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• Milnes: Why America will always be a part of my Confederation 150 Time Capsule

  31-07-2017 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was in the late 1970s that my mother and father took us kids to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, so we could see the famous U.S. Civil War battlefield.
  Dad was a well-briefed tour guide and needed to consult no pamphlet as he took his children to Little Round Top, stood us at Cemetery Ridge to look out of the never-ending field that Picket and his southerners walked into death and history, and we were taken to the spot where Lincoln, once the guns had fallen silent, had delivered the Gettysburg Addr
  
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• No foul play suspected after two bodies found in Rockland home

  31-07-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police do not suspect foul play after two bodies were found in a Rockland residence on Monday.
  Russell County OPP were called to a home on the 2000 block of Raymond Street in the afternoon, where they discovered two people deceased.
  Police said they were investigating “a sudden death” in the town of 12,000, about 20 kilometres east of Ottawa.
  Police at the scene told reporters foul play is not suspected, and no charges are pending.
  
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• Ottawa EV charging stations delayed

  31-07-2017 23:47
  Meant to open by March 31, seven still listed as "coming soon"
  
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• After some rest, Redblacks hit reset button

  31-07-2017 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s not like they’ve been hold-your-nose stinky in the first six games of the Canadian Football League season, but the Ottawa Redblacks need to find a way to turn almosts into victories after producing just one win a third of the way through the schedule.
  Maybe a bit of a break was what they needed following their latest setback, 27-24 against the Argonauts at Toronto’s BMO Field on July 24. It was an all-too-familiar scenario, with the Redblacks doing enough good things to wi
  
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• Chris Ballard to replace Glen Murray as Environment Minister 1310news.com/2017/07/31/wyn…

  31-07-2017 23:13 via twitter.com
  Chris Ballard to replace Glen Murray as Environment Minister 1310news.com/2017/07/31/wyn…
  
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• The average value for the Canadian dollar was 80.10 cents US, down 0.24 of a cent from Friday. More business news coming up at 5:26.

  31-07-2017 23:08 via twitter.com
  The average value for the Canadian dollar was 80.10 cents US, down 0.24 of a cent from Friday. More business news coming up at 5:26.
  
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• Here's the swag city councillors bought with their office budgets

  31-07-2017 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  People love free stuff and city council members know it.
  Many politicians break out their corporate credit cards and go shopping for anything on which they can slap their names.
  Through an access-to-information request, the Citizen received invoices for branded merchandise purchased from political office budgets in 2016. It’s a one-year snapshot of what goodies councillors are buying to sprinkle around their wards.
  Boxes and boxes of personalized loot were delivered to city hall last year
  
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• Hospital administrator says lawsuit destroyed his life, fires back in counterclaim

  31-07-2017 23:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The former director of engineering and operations at The Ottawa Hospital says he has been unfairly vilified and unable to find other work as a result of allegations against him in a lawsuit launched by the hospital.
  As a result of the publicity surrounding the “baseless allegations,” Brock Marshall’s life “has been destroyed and his prior sterling reputation has been demolished,” according to his counterclaim that seeks $4.5 million in damages.
  Marshall’s stat
  
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• Russell County OPP investigating the discovery of two bodies in home in the village of Rockland. #ottnews https://t.co/rT71WVoghD

  31-07-2017 22:57 via twitter.com
  
  Russell County OPP investigating the discovery of two bodies in home in the village of Rockland. #ottnews https://t.co/rT71WVoghD
  
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• Why robots are the way of the future, especially for the elderly [Video]

  31-07-2017 22:34
  
  Paro closes its watery eyes, tilts its head and emits a soft cry. The robotic harp seal — the world’s best-known therapeutic robot — is the creation of Japanese scientist Takanori Shibata, but its voice is made in Canada.
  
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• Aftermath of the giant beasts: Ottawa still abuzz over La Machine - Ottawa Sun

  31-07-2017 22:13
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  Aftermath of the giant beasts: Ottawa still abuzz over La Machine
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  The two giant beasts that roamed the streets of Ottawa for four days are gone, but the superlatives are still flying. Organizers estimate that 750,000 people watched the huge mechanical dragon-horse and spider from the French company La Machine perform ...
  La Machine leaves lasting impression on crowds and organizersCTV News
  CULIC: Ottawa cuts in on Niagara's tourism territory with fire breathing dragon
  
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• Aftermath of the giant beasts: Ottawa still abuzz over La Machine [Photos] [Video]

  31-07-2017 22:06
  
  The two giant beasts that roamed the streets of Ottawa for four days are gone, but the superlatives are still flying. Organizers estimate that 750,000 people watched the huge mechanical dragon-horse and spider from the French company La Machine perform during a four-day spectacle of street theatre in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market and LeBreton.
  
