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• Ceci among defencemen who stepped up with Karlsson out

  17-10-2017 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Minus Erik Karlsson, the right side of the Senators’ defence held up just fine through the first five games of the season.
  Chris Wideman had three goals, making him the highest scoring blueliner in the league and giving him a share of the team lamp-lighting lead heading into Tuesday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks. When Wideman struggled and wound up getting just 9:40 of ice time in the Oct. 10 visit to Vancouver, Fredrik Claesson picked up the slack with an exceptional 26:51 of
  
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• Federal government getting almost $40M to cover damage caused by Louis St. Laurent building fire

  17-10-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government will receive a payout of almost $40 million to cover the damage and disruption caused by a fire at a Department of National Defence building in Gatineau.
  Plans to repair the Louis St. Laurent building are still being worked out, but the government has submitted eight different claims to recover everything from removing debris to the installation of a temporary roof, according to documents obtained by the Citizen.
  The fire broke out on April 21, 2016, forcing the shutdown o
  
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• No foul play suspected after body pulled from Ottawa River behind 24 Sussex Drive

  17-10-2017 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police do not suspect foul play after a body was pulled from the Ottawa River near the back of the prime minister’s official residence Tuesday morning.
  A police spokesperson confirmed a fisherman spotted the body floating in the water behind 24 Sussex Drive and called 911.
  Police and ambulance were notified and a full water rescue response from Ottawa fire services located the person in the water. The scene was turned over to Ottawa police.
  Const. Marc Soucy confirmed the call came in just
  
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• Minor hockey coaches, trainers get mandatory training on being trans-inclusive

  17-10-2017 23:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  For two decades, minor hockey coaches have been taking mandatory “Speak Out” courses to heighten awareness of bullying and harassment issues in and around their game.
  Now, in a further step to be inclusive, Ontario coaches, trainers and managers have been instructed to take training programs in support of transgender players.
  The recent mandate applies to the three Ontario hockey associations: Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO), which encompasses the national capital region, the Ontario Ho
  
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• Nova Scotia Indigenous playwright, who appeared on the NAC stage last season dies suddenly 1310news.com/2017/10/17/nov…

  17-10-2017 22:58 via twitter.com
  Nova Scotia Indigenous playwright, who appeared on the NAC stage last season dies suddenly 1310news.com/2017/10/17/nov…
  
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• Hiding billions in hydro debt 'unacceptable,' Ontario's auditor general says

  17-10-2017 22:44
  
  Hiding billions of dollars the Ontario government is borrowing to lower electricity bills for a few years will cost hydro users an extra $4 billion, the province’s auditor general reported Tuesday morning.
  
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• #UPDATE Latest NAFTA round ends in a stalemate with plans to extend talks into 2018 1310news.com/2017/10/17/lat… #NAFTA

  17-10-2017 22:05 via twitter.com
  #UPDATELatest NAFTA round ends in a stalemate with plans to extend talks into 20181310news.com/2017/10/17/lat… #NAFTA
  
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• Lanark Cty. OPP looking for info on #MISSING woman last seen over 20 years ago. $50K reward offered. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 22:05 via twitter.com
  Lanark Cty. OPP looking for info on#MISSING woman last seen over 20 years ago. $50K reward offered. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Reevely: Hiding billions in hydro debt 'unacceptable,' Ontario's auditor general says

  17-10-2017 21:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hiding billions of dollars the Ontario government is borrowing to lower electricity bills for a few years will cost hydro users an extra $4 billion, the province’s auditor general reported Tuesday morning.
  Maybe worse, Bonnie Lysyk said in a special report on the Liberals’ “Fair Hydro Plan,” the tricks the government is using throw doubt on all the province’s books. The government, citizens, auditors and giant institutions that lend the province money are prett
  
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• Police ask for witnesses in Gatineau hit and run 1310news.com/2017/10/17/pol… #gatnews https://t.co/BW0S229oxd

  17-10-2017 21:45 via twitter.com
  
  Police ask for witnesses in Gatineau hit and run1310news.com/2017/10/17/pol… #gatnews https://t.co/BW0S229oxd
  
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• #NAFTA twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…

  17-10-2017 21:25 via twitter.com
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• One dead after Saturday crash in the Whitewater Region

