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• Video captures jaw-breaking attack of Barrhaven man during OC Transpo ride [Video]

  19-07-2017 23:50
  
  A Barrhaven man is still recovering from a beatinginflicted on an OC Transpo bus after the trouble-
  filled Bluesfest concert on July 13.
  
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• Syrian refugees graduate with a new future

  19-07-2017 23:44
  15 Syrian refugees completed the special program to learn food safety skills.
  
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• 'Water is unpredictable': Ottawa Police Dive Unit offers life-saving advice - CTV News

  19-07-2017 23:35
  
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• This guy went to great lengths to not pay for gas. Now, police are looking for him

  19-07-2017 23:29
  
  What would you do to get a great deal on gas?If your answer includes any of the following:1. Blacking-out your licence plate;2. Wearing a hoodie on a scorching hot summer day;3. Wearing a face-covering bandanna;4. Driving your two-door, Chevrolet Cobalt to a Petro Canada at 890 Montée de la Source, in Cantley, Que.
  
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• Jaw broken in attack on OC Transpo bus from Bluesfest

  19-07-2017 23:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Barrhaven man is still recovering from a beating inflicted on an OC Transpo bus after the trouble-filled Bluesfest concert on July 13.
  Adam Farsijani, 21, says he’s in constant pain from a broken jaw and a possible concussion suffered at about 11:30 p.m. on the No. 95 near Fallowfield station.
  Video provided to the family by other passengers show two men wrestling and striking Farsijani as the trio stand in the rear aisle of the articulated bus. As he stands up from a bent, hog-tied posi
  
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• Overbrook residents demand infrastructure improvements

  19-07-2017 22:57
  Residents say their neighbourhood, which is largely made up of low-income residents, is in desperate need of infrastructure investments.
  
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• Video: Massive mechanical beasts from La Machine descend on Ottawa

  19-07-2017 22:38
  The dragon-horse and spider will be battling it out on downtown streets next week, but Metro got a sneak-peak Wednesday.
  
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• Competition bureau says cities should ease up on food truck red tape

  19-07-2017 21:59
  Cities like Ottawa should keep the rules to a minimum to encourage the industry.
  
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• No plans to fix Supreme Court building despite looming problems

  19-07-2017 21:15
  Public Works and Procurements Canada says they will continue to monitor the building for issues
  
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• CFL Fantasy: Double down on Ottawa - TSN

  19-07-2017 21:00
  
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  CFL Fantasy: Double down on Ottawa
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  Week Five of the CFL season has a twist and the CFL on TSN panel naturally turns its eyes to Ottawa, because the Redblacks are playing twice this week, and both games will count in CFL Fantasy. Now, Ottawa's players are more expensive, reflecting that ...
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• Reevely: Windmill plant closes, as Ontario's Green Energy Act dies a painful, costly death

  19-07-2017 20:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Siemens is closing its windmill-blade factory in Tillsonburg, kicking one of the struts out of the provincial Liberals’ plan to remake Ontario into a manufacturing centre for green-energy equipment.
  So long, Green Energy Act. That was painful.
  Not least for the 350 or so workers at the plant near London, most of whom are out of work immediately. Some will stay on for a few months to wind the operation up, but it’ll be fully shuttered in 2018, Siemens says. They’re just not sell
  
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• Tip prompts new SQ search for missing Kitigan Zibi women

  19-07-2017 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Sûreté du Québec has resumed a full-scale search in the Maniwaki area this week for two young Indigenous women who went missing without a trace from their Kitigan Zibi homes in 2008.
  When Maisy Odjick, then 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, disappeared on Sept. 6, 2008, the teens left behind their wallets, purses, clothes and medication.
  Maisy sent a friend a message on Facebook later that morning.
  Since then, there have been no signs of the young women.
  Shannon Alexand
  
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• MacDougall: Tory MP Cheryl Gallant's anti-media rant part of a bizarre conservative malaise

  19-07-2017 20:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The most polite thing one can say about Cheryl Gallant’s bizarre “Gallant News Network” video is that it’s no more bizarre than most of the things Cheryl Gallant says or does.
  The six-term Conservative MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke has a well-earned reputation as a wild card, and so a 10-minute, hostage-quality Facebook video hounding the “elite-stream” media over their coverage of the Omar Khadr settlement isn’t out of character.
  Although it’s
  
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• Today's letters: Policing, crime, caring for the elderly

  19-07-2017 20:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The state of policing, the state of long-term care –our readers share their opinions on these today. You can weigh in too, on these or other topics, by writing to us at @[email protected]—-
  Police promotion makes no sense
  Re: Senior Ottawa police officer to be promoted while under OPP probe, July 15.
  Who in his right mind would think of appointing to the position of deputy chief-investigations and support, even on a temporary basis, an officer who is under provincial police
  
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• Experts say Quebec vote on Muslim burials 'can only nourish radicalism': Paradkar

  19-07-2017 20:34
  The referendum proved that even in death, Muslims are seen through the lens of their differences.
  
