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• Redblacks ready to push ahead with Tate at QB

  10-09-2017 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Redblacks may not know until sometime Monday how long they’ll be without quarterback Trevor Harris.
  The good news: It may not be season-ending.The question mark: How will they do with a new quarterback standing behind centre Jon Gott? Drew Tate will be that guy. It’s not like he’s a rookie — this is the 32-year-old’s ninth season in the CFL, with a handful of starts under his belt. He’s got 4,670 yards and 32 touchdowns, completing 380-of-572 passes
  
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• Ottawa signals it won't step in as provinces devise marijuana ... - Toronto Star

  10-09-2017 23:52
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  Ottawa signals it won't step in as provinces devise marijuana ...
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  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale refused to weigh in Sunday on Ontario's proposed plan, and indicated that the federal government would stay out of how ...and more »
  
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• Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at Ottawa protest - CBC.ca

  10-09-2017 23:45
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  Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at Ottawa protest
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  Hundreds of people showed their solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar at a noisy protest outside the country's Ottawa embassy Sunday afternoon. Protesters lined Island Park Drive for hours, directing their ire at the goverment ...and more »
  
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• Firefighters who died in the line of duty honoured at Ottawa ceremony - CBC.ca

  10-09-2017 23:23
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  Firefighters who died in the line of duty honoured at Ottawa ceremony
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  Thirteen firefighters who died in the line of duty over the past year in Canada were honoured at a ceremony in Ottawa Sunday. Around 100 people paid tribute at the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation's Memorial at LeBreton Flats. "We stand strong ...and more »
  
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• EGAN: Exit signs on door-to-door contracts — Ontario eyes prohibitions

  10-09-2017 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  There are ways out of unwanted door-to-door contracts. Don Nafe, 61, found one, though he had to turn dogged detective — and in a hurry.
  The musician and recording engineer was at home on Iroquois Road one day in mid-July — recovering from a severe back injury and “slightly buzzed” on painkillers — when an official-looking man came to the door.
  He left the impression he was connected with both Enbridge and the firm that supplied Nafe’s hot-water heater and wan
  
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• Ottawa perfect for Amazon's second headquarters - Ottawa Sun

  10-09-2017 23:03
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  Ottawa perfect for Amazon's second headquarters
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  Ottawa is the perfect spot for online retailing goliath Amazon to set up shop with its second North American headquarters. This isn't some silly pipedream. The city is uniquely qualified to meet the minimum requirements set out by the company and much ...and more »
  
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• 67's deal goalie Lazarev to Barrie

  10-09-2017 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  For three seasons, goaltender Leo Lazarev was the Ottawa 67’s main guy.
  On Sunday, he found a new team, with the 67’s dealing him to the Barrie Colts for a conditional draft pick. Doesn’t sound like much of a return, right? As it turns out, it was probably in the best interests of both the player and the team.
  James Boyd, the first-year GM of the 67’s, explained: “The way our numbers are (for overage players), the numbers are filling up quickly. We’ve been hap
  
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• Explainer: Just how bad is binge drinking?

  10-09-2017 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sure, it’s just college kids having a boozy Friday night.
  But at Western University Dr. Evelyn Vingilis sees a binge drinking differently.
  “There are a lot of serious health and safety risks,” she says, “and No. 1 is death.”
  “It is actually quite a serious problem,” she adds, perhaps unnecessarily. Vingilis, who teaches in the department of family medicine, does research in risky behaviour.
  There’s an official definition of a binge: Five drink
  
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• Visit Ottawa, Canada's Capital city this Fall - Mountain Lake PBS

  10-09-2017 22:40
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  Visit Ottawa, Canada's Capital city this Fall
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  For those who've never visited Ottawa, Canada's Capital, in the fall, you're in for a treat! With warm sunshine and a light fall breeze comes a panoply of beautiful fall colors. Fall is the perfect time to get outside and explore and September ...
  
