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• Former city AG surprised his deputy was fired

  14-07-2017 23:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city’s former auditor general said he was surprised to learn his one-time lieutenant was fired from the office after his successor took over.
  Alain Lalonde, who retired from the AG job at the beginning of 2014, declined to address the meat of the allegations in Raymond Kostuch’s lawsuit against the City of Ottawa, but he defended Kostuch’s work over the 10 years they worked together in the auditor’s office.
  “I was really surprised when (Kostuch) was let go,&rdqu
  
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• Editorial: Time to get started fixing long-term care is now

  14-07-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Eventually, many of us are going to need care and assistance, whether it’s help getting to the bathroom, eating or simply moving around in our day-to-day lives.
  In 15 years, more than 900,000 Canadians will have dementia. Many of these people – many of us – will end up in long-term care homes. There are plenty of good reasons to improve long-term care for the elderly, but naked self-interest ought to make it a somewhat higher priority for Ontarians. 
  Over the past two week
  
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• Marten Hartwell: An epic tale of Arctic survival

  14-07-2017 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In December 1972, the eyes of the world were on Yellowknife.
  More than a month after his mercy flight had disappeared into the barrens with three passengers aboard, pilot Marten Hartwell had been found alive. Hartwell, a 47-year-old immigrant who had grown up in wartime Germany and learned to fly as a teenaged glider pilot in the Luftwaffe, had survived 32 days in the wilderness. Both his legs were broken, the snow was a metre deep and the temperature at night dipped to -38 C.
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• Theatre review: Ben Caplan compelling in refugees' tale Old Stock

  14-07-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Old StockProduced by 2b theatre and the NACJuly 13-15, Azrieli Theatre, National Arts CentreReviewed Thursday
  Old Stock, a new play by the acclaimed Ottawa-born playwright Hannah Moscovitch, is inspired by the story of her great-grandparents’ arrival in Canada as Jewish refugees from Romania more than 100 years ago.
  She, musician Ben Caplan, director Christian Barry and Halifax’s 2b theatre company have created an extraordinary piece of theatre, telling the often dark tale with an en
  
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• Walmart removes baby onesie that raised ire of Indigenous activist 1310news.com/2017/07/14/wal… https://t.co/V33ALZPUfO

  14-07-2017 23:16 via twitter.com
  
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• Shock and disbelief at retention bonuses for key Sears Canada employees 1310news.com/2017/07/14/ret…

  14-07-2017 23:13 via twitter.com
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• Segal tosses salad into his entrepreneurial mix with Mad Radish

  14-07-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For David Segal, salad is the new tea.
  In 2008, when he was living in Montreal, the 36-year-old Ottawa native founded DavidsTea, which by the time Segal left the company last year had grown to become a publicly traded, $200-million retail business with roughly 200 North American locations.
  On Friday, Segal was a blur of activity at the grand-opening hubbub of his new venture, a salad-centric, fast-casual eatery in downtown Ottawa at Albert and Metcalfe streets that’s called not DavidsSalad
  
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• Complaining is crucial to functioning long-term care system, author says

  14-07-2017 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Complaining about abuse and neglect of loved ones in long-term care is “the most caring thing” a family can do, says author Lise Cloutier-Steele. But people who make complaints should be prepared for retaliation.
  It happened to the Ottawa author when her father was in an Ottawa long-term care home and she wrote about it to help other families going through similar experiences.
  “The reality is that even though caregivers are well within their rights to report systemic abuse and
  
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• Ottawa moving toward regulating Airbnb - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-07-2017 23:01 via obj.ca
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  Ottawa is taking the first steps towards implementing regulations on Airbnb and other short-term rental services. Council approved a motion, brought by Coun.Diane Deans, to prompt a bylaw review. “We need some tools to address this,” she told council, ...and more »
  
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• Jonathan Pitre receives important medical news

  14-07-2017 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jonathan Pitre received important news Friday when doctors reported that his low white blood cell count is not the result of a failed engraftment as some feared.
  Pitre, 17, has been in hospital for more than a month, battling a series of serious medical complications, including laboured breathing, high blood pressure, kidney dysfunction, infections and fevers. 
  Early this week, his white blood cell count plummeted to 0.4 — a normal white blood cell count ranges from 4 to 11 — an
  
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• Of shipwrecks and sovereignty

  14-07-2017 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Something dramatic is emerging from the Arctic ice and it is not just John Franklin’s recently discovered ships Erebus and Terror. The discovery of Franklin’s ships, lost searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845, has been overshadowed by dramatic revelations of archaeological skullduggery, political corruption, illegal searches, and at least one police investigation surrounding disputes between private searchers and archaeologists. Such squabbling has always marred
  