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• Check ahead if you're flying out of Ottawa today. twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…

  31-07-2017 21:59 via twitter.com
  Check ahead if you're flying out of Ottawa today. twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…
  
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• Aftermath of the giant beasts: Ottawa still abuzz over La Machine

  31-07-2017 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The two giant beasts that roamed the streets of Ottawa for four days are gone, but the superlatives are still flying. 
  Organizers estimate that 750,000 people watched the huge mechanical dragon-horse and spider from the French company La Machine perform during a four-day spectacle of street theatre in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market and LeBreton Flats. 
  Images of the graceful puppets ambling around will help put Ottawa on the map, in the estimation of the ByWard Market BIA, which is
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/DWoX7cZogq

  31-07-2017 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  #RightNowOttawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/DWoX7cZogq
  
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• Science of Summer: Ottawa's favourite gulls are actually newcomers [Video]

  31-07-2017 20:41
  
  Summer’s at its height, and Postmedia’s Tom Spears looks at the science of summer — the way we connect with the all-too-short season we revere.Ring-billed gulls — we mostly just call them seagulls — are everywhere in Ottawa, but most people don’t realize they are newcomers.
  
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• Science of Summer: Ottawa's favourite gulls are actually newcomers

  31-07-2017 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summer’s at its height, and Postmedia’s Tom Spears looks at the science of summer — the way we connect with the all-too-short season we revere.
  Ring-billed gulls — we mostly just call them seagulls — are everywhere in Ottawa, but most people don’t realize they are newcomers.
  There had been herring gulls here before the 1940s, but the ring-bills first arrived around 1945. A man named Douglas Savile of the Department of Agriculture had been noticing these gulls
  
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• It's Money Monday! Call in with your cash comments 613-750-1310 @MoneycoachJudi is next on the Carol Anne Meehan sh… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  It's Money Monday! Call in with your cash comments 613-750-1310 @MoneycoachJudi is next on the Carol Anne Meehan sh… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Reevely: Glen Murray quits Wynne government for Pembina Institute think tank

  31-07-2017 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Glen Murray, Ontario’s minister of environment and climate change, is quitting to head an environmental think tank based in Alberta.
  Murray is a longtime ally of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s, a former leadership rival who dropped out and endorsed her in 2013 and the minister trusted with the delicate and complicated job of devising the Liberals’ signature plan to cut the province’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
  He’s proud to have had that responsibility, he said in a statem
  
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• Gatineau Park drowning victim identified

  31-07-2017 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have identified a man who drowned while fishing on Lac Ramsay in Gatineau Park on Saturday morning.
  Melvin Larose, 56, was fishing with another man around 9 a.m. when their boat capsized. Neither man was wearing a life jacket, though they had them in the boat.
  The other man made it to shore. Police divers later found Larose’s body.
  The MRC des Collines police believe several factors combined to cause the boating flip, including a powerful motor, a heavy load and the way the boat was
  
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• Controversial Mingle Room to close, according to councillor

  31-07-2017 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The controversial Rideau Street bar that saw a homicide and stabbing outside its doors last month will shut down, according to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury.
  Fleury tweeted out the news about Mingle Room on Monday, after holding several talks with community groups, the bar’s owner, the property owner and the police.
  In June, popular local athlete Ashton Dickson, 25, was gunned down around 1 a.m. after an argument that began inside Mingle Room spilled outside. He died outside the estab
  
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• Record numbers for #LaMachine resulted in record numbers for Ottawa businesses. Details next on the Carol Anne Mee… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Record numbers for #LaMachine resulted in record numbers for Ottawa businesses.Details next on the Carol Anne Mee… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show next. Listen live: player.1310news.com https://t.co/PpBNfgeASt

  31-07-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  
  .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show next. Listen live: player.1310news.com https://t.co/PpBNfgeASt
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Prof. @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/qiK6So3HwE

  31-07-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Associate Prof.@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/qiK6So3HwE
  
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• Please do things to my body, please!

