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• Reevely: Moving major sculpture at Lansdowne might have wrecked it, artist says

  10-10-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Installing temporary seats for the Grey Cup football game at Lansdowne has meant taking out one of the site’s multimillion-dollar works of art in a way that might have ruined it, according to the artist who created it.
  “In my honest estimation, I will be very surprised if it ever goes back, or can go back the way it was before,” said Jill Anholt, the Vancouver artist who made Moving Surfaces, the gigantic screen made of steel piles and electronic lights that crowned Lansdowne P
  
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• Ottawa Public Health refers some drug users to unsanctioned pop-up injection site 1310news.com/2017/10/10/ott… #OTTNEWS

  10-10-2017 23:57 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Public Health refers some drug users to unsanctioned pop-up injection site 1310news.com/2017/10/10/ott… #OTTNEWS
  
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• Australian fighter jets for Canada? The official process has begun

  10-10-2017 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  I have a new update at the National Post on the potential purchase by Canada of used Australian fighter jets.
  Canada has taken the first official step to purchasing used F/A-18 aircraft from Australia as its dispute with Boeing continues unresolved.
  You can read the article here:
  http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-takes-first-official-step-to-buying-used-fighter-jets-from-australia
  Canada expects a response from Australia by the end of the year but sources say this proposed acquisition
  
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• Capital Voices: 'Your life is dictated by cows'

  10-10-2017 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  To mark Canada’s sesquicentennial, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman met and photographed 150 people in the Ottawa area, encouraging them to tell their stories that, combined, painted an intimate portrait of the region and the people who live, work and play here. The series, which was published daily leading up to Canada Day, was called Capital Voices. It continues on a somewhat less rigorously defined schedule.
  “I started farming when I was 15, because my dad needed some help at ho
  
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• Egan: Pizza and a life of pie — Colonnade celebrates its 50th

  10-10-2017 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 50 years of serving the hungry soul, some days it’s pizza, some days a slice of life.
  Kalil Dahdouh is in the office above the Colonnade Pizza Restaurant, which he solely took over on Nov. 4, 1967, or very nearly 50 years ago, and a place that may make the best pizza in town — a household brand, really — consuming $30,000 a month in cheese alone.
  At age 83 — in remarkably good shape — he’s reminiscing about arriving in Ottawa in January 1959, a young man fr
  
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• Escaping the prison of obsessive compulsive disorder

  10-10-2017 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jenn Coward was 15 when the obsessions started.
  After a neighbour’s house had been broken into, she became consumed by thoughts that she and her family were in danger, too. And so began a series of rituals that eventually would take over her life: checking that doors were locked, that windows were closed, searching any potential hiding spots for a burglar who meant harm.
  Coward had no idea she was in the powerful grip of obsessive compulsive disorder.
  “I didn’t really know what
  
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• With Stofa, former Atelier chef de cuisine Jason Sawision steps out on his own

  10-10-2017 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jason Sawision chose an old Norse word meaning “hearth” when he named his new Wellington West restaurant.
  The name Stofa, he says, symbolizes a comfortable area where people gather. “And we wanted to make the restaurant feel like that.”
  Stofa, at 1356 Wellington St. W. — the site of a former African restaurant — opened its doors last week after much anticipation.
  The 35-year-old chef-owner of Stofa honed his chops as chef de cuisine at one of the city’s
  
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• Boucher not sure what full lineup will look like Tuesday night, but Chabot will play

  10-10-2017 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  VANCOUVER — It appears the Ottawa Senators aren’t taking any chances with their blue line.
  After losing Johnny Oduya and Ben Harpur in the first two games of the season, head coach Guy Boucher may dress 11 forwards and seven defencemen Tuesday night as they open this three-game Western Canada road swing at Rogers Arena against the Vancouver Canucks.
  However, the 11-7 split may depend on the health of winger Mike Hoffman, who missed Monday’s skate with the flu but was on the ice
  
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• Police Association President calls Jim Watson's comments on OPO 'Hypocritical' - 1310news.com/2017/10/10/pol… #ottnews https://t.co/xT3IrMqyEu

  10-10-2017 22:19 via twitter.com
  
  Police Association President calls Jim Watson's comments on OPO 'Hypocritical' - 1310news.com/2017/10/10/pol… #ottnews https://t.co/xT3IrMqyEu
  
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• Chili fundraiser to raise money for a community service centre in Vanier

  10-10-2017 22:04
  A chili-tasting fundraiser on Saturday will raise money for a community group that helps needy residents in Vanier.The plan is to provide Onyx Community Services with a van as well as a lift that would allow clients with disabilities to get to the organization’s second-floor counselling offices. Onyx on Montreal Road provides a range of services,
  
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• Revenue Minister press sec. also says in statement "We are not targeting individuals working in retail."

