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• Baines: Ex-Rough Rider Sowieta battled cancer to the end - Ottawa Citizen

  26-08-2017 23:58
  Ottawa Citizen
  Baines: Ex-Rough Rider Sowieta battled cancer to the end
  Ottawa Citizen
  Former Ottawa Rough Rider Rick Sowieta, who played in the CFL for 10 seasons, did everything he could to hang on in his battle with cancer, writes Tim Baines. Wayne Cuddington / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. A bit more than seven months ago, ...
  
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• More than 40 bullet casings recovered from Nepean shootout

  26-08-2017 22:07
  
  More than 40 bullet casings have been recovered by Ottawa police after a 3 a.m. shootout Saturday between rival gunmen firing from their cars near the Algonquin College campus.One person suffered minor injuries in the mayhem; he was taken to hospital, treated and released.
  
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• Bikers in Orléans raise $22,000 for battered women

  26-08-2017 21:57
  
  More than 230 motorcyclists roared onto Ogilvie Road early Saturday to launch the annual Cruise Don’t Bruise ride in support of battered women’s programming at the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre (EORC).
  
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• Record 63 puts Brooke Henderson back in Canadian Women's Open contention

  26-08-2017 21:38
  
  Maybe, just maybe, Brooke Henderson can pull off that miracle comeback, after all.
  
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• More than 40 bullet casings recovered from Nepean shootout - Ottawa Citizen

  26-08-2017 21:35
  Ottawa Citizen
  More than 40 bullet casings recovered from Nepean shootout
  Ottawa Citizen
  More than 40 bullet casings have been recovered by Ottawa police after a 3 a.m. shootout Saturday between rival gunmen firing from their cars near the Algonquin College campus. One person suffered minor injuries in the mayhem; he was taken to hospital, ...
  Police find between 30 and 40 bullet casings after Nepean shootingCBC.ca
  Man suffers non-life threatening injuries in Nepean shootingCTV Newsall 3 n
  
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• Record 63 puts Brooke Henderson back in Canadian Women's Open contention - Ottawa Citizen

  26-08-2017 21:25
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  Record 63 puts Brooke Henderson back in Canadian Women's Open contention
  Ottawa Citizen
  Canada's Brooke Henderson acknowledges the gallery after sinking a putt on the 18th green during third round play at the Canadian Pacific Women's Open in Ottawa, Saturday August 26, 2017. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment ...
  Brooke Henderson shoots course record at CP Women's OpenCTV News
  Brooke plays like the pressure is offOttawa Sun
  Canadian Henderson shoots 63 to
  
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• Bikers in Orléans raise $22000 for battered women - Ottawa Citizen

  26-08-2017 21:25
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  Bikers in Orléans raise $22000 for battered women
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  Bikers take part in the "Bikers Against Violence - Cruise Don't Bruise" 8th annual motorcycle ride in Ottawa on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Patrick Doyle. Share Adjust Comment Print. More than 230 motorcyclists roared onto Ogilvie Road early Saturday to ...and more »
  
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• Civil servant sentenced after turning to child porn, pot to deaden emotions

  26-08-2017 19:51
  
  An Ottawa civil servant who says he used marijuana and child pornography to build “a morbid detachment” from reality has been sentenced to two years in jail.Mahlon Inksetter, 51, an information technology specialist at the Canada Revenue Agency, had more than 133,000 images and 3,000 videos on his computer that qualified as child pornography.
  
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• More than 30 bullet casings recovered from Nepean shootout

  26-08-2017 19:18
  
  More than 30 bullet casings have been recovered by Ottawa police after a 3 a.m. shootout Saturday between rival gunmen firing from their cars near the Algonquin College campus. One person suffered minor injuries in the mayhem; he was taken to hospital, treated and released.
  
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• Sandy Hill health centre offers its facility to unsanctioned 'pop-up' safe-injection site

  26-08-2017 19:11
  
  The Sandy Hill Community Health Centre has temporarily offered its facility’s parking lot to a “pop-up” safe-injection site that set up Friday near the ByWard Market as an emergency response to the rising number of overdoses in Ottawa.
  