  17-10-2017 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is dead after a collision on Saturday in the Whitewater Region, about an hour west of Ottawa, the Ontario Provincial Police said Tuesday. 
  Police said two vehicles collided head-on while travelling along Beachburg Road just east of Pappin Road in the Township of Whitewater Region around 11 a.m. According to police, the driver of the pickup truck was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
  The 38-year-old driver of the car and an 11-
  
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• Captain Erik Karlsson confident as he makes his return

  17-10-2017 20:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Erik Karlsson made his regular season debut Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  Given the choice, the Ottawa Senators’ captain wouldn’t have waited this long.
  The 27-year-old Karlsson, who is recovering from surgery he had in June to repair tendons in his left foot, was bound and determined to play opening night against the Washington Capitals, but he didn’t have clearance from the doctors and needed more time to get in game shape.
  The wait felt long to Karlsson, it was
  
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• House Works: Keeping the air fresh in a tiny home

  17-10-2017 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: Where can I install a heat recovery ventilator in my 832 square-foot home? I don’t have a basement, just a crawlspace.
  A: As much as I love heat recovery ventilators (HRVs) because of the fresh air and condensation-free windows they provide during cold weather, given that your house is so small, I wouldn’t install one.
  The cost of losing precious living space to the HRV itself and to the air ducts is just too high given the benefits that an HRV offers in a small space like yours.
  
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• Firearms, ammunition stolen in Leeds county break-in

  17-10-2017 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are investigating a break and enter that occurred in Lyndhurst that involved stolen firearms.
  On Oct. 14, the OPP’s Leeds and the Thousand Islands Detachment were informed of a break and enter that had occurred at a home in Lyndhurst sometime Friday or Saturday.
  Police says thieves entered a residence and took firearms, ammunition, television, tools, and alcohol prior to fleeing the scene.
  Police did not identify the weapons stolen.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Leeds OPP
  
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• LISTEN: Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk joins @MeehanCarolAnne to talk about the Liberal's Fair Hydro Plan. player.1310news.com

  17-10-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk joins @MeehanCarolAnne to talk about the Liberal's Fair Hydro Plan. player.1310news.com
  
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• No charges recommended against OPP officer in connection with fatal crash near Smiths Falls: 1310news.com/2017/10/17/no-… #ottnews

  17-10-2017 20:27 via twitter.com
  No charges recommended against OPP officer in connection with fatal crash near Smiths Falls: 1310news.com/2017/10/17/no-… #ottnews
  
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• Gurski: Questions that remain unanswered about Joshua Boyle

  17-10-2017 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  First and foremost, Canadians and others should be very happy for Joshua Boyle, Caitlan Coleman and their children now that their five-year ordeal is over.
  The conditions under which the family was held hostage by the Taliban/Haqqani group were truly horrendous and no one should underestimate or dismiss that. I, for one, feel most for the kids and we have already read where the oldest is having a hard time adjusting to freedom.
  Yes, children are resilient and their very young age in this case wi
  
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• Green Bin program's 'yuck factor' still bedevils city hall

  17-10-2017 19:54
  
  The city is trapped in a green bin of confusion, not knowing how to get more people to scrape the guck from their plates into a bucket instead of a trash can.A
  
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• LISTEN: @ToddSmithPC speaks with @MeehanCarolAnne about the Liberal Fair Hydro Plan released this morning.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @ToddSmithPC speaks with @MeehanCarolAnne about the Liberal Fair Hydro Plan released this morning.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: @AlgonquinColleg President Cheryl Jensen joins @MeehanCarolAnne to talk the latest on the teachers strike.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @AlgonquinColleg President Cheryl Jensen joins @MeehanCarolAnne to talk the latest on the teachers strike.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Watchdog rebukes OPP officer, but no charges in fatal Smiths Falls crash

  17-10-2017 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit won’t charge an Ontario Provincial Police officer in connection with a 2016 crash near Smiths Falls that killed an 18-year-old man.
  However, the watchdog agency, in a report released Tuesday, did criticize the officer for claiming he wasn’t chasing the suspect, even though evidence showed the officer was following the suspect’s car down Kitley Line 2 at more than 160 km/h.
  The incident began at 8:14 p.m. on May 19, 2016 when the offic
  
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• Karlsson returns, but Senators vow not to change winning ways