  10-10-2017 21:47 via twitter.com
  Revenue Minister press sec. also says in statement "We are not targeting individuals working in retail."
  
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• Press Sec. for Revenue Minister says "there have been no changes to the laws governing taxable benefits to retail employees."

  10-10-2017 21:47 via twitter.com
  Press Sec. for Revenue Minister says "there have been no changes to the laws governing taxable benefits to retail employees."
  
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• Police ticket hundreds of drivers over holiday weekend

  10-10-2017 21:39
  
  Ontario Provincial Police partnered with local officers to nab hundreds of drivers over the Thanksgiving long weekend in an annual safe-driving blitz.“Operation Impact” is part of a national road safety campaign that targets impaired driving, seatbelt and moving violations, distracted driving and speeding.The OPP issued a total of 128 speeding tickets
  
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• Police lay hundreds of charges over holiday weekend

  10-10-2017 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police partnered with local officers to nab hundreds of drivers over the Thanksgiving long weekend in an annual safe-driving blitz.
  “Operation Impact” is part of a national road safety campaign that targets impaired driving, seatbelt and moving violations, distracted driving and speeding.
  The OPP issued a total of 128 speeding charges, one stunt driving charge, three seatbelt charges, three distracted driving charges and 48 hazardous moving violation charges o
  
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• Borutski 'would have stopped' deadly rampage, court hears

  10-10-2017 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Basil Borutski said he “would have stopped” the September 2015 rampage that killed three women, appearing to blame the victims for their own deaths in a police interview the day after the killings.
  Borutski is defending himself on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Carol Culleton, 66, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Nathalie Warmerdam, 48.
  The jury on Tuesday heard the remainder of a five-hour police interview in which Borutski admits to killing the women, but insists the actio
  
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• The New Pornographers find harmony amid instability

  10-10-2017 20:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The New Pornographers are a collective with a regular ebb and flow of band members. The multi-city band finds strength, and new ideas, through its ever-growing roster. (The latest touring member, singer and violinist Simi Stone, joined in 2015.)
  It’s a strange thing, then, to picture longtime member Kathryn Calder holed up at home by herself, recording vocals away from band’s other members. As the New Pornographers scrambled to finish their latest record, Whiteout Conditions, she too
  
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• Capital Critics Circle theatre award nominees named

  10-10-2017 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Capital Critics Circle has announced its nominees for the 19th annual English-language theatre awards for plays presented in the National Capital Region during the 2016-17 season.
  The winners will be announced on Monday, Nov. 13, at a ceremony at the National Arts Centre.
  The nominees are:
  Best professional production:
  Candida by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Laurel Smith, Classic Theatre Festival
  Children of God written, composed and directed by Corey Payette, an Urban Ink (Vancouver) pr
  
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• President of the College Student Alliance talks a potential teachers strike with @MeehanCarolAnne right now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 20:17 via twitter.com
  President of the College Student Alliance talks a potential teachers strike with @MeehanCarolAnne right now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Urban trees, NHL captains, voting reform

  10-10-2017 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers share their views on cleaning up after storms, who should captain NHL teams and how likely we are to ever see electoral reform. Please send your letters to: [email protected]
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  Who should pay for fallen trees in the city
  Re: We’re not prepared, Oct. 4.
  Another way in which we are not prepared for more intense storms is in regard to the damage that will befall our urban forests, and the costs associated with this.
  Apart from the primary concern of human safety and thre
  
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• Debi Daviau with @PIPSC_IPFPC is talking to @MeehanCarolAnne about major problems in the Phoenix payroll system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 20:08 via twitter.com
  Debi Daviau with @PIPSC_IPFPC is talking to @MeehanCarolAnne about major problems in the Phoenix payroll system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Millions more for green space in Gatineau, pledges mayoral candidate Pedneaud-Jobin

  10-10-2017 20:02
  
  Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin and his Action Gatineau party have pledged to spend millions of dollars upgrading Gatineau’s parks.“An amount of $5 million will be allocated to facilities outside the Parc des Cèdres, and a new four-year plan will be devoted to the other parks in the city where the development needs are significant,” the party said in a campa
  
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• Millions more for green space in Gatineau, pledges Pedneaud-Jobin

  10-10-2017 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin and his Action Gatineau party have pledged to spend millions of dollars upgrading Gatineau’s parks.
  “An amount of $5 million will be allocated to facilities outside the Parc des Cèdres, and a new four-year plan will be devoted to the other parks in the city where the development needs are significant,” the party said in a campaign announcement Tuesday.
  It didn’t give a price estimate for the full citywide program.
  The party also wants to spend
  
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• Money gradually flowing in for Gatineau flood victims

  10-10-2017 19:50
  
  Five months after the floodwaters covered much of Gatineau, financial aid from the province is still coming in stages to owners of flooded homes.Ministry of Public Security officials were in Gatineau over the weekend to meet residents and city officials to discuss aid and rebuilding plans. But many residents are still waiting for the promised aid.
  
