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• Borutski remains silent as triple-murder trial begins jury selection

  02-10-2017 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Basil Borutski remained silent as a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf Monday at the opening of his trial on three counts of first-degree murder.
  The 59-year-old, who stands accused in the September 2015 killings of Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, Nathalie Warmerdam, 48, and Carol Culleton, 66, said nothing as he was arraigned on the charges, and repeatedly declined to respond when called upon.
  “His silence deems we are ready to proceed,” said Justice Robert Maranger, noting the court
  
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• Chaudière Falls opens up to the public with new viewing platform, free show

  02-10-2017 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the first time in more than a century, residents of Ottawa and Gatineau will be able to walk to the edge of the Ottawa River’s majestic Chaudière Falls straddling the provincial border and get a good look at the rushing water.
  Later this week, the falls will be awash with light and sound with the start of a free nightly show called Mìwàte created to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. When the month-long show is over, the new viewing platform will continue to
  
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• Shaw Centre looking at insolvency with $4M debt payment it can't cover

  02-10-2017 23:25
  
  Ottawa’s convention centre won’t be able to make a $4-million payment on a loan it still owes for its construction, the centre’s bosses have told the provincial government.The payment is due next September, after a five-year break from payments on what started as a $40-million loan but has grown to nearly $50 million.
  
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• MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Olivia Elliott, 15, last seen Sept. 25 in Kanata. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 23:12 via twitter.com
  MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Olivia Elliott, 15, last seen Sept. 25 in Kanata. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Reevely: Shaw Centre looking at insolvency with $4M debt payment it can't cover

  02-10-2017 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s convention centre won’t be able to make a $4-million payment on a loan it still owes for its construction, the centre’s bosses have told the provincial government.
  The payment is due next September, after a five-year break from payments on what started as a $40-million loan but has grown to nearly $50 million.
  By now, the Shaw Centre by the Rideau Canal was supposed to be turning a profit of $6 million a year on $26 million in revenues, according to the business case f
  
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• MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Chris Hughes, 54. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/10/02/man… https://t.co/2f2xfPBjeS

  02-10-2017 22:58 via twitter.com
  
  MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Chris Hughes, 54. #ottnews1310news.com/2017/10/02/man… https://t.co/2f2xfPBjeS
  
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• Senators sign F Alex Formenton, 18, to a 3-year entry-level contract. Formenton was the Sens 2-round (47th overall) in the 2017. #NHL

  02-10-2017 22:36 via twitter.com
  Senators sign F Alex Formenton, 18, to a 3-year entry-level contract.Formenton was the Sens 2-round (47th overall) in the 2017. #NHL
  
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• Chaudière Falls opens up to the public for the first time in more than a century with new viewing platform, free show

  02-10-2017 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the first time in more than a century, residents of Ottawa and Gatineau will be able to walk to the edge of the Ottawa River’s majestic Chaudière Falls straddling the provincial border and get a good look at the rushing water.
  Later this week, the falls will be awash with light and sound with the start of a free nightly show called Mìwàte created to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. When the month-long show is over, the new viewing platform will continue to
  
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• Ontario government launches inspection after verbal abuse of long-term care resident

  02-10-2017 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care launched an inspection at the city-run Peter D. Clark long-term care home immediately after learning last week of the verbal abuse of an elderly patient there.
  “The ministry takes any allegation of resident abuse, neglect or improper care very seriously which is why an inspection was immediately initiated,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
  That was one of several actions taken in response to the abuse in which a personal support
  
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• City pumping $120K into plaza for big Ottawa sign, businesses lament parking loss

  02-10-2017 21:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city is paying $120,000 to create a new pedestrian plaza in the ByWard Market so the big Ottawa letters have a proper backdrop.
  But some business owners near the new plaza, which the city is constructing at York and Sussex streets, still hate that full on-street parking capacity on York Street won’t be reinstated after the teardown of Inspiration Village.
  “I just shake my head,” said Christine Shaikin, manager of The Modern Shop across from the plaza construction site.
  The
  
