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• Vehicle carrying boxes ends up on its side in Greely

  20-07-2017 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A large commercial vehicle carrying boxes flipped on its side in Greely on Thursday afternoon. 
  At 1:31 p.m., Ottawa police received a call about a vehicle that was “manoeuvring and overturned” at the intersection of Parkway Road and Sale Barn Road in Ottawa’s south end. 
  There were no injuries. 
  Police said it would take them some time to get the vehicle back on its tires and clean up the fuel on the road. Police have advised people to avoid the area. About
  
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• Salvation Army dispute over new site at 333 Montreal Road escalates

  20-07-2017 23:25
  Fleury and Salvation Army exchange words after the charity sends him a letter
  
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• Wellington Street 'dooring zone' study shows signs of success

  20-07-2017 22:49
  A set of markings on the tightly-cramped Wellington Street helps riders "take the lane" and avoid doorings
  
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• Scheer appoints women to front bench, but won't change rules to get more women to run

  20-07-2017 22:15
  Scheer announced MP Lisa Raitt as his deputy leaders and MP Candace Bergen as house leader.
  
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• World Press Photo exhibit opens in Ottawa

  20-07-2017 22:13
  The photos will be on display at the Canadian War Museum until August 13.
  
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• Fleury, Salvation Army face off over proposed Vanier shelter project

  20-07-2017 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Coun. Mathieu Fleury is firing back at the Salvation Army, accusing the agency of being “unorganized” and spinning rhetoric over its $50-million plan to relocate an emergency shelter and support centre to Vanier.
  Fleury said a letter released by the Salvation Army July 15 was in response to a June 27 letter he sent the organization asking for the criteria used by the Salvation Army to choose 333 Montreal Rd. for the proposed complex and requesting that the development application pro
  
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• Decision close on Sandy Hill supervised injection site

  20-07-2017 21:30
  Community Health Centre has met all of Health Canada’s requirements and a decision is coming
  
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• Realtor Advice: Should I buy a new home before selling my own house

  20-07-2017 21:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Juggling the sale of one home while searching for another can be stressful. If you list your home too soon, you run the risk of having to finding a temporary place to stay and renting out storage space for your possessions. Wait too long and you might have to handle two mortgages.
  Many sellers in active markets will not accept an offer conditional upon the sale of the buyer’s property. However, in most cases, a buyer does have options. Patrick Morris, the leader of the Morris Home Team and
  
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• NAC musical revue celebrates the voices of Indigenous women on Saturday night

  20-07-2017 20:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  AnishinabekweWith ShoShona Kish, Tanya Tagaq, Amanda Rheaume, and more
  When: Saturday, July 22, 7:30 pm
  Where: National Arts Centre, Babs Asper Theatre
  Tickets: nac-can.ca
  There’s never been a better time to celebrate the voices of indigenous women in Canada, says singer ShoShona Kish, a core member of the band, Digging Roots, and a co-curator of Saturday’s Anishinabekwe event at the National Arts Centre. 
  Patterned after the annual Women’s Blues Revue in Toronto and prese
  
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• Insiders shouldn't choose the city auditor

  20-07-2017 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There is an invisible barrier that stretches across the Inter-provincial Bridge from Quebec into Ontario. This membrane stops all forms of corruption and financial malfeasance in municipal government. Mobsters, criminals and fraudsters are magically stopped halfway across the bridge.
  At least, this seems to be the idea of some city of Ottawa politicians. 
  This is the point that a disinterested reader might get when reading the claims contained in a lawsuit against the city for alleged polit
  
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• Today's letters: Why touching the Queen was OK

  20-07-2017 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Our letter-writers think the Governor General did the right thing by ‘touching’ the Queen this week, even though it goes against protocol. You can share your views too, on this or any other topic, at [email protected]
  —
  Thanks for helping the Queen
  Re: GG makes royal faux pas, July 20.
  What a ridiculous storm in a tea-cup. Our Governor General gently, chivalrously and respectfully lends his arm to an elderly great-grandmother descending the steep steps of Canada House,
  
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• Hydro One's $6.7B acquisition may gouge ratepayers, critics say

  20-07-2017 20:21
  'Hydro One is gouging ratepayers while using our money to buy up foreign companies. In the end, Ontario families will be left paying even more for hydro.'
  
