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• Small airplane makes forced landing in Gatineau field

  21-10-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people aboard a single-engine aircraft escaped without injury when they had to land in a field six kilometres from the Gatineau airport Saturday.
  Gatineau police got an emergency call just before 3 p.m. saying the pilot had called the Gatineau control tower and reported the aircraft was going down northwest of the airport.
  Police found the airplane upside-down behind a home on a rural road. They say a mechanical failure may have been the cause of the emergency, but there will be an investiga
  
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• How vulnerable women can get easy cancer screening [Video]

  21-10-2017 23:53
  
  Three dozen young doctors have spent the past week offering "pop-up" clinics to bring cancer screening to women who otherwise would not get it. The clinics offered pap tests with no appointment at a series of locations around the city, including the Ottawa and Montfort hospitals, and the South-East Ottawa Community Health Clinic.
  
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• How vulnerable women can get easy cancer screening - Ottawa Sun

  21-10-2017 23:46 via ottawasun.com
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  How vulnerable women can get easy cancer screening
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  Three dozen young doctors have spent the past week offering "pop-up" clinics to bring cancer screening to women who otherwise would not get it. The clinics offered pap tests with no appointment at a series of locations around the city, including the ...and more »
  
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• From shy kid to wrestling champ, Eli Drake makes an Impact

  21-10-2017 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The road to a championship belt was anything but easy for Shaun Ricker, but his belief never wavered. 
  He heard no so many times. He spent nights wrestling for free, wondering how he would pay next month’s rent. But he gritted his teeth and worked harder, believing he had the charisma that would one day put him under the bright lights.
  Along the way, there were some close calls, brushes with destiny. Now, Ricker, who competes for Impact Wrestling as Eli Drake, the company’s glob
  
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• Dear Amazon: Please come to LeBreton Flats. Love, Ottawa

  21-10-2017 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa-Gatineau wants Amazon to build its massive second headquarters at LeBreton Flats — a secret only revealed now that the deadline for cities to bid for the giant project has passed.
  Amazon is based in Seattle, but wants a second headquarters — HQ2 —  in another city. The decision set off a bidding frenzy from North America cities, because Amazon expects to create 50,000 jobs.
  Mayor Jim Watson recently said Ottawa was offering fewer than 10 candidate sites, but he woul
  
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• Dear Amazon: Please come to LeBreton Flats. Love, Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  21-10-2017 23:01 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Dear Amazon: Please come to LeBreton Flats. Love, Ottawa
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  Ottawa-Gatineau wants Amazon to build its massive second headquarters at LeBreton Flats — a secret only revealed now that the deadline for cities to bid for the giant project has passed. Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen More from Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen.and more »
  
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• Medical residents' 'pop-up' clinics offer cancer screening for vulnerable women

  21-10-2017 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three dozen young doctors have spent the past week offering “pop-up” clinics to bring cancer screening to women who otherwise would not get it.
  The clinics offered pap tests with no appointment at a series of locations around the city, including the Ottawa and Montfort hospitals, and the South-East Ottawa Community Health Clinic.
  They even offered middle-of-the-night service.
  A pap test offers early screening for cervical cancer, which is caused by the human papilloma virus.
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• Ottawa transit driver drops 60 pounds, earns a spot on college basketball team - CTV News

  21-10-2017 20:57 via ctvnews.ca
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  Ottawa transit driver drops 60 pounds, earns a spot on college basketball team
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  Dan Stoddard is on the cusp of turning 39, but his college basketball career has just begun. In September he made Algonquin College's men's basketball team and enrolled as a student at the school. Despite being the team's oldest player, he lost 60 ...and more »
  
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• Philippines turns to Russia for arms as it moves away from U.S. influence

  21-10-2017 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three Russian Navy ships arrived in the Philippines on Friday and two more will arrive on Saturday to unload donated weapons.
  Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has vowed to diversify the country’s ties away from the United States and toward China and Russia.
  Duterte visited Moscow earlier this year to forge a closer relationship with the Russians. He noted Russia was a “reliable partner” who is willing to provide weapons the Philippines needs to deal with Islamic S
  
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• Suspect surrenders, charged in gas station robbery

  21-10-2017 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 35-year-old Ottawa man has surrendered to police in connection with a Rideau Street gas station robbery last week.
  The robbery occurred Oct. 14 on the 200 block of Rideau when a suspect, claiming to have a knife in his pocket, tussled with an attendant before escaping with an undisclosed amount of money.
  Police said the attendant suffered minor injuries.
  Elliott Hudson appeared in court Saturday and was remanded in custody on a charge of robbery and two counts of breach of recognizance.
  He is
  
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• Sens' tasks simple, on paper: Stop Leafs' scorers

