be celebrated, Trudeau said Tuesday. “What happened there is, first of all, something t
  
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• Today's letters: Redblacks fans embarrassed themselves Friday

  27-06-2017 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Worst football game in decades
  It wasn’t the players, but RNation, who undermined the game Friday night. The boos and booze usurped the usual inspirational chants and roars. We deprived the team of support by directing derision at the hapless officials.
  It was the worst Ottawa football crowd in at least 40 years. Scary levels of intoxication and scant security to handle the fans who overdid it. Hooliganism at Lansdowne? Let’s hope not.
  Peter Boyle, Ottawa
  Citizens could have put scal
  
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• Why the next Governor General should be indigenous

  27-06-2017 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada has achieved much in creating a compassionate, just and harmonious society. However, it needs to go a step further and appoint an indigenous person as Governor General in September, to heal the wounds in its relations with indigenous peoples. This would be the best sesquicentennial celebration of all, a powerful signal on the road to becoming a truly inclusive society.
  The English and French settlers in Canada occupied the Governor General’s office by alternating it between themselv
  
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• Still ahead: @obj_news @CarolinePhil has your social calendar: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe #ottawa https://t.co/NNgNt59gGR

  27-06-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead: @obj_news @CarolinePhil has your social calendar: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@_MarkSutcliffe #ottawa https://t.co/NNgNt59gGR
  
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• Change of command for 3rd Canadian Division set for Thursday

  27-06-2017 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There will be a change of command at the 3rd Canadian Division in Edmonton on Thursday. Major-General Simon Hetherington will turn over command to Brigadier-General Trevor Cadieu.
   
   
  
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• Canadian military conducting operation in Northwest Territories

  27-06-2017 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A group of about 140 Canadian Forces members and employees from other government departments and agencies are taking part in Operation NUNAKPUT. It started Monday and runs until July 18 in the Northwest Territories.
  Operation NUNAKPUT 2017 consists of a series of maritime and safety patrols, water and ground reconnaissance, survival training, and a disaster preparation assessment, according to the Canadian Forces. This year’s operation takes place around Great Slave Lake, around Deline, al
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @_ECinc & @stephegan613 join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch:@_ECinc & @stephegan613 join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Environment Canada warns of thunderstorms for Ottawa

  27-06-2017 17:47
  
  Thunderstorms could produce strong winds and hail Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Third Ontario PC riding association quits over 'blatant breach' of rules

  27-06-2017 17:44
  
  “The nomination process and election has been tainted by a blatant breach of the nomination rules,” executive says in resignation letter to Patrick Brown.
  
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• Still ahead: Rick Hansen on #WeDay, #Canada150, Barrier Buster Project: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: Rick Hansen on #WeDay, #Canada150, Barrier Buster Project:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Chilly and damp and Hail Watch Day 3: Is it summer yet? [Video]

  27-06-2017 17:33
  
  We hope you haven’t put those spring jackets out of reach in the closet. Or, for that matter, those sturdy galoshes.It looks like chilly temperatures and showers for the next couple of days. Tuesday morning’s fog patches are expected to burn off by noonish, to make way for showers and and a risk of a thunderstorm or two.
  
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• Chilly and damp and Hail Watch Day 3: Is it summer yet?

  27-06-2017 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We hope you haven’t put those spring jackets out of reach in the closet. Or, for that matter, those sturdy galoshes.
  It looks like chilly temperatures and showers for the next couple of days.
  Tuesday morning’s fog patches are expected to burn off by noonish, to make way for showers and and a risk of a thunderstorm or two.
  The high is forecast at a chilly 19 C or so.
  Tuesday night should see more showers, with continued risk of thunderstorms and a low of 10.
  In fact for the third stra
  
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• Wellington West diner sees opening in patio war

  27-06-2017 16:58
  
  A Wellington West restaurant has finally found an opening at City Hall to get an outdoor patio approved after 20 years of battles with neighbours.The Wellington Diner at 1385 Wellington St. W. has won the planning department’s support to set up a patio outside the restaurant, along the corner of Western Avenue.
  
