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• Two people wounded in morning shooting in Old Ottawa East

  30-09-2017 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people received non-life-threatening wounds when they were shot in the Old Ottawa East neighbourhood early Saturday, Ottawa police said.
  Police originally said that only one man, in his 20s, was shot in the incident at about 2 a.m. near Harvey and Concord streets.
  But a news release from the police guns and gangs section Saturday afternoon said two people had been shot.
  Although the afternoon release bore a headline indicating weapons charges had been laid in the matter, a correction wa
  
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• NCC closes off Mud Lake for windstorm cleanup

  30-09-2017 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wednesday’s dramatic windstorm has claimed another victim.
  The National Capital Commission announced Saturday the urban jewel, Mud Lake, is closed until further notice to allow for cleanup of storm damage.
  The hidden preserve is on the Ottawa River near Britannia.
  “A large number of trees have been damaged, some have fallen and some are leaning on other trees, as a result of the storm and strong winds we experienced on (Sept. 27),” the NCC says.
  Trail users are asked to find ot
  
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• Noisy immigration protesters, counter-protesters clash on the Hill

  30-09-2017 21:06
  
  A few dozen protesters from a new far-right alliance faced off against a much larger contingent of “counter-protesters” in a noisy, but largely violence-free confrontation on Parliament Hill Saturday.The “Canadian Coalition of Concerned Citizens (CCCC)” went to the Hill at about 11:30 a.m. to register their opposition to federal immigration policies
  
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• ICYMI: Arrest made in early morning Ottawa shooting. 1310news.com/2017/09/30/gun… https://t.co/rqWIAZ6NIU

  30-09-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Arrest made in early morning Ottawa shooting. 1310news.com/2017/09/30/gun… https://t.co/rqWIAZ6NIU
  
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• Two people wounded in morning shooting in Old Ottawa EastS

  30-09-2017 20:40
  
  APolice say two people were received non life-threatening wounds when they were shot in the Old Ottawa East neighbourhood early Saturday.
  Police originally said that only one man, in his 20s, was shot in the incident at about 2 a.m. near Harvey and Concord streets.
  
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• ICYMI: A Gatineau man is accused of offering a woman money to watch him masturbate. 1310news.com/2017/09/30/ind… https://t.co/8MaebXUJXK

  30-09-2017 20:33 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: A Gatineau man is accused of offering a woman money to watch him masturbate. 1310news.com/2017/09/30/ind… https://t.co/8MaebXUJXK
  
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• Donald Trump lashes out at San Juan’s mayor over Puerto Rico relief

  30-09-2017 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Saturday morning, President Trump wrote a series of tweets that have sparked intense reactions, mostly anger and disbelief.
  In the tweets he criticizes the mayor of San Juan for “poor leadership,” and, it seems, Puerto Rican’s in general who “want everything to be done for them.”The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Septe
  
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• ICYMI: @Ottawa67sHockey downed by @SpiritHockey on the road last night. Road trip continues tonight @FlintFirebirds… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-09-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: @Ottawa67sHockey downed by @SpiritHockey on the road last night. Road trip continues tonight @FlintFirebirds… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Plenty of fresh air for weekend and early in week

  30-09-2017 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s looking like a great weekend to be outdoors, followed by a great week of weather even if you have to work.
  Satuday is looking mainly sunny, featuring light winds and high of about 16 C.
  Saturday night is expected to drop  to 3 C, with a risk of frost in some areas.
  Sunday is looking much the same, albeit a teeny bit warmer, with a high of about 18 C. Sunday night should fall to 4 C, with no mention of frost yet.
  Monday is looking sunny and warmer still with a high of 20 C and a l
  
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• Senators close out pre-season in Montreal

  30-09-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  This will be one last chance for some Ottawa Senators to impress.
  Young forwards Alex Formenton and Logan Brown with both be in the lineup Saturday night at the Bell Centre along with defencemen Thomas Chabot and Ben Harpur as the Senators close out the pre-season against the Montreal Canadiens.
  The Senators have to settle their roster by 5 p.m. Tuesday and the biggest decisions will be on those young players. The 18-year-old Formenton still has two years of junior eligibility left with the Lond
  
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• Ottawa Conference to examine hybrid warfare and implications for intelligence community

  30-09-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The fifth annual Canadian Military Intelligence Association’s (CMIA) Canadian Intelligence Conference will be held in the Diefenbaker Building on Sussex Drive, on Tuesday, November 7th. This year’s theme will be: “Hybrid Warfare and the Implications for Intelligence.”Among those speaking at this year’s conference are Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance and Latvia’s National Security Advisor.
   
