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• Renfrew County paramedic chief insists inter-county response deal stands

  02-09-2017 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A deal with the City of Ottawa covering cross-border deployment of paramedic services from neighbouring counties is still in place, according to Renfrew County’s director of emergency services.
  Renfrew County chief paramedic Mike Nolan says that until he has been officially notified to the contrary the deal goes through.
  Under the tentative deal, paramedics from Renfrew County, Prescott-Russell and Cornwall would only respond to calls from Ottawa for patients in cardiac arrest or unconscio
  
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• Ottawa gas prices continue to soar, up 27 per cent post-Harvey

  02-09-2017 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Retail prices averaged 128.2 cents per litre for regular unleaded gas across the Ottawa region Saturday, up 7.8 cents per litre from Friday according to GasBuddy.com, a website that tracks energy prices across North America.
  On average, prices were up a dramatic 27.5 per litre from a month ago, before Hurricane Harvey shuttered one-third of America’s oil refining capacity.
  The increases in prices across the region have been significantly faster than has been the case across Ontario, where
  
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• Victim identified in fatal Hwy 401 crash near Kingston

  02-09-2017 18:35
  
  Police have identified the victim of a Kingston-area crash Friday involving two cars and a tractor trailer as John Ross Moulton, 46, of nearby Gananoque.Frontenac OPP were called to a crash just before 7 a.m. on eastbound Highway 401 near the Joyceville Road exit.
  
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• UPDATE: The OPP is identifying the victim of a crash on Hwy. 401 near Joyceville as John Ross Moulton. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 18:19 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: The OPP is identifying the victim of a crash on Hwy. 401 near Joyceville as John Ross Moulton. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash near Carleton Place leaves one seriously hurt

  02-09-2017 17:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  An investigation continues Saturday into a multi-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Highway 7 between Highway 15 and Napoleon Street in Carleton Place that left three people injured, one of them seriously.
  Provincial police said Saturday the crash occurred at about 5:30 p.m. and involved five cars and three motorcycles.
  Two of the injured were treated at the scene. The third was hospitalized with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
  The provincial Ornge medevac helicopter w
  
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• UPDATE: One person is seriously injured after crash involving two cars and three motorcycles on Hwy. 7. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: One person is seriously injured after crash involving two cars and three motorcycles on Hwy. 7. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Sunday is last day for Nokia Bikedays for 2017

  02-09-2017 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The forecast is a little gloomy but Sunday Sept. 3 marks the last day this year of Nokia Bike Days on the region’s parkways.
  If you’re not worried about a little rain, large portions of six of the parkways under the management of the National Capital Commission will be shut to cars and wide open for cyclists.
  The courses in Ottawa open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. are:
  Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (nine kilometres)
  Colonel By Drive (eight kilometres)
  Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkw
  
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• Weather: Long weekend starts sunny, then the clouds roll in

  02-09-2017 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The long weekend started off promising with clear skies and a warming trend Saturday, but the forecasters warn things are looking chilly and damp over the next three days.
  Saturday is looking clear through the daylight hours, reaching a high of about 20 C, under a UV index of 7 or high.
  But things are expected to cloud over Saturday night, leading to periods of rain before morning.
  The low is expected to tumble to 10 C.
  Sunday looks miserable, frankly: Rain and more rain with a high of only 14 C
  
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• ICYMI: A 38-year-old elevator technician is in hospital after being crushed by an elevator car. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 14:47 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: A 38-year-old elevator technician is in hospital after being crushed by an elevator car. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton's interim president pledges greater transparency: 'Anyone can ... challenge whatever they like'

  02-09-2017 14:33
  
  Three things about Alastair Summerlee, a biomedical researcher and veteran university administrator who will be leading Carleton University as its interim president for the next 10 months:He sleeps an average of four hours a night and can’t imagine living any other way.
  
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• ICYMI: Here's what's open and closed around Ottawa this long weekend. 1310news.com/2017/09/01/lab… https://t.co/GGe9QylENA

  02-09-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Here's what's open and closed around Ottawa this long weekend. 1310news.com/2017/09/01/lab… https://t.co/GGe9QylENA
  
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• ICYMI: OPP are conducting a distracted driving campaign this weekend. 1310news.com/2017/09/01/opp… https://t.co/VVdaqMTV2p

  02-09-2017 14:13 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: OPP are conducting a distracted driving campaign this weekend. 1310news.com/2017/09/01/opp… https://t.co/VVdaqMTV2p
  
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• Carleton's interim president pledges greater transparency: 'Anyone can … challenge whatever they like'

  02-09-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
   Three things about Alastair Summerlee, a biomedical researcher and veteran university administrator who will be leading Carleton University as its interim president for the next 10 months:
  He sleeps an average of four hours a night and can’t imagine living any other way. The medical consensus is that sleep deprivation can be dangerous, but Summerlee, genetically wired to need minimal sleep, is one of the subjects of an international study on people who thrive with little slumber. Sum
  
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• JW-Jones finds himself in good company with High Temperature - Ottawa Citizen

  02-09-2017 13:31
  Ottawa Citizen
  JW-Jones finds himself in good company with High Temperature
  Ottawa Citizen
  Veteran Ottawa bluesman JW-Jones has a habit of finding himself in some mighty fine company whether on stage or in studio. After signing on with renowned blues label Blind Pig Records, and writing and recording with famed Nashville producer Tom ...
  
