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• Ontario issues rare order to Ottawa to improve failing long-term care homes

  15-08-2017 23:49
  
  The City of Ottawa has been slapped with an “unheard of” blanket order from the province to improve safety and care at three of its four long-term care homes following a string of incidents, including the repeated punching of one resident by a caregiver and head injuries suffered by another resident that were later covered up.T
  
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• So long, Dick’s: Diner owners removing aprons for 'the easy life'

  15-08-2017 23:47
  
  When you walk into Dick’s Drive-In and Dairy Dip, you’re transported back to the 1950s, with its classic music, homemade milkshakes and mint barstools — minus the roller skates.The eatery at 1485 Merivale Rd. has been a mainstay on the strip for 13 years.
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/05QHlwWNt9

  15-08-2017 23:38 via twitter.com
  
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• Ontario issues rare order to Ottawa to improve failing long-term care homes - Ottawa Citizen

  15-08-2017 23:24
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• Environment Canada ends severe thunderstorm watch for region

  15-08-2017 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The weather office has ended a severe thunderstorm watch for the Capital Region.
  The alert cautioned of the possibility of heavy rain and possible hail.
  Tuesday registered extremely high levels of humidity through the day, and by mid-afternoon the temperature was at about 25 C.
  There’s a 30-per-cent chance of evening showers and the risk of a thunderstorm before skies clear overnight and the mercury dips to 12 C.
  Wednesday’s forecast is mainly sunny with a high of 24 C and low of 11
  
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• Police warn public to be on alert after woman's tires slashed in city's west end

  15-08-2017 23:13
  
  Ottawa police are warning the public to be on alert after a woman was almost cornered by two cars in the city’s west end, and then later noticed her tires were slashed.On Aug. 8 around 2:30 p.m., a woman parked her car near the intersection of Carling and Croydon avenues and walked into a financial institution, police said Tuesday.
  
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• Fisheries Council of Canada seeking a president to lead its Ottawa team

  15-08-2017 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Fisheries Council of Canada (FCC) is seeking a president to lead its team in Ottawa. This position reports to the board of directors.
  The FCC is a non-profit, national, private sector trade association representing companies engaged in the growing, harvesting, processing and marketing of fish and seafood. Established in 1915, and having changed its name to FCC in 1945, the FCC is Canada’s leading fish and seafood voice promoting a healthy, sustainable resource and developing an economi
  
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• Canadian War Museum to highlight Victoria Cross winners of the Battle of Hill 70

  15-08-2017 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian War Museum is marking the centenary of the Battle of Hill 70 with a special display highlighting the six Canadian soldiers who received Victoria Cross decorations as a result of their courageous actions. The Battle of Hill 70, which includes portraits of the recipients and some of their medals, will be on view from August 15 until Remembrance Day, according to the Canadian War Museum.
  “Sir Arthur Currie described the Battle of Hill 70 in August 1917 as ‘altogether t
  
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• Tweed man, 36, charged with first-degree murder in death of 53-year-old man

  15-08-2017 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 36-year-old man with first-degree murder after a man was found dead at a home in Tweed, southwest of Ottawa, on Saturday. 
  Samuel Koch of Tweed has been charged win the death of Dartt McPherson, 53, another Tweed resident. 
  On Saturday at 7:45 a.m., Central Hastings OPP officers were called to Kinlin Road, just northeast of the village, where they discovered the victim’s body.
  They arrested the suspect the same day.
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• The truth in fantasy: An interview with Hugo-winning Ottawa writer Amal El-Mohtar

  15-08-2017 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Writer Amal El-Mohtar is back home in Centretown after picking up a prestigious Hugo Award at Worldcon 75, the annual World Science Fiction Convention, held this year in Helsinki.
  It’s just the latest kudos for her short story Seasons of Glass and Iron, which has also garnered Locus and Nebula awards and is nominated for an Aurora, given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy. It was published in the anthology The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales.
  Reviewers say th
  
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• Wynne not interested in raising taxes to pay for infrastructure

  15-08-2017 21:56
  Wynne says HST hike would "fly in the face" of her efforts to ease pocketbook pressures.
  
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• Editorial: Pride controversy didn't need to be this way

  15-08-2017 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police Chief Charles Bordeleau has decided that instead of deliberately antagonizing people by wearing full police regalia when he marches in the Capital Pride parade Aug. 27, he’s going to don a golf shirt with the police crest. Good.
  The decision by organizers to discourage officers in uniform, though, is still troubling and should be revisited. 
  Capital Pride organizers made it clear back in June that they didn’t want off-duty police in uniforms participating in the parade. B
  
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• #RightNow Ottawa News, Sports, Traffic & Weather with @MarkDayNews & @MelAdams1310 LIVE: player.1310news.com https://t.co/42pILLErDe

  15-08-2017 21:26 via twitter.com
  
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• Curieuses histoires de plantes book even curiouser in third volume

  15-08-2017 20:49
  
  In 1828, Lord Dalhousie wasn’t enjoying his job as governor of Lower Canada. People were tired of his bombastic ways, and 87,000 citizens signed a petition asking Britain to ship him out.So what were he and Lady Dalhousie doing in the crisis?
  