  
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• ICYMI: The @REDBLACKS suffer another close loss. This time at the hands of the @sskroughriders.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-09-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: The @REDBLACKS suffer another close loss. This time at the hands of the @sskroughriders.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Suspect in custody after man wounded in early morning shooting in Old Ottawa East

  30-09-2017 17:43
  
  The Ottawa Police Service report that a man was shot in the upper thigh at about 2 a.m. Saturday.The shooting occurred near Harvey and Concord Streets in the Old Ottawa East area of the city.The man sustained non life-threatening injuries.The shooting appears to be targeted in nature, and there’s not believed to be any danger to the public.
  
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• Seaspan to hold open house to unveil Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel

  30-09-2017 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards says it will have an open house Sunday to unveil the first large Canadian Coast Guard Ship “to be designed and built in Canada in a generation.”
  Above is a photo of that first ship, Sir John Franklin.
  The open house will also highlight the improvements to the shipyard and modern construction techniques used by the yard.
  
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• Criminal harassment among charges for 26-year-old after woman asked to watch a man masturbate in Sandy Hill.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-09-2017 17:11 via twitter.com
  Criminal harassment among charges for 26-year-old after woman asked to watch a man masturbate in Sandy Hill.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Graham Nash on his solo album, politics and the night he met Joni in Ottawa

  30-09-2017 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Graham Nash
  Where: Centrepointe Theatre
  When: Monday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m. 
  Tickets: $81, available at centrepointetheatre.ca
  Rock legend Graham Nash takes a swing through Ontario this month, part of a North American tour to promote This Path Tonight, his first solo album in 14 years.In a recent interview with Lynn Saxberg, the outspoken 75-year-old had lots to say about the state of the world, but also dismissed any chance of a reunion with the seminal 1960s supergroup of Crosby, Still
  
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• Antiques: Ornate 1928 'Cine' camera was a groundbreaker in its time

  30-09-2017 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
   
   Q. I bought this ‘Bell & Howell Co. Filmo Automatic Cine Camera Model #75 Made in Chicago USA’ from a friend in 1972 for $25. It’s in working condition and has the original case that measures 24 by 16.5 high by 8.5 cm deep (9.5 x 6.5 x 3.4 inches). The lens is marked ‘Taylor-Hobson England.’
  Dennis, Pembroke, Ontario
  A ‘Bell & Howell Co. Filmo Automatic Cine Camera Model in working condition is worth at least $500.
  A. Two projectionis
  
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• A close loss for the @REDBLACKS has the team in a hole, as it fights for first place in the @CFL’s east.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-09-2017 14:36 via twitter.com
  A close loss for the @REDBLACKS has the team in a hole, as it fights for first place in the @CFL’s east.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Baby delivered by paramedics on Bronson Ave. bridge on way to hospital

  30-09-2017 14:23
  
  Paramedics stepped in to deliver a baby, after they received a call about a woman in labour early Saturday morning.On their way to hospital by ambulance from the Alta Vista and Pleasant Park area, paramedics delivered the baby girl on the Bronson Avenue bridge near Carleton University.The baby arrived at 1:06 a.m.
  
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• 'Absolutely ludicrous': Minto tenants upset at paid visitor parking

  30-09-2017 14:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  A group of angry tenants has filed an application with the Landlord and Tenant Board in an attempt to overturn Minto Group’s decision to charge for visitor parking at many of its Ottawa rental buildings.
  Tenants in at least five Minto-operated buildings have received notices during the past two months, announcing that paid parking will be put into effect for visitors.
  The notices said that metered parking was being introduced because too many tenants were using the visitors’ spots. P
  
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• Donald Trump just lashed out at San Juan’s mayor over Puerto Rico relief

  30-09-2017 14:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Saturday morning, President Trump wrote a series of tweets that have sparked intense reactions, mostly anger and disbelief.
  In the tweets he criticizes the mayor of San Juan for “poor leadership,” and, it seems, Puerto Rican’s in general who “want everything to be done for them.”The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Septe
  
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• One man injured in overnight shooting in Old Ottawa East

  30-09-2017 14:10
  
  The Ottawa Police Service report that a man was shot in the upper thigh at about 2 a.m. Saturday.The shooting occurred near Harvey and Concord Streets in the Old Ottawa East area of the city.The man sustained non life-threatening injuries.The shooting appears to be targeted in nature, and there’s not believed to be any danger to the public.
  