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• Jonathan Pitre receives important medical news | Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa Citizen

  14-07-2017 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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  Jonathan Pitre received important news Friday when doctors reported that his low white blood cell count is not the result of a failed engraftment as some feared.and more »
  
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• Senior Ottawa police officer to be promoted while under OPP probe ... - Ottawa Citizen

  14-07-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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  A senior Ottawa police officer who is under provincial police criminal investigation will be temporarily promoted to deputy chief in charge of all investigations at ...and more »
  
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• Senior Ottawa police officer to be promoted while under OPP probe

  14-07-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A senior Ottawa police officer who is under provincial police criminal investigation will be temporarily promoted to deputy chief in charge of all investigations at the local force, the Citizen has learned.
  A general order sent Thursday by Chief Charles Bordeleau to all police officers said that “Effective July 22 to August 13, inclusive, Superintendent Chris Rheaume will assume the position of Acting Deputy Chief, investigations and support.”
  The order was signed by Bordeleau and gi
  
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• Ottawa police issue warning about paving scam - Ottawa Citizen

  14-07-2017 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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  Don't rush into deals for driveway work with contractors who show up at your front door, Ottawa police are warning. James Pruitt / qingwa - Fotolia. Share Adjust Comment Print. Ottawa police are warning residents against rushing into deals with paving ...and more »
  
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• Ottawa police issue warning about paving scam

  14-07-2017 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are warning residents against rushing into deals with paving contractors who show up at the front door. 
  Last year, police received complaints from people who “hired” paving contractors to do inexpensive work on their lane, but did not sign any paperwork.
  When the work was completed, residents reported that the contractors pressured them to pay a higher rate.
  The organized fraud unit says any contractor work should come with a hard-copy contract.
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• Gatineau's Q2 house prices climbed 7 per cent amid decline in new listings

  14-07-2017 21:42
  
  Residential house price patterns in metropolitan Gatineau varied sharply from west to east during the second quarter, the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards reported this week.
  
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• Reid, Ifill, Gee: Racist myths at heart of Bluesfest criticism

  14-07-2017 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If you think it’s time to eradicate hip hop from Bluesfest due to Thursday night’s crowd behaviour, there is a good chance you are being racist.
  That doesn’t mean you are a racist, however it does mean that the racist tropes of Black criminality – and criminality of people of colour in general – are ones you accept as fact. But much of the conversation surrounding Thursday night’s Migos and Little Yachty shows play on racist tropes of how hip-hop music is the
  
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• Impaired driver sentenced to five years for girlfriend's death

  14-07-2017 21:10
  
  Marco Gauthier-Carriere, whose decision nearly four years ago to drive while impaired resulted in the death of his girlfriend, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and a 10-year driving ban.
  
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• Gatineau's Q2 house prices climbed 7% amid decline in new listings

  14-07-2017 20:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Residential house price patterns in metropolitan Gatineau varied sharply from west to east during the second quarter, the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards reported this week.
  While the average sale price of a single-family home climbed 7 per cent year over year to $275,100 across the region, house prices in Aylmer gained 12 per cent (to $322,200) while in Buckingham/Masson-Angers prices fell 6 per cent (to an average $184,200).
  In Hull, the downtown core, the average sale price for single
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown's time for on-the-job training is over

  14-07-2017 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown spent this week rolling out a set-piece announcement a day about things he’ll do if he can hold the Progressive Conservative party together long enough to win an election next year.
  It gave conservatives something to talk about other than the meat-grinder of the party’s nomination process, which keeps splatting out bloody messes.
  The legislature isn’t sitting and Premier Kathleen Wynne has mostly been on holiday since Canada Day, with just a tr
  
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• Going to Vancouver? Have space for a bird?

  14-07-2017 20:04
  
  A songbird from Western Canada that was rescued from freezing after it somehow strayed to Pakenham needs human assistance to fly home.The Bullock’s oriole was rescued in January 2016 and taken to the Wild Bird Care Centre in Ottawa, and now the centre has put out a plea.
  
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• July ain't dry: Water levels still high at Rideau River

  14-07-2017 19:57
  
  The Rideau River and its tributaries just won’t take the usual summer slowdown, thanks to rain that won’t stop.Some points from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority on Friday:“Flows continue to be above normal throughout the watershed. J
  
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• Man, 25, charged in connection to theft of five Zipcars

  14-07-2017 19:31
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining and stealing five ride-sharing Zipcar vehicles in Ottawa, police said Friday.A joint investigation by Ottawa police, Montreal police and the OPP found that five Zipcars had been targeted and were fraudulently obtained in 2016 between March and September.
  