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• Rock, folk and muddy, muddy blues: Ottawa festivals fend off soggy summer

  15-08-2017 20:38
  
  Your shoes are caked in mud, umbrellas are blocking your view and you’re almost hoping the show will be called off so you can go home and wring out your sopping wet clothes.That’s been the experience of many festivalgoers in the Ottawa area this soggy summer.
  
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• Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch for region [Video]

  15-08-2017 20:14
  
  It’s going to be a sticky, and likely soggy, Tuesday.Ottawa is at maximum humidity, yes that’s 100 per cent, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers, the risk of a thunderstorm and a high of 25 C that will feel like 29, Environment Canada predicts.
  
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• Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch for region

  15-08-2017 20:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  The weather office has issued another severe thunderstorm watch for the Capital Region.
  As usual, the alert cautions of the possibility of heavy rain and possible hail.
  Tuesday registered extremely high levels of humidity through the day, and by mid-afternoon the temperature was at about 25 C.
  There’s a 30-per-cent chance of evening showers and the risk of a thunderstorm before skies clear overnight and the mercury dips to 12 C.
  Wednesday’s forecast is mainly sunny with a high of 24
  
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• Ottawa under severe thunderstorm watch

  15-08-2017 20:08
  Environment Canada warns heavy rain, hail and wind gust possible Tuesday.
  
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• Queensway slowdown due to rollover, woman taken to hospital

  15-08-2017 20:06
  
  Queensway traffic slowed to a crawl for several hours Tuesday morning after a woman was injured in a dramatic collision and rollover.Ontario Provincial Police received a call about a two-car crash in the westbound lanes between Nicholas Street and Vanier Parkway on highway at 9:30 a.m.
  
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• Tweed man, 36, charged with first degree murder of 53-year-old man

  15-08-2017 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 36-year-old man with first degree murder after a man was found dead at a home in Tweed, southwest of Ottawa, on Saturday. 
  Samuel Koch from Tweed has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Dartt McPherson, 53, another Tweed resident. 
  On Saturday at 7:45 a.m., Central Hastings OPP officers were called to Kinlin Road, just northeast of the village, where they discovered the victim’s body.
  They arrested the susp
  
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• Gatineau paramedics give ambulances a makeover in contract dispute

  15-08-2017 19:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau’s ambulances may not need flashing lights this week, after the paramedics’ union decided to redecorate them in garish colours and cartoon figures.
  The union is protesting the slow pace of contract negotiations.
  Paramedics are still on duty as usual, but they’re turning their vehicles into rolling protest signs.
  About 30 ambulances are affected, with different designs on each.
  Some have stripes, others splotches in a tie-dyed patterns. One has a Ghostbusters figure with
  
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• .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show now. Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/KEXstlO8PS

  15-08-2017 19:04 via twitter.com
  
  .@rick_gibbons hosts the Carol Anne Meehan show now. Listen in: player.1310news.com https://t.co/KEXstlO8PS
  
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• Brad Wall's departure holds essential lessons for conservatives

  15-08-2017 19:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Amongst Canadian conservatives, it is common to hear critics of Justin Trudeau point out the stark contrast between the prime minister and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. The former is a charismatic, master communicator; the latter projects an air of staid bookishness. Trudeau relies on broad and sweeping language to convey his messages, while Wall has always been, to conservatives at least, a voice of seasoned and careful reason, known more for his quiet competence than for his personality or g
  
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• Canada's glaring silence around trade talks with China

  15-08-2017 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  As Canadians digest a stream of statements and punditry around the upcoming NAFTA negotiations, another discourse — possibly more consequential for our future — is being planned in comparative silence.
  The second China-Canada Foreign Ministers Dialogue was held in Beijing last week, Canada’s Chrystia Freeland sitting down with her counterpart Wang Yi to “explore ways to further consolidate Canada-China ties,” as Xinhua news agency put it. Upcoming Canada-China trade
  
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• Cohen: Having never served, Trump lacks skepticism of the military