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• 15 Great Canadian Stories: Tommy Prince, the decorated and forgotten war hero

  30-09-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  “He used to carry a pair of moccasins in his bag with him. He would never tell anyone where he was going, but would just slip away in the night. The Germans thought he was a ghost or a devil. They could never figure out how he passed the lines and the sentries. He was deathly quiet. Instead of sneaking in and killing them, he would steal something, like a pair of shoes right off their feet. Or he would leave articles behind, like a calling card, just to let them know he had been there. Onc
  
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• Man charged with indecent act, criminal harassment

  30-09-2017 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service Central Criminal Investigations Unit say that they have charged David Gibbs, 26, who is currently living in Gatineau, with Criminal Harassment and Indecent Act.
  The allegations stem from a September 13, 2017, incident that occurred in the area of Chapel and Templeton streets.
  It is alleged that Gibbs was driving a white van when he approached a woman who was walking on the sidewalk.  
  Once he caught her attention he offered her money to watch him masturbate.
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• William Powell sets rushing record, but Redblacks lose to Roughriders

  30-09-2017 04:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Roughriders 18, Redblacks 17
  The Ottawa Redblacks choked on a 17-point lead and wasted a franchise-record performance by William Powell against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.
  In the process, they also blew a chance to move into first place in the East Division of the Canadian Football League.
  Ahead 17-0 in the third quarter, the Redblacks wound up on the short end of an 18-17 outcome in front of a capacity crowd at TD Place stadium.
  The winning rouge came off a 41-yard punt by Saskatche
  
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• 67's blanked by Spirit in first game of road trip

  30-09-2017 04:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spirit 4, 67’s 0
  The Ottawa 67’s stumbled on the first step of their longest road trip of the season, falling 4-0 to the Saginaw Spirit in an Ontario Hockey League at Saginaw, Mich., on Friday night.
  Cole Coskey scored two goals for the Spirit, which also received one each from Ben Badalamenti and Damien Giroux.
  The 67’s directed 27 shots at Spirit netminder Evan Cormier, but got none by him in dropping to 2-2-0 for the season. 
  Ottawa netminder Olivier Lafreniè
  
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• Spaniards rally for team title in world junior girls golf championship

  30-09-2017 03:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The final round of the World Junior Girls Championship got started late on Friday and then almost didn’t end.
  Following a 90-minute delay to start play at The Marshes Golf Club because of frost, a playoff was needed to determine both individual and team champions. It was the first time either had gone to a playoff since the tournament began in 2014.
  South Korea’s Seo-Yun Kwon started Friday’s round as she had the two previous by looking down from atop the leaderboard. She and h
  
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• Alleged fake dentist now facing assault charges

  30-09-2017 02:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s Omar Anwar, who was arrested in June on charges that he impersonated a dentist and forged medical school records, is now also facing several counts of assault.
  The criminal investigation against Anwar began after the National Dental Examining Board of Canada called Ottawa police saying someone had tried to take dental exams on May 27-28 with falsified credentials. In order to write the exam, applicants must have a degree from an accredited dental school.
  The investigation revealed
  
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• CFL debut for former NFL top pick Richardson on hold for at least a week

  30-09-2017 02:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  With another roll of the dice, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are hoping that, this time, the number three turns out lucky for them.
  Travelling with the Green and White to Ottawa, but not playing in Friday’s game at TD Place stadium, was running back Trent Richardson, the third overall pick of the 2012 National Football League draft. Richardson was signed to replace Cameron Marshall, who injured a knee on Labour Day weekend, but, because he only joined the team on Tuesday, he was given a lit
  
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• 'Absolutely ludicrous': Minto tenants upset visitors will have to pay for parking [Video]

  30-09-2017 02:33
  
  A group of angry tenants has filed an application with the Landlord and Tenant Board in an attempt to overturn Minto Group’s decision to charge for visitor parking at many of its Ottawa rental buildings.
  
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• Close the pop-up injection tent and you'll have blood on your hands, advocates warn [Video]

  30-09-2017 02:31
  
  For over a year, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury has been one of city council’s most vocal backers of a supervised drug-injection site to save Ottawa drug users from overdoses. Friday, protesters crowded outside Fleury’s city hall office, calling him everything but a killer.
  