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• Former Canadian Chinook helicopters continue as workhorses of Dutch air force

  10-09-2017 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  I recently interviewed Lt.-Gen. Dennis Luyt, the head of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, about his country’s F-35 program and the state of the nation’s air force.
  One area that was of interest was the Dutch air force’s Chinook helicopters, in particular those purchased from Canada.
  Canada’s air force owned Chinook helicopters up until the early 1990s when the Conservative government sold them off to the Dutch because they were too expensive to operate. (In the past
  
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• Capital Builders: Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper the 'Edisons of Canada'

  10-09-2017 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 1855, the muddy rough-and-tumble lumber centre known as Bytown gave birth to the city of Ottawa, not yet even close to a bustling metropolis but certainly on its way to greater things, including its soon-to-be-announced position as the central governing hub of the young nation.
  Gas lights had only just been introduced to Ottawa’s business area, while whale oil lamps were used elsewhere in town. Citizens still had their water delivered by cart or drew it themselves from wells. The first
  
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• Nicholle Anderson tweets alarming photo of Miami weather

  10-09-2017 18:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It seems everyone knows someone affected by Hurricane Irma.
  Nicholle Anderson, wife of Senators goalie Craig Anderson, tweeted this on Sunday:My friend sent me this picture today from Miami area. #PrayersForFlorida #myhome #goawayirma pic.twitter.com/VA0kdf1BZz
  — Nicholle Anderson (@xonichollexo) September 10, 2017
  Tornado warnings have been issued across most of South Florida.A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Florida and Georgia until 12 AM EDT pic.twitter.com/FhPhnvOYsN
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• ICYMI: An Ottawa mother is searching for her son's ashes. She believes the tin containing his remains was stolen.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-09-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: An Ottawa mother is searching for her son's ashes. She believes the tin containing his remains was stolen.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ICYMI: OPP continue to investigate a serious crash on Hwy. 416, which has one man in hospital.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-09-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: OPP continue to investigate a serious crash on Hwy. 416, which has one man in hospital.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Growing anger about pop-up drug use site in Lowertown - CBC.ca

  10-09-2017 17:49
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  Growing anger about pop-up drug use site in Lowertown
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  Residents continue to voice their opposition to a pop-up supervised injection site in Raphael-Brunet Park, more than two weeks after it appeared in the Lowertown neighbourhood. The unauthorized site is popular with drug users and has had more than 440 ...
  
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• 27-year-old parachutist dies in jump mishap in Gatineau

  10-09-2017 16:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  GATINEAU – A 27-year-old parachutist lost his life during a jump on Saturday in Gatineau, in the Outaouais region.
  The man was unconscious when found by first responders and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. 
  The victim, who was experienced, appeared to have technical problems before crashing into the backyard of a residence on Proulx Road, a few kilometres north of the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport.
  The man participated in a weekend of jumps as part of the 3rd e
  
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• Unbelievable photos and videos as Hurricane Irma hits Florida

  10-09-2017 16:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hurricane Irma, having already brought devastation and destruction to the Caribbean, is now hammering Florida with unparalleled ferocity.
  Residents huddled in shelters watching for updates as Irma began its assault on Florida early Sunday as a Category 4 storm, lashing the area with winds near 130 mph (215 kph) and drenching rain.
  Irma’s northern eyewall reached the lower Florida Keys and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was expected to remain a powerful storm as it mo
  
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• The humidex returns, with sunny skies all week

  10-09-2017 15:46
  
  Unlike the devastation brought by Hurricane Irma south of us, the Ottawa area weather will be consistently sunny this week.Environment Canada is forecasting mainly sunny skies through to Saturday with highs in the 22 to 24 degree range.Sunday should see a high of 21 with light winds and a UV index of 6 or high.On Monday, there will be a humidex
  
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• The humidex returns Monday, with sunny skies all week

  10-09-2017 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  We’ll make it short and sweet. 
  Unlike the devastation brought by Hurricane Irma south of us, the Ottawa area weather will be consistently sunny this week.
  Environment Canada is forecasting mainly sunny skies through to Saturday with highs in the 22 to 24 degree range.
  Sunday should see a high of 21 with light winds and a UV index of 6 or high.
  On Monday,  there will be a humidex of 27. 
  Nights will be cool at 10 to 12 degrees.
  
