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• Updated: Arrest warrant obtained for suspect in two west-end homicides

  26-07-2017 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The man police believe fatally shot two friends and wounded one of their brothers is on the run and wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant.
  Alam Gabriel Buoc, 29, is wanted by police for two counts of first-degree murder – in the slayings of Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, and Dirie Olol, 27 – and one count of attempted murder in the shooting of Talal Al-Shammari, 27.
  Police say Buoc is armed and dangerous.
  The warrant for his arrest Wednesday comes after police obtained new evidence to
  
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• ICYMI: Canada-wide warrant issued in west-end murders, shootings 1310news.com/2017/07/26/can… #ottnews https://t.co/6hKnLG5FdQ

  26-07-2017 23:50 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Canada-wide warrant issued in west-end murders, shootings 1310news.com/2017/07/26/can… #ottnews https://t.co/6hKnLG5FdQ
  
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• La Machine: Your guide to road closures and transportation

  26-07-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you’re thinking of trekking down to gaze at the giant horse-dragon and spider machines taking over downtown Ottawa for the next several days, be aware of a range of road closures.
  The highly-anticipated street theatre production La Machine, a signature event for Ottawa 2017 celebrations, awakens on Thursday near the National Gallery. It will make its way through the downtown core from Thursday to Sunday.
  The machines — Long Ma, the horse-dragon, and Kumo, the spider — are a
  
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• Reevely: Canada Post promises to follow bike-lane laws, but only in Toronto

  26-07-2017 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada Post drivers will be expected to obey the law and not park their trucks in bike lanes, the corporation announced this week, though the policy will apply only in Toronto.
  In other places, apparently, law-breaking drivers can be confident Canada Post has their backs. It’s a really weird thing, like declaring that stopping at red lights will be mandatory in Edmonton or that drivers won’t plow through crosswalks in the southern half of New Brunswick.
  Canada Post seems not have rea
  
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• Man captured attempting to flee on motorcycle after Gatineau standoff

  26-07-2017 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police captured a man after a 90-minute standoff Wednesday afternoon as he attempted to flee on a motorcycle.
  Police blocked off a 400-metre section of St-René Boulevard between Cadieux and Lafrance streets shortly before 11 a.m. to conduct an unspecified “operation.”
  Negotiators went to a home where the man had barricaded himself inside.
  After more than an hour of talks, the man was captured on a motorcycle and taken to hospital for unspecified “treatment.&rdqu
  
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• Karlsson and Currey, picture perfect

  26-07-2017 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Along his road to recovery, Erik Karlsson hit the highway to Sandbanks for a photo shoot with his future wife.
  In style typical of the colourful Senators’ captain, he and his fiancée, Ottawa’s Melinda Currey, made the three-hour drive to Prince Edward County in a ’64 Impala. Accompanying them was local photographer Joel Bedford, who noted the couple looked “smashing” and could have been pulled from a classic James Bond movie.
  Karlsson wore a “bespoke bl
  
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• In just over an hour, Ottawa traffic officers nab 22 drivers speeding

  26-07-2017 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  In just over an hour, Sgt. Mark Gatien and his Ottawa police traffic unit were able to catch 22 drivers going over the 100-km/h speed limit on Highway 174 on Wednesday afternoon. 
  “I was surprised. We don’t get too many driving in the 140s,” Gatien said of one driver who was stopped on the highway around 12:30 p.m.
  On top of a fine, that driver was also dinged $325 more for driving without a license.
  According to the Highway Traffic Act, speeders going 30-49 km/h
  
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• Scanlan: Staggering CTE numbers in latest study of former football players cause for worry

  26-07-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Football adores statistics, but these numbers will make anyone associated with the sport cringe with worry.
  The largest study to date on the brains of former football players has found some level of CTE in nearly all cases, especially in ex-NFL players, but also in varying degrees among former CFL players, college and high school players.
  From the 202 brains studied, all from deceased players, the degenerative brain disease known as CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) was diagnosed in 177, or
  
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• #otttraffic ALERT: Delays have begun ahead of La Machine: twitter.com/OCTranspoLive/…

  26-07-2017 22:59 via twitter.com
  #otttraffic ALERT: Delays have begun ahead of La Machine: twitter.com/OCTranspoLive/…
  
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• Monday's rain shuts down the Rideau Canal, floods North Gower

  26-07-2017 22:57
  The impact of Monday's rains are still being felt into the middle of the week.
  