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• ICYMI: @ottawahealth wants to make sure work at a new pop-up drug overdose prevention site is following guidelines.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: @ottawahealth wants to make sure work at a new pop-up drug overdose prevention site is following guidelines.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hurricane Harvey continues to punish the U.S. Gulf Coast. 1310news.com/2017/08/26/har… https://t.co/mLOcxcZhi8

  26-08-2017 18:17 via twitter.com
  
  Hurricane Harvey continues to punish the U.S. Gulf Coast. 1310news.com/2017/08/26/har… https://t.co/mLOcxcZhi8
  
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• 'These kinds of events are crucial': Dozens in Ottawa march for transgender rights - CBC.ca

  26-08-2017 17:54
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  'These kinds of events are crucial': Dozens in Ottawa march for transgender rights
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  Even though Pride Week in Ottawa is a festive celebration, it's also a time for more serious causes. That's why more than 100 people gathered Friday night at McNabb Park for a march dedicated to the transgender, two-spirited, and gender non-conforming ...
  
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• 'Pop-up' safe-injection site in Ottawa sees 11 clients on first day

  26-08-2017 17:47
  
  The “pop-up” safe-injection site set up near the ByWard Market as an emergency response to the rising number of overdoses in Ottawa saw 11 clients on its opening day Friday.The unauthorized site in Raphael Brunet Park, across the street from 310 St. Patrick St., was open to anyone who wanted to use the service for three hours Friday evening.
  
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• What would you think if @ottawacity paved grass on the north side of city hall? #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/08/26/ott… https://t.co/urKj5g229b

  26-08-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  
  What would you think if @ottawacity paved grass on the north side of city hall? #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/08/26/ott… https://t.co/urKj5g229b
  
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• Harvey is downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it churns slowly inland from the Texas Gulf Coast.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 14:52 via twitter.com
  Harvey is downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it churns slowly inland from the Texas Gulf Coast.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa urged to examine historic figures - durhamregion.com

  26-08-2017 14:51
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  Ottawa urged to examine historic figures
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  Ottawa is facing increased pressure from Indigenous advocates to look at historic figures celebrated in Canada after an Ontario teachers' group passed a motion to remove Sir John A. Macdonald's name from elementary schools in the province. NDP MP and ...and more »
  
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• Fire destroys garage on Russell Road

  26-08-2017 14:23
  
  A detached garage was destroyed by fire on Friday night.Just after 10 p.m. Ottawa Fire Services responded to a call reporting smoke and flames visible from the structure located at 5779 Russell Road.There were no reported injuries.The cause of the fire is under investigation. The cost of the damage is unknown.
  
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• Good morning! Nothing but sunshine in the forecast -- Highs around 23 all weekend. #ottnews 1310news.com/weather/ https://t.co/AtqOVfOlVq

  26-08-2017 13:54 via twitter.com
  
  Good morning! Nothing but sunshine in the forecast -- Highs around 23 all weekend. #ottnews 1310news.com/weather/ https://t.co/AtqOVfOlVq
  
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• GameDay: Lions at Redblacks - Ottawa Citizen

  26-08-2017 05:46
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  GameDay: Lions at Redblacks
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  Kenny Shaw pulls in a pass during a Redblacks practice earlier this month. Jean Levac/Postmedia Jean Levac. Share Adjust Comment Print. B.C. at Ottawa WHEN: 3:30 p.m. Saturday WHERE: TD Place RADIO: TSN 1200, FM 104,7, Sirius XM 167 (English), ...
  REDBLACKS host Lions in pivotal Week 10 matchupOttawa REDBLACKSall 11 news articles »
  
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• Ottawa's first Indigenous Peoples Court opens Sept. 11: Egan

  26-08-2017 05:17
  
  Ottawa's first Indigenous Peoples Court will launch on Sept. 11, an attempt to fix a criminal system that, for decades, has too often worked terribly for native populations. The sober atmosphere at the Elgin Street courthouse was interrupted Friday afternoon by native singing, drumming and praying in the atrium.
  
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• Unsanctioned injection site to stay open through weekend

  26-08-2017 05:06
  
  The unauthorized site, located across the street from 310 St. Patrick St., was inspired by overdose prevention sites in tents pitched in Toronto and Vancouver.
  
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• Lots to keep you busy on this final weekend of August, including Capital Pride. Ten other festivals on tap.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 00:04 via twitter.com
  Lots to keep you busy on this final weekend of August, including Capital Pride. Ten other festivals on tap.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• "Hannibal' wrestler feasts on $25K arbitration award from city

  26-08-2017 00:01
  
  Devon “Hannibal” Nicholson, the wrestler who successfully fought the city to get his job back, was awarded a pile of money by a labour arbitration panel on Friday.The panel ordered the city to pay Nicholson $25,000 in compensation after his union and the city couldn’t come to an agreement on how much the gym attendant is owed.
  
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