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• A year after Abdi's death, some lessons learned

  19-07-2017 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On July 24, 2016, Ottawa Police responded to a disturbance at the Bridgehead Café in Hintonburg, where complaints had been made about a man apparently groping at least one female customer. Witnesses say the man was pepper-sprayed, and police say he became “assaultive.” Aside from the fact that pepper spray is said to evoke psychological symptoms such as fear, anxiety and panic, it transpired that the man, Abdirahman Abdi, also had a history of mental illness, though he wa
  
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• Editorial cartoons for July 2017

  19-07-2017 19:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Here’s how our cartoonists see Canada and the world.ShareHow our cartoonists see the world in JulyTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmailGALLERY:How our cartoonists see the world in July Obamacare  Michael de Adder NAFTA  Steve Nease China and Canada  Bruce MacKinnon Julie Payette  Malcolm Mayes MMIW  Greg Perry Interest rates  Steve Nease Who's responsible for the Omar Khadr affair?  Michael de Adder Mosul  Chuck Legge North Korea  St
  
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• Coming up on the Carol Anne Meehan show, how NAFTA renegotiations could affect retail in Canada. @RetailCouncil joi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Carol Anne Meehan show, how NAFTA renegotiations could affect retail in Canada. @RetailCouncil joi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• .@MarkDayNews hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show next...listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/yPK3TIiLex

  19-07-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  
  .@MarkDayNews hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show next...listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/yPK3TIiLex
  
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• Junior Canadian Rangers attend advanced training camp in northern Ontario

  19-07-2017 18:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Camp Loon, the annual Junior Canadian Ranger advanced training camp, has begun, with a opening ceremony featuring a demonstration of Indigenous dancing by a Canadian Ranger.
  Here are more details from Sergeant Peter Moon, the public affairs ranger for the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden:
  As the ceremonial fire that burns during the eight-day camp burst into flames Master Corporal Donny Sutherland of Constance Lake First Nation danced around it, watched by 143 fasc
  
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• Calypso firm on topless ban despite rights complaint - CBC.ca

  19-07-2017 18:46
  
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  Calypso firm on topless ban despite rights complaint
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  The owner of two popular water parks in Ontario and Quebec says women will not be allowed to go topless on the premises, despite a human right complaint. Groupe Calypso Valcartier issued a statement Wednesday saying women must continue to wear ...and more »
  
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• Still ahead Paul Drouin -- #Vanier resident/ local business owner -- on Salvation Army protest:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Still ahead Paul Drouin -- #Vanier resident/ local business owner -- on Salvation Army protest:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Marty Johnston leaves for AHL, Shaun Van Allen new Ravens head coach

  19-07-2017 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The winningest head coach (129-49-12) in the history of Carleton University’s men’s hockey program is leaving to become an assistant coach with the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose.
  Carleton announced on Wednesday that Marty Johnston, who began coaching with the Ravens as an assistant in the 2007-08 season before receiving a promotion to head coach in 2010-11, will join Pascal Vincent’s Manitoba (the farm team of the Winnipeg Jets) coaching staff.
  Former Ottaw
  
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• Topless at the water park? Company says 'no thanks' despite human rights complaint

  19-07-2017 18:07
  
  The owner of two popular water parks in Ontario and Quebec says women will not be allowed to go topless on the premises.
  
