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• Redblacks' Joshua Stangby will see baby daughter for first time next week

  21-07-2017 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the morning of June 5, Joshua Stangby watched the birth of his first child, daughter Anaya Tehani, on FaceTime.
  The Ottawa Redblacks receiver will finally see her in person for the first time next Tuesday, and to say he’s excited  … well, it’s much more than that.
  “Ever since she was born, I’ve been itching to see her,” said Stangby, who will be with his Canadian Football League teammates for Monday’s game against the Argonauts in Toronto, then
  
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• Kingston police investigating theft of Flipper the special needs kitten

  21-07-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A kitten with special needs was a day away from finding her forever home in June.
  And then, on June 26, Flipper, a three-and-a-half-month-old short hair, was stolen from the Kingston Humane Society. 
  “She was approved to be adopted on June 27,” said Connie Ball, the executive director for the shelter. 
  After staff checked for Flipper and couldn’t find her, the kitten was reported missing to police.
  Ball said Flipper had a “unique style of wal
  
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• Ottawa construction company fined $275K for dumping into wetland ... - CBC.ca

  21-07-2017 23:46
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  An Ottawa construction company convicted of discharging construction sediment into a drain that flows into the Jock River in 2013 has been fined $275,000.and more »
  
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• Reevely: Hydro One's new coal plant gives Ontario a chance to spread its green values, Wynne says [Video]

  21-07-2017 23:38
  
  Hydro One should get its new American subsidiary out of the coal-power business, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Friday.The former public utility, in which the Ontario government is now a big but minority shareholder, will pick up a stake in a large coal plant once its $6.4-billion purchase of an electricity and natural-gas company based in Washington
  
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• Ryan Dzingel avoids arbitration, signs two-year deal with Senators ... - Ottawa Citizen

  21-07-2017 23:33
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  Ryan Dzingel avoids arbitration, signs two-year deal with Senators ...
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  After avoiding salary arbitration and signing Ryan Dzingel to a two-year contract extension worth $3.6 million U.S., the Ottawa Senators have a full house of ...
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• Dzingel signs two-year contract with Senators

  21-07-2017 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  After avoiding salary arbitration and signing Ryan Dzingel to a two-year contract extension worth $3.6 million U.S., the Ottawa Senators have a full house of forwards.
  At this point, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion could stick with the four lines full of proven playoff experience or he could try to make a trade to add a veteran defenceman to offset the loss of Marc Methot in the National Hockey League expansion draft earlier this summer.
  “Having a lot of good players is a good thing
  
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• A little bit new, a little bit old for Senators signee Nate Thompson

  21-07-2017 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the ice, Nate Thompson’s familiarity and previous success with Ottawa Senators head coach Guy Boucher should make for a relatively easy transition to his new squad.
  Off the ice, though, Thompson acknowledges he might face a little “culture shock” in adjusting to a Canadian climate after spending eight seasons in Tampa Bay and Anaheim.
  “That was the exciting part about signing here,” said Thompson, who signed a two-year contract worth $3.3 million U.S. as a free a
  
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• Reevely: Hydro One's new coal plant gives Ontario a chance to spread its green values, Wynne says

  21-07-2017 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro One should get its new American subsidiary out of the coal-power business, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Friday.
  The former public utility, in which the Ontario government is now a big but minority shareholder, will pick up a stake in a large coal plant once its $6.4-billion purchase of an electricity and natural-gas company based in Washington state goes through.
  That company, Avista Utilities, gets much of its power from hydroelectricity but also from the 2,100-megawatt Colstrip power stat
  
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• Politics matters: Transparency, trade and taxation

  21-07-2017 23:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The week in politics was supposed to be all about kids and playing in the park. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau popped up in disparate corners of the country to highlight Canada 150 free passes to national parks and to celebrate — with cake and all the trimmings — the first anniversary of the Canada Child Benefit, his government’s multi-billion-dollar attempt to deal with income inequality.
  But the questions that followed him were more about the prime minister’s accountabil
  
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• Kontinuum's opening week draws more than 15,000 visitors

  21-07-2017 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 15,000 people checked out the Kontinuum underground multimedia show in its opening week, organizers say.
  The unique Ottawa 2017 event takes visitors into the unfinished Lyon LRT station for an immersive sound and light experience created by Montreal’s Moment Factory. The overall budget was about $4 million.
  Entry is free and tickets can be reserved online at www.ottawa2017.ca/events/signature-events/kontinuum. The show runs daily until Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  As of
  
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• Kontinuum's opening week draws more than 15000 visitors - Ottawa Citizen

  21-07-2017 22:56
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  Kontinuum's opening week draws more than 15000 visitors
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  Kontinuum, an interactive underground multimedia production, will run July 16 to Sept. 14 inside one of Ottawa's future LRT stations. Supplied. Share Adjust Comment Print. More than 15,000 people checked out the Kontinuum underground multimedia show ...and more »
  