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• Off-course oriole looking for one-way ticket to West Coast - CBC.ca

  14-07-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  
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  Off-course oriole looking for one-way ticket to West Coast
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  First, a few questions: Are you flying from Ottawa to Vancouver soon? Is it an Air Canada flight? Do you like birds? Would you be cool with taking a Bullock's oriole as your carry-on, and making sure the little songbird gets safely into the hands of a ...
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• Bluesfest preview: Vancouverites behind dance-music duo Bob Moses seek Brooklyn flavour

  14-07-2017 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Bob MosesWhen: July 15, 9:30 p.m.Where: RBC Bluesfest, Black Sheep stage
  By David Friend
  Vancouver-raised Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance are prone to amusedly reflecting on how they formed their duo Bob Moses by chance in a hardware store parking lot.
  They were acquaintances, at best, during their high school years. Nothing brought them together in any significant way when classes were over.
  But after the Canadians randomly crossed paths outside a New York tool shop, it seemed like the u
  
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• National Investigation Service announces sex assault charges

  14-07-2017 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On July 12, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service charged a captain with one count of sexual assault.
  The charge relates to a reported sexual assault against a civilian at a private residence in Edmonton in January 2017, according to the NIS.
  Captain Mark Sribney, a member of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment at CFB Edmonton faces one count of sexual assault.
  The case is now proceeding in the civilian justice system with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service.
  On July 13, the NIS charged a
  
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• Humidex? That's not what 40 feels like

  14-07-2017 19:06
  
  School’s out but the Science of Summer continues. Today, Postmedia’s Tom Spears looks at the wonky world of telling people that every summer day is hotter than the thermometer shows.Thursday was a pleasant summer day in Windsor — 27 C and mostly sunny with a west wind. You’d think it would be the same in Detroit, just across the river.
  
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• Fortissimo 2017 set for Parliament Hill starting July 20

  14-07-2017 18:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Canadian Forces is in its final preparations for Fortissimo 2017, a military and musical spectacular performed by the Ceremonial Guard on Parliament Hill.
  More from the news release issued by the Canadian Forces:
  In addition to the Ceremonial Guard and musical performers, Fortissimo 2017 will include presentations by the Dominion Carillon, the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Massed Pipes and Drums of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Band of America’s Few, the Royal Canadia
  
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• HMCS St. John’s returns to Canada on Monday

  14-07-2017 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  HMCS St. John’s will return to Halifax on July 17.
  The ship and crew are returning from their deployment on Op REASSURANCE, Canada’s contribution to NATO assurance measures for eastern Europe, the Royal Canadian Navy says.
  HMCS St. John’s left Halifax in January 2017 to join Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean.
  While deployed, HMCS St. John’s conducted operations and took part in multi-national exercises with NATO allies.
  HMCS St. John’s will be repl
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @JulieBeun & @_ECinc join @cmaconthehill LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @JulieBeun& @_ECincjoin @cmaconthehill LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Fury FC need offensive outburst

  14-07-2017 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  All it would take is a goal here or a goal there.
  It doesn’t seem like to much to ask and that’s really all the Ottawa Fury FC need to start climbing up the United Soccer League table.
  As the Fury FC open the second half of their USL regular season schedule at home at TD Place Saturday at 2 p.m. against the Rochester Rhinos, the Fury FC’s 5-5-6 record could so easily be something better if the offence would just break out, if only in a modest fashion.
  That’s how it goes f
  
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• Teens steal bank cards from west Ottawa home | CTV Ottawa News - CTV News

  14-07-2017 17:47 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
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  Ottawa police are seeking at least two males in connection with a Break-and-Enter in west Ottawa.and more »
  
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• Still ahead: @BarryDavis_ joins @cmaconthehill with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa #BlueJays https://t.co/vr46kd6evM

  14-07-2017 17:42 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:@BarryDavis_ joins @cmaconthehill with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa#BlueJays https://t.co/vr46kd6evM
  
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• Nearby residents upset as @ottawabluesfest attendees urinate on their properties #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/07/14/boo…

  14-07-2017 17:33 via twitter.com
  Nearby residents upset as @ottawabluesfest attendees urinate on their properties #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/07/14/boo…
  
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• Coming up: Paul Paquet w/ @triviaHOF joins @cmaconthehill to talk trivia bit.ly/1uwtdOs #OttNews https://t.co/3GchwHyrDC

  14-07-2017 17:29 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: Paul Paquet w/ @triviaHOF joins@cmaconthehill to talk triviabit.ly/1uwtdOs#OttNews https://t.co/3GchwHyrDC
  