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• Dining Out: Sugar Marmalade's Asian snacks and desserts were hit and miss

  19-07-2017 18:05
  
  Regarding my first lunch at Sugar Marmalade on Rideau Street, my notes consisted of just four words — “So bad for you.”That’s not to say that my dining companion and I didn’t enjoy what we ate at this Asian snacks and desserts eatery, which opened in the spring where Hooch Bourbon House had been.
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @QaqishPolitico & @davidgourlay join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @QaqishPolitico & @davidgourlay join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Denley: Councillors shirking duty with silence on long-term care homes

  19-07-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OK, it’s finally summer, but that doesn’t excuse Ottawa city hall’s lame response to the shocking video of a city long-term care worker punching a helpless 89-year-old resident.
  One would have hoped that that incident alone would have galvanized councillors to say or do something, but the silence has been nearly complete. If not the video, how about city staff’s petty and vindictive decision to limit access given to the daughters of two residents, caregivers who have comm
  
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• Three men arrested in connection with serious Gatineau assaults

  19-07-2017 17:52
  
  Gatineau police have arrested three men in connection with a serious assault a week ago which has left two victims in hospital.The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday when two groups of men met near the intersection of Avenue des Entreprises and Boulevard des Affaires, a business park near Labrosse Boulevard in the city’s east end.
  
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• Still ahead: @MathieuFleury on #SalvationArmy protest over planned #Vanier shelter: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @MathieuFleury on #SalvationArmy protest over planned #Vanier shelter: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Why can’t the defending #GreyCup Champions secure a win? @TimCBaines joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Why can’t the defending #GreyCup Champions secure a win?@TimCBaines joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Glavin: China's campaign to purge Liu Xiaobo's name is disagraceful

  19-07-2017 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s a pretty good sign that a regime is terrified of the people it purports to govern when state censors are obliged to outlaw references to Winnie the Pooh.
  Because a lot of people have noticed an unflattering resemblance between the pudgy little bear of bedtime stories and supreme leader Xi Jinping, the Cyberspace Administration of China has been making itself busy this week blacking out any social media references to “Little Bear Winnie,” the bear’s Chinese name, and
  
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• RECALL #Dollarama recalling jump ropes over chemical hazard: bit.ly/2vj6DCi https://t.co/xVE1L11iai

  19-07-2017 17:14 via twitter.com
  
  RECALL#Dollarama recalling jump ropes over chemical hazard: bit.ly/2vj6DCi https://t.co/xVE1L11iai
  
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• Global military equipment exports expected to decline, according to new report

  19-07-2017 17:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A weakening defence export order backlog points to a contraction in the market by 2018, according to the annual Global Defence Trade Report released Wednesday by IHS Markit.
  The report examines trends in the global defence market across 65 countries and is based upon 40,000 programs from the Jane’s Aerospace, Defence & Security’s Markets Forecast database.
  More from the IHS Markit news release:
  Defence trade deliverables grew substantially in 2016. Markets expanded by $
  
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• Dangers posed to Canada’s defence minister are “unique” @Justin_Ling joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE next:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Dangers posed to Canada’s defence minister are “unique”@Justin_Ling joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE next:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Chamberfest preview: Danny Michel colludes with Russians on latest album

  19-07-2017 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Danny Michel plays KhlebnikovPresented by Ottawa Chamberfest and Canada Scene
  When: Sunday, July 23, 10 p.m. 
  Where: De La Salle High School, 501 Old St. Patrick St. 
  Tickets: $30, available at chamberfest.com
  The latest album by Canadian singer-songwriter Danny Michel was conceived, written and recorded last summer during an 18-day excursion aboard the Russian icebreaker, Kapitain Khlebnikov, as it powered through the Northwest passage. He talks to Lynn Saxberg about the life-cha
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @QaqishPolitico & @davidgourlay join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 16:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON:@QaqishPolitico & @davidgourlay join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa aware of reports Canadians detained in Mosul - CTV News

  19-07-2017 16:12
  
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  Ottawa aware of reports Canadians detained in Mosul
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  OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada is looking into a report that two Canadian women are among a group of female Islamic State militants detained following the Iraqi forces' victory in Mosul. "We are aware of these media reports. Canadian officials are ...and more »
  
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• Chamberfest preview: 10 epic, eclectic shows that are sure to stimulate

  19-07-2017 16:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Chamberfest
  When: July 22 to Aug. 4
  Where: various venues
  Tickets and info: chamberfest.com
  From renditions of classical music’s greatest hits to cross-cultural and cross-genre experiments that would be the envy of any thoughtful festival, there are many promising concerts to sort from the dozens of presentations at this year’s Chamberfest, which runs from July 22 to Aug. 4.
  Peter Hum lists the 10 shows at the top of his list.
  Sweat
  When: Sunday, July 23, 2 p.m. in Almonte and Monday
  