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• School board will help speed up replacement of burned play structure

  21-07-2017 22:36
  
  The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will pitch in to speed up the replacement of the playground at a Beacon Hill elementary school that was burned to the ground earlier this month, says trustee Sandra Schwartz.Ottawa police are investigating the fire that destroyed the kindergarten play structure at Le Phare school at 1965 Naskapi Drive.Norma
  
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• Redblacks trying to get "full tank of gas" before facing Argos

  21-07-2017 22:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wearing their floppy white safari/sun hats, with no helmets or pads, the Ottawa Redblacks looked very relaxed during Friday’s practice, their first day back on the field after a 24-19 win Wednesday over Montreal.
  While it may have been a bit of a physical break heading into Monday’s game in Toronto (in what will be their third game in 11 days), the Redblacks are dialed in – a win over the Argos would crazily enough put them into first place in the CFL East.
  “We do our mee
  
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• Redblacks' Stangby will see baby daughter for first time next week

  21-07-2017 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the morning of June 5, Joshua Stangby watched the birth of his first child – daughter Anaya Tehani – on FaceTime.
  Next Tuesday, the Ottawa Redblacks receiver will see his child in person for the first time – and to say he’s excited, well, it’s much more than that.
  “Ever since she was born, I’ve been itching to see her,” said Stangby, who will be with the Redblacks Monday when they face the Argos in Toronto, then fly home to Fresno, CA., the next
  
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• Ex-Bomber Roberts looks to find fit with Redblacks

  21-07-2017 21:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Redblacks reached out to former Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back C.J. Roberts nearly a month ago.On Friday, Roberts along with defensive back Winston Rose (New Mexico State) and defensive lineman Mike Wakefield (Florida International) were the newcomers out on the field with the Redblacks, three days before Ottawa plays in Toronto.
  In Winnipeg last season, Roberts had 26 tackles and two interceptions in seven games. Injured late in the year, he was released by Winnipeg in May. Rob
  
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• Complaints of bad behaviour made against school board trustee dismissed

  21-07-2017 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two complaints of bad behaviour filed against public school board trustee Donna Blackburn by a fellow trustee have been dismissed.Trustee Christine Boothby accused Blackburn of haranguing a volunteer at a public meeting. Boothby filed a second complaint against Blackburn for violating confidentiality rules after Blackburn talked about the matter.
  Chair Shirley Seward and vice-chair Erica Braunovan of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board decided not to conduct a formal review of Boothby&rsqu
  
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• Editorial: Salvation for all

  21-07-2017 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A proposal by the Salvation Army to build a $50-million emergency shelter and social services hub in Vanier has rapidly spiralled into bitter name-calling. That’s unfortunate. Both the social problems Sally Ann seeks to address, and the concerns of a lively, improving neighbourhood, are too important to be mired in unseemly politicking.
  To review: Everyone wants a solution to the public safety issues in the ByWard Market, including around the Booth Centre emergency shelter on George Street
  
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• Photos: Asterix, the new supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy

  21-07-2017 20:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Asterix, the RCN’s new naval supply ship, was unveiled at Davie shipyards on Thursday. The ship is being leased by the federal government over the next five years. It will have a civilian crew provided by Federal Fleet Services and a RCN crew to operate the refuelling and resupply systems. Photos courtesy of Davie/Federal Fleet Services.
  Surrounding the Lieutenant Governor of Québec J. Michel Doyon, and his wife and sponsor of the Asterix, Pualine Théberge are Rear-Admira
  
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• Ottawa chocolatier guilty of sexually assaulting teen employee

  21-07-2017 20:45
  
  A Westboro chocolatier who once prided himself on treating customers as guests in his home has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teen employee.Omar Fares was found guilty Thursday in a judge-alone sexual assault trial.The allegations against the then-36-year-old owner and operator of A Thing for Chocolate on Wellington Street West were mad
  
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• A little bit new, a little bit old for Senators free agent signee Nate Thompson

  21-07-2017 19:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the ice, Nate Thompson’s familiarity and previous success with Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher should make for a relatively easy transition to his new squad.
  Off the ice, though, Thompson acknowledges there might be a little “culture shock” in adjusting to a Canadian climate after spending the past eight seasons in Tampa Bay and Anaheim.
  “That was the exciting part about signing here,” said Thompson, who signed a two-year, $3.3 million contract as a free agent
  
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• Coming up next on the Carol Anne Meehan show, we discuss Sean Spicer's resingation and the Trump/Putin meeting with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 19:42 via twitter.com
  Coming up next on the Carol Anne Meehan show, we discuss Sean Spicer's resingation and the Trump/Putin meeting with… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Review: Theatre in the Bush enthralling in the dark

