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• Teen saw man with a gun 'pointed at my mother', heard a single shot as he fled

  23-10-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Adrian Warmerdam was lying on the couch playing with his phone when he heard his mother scream.
  “I heard my mother sound like she was startled by something. She was screaming louder and louder,” Warmerdam testified Monday at the triple murder trial of Basil Borutski.
  Borustki, 60, remained silent in the prisoner’s box, where he is defending himself on three counts of first-degree murder, accused of beating and strangling Carol Culleton, 66, shooting and killing Anastasia Kuyzk,
  
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• Mifegymiso coverage should be universal, say advocates

  23-10-2017 23:45
  Currently, access to the abortion pill can vary from province to province —which violates the Canada Health Act, experts say.
  
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• Advocates say acquittal of Ottawa man reflects 'myths about sexual assault'

  23-10-2017 23:29
  An Ottawa man was acquitted because both he and his wife believed he had the right to have sex with her without her consent.
  
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• City releases garbage notification app

  23-10-2017 23:28
  New app to help remind residents when, and what, to take out to the curb.
  
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• App tells Ottawa residents what kind of trash to put at the curb

  23-10-2017 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Determined to make recycling easier for residents, the City of Ottawa has launched an app that simply tells people what type of trash to put at their curbs each week.
  Coun. David Chernushenko, chair of council’s environment and climate protection committee, called it the “one-stop shop” for garbage.
  The app, which is called Ottawa Collection Calendar, was produced by ReCollect Systems and is available on Apple and Android devices.
  It’s hard to say if an app will boost the
  
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• 'Unusual activity' at Canadian Tire Centre just a military promo video

  23-10-2017 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The army is dropping into the Canadian Tire Centre Monday night — literally.
  The soldiers will be rappelling from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter as the Ottawa Senators film a promotional video in preparation for the team’s upcoming Canadian Armed Forces Night. The aerial exercise will take place between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
  Ottawa Fire Services sent out a public service announcement Monday afternoon to alert people who might see “unusual activity” at the arena.
  The Sens w
  
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• Rowan's Law concussion legislation seeks a foothold outside Ontario

  23-10-2017 22:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The first annual Rowan’s Legacy Symposium hopes to be the start of something big.
  The conference, part of the University of Ottawa’s brain health awareness week, heightens concussion protocols in the name of Rowan Stringer, a 17-year-old rugby player who died in 2013 after multiple concussions.
  Rowan’s parents, Gord and Kathleen, decided the day after Rowan’s death that they would go public with the story to help prevent similar deaths. An inquest into Rowan’s death
  
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• Ontario promises temporary hospital beds to deal with flu season, somewhere

  23-10-2017 22:39
  
  Ontario is opening 2,000 more hospital and health-care beds this year to help deal with overcrowding and lengthening wait lists, Health Minister Eric Hoskins said Monday morning, though it doesn’t yet know where an awful lot of them will be.
  
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• Wife of fallen NFL star shares CTE story with Ottawa brain symposium

  23-10-2017 22:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lisa McHale was relieved to learn her husband had been diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
  This, of course, was long after Tom McHale, just 45, had died in 2008 of an accidental drug overdose.
  The news of a degenerative CTE diagnosis, from Dr. Ann McKee at the Boston University CTE Centre, brought some clarity and understanding to Lisa McHale, emotions she shared in Ottawa last week during a brain health awareness symposium at Algonquin College.
  “Years later, when I full
  
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• Reevely: Ontario promises temporary hospital beds to deal with flu season, somewhere

  23-10-2017 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is opening 2,000 more hospital and health-care beds this year to help deal with overcrowding and lengthening wait lists, Health Minister Eric Hoskins said Monday morning, though it doesn’t yet know where an awful lot of them will be.
  In many health regions, including Ottawa’s, “additional beds/spaces” in places yet to be determined is the biggest category on the list Hoskins released. Those “beds” for which there’s money but nowhere yet to spend
  
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• No dogs allowed: Uber drivers' ignorance a barrier for deaf-blind athlete and guide dog

  23-10-2017 21:45
  
  Being legally deaf and blind hasn’t stopped Kevin Frost from becoming a high-performance athlete and sought-after motivational speaker, but Uber drivers’ ignorance of the law put the brakes on him three times this month.
  