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• Methot opens up about trade: Sad to leave Ottawa, excited about new challenge

  27-06-2017 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Marc Methot didn’t want to move on but he’s happy he finally has a new home.
  The former Ottawa Senators’ defenceman, picked up by the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft last Wednesday, told Postmedia Tuesday morning in his first interview since being dealt to the Dallas Stars Monday night that he’s not thrilled with the whole process but he’s happy not be in limbo anymore.
  Methot, 32, who spent five years with the Senators as Erik Karlsson’s defensive
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @_ECinc & @stephegan613 join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 16:51 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @_ECinc & @stephegan613 join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Canada in the right on #softwood dispute, will keep working with U.S.: Trudeau: bit.ly/2ueddsK #cdnpoli https://t.co/I6f3iHn6EL

  27-06-2017 16:47 via twitter.com
  
  Canada in the right on #softwood dispute, will keep working with U.S.: Trudeau:bit.ly/2ueddsK #cdnpoli https://t.co/I6f3iHn6EL
  
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• Canada Day 2017: Complete guide to road closures and transit information

  27-06-2017 16:44
  
  All are welcome for Canada’s 150th birthday — except vehicles, cyclists and even some pedestrians on some Ottawa and Gatineau streets.The capital is expected to be its busiest with a crowded schedule of events and tens of thousands of visitors.
  
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• Coming up: @stphnmaher w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ZCCZjbuvEg

  27-06-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up:@stphnmaher w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ZCCZjbuvEg
  
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• How do #Canadians view #DonaldTrump? @jslaternyc joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/OFmld2Stgq

  27-06-2017 16:14 via twitter.com
  
  How do #Canadians view #DonaldTrump? @jslaternyc joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/OFmld2Stgq
  
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• Coming up at 11AM: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio for the debut of her weekly segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 15:52 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11AM: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio for the debut of her weekly segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Does #Canada know how to party? Author @StephenMarche joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ZmqTthym3c

  27-06-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  
  Does #Canada know how to party?Author @StephenMarche joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/ZmqTthym3c
  
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• RCAF asks Canadians to vote for Parliament Hill flypast aircraft for Canada Day

  27-06-2017 15:41
  
  The Royal Canadian Air Force has turned to Facebook to ask Canadians which of its aircraft fleet should perform the flyby over Parliament Hill on Canada Day.The Facebook poll, posted late Monday, offers more than 20 aircraft for aeronautics fans to chose from, including several helicopters.
  
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• COMING UP AT 10 Should the city put 35K coasters in bars/restaurants to promote drinking tap water?… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-06-2017 15:32 via twitter.com
  COMING UP AT 10Should the city put 35K coasters in bars/restaurants to promote drinking tap water?… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• DIY Inspiration: Paint the outdoors

  27-06-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As early summer comes, warm weather and light breezes draw us outdoors. And we needn’t go too far, either. With the right decoration, we can transform our porche, deck or patio into an outdoor oasis that invites both fun and relaxation. Just a few light touches can breathe new life into our space.
  Decorating your outdoor space can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. You can pick up free furniture on the side of the road or at your local thrift store and transform it into somethi
  
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• Beer Store to offer home delivery to large parts of Ottawa

  27-06-2017 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Just in time for Canada Day, The Beer Store is rolling out home delivery to parts of Ottawa.
  The new service, part of the store’s Beerxpress.ca website, is aimed at helping the staid retailers modernize services in the face of growing competition.
  Buyers must place a minimum $20 order. The base delivery fee in the Ottawa area is $9.75, but can vary according to the size of the order. People will not be allowed to buy more than $500 in beer in one order.
  The trial run of the home beer
  
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• Maceo Parker, Mavis Staples fill the soul at jazzfest

  27-06-2017 15:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Maceo Parker and the Ray Charles Orchestra featuring the Raelettes
  Confederation Park, Ottawa Jazz Festival
  Mavis Staples
  NAC Theatre, Ottawa Jazz Festival
  Reviewed Monday
  It was a night to revisit soul classics at the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Monday, thanks to wonderful performances by two musical legends: Maceo Parker and Mavis Staples.
  Parker, the sax master who played with James Brown and George Clinton, channelled the spirit of Ray Charles during a terrific main-stage concert with the Ray Ch
  
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• Ottawa weather: Thunderstorms, rain and chilly temperatures ahead [Video]

  27-06-2017 14:24
  
  We hope you haven’t put those spring jackets out of reach in the closet. Or, for that matter, those sturdy galoshes.It looks like chilly temperatures and showers for the next couple of days. Tuesday morning’s fog patches are expected to burn off by noonish, to make way for showers and and a risk of a thunderstorm or two.
  
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• Chilly and damp: Is it summer yet?

  27-06-2017 14:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We hope you haven’t put those spring jackets out of reach in the closet. Or, for that matter, those sturdy galoshes.
  It looks like chilly temperatures and showers for the next couple of days.
  Tuesday morning’s fog patches are expected to burn off by noonish, to make way for showers and and a risk of a thunderstorm or two.
  The high is forecast at a chilly 19 C or so.
  Tuesday night should see more showers, with continued risk of thunderstorms and a low of 10.
  Wednesday, the clouds shou
  
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