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• .@MeehanCarolAnne is now talking #WorldMentalHealthDay with Ben Leiken of @ottawahealth. Listen live: player.1310news.com

  10-10-2017 19:50 via twitter.com
  .@MeehanCarolAnne is now talking #WorldMentalHealthDay with Ben Leiken of @ottawahealth. Listen live: player.1310news.com
  
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• Conservative MP @PierrePoilievre is talking to @MeehanCarolAnne about a new Liberal tax on employee discounts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Conservative MP @PierrePoilievre is talking to @MeehanCarolAnne about a new Liberal tax on employee discounts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@MeehanCarolAnne talking with the @OttawaPolice union about continued policing of the pop-up injection site.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 19:21 via twitter.com
  .@MeehanCarolAnne talking with the @OttawaPolice union about continued policing of the pop-up injection site.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fear, loathing and resilience in times of bad news

  10-10-2017 19:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was raining bullets.
   
  Something about that image has stuck with me throughout the last week, after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
   
  I wasn’t there. I wasn’t anywhere near the Jason Aldean concert, or the Mandalay Bay Casino hotel, or its 32nd floor.
   
  But that image, of death pelting concertgoers like rain, has lingered in my thoughts, and through my days.
   
  It’s an unwelcome new nightmare, one more haunting idea to throw upon the pile in what seem
  
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• Spencer: Lessons in disaster from the failing Phoenix pay plan

  10-10-2017 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The most chilling sentence in last week’s report on the Phoenix pay project is this bland, yet blunt, pronouncement: “These are lessons yet to be learned, not lessons that have been learned.” That’s from Goss Gilroy Inc. management consultants, whose examination painstakingly lays out 17 “lessons” – or, to put it simply, ways in which the federal government and senior public servants simply blew it.
  They blew it by: not properly defining the scope of the
  
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• A member of @odpreventionott is joining @MeehanCarolAnne right now to talk about their meeting with @MathieuFleury.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  A member of @odpreventionott is joining @MeehanCarolAnne right now to talk about their meeting with @MathieuFleury.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario mayor who pushed for access to pancreatic cancer treatment has died: 1310news.com/2017/10/10/ont…

  10-10-2017 18:56 via twitter.com
  Ontario mayor who pushed for access to pancreatic cancer treatment has died: 1310news.com/2017/10/10/ont…
  
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• Coun. Fleury meets with injection tent volunteers but still opposes park setup

  10-10-2017 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Volunteers with Overdose Prevention Ottawa, the group running the unsanctioned supervised injection tent in Lowertown, met with Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury on Tuesday morning in an attempt to clear the air.
  After the meeting, Fleury told the Citizen his position hasn’t changed. He still wants the tent out of Raphael Brunet Park and relocated somewhere else.OPO & Fleury to collaborate on the future of pop up OD prevention site. Please RT & read our statement here: https://t.c
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Prof. @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/CeWDxXUxnO

  10-10-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Associate Prof.@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Mediabit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/CeWDxXUxnO
  
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• Iraqi vice president warns of civil war with Kurds –time for Canadian special forces to be pulled out?

  10-10-2017 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Is civil war looming in Iraq?
  Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi seems to think that could be a possibility. In an interview with the Associated Press, he warned a “civil war” could erupt over the Kurdish-administered city of Kirkuk.
  The city of Kirkuk falls outside the autonomous Kurdish region in the northeast Iraq. But the Kurdish referendum for independence from Iraq included the city.
  Allawi is particularly worried about how militias in Iraq will react to the Kurds retaining Kirku
  
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• Ottawa man, 52, missing since Saturday

  10-10-2017 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 52-year-old Ottawa man who went missing over the Thanksgiving long weekend. 
  Steve Holland was last seen Saturday wearing a green sweater, red ball cap and beige shorts in the Dunham Street area in the east end of the city, near Gloucester. His family is “greatly concerned for his safety,” said police on Tuesday.
  Holland is described as a white man, 5-5, 170 pounds, with a stocky and muscular build, and short blo
  
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• Cohen: Who left the Jews off the Holocaust plaque?