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• The @REDBLACKS lose @Trev_Harris and fall short in comeback effort versus the @Ticats. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-09-2017 14:17 via twitter.com
  The @REDBLACKS lose @Trev_Harris and fall short in comeback effort versus the @Ticats. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The humidex is back, with sunny skies all week

  10-09-2017 14:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unlike the devastation brought by Hurricane Irma south of us, the Ottawa area weather will be consistently sunny this week.
  Environment Canada is forecasting mainly sunny skies through to Saturday with highs in the 22 to 24 degree range.
  Sunday should see a high of 21 with light winds and a UV index of 6 or high.
  On Monday,  there will be a humidex of 27. 
  Nights will be cool at 10 to 12 degrees.
  
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• A mother, hoping to spread her son's ashes at Algonquin Park, says the tin's been stolen out of her truck. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-09-2017 13:50 via twitter.com
  A mother, hoping to spread her son's ashes at Algonquin Park, says the tin's been stolen out of her truck. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man in his 20s in hospital with life-threatening injuries after Highway 416 rollover

  10-09-2017 05:00
  
  A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries Saturday evening after the vehicle he was driving rolled over on Highway 416 northbound at Dillworth Road. The OPP are investigating.
  
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• Gee-Gees stay undefeated, Ravens lose in OUA football action

  10-09-2017 04:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Gee-Gees are 3-0, while the Carleton Ravens are now 1-2 nearing the mid-point of the Ontario University Athletics football season.
  The Gee-Gees took the lead on Lewis Ward’s field goal with 5:46 remaining and went on to defeat the York Lions 26-17 in Toronto on Saturday.
  Donald Shaw rushed 18 times for 138 yards and a touchdown for Ottawa, while Tyler McLaren caught a one-yard TD pass and Ward booted three field goals. The Gee-Gees defence also contributed three interceptions: t
  
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• Limiting expectations is Senators' strategy for top prospects

  10-09-2017 04:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — Kurt Kleinendorst anticipated the question even before it was asked.
  “I know at some point there’s going to be a question about (Thomas) Chabot,” the Ottawa Senators’ minor-league coach said at the team’s rookie tournament. “We know Chabot’s a good player. We know at some point he’s going to get to the NHL. At the same time I don’t think it’s fair to him to keep throwing these high, high, high expectations on him.”
  
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• 'I love my cows': Dairy farmer considers future after devastating blaze

  10-09-2017 03:46
  
  After firefighters put out the Friday afternoon blaze that destroyed three barns at his dairy farm, Peter Ruiter went out to survey the wreckage. He first spotted the remains of Sequel, one of his purebred Holsteins. Then he saw another, Gummy.
  
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• Redblacks lose game to Ticats, QB Trevor Harris to injury

  10-09-2017 03:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tiger-Cats 26, Redblacks 22
  Forget the 26-22 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at TD Place stadium. A much bigger concern for the Ottawa Redblacks is the health of Trevor Harris.
  The Redblacks quarterback was slammed to the ground by Tiger-Cats defensive lineman Davon Coleman six minutes into the third quarter of the Canadian Football League game at TD Place stadium. He went to the locker room and returned out of uniform with his right arm in a sling.
  “We don’t know too much yet,&
  
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• Fury FC salvages draw with Rhinos with late rally

  10-09-2017 03:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fury FC 1, Rhinos 1
  All things considered, Ottawa Fury FC should have been pleased with its 1-1 draw against the host Rochester Rhinos on Saturday night, but wasn’t.
  The way the game started, the Rhinos (11-5-9) could easily have taken an early two or three-goal lead instead of the 1-0 advantage they received on a goal by Christiano Francois in the 19th minute.
  The Rhinos dominated play in the opening 40 minutes, while the Fury had few if any chances.
  Adding to that, Fury FC also had to pl
  
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• 'I love my cows': Dairy farmer considers future after devastating fire

  10-09-2017 03:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  After firefighters put out the Friday afternoon blaze that destroyed three barns at his dairy farm, Peter Ruiter went out to survey the wreckage. He first spotted the remains of Sequel, one of his purebred Holsteins. Then he saw another, Gummy.
  “And then I stopped,” he said on Saturday at his Prince of Wales Drive farm. “It was too hard to look at the rest.
  “Every cow had a name and I knew every cow, and now they’re not there. And that’s the story. I was alway
  
