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• Ottawa 67's back on the ice, with three scrimmages over two days

  30-08-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa 67’s training camp at the University of Ottawa Minto Complex opened with a 2 p.m. practice on Wednesday, and anyone interested in getting an early look at the Ottawa 67’s in action can do so on Wednesday night.
  Three scrimmages, each one open to the public, will take place in the first two days of camp. The first red-versus-white contest is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, following by games at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday.
  Seventeen regulars from last season’s Ontario Hockey
  
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• Prime minister applauds front-line workers dealing with Phoenix pay problems

  30-08-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  MONCTON, N.B. — The prime minister thanked public servants Wednesday for the work they’ve done for months to help federal employees affected by the government’s problem-plagued pay system.
  Justin Trudeau met directly with employees at the federal pay centre in Miramichi, N.B., the epicentre of complaints about the Phoenix system.
  Trudeau was inside one of the centre’s facilities in the city for just over an hour, but said nothing to reporters when he left.
  At least one pu
  
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• $200K for Ottawa police to carry opioid overdose medication

  30-08-2017 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police will spend $200,000 to outfit nearly half of their officers with naloxone kits this year — a cost that police chiefs in Ontario want the province to cover.
  On Tuesday, the provincial government announced an additional $222 million worth of funding to fight the opioid crisis. The largest chunk of that money will go towards long-term help for addicts. An additional $70 million will go towards support programs for chronic opioid users. Another $15 million will go towards trainin
  
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• 'I'm going to miss my best friend': Ottawa crash victim remembered

  30-08-2017 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shannon MacPherson grew up in the city, but she was a country girl at heart.
  “Her very first time hunting, she shot a deer the first day within the first hour, showing all the men around what she was made of,” said her mother, Suzanne Jansen. 
  On Monday morning, the 22-year-old was driving back to Ottawa from visiting a friend in White Lake when she was involved in a fatal, single-vehicle collision. Her car was found in a ditch an hour’s drive west of O
  
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• 'I'm going to miss my best friend': Ottawa crash victim remembered - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 23:41
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  Shannon MacPherson grew up in the city, but she was a country girl at heart. “Her very first time hunting, she shot a deer the first day within the first hour, showing all the men around what she was made of,” said her mother, Suzanne Jansen. On Monday ...
  
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• Canadian high schools welcoming more international students, boards say

  30-08-2017 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — Public high schools across the country are welcoming a growing number of international students in an effort to build valuable relationships and, in some cases, boost revenue.
  Though international students make up only a small fraction of high schoolers, administrators in Ontario and British Columbia say they’ve seen a spike in recent years, with some school boards reporting their ranks have doubled.
  The Toronto District School Board, which has one of the largest such
  
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• Salvation Army consultant predicts millions infused into Vanier economy

  30-08-2017 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Relocating the Salvation Army’s shelter and social services to Vanier would infuse at least $15 million annually into the community’s economy and create hundreds of spinoff jobs, according to an analysis obtained by the Citizen.
  The Salvation Army hired Shore-Tanner and Associates to study the potential impact of a social services complex on Vanier as the organization moves ahead with a plan to build a $53-million “community hub” at 333 Montreal Rd.
  The consultant believe
  
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• 67's round out coaching staff for 50th anniversary season 1310news.com/2017/08/30/67s…

  30-08-2017 23:31 via twitter.com
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• 'Atmosphere's better' as Redblacks seek a third straight victory

  30-08-2017 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winning two straight football games may not seem like such a big deal.
  But when you’re losing game after game — the Ottawa Redblacks had been on the wrong end of the score six of their first eight games, with another ending in a tie — you’ll take any spark you can get to pump up the positivity.
  In Montreal for a game Thursday night, the Redblacks somehow have a chance to take over top spot in the CFL East with a victory.
  “We’ve always believed in ourselves, bu
  
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• Eligible Ontario homeowners to get smart thermostats under new program