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• Have you seen this man? He was last spotted outside the General on Sept. 25

  02-10-2017 20:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking the public to help them find a 54-year-old man who went missing a week ago without the medication he takes for a medical problem.
  Chris Hughes was last seen Sept. 25 at the General campus of The Ottawa Hospital on Smyth Road.
  He is described as white, 5’11” tall and 180 pounds. He has balding light-brown hair and a salt-and-pepper goatee. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, possibly with black or beige pants and black shoes.
  His medical condition “has ra
  
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• 2 Canadians identified as victims in Las Vegas shooting. Jordan McIldoon, 23, of Vancouver Jessica Klymchuk, of Ed… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 20:16 via twitter.com
  2 Canadians identified as victims in Las Vegas shooting.Jordan McIldoon, 23, of Vancouver Jessica Klymchuk, of Ed… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Las Vegas, Edmonton: Was it terrorism and does it matter?

  02-10-2017 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  It has been a trying couple of days on the North American continent. On Saturday, a 30-year man struck a police officer directing traffic outside a CFL game, exited his vehicle to stab the officer repeatedly, fled the scene, got into a second vehicle, fled a police stop and drove erratically down an Edmonton street before his vehicle was disabled and he was arrested, though not before injuring four pedestrians.
  On Sunday, a man in a Las Vegas hotel opened fire on a crowd attending a music festiv
  
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• Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet CD reviewed

  02-10-2017 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet
  Earlier this summer, drummer Mark Guiliana played in two of the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s very best concerts.
  The impact of his first appearance was, well, to be expected. Guiliana was in the Donny McCaslin Group when the star saxophonist’s acclaimed and much-anticipated electric band raised the roof in the National Arts Centre’s Studio with its pulsing, grooving, high-energy brew of hip-hop-and-electronica-meets-jazz. Guiliana was genera
  
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• Today's letters: We must help personal support workers

  02-10-2017 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  One letter writer notes that personal support workers might not be getting the help and appreciation they need, while another worries that harm reduction isn’t the best strategy for breaking drug addiction, and finally, who should appreciate classical music? All of us!
  Got opinions? Write to us at [email protected]. 
  Personal support workers need our help
  Re: Compassion isn’t a ‘system’; elder care is about heart, Sept. 30
  I was a caregiver once and I still r
  
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• #BREAKING: Edmonton woman killed in #VegasAttack identified as Jessica Klymchuk. She was a single mother of 4, visi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 19:22 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Edmonton woman killed in #VegasAttack identified as Jessica Klymchuk. She was a single mother of 4, visi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• You could win 2 VIP Tickets to @WhiskyOttawa to experience more whiskeys under one roof than ever before in Ottawa! 1310news.com/2017/10/02/win…

  02-10-2017 19:16 via twitter.com
  You could win 2 VIP Tickets to @WhiskyOttawa to experience more whiskeys under one roof than ever before in Ottawa! 1310news.com/2017/10/02/win…
  
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• Coming up: @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media: bit.ly/1ppeuDa @Carleton_U https://t.co/cJrvaUTbEc

  02-10-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up: @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media: bit.ly/1ppeuDa@Carleton_U https://t.co/cJrvaUTbEc
  
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• Local police cracking down on distracted driving, speeding

  02-10-2017 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Slow down and pay attention to this: police on both sides of the river will be cracking down on distracted driving and speeders this month.
  The Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) run by Ottawa and Gatineau police say the two offenses cause thousands of crashes.
  Distracted driving was linked to 26,860 collisions resulting in 5,761 injuries and 18 fatalities from 2011 to 2015 while speeding was involved in 15,850 collisions resulting in 3,759 injuries and 54 fatalities, po
  
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• U.S. troops to be in Afghanistan for at least another decade, says senate committee chairman

