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• Could a vaccine someday prevent Alzheimer's? Increasingly, some researchers say it's possible

  25-07-2017 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  SAN FRANCISCO — Could Alzheimer’s disease be prevented one day with a vaccine?
  That is the tantalizing promise of a body of scientific research that points to microbes, including the ubiquitous herpes virus, as a possible cause of the disease.
  The link between microbes and Alzheimer’s could pave the way for eventual treatments or a cure, something that continues to elude the medical world at a time when there is growing concern about skyrocketing rates of the disease.
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• Families mourn sons slain in Monday's shootings

  25-07-2017 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The slain men in Monday’s string of west-end shootings were neighbours and friends whose families had known each other for years.
  Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, and Dirie Olol, 27, lived just four houses away from each other. 
  Police began investigating their slayings and the attempted homicide of Abdulrahman’s brother, Talal Al-Shammari, 31, early Monday morning when Talal showed up shot in the neck, shoulder and pinky finger at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. From there, police
  
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• Three Ottawa artists among those designing LRT Public art

  25-07-2017 23:27
  Renderings of the stations and the art installations are posted on city website.
  
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• Record rainfall floods North Gower area homes, fields, farms

  25-07-2017 23:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  North Gower firefighter Joe McLaughlin had been up most of the night helping area residents to protect their homes from the record rain that hit the valley on Monday, but he never expected to wake up the next morning to a more dire situation than those he had left.
  “It’s two feet deep in the backyard and this morning (my basement) was about four feet deep with the pumps I was able to get from work … I’m down probably about a foot now,” said McLaughlin.
  McLaughlin a
  
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• Capital Voices: 'It's important that you know who you are, where you're from and how you got here'

  25-07-2017 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  To mark Canada’s sesquicentennial, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman met and photographed 150 people in the Ottawa area, encouraging them to tell their stories that, combined, painted an intimate portrait of the region and the people who live, work and play here. The series, which was published daily leading up to Canada Day, was called Capital Voices. It continues, today and beyond, on a somewhat less rigorously defined schedule.
  “My grandfather, James Wadel Langill, was 25 years o
  
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• Record rainfall swamps south end as city endures July downpours

  25-07-2017 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s wettest July day on record Monday pushed the city toward a record for wettest month ever, and — from Osgoode to Manotick to North Gower — rain hammered south-end residents, flooding basements and turning streets into swimming holes.
  Doug Wilde, who lives on Church Street in North Gower, watched as the rain became so heavy around 6 p.m. that his neighbour’s drainage ditch filled with water and flooded his front lawn before spilling over to cover the road.
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• Province announces new regulations for condo boards and managers

  25-07-2017 22:56
  The new laws will come into effect this fall, and offer protections for condo owners and residents.
  
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• City reveals art concepts for LRT stations, total cost to exceed $7M

  25-07-2017 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city has revealed concepts for $7.3-million worth of art pieces that will be installed in the 13 Confederation Line LRT stations, showcasing the works of local talent and internationally renowned artists.
  A municipal public art policy compels the city to contribute one per cent of hard construction costs to a public art account. With a $2.1-billion budget to build the first phase of LRT, the city has a big pot of money from which to fund artwork along the 12.5-kilometre line.
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• Reevely: Intra-conservative battle in Carleton spills into the open

  25-07-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Progressive Conservative candidate in the new Carleton riding will lose and would be a bad MPP even if she won the next election, Ottawa’s most prominent provincial Tory said in a private email Tuesday.
  Lisa MacLeod has represented Nepean-Carleton in the Ontario legislature since 2006 but the riding is being split at the next election. MacLeod is running in the northern suburban section, called Nepean. After one of their now-routine ugly nomination squabbles, the Tories nominated young
  
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• Editorial: Boycott if you want – but don't expect it to work

  25-07-2017 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you channel your political views through your wallet, what good will it do?
  There have been recent calls for a boycott of Sears Canada, as it undergoes restructuring while cutting some 2,900 jobs. Many Canadians don’t like the way this is happening, and say they won’t buy Sears’ products. The strategy of refusing to purchase goods and services to make a point has targeted many companies – and governments – over the years, with varying degrees of success.
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• Letters: Security, yes, but don't treat people like cattle