  15-08-2017 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Anne Applebaum, the gifted journalist, sees Donald Trump as an untethered toddler in the driver’s seat of a car. He pushes buttons, presses pedals, yanks the gearshift. The car remains in the driveway.
  That’s about where his administration is after seven months: pushing, posturing, pulling. It’s more motion than progress. It isn’t going anywhere.
  But that’s on domestic policy, where a president has to work with Congress to do things. On foreign policy, a president h
  
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• NEXT: @AlexMunter_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss surgery wait times player.1310news.com #ottnews https://t.co/TPDM2jOzl8

  15-08-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa firefighters evacuate five from Greenbriar Avenue bedroom fire

  15-08-2017 18:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Five people are at least temporarily displace following a fire Tuesday morning at 919 Greenbriar Ave. in Carleton Heights area.
  Firefighters were called at about 11:15 a.m. for a fire on the second floor of the semi-detached structure near Meadowlands Drive east and Prince of Wales Drive.
  Responders confirmed a working fire, and launched a “fast attack” which brought the blaze under control quickly.
  Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to ensure fire did not spread to the attic,
  
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• Howitzers, more Canadian troops being sent to support Latvian-led exercise

  15-08-2017 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Forces is sending 100 additional military personnel, equipment, and support vehicles to Latvia to support the military exercises of US Army Europe, NATO’s eFP battlegroup in Latvia, and other NATO allies. The deployment is for a limited time.
  The Canadian Army is sending an artillery battery made up of four M777 Howitzer guns and approximately 100 additional personnel to support training, the Canadian Forces announced Tuesday. When not required for training, the equipment will
  
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• Police release security video of Buckingham jewelry store heist

  15-08-2017 18:15
  
  Gatineau police have released security video to try to identify two suspects who robbed a Buckingham jewelry June 6.The video shows the suspects entering the Bijouterie Trudel, 396 Buckingham Ave., shortly before 2 p.m.They were wearing blue work coveralls with hoods, with medical-type mouth masks, and security glasses. They spoke English.
  
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• Royal Canadian Navy ships to conduct operations in Canada's northern waters

  15-08-2017 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Montréal, Kingston, and Goose Bay have left from their home port of Halifax, NS to conduct operations in northern waters.
  During their deployments, Montréal, Goose Bay and Kingston will conduct surveillance in Canada’s northern waters and will visit a number of communities.
  HMCS Montréal and HMCS Goose Bay will also participate in Op NANOOK, Canada’s main annual northern military operation, the Royal Canadian Navy noted.
  
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• Paul Dalglish steps down as Ottawa Fury head coach and general manager

  15-08-2017 17:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a morning the Ottawa Fury FC were to leave on their toughest road trip of the season, and just 12 games from the finish line to the 2017 regular season, the club announced Tuesday that Paul Dalglish had stepped down as both general manager and head coach.
  The surprising move came after Dalglish apparently informed the team management he would be leaving at the end of the season. That led to what they are calling a mutual decision to make the move immediately.
  This at a time when the Fury FC a
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @jillianclark & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-08-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @jillianclark & @1310Andrewjoin @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT: @ChiefBordeleau joins @_MarkSutcliffe on reaction to not wearing police uniform in Pride parade.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-08-2017 17:43 via twitter.com
  NEXT:@ChiefBordeleaujoins @_MarkSutcliffe on reaction to not wearing police uniform in Pride parade.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Fire crews mopping up following fire in a bedroom @ home on Greenbriar Ave. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  15-08-2017 17:43 via twitter.com
  Fire crews mopping up following fire in a bedroom @ home on Greenbriar Ave. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Still ahead: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: player.1310news.com #ottnews https://t.co/0G2oJCDqKg

  15-08-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:player.1310news.com#ottnews https://t.co/0G2oJCDqKg
  
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• Driver clocked at twice the speed limit on Hwy 15 south of Smiths Falls

  15-08-2017 17:25
  
  A 22-year-old Ajax man is to appear in court on stunt-driving charges next month after being clocked at more than twice the speed limit on Highway 15 in Rideau Lakes Township.The incident occurred Monday afternoon, when OPP clocked the driver doing 165 km/h in the 80 km/h zone about 30 kilometres south of Smiths Fall.
  