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• Fans show love for retired QB Henry Burris in halftime ceremony

  10-09-2017 02:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa football fans haven’t forgotten Henry Burris. He sure hasn’t forgotten them.
  Burris was honoured in a halftime ceremony during Saturday night’s Redblacks-Ticats game at TD Place stadium. Cheers, the sounds of cowbells and chants of “Henry” filled the stadium. Burris was added to the team’s Wall of Honour, with the banner unveiled by Rough Riders legend Russ Jackson.
  Burris, who led the Redblacks to a Grey Cup title last year, was also presented with a c
  
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• Vanier men's centre, the third of its kind in Canada, officially opens

  10-09-2017 02:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nearly 50 people jammed into a third-floor Vanier office on Saturday to officially cut the ribbon opening the Ottawa office of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families.
  Open for about a month now, the Montreal Road men’s centre hopes to meet health and wellness needs of boys, men and families in crisis or difficulty, with programs addressing such issues as trauma and abuse support, suicide prevention, grief counselling, fathering and legal aid.
  “A lot of men have already come in look
  
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• Barrhaven dairy farmer considers future after devastating blaze

  10-09-2017 02:14
  
  After firefighters put out the Friday afternoon blaze that destroyed three barns at his Barrhaven dairy farm, Peter Ruiter went out to survey the wreckage. He first spotted the remains of Sequel, one of his purebred Holsteins. Then he saw another, Gummy.
  
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• Final Poets' Pathway plaque unveiled

  10-09-2017 01:34
  
  A number of dignitaries, including poets laureate George Elliott Clarke, Andrée Lacelle and Jamaal Jackson Rogers, were on hand at a ceremony Saturday as the final plaque of the Poets’ Pathway was unveiled.
  
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• Cooks from Ottawa’s namesake warship win “Galley Wars” in the U.S.

  10-09-2017 01:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Canadian Navy culinary specialist team aboard HMCS Ottawa won the “Galley Wars” competition in Los Angeles. The event, judged by celebrity chefs Robert Irvine, Mei Lin and Steve Samson, is part of LA Fleet Week, an event held Sept. 1-4.
  HMCS Ottawa culinary specialists went up against teams from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard.
  Photos courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. DoD and Fleet Week LA:LOS ANGELES (Sept. 4, 2017) A Royal Canadian Navy culinary speciali
  
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• Final plaque for city's Poets' Pathway honours former city clerk Lett

  10-09-2017 01:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A number of dignitaries, including poets laureate George Elliott Clarke, Andrée Lacelle and Jamaal Jackson Rogers, were on hand at a ceremony Saturday as the final plaque of the Poets’ Pathway was put in place.
  The Pathway, which has gradually grown for more than a decade, is a walking and biking trail of about 35 kilometres, running from Britannia Beach on a wandering path to Beechwood Cemetary, where the poets lie.
  The final plaque honoured William Pittman Lett, Ottawa’s fir
  
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• Bug Day has things buzzing at the Experimental Farm

  10-09-2017 01:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The joint was buzzing at the Central Experimental Farm on Saturday as kids of all ages got an up-close look at the world of insects in the annual Bug Day.
  Bug experts from the Entomological Society of Ontario were on hand to help with everything from guided insect expeditions to explanations on how “good bugs” were used to control “bad bugs.”
  For the more scientifically minded, participants had looks at micro insects under a microscope as well as the diverse wor
  
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• 'I love my cows': Barrhaven dairy farmer considers future after devastating blaze

  10-09-2017 00:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  After firefighters put out the Friday afternoon blaze that destroyed three barns at his Barrhaven dairy farm, Peter Ruiter went out to survey the wreckage. He first spotted the remains of Sequel, one of his purebred Holsteins. Then he saw another, Gummy.
  “And then I stopped,” he said on Saturday. “It was too hard to look at the rest.
  “Every cow had a name and I knew every cow, and now they’re not there. And that’s the story. I was always proud of what I had, a
  
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