  02-10-2017 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is warning Americans to be ready for an even longer war in Afghanistan. He told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he expects U.S. troops to be in Afghanistan for another 10 years. That’s because Afghan security forces can’t handle on their own the fight against the Taliban and other insurgent groups.
  “Are we likely to have troops in Afghanistan for the next decade? Sure,&rd
  
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• OPP identify Casselman man who was fatally struck by transport truck

  02-10-2017 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have identified the 46-year-old Casselman man who died Friday after he was struck by a transport truck while walking at an intersection in the village. 
  The cause of the crash that killed Robert Facette is still under investigation, Russell County OPP said. He was struck at the intersection of Lafleche Boulevard and Principale Street at about 10:30 a.m. and pronounced dead at the scene.
  An autopsy was performed in Ottawa Friday. Principale Street was closed between Hig
  
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• Reward offered in hunt for Barry's Bay school ground arsonist

  02-10-2017 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A reward of up to $2,000 is on offer from Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers in connection with an arson incident at St. John Bosco Catholic School in Barry’s Bay.
  Killaloe OPP officers investigated after two fires were set sometime between the afternoon of August 3rd and morning of August 4th. A suspect or suspects pulled items from a dumpster and torched them in a parking lot. Another small fire was started near a bench on the grounds.
  Crime Stoppers says it believes that someon
  
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• NEXT on the #PowerLUNCH: @SusanSherring & @MannLawyers Ted Mann join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #PowerLUNCH:@SusanSherring & @MannLawyers Ted Mann join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gatineau mayoral challenger offers 'themes,' but no details

  02-10-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clément Bélanger, the fifth contestant to enter the race for mayor in Gatineau, has offered a series of themes on which his campaign will be based — but details will wait.
  Bélanger, who is on leave from Public Works and Procurement Canada during the campaign, entered the race Sept. 14 but didn’t immediately offer a platform.
  On Monday he announced three themes: to bring better services to citizens, to “position Gatineau as the great city that it is” t
  
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• WATCH: Trump addresses media about Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, more than 50 people were killed and 400 were injured.
  The incident occurred during a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
  According to police the suspect, Stephen Craig Paddock, was found dead in a hotel room with as many as 10 firearms.
  Paddock was a 64-year-old white male from Mesquite, Nevada.
  Donald Trump addressed the media on Monday.
  He will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday.
  READ MORE: Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history: More
  
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• Gormley: Bloodshed boosts Catalonia's case for independence

  02-10-2017 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is true that Barcelona and Madrid have never agreed on whether Catalonia has the right to break away from Spain. It is also true their disagreement became nightmarishly violent on Sunday when the region, defying court orders, held a rogue independence referendum and the state, defying any common understanding of human decency, injured about 1,000 defenceless voters with rubber bullets and fists. 
  They do, however, share one opinion on the matter: Their opponent is a traitor to democracy,
  
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• NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @janicedickson & @1310andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 16:05 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @janicedickson & @1310andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH @ Noon: @SusanSherring & @MannLawyers Ted Mann join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 15:54 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH @ Noon: @SusanSherring & @MannLawyers Ted Mann join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• AT 9:45 @WendyBoomer of the #WakeUpCall on @country1011fm joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly entertainment segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 15:40 via twitter.com
  AT 9:45@WendyBoomer of the #WakeUpCall on @country1011fm joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly entertainment segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton Refrigeration Heating & Air Conditioning can help you this Thanksgiving with a $250 VISA gift card!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 15:27 via twitter.com
  Carleton Refrigeration Heating & Air Conditioning can help you this Thanksgiving with a $250 VISA gift card!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Wounds 'fresh again' in Wilno as Basil Borutski murder trial begins in Ottawa [Video]

  02-10-2017 15:24
  
  WILNO — Lunch conversation turns cold at theWilno Tavern at the mention of Basil Borutski’sname.
  