  25-07-2017 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s former mayor weighs in on Canada Day security, and others talk about safety in the city too. You can share your views as well, by writing to us at [email protected].
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  Security yes, but don’t treat people like cattle
  On July 1, a day to celebrate our 150th anniversary, we Canadians were hijacked by bogus security theatrics, and our basic rights to celebrate and enjoy a special day were removed for many families.
  The organizers of this debacle did not listen to
  
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• Kathleen Wynne to testify in Sudbury byelection trial

  25-07-2017 20:47
  Premier opts to forego parliamentary privilege to testify in trial involving former deputy chief of staff and Liberal activist.
  
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• Amazon to offer one-day delivery in Ottawa

  25-07-2017 20:45
  Company expands service offered in several other Canadian cities.
  
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• Families mourn slain sons in Monday's shootings

  25-07-2017 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  The slain men in Monday’s string of west-end shootings were neighbours and friends whose families had known each other for years.
  Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, and Dirie Olol, 27, lived just four houses away from each other. 
  Police began investigating their slayings and the attempted homicide of Abdulrahman’s brother, Talal Al-Shammari, 31, early Monday morning when Talal showed up shot in the neck, shoulder and pinky finger at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. From there, police
  
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• Feds announce further funding for water infrastructure

  25-07-2017 19:58
  The City feared being left holding the bag on a number of infrastructure projects that went unfunded in May, but federal and provincial money has come through.
  
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• Kingston man pulls knife on off-duty police after road-rage incident

  25-07-2017 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  A traffic light in Kingston flashed green as a 30-year-old man stepped in front of a car at the intersection of Bayridge and Lincoln drives. 
  The vehicle didn’t hit him but the angry pedestrian started punching the vehicle’s front passenger side window.
  Two off-duty police officers who witnessed the Friday night incident approached, telling the suspect to calm down.
  However, the man pulled a knife, pushed one of the officers and fled.
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• Braving the rain, a community comes together

  25-07-2017 19:26
  On the anniversary of Abdirahman Abdi's death, a plaque was unveiled in front of 55 Hilda
  
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• Police identify two men killed in west end shootings - 1310news.com/2017/07/25/two… #ottnews https://t.co/INgY2dBURd

  25-07-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  
  Police identify two men killed in west end shootings - 1310news.com/2017/07/25/two… #ottnews https://t.co/INgY2dBURd
  
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• .@rick_gibbons hostsThe Carol Anne Meehan show next, listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/K6U6Nlryvg

  25-07-2017 19:04 via twitter.com
  
  .@rick_gibbons hostsThe Carol Anne Meehan show next, listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/K6U6Nlryvg
  
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• #Calgary deciding whether or not to bid for 2026 #Olympics @jonmuma joins @MarkDayNews ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 18:43 via twitter.com
  #Calgary deciding whether or not to bid for 2026 #Olympics@jonmuma joins @MarkDayNews ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa Police asking for witness in two homicides

  25-07-2017 18:41
  Police now believe Monday's shootings to be connected.
  
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• Still ahead: @obj_news @CarolinePhil has your #Ottawa social calendar: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @MarkDayNews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @obj_news @CarolinePhil has your #Ottawa social calendar: bit.ly/1uwtdOs@MarkDayNews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Kingston police apologize to flood-trapped driver verbally abused by officer

  25-07-2017 18:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police have apologized to an elderly driver who was verbally abused by a police officer when the confused man drove past a barricade and into floodwaters on Monday.
  In a news release, police said they were made aware of a social media video showing the elderly driver stalled in deep water at the city’s Gardiners Road underpass.
  A voice can be heard of “a male berating and using profane comments towards the driver,” the release said. The video has since been taken offli
  
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• Redblacks face tough questions after another disappointing game