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• Don’t flush it! Gatineau launches campaign to reduce waste in sewers

  26-07-2017 22:57
  Condoms, wet wipes, dental floss among items that clog up treatment equipment
  
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• Jump in sexual assault reports a step in a "positive direction" say survivors' advocates

  26-07-2017 22:48
  The increased number of sexual assaults reported to Ottawa police is not thought to reflect an actual increase in the number of sexual assaults.
  
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• Trump says transgender people should be barred from military 1310news.com/2017/07/26/tru… https://t.co/keH3UhDguq

  26-07-2017 22:46 via twitter.com
  
  Trump says transgender people should be barred from military 1310news.com/2017/07/26/tru… https://t.co/keH3UhDguq
  
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• LIVE 3-7 p.m.: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weathet w/@1310JasonWhite & @MelAdams1310 LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 21:59 via twitter.com
  LIVE 3-7 p.m.: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weathet w/@1310JasonWhite & @MelAdams1310 LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Arrest warrant obtained for suspect in two west-end homicides

  26-07-2017 21:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have obtained a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a suspect in two fatal shootings and an attempted homicide in the city’s west-end.
  Alam Buoc of Ottawa, 30, is wanted by police for two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, and Dirie Olol, 27, on Monday. He is also wanted on one count of attempted murder in the shooting of Talal Al-Shammari, 27.
  He is described as a black male who is six-foot four, 200 pounds with a thin build and short bl
  
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• West Nile virus discovered again in area mosquitoes

  26-07-2017 21:17
  
  Ottawa Public Health warns that area mosquitoes have again tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV) and the agency warns residents to protect themselves outdoors.The health body noted that the positive results have come in early in the season, indicating that 2017 may have higher than usual WNV activity.Residents are urged to cover up as much as possible
  
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• Supervised injection site approved in Sandy Hill 1310news.com/2017/07/26/sup… #ottnews https://t.co/l3jfH5o7WV

  26-07-2017 21:16 via twitter.com
  
  Supervised injection site approved in Sandy Hill 1310news.com/2017/07/26/sup… #ottnews https://t.co/l3jfH5o7WV
  
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• Feds approve Ottawa's first supervised injection site

  26-07-2017 21:08
  
  The City of Ottawa is getting its first supervised injection site.Health Canada on Wednesday signed off on the application by the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre to run an injection clinic at its Nelson Street facility.The health centre sent its application to the federal government last January.Rob Boyd, director of the harm-reduction program
  
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• Ottawa man arrested for first-degree murder in March death

  26-07-2017 21:00
  
  A man with an alleged history of violence against women has been arrested in what police believe is the first-degree murder of a woman in March, the Sun has learned. Mohamad Barkhadle, 31, was arrested by police on Wednesday. He is being held for show cause court.Homicide detectives Wednesday revealed that the death of 35-year-old Rania Moussa
  
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• Chamberfest Preview: "No matter the genre, violin is beautiful" — The Kishi Bashi interview

  26-07-2017 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kishi Bashi with the Rolston String Quartet
  When: Friday, July 28, 10 p.m.
  Where: La Nouvelle Scène, 333 King Edward Ave.
  Tickets: chamberfest.com
  Kishi Bashi is taking full advantage of a little down time in the nation’s capital, enjoying the sights and sounds of Chamberfest before his own highly anticipated festival performance Friday at La Nouvelle Scene.
  He’s already scouted the venue, where the acclaimed “one-man music machine,” whose swirling blend of cl
  
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• Cover up: West Nile virus discovered again in area mosquitoes

  26-07-2017 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Public Health warns that area mosquitoes have again tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV) and the agency warns residents to protect themselves outdoors.
  The health body noted that the positive results have come in early in the season, indicating that 2017 may have higher than usual WNV activity.
  Residents are urged to cover up as much as possible when outdoors and to try to eliminate standing water areas in which mosquitoes can lay eggs.
  While “most people will not develop any s
  
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• Canada-wide warrant issued in west-end #Ottawa murders, shootings 1310news.com/2017/07/26/can… #ottnews https://t.co/agnQEntvjx

  26-07-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  
  Canada-wide warrant issued in west-end #Ottawa murders, shootings 1310news.com/2017/07/26/can… #ottnews https://t.co/agnQEntvjx
  
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• Ottawa Public Health announces first positive test for West Nile Virus

  26-07-2017 20:24
  Agency announces first mosquito to test positive for the virus.
  