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• Safety and training at the heart of specialized cleaning company

  02-10-2017 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  What is a charming axe thrower doing in a house that needs such a major cleanup?
  Learning something new every day, said Alicia Nelson, who has been on the staff of Enviropure Home Services — rated as Ottawa’s premier cleaning business for twelve consecutive years — for the last year.
  “I love working for this company,” said the 25-year-old, a former cook and kitchen worker, as well as an axe-throwing coach. “You never know what you are going to be doing the nex
  
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• NEXT 9:15: Security expert Michel Juneau-Katsuya on #LasVegasShooting / #EdmontonAttacks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 15:03 via twitter.com
  NEXT 9:15: Security expert Michel Juneau-Katsuya on #LasVegasShooting / #EdmontonAttacks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Does Jagmeet Singh pose a threat to Justin Trudeau's support among progressive voters? STORY: bit.ly/2xNizOs

  02-10-2017 14:55 via twitter.com
  Does Jagmeet Singh pose a threat to Justin Trudeau's support among progressive voters?STORY: bit.ly/2xNizOs
  
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• Spoiler Alert: These photos prove that Brooke Henderson won Game of Thrones

  02-10-2017 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sorry, Daenerys, but your putting game needs work.
  Here is photographic evidence that Smiths Falls’ Brooke Henderson has bested Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow and the Night King.
  Brooke Henderson of Canada poses with the New Zealand Women’s Open trophy by MC Kim during day five of the New Zealand Women’s Open at Windross Farm on October 2, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
  Bet you didn’t know that every new monarch of the Se
  
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• Sunshine, temps in the 20s start the week then risk of rain [Video]

  02-10-2017 14:24
  
  There’s nothing but sunshine in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday.You will need to grab an umbrella later this week when showers threaten — and it’ll be too steamy for a raincoat.For Monday, Environment Canada is predicting a high of 20 C – when a typical high for early October is 16 C – and a spot-on seasonal low of 6 C.
  
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• Sunshine, temps in the 20s start the week then risk of rain

  02-10-2017 14:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s nothing but sunshine in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday.
  You will need to grab an umbrella later this week when showers threaten — and  it’ll be too steamy for a raincoat.
  For Monday, Environment Canada is predicting a high of 20 C – when a typical high for early October is 16 C – and a spot-on seasonal low of 6 C.
  Tuesday is mainly sunny with a high of 22 C and a low of 13 C.
  For Wednesday, the forecast is for a mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per c
  
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• Today's letters: Navy should name ships after battles

  02-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  City should manage long-term care homes
  Re: Clearly, the city can’t handle long-term care, Sept. 28
  I strongly disagree with Randall Denley’s call for the City of Ottawa to get out of long-term care services. Carleton Lodge provides one of our family members with professional and compassionate care in safe and comfortable surroundings.
  There is no doubt that I feel much more comfortable and at ease since our family member moved to Carleton Lodge from a for-profit long-term care home.
  
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• U.S. health care debate should prompt soul-searching in Canada

  02-10-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadians love our health care. Apart from the sporadic article showing that our health care system lags behind most OECD countries based on outcomes per dollar spent, or the occasional report of somebody dying while waiting for treatment in the ER, most of us are under the illusion that our health care system is the envy of the world.
  For many election cycles now, there has been no real discussion on major health care reform. Tweaks? Absolutely. Provinces pleading for more money from the federa
  
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• #NDP aims to fight fire with fire with young, charismatic Jagmeet Singh as leader: bit.ly/2xNizOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-10-2017 11:38 via twitter.com
  #NDP aims to fight fire with fire with young, charismatic Jagmeet Singh as leader: bit.ly/2xNizOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• More than 20 dead, 100 injured in #LasVegas shooting: bit.ly/2fKdWjN https://t.co/ubyJI2pvjF

  02-10-2017 11:24 via twitter.com
  
  More than 20 dead, 100 injured in #LasVegas shooting: bit.ly/2fKdWjN https://t.co/ubyJI2pvjF
  
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• BREAKING: Las Vegas police confirm at least 20 dead, over 100 injured in shooting.