  30-08-2017 23:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — Eligible Ontario households will be able to get smart thermostats for free on a first-come, first-served basis under a new government program.
  Environment Minister Chris Ballard announced Wednesday that $377 million in proceeds from Ontario’s cap-and-trade auctions this year will be used to establish a Green Ontario Fund. That not-for-profit provincial agency will oversee programs and rebates for homes and businesses to reduce energy costs.
  Part of that will be the GreenON
  
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• Redblacks need to tighten up against Als, who had 500 yards of offence in Week 5

  30-08-2017 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The old bend, don’t break theory worked OK for the Ottawa Redblacks the last time they played the Montreal Alouettes.
  A win is a win, right?
  They probably shouldn’t count on the same thing happening Thursday night in Montreal.
  In Week 5, in a 24-19 win, the Redblacks gave up more than 500 yards of offence, 452 of those from the arm of QB Darian Durant. The key for them was turnovers — Montreal threw two interceptions, fumbled twice and gave up the ball once on downs. Ottawa, on
  
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• $200K for Ottawa police to carry opioid overdose medication - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 23:15
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  $200K for Ottawa police to carry opioid overdose medication
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  Ottawa police will spend $200,000 to outfit nearly half of their officers with naloxone kits this year — a cost that police chiefs in Ontario want the province to cover. On Tuesday, the provincial government announced an additional $222 million worth ...and more »
  
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• Mayor speaking against pop-up overdose prevention site 1310news.com/2017/08/30/may…

  30-08-2017 23:12 via twitter.com
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• Fall construction won't stall commute, city assures drivers - CBC.ca

  30-08-2017 23:03
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  Fall construction won't stall commute, city assures drivers
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  For once, "fall colours" in Ottawa might not mean orange traffic cones and yellow hard hats. Construction on Ottawa's roads isn't expected to clog major routes or cause significant new headaches for motorists this fall, city officials assured residents ...and more »
  
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• Redblacks offence finding its identity halfway through season, co-ordinator says

  30-08-2017 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Through the first half of the CFL regular season, the Ottawa Redblacks were a model of inconsistency.There was plenty of good, but too much bad … and when the bad happened, it was crippling. The past two weeks have been better, though far from perfect.
  The offence is always an easy target for nitpickers. The playcalling, the quarterback decisions, it’s all been put under the magnifying glass in the favourite pastime of critics: Armchair Quarterbacking 101. While the results have bee
  
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• Homeless man suffers head injuries in alleged assault

  30-08-2017 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 28-year-old man originally from Cape Dorset, Nunavut is recovering from head injuries after an alleged assault under the Mackenzie King bridge by the Rideau Centre last Thursday morning.
  “There was an altercation between the two and as a result, he suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital. He was part of the homeless community,” said Const. Marc Soucy on Wednesday, who could not say how long the man had been in Ottawa.
  A 32-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault a
  
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• Homeless man suffers head injuries in alleged assault - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 22:12
  Homeless man suffers head injuries in alleged assault
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  A 28-year-old man originally from Cape Dorset, Nunavut is recovering from head injuries after an alleged assault under the Mackenzie King bridge by the Rideau Centre last Thursday morning. “There was an altercation between the two and as a result, ...and more »
  
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• Glavin: There's a wide world outside of America's macabre spectacle

  30-08-2017 21:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s morbid fascination, and it’s perfectly understandable. The implosion of political and cultural order in Donald Trump’s America, its teetering constitutional integrity, the marching Nazis, the cable news shout-shows, the tragicomic delirium paralyzing even the most venerable of the Ivy League universities – it’s a macabre spectacle. It’s hard to take your eyes off it. But for the truly tectonic shifts shuddering the world and Canada’s place in it, yo
  
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• Pop-up injection site organizers say they'll keep on

  30-08-2017 21:02
  
  Mayor Jim Watson is more concerned about votes and public reaction than drug use management in his criticism of a pop-up supervised injection site in a Lowertown park, says one of the pop-up facility’s organizers.“Well, he’s a politician, what can I say?” said Rick Sproule, with Overdose Prevention Ottawa.
  