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• Coming up: @glennvangulik of @Salvation_Army joins @cmaconthehill on new location in Vanier… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @glennvangulik of @Salvation_Army joins@cmaconthehill on new location in Vanier… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa police called to WestJet flight for 'disruptive passenger' - Ottawa Sun

  14-07-2017 17:07 via ottawasun.com
  
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  Ottawa police met a WestJet flight after the crew reported that an abusive passenger started a physical confrontation on board the plane. The incident was described in a report filed Thursday with the federal government's Civil Aviation Daily ...and more »
  
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• Ottawa police called to WestJet flight for 'disruptive passenger'

  14-07-2017 17:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police met a WestJet flight after the crew reported that an abusive passenger started a physical confrontation on board the plane. 
  The incident was described in a report filed Thursday with the federal government’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System.
  The incident occurred on WestJet Encore flight 3485 from Halifax to Ottawa on June 28. During the two-hour flight, a passenger became verbally abusive towards another passenger seated nearby. The incident escalated i
  
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• Coming up: @kellysloanmusic @ottawabluesfest performer joins @cmaconthehill live in studio… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 16:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @kellysloanmusic@ottawabluesfest performer joins@cmaconthehill live in studio… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Bank cards stolen from #Kanata house, used in overnight shopping spree 1310news.com/2017/07/14/ban… #ottnews https://t.co/iMSthOpFWx

  14-07-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  
  Bank cards stolen from #Kanata house, used in overnight shopping spree 1310news.com/2017/07/14/ban… #ottnews https://t.co/iMSthOpFWx
  
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• Starting today @ 10:30 : @cmaconthehill ‘Secrets of the Hill’ segment w/ guest Maureen Martyn,… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 16:26 via twitter.com
  Starting today @ 10:30 : @cmaconthehill ‘Secrets of the Hill’ segment w/ guest Maureen Martyn,… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: @kady on politics of the day and MORE: LISTEN: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli @cmaconthehill https://t.co/Ok6VhJmUl3

  14-07-2017 16:13 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead: @kady on politics of the day and MORE: LISTEN: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli@cmaconthehill https://t.co/Ok6VhJmUl3
  
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• Bluesfest patrons treating lawns like toilets, Centretowners say ... - CBC.ca

  14-07-2017 15:36 via cbc.ca
  
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  Some residents living near Booth and Albert streets say they've been dealing with hundreds of Bluesfest concertgoers urinating in their yards.
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• Have you seen this man? Police seek help in identifying suspect in robbery on Nepean Street

  14-07-2017 15:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Police Service is looking for help to identify a suspect in a June 14 robbery on Nepean Street.
  At about 12:20 am, a man forcibly entered a premise in the 100 block of Nepean Street, say police. He left empty-handed.   
  The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, 45 to 55 years old, 5’10”-6” (178cm – 183cm), with grey hair and a receding hairline, and a moustache. At the time, the suspect was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers w
  
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• Today's letters: Omar Khadr

  14-07-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  CSIS, government, deserve blame in Khadr case
  The public reaction to and much of the media coverage of the Canadian government’s apology to Omar Khadr and settlement of the lawsuit seems quite unfair and misses the most important point: this was made necessary by the improper actions of members of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
  However the decision was arrived at to question Khadr and to share this improperly obtained information with his American captors, it was wholly inappr
  
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• Get set for some sunshine, 28 C and no wet stuff Saturday [Video]

  14-07-2017 14:57
  
  First the good news –Saturday looks gloriouswith clearing skies, a high of 28 C and no chanceof rain, according to Environment Canada’sforecast.
  
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• LIVE NOW: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather w/@1310Andrew &@1310Glennis LISTEN LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 13:59 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa man charged after jumping on vehicle, assaulting OPP officer - CBC.ca

  14-07-2017 13:58 via cbc.ca
  
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  An Ottawa man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a citizen and a police officer in Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township on Wednesday. OPP were called to the Thousand Island Parkway just before 9 p.m. Wednesday to investigate reports of a ...
  
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• Paramedics called in reinforcements after being 'overwhelmed' by injured, intoxicated fans at Bluesfest

  14-07-2017 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Paramedics say they assessed more than 200 people at Bluesfest Thursday evening, including fans who reported being sexually assaulted, hurt after falls, intoxicated or suffering from overdoses. Paramedics also responded to another 10 calls nearby, according to a media release.
   They administered Narcan for suspected opiate overdoses, according to the release.
  Nineteen people were treated and 10 were sent to the hospital after reporting sexual assaults, trauma after falls or intoxication on
  
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