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• Health Canada authorizes Ottawa Supervised injection site

  26-07-2017 20:24
  Sandy Hill Community Health Centre aims to have clinic open by October
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for suspect in two west-end homicides

  26-07-2017 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a suspect in two fatal shootings and an attempted homicide in the city’s west-end.
  Alam Buoc of Ottawa, 30, is wanted by police for two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, and Dirie Olol, 27, on Monday. He is also wanted on one count of attempted murder in the shooting of Talal Al-Shammari, 27.
  He is described as a black male who is six-foot four, 200 pounds with a thin build and short blac
  
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• Fifteen Canadian stories: A murder trial like no other

  26-07-2017 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 1911 trial of Angelina Napolitano for murdering her husband was one of Canada’s first public glimpses into the nature of domestic violence, riveting the nation and the international community. This is one of 15 Canadian stories the Citizen is presenting as part of its ongoing Canada 150 coverage.
  After she slaughtered her sleeping husband with an axe, Angelina Napolitano returned the bloodstained tool to its place in the woodshed.
  She cuddled with her youngest child for an hour, then c
  
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• #BREAKING: Health Canada approves supervised injection site at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. #ottnews

  26-07-2017 19:57 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Health Canada approves supervised injection site at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. #ottnews
  
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• Gatineau police on hunt for Buckingham cemetery vandals

  26-07-2017 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are seeking public assistance in tracking vandals who desecrated headstones and property in two attacks at St-Grégoire-de-Nazianze cemetery in the Buckingham district.
  Police said that on Aug. 5 and Aug. 18, cemetery officials spotted damages on a number of monuments and structures.
  Several had been tipped over and damages were estimated to be in the thousands of dollars.
  Police are to set up a command post at the cemetery’s main entrance Thursday between 9:30 a.m. a
  
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• Canadian military orders new C6 machine guns

  26-07-2017 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government will purchase 1148 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns from Colt Canada, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Wednesday.
  The current C6 machine guns were procured over 30 years ago. Some have been removed from service due to wear and tear and others are reaching the end of their service life, according to the Canadian military.
  The new C6A1 FLEX (flexible) is designed to be carried by soldiers or attached to vehicles such as the new Tactical Armoured Patrol Veh
  
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• Ottawa Police issue warrant for suspect in double homicide

  26-07-2017 19:22
  Two men killed in separate attacks on Monday.
  
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• #WANTED: Alam Gabriel Buoc, 30, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in this week's murders in west-end #Ottawa.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 19:19 via twitter.com
  #WANTED: Alam Gabriel Buoc, 30, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in this week's murders in west-end #Ottawa.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Man arrested attempting to flee on motorcycle after 90-minute Gatineau standoff

  26-07-2017 19:14
  
  Gatineau police have blocked off a 400-metre section of St-René Boulevard to conduct an unspecified “operation.”The residential boulevard in the city’s east end was closed between Cadieux and Lafrance streets at about 11:30 a.m.Motorists were told to use detours.There were no reports of evacuations.
  
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• .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show now. Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/D1JqUXNruB

  26-07-2017 19:07 via twitter.com
  
  .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show now. Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/D1JqUXNruB
  
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• Man charged with impaired driving after collision with school bus on Hwy 41

  26-07-2017 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged a 34-year-old Quinte West man with impaired driving after his truck collided with a school bus full of students en route to swimming lessons Tuesday morning.
  Ontario Provincial Police said the crash occurred on Highway 41 just south of Bon Echo Park,about two hours from Ottawa. The collision sent the black Ford pickup into the ditch on its side.
  The bus driver and children were not injured. 
  The truck driver, Michael MacLellan, had minor injuries. He was arrest
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @erin_gee & @Alison_Sandor join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @erin_gee & @Alison_Sandor join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Gatineau police close section of St-René Boulevard for 'operation'

  26-07-2017 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police have blocked off a 400-metre section of St-René Boulevard to conduct an unspecified “operation.”
  The residential boulevard in the city’s east end was closed between Cadieux and Lafrance streets at about 11:30 a.m.
  Motorists were told to use detours.
  There were no reports of evacuations.
  Police would provide no further information on the incident.
  Area closed on St-René Boulevard in Gatineau for unspecified police ‘operation.’
   