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• Ottawa Chamberfest promises 'fantastic season,' unveils fall-spring lineup

  30-08-2017 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Chamberfest will present eight concerts this fall and next spring, ranging from a solo concert by renowned pianist Sir András Schiff to an album-release show by the high-energy, Eastern-European-inspired folk-punk party band Lemon Bucket Orkestra.
  “I think we’ve got a fantastic season,” said Chamberfest’s artistic director, Roman Borys. He singled out the Oct. 23 concert by Schiff at Dominion-Chalmers United Church as the “big catch” of his
  
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• Reevely: Ontario students' math scores keep slipping, but a little more slowly

  30-08-2017 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three years after the Ontario government decided to take young students’ poor math skills seriously, provincial tests show they’re still getting worse.
  If there’s good news in the latest findings from the Education Quality and Accountability Office, released Wednesday it’s that the decline has slowed. Maybe the Education Ministry’s assault on bad math is beginning to work. If so, it’s only beginning — and there’s reason to doubt that’s w
  
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• Pop-up injection site organizers say they'll keep on going

  30-08-2017 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson is more concerned about votes and public reaction than drug use management in his criticism of a pop-up supervised injection site in a Lowertown park, says one of the pop-up facility’s organizers.
  “Well, he’s a politician, what can I say?” said Rick Sproule, with Overdose Prevention Ottawa. “He’s concerned about votes, that’s what he’s concerned about. He’s not a health-care professional, he has no expertise in the field what
  
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• Cloutier: Ottawa 2017 was a resounding success

  30-08-2017 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  I am the co-chair of Ottawa 2017 and disappointed to read Paul Dewar’s op-ed of Aug. 11.
  He writes disdainfully about some of the events that were hosted as part of Ottawa 2017 celebrations. It is regrettable that Dewar was so dismissive to the thousands of volunteers and hard work Ottawa 2017 has put into this year-long celebration. His comments betray a lack of understanding of the importance of the tourism industry for workers and businesses in Ottawa.
  The participation of Ottawa reside
  
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• Cloutier: Ottawa 2017 was a resounding success - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 20:26
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  People take shelter from the rain on Parliament Hill as the Centennial Flame burns in Ottawa during Canada 150 celebrations on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Sean Kilpatrick / CP. Share Adjust Comment Print. I am the co-chair of Ottawa 2017 and disappointed ...
  
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• Fall construction season shouldn't produce traffic bottlenecks, city says

  30-08-2017 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Road work, building developments and LRT construction shouldn’t severely tie up traffic this fall, the city says.
  “I don’t think we’re going to have a large bottleneck specifically this year,” according to Greg Kent, the city’s head of traffic management, who helped deliver a fall construction update at city hall on Wednesday.
  A collision, broken watermain or disabled bus can throw traffic for a loop, but the city doesn’t expect construction projects wil
  
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• Police seeking help to locate arsonist in east-end school fire

  30-08-2017 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for a fire that was deliberately set at an east-end school on Sunday night.
  Emergency services responded to a fire at École Saint-Marie elementary school on Innes Road shortly after 11 p.m. on Aug. 27. 
  The fire caused extensive damage to a portable school unit and vehicle. Both the building and the truck were also sprayed with graffiti.
  Anyone with information about the incident or person(s
  
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• Antiques revisited: How much have the values changed in the past decade?

  30-08-2017 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Female Spirits Running High
  This is the second of an occasional feature on This Old Thing where we revisit items submitted for appraisal some years ago, and see how their values have changed. This week we look at a car mascot, an Art Nouveau vase and an exquisite set of French Empire furniture – all previously valued in 2007.
   
  Q This ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ Rolls Royce mascot was purchased for £1 (one pound sterling) in Scotland in 1952 after it was discovered in a junk
  
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• Still ahead Toronto School Trustee Mike Del Grande on how a schoolyard shove led to a lawsuit:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  Still aheadToronto School Trustee Mike Del Grande on how a schoolyard shove led to a lawsuit:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• What's open and closed in Ottawa this Labour Day - CBC.ca

  30-08-2017 18:02
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  What's open and closed in Ottawa this Labour Day
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  If you're planning on catching up on errands or going out with your family this long weekend, remember that many stores, services and activities are closed on Labour Day. Here's a list of what's open and closed this holiday Monday.
  