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• Reevely: How Ontario is getting back into the coal-power business

  20-07-2017 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario taxpayers will soon be part-owners of one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in America west of the Mississippi River, making money off pollution in the U.S. Northwest that would be illegal to emit at home.
  That’s business, and when the government goes into business, money talks.
  It’s part of the package in Hydro One’s multibillion-dollar purchase of Avista Utilities, which the former Ontario government property announced Wednesday. Now that the province has sold 60
  
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• You probably won't be able to buy weed any younger in Quebec

  20-07-2017 20:11
  The days of stumbling over to Gatineau when your fake ID gets turned down likely won't extend to pot sales, say Premiers
  
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• TRAFFIC: Truck overturned Parkway & Sale Barn near #Greely #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  20-07-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  TRAFFIC: Truck overturned Parkway & Sale Barn near #Greely #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• The Carol Anne Meehan show hosted by @MarkDayNews is next. Listen in: player.1310news.com

  20-07-2017 18:54 via twitter.com
  The Carol Anne Meehan show hosted by @MarkDayNews is next. Listen in: player.1310news.com
  
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• Fallis: Indigenous games show the value of athletics

  20-07-2017 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Fourteen medal categories, 5,000 athletes.
  No, it’s not the Commonwealth Games, or the Pan-Am Games. Rather, this week, Toronto, Hamilton and Six Nations of the Grand River are hosting the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).
  This international competition features Indigenous athletes from across North America, many of whom will go on to compete at the Olympic and professional level.
  The story of the 2017 NAIG games is incredible. With only a year of planning and a limited budget, a sma
  
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• Spectacular Fortissimo military and musical show hits the Hill

  20-07-2017 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  You can’t say you weren’t warned: It will be loud on Parliament Hill over the next three nights as the popular Fortissimo 2017 military musical spectacular takes the stage for the 21st time.
  The two-hour free performance starts at 7 p.m. and includes hundreds of performers, from the Ceremonial Guard to performances 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 Roya
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @SocialKeenan & @PaulDewar join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch @SocialKeenan & @PaulDewar join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Racism still exists, even in death @ZarqaNawaz joins @_MarkSutcliffe next on rejected Muslim cemetery in Quebec… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 17:43 via twitter.com
  Racism still exists, even in death@ZarqaNawaz joins @_MarkSutcliffe next on rejected Muslim cemetery in Quebec… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Could #OJSimpson get #parole? @KOLOSydnee joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Could #OJSimpson get #parole? @KOLOSydnee joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• #Ontario pays highest #hydro rates in #Canada: @TaylorJJacks joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 17:14 via twitter.com
  #Ontario pays highest #hydro rates in #Canada: @TaylorJJacks joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Fury FC adds Ugandan speedster Azake Luboyera

  20-07-2017 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fury FC has signed 19-year-old Ugandan forward Azake Luboyera.
  The 5-foot-7 speedster has been training with the club for a few months and is expected to be available for selection against Toronto FC II next week.
  “Azake is someone who has a huge amount of potential,” said Fury FC coach Paul Dalglish. “Even though he’s young, I think he can compete for minutes straight away. If he can translate the goal-scoring ability and creativity that he’s shown in traini
  
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• Still ahead: @heleneclarkson on her #gofundme to draw attention to #Indigenous issues: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @heleneclarkson on her #gofundme to draw attention to #Indigenous issues:bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Three boats catch fire near Petrie Island

  20-07-2017 16:22
  The fire was reported just after 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning
  
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• Salvation Army pushes back against city councillor over shelter proposal

  20-07-2017 15:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Salvation Army isn’t going to cower from political opposition in the community where it wants to build a new shelter and support centre.
  The organization sent a letter to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury last Saturday reminding him of the consultation process that started in January 2015, when the Salvation Army apparently met with Fleury and the city to discuss the Vanier property at 333 Montreal Rd.
  That’s where the Salvation Army wants to build a $50-million facility that wo
  
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• Stop fretting about #NAFTA: @LMartinWashDC joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/Pu0ZcLuiCD

  20-07-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  
  Stop fretting about #NAFTA:@LMartinWashDC joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/Pu0ZcLuiCD
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Wellington West fixer-upper gets a complete makeover

  20-07-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Often, a family’s first house can’t be their dream home.  Whether it’s due to financial complications or not finding a home that fits what you desire, sometimes the only course of action is to purchase a less-than-ideal home in a nice neighbourhood to make it worthwhile. For some folks, investing in a fixer-upper is a nice area is the way to go. After a time, you can renovate the property and transform it into your dream house.
  Before: The young couple wished to update the
  
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• Drink up: LCBO workers narrowly ratify new deal

  20-07-2017 15:23
  
  Employees at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario have narrowly ratified a new four-year contract with the province. According to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the LCBO workers, members voted 56 per cent in favour of a tentative agreement proposed by the province in June.
  