  21-10-2017 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The tasks are simple for the Ottawa Senators Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  It’s all about trying to slow down the NHL’s highest scoring team — Toronto has outscored opponents 34-22 while rolling out to a 6-1 record — and winning at Canadian Tire Centre for the first time this season.
  “They’re a very skilled team, they’re one of the top teams in the league, really dynamic up front,” Senators centre Derick Brassard said of the Maple
  
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• Book explores Ottawa's lost history - CBC.ca

  21-10-2017 17:13 via cbc.ca
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  Book explores Ottawa's lost history
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  If you grew up in Ottawa, you probably have fond memories of cafes and movie theaters that are no longer around. The city has seen its fair share of change and that's something that historian David McGee has set out to preserve in a new book. "The city ...
  
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• "It's a privilege to dedicate a life to the great masters," says pianist Sir András Schiff

  21-10-2017 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sir András Schiff
  When: Monday, Oct, 23, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  Tickets: starting at $39 at chamberfest.com
  Fresh off a three-night run with the New York Philharmonic, the celebrated British-Hungarian pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Ottawa to perform on Monday, giving his first concert here in almost a decade.
  Praised for the expressiveness of his playing, Schiff will presents works by Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and
  
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• ICYMI: Police issue arrest warrant in connection with daylight shooting on Caldwell Avenue -… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-10-2017 15:09 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Police issue arrest warrant in connection with daylight shooting on Caldwell Avenue -… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The IT Factor, Part 2: Will Ottawa have more tech jobs than it can fill? - Ottawa Citizen

  21-10-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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  The IT Factor, Part 2: Will Ottawa have more tech jobs than it can fill?
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  Ritch Dusome, the CEO of CENGN in Kanata, says business is good in Silicon Valley North. JULIE OLIVER / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. In Ottawa's tech sector, there are more jobs than people to fill them. In the Kanata North business park ...
  
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• The IT Factor, Part 2: Will Ottawa have more tech jobs than it can fill?

  21-10-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In Ottawa’s tech sector, there are more jobs than people to fill them.
  In the Kanata North business park alone — once referred to as Silicon Valley North, at the height of the dot-com boom — there are today 3,000 unfilled positions. “Unemployment in tech right now is almost zero,” says Jenna Sudds, the outgoing executive director of the Kanata North Business Association.
  Mayor Jim Watson, who frequently boasts this region is home to the most highly educated workforc
  
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• Cheque day: When the opioid crisis crashes down on Ottawa's ByWard Market - Ottawa Citizen

  21-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Cheque day: When the opioid crisis crashes down on Ottawa's ByWard Market
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  “They turn greyish blue and life slowly drains out of them. All of a sudden, you see them just pretty much go to sleep. Their arms tighten up. Maybe their legs are shaking a bit. Their breathing could stop. It is scary.” •. One week last winter changed ...and more »
  
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• Cheque day: When the opioid crisis crashes down on Ottawa's ByWard Market

  21-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  “They turn greyish blue and life slowly drains out of them. All of a sudden, you see them just pretty much go to sleep. Their arms tighten up. Maybe their legs are shaking a bit. Their breathing could stop. It is scary.”
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  One week last winter changed everything.
  On the last day of February, a woman in her mid-40s was found dead of a drug overdose in her bed at Shepherds of Good Hope, a homeless shelter at the corner of Murray Street and King Edward Avenue.
  Three days later, a w
  
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• Cheque day: The frontline of Ottawa's war against overdoses

  21-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sue crouches down to hug the woman slumped against a building on the sidewalk along Rideau Street. “Do you need anything? Are you OK?”
  She gets a smile in return.
  Sue is a tiny woman in her mid-50s, wearing a ball cap and T-shirt with the words Overdose Prevention Team printed on back.
  She is a frontline soldier in battle against overdose deaths on the streets of Ottawa’s ByWard Market. And, like other peer support workers with Ottawa Inner City Health, she became a peer, in pa
  
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• Cheque day: Opioid crisis a game-changer for Ottawa Inner City Health

  21-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Ottawa Inner City health opened in 2001, it aimed to answer the problem of how to treat homeless people with complex physical and mental health needs. Its first program was a hospice at The Ottawa Mission.
  Today, it is on the front lines of Ottawa’s opioid crisis.
  Since it opened, Inner City Health has grown to employ more than 120 people in numerous programs, some of which have drawn attention from around the world. Among them are:
  •    Managed alcohol, which is run jo
  
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• Cheque day: An anatomy of an overdose

  21-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In medicine, opioids such as morphine and oxycodone are used for the treatment of pain. Stronger opioids such as fentanyl are used for the kind of severe pain that can result from cancer or surgery. (The illegal street drug, heroin, is made from morphine.)
  The drugs all inhibit the central nervous system’s ability to send signals that transmit pain by binding to opioid receptors in the brain and body. They can also inhibit the signals that control breathing.
  Patients suffering an opioid ov
  