  21-07-2017 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada Scene presents
  Theatre in the Bush
  Mackenzie King Estate, Gatineau Park
  Reviewed Thursday, July 20
  Theatre in the Bush usually happens on Brian Fidler’s 2 1/2-acre property outside Whitehorse, where it’s never very dark in the summer and there’s always a bonfire.
  This weekend, the theatrical adventure takes place at the Mackenzie King Estate in Gatineau Park, where night falls quickly but open fires are strictly forbidden by the National Capital Commission, which maintai
  
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• Looking for advice on what movie to take in this weekend? @cfl_fan shares his latest reviews next on the Carol Anne… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Looking for advice on what movie to take in this weekend? @cfl_fan shares his latest reviews next on the Carol Anne… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• A healthy take out option has sprouted up in Ottawa. @_davidsegal of @eatmadradish joins us next on the Carol Anne… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 19:09 via twitter.com
  A healthy take out option has sprouted up in Ottawa.@_davidsegal of @eatmadradish joins us next on the Carol Anne… 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/QUpsS6AEqe

  21-07-2017 19:03 via twitter.com
  
  .@MarkDayNews hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show next. Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/QUpsS6AEqe
  
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• In praise of science 'superclusters'

  21-07-2017 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Astronomers refer to superclusters as a group of smaller galaxy clusters that can be as a big as 200,000,000 light-years across and are “the largest structures in the universe.”
  But there’s also a more down-to-earth definition for the supercluster – as a global destination point for ideas, people and capital that will create jobs and drive economies of the future. Report after report has identified Canada’s challenge to close the innovation gap with other leading co
  
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• Salvation Army proposal flouts the city's official plan – bigtime

  21-07-2017 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The recent debate over the proposed Salvation Army shelter in Vanier has largely overlooked the reason the Salvation Army is even applying for rezoning: shelters are not within zoning allowances for traditional main streets, which Montreal Road is. Therefore, the conversation should not be focused on whether or not this belongs in Vanier, but whether it belongs on any traditional main street?
  Downtowns get special treatment in terms of city of Ottawa zoning because main streets are recognized as
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @StephanieCarvin & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch@StephanieCarvin & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa #BlueJays https://t.co/uFLvX5YhHS

  21-07-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:@BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa #BlueJays https://t.co/uFLvX5YhHS
  
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• Should terminally ill children be kept alive despite suffering? @a_picazo joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Should terminally ill children be kept alive despite suffering?@a_picazo joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Chamberfest preview: Pianist, polymath Stephen Hough has the "poetic gene"

  21-07-2017 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Stephen Hough
  When: Sunday, July 23, 7 p.m.
  Where: Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  Tickets: chamberfest.com
  British piano virtuoso Stephen Hough confesses that he went through a bit of a rough patch during his adolescence.
  “I had those rocky years. I was only listening to rock music, burning joss sticks in my bedroom, wanting only to be a disc jockey, and watching six hours of television a night — the worst kind of teenage alienation,” says Hough. “I was never on drugs, b
  
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• Gormley: Trump's Russia problem only grows

  21-07-2017 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Americans have good reason to ask whether their president and his closest political associates are criminals. But what makes the question so necessary ought to make the answer moot. 
  For the purposes of determining whether Donald Trump should remain in office, it doesn’t matter whether a crime was committed in his and his associates’ dealings with Russia. It’s damning enough that the question has to be raised.
  “Has to be” is the key phrase here. The point is no
  
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• Coming up: Guy Laflamme on @ottawa2017 #weekend events & #LaMachine: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 17:14 via twitter.com
  Coming up: Guy Laflamme on @ottawa2017 #weekend events & #LaMachine:bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Repair plan for fire-damaged DND building in Gatineau expected by end of summer

  21-07-2017 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government expects a plan in place by the end of the summer for repairs to the fire-damaged Louis St. Laurent building in Gatineau.
  But in the meantime, the Department of National Defence has developed its own strategy to place its 1,700 employees, who had worked at that building, at three locations in Ottawa and Gatineau.
  The fire broke out in the Louis St. Laurent building at 555 Boul. de la Carrière on Apr. 21, 2016 forcing the shutdown of the facility.
  The Louis St. Lauren
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @StephanieCarvin & @OPA_President join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:54 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @StephanieCarvin & @OPA_President join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• New Canada #FoodGuide light on nutrition, heavy on spiritual wellness @soupcoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  New Canada #FoodGuide light on nutrition, heavy on spiritual wellness@soupcoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Dzingel signed a two-year contract with Sens