  02-10-2017 10:43 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Las Vegas police confirm at least 20 dead, over 100 injured in shooting.
  
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• Petawawa-based combat engineers earmarked for new Iraq mission

  02-10-2017 06:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada has sent a small team of Canadian Army engineers to observe ongoing explosive-threat training the Iraqi military is receiving under a NATO program. This is the first step in plans to have Canadian combat engineers providing such training to the Iraqis later this fall.
  The size of the team, and exactly where it will be operating in Iraq, has yet to be determined. But most of the combat engineers will come from Garrison Petawawa, according to the Canadian military.
  The training will involve
  
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• How to spot the signs of abuse or neglect in a child

  02-10-2017 06:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Suspicious bruises, odd behaviour, frequent absences from school. Whatever the reason, according to The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CASO), if something makes you question if a child is being properly cared for at home, the best thing to do is to call and report it.
  “Some people tell me they are afraid of reporting because they feel like they are intruding, or ask themselves: What if I’m wrong? From my experience, if your gut is telling you something is wrong, then it prob
  
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• Suspicious package on bus 'not hazardous,' Ottawa police report

  02-10-2017 05:39
  
  A suspicious package that led to a hazardous-materials response by emergency services on Elgin Street on Saturday night was “examined and deemed not to be hazardous,” Ottawa Police Service reported late Sunday. An OC Transpo driver who found the envelope on his bus, kicked it and then started to feel nauseous was examined and cleared medically.
  
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• Suspicious package on bus 'not hazardous,' Ottawa police report - Ottawa Sun

  02-10-2017 05:37
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  Suspicious package on bus 'not hazardous,' Ottawa police report
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  Hazmat call in downtown Ottawa An OC Transpo bus is surrounded by emergency vehicles near Elgin and Rideau on Saturday night. Article. Tweet. Change text size for the story; Print this story. Report an error. A suspicious package that led to a ...and more »
  
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• Remains of early Ottawa settlers buried again at Beechwood Cemetery - CBC.ca

  02-10-2017 03:13
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  Remains of early Ottawa settlers buried again at Beechwood Cemetery
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  The remains of dozens of people buried decades ago and unearthed during light rail-related construction in downtown Ottawa were once again laid to rest on Sunday. Representatives from Presbyterian, Anglican and Catholic churches were gathered for the ...
  Body, unearthed during LRT laid to restMetroNews Canadaall 2 news articles »
  
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• Two arrested after drug bust in Rockland yields cocaine, pot, speed

  02-10-2017 02:47
  
  Two people were arrested after a drug bust in the village of Rockland in which police seized cocaine, 850 methamphetamine (speed) pills, cannabis, hash, cannabis vape pens, magic mushrooms, codeine, drug trafficking equipment and $3,000 in cash.
  
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• Two arrested after drug bust in Rockland yields cocaine, pot, speed - Ottawa Citizen

  02-10-2017 02:10
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  Two arrested after drug bust in Rockland yields cocaine, pot, speed
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  Two people were arrested after a drug bust in the village of Rockland in which police seized cocaine, 850 methamphetamine (speed) pills, cannabis, hash, cannabis vape pens, magic mushrooms, codeine, drug trafficking equipment and $3,000 in cash.and more »
  
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• Brooke Henderson wins LPGA Tour event in New Zealand

  02-10-2017 01:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls won the weather-delayed New Zealand Women’s Open on Monday, finishing off a 3-under 69 for a five-stroke victory.
  The 20-year-old Canadian led by four shots after six holes when the final round was suspended Sunday after a day of heavy rain, high wind and threatened lightning strikes. She returned Monday morning to the Windross Farm course east of Auckland and easily held off China’s Jing Yan (71) for her second LPGA Tour
  
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