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• JW-Jones finds himself in good company with High Temperature

  02-09-2017 13:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  JW-Jones
  When: Friday, Sept. 8, 9:30 p.m.
  Where: The Rainbow Bistro, 76 Murray St.
  Tickets: $15 at ticketweb.ca, 19+
  Veteran Ottawa bluesman JW-Jones has a habit of finding himself in some mighty fine company whether on stage or in studio.
  After signing on with renowned blues label Blind Pig Records, and writing and recording with famed Nashville producer Tom Hambridge on his 2014 album Belmont Boulevard – which cracked the Billboard charts and garnered Juno and Maple Blues award nominatio
  
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• Finn: Many of the rights you have today are thanks to union organizing

  02-09-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  With celebrations approaching for the annual observance of Labour Day, most Canadians still don’t know why workers deserve to have their own special holiday.
  Apart from the union members who participate in marches and picnics that day, the substantial benefits all Canadians have derived from organized labour go largely unacknowledged.
  This lack of esteem is understandable. Considering the often-disparaging depiction of unions in the mass media, the notion that they have made significant co
  
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• Serious collision on Highway 7 in Carleton Place closes both lanes

  02-09-2017 05:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A serious collision causing injuries on Friday afternoon led to the extended closure of Highway 7 near Carleton Place while Ontario Provincial Police investigated.
  The highway remained closed in both directions between Townline Road and Highway 15, OPP said in a media release at about 11 p.m.
  Detours had been set up from Townline Road to McNeely Avenue, the media release added, and it was expected that Highway 7 would remain closed for several more hours.
  Motorists were asked to avoid the area.
  
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• Serious collision closes Highway 7 at Carleton Place

  02-09-2017 05:08
  
  A serious collision causing injuries on Friday afternoon led to the extended closure of Highway 7 near Carleton Place while Ontario Provincial Police investigated.The highway remained closed in both directions between Townline Road and Highway 15, OPP said in a media release at about 11 p.m.Detours had been set up from Townline Road to McNeely Aven
  
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• Ottawa looking to add heated accommodations for asylum seekers - Montreal Gazette

  02-09-2017 04:12
  Montreal Gazette
  Ottawa looking to add heated accommodations for asylum seekers
  Montreal Gazette
  The federal government is preparing to receive asylum seekers throughout the winter, but that should not be seen as a sign that it expects applicants to continue entering Canada over the next few months, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said on Friday.and more »
  
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• It's a girl for tennis star Serena Williams and fiancé Alexis Ohanian

  02-09-2017 01:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Serena Williams earned her latest title — mom — on Friday when she reportedly gave birth to a baby girl at a Florida hospital.
  Citing a source from St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where Williams reportedly checked in on Wednesday to be induced, WPBF-25 TV reported that the new addition weighed in at six pounds 13 ounces and was delivered via Caesarean section. Both mother and baby were said to be healthy.
  This is the first child for both Williams and fiancé
  
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• 67's coaches make first wave of roster cuts, but that was the easy part

  02-09-2017 01:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  When new Ottawa 67’s head coach André Tourigny huddled with returning veterans early Friday at TD Place arena, the first words out of his mouth were a welcome relief to at least a few incumbents who might have spent a restless Thursday night worried about their positions.
  “I told them no cuts,” Tourigny said later. “But now we get into the tough decisions.”
  Less than 48 hours after first taking the ice for training camp, the 67’s trimmed the roster from
  
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• UN calls out Ottawa over lengthy immigration detention stays - Toronto Star

  02-09-2017 01:22
  Toronto Star
  UN calls out Ottawa over lengthy immigration detention stays
  Toronto Star
  A Star investigation into immigration detention in Canada found a system that indefinitely warehouses non-citizens, including Ebrahim Toure, who has spent more than four years in maximum-security jail without charge. (Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto ...
  Ottawa taking precautions in case of another surge of asylum seekersThe Globe and Mailall 28 news articles »
  
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• Julian de Guzman badly wants first win as coach; Fury FC needs it more

  02-09-2017 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Of all the words of wisdom Julian de Guzman has received from his former coaches since taking the helm of Ottawa Fury FC, a frequent theme stood out: “Best of luck on sleeping.”
  Four games into his head coaching career, de Guzman is finding out what they meant.
  The new head coach jokes he is barely able to take a nap and nothing short of his first win will make him any less restless.
  With two draws and two losses since replacing Paul Dalglish, de Guzman hopes the agonizing wait for h
  
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• Arrow pointing up with Redblacks on winning streak

  02-09-2017 00:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let’s face it, this is not the same Ottawa Redblacks team you saw for the first eight weeks of the Canadian Football League season.
  In their past three games, all victories, the Redblacks have shown the swagger you’d expect out of a team with many players who last November earned the right to have their names etched into the Grey Cup.
  On Thursday night in Montreal, there was little doubt about which team was better. The Redblacks were trending up, the home Alouettes going in the othe
  
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• Fired-up youngsters have helped spark Redblacks defence

  02-09-2017 00:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  There were some eyebrows raised earlier this season when the Ottawa Redblacks released defensive back AJ Jefferson, saying they wanted to go with younger players. Jefferson is 29.
  Still, what we’ve seen these past couple of weeks are Redblacks’ “youngsters” coming of age in the Canadian Football League. Guys like Sherrod Baltimore, Corey Tindal and Jake Ceresna are playing really, really well.
  “We made a commitment to go with some younger guys, some rookie guys,&rdq
  
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