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• Borowiecki stands his ground as prospects push for spot on Senators blueline

  14-09-2017 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mark Borowiecki has all the time in the world for Andreas Englund and Christian Jaros, hard-hitting defencemen who could one day replace him as regulars on the Ottawa Senators blueline.
  Yet the way Borowiecki sees it, that day is somewhere way off in the future.
  “You always have guys pushing you, new guys coming into the league,” the trimmer, 205-pound Borowiecki said on the opening day of training camp Thursday. “But the way I play and what I do, it’s pretty unique. I&rs
  
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• Baby revived after 911 dispatcher coaches bystanders on CPR

  14-09-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A three-month-old girl was revived and is recovering in hospital after a dramatic emergency response Thursday afternoon in which a 911 ambulance dispatcher coached bystanders how to do infant CPR.
  “Bystander CPR is one of the first links in the chain of survival,” said Marc-Antoine Deschamps of the Ottawa Paramedic Service. “That’s why it’s so important for our dispatchers to find someone to do it. Even if you’ve never taken a course, they’ll tell you wh
  
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• Ottawa police seeking man for alleged sexual assault of 80-year-old

  14-09-2017 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are hunting for a 33-year-old man after an 80-year-old man was allegedly forcibly confined and sexually assaulted.
  Police allege the incidents took place between Aug. 18 and Sept. 11 in the 300 block of Somerset St. W., between O’Connor and Metcalfe streets.
  The victim suffered non life-threatening injuries.
  Marwan Ahmad of Ottawa is charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, mischief under $5,000 and uttering threats.
  He is described as a
  
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• Karlsson puts contract talks aside — for now

  14-09-2017 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  As training camp opened Thursday, Senators captain Erik Karlsson hit on a pair of touchy organizational subjects.
  That would be his own long-term future with the club and the rather abrupt departure of former long-time captain Daniel Alfredsson from his management position.
  Karlsson is due to become an unrestricted free agent following the 2018-19 season. Even though official negotiations about an extension can’t begin until next July 1, the talk about a lucrative deal is in the air. Senat
  
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• Barrhaven teen hacker plans to appeal nine-month sentence in 'swatting' case

  14-09-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  What began as payback for a high school prank ended with a nine-month sentence Thursday for a teenage Barrhaven hacker found guilty in a series of “swatting” incidents, in which fake bomb threats and phoney hostage calls were placed around Canada and the U.S.
  Ontario Court Justice Mitch Hoffman said the fake calls, which began in November 2013 and continued until the teen’s arrest in 2014, caused schools, homes and in one case a shopping centre to be evacuated.
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• Labour minister says province paying attention to Ottawa LRT

  14-09-2017 23:04
  Flynn says he's open to more transparency about workplace safety
  
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• Police look for suspect in forcible confinement, sexual assault of senior: 1310news.com/2017/09/14/pol… #ottnews

  14-09-2017 22:41 via twitter.com
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• Long-term care is in an 'absolute crisis,' says Ontario NDP's Horwath

  14-09-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Long-term care is in a crisis across Ontario, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who is pressing the provincial government to get to the bottom of the issues with an extended public inquiry.
  Horwath has met with dozens of families and residents of long-term care across the province — including 22 who joined her at the Ontario Legislature Thursday — who have told her stories of family members suffering from poor quality care, injuries and neglect while in long-term care homes. 
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• Prepping for his debut live recording, young Montrealer Alex Francoeur strives for memorable melodies

  14-09-2017 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The powerful and promising Montreal-born and -raised tenor saxophonist Alex Francoeur is getting a few practice runs in before he and his quintet record their debut album before the end of the month — live at the Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, no less.
  Before then, the recent McGill University graduate, 24, is road-testing his music in Toronto, Saguenay, Que., and Ottawa. Next Monday night, Francoeur is to play the Options Jazz Lounge of the Brookstreet Hotel. 
  Below, Francoeur discusse
  
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• Opioid crisis will "almost certainly" claim the lives of 3,000 Canadians in 2017 - 1310news.com/2017/09/14/opi… #ottnews https://t.co/hpYImzE6Xe

  14-09-2017 22:06 via twitter.com
  
  Opioid crisis will "almost certainly" claim the lives of 3,000 Canadians in 2017 - 1310news.com/2017/09/14/opi… #ottnews https://t.co/hpYImzE6Xe
  
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• Canadian soldier charged with sexual assault