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• NEXT on the #PowerLunch @SRoySchertzer & @PaulDewar join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #PowerLunch@SRoySchertzer & @PaulDewar join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Guy Caron's leadership bid gets boost from former NDP leader McDonough

  30-08-2017 17:38
  Alexa McDonough, who led the party from 1995 to 2003, says Quebec MP is most likely candidate to become first NDP prime minister.
  
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• Heroic dispatcher keyed warning, perished in 1917 Halifax explosion

  30-08-2017 17:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Vincent Coleman’s last act was to warn the inbound No. 10 passenger train on Dec. 6, 1917 that an ammunition ship ablaze in Halifax harbour was about to explode. Coleman died a hero, but like so many other good stories, it didn’t happen quite the way it’s been portrayed. This is one of 15 Canadian stories we present as part the Citizen’s Canada 150 coverage.
  Vincent Coleman’s last words, tapped out in the dots and dashes of Morse code, raced along the telegraph wire
  
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• Coming up: @GasBuddyDan joins @_marksutcliffe on rising #gasprices in #Ottawa: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews https://t.co/ExMztG4IEk

  30-08-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: @GasBuddyDan joins @_marksutcliffe on rising #gasprices in #Ottawa: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews https://t.co/ExMztG4IEk
  
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• Denley: When we all drive electric, government loses big time

  30-08-2017 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  To listen to them talk, our federal and Ontario governments can’t want for the planet-saving electric car future to get here. They are so keen that they are subsidizing electric cars and even building a network of charging stations for them.
  What we don’t hear about is the huge effect on federal and provincial revenues if the government’s rhetoric becomes reality and people turn to electric cars in large numbers. A big reduction in gas tax would seriously affect Canada’s
  
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• Coming up Carolin Ross discusses @FoodsharingOTT getting grant to fight #foodwaste: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up Carolin Ross discusses@FoodsharingOTT getting grant to fight #foodwaste: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Antiques revisited: How have the values changed in the past decade?

  30-08-2017 16:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Female Spirits Running High
  This is the second of an occasional feature on This Old Thing where we revisit items submitted for appraisal some years ago, and see how their values have changed. This week we look at a car mascot, an Art Nouveau vase and an exquisite set of French Empire furniture – all previously valued in 2007.
   
  Q This ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ Rolls Royce mascot was purchased for £1 (one pound sterling) in Scotland in 1952 after it was discovered in a junk
  
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• LIVE NEXT @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/LMpifoWOKc

  30-08-2017 16:29 via twitter.com
  
  LIVE NEXT @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #cdnpoli @abacusdataca https://t.co/LMpifoWOKc
  
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• Here's when tickets for Ottawa Senators regular season games go on sale

  30-08-2017 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summer is officially over.
  The Ottawa Senators have announced the date when regular season tickets go on sale.
  Tickets are available for purchase starting at 10 a.m. on September 7th.
  From the Senators’ press release:
  Full and half-season-seat packages, guaranteeing the best prices to all of the season’s games are currently available for purchase. Season-seat members get first access to tickets and to all Senators-related events including the NHL100 Classic outdoor game on Dec. 19 ag
  
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• Here's when tickets for Ottawa Senators regular season games go on sale - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 16:05
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  Here's when tickets for Ottawa Senators regular season games go on sale
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  Full and half-season-seat packages, guaranteeing the best prices to all of the season's games are currently available for purchase. Season-seat members get first access to tickets and to all Senators-related events including the NHL100 Classic outdoor ...and more »
  
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• LIVE NEXT on the 10 O’Clock Talk @SusanSherring, @davidreevely & @Stu_McGinn join @_MarkSutcliffe:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  LIVE NEXT on the 10 O’Clock Talk @SusanSherring, @davidreevely & @Stu_McGinn join @_MarkSutcliffe:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Angry passengers ready to vent at hearing into Ottawa airport ordeal ... - CBC.ca