  17-10-2017 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson will make his season debut Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks, but coach Guy Boucher says the team can’t lose the focus from the way they played without him.
  “We’re not going to change anything,” Boucher said. “He just brings his attributes and he has been outstanding last year at buying into everything we were doing and being a dedicated defenceman on both sides of the ice.”
  The game time decision for the Senator
  
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• Once pot is legal, where will people smoke it? @tylerrdawson joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 12:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 18:25 via twitter.com
  Once pot is legal, where will people smoke it? @tylerrdawson joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 12:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letter: Women have not been silent about their treatment

  17-10-2017 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Time for men to stand up alongside all women
  Re: Letter: Religion, culture, inform treatment of women, Oct. 16
  If, as a recent letter writer suggests, the silence of women is harming our cause, let me be loud and clear: Women have been pushing back against patriarchal power structures for a very long time.
  It is those who hold the reins of power – in this case, men – who control the direction of society, including it’s treatment of women.
  If many women are quiet, it is because
  
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• Questions raised about Canadian military family care assistance rules

  17-10-2017 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Recently some Defence Watch readers have been raising what they see are concerns about the child care benefits that military members receive. Here is an example of what one reader in the Canadian Forces wrote:
  “I see the gov’t found a way to recoup some of the money they are losing, from the tax free status they first rescinded and then under public pressure, reinstated to deployed military members.
  Recently the Treasury Board announced that deploying members who require ch
  
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• Power restored after four-hour outage near Algonquin College

  17-10-2017 18:09
  
  Traffic was a mess and more than than 2,000 users were without power Tuesday morning as the result of a blackout near Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road.The outage occurred at about 8:15 a.m.Stoplights were out of order at major intersections along Woodroffe, police tweeted.
  
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• NEXT on the #PowerLUNCH: @Go_Taylor & @MathieuFleury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 17:57 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #PowerLUNCH: @Go_Taylor & @MathieuFleury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Power restored after four-hour outage near Algonquin College - Ottawa Citizen

  17-10-2017 17:56
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  Power restored after four-hour outage near Algonquin College
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  Traffic was a mess and more than than 2,000 users were without power most Tuesday morning as the result of a blackout near Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road. The outage occurred at about 8:15 a.m. and power was restored to about two-thirds of the ...and more »
  
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• Coming up 11:45 @HowardLevittLaw on what he would do if he were counsel for #Weinstein accusers:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:45@HowardLevittLaw on what he would do if he were counsel for #Weinstein accusers:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/Urtnno8PxC

  17-10-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/Urtnno8PxC
  
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• Cohen: Why North Korea reminds us of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  17-10-2017 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  If there is a classic case study of nuclear confrontation, it is the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, the world came closer to Armageddon than at any time in history.
  For 13 days, the United States, led by John F. Kennedy, challenged the Soviet Union over its secret deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The Soviets, led by Nikita Khrushchev, denied and demurred. At any moment of this frightful fortnight, a misstep could have triggered a nuclear war.
  We did not know how close we came unti
  
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• Ottawa school bus companies can't find drivers - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-10-2017 17:19
  Ottawa school bus companies can't find drivers
  Ottawa Business Journal
  A shortage of bus drivers is making things difficult for schools in Ottawa, and the minimum wage increase coming next year may only speed up the problem. Vicky Kyriaco, general manager and chief administrative officer of the Ottawa Student ...
  
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• Coming up 11:15: @HealthTransport @trevorhache joins @_MarkSutcliffe on #Ottawa transit rates & parking fees:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 17:08 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:15: @HealthTransport @trevorhache joins @_MarkSutcliffe on #Ottawa transit rates & parking fees:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Body pulled from Ottawa River near 24 Sussex Dr. - CBC.ca

  17-10-2017 17:01
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  Body pulled from Ottawa River near 24 Sussex Dr.
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  Emergency crews pulled a body from the Ottawa River near Rockcliffe Tuesday morning, and police are now investigating. Ottawa Fire Services said in a news release they got a call about a person in the river near 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence ...
  Police investigate after body pulled from Ottawa River behind 24 Sussex DriveOttawa Citizen
  BREAKING: Firefighters pull body from the water behind PM's residenceCTV Newsall 5 news
  
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• Police investigate after body pulled from Ottawa River behind 24 Sussex Drive

  17-10-2017 16:54
  
  A body was pulled from the Ottawa River near the back of the prime minister’s official residence on Tuesday morning.A police spokesperson confirmed a fisherman spotted the body floating in the water behind 24 Sussex Dr. and called 911.
  
