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• Ambitious Moose rail plan builds support, both inside and outside Ottawa

  30-07-2017 23:33
  While the plan is still being studied, there appears to be at least a significant appetite in both Ottawa and outside it for greater connectivity
  
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• GoFundMe campaign for athlete injured in arson raises over $28,000 in one weekend

  30-07-2017 23:28
  Shintaro Tsukamoto, the Carleton student injured in an arson on July 17, faces a significant recovery process — and money is pouring in to help his family
  
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• 'Proud City' campaign asks Ottawa's inclusive spaces to show off - CBC.ca

  30-07-2017 23:27
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  'Proud City' campaign asks Ottawa's inclusive spaces to show off
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  A new campaign is setting up LGBT-friendly businesses and community spaces in the Ottawa area with "Proud City" stickers to let people know where they can go to feel safe and supported. The Ottawa-based Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual ...and more »
  
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• Khadr protest and counter-protest both fail to materialize

  30-07-2017 23:10
  After a major rally in opposition to the Khadr settlement was cancelled, a handful of protesters still made an appearance on Parliament Hill
  
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• St. Laurent transit station needs better pedestrian, cycling access, councillor says

  30-07-2017 22:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Making it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate St. Laurent Shopping Centre and reach the adjacent transit station once the Confederation LRT Line opens next year is crucial to light-rail’s ultimate success, says Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum.
  The two-level St. Laurent transit station — with a surface-level bus loop and underground train platforms that are currently under construction — is located between the large regional mall and Highway 417.
  Reaching
  
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• Shopify's moment: a remarkable run has created a generation of Elgin Street millionaires

  30-07-2017 21:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Little more than two years after Shopify first sold shares to the public, it’s clear something special is happening at the e-commerce software company.
  It’s not just that its share values have nearly quadrupled during this period, or that revenues have tripled. The intriguing part is Shopify’s larger transformation. For years, the Ottawa region has been aching for a global leader to anchor its high-tech community — to fill the void left by the failure of Nortel Networks a
  
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• Hundreds of thousands take in La Machine over weekend

  30-07-2017 20:35
  Good weather helped bring out a larger crowd than originally expected.
  
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• 'Our work is not done': Canadian troops help secure Mosul as future battles loom

  30-07-2017 19:49
  The acting commander of the Canadian Forces admits that despite a recent major victory in Mosul, there is still much work to be done to eliminate Daesh.
  
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• Gatineau Fire handles Ottawa River rescue; Ottawa Fire assists

  30-07-2017 19:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  At 12:09 p.m. on Sunday,  Ottawa Fire Dispatch received a request from Gatineau Fire to help rescue someone in the Ottawa River across from 2279 Cassels above the  Deschenes Rapids. 
  The Ottawa Fire Water Rescue specialty teams were dispatched to the scene.
  As the team was about to launch their boat,  Ottawa fire received an update from Gatineau fire that the person was out of the water and had been placed into Gatineau fire care.
   
  
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• Fire at North Gower school extinguished quickly

  30-07-2017 18:56
  
  Ottawa Fires Servies report that at 11:34 a.m. they received several calls about smoke coming from the North Gower Public SchoolA working fire was declared by a volunteer firefighter at 11:38 a.m. With heavy black smoke coming from the roof and propane tanks from roof work nearby, a second alarm was declared.The fire was confined to the roof only.
  
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• Syrian refugees rejected because of links to group opposing brutal Assad regime

  30-07-2017 18:43
  The U.S. and more than 80 other countries have recognized the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces as legitimate.
  
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• Divers find body of man missing in Lac Ramsay

  30-07-2017 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  MRC des Collines police said in a news release Sunday that divers have found the body of a man missing in Lac Ramsay.
  Sûreté du Québec divers were called to the lake, in the west end of Gatineau Park, to search for a man in his 50s after a rowboat capsized Saturday morning.
  Two men were fishing when their boat overturned. Lifejackets were in the boat, but neither man was wearing one, police said. 
  One man, who managed to make it to shore, called police after attempting t
  
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• Fire crews dealt with blaze @ North Gower P.S. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  30-07-2017 18:26 via twitter.com
  Fire crews dealt with blaze @ North Gower P.S. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Good advice from @ottawahealth: Hat, sunscreen, water, comfy shoes & a plan if you & your group are separated. Have… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-07-2017 15:33 via twitter.com
  Good advice from @ottawahealth: Hat, sunscreen, water, comfy shoes & a plan if you & your group are separated. Have… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Sunny skies, then risk of thunderstorm for La Machine-watchers

  30-07-2017 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s going to be sunny and humid today, so if you’re going to La Machine,  take a water bottle along.
  Environment Canada is predicting sun this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. There’s risk of a thunderstorm. 
  With a high of 28, the Humidex will be 32. The UV index 8 or very high.
  Winds will be out of the west at 20 km/h becoming light this evening. The temperature will drop to 16. 
  