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• LGBT officer, Capital Pride welcome chief's uniform decision 1310news.com/2017/08/15/lgb… #ottnews https://t.co/2yORoVYST3

  15-08-2017 17:04 via twitter.com
  
  LGBT officer, Capital Pride welcome chief's uniform decision 1310news.com/2017/08/15/lgb… #ottnews https://t.co/2yORoVYST3
  
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• Still ahead: @StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment: player.1310news.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-08-2017 16:53 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @StephanieCarvin LIVE in studio for weekly International Affairs segment: player.1310news.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT: @sflkirk joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Ottawa Today to talk health. player.1310news.com #ottnews https://t.co/AOYPpfWGhv

  15-08-2017 16:43 via twitter.com
  
  NEXT: @sflkirk joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Ottawa Today to talk health. player.1310news.com#ottnews https://t.co/AOYPpfWGhv
  
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• Coming up: @BJSiekierski w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: player.1310news.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-08-2017 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up:@BJSiekierski w/ @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:player.1310news.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• 'Golden arches' fêtes anniversary with burger bargain

  15-08-2017 15:39
  
  McDonald’s restaurants across Canada are celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary in Canada with an offer of cheap hamburgers for a large part of Wednesday.
  
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• Update on recent developments in the defence industry

  15-08-2017 15:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here is an update on recent developments in the defence and aerospace industry that I wrote about in the most recent issue of Esprit de Corps magazine:
  Leonardo Helicopters and IMP Aerospace & Defence have added more Canadian industrial partners to its team that plans to pursue the contract to modernize the RCAF’s fleet of Cormorant search and rescue helicopters. CAE, GE Canada and Rockwell Collins in Canada have joined the team. Other key Canadian companies will also be announced in t
  
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• 'Golden arches' fêtes golden anniversary with burger bargain

  15-08-2017 15:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  McDonald’s restaurants across Canada are celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary in Canada with an offer of cheap hamburgers for a large part of Wednesday.
  This may be the only event of the summer that isn’t trying to hitchhike on the Canada 150 parade.Get a 67¢ Hamburger (+ tax) on August 16th to celebrate our 1st restaurant in Canada in 1967!❤ this tweet for a reminder. #McDonalds50th pic.twitter.com/3dVpAGBB66
  — McDonald's Canada (@McD_Canada) August 10,
  
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• House Works: New deck coating keeps its cool

  15-08-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Over the 25-plus years I’ve been giving home improvement advice to Canadians, the single most common question I get has to do with deck finishing.
  Most often, it’s a plea for help about a deck finish gone bad. Other times the questions are about which deck stain to choose for a new deck or an old one. The underlying issue always comes back to one simple fact: Many deck finishes simply don’t last all that long no matter how well you apply them.
  Buying and applying a stain over a
  
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• Monday night fight sends man, 51, to hospital with stab wounds

  15-08-2017 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 51-year-old man suffered what were described as “minor” stab wounds in a fight in the ByWard Market Monday night.
  Police said the victim was taken to hospital after the altercation on York Street around 9 p.m.
  The second man in the fight was arrested at the scene.
  An investigation into the incident is ongoing. The identities of the two men have not been released.
  Police said the man in custody may appear in an Ottawa courtroom Tuesday.
  
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• Muggy Tuesday in the forecast, high chance of showers [Video]

  15-08-2017 14:06
  
  It’s going to be a sticky, and likely soggy, Tuesday.Ottawa is at maximum humidity, yes that’s 100 per cent, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers, the risk of a thunderstorm and a high of 25 C that will feel like 29, Environment Canada predicts.
  
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• POLL: Do you support increasing the HST by 1% to raise money for roads and bridges? #QuestionOfTheDay @_MarkSutcliffe

  15-08-2017 14:03 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you support increasing the HST by 1% to raise money for roads and bridges?#QuestionOfTheDay @_MarkSutcliffe
  
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• Labour minister says nothing about LRT project seems unsafe 1310news.com/2017/08/15/lab… #ottnews #onpoli https://t.co/8vAZJbpeux

  15-08-2017 13:53 via twitter.com
  
  Labour minister says nothing about LRT project seems unsafe 1310news.com/2017/08/15/lab… #ottnews #onpoli https://t.co/8vAZJbpeux
  
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• Muggy Tuesday in the forecast, high chance of showers

  15-08-2017 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s going to be a sticky, and likely soggy, Tuesday.
  Ottawa is at maximum humidity, yes that’s 100 per cent, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers, the risk of a thunderstorm and a high of 25 C that will feel like 29, Environment Canada predicts.
  There’s a 30-per-cent chance of evening showers and the risk of a thunderstorm before skies clear overnight and the mercury dips to 12 C.
  Wednesday’s forecast is mainly sunny with a high of 24 C and low of 11 C.
  Thursday is
  
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• Police chief changes course, won't wear uniform to march in Capital Pride 1310news.com/2017/08/14/pol… #ottnews #canqueer https://t.co/P87Cbj4CH8

  15-08-2017 13:30 via twitter.com
  
  Police chief changes course, won't wear uniform to march in Capital Pride 1310news.com/2017/08/14/pol… #ottnews #canqueer https://t.co/P87Cbj4CH8
  
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