  31-07-2017 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  An extravagance for me, I once spent an entire day at an esthetics spa. Grateful muscles were kneaded. Rude body hair was waxed. The epidermis on my back, arms and legs was scrubbed with a granular cleanser, rinsed and moisturized. A facialist soothed and refurbished my face.  Eyebrow colour was enhanced with dye. Hands and feet were soaked in tepid, sudsy water, exfoliated, softened within cocoons of warm wax, and nails were lacquered. I’m pretty sure the “complimentary”
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @smsaideman & @sherrilynne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch: @smsaideman & @sherrilynne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Today's letters: Why La Machine dazzled us so much

  31-07-2017 17:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citizen readers praise La Machine – and even liked the way security was handled. You, too, can write to us, at [email protected]. Our guidelines are here.
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  Wow, Ottawa, just wow
  Re: Flat-out beast of a feat, July 31.
  Where to even start the praise for the La Machine production? Kudos to the volunteers, crowd handlers, traffic planners, police, security, first responders, and all the logistic magicians who made the nightmare of security, rolling road closures, and crowd
  
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• Dawson: Maybe Ottawa does know how to have fun

  31-07-2017 17:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  You may remember me from such columns as: The Rideau Canal is overrated; Elgin Street is too trendy these days to be fun; and, Why are the fun police killing the Prince of Wales bridge?
  Oh – and Beavertails are still not for me.
  All true. And yet, now and again, there are flashes of inspiration. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to see the duelling La Machine robots over the weekend. (Awesome though it was, Sunday night’s finale featured poorly managed crowd control – we
  
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• DragonWave shares to be delisted as creditors apply for court-appointed receiver

  31-07-2017 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  DragonWave’s secured creditors have filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to appoint a receiver over the firm’s business.
  Comerica Bank and Export Development Canada are seeking a court-supervised sale of DragonWave’s assets “in an effort to maximize value for the lenders and other stakeholders.”
  DragonWave, the Kanata-based specialist in wireless technology, has been struggling for the past couple of years, courtesy of a product glitch in
  
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• Coming up: @jilltaylor680 has your #weather outlook for #Ottawa: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @jilltaylor680 has your #weather outlook for #Ottawa: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Man arrested at Ottawa airport after warrant obtained for 2014 mugging

  31-07-2017 17:14
  
  Ottawa police have arrested Max Hody, 23, of Ottawa, in connection with a 2014 mugging outside a Robertson Road fast food restaurant.Hody, who was wanted on a warrant, was arrested Friday night as he was arriving at the Ottawa airport, police said Monday. He appeared in court the next day.
  
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• DragonWave shares delisted as creditors apply for court-appointed receiver

  31-07-2017 17:04
  
  DragonWave’s secured creditors have filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to appoint a receiver over the firm’s business.Comerica Bank and Export Development Canada are seeking a court-supervised sale of DragonWave’s assets “in an effort to maximize value for the lenders and other stakeholders.”
  
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• Are #robots are the way of the future, especially for the elderly? @egpayne joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  Are #robots are the way of the future, especially for the elderly? @egpayne joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Safety inspector hurt while inspecting LRT tunnel safety - Ottawa ... - CBC.ca

  31-07-2017 16:44
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  Safety inspector hurt while inspecting LRT tunnel safety - Ottawa ...
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  A Ministry of Labour inspector was injured earlier this month after tripping into a water-filled hole inside Ottawa's light-rail transit tunnel while investigating a ...and more »
  
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• NEXT @ConcussionLF Tim Fleiszer on #CTE and its effect on former #CFL players: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  NEXT@ConcussionLF Tim Fleiszer on #CTE and its effect on former #CFL players: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Escort and accomplice sought in alleged beating, robbery of 'John'

  31-07-2017 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  An escort who called herself “Anastasia” and her male accomplice are wanted for allegedly beating and robbing a customer on July 4.
  Police say a John found the woman’s services online, arranged a tryst at a residence on the 2600 block of Draper Avenue and paid up front. 
  But after services were rendered, the woman claimed she hadn’t been paid. She made a call and another man showed up to the residence. The John was repeatedly assaulted and robbed of his cellphone and
  
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• Premier #Wynne announces Chris Ballard will replace Glen Murray as environment minister. #onpoli

  31-07-2017 16:31 via twitter.com
  Premier #Wynne announces Chris Ballard will replace Glen Murray as environment minister. #onpoli
  
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• Still ahead Dr. Alan Okros joins @_marksutcliffe on Canadian Forces transgender policy: LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  Still aheadDr. Alan Okros joins @_marksutcliffe on Canadian Forces transgender policy: LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• #Wynne to shuffle cabinet as Glen Murray leaves environment, sources say: bit.ly/2hfOVgb #onpoli https://t.co/bkV1V2Bjka

  31-07-2017 16:18 via twitter.com
  
  #Wynne to shuffle cabinet as Glen Murray leaves environment, sources say: bit.ly/2hfOVgb #onpoli https://t.co/bkV1V2Bjka
  