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• Divers find body of missing man in Lac Ramsay

  30-07-2017 14:43
  
  Sûreté du Québec divers have been called toLac Ramsay, in the west end of Gatineau Park,in the search for a man in his fifties who fellfrom a boat Saturday morning.MRC desCollines police said the man was aboard theboat with a companion when the incidentoccurred.The companion attempted to find theman before calling police.
  
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• The Capital Builders: How Harvey Glatt brought culture to Ottawa's 'wasteland'

  30-07-2017 14:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Harvey Glatt was fully expected to take over the family business.
  The business was the Baker Brothers’ junkyard, the LeBreton Flats institution founded in the early 1900s by Glatt’s maternal grandfather and great-uncle.By the time Glatt finished college in 1956, his father ran what was then the biggest junkyard in Ottawa, with a brisk trade in the recycling of metal, paper, rags, auto parts, tires and any other material of value. The newly minted business-admin graduate took a job at
  
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• Portage Bridge closed for #LaMachine #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status…

  30-07-2017 14:18 via twitter.com
  Portage Bridge closed for #LaMachine #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status…
  
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• Divers find body of man in 50s missing in Lac Ramsay

  30-07-2017 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  MRC des Collines police said in a news release Sunday that divers have found the body of a man missing in Lac Ramsay.
  Sûreté du Québec divers were called to the lake, in the west end of Gatineau Park, to search for a man in his 50s after a rowboat capsized Saturday morning.
  Two men were fishing when their boat overturned. Lifejackets were in the boat, but neither man was wearing one, police said. 
  One man, who managed to make it to shore, called police after attempting t
  
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• Sunday forecast includes a chance of an afternoon shower, High 28C. #ottnews #ottweather https://t.co/4FF017f3ak

  30-07-2017 12:08 via twitter.com
  
  Sunday forecast includes a chance of an afternoon shower, High 28C. #ottnews #ottweather https://t.co/4FF017f3ak
  
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• Inaugural Somali festival a first chance 'to display who we are’

  30-07-2017 03:28
  
  Not only did Hamdi Ahmed have the chance tobake 150 cupcakes, a passion she hopes to oneday turn into a business, but she also had theopportunity to share her culture at city hall in theinaugural Somali Cultural Festival.
  
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• Inaugural Somali festival a first chance 'to display who we are'

  30-07-2017 02:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Not only did Hamdi Ahmed have the chance to bake 150 cupcakes, a passion she hopes to one day turn into a business, but she also had the opportunity to share her culture at city hall in the inaugural Somali Cultural Festival.
  “I love this opportunity that we have to display who we are,” said Ahmed, 28, a mother of two from Winnipeg. “(This event) shows you how diverse and close-knit Canada is at the same time.”
  Ottawa’s first Somali festival, which Mayor Jim Wa
  
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• Divers search for man in 50s missing in Lac Ramsay

  30-07-2017 01:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sûreté du Québec divers were called to Lac Ramsay, in the west end of Gatineau Park, in the search for a man in his 50s after a rowboat capsized Saturday morning.
  Two men were fishing when their boat overturned, MRC des Collines police said in a news release. Lifejackets were in the boat, but neither man was wearing one, police said. 
  One man, who managed to make it to shore, called police after attempting to find the other man.
  An initial search was unsuccessful and div
  
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• Checker focused on four heading into national German shepherd championships

  30-07-2017 01:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Meet Checker vom Speedteam Bodensee.
  The six-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd, better known as Checker, is a three-time provincial champion. And his owner, Shanon Rawlinson, is hoping to make that four at next week’s 2017 Canadian German Shepherd Dog Championships and Sieger Show at Twin Elm Rugby Park near North Gower.
  The competitive duo’s main goal is to qualify (for a third time) for the Canadian team that will travel to the world championships in the Netherlands during Octobe
  
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