  21-07-2017 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ryan Dzingel has signed a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Ottawa Senators.
  Dzingel and the Senators were scheduled for a salary arbitration hearing on Friday morning, but settled on the new contract before the meeting.
  Dzingel, 25, scored 14 goals and 18 assists in 81 games in 2016-17, his first full season in the NHL. While he struggled at in the post-season – serving as a healthy scratch for four of the Senators’ 19 playoff games, he also scored the pivotal goal to send th
  
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• Coming up 11: @BPS_News Chief Scott Fraser on #SnapMap safety concerns: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11: @BPS_News Chief Scott Fraser on #SnapMap safety concerns: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Get ticket in #Quebec -- could lose license in #Ontario @darren_fleming tells @_MarkSutcliffe his story NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:27 via twitter.com
  Get ticket in #Quebec -- could lose license in #Ontario @darren_fleming tells @_MarkSutcliffe his story NEXT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• COMING UP: @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #cdnpoli segment: LISTEN: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:14 via twitter.com
  COMING UP:@cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #cdnpoli segment:LISTEN:bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa security guard charged with mischief for robbery claim

  21-07-2017 16:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged an Ottawa man with public mischief for allegedly falsely claiming he was robbed while he was working as a security guard at a construction site.
  Police said the man reported the robbery on April 23 at around 2 a.m, claiming a group of teenagers robbed him while he was working overnight at a business that was under construction near the intersection of Cresthaven Drive and Barnstone Drive in Barrhaven.
  The man claimed that one of the assailants was carrying a handgun.
  The
  
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• NOW: #QuestionOfTheDay Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs Watch: bit.ly/1ldOZJF OR call… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  NOW: #QuestionOfTheDay Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOsWatch: bit.ly/1ldOZJF OR call… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Letters: Where should the Salvation Army set up shop?

  21-07-2017 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A proposal by the Salvation Army to build a new facility in Vanier spurred lots of feedback this week. You can write to us too, on this or any topic, at [email protected]  Find our guidelines here.
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  What’s the plan, Sally Ann?
  Re: Salvation Army proceeds with Vanier shelter, despite opposition, July 12.
  The recent meeting about the new Salvation Army facility was not a consultation; it was a strategic discussion session. It would be helpful to know if the city plans an
  
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• Coming up: @rboyd6 on #Ottawa #safeinjection site decision -- expected soon: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @rboyd6 on #Ottawa #safeinjection site decision -- expected soon: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Bourne: Artists and parents have some responsibility in Bluesfest mess

  21-07-2017 15:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The relationship between Bluesfest and hip hop is being discussed heavily in the media and on social media.
  The Citizen recently published an article in which the writers stated racist myths are behind the complaints about hip hop at Bluesfest.
  The Ottawa Sun also published an opinion piece in which the writer stated the problem isn’t hip hop, but intoxicants and inexperienced festival goers.
  The Citizen opinion piece is correct in highlighting a measure of prejudice by pointing out that t
  
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• Coming up @ 10 Do you agree Conservative MPs criticizing Khadr settlement in US media are jeopardizing #NAFTA talk… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 15:41 via twitter.com
  Coming up @ 10Do you agree Conservative MPs criticizing Khadr settlement in US media are jeopardizing #NAFTA talk… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Log Homes: Beautiful and sustainable alternative to traditional houses

  21-07-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Homeowners Tony and Lea Bond had a vision of creating a beautiful countryside escape, featuring a large lot and a stunning log home.
  The couple had fallen in love with log homes in 2010 after Tony’s project with Boys and Girls Club in Ottawa. Together, with the help of the Ottawa Senators Alumni, they’d raised enough money to build a log home called Camp Smitty, right on Mink Lake. They contracted Paul Kealey and Adam Tackaberry of Kealey Tackaberry Log Homes to build the two-storey
  
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• NEXT @AGMacDougall on Cheryl Gallant’s anti-media rant & Trump’s off the record meet w/ Putin:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-07-2017 15:28 via twitter.com
  NEXT@AGMacDougall on Cheryl Gallant’s anti-media rant & Trump’s off the record meet w/ Putin:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa weather: Hot, sunny and, as always, a chance of rain [Video]

  21-07-2017 14:10
  
  Despite what the weather people were saying Thursday, with virtual promises of sunshine and warm temps, there may be a fly in the ointment Friday. Three flies, in fact.
  
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• Weather: Looks mostly good, but three days of crossed fingers coming up

  21-07-2017 14:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Despite what the weather people were saying Thursday, with virtual promises of sunshine and warm temps, there may be a fly in the ointment Friday.
  Three flies, in fact.
  Upon further review, apparently, Environment Canada is now saying that Friday should be sunny in the morning, but a mixture of sun and cloud is expected this afternoon, bringing a 30-per-cent chance of showers this afternoon.
  The temperature should be a relatively humidity free 29 C, but the UV index is expected to be 9 or very h
  
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