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• Coming up @ 10: Should other passengers have intervened in a fight on an OC Transpo bus? #QuestionOfTheDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 15:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up @ 10: Should other passengers have intervened in a fight on an OC Transpo bus?#QuestionOfTheDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Politicians need to present united front as #NAFTA negotiations are ongoing @IvisonJ joins @_marksutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 15:14 via twitter.com
  Politicians need to present united front as #NAFTA negotiations are ongoing @IvisonJ joins @_marksutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• LCBO workers narrowly ratify new deal with province

  20-07-2017 15:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Employees at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario have narrowly ratified a new four-year contract with the province.
  According to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the LCBO workers, members voted 56 per cent in favour of a tentative agreement proposed by the province in June to stave off a strike over the Canada Day long weekend.
  OPSEU says the new deal caps the number of casual workers at the LCBO at 70 per cent from the current 84 per cent, and commits the agency to r
  
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• Lifestyle changes may help stave off #Alzheimer's: bit.ly/2uLSzV3 https://t.co/1mRs26rQE1

  20-07-2017 14:51 via twitter.com
  
  Lifestyle changes may help stave off #Alzheimer's: bit.ly/2uLSzV3 https://t.co/1mRs26rQE1
  
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• Do you agree with provincial premiers that the timetable for legalizing #marijuana in Canada may need to be changed… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-07-2017 14:46 via twitter.com
  Do you agree with provincial premiers that the timetable for legalizing #marijuana in Canada may need to be changed… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Three boats burn in Oziles' Marina fire, across from Petrie Island bit.ly/2uewdKp #ottnews https://t.co/KsQaXVnwwB

  20-07-2017 14:41 via twitter.com
  
  Three boats burn in Oziles' Marina fire, across from Petrie Island bit.ly/2uewdKp #ottnews https://t.co/KsQaXVnwwB
  
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• Gatineau cops seize pills, crack, meth and more in bust

  20-07-2017 14:39
  
  Three people have been charged and two more remain in custody and a quantity of illegal drugs and drug gear has been seized by Gatineau police following at raid Wednesday at a home at 70 Garneau St. in the Ile de Hull neighbourhood.
  
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• Probe underway into morning fire at Petrie Island marina

  20-07-2017 14:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An investigation is underway into a dramatic fire at a Petrie Island marina early Thursday that heavily damaged at least three boats.
  Flames were spotted at the Oziles’ Marina and Tackle Shop off Trim Road at about 4:30 a.m.
  Firefighters found a number of boats in flames.
  Firefighters brought the blaze under control by about 6 a.m., but heavy smoke could still be seen in the area. One boat sunk to the bottom of the river, while two others were damaged.
  Ottawa police said that, despite the
  
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• Three charged, two more in custody following Gatineau drug bust

  20-07-2017 14:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Three people have been charged and two more remain in custody and a quantity of illegal drugs and drug gear has been seized by Gatineau police following at raid Wednesday at a home at 70 Garneau St. in the Ile de Hull neighbourhood.
  Police say they were tipped by a citizen of illegal activities at the residence. Their investigation led police to believe the home was being used for the trafficking and consumption of narcotics by addicts.
  A total of 10 people were taken into custody Wednesday, six
  
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• Ottawa weather: Friday and Saturday shaping up to be beautiful [Video]

  20-07-2017 14:17
  
  You’re probably as tired of these forecasts as we are. But wait!There’s a good chance that of sunshine Friday and Saturday. Once again, Environment Canada is calling for morning fog and occasional drizzle, with heavier cloud in the afternoon and a 30-per-cent chance of showers late in the afternoon.
  
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• Provinces ask federal government for more clarity on pot legalization: bit.ly/2uClFWj https://t.co/tHnRNibYtG

  20-07-2017 14:14 via twitter.com
  
  Provinces ask federal government for more clarity on pot legalization: bit.ly/2uClFWj https://t.co/tHnRNibYtG
  
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• Don't despair: Sun is on the way (hopefully)

  20-07-2017 14:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  You’re probably as tired of these forecasts as we are.
  But wait! There’s a good chance that of sunshine Friday and Saturday.
  Once again, Environment Canada is calling for morning fog and occasional drizzle, with heavier cloud in the afternoon and a 30-per-cent chance of showers late in the afternoon.
  The temperature is expected to hit 27 C, feeling like 34 with the humidity.
  Tonight looks like a clearing trend will begin, with a low of 17 C.
  Then, they’re forecasting sun for Fr
  
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• Dramatic fire at a Petrie Island marina

  20-07-2017 13:44
  
  An investigation is underway into a dramatic fire at a Petrie Island marina early Thursday that heavily damaged at least three boats. Flames were spotted at the Oziles' Marina and Tackle Shop off Trim Road at about 4:30 a.m. Firefighters found a number of boats in flames.
  