  
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• Behind the Scenes at the Canadian War Museum – Paul Franklin's Hula girl

  26-07-2017 17:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  I recently received a behind-the-scenes look at the Canadian War Museum’s storage facilities/vaults as specialists there prepare for reworking exhibit areas at the museum.
  The concluding area of Gallery 4: From the Cold War to the Present is being redeveloped to explore Canadian involvement in operations in the Gulf War, Somalia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. New artifacts, eyewitness testimonies and artwork connected to individual stories will highlight how these mis
  
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• Still ahead: Sen. Vern White joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss supervised injections sites in #Ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead:Sen. Vern White joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss supervised injections sites in #Ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Glavin: Has Canada just given up – and decided to join with Beijing?

  26-07-2017 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  “There is a saying that if you can’t beat them, join them.”
  That was the telling choice of words former Liberal cabinet minister Martin Cauchon settled on back in November 2011 in greeting the news that Huawei Canada, the subsidiary of an opaquely governed Chinese telecommunications conglomerate long encumbered by its reported links to China’s military and intelligence services, was beefing up its Ottawa operations thanks to a $6.5-million Ontario government grant.
  Bested
  
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• 'New Canada #FoodGuide light on #nutrition, heavy on spiritual wellness' @soupcoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  'New Canada #FoodGuide light on #nutrition, heavy on spiritual wellness' @soupcoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe ahead:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Going out best bets, July 23 to Aug. 2

  26-07-2017 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jazz Peter Hum
  Montreal jazz pianist François Bourassa will show off two sides to his playing at this year’s Festival de Jazz Desjardins in Gatineau’s Aylmer sector. On Friday, he performs with Montreal vocalist Jeanne Rochette, who is also his wife. On Saturday, he joins forces with saxophonist and Ottawa native Frank Lozano, bassist Michel Donato and drummer Pierre Tanguay to play music in tribute to the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans. Both concerts are free and start 7:
  
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• 'Why Can't He Be Our President?' Justin #Trudeau on the cover of #RollingStone: bit.ly/2h2MzB1 #cdnpoli https://t.co/51lHfvUT3c

  26-07-2017 16:53 via twitter.com
  
  'Why Can't He Be Our President?' Justin #Trudeau on the cover of #RollingStone: bit.ly/2h2MzB1 #cdnpoli https://t.co/51lHfvUT3c
  
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• ‘Why Can’t He Be Our President?’ Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone

  26-07-2017 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau graces the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine accompanied by a provocative headline: “Why Can’t He Be Our President?”
  Trudeau follows in the footsteps of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama among the world leaders who have previously fronted the venerable pop-culture magazine.
  Trudeau is pictured with his shirtsleeves rolled up leaning against a table in the cover photo captured by Martin Schoeller.
  
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• Dining Out: La Maison Conroy in Aylmer woos foodies with tasty, trendy dishes

  26-07-2017 16:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  La Maison Conroy
  61 rue Principale, second floor, Gatineau (Aylmer sector), 819-557-1661, lamaisonconroy.com
  Open: Wednesday to Sunday 5:30 to 10 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday
  Prices: starters $15 to $20, main courses $25 to $35
  Access: restaurant and washrooms are on the second floor, steps to front door and patio
  Several years ago, whenever I popped by ZenKitchen on Somerset Street West, my go-to dish was chef Kyle Mortimer-Proulx’s gnocchi. A few days before that much-loved vegan
  
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• Coming up: @ScottMoffatt21 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss #flooding in North Gower: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @ScottMoffatt21 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss #flooding in North Gower: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Sen. Vern White joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss supervised injections sites in #Ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: Sen. Vern White joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss supervised injections sites in #Ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @erin_gee & @Alison_Sandor join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  26-07-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ NOON: @erin_gee & @Alison_Sandor join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• LIVE NEXT @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/MF4Qo649cp

  26-07-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  
  LIVE NEXT@powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs#cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/MF4Qo649cp
  
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• Denley: Hydro One no longer has Ontarians' interests at heart

  26-07-2017 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The important thing about Hydro One’s recently announced acquisition of an American power company is not that it gives our former public utility a tiny stake in an American coal-fired power plant, although the premier’s efforts to justify it have been amusing.
  What does matter is what the $4.4-billion deal tells us about Hydro One’s priorities. The company’s focus is clearly on expanding into the U.S., not serving Ontario customers better.
  In buying Avista, Hydro One is s
  
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• Ottawa weather: Beautiful weather ahead (well, except for tonight) [Video]

  26-07-2017 14:06
  
  Yes, that's sun outside your window.And, if you wish really hard, it could stay that way until noon-ish, when forecasters expect clouds to roll in, although no rain is forecast until Wednesday evening, which is showing a 60-per-cent chance of showers.
  
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