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• Warrenspiece: Alex Formenton looks to beat the odds with Senators

  30-09-2017 01:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  National Hockey League history and conventional wisdom suggests Alex Formenton will be summoned to a meeting with Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion at some point following Saturday’s preseason game in Montreal.
  The message will be as positive as possible, with Dorion praising Formenton for having a training camp that wildly exceeded expectations and assuring him that his future in the organization is bright, but — and there usually is a but with teenage prospects —
  
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• 'Bad apples' undermining long-term care residences: MacLeod

  30-09-2017 01:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s health minister needs to make it clear to long-term care home administrators and staff that verbal abuse like that which occurred at Ottawa’s Peter D. Clark home won’t be tolerated, says Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod.
  MacLeod said it’s likely a case of “one or two bad apples” but incidents like these can stain an institution and undermine confidence in the system.
  “I think the minister of health needs to come out with a very clear message
  
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• Follow along with @Stu_McGinn for tonight's Redblacks game vs the Saskatchewan Roughriders! twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  30-09-2017 00:48 via twitter.com
  Follow along with @Stu_McGinn for tonight's Redblacks game vs the Saskatchewan Roughriders! twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…
  
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• Fury about to get the boot from USL playoff contention

  30-09-2017 00:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The catchy phrase for chasing the United Soccer League Championship is “Race For The Golden Boot.”
  Any game now, Ottawa Fury FC will earn a boot all right … a boot right out of USL playoff contention.
  With just three games remaining in the regular season, nothing short of a victory against the Charleston Battery at TD Place stadium on Sunday afternoon will keep 13th-place Fury FC (7-10-12) in the race.
  Winning is something Fury FC hasn’t accomplished since Aug. 12 agains
  
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• Q&A: Stittsville's Erica Wiebe and her WWE adventure

  30-09-2017 00:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s been an eventful year for Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe. After winning a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio — who can forget her tearful rendition of O Canada on the podium? — Wiebe has continued her training with the national team in Calgary.
  But she’s dipped her toe into the pro wrestling circuit, too. In January she travelled to Delhi as captain of the ‘Mumbai Maharathi’ in the second season of the Indian Professional Wrestling League. And la
  
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• Ardeth Wood's brother wants to clone the majestic oak named in her honour after violent storm

  30-09-2017 00:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s most storied tree is in perilous shape after about one-third of its trunk was sheared away during a fierce thunderstorm on Wednesday.
  It will likely take at least a week before the fate of the Dominion Arboretum’s majestic Bebb’s oak is decided.
  Ottawa residents have picnicked in the oak’s gracious shade and had their wedding photos taken beside its massive trunk, which bears a plaque in honour of Ardeth Wood, the 27-year-old graduate student who disappeared in 2
  
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• Ravens hope to rule Panda Game again

  30-09-2017 00:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Carleton Ravens are looking at Saturday’s Panda Game as must-win, not so much because they want to hold Pedro the Panda again, but rather because they desperately need wins to stay in the Ontario University Athletics football league playoff hunt.
  With a win and three losses and a matchup with the first-place Western Mustangs next week, the Ravens really need to beat the cross-town Ottawa Gee-Gees, something they did 43-23 in last year’s Panda showdown.
  “It didn’t matt
  
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• Charges dropped against two budtenders caught up in pot shop raids

  30-09-2017 00:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Charges have been dropped against two of the clerks charged in police raids on Magna Terra Health Services marijuana dispensaries last spring.
  It’s the first time prosecutors in Ottawa have withdrawn charges against “budtenders” working at illegal pot shops. That’s in contrast to Toronto, where prosecutors have thrown out many of the drug trafficking charges against marijuana store clerks. 
  A total of seven people were charged in the raids on Magna Terra outlets on C
  
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• After tragic death of teammate, Gee-Gees refocus on Panda Game

  30-09-2017 00:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ask anybody. To know Loïc Kayembe was to love him.
  The smile, the laugh, the warmth. He was the ultimate teammate, a leader, a high-character guy every group needs to become a team, to help pull everybody together as one.
  On Saturday, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees will play what is always an important game for them — their annual Panda Game showdown against the Carleton Ravens, their crosstown rivals — without Kayembe, who died in his sleep early Sunday at 24.
  There was
  
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