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• Doctors: Sen. John McCain has brain tumour: bit.ly/2vma4Ze https://t.co/Kv9GaXlzjV

  20-07-2017 11:33 via twitter.com
  
  Doctors: Sen. John McCain has brain tumour: bit.ly/2vma4Ze https://t.co/Kv9GaXlzjV
  
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• NOW: Three boats on fire at Petrie Island Marina.@OttFire on scene #ottnews #ottfire twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  20-07-2017 11:26 via twitter.com
  NOW: Three boats on fire at Petrie Island Marina.@OttFire on scene #ottnews#ottfire twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• #HydroOne signs blockbuster deal to buy #Avista for C$6.7 billion in cash: bit.ly/2tsPtVL https://t.co/vHVUqdtbrK

  20-07-2017 11:10 via twitter.com
  
  #HydroOne signs blockbuster deal to buy #Avista for C$6.7 billion in cash: bit.ly/2tsPtVL https://t.co/vHVUqdtbrK
  
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• Brig.-Gen. Brennan leaves JPSU job after less than three months, Misener to take over Thursday

  20-07-2017 06:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Brig.-Gen. Mark Misener assumes command of the Joint Personnel Support Unit from Brig.-Gen. Shane Brennan on Thursday. The ceremony will take place at the Cartier Square Drill Hall in Ottawa. Lieutenant-General Charles Lamarre, Commander of Military Personnel Command, will preside over the ceremony.
  JPSU is an umbrella unit for 24 Integrated Personnel Support Centres across Canada and was created to offer programs to support and enable mentally and physically injured troops to resume their milit
  
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• Ottawa Champions continue to roll with victory against Miners

  20-07-2017 05:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Steve Nyisztor and Ricky Oropesa slammed home runs to spearhead a 12-hit attack as the Ottawa Champions thumped the Sussex County Miners 10-2 on Wednesday night in a Can-Am League baseball game at Augusta, N.J.
  The victory was the 11th in 12 games for the Champions (27-30), who pulled a half-game ahead of the Miners (26-30) for fourth place in the Can-Am League standings.
  Gustavo Pierre went 3-for-5 for Ottawa with two doubles, two runs scored and two runs batted in. Danny Grauer was 2-for-3 wit
  
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• Redblacks hold off Alouettes for first victory of regular season

  20-07-2017 05:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Redblacks 24, Alouettes 19
  The message from the Ottawa Redblacks coaches to their players has been very simple: Make more big plays, make less mistakes.
  On Wednesday night, under mostly clear skies at TD Place stadium, the Redblacks listened and came up huge. 
  While it was too early in the season to be do-or-die, the 24-19 victory against the Montreal Alouettes should provide a much-needed boost of confidence for Redblacks players and faith among the fans. It wasn’t easy as a res
  
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• Tax changes would hurt profitable businesses, opponents warn Ottawa - The Globe and Mail

  20-07-2017 03:56
  
  The Globe and Mail
  Tax changes would hurt profitable businesses, opponents warn Ottawa
  The Globe and Mail
  Opposition is quickly growing to proposed federal tax changes, as lawyers, accountants and major lobby groups are warning that profitable private corporations of all sizes stand to be negatively affected by new taxes on their investment portfolios ...
  How Ottawa's crackdown on tax loopholes for the wealthy might affect youFinancial Post
  Ottawa to close loopholes used by rich to dodge taxTor
  
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• Ottawa's pot shops proliferate, as criminally charged 'budtenders' left waiting to exhale - Ottawa Sun

  20-07-2017 03:27
  
  Ottawa Sun
  Ottawa's pot shops proliferate, as criminally charged 'budtenders' left waiting to exhale
  Ottawa Sun
  Selena Holder and her dog Rusty pose for a photo outside her home. Holder worked at the Rideau Street WeeMedical shop for about six weeks when it was raided, she now faces a possible criminal record, which could interfere with her plans to become a vet ...and more »
  
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