  14-09-2017 22:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service charged a soldier on Sept. 14 with sexual assault under the Criminal Code.
  The charge relates to an alleged incident during training at Canadian Forces Base Borden in August 2011.
  Master Corporal Dylan Lafeber, who is now serving at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, BC faces one count of Sexual Assault under section 271 of the Criminal Code, punishable under section 130 of the National Defence Act, according to the National Inv
  
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• Ontario approves funding for Sandy Hill supervised injection site

  14-09-2017 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario has approved funding for a supervised injection site at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, the Citizen has learned.
  The approval of nearly $1 million in ongoing operating funding comes just days after Isra Levy — Ottawa’s chief medical officer — announced that the city couldn’t wait for the Sandy Hill site and would open an interim site in the ByWard Market within weeks.
  Rob Boyd, director of the Oasis program at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, agreed
  
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• Watson goes to Hollywood: Mayor heading to L.A. and Amazon HQ

  14-09-2017 21:09
  
  Mayor Jim Watson is heading to Los Angeles next week to put a spotlight on Ottawa as a great filmmaking city, with a stop at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Wash. to learn about the retail giant’s operations.The city announced on Thursday that the mayor will fly to California on Monday, a day after the Emmy Awards, and attend a reception
  
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• Senators announce Clarke MacArthur failed his physical and won't be part of camp

  14-09-2017 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clarke MacArthur failed his medical on the opening day of Ottawa Senators training camp Thursday.
  His future in the game is – once again – in doubt.
  MacArthur has sat out the majority of the past two seasons with concussion problems, but did return in the final week of the 2016-17 regular season before having a major impact on the Senators run to the Stanley Cup final.
  While there were concerns throughout the summer about MacArthur’s status for the 2017-18 season, they weren&rs
  
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• Watson going Hollywood: Mayor heading to L.A. and Amazon HQ

  14-09-2017 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson is heading to Los Angeles next week to put a spotlight on Ottawa as a great filmmaking city, with a stop at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Wash. to learn about the retail giant’s operations.
  The city announced on Thursday that the mayor will fly to California on Monday, a day after the Emmy Awards, and attend a reception celebrating Canadian Emmy nominees.
  On Tuesday, Watson and a small Ottawa delegation will attend an industry dinner hosted by James Villeneuve, C
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown fumbles attack on Wynne, lands in legal crosshairs himself

  14-09-2017 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown won’t apologize for saying Premier Kathleen Wynne is standing trial for something, leading her lawyer to warn that the Tory leader is risking serious damages in a libel lawsuit.
  It took some hard work for Brown to find the firm ground on which a party leader who has two allies standing trial for political corruption can stand and then to place her firmly on it, but here we are.
  Brown got himself into trouble with loose talk in a Queen&r
  
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• Pocket-dialed 911 calls divert resources from real emergencies: OPP

  14-09-2017 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Your butt dials aren’t just a pain in the rear end for police – every unintended call could take “precious seconds” from someone who really needs help, the OPP says in a new public education campaign.
  The OPP launched #KnowWhenToCall Thursday to urge the public not to call 911 unless it’s an emergency, not to let kids play with phones and tablets and to take some simple steps – like using a keypad lock – to prevent what they politely term “pocket d
  
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• Today's letters: Where to put the Afghan monument

  14-09-2017 20:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers weigh in on the site of the Afghanistan war monument, door-to-door scammers, and on what happened on July 1. You can write to us too, at [email protected].
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  No need for standalone Afghanistan monument
  Re: Museum likes NCC deferral of memorial vote, Sept. 14.
  Being a veteran of the Second World War myself, it is my opinion that there should be no individual memorial erected  to commemorate the Afghanistan conflict, but it should be inscribed and remembered collect
  
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• .@OttawaPolice say Elgin St. is back open after a pedestrian was hit earlier today. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/09/14/veh… https://t.co/7LVlFaSeaq

  14-09-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  
  .@OttawaPolice say Elgin St. is back open after a pedestrian was hit earlier today. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/09/14/veh… https://t.co/7LVlFaSeaq
  
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  14-09-2017 20:03 via twitter.com
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• Senators forward Clarke MacArthur fails medical test

  14-09-2017 19:53
  The 32-year-old has played just four games in each of the past two regular seasons and added 19 playoff games last year due to concussion issues.
  
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• Tough news from @Senators training camp. #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…

  14-09-2017 19:51 via twitter.com
  Tough news from @Senators training camp. #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…
  
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• Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle facility opened in Gagetown

  14-09-2017 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new facility to support the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle fleet was opened today at 5 Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown. The cost of the new building project was $26 million.
  The facility will house 61 TAPVs and provide 12 maintenance bays for vehicles and equipment, as well as classrooms for the combat and technical services branches on the base, according to the Canadian Forces.
  In total, 127 TAPVs will be operated at 5 CDSB Gagetown, with a portion of these already in use.
  