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• Ontario election ads expected to get nasty, thanks to new rules - 1310news.com/2017/10/21/ont… #ottnews https://t.co/lWog5jzfMQ

  21-10-2017 13:23 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario election ads expected to get nasty, thanks to new rules - 1310news.com/2017/10/21/ont… #ottnews https://t.co/lWog5jzfMQ
  
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• Chambers: In climate change discussion, don't forget about wildlife

  21-10-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The effects of climate change are being felt with extreme weather events such as the wildfires in British Columbia, floods in Eastern Canada and hurricanes of unprecedented severity battering North America and the Caribbean.
  Wildlife is also suffering the consequences, and migratory animals already at greater risk because of their dependence on a fragile chain of sites to sustain them are more vulnerable than sedentary species.
  Climate change is now likely to be the greatest driver in biodiversi
  
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• 67's rally to defeat Generals in overtime

  21-10-2017 04:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  67’s 2, Generals 1 (OT)
  Ottawa 67’s legend Bob Smith couldn’t believe it had been 45 years and more since he left his house on Gilbert Avenue to hook up with his pals and ride a bus to the Civic Centre to watch the 67’s play.
  Post-game, it was always right back to a waiting line of buses on Bank Street to get home, usually with a quick stop for a slice at Cicero’s Pizzeria on the way.
  On Friday, 40 years after his last appearance in a 67’s uniform, Smith was b
  
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• 67's salute alumni from franchise's best decade ever

  21-10-2017 02:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Doug Crossman wasn’t sure he was in the right place when a taxi driver dropped him off at TD Place arena on Friday evening.
  From the fall of 1977 through the spring of 1980, Crossman spent almost every Friday night at the old Civic Centre.
  “All I remember was the rink, the old barn (Cattle Castle) and some building (the Coliseum) on Bank Street,” said Crossman, who would play 914 National Hockey League games after producing 200 points in 198 games as an outstanding offensive de
  
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• Brennan: Top 5 Senator stars for first two weeks of the NHL season

  21-10-2017 02:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are my picks of the top five Ottawa Senators stars for the first two weeks of the National Hockey League regular season.
  No. 5. Fredrik Claesson
  Starting a season in the NHL for the first time, Claesson’s contributions aren’t evident on the scoresheet — he’s the only guy on the team that has played all seven games and has yet to register a point — but for the most part he has been a Steady Freddy on a blue-line missing its star for the first five. Claesson
  
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• Leafs now oddsmakers' favourites for Cup. Don't say you weren't warned

  21-10-2017 02:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  You laughed.
  When I picked the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup in our season preview, I was mocked, ridiculed and threatened.
  Yes, threatened.
  “You’re an idiot,” stated an email signed by SenzToTheEndz, or something like that. “You need your ass kicked.”
  This may be so, but there’s also a small chance I know my stuff.
  Through two weeks of the season, the Maple Leafs are tied for second in the National Hockey League’s overall standings. It&rsqu
  
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• Rare opportunity to play for a title at home still there for Redblacks

  21-10-2017 01:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 105th Grey Cup game needs the Ottawa Redblacks more than they need it.
  Oh, it will be a fine and successful event even if the Redblacks aren’t one of the two teams on TD Place stadium turf Nov. 26. Just not the same. Just not as great.
  It never is without the home team playing. Take it from someone who has covered at least one Grey Cup in every Canadian Football League city.
  Only four times in the dozen Grey Cups since Ottawa last hosted one have the local citizens been fully and emoti
  
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• Sens' Craig Anderson has keepsake of Auston Matthews' four-goal game

  21-10-2017 00:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Craig Anderson has a keepsake of his own from Auston Matthews’ first National Hockey League game.
  Somewhere in the basement of his off-season home in Coral Springs, Fla., the Ottawa Senators goaltender has the stick he used in the 2016-17 season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs in which Matthews, then a rookie, scored four goals on Anderson at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  While Anderson, 36, isn’t the type to usually collect mementos, he figured a couple of days after that game th
  
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• Snapshots: Senators coach Guy Boucher says best choice was made in OT

  21-10-2017 00:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Guy Boucher won’t be taking any advice from his critics.
  And the head coach was getting plenty of criticism Friday after the Ottawa Senators’ 5-4 overtime loss against the New Jersey Devils at home on Thursday night.
  Instead of starting 3-on-3 with three of the club’s best offensive players, such as captain Erik Karlsson, centre Kyle Turris and winger Mike Hoffman, Boucher opted for forwards Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Tom Pyatt and defenceman Cody Ceci.
  Everything would have been
  
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