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• Woman's power shut down by condo after charging hybrid electric car - CBC.ca

  31-07-2017 14:39
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  Woman's power shut down by condo after charging hybrid electric car
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  Kimberly Hsiung listened to the pleasant hum of the engine as she drove home in her new hybrid electric car. She parked in her assigned space at her Nepean condo, then plugged the Chevrolet Volt into the post to charge overnight. After following this ...and more »
  
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• Risk of showers and thunderstorms Monday, torrid Tuesday

  31-07-2017 14:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Will a month of rain go out with a torrent?
  It’s the last day of what could be the wettest July on record and the forecast features a 30 per cent chance of afternoon showers and the risk of a thunderstorm. The expected high is 27 C and low 14 C.
  Environment Canada predicts that Tuesday will be dry with a sunny high of 30 C that will feel more like 35.
  Then the clouds roll back in with a chance of showers every day into the weekend.#Ottawa is just 0.4㎜ behind 1st place for wettest Ju
  
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• Ottawa weather: With a sprinkle of rain, July 2017 can claim wettest month ever [Video]

  31-07-2017 14:12
  
  Will a month of rain go out with a torrent? It's the last day of what could be the wettest July on record and the forecast features a 30 per cent chance of afternoon showers and the risk of a thunderstorm. The expected high is 27 C and low 14 C.
  
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• Ottawa weather: With a sprinkle of rain, July 2017 can claim wettest month ever - Ottawa Sun

  31-07-2017 14:05
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  Ottawa weather: With a sprinkle of rain, July 2017 can claim wettest month ever
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  It's the last day of what could be the wettest July on record and the forecast features a 30 per cent chance of afternoon showers and the risk of a thunderstorm. The expected high is 27 C and low 14 C. Environment Canada predicts that Tuesday will be ...and more »
  
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• Risk of thundershowers could put damper on otherwise sunny Monday - CBC.ca

  31-07-2017 14:03
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  Risk of thundershowers could put damper on otherwise sunny Monday
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  It's set to be another hot and humid day in Ottawa, but a risk of thundershowers Monday afternoon could help cool down the day. It will be sunny early in the morning, turning into a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of showers in the afternoon to ...
  
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• Politics Briefing newsletter: BlackBerry's reign in Ottawa draws to a close - The Globe and Mail

  31-07-2017 14:00
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  Politics Briefing newsletter: BlackBerry's reign in Ottawa draws to a close
  The Globe and Mail
  If you're a government employee in the National Capital Region and you're reading this newsletter on a smartphone, there's a good chance that the smartphone you're scrolling through is a BlackBerry. The Canadian technology company has long been the ...and more »
  
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• Crews tackle roof fire at North Gower Public School: bit.ly/2vXEFwc #ottnews https://t.co/nRoux3lgYV

  31-07-2017 13:53 via twitter.com
  
  Crews tackle roof fire at North Gower Public School: bit.ly/2vXEFwc #ottnews https://t.co/nRoux3lgYV
  
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• ByWard Market BIA praises La Machine - CTV News

  31-07-2017 13:46
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  ByWard Market BIA praises La Machine
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  The ByWard Market BIA is saying a big “THANK YOU” to Ottawa 2017 and everyone involved with La Machine. Organizers estimate 750,000 people flooded the ByWard Market, downtown Ottawa and the LeBreton Flats area for the four-day street-theatre ...
  La Machine wraps up with a fiery finale at LeBreton FlatsCBC.ca
  Massive crowds jam LeBreton flats for La Machine finaleOttawa Citizen
  Hundreds of thousands take in La Machine over w
  
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• What most stands out from #ottawa2017 celebrations so far? -Events like #LaMachine -#CanadaDay on the Hill -traffi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-07-2017 13:25 via twitter.com
  What most stands out from #ottawa2017 celebrations so far?-Events like #LaMachine -#CanadaDay on the Hill -traffi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Spate of drug #overdoses in #Toronto wakeup call: Experts say: bit.ly/2tQUQdk https://t.co/SYdQnBCogV

  31-07-2017 12:51 via twitter.com
  
  Spate of drug #overdoses in #Toronto wakeup call: Experts say: bit.ly/2tQUQdk https://t.co/SYdQnBCogV
  
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• #NovaScotia teens to be sentenced today for sharing intimate images of girls: bit.ly/2vXUYtg https://t.co/yx231HwsnY

  31-07-2017 12:26 via twitter.com
  
  #NovaScotia teens to be sentenced today for sharing intimate images of girls: bit.ly/2vXUYtg https://t.co/yx231HwsnY
  
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