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• Coming up @ 11 @smsaideman fills in for @StephanieCarvin on weekly international affairs segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up @ 11@smsaideman fills in for @StephanieCarvin on weekly international affairs segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH @ NOON: @Go_Taylor & @MathieuFleury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH @ NOON: @Go_Taylor & @MathieuFleury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pedneaud-Jobin leads Gatineau mayoral race in poll

  17-10-2017 16:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Incumbent Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin has a big lead over all challengers in the race to be mayor of Gatineau, according to a new poll.
  Pedneaud-Jobin, who has served one term as mayor, has the support of 53 per cent of decided voters, according to the poll commissioned by Le Droit newspaper and radio station 104.7 Outaouais.
  While nearly half the decided voters say they would vote against him, this opposition is spread among four challengers, and Pedneaud-Jobin leads each of these individually by a m
  
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• Toronto jazz pianist Teri Parker strives to create songs with unique concepts

  17-10-2017 16:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Toronto pianist Teri Parker been out and about across Canada with the Parker Abbott Trio, the band that she co-leads with fellow keyboardist Simeon Abbott.But this week she makes her beyond-Toronto debut as a leader proper when her quartet plays a run of gigs promoting its first disc, In The Past. On Saturday night, the very first stop for the group, which in addition to Parker consists of award-winning Allison Au, bassist Mark Godfrey and drummer Mack Longpre, will be the Options Jazz Loun
  
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• NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @KimothyWalker, @Justin_Ling & @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 15:57 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @KimothyWalker, @Justin_Ling & @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Teen girl missing since Wednesday

  17-10-2017 15:42
  Ottawa police are asking for help to locate missing teen.
  
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• Cops seek help to find missing teen

  17-10-2017 15:41
  A 13-year-old girl is reported missingand Ottawa Police are asking for thepublic’s help to find her.
  
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• Can #Canada live without #NAFTA? @CapEconomics David Madani joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 15:38 via twitter.com
  Can #Canada live without #NAFTA? @CapEconomics David Madani joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Power outage near Algonquin College slows traffic, leaves 2,000 in the dark

  17-10-2017 15:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic was a mess and more than than 2,000 users were without power Tuesday morning as the result of a blackout near Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road.
  The outage occurred at about 8:15 a.m.
  Stoplights were out of order at major intersections along Woodroffe, police tweeted. Drivers were reminded to treat all intersections as four-way stops.
  Hydro Ottawa determined that the outage qwas caused by a cable failure.
  Outage in College ward area caused by cable fault. Crews performing emergency swit
  
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• POLL: Should mandatory high heels in workplaces be banned by the government? Story: bit.ly/2zeOUNz #onpoli

  17-10-2017 15:22 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should mandatory high heels in workplaces be banned by the government?Story: bit.ly/2zeOUNz #onpoli
  
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• Gatineau police seek driver in hit-and-run of cyclist

  17-10-2017 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are releasing a clue found at the scene of a July hit-and-run in hopes of finding the motorist who left a cyclist, a man in his 40s, lying on the ground with serious leg injuries.
  Investigators arrested a woman hours after the July 11 crash on Maloney Boulevard East and charged her with impaired driving but ruled out her involvement in the incident.
  Now they’ve released a photo of fog light trim found at the crash scene in hopes it will lead to the suspect vehicle.
  A passer
  
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• NEXT: @thejohnrobson: Memo to Morneau, re: A tax plan to get you out of the hot mess you're in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-10-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  NEXT: @thejohnrobson: Memo to Morneau, re: A tax plan to get you out of the hot mess you're in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: North Korea and Ottawa has become lawless - Ottawa Citizen

  17-10-2017 15:01
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  Today's letters: North Korea and Ottawa has become lawless
  Ottawa Citizen
  Mid-article, Shannon Gormley answered the question her headline “What does North Korea really want?” posed. It wants nuclear weapons because “they certainly protect it from attack.” There it is simple and straight. Perhaps Donald Trump can push the red ...
  
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• Power outage near Algonquin College leaves 2000 in the dark

  17-10-2017 15:01
  
  Traffic was a mess and more than than 2,000 users were without power Tuesday morning as the result of a blackout near Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road.The outage occurred at about 8:15 a.m.Stoplights were out of order at major intersections along Woodroffe, police tweeted.
  
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