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• Antiques: Tin advertising sign is worth about $1200

  14-09-2017 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q I buy household estates with a friend and we found this sign titled ‘A Busy Day In Dollville’ lodged between a couple desks in a back room. After some searching online, my friend was shocked to find it might be worth more than $1,000. I’ve had many people offer me $200 for it. The tin front measures 30 cm high by 43 cm wide (11.5 x 17 inches) The cardboard-covered back states the company address of ‘200 Mountain St., Montreal, Que’ and promises “duplicates c
  
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• Ottawa police seek help solving cinematic jewelry B&E

  14-09-2017 19:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa detectives are looking for assistance in solving an jewelry store break-and-enter in August that reads like a TV or movie script.
  Detectives say thieves broke through an exterior wall of a jewelry story “in the 800 block of Greenbank Road,” overnight on Aug. 15-16.
  The robbers made off with a “a significant number of … items,” according to the report.
  A break-and-enter unit detective said Thursday “accessing a target unit from a adjacent unit (is)
  
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• Two men, including British soldier, shot in drive-by incident near Kanata club

  14-09-2017 18:35
  
  Ottawa police now say two men were shot in a drive-by incideng outside of a Kanata bar early Thursday morning.At least one of the victims was an 28-year-old off-duty member of the British military who was in the capital to attend the annual shooting competition atConnaught Ranges and Primary Training Centre in Shirley’s Bay.
  
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• Photos: Canadian howitzers in action in Latvia

  14-09-2017 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Members from 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Z Battery of the Canadian Armed Forces fire the M777 Howitzer guns that have been deployed in support of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Latvia as part of Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Ādaži, Latvia, on September 10, 2017.
  Photos by Sergeant Bernie Kuhn, Task Force Latvia
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @JulieBeun & @MeehanCarolAnne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch @JulieBeun & @MeehanCarolAnne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Woman revived from cardiac arrest after struck by taxi at downtown intersection

  14-09-2017 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics revived a woman in her 60s who suffered a cardiac arrest and serious injuries Thursday morning after she was  struck by a taxi on the sidewalk on Elgin Street Thursday morning.
  According to witnesses, a Blue Line taxi went onto the sidewalk between Cooper and Somerset streets shortly after 9 a.m.
  Paramedics believe the driver, in his 50s, suffered a medical emergency which they suspect was heart related.
  The vehicle crashed into the parking lot of the TD Bank and Dollerama s
  
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• NEXT: @PennerFred joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat about his upcoming @CityFolkFest performance:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
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• NEXT @Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  NEXT@Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Leeds County OPP officer guilty of assault

  14-09-2017 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police officer has pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting an elderly man during a routine traffic stop. 
  Const. George Duke, 54, pleaded guilty Wednesday to simple assault stemming from the incident on Sept. 2, 2015.
  According to a joint submission from both the prosecution and defence, the incident took place in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township while traffic was bumper-to-bumper because of a fatal collision farther up t
  
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• How Canadian craft products are making their mark on the business world

  14-09-2017 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a revolution going on in Canadian industry and small business, and it’s taking the world by storm. It’s the craft revolution, and by making quality products and using the Internet’s reach to market them, young and creative entrepreneurs like Métis Sean McCormick and the beer-making Beauchesnes are carving a new niche in Canada’s industrial landscape.
  McCormick started Manitobah Mukluks out of Winnipeg a decade ago. Its core product is not only quintes
  
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• Second victim in #Kanata shooting. Male, 22, minor injuries. 28 y.o. injured man cooperating. Investigation continu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
  Second victim in #Kanata shooting. Male, 22, minor injuries. 28 y.o. injured man cooperating. Investigation continu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NEXT: #SOSVanier Drew Dobson joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss issues w/ proposed Salvation Army hub:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @JulieBeun & @MeehanCarolAnne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 16:42 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @NOON: @JulieBeun & @MeehanCarolAnne join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Later in the show: @_MarkSutcliffe will give away tickets for @Senators vs. Leafs Sept. 18 #preseason game at CTC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 16:34 via twitter.com
  Later in the show: @_MarkSutcliffe will give away tickets for @Senators vs. Leafs Sept. 18 #preseason game at CTC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• On the #EthicsLab at 11: Ethics in emergencies. Facial recognition technology bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  On the #EthicsLab at 11: Ethics in emergencies.Facial recognition technology bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NEXT on the 10 O'clock Talk: @LMartinWashDC, @David_Moscrop & @1310Andrew join @_marksutcliffe LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the 10 O'clock Talk: @LMartinWashDC, @David_Moscrop & @1310Andrew join @_marksutcliffe LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Royal Canadian Navy Mariners beat Ottawa’s Esprit de Corps Commandos in charity hockey game