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• Ottawa weather: If you missed the rain, you'll love this forecast - Ottawa Sun

  19-07-2017 15:40
  
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  Ottawa weather: If you missed the rain, you'll love this forecast
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  Not to be a killjoy, but for all those still basking in the afterglow of Tuesday's sunny, warm day, get over it. The clouds, the showers, the T-storms, they're back. Wednesday looks like a familiar scenario, increasing cloudiness through the day with a ...and more »
  
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• Going out best bets, July 20 to 26

  19-07-2017 15:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Theatre Peter Hum
  Beginning Thursday and until Aug. 20, Strathcona Park in Sandy Hill will resound with the costumed comedy of the Amorous Servant, presented by Odyssey Theatre. For more than 30 years, Odyssey has presented outdoor summer theatre in Ottawa, drawing on the tradition and works of Commedia dell’Arte, an Italian Renaissance art form in which actors wear masks and perform in satirical, boisterous plays. In The Amorous Servant, Corallina is a mischievous matchmake
  
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• House Works: Oils for preserving handles, tools, stairs

  19-07-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Preserving Wooden Tool Handles
  Q: What finish do you recommend for wooden handles of shovels and rakes exposed to the weather?
  A: The hands-down best choice is good, old-fashioned boiled linseed oil applied over bare wood. Many wooden handles these days are made by people who don’t seem to know that varnish is hard on your hands and promotes blisters. Linseed oil, by contrast, soaks in and protects the wood without forming a film on the surface. Apply three coats, wiping off as much as you
  
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• Coming up NEXT: @mclomedia joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @Trans4mLeaders https://t.co/WcMAH2Jg4U

  19-07-2017 15:29 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up NEXT:@mclomedia joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@Trans4mLeaders https://t.co/WcMAH2Jg4U
  
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• Coming up at 10:15: Dietitian @CaraRosenbloom on changes to #Canada #Food Guide: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 15:21 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:15: Dietitian @CaraRosenbloom on changes to #Canada #Food Guide: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT: @borealissaves Phil Gurski discusses Canadian women fighting with #ISIL bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 15:14 via twitter.com
  NEXT: @borealissaves Phil Gurski discusses Canadian women fighting with #ISILbit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Airport security to take longer starting Wednesday

  19-07-2017 15:04
  
  Travellers headed to the United States should plan for extra waiting time starting Wednesday as “enhanced” security measures kick in from the U.S. Homeland Security agency. Both Air Canada and WestJet have issued advisories warning passengers to be at the airport at least two hours prior to scheduled direct U.S. flights.
  
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• #OnAir 9AM-1PM #OttawaToday live with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS & @rogersottawa22… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 15:01 via twitter.com
  #OnAir 9AM-1PM#OttawaToday live with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS & @rogersottawa22… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Greely motorcycle crash leaves woman seriously injured

  19-07-2017 15:01
  
  Ottawa paramedics say a 39-year-old woman suffered severe trauma when her motorcycle crashed into a ditch near Greely just before midnight on Tuesday. Emergency responders arrived at the scene near the intersection of Stagecoach Road and Empire Grove Street to find the victim in the ditch.
  
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• Ottawa weather: If you missed the rain, you'll love this forecast [Video]

  19-07-2017 14:58
  
  Not to be a killjoy, but for all those still basking in the afterglow of Tuesday’s sunny, warm day, get over it. The clouds, the showers, the T-storms, they’re back. Wednesday looks like a familiar scenario, increasing cloudiness through the day with a 40-per-cent chance of showers this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm or two.
  
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• Woman, 39, seriously injured in motorcycle crash near Greely

  19-07-2017 14:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa paramedics say a 39-year-old woman suffered severe trauma when her motorcycle crashed into a ditch near Greely just before midnight on Tuesday.
  Emergency responders arrived at the scene near the intersection of Stagecoach Road and Empire Grove Street to find the victim in the ditch.
  The woman suffered severe trauma as a result of a the crash, including serious internal bleeding.
  She was transported to hospital in critical condition where doctors were able to stabilize her injuries.
  Police
  
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• Woman sentenced to eight years for trafficking drugs, including #fentanyl: bit.ly/2vixPBc #ottnews https://t.co/FDcHnBzaHc

  19-07-2017 14:23 via twitter.com
  
  Woman sentenced to eight years for trafficking drugs, including #fentanyl: bit.ly/2vixPBc #ottnews https://t.co/FDcHnBzaHc
  
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