  25-07-2017 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the 11 days before the Ottawa Redblacks play another football game, they need to figure out who and what they are.
  Now a third of the way into their CFL season, the Redblacks have just a win and a tie in six games. Maybe that’s not a huge deal in an East Division where the Redblacks, with an 8-9-1 regular-season record, won the Grey Cup a year ago. But after coming off a ridiculous string of four games in 17 days, three in 11, the Redblacks will get a few off days to reflect on what has
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @Spencerpress & @stephegan613 join @MarkDayNews LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @Spencerpress & @stephegan613 join @MarkDayNews LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Cohen: How an Ontario village raised money to honour Lester B. Pearson

  25-07-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  KAGAWONG, Ontario – On Manitoulin Island, where the legacy of Lester Bowles Pearson shines nearly a half-century after he was its member of Parliament, they have found a touching way to honour him in a way the Government of Canada has not.
  Undeterred by an act of historical identity theft that removed Pearson from a national historic site in Ottawa, the Old Mill Heritage Centre is mounting an ambitious exhibition of its own, drawn largely from his personal artifacts.
  A little history: For
  
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• Still ahead 11:45: @Pammerhockey has all your latest @senators news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews #Sens https://t.co/7AjQZXvjer

  25-07-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead 11:45: @Pammerhockey has all your latest @senators news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews#Sens https://t.co/7AjQZXvjer
  
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• House Works: Backup power for energy independence

  25-07-2017 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Slowly but surely, the Canadian electrical system is changing. On the generation side of the equation there’s more solar and wind power coming on stream across the country. But small equipment that boosts electricity independence for end users is changing, too.
  I’m always surprised how many people have a deep interest in making their own electricity at a household level. I’m sure the attraction is about more than just economics, too. While big electricity bills are scary, there
  
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• Continuing NOW: @StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 17:18 via twitter.com
  Continuing NOW:@StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up NEXT @StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT@StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Contact names for unit supporting injured military personnel disappear from DND website but why?

  25-07-2017 16:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Joint Personnel Support Unit 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 military careers or more commonly, to make a gradual transition into the civilian world with sellable skills.
  It has been facing numerous problems over the years, with a shortage of staff and a revolving door for commanding officers.
  Barry Westholm, a retired sergeant major who
  
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• Weather: Forecaster's fingers crossed for 'wettest month ever'

  25-07-2017 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  David Phillips of Environment Canada is basically a nice guy who sympathizes with us during this wet, awful July.But he still wants more rain. Just a little more.
  “I will be cheering for another 4.7 mm of rain to fall between midnight (Monday night) and the end of July 31 to make this the wettest month ever in Ottawa’s weather history,” he wrote Tuesday morning, en route to his dentist.
  Phillips already decreed this spring and summer “The Big Wet” a c
  
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• Consummate showman Ron Zambonini, former Cognos CEO, dead at 70

  25-07-2017 16:12
  
  Ron Zambonini loved golf, so perhaps it was fitting that he spent his last day watching the final round of the British Open.The former chief executive of Cognos died Sunday evening, the victim of a lung cancer that had been discovered last year. He was 70.Zambonini, born in Scotland of Italian shopkeepers, was one of this country's most unusual, an
  
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• Coming up: Filmmaker Pixie Cram on her new stop-motion film at the #Diefenbunker: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up: Filmmaker Pixie Cram on her new stop-motion film at the #Diefenbunker: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @AP @aronhellerap on #Israeli security cameras: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews https://t.co/KTBHkoAji3

  25-07-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: @AP @aronhellerap on #Israeli security cameras: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews https://t.co/KTBHkoAji3
  
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• Weather: Forecaster's fingers crossed for 'wettest July ever'

  25-07-2017 15:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  David Phillips of Environment Canada is basically a nice guy who sympathizes with us during this wet, awful July.But he still wants more rain. Just a little more.
  “I will be cheering for another 4.7 mm of rain to fall between midnight (Monday night) and the end of July 31 to make this the wettest month ever in Ottawa’s weather history,” he wrote Tuesday morning, en route to his dentist.
  Phillips already decreed this spring and summer “The Big Wet” a c
  
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• Schoolbus driver, 70, involved in July 12 crash with crane transport taken off life support