  10-10-2017 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  When it came to light that the introductory plaque in the new National Holocaust Monument did not mention Jews or anti-Semitism, the outcry and blame seemed wholly justified.
  After all, hadn’t the Jews been overlooked in recent years in official statements of commemoration by governments in Ottawa and Washington? Didn’t this kind of omission reflect a trend of denial of Jewish suffering? Wasn’t this another example of “inclusiveness” in our multicultural land?
  Surve
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @jillianclark & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch@jillianclark & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in STUDIO… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Leiper can't convince planning committee to stop Byron triplex additions

  10-10-2017 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper couldn’t convince colleagues to send a “strong message” to the local development industry on Tuesday by rejecting an application to allow fourth units in two triplexes on Byron Avenue.
  Leiper effectively wanted the planning committee to force Peloso Construction to fight at the Ontario Municipal Board if the company wants additional units in both 266 and 270 Byron Ave.
  “Send it back,” Leiper told councillors.
  Leiper suggested the
  
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• Still ahead: Should drugs be decriminalized? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  10-10-2017 15:48 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: Should drugs be decriminalized? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Worries about blacklisting, lack of leadership, other concerns about government procurement

  10-10-2017 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government’s Procurement Ombudsman has tabled his 2016-2017 annual report. It contains some interesting details about concerns from both companies/suppliers dealing with the federal government, government program managers and procurement specialists.
  The following are examples of what the office heard from suppliers and federal officials during outreach events in 2016–2017:
  Observations from SuppliersIs it worth it?: It takes a significant investment of time and resources
  
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• Bad news: Fear, loathing and resilience

  10-10-2017 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was raining bullets.
   
  Something about that image has stuck with me throughout the last week, after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
   
  I wasn’t there. I wasn’t anywhere near the Jason Aldean concert, or the Mandalay Bay Casino hotel, or its 32nd floor.
   
  But that image, of death pelting concertgoers like rain, has lingered in my thoughts, and through my days.
   
  It’s an unwelcome new nightmare, one more haunting idea to throw upon the pile in what seem
  
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• Coming up 9:45 @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/sJmAaNNRUd

  10-10-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up 9:45@YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/sJmAaNNRUd
  
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• House Works: Mastering traditional stonework teaches three life lessons

  10-10-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thirty years ago this past July I began building in a way I’d never seen anyone else do in real life. Without anyone available to teach me, the learning curve involved four years of struggle before the break-through stage when there was more joy than frustration. This was the beginning of my experience with traditional stonework, and the adventure has left me with something that’s proven valuable far beyond just the work with stone itself. Perhaps you’ll find something valuable
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @KimothyWalker & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@Justin_Ling, @KimothyWalker & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30 @RandallMoore26 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio for #RandallsRant bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 15:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30@RandallMoore26 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio for #RandallsRantbit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #Trudeau is off to #Washington today @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:15: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-10-2017 15:05 via twitter.com
  #Trudeau is off to #Washington today @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:15: bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Should all drugs be decriminalized, with resources going to treatment/harm reduction rather than policing/prosecution? #cdnpoli

  10-10-2017 14:54 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should all drugs be decriminalized, with resources going to treatment/harm reduction rather than policing/prosecution? #cdnpoli
  
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• The art of not getting a deal: #Trump tactics seen as way to kill #NAFTA bit.ly/2xv0TKC https://t.co/IHsxoRAmdb

  10-10-2017 14:52 via twitter.com
  
  The art of not getting a deal: #Trump tactics seen as way to kill #NAFTA bit.ly/2xv0TKC https://t.co/IHsxoRAmdb
  
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• Ottawa weather: Dangerous fog, then clouds [Video]

  10-10-2017 14:51
  
  Talk about a misty morn.Ottawa awoke to a fog advisory Tuesday morning with Environment Canada warning that visibility in some areas “may suddenly drop to near zero.” The fog will burn off with sunrise and then it’s forecast to turn into a mix of sun and cloud with a balmy high of 21 C.
  
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• Smoke, wildfires damage California's famed wine country: bit.ly/2yVjFHh #CaliforniaWildfires https://t.co/Du1dQ3LbDA

  10-10-2017 14:47 via twitter.com
  
  Smoke, wildfires damage California's famed wine country: bit.ly/2yVjFHh #CaliforniaWildfires https://t.co/Du1dQ3LbDA
  
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• Fog advisory turning to mix of sun and cloud, 21 C for Tuesday

  10-10-2017 14:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Talk about a misty morn.
  Ottawa awoke to a fog advisory Tuesday morning with Environment Canada warning that visibility in some areas “may suddenly drop to near zero.”
  The fog will burn off with sunrise and then it’s forecast to turn into a mix of sun and cloud with a balmy high of 21 C.
  Clouds roll back in overnight with Environment Canada predicting a low of 5 C.Gotham city style– downtown #Ottawa this morning. #myottawa #ottweather cc @BlacksWeather @StormHou
  
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