  14-09-2017 15:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  A charity hockey game, which pitted the RCN Mariners and Ottawa’s Esprit de Corps Commandos hockey team recently took place in Halifax and raised $5,000 (initially $4,400 but increased at the last minute) for the Military Family Resource Centre. The Mariners beat the Commandos 6-3.You can read about the event here:http://espritdecorps.ca/commando-challenege-halifax-clash-of-the-titans-ii/
  
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• Antiques: Tin sign with value to dye for

  14-09-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q I buy household estates with a friend and we found this sign titled ‘A Busy Day In Dollville’ lodged between a couple desks in a back room. After some searching online, my friend was shocked to find it might be worth more than $1,000. I’ve had many people offer me $200 for it. The tin front measures 30 cm high by 43 cm wide (11.5 x 17 inches) The cardboard-covered back states the company address of ‘200 Mountain St., Montreal, Que’ and promises “duplicates c
  
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• Police say missing man, 86, found safe and sound

  14-09-2017 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say John Hunton, 86, reported missing Wednesday night has been found safe and sound.
   
  
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• Police board members didn't know promoted cop faced criminal probe, emails reveal

  14-09-2017 14:19
  
  Members of the Ottawa police services board accepted the temporary promotion of a senior officer without realizing he was under criminal investigation, the Sun has learned.
  
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• Man, 28, seriously wounded in shooting outside popular Kanata bar

  14-09-2017 14:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 28-year-old Ottawa man was seriously injured early Thursday in a shooting incident outside a popular Kanata bar.
  Police said the victim was caught in a series of gunshots that were fired outside the Crazy Horse bar in the Kanata Centrum mall, at around 2:15 a.m.
  The man suffered leg injuries and was taken to an Ottawa hospital where he is now is stable condition.
  The investigation continues and there have been no arrested.
  Police said the victim is cooperating with investigators.
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• Fog burns off to reveal another perfect day [Video]

  14-09-2017 14:15
  
  Given the excellent weather so far this week and the positive forecasts, some may have been shocked to see fog early Thursday.Do not be alarmed!The fog had mostly burned off by the rush hour and we have returned to a previously scheduled week of excellent weather.
  
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• Fog burns off to reveal another perfect day

  14-09-2017 14:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Given the excellent weather so far this week and the positive forecasts, some may have been shocked to see fog early Thursday.
  Do not be alarmed!
  The fog had mostly burned off by the rush hour and we have returned to a previously scheduled week of excellent weather.
  Thursday’s high is expected to be about 28 C, with the humidity making it feel like 33 C and a UV index of 6 or high.
  Some clouds are forecast for Thursday evening, and the fog is expected to return with a low of 14 C.
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• Police board members didn't realize promoted cop faced criminal probe, emails reveal

  14-09-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Members of the Ottawa police services board accepted the temporary promotion of a senior officer without realizing he was under criminal investigation, the Citizen has learned.
  The revelation, which comes from email exchanges in early August between board members and obtained by the Citizen, turns on what some board members said they were led to believe by Chief Charles Bordeleau.
  The emails contain conversations normally kept hidden from the public under the shield of in-camera police services
  
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• Body of male found by boater in St. Lawrence River near #Kingston: bit.ly/2f8m9hl https://t.co/Wh05qxfHkr

  14-09-2017 12:47 via twitter.com
  
  Body of male found by boater in St. Lawrence River near #Kingston: bit.ly/2f8m9hl https://t.co/Wh05qxfHkr
  
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• #Trump heads to #Florida to survey #Irma recovery: bit.ly/2wbSKu1 https://t.co/H29NykPMnW

  14-09-2017 12:36 via twitter.com
  
  #Trump heads to #Florida to survey #Irma recovery: bit.ly/2wbSKu1 https://t.co/H29NykPMnW
  
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• #Wynne denies in court that she offered NDP MP a job in her cabinet: bit.ly/2xzkp8x #onpoli https://t.co/fe7UnYUSjl

  14-09-2017 11:56 via twitter.com
  
  #Wynne denies in court that she offered NDP MP a job in her cabinet: bit.ly/2xzkp8x #onpoli https://t.co/fe7UnYUSjl
  
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