  25-07-2017 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family of a 70-year-old bus driver who was seriously injured in a July 12 crash with a heavy truck carrying a crane in North Gower, has made the difficult decision to take the woman off life support.
  A statement from the Brenda Rybiak, posted the Facebook page of Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa Macleod, said the family made the decision to remove the elderly driver from life support on Monday.
  “Thursday our family met with the doctors and mother’s chances recovery are not sustainable to
  
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• Coming up at 10AM: Do you consider #Ottawa a safe city? #QuestionOfTheDay #ottnews @MarkDayNews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  25-07-2017 15:34 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10AM:Do you consider #Ottawa a safe city? #QuestionOfTheDay #ottnews @MarkDayNews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Coming up: @bnicholsonsmith with latest on @bluejays / #trade talks: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 15:14 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @bnicholsonsmith with latest on @bluejays / #trade talks: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @MarkDayNews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT: Former #Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell discusses security issues for #canada150: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 15:05 via twitter.com
  NEXT: Former #Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell discusses security issues for #canada150: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• American fashion brand #MichaelKors is buying luxury shoemaker #JimmyChoo in a deal worth $1.35 billion https://t.co/eLUonJFtsr

  25-07-2017 14:33 via twitter.com
  
  American fashion brand #MichaelKors is buying luxury shoemaker #JimmyChoo in a deal worth $1.35 billion https://t.co/eLUonJFtsr
  
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• Coming up 9AM-1PM @MarkDayNews fills in for @_MarkSutcliffe on #OttawaToday: LISTEN: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up 9AM-1PM@MarkDayNews fills in for @_MarkSutcliffe on #OttawaToday: LISTEN: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Major Crime investigating #Ottawa’s 7th & 8th murders of 2017: bit.ly/2tFZ6QP #ottnews https://t.co/s4EIfc0fqo

  25-07-2017 14:25 via twitter.com
  
  Major Crime investigating #Ottawa’s 7th & 8th murders of 2017: bit.ly/2tFZ6QP #ottnews https://t.co/s4EIfc0fqo
  
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• Weather: Forecaster's fingers crossed for 'wettest July ever' [Video]

  25-07-2017 14:17
  
  David Phillips of Environment Canada is basically a nice guy who sympathizes with us during this wet, awful July.But he still wants more rain. Just a little more."I will be cheering for another 4.7 mm of rain to fall between midnight (Monday night) and the end of July 31 to make this the wettest month ever in Ottawa’s weather history," he wrote Tue
  
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• Heads up! twitter.com/RideauCanalNHS…

  25-07-2017 14:01 via twitter.com
  Heads up! twitter.com/RideauCanalNHS…
  
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• Woman dies of injuries sustained earlier his month in crash between school bus & crane: bit.ly/2tGlcmn… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 12:38 via twitter.com
  Woman dies of injuries sustained earlier his month in crash between school bus & crane:bit.ly/2tGlcmn… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Last #orca calf born in captivity at a #SeaWorld park dies: bit.ly/2ut9Alq https://t.co/fJkA5mqUdH

  25-07-2017 12:09 via twitter.com
  
  Last #orca calf born in captivity at a #SeaWorld park dies: bit.ly/2ut9Alq https://t.co/fJkA5mqUdH
  
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• #Pipeline project, wildfires top agenda for first meeting between Trudeau, Horgan: bit.ly/2eJOlGK… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 12:03 via twitter.com
  #Pipeline project, wildfires top agenda for first meeting between Trudeau, Horgan: bit.ly/2eJOlGK… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Two men dead, one injured, in west end shootings; victims known to police: bit.ly/2tFZ6QP #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  25-07-2017 11:42 via twitter.com
  Two men dead, one injured, in west end shootings; victims known to police: bit.ly/2tFZ6QP #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Record rainfall soaks Ottawa - CTV News

  25-07-2017 08:45
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  Record rainfall soaks Ottawa
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  Ottawa will start to dry out today after the wettest July 24 on record. A record 79 mm of rain fell at the Ottawa Airport on Monday, breaking the record for greatest rainfall on July 24. The previous record was 59 mm, set in 1987. The heavy rainfall ...
  
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