  30-08-2017 15:56
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  Angry passengers ready to vent at hearing into Ottawa airport ordeal ...
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  Public hearings begin this morning into an incident at the Ottawa International Airport last month that left passengers aboard two redirected airliners stranded on ...
  Public hearing into Air Transat planes stuck on Ottawa tarmac for hours kicks offGlobalnews.caall 14 news articles »
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLunch @ NOON: @SRoySchertzer & @PaulDewar join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 15:51 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLunch @ NOON: @SRoySchertzer & @PaulDewar join @_marksutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• OPP hunting speeding driver who left patrol officers in the dust

  30-08-2017 15:47
  
  Ottawa OPP officers are looking for the driver of a speeding black SUV who – literally – left an officer in the dust Tuesday.An officer was doing traffic enforcement on the westbound Highway 417 at the Kinburn Side Road at about 1:17 p.m. when he clocked a black Audi Q5 at 159 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.
  
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• NEXT @DUALOttawa Rick Sproule on #overdose prevention site/ call to declare state of emerg.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-08-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
  NEXT@DUALOttawa Rick Sproule on #overdose prevention site/ call to declare state of emerg.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• OPP hunting speeding driver who left patrol officers in the dust - Ottawa Citizen

  30-08-2017 15:42
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  OPP hunting speeding driver who left patrol officers in the dust
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  Ottawa OPP officers are looking for the driver of a speeding black SUV who – literally – left an officer in the dust Tuesday. An officer was doing traffic enforcement on the westbound Highway 417 at the Kinburn Side Road at about 1:17 p.m. when he ...and more »
  
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• Hurricane Harvey hits Ottawa gas pumps, and prices could go higher

  30-08-2017 14:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  The gulf coast of Texas is about 3,000 km away but we’re feeling Hurricane Harvey here.
  And it could get even worse by the long weekend.
  The price at the pump has jumped considerably in Ottawa – and will likely go higher, according to analyst Dan McTeague, as Harvey hits Gulf Coast oil refineries.
  As of Wednesday morning, motorists were reporting that a string of local stations were selling gas at 115.9 cents a litre – with one Vanier outlier charging 117.9 cents, accordin
  
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• Ottawa weather: Rain possible tonight, next week looking wet - Ottawa Sun

  30-08-2017 14:37
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  Ottawa weather: Rain possible tonight, next week looking wet
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  But after Wednesday's sunshine and high of 25 C, the clouds roll in with a 40-per-cent chance of overnight showers, Environment Canada predicts. With the humidity, it will feel more like 28 and the UV index is 7, or high. Then Thursday is a cool 16 C ...and more »
  
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• Ottawa weather: Rain possible tonight, next week looking wet [Video]

  30-08-2017 14:03
  
  It's gorgeous again. But after Wednesday's sunshine and high of 25 C, the clouds roll in with a 40-per-cent chance of overnight showers, Environment Canada predicts.With the humidity, it will feel more like 28 and the UV index is 7, or high.
  
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• Welcome to warm Wednesday but cool, maybe wet weather on the way

  30-08-2017 13:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s gorgeous again.
  But after Wednesday’s sunshine and high of 25 C, the clouds roll in with a 40-per-cent chance of overnight showers, Environment Canada predicts. With the humidity, it will feel more like 28 and the UV index is 7, or high.
  Then Thursday is a cool 16 C with a mix of sun and cloud turning downright chilly 6 C overnight.
  Friday should be sunny and 19 C with a low of 5 C.Came across this beauty on my walk today at lunch. Summer please don't end! #ottweather pic.twitte
  
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• Heroic dispatcher keyed warning, perished in cataclysmic explosion

  30-08-2017 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Vincent Coleman’s last act was to warn the inbound No. 10 passenger train on Dec. 6, 1917 that an ammunition ship ablaze in Halifax harbour was about to explode. Coleman died a hero, but like so many other good stories, it didn’t happen quite the way it’s been portrayed. This is one of 15 Canadian stories we present as part the Citizen’s Canada 150 coverage.
  Vincent Coleman’s last words, tapped out in the dots and dashes of Morse code, raced along the telegraph wire
  
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