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• Retired colonel to speak about PTSD and the Afghan war during Ottawa visit

  23-10-2017 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Retired Col. John Conrad will be in Ottawa on Nov. 8 to promote his book, “Among the Walking Wounded – Soldiers, Survival and PTSD.”
  The book chronicles the journey Conrad, an Afghan war veteran, faced as he tried to deal with his own PTSD and suicides among his men.
  The book highlights the poor treatment of Afghan veterans by Veterans Affairs Canada and the Canadian Forces.
  Defence Watch has been told that a number of defence associations have declined to promote Conrad’
  
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• LISTEN: Ottawa's @MediaSmarts is teaming up with @facebook to teach kids about fake news. @MeehanCarolAnne has more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Ottawa's @MediaSmarts is teaming up with @facebook to teach kids about fake news. @MeehanCarolAnne has more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: @JulieBeun joins @MeehanCarolAnne to tell you about all the great events to see in Ottawa this week.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 20:31 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @JulieBeun joins @MeehanCarolAnne to tell you about all the great events to see in Ottawa this week.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Invest Ottawa's Amazon bid focuses on LeBreton Flats project — which isn't approved yet - CBC.ca

  23-10-2017 20:31
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  Invest Ottawa's Amazon bid focuses on LeBreton Flats project — which isn't approved yet
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  Ottawa-Gatineau's sales pitch to woo Amazon executives into building a new campus in the nation's capital suggests LeBreton Flats is the preferred site, raising questions about how the land might be used. In a promotional video published over the ...
  
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• LISTEN: Interest rates hitting Ontarians already burdened with debt. @MeehanCarolAnne speaks with @ottawadebtguy.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 20:17 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Interest rates hitting Ontarians already burdened with debt. @MeehanCarolAnne speaks with @ottawadebtguy.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Huge blow for Redblacks, Sinopoli done for season

  23-10-2017 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Redblacks receiver Brad Sinopoli is done for the season.
  The bad news was confirmed by Redblacks coach Rick Campbell on Monday.
  “He’ll be shut down for the rest of the season,” said Campbell. “It’s something he can definitely recover from, but it just won’t be in the next month.”
  Sinopoli had his third straight season with more than 1,000 yards receiving for the Redblacks – finishing 2017 with 91 catches for 1,009 yards.
  Sinopoli said he inj
  
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• LISTEN: It's Money Monday! Money Coach Judith Cane joins @MeehanCarolAnne right now. player.1310news.com https://t.co/tufbi14yXc

  23-10-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: It's Money Monday! Money Coach Judith Cane joins @MeehanCarolAnne right now. player.1310news.com https://t.co/tufbi14yXc
  
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• LISTEN: The CAUT says the college teachers strike highlights a precarious work problem. @MeehanCarolAnne has more.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: The CAUT says the college teachers strike highlights a precarious work problem. @MeehanCarolAnne has more.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: @MeehanCarolAnne is talking to @Invest_Ottawa about a new website and video for their Amazon HQ2 bid.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @MeehanCarolAnne is talking to @Invest_Ottawa about a new website and video for their Amazon HQ2 bid.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: College strike, voting choices, cheering the Sens

  23-10-2017 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Today, readers vent about the college strike, political choices, lack of fan noise for the Sens and a few other issues. You can write to us too, at [email protected] . Please note our guidelines here.
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  College teachers: Back to work
  Re: As college strike continues, Algonquin students worry about making up lost time, Oct. 21.
  Even with two family members in the teaching profession, I have never been supportive of their inflated salaries, extensive holidays and short working hours.
  
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• LISTEN: Lots of reaction to new rules surrounding a tax credit for Type 1 Diabetics on the @MeehanCarolAnne Show.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Lots of reaction to new rules surrounding a tax credit for Type 1 Diabetics on the @MeehanCarolAnne Show.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Firefighters douse March Road car blaze

  23-10-2017 18:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were called to tackle a car fully engulfed in flames, creating a towering column of black smoke over March Road Monday morning.
  They were called to the scene north of Bearhill Road just before 10 a.m. 
  The driver called 911 after smoke started coming out of the dashboard as he drove home with a passenger. He pulled over and they were able to get out safely.
  The fire was out by 10:22 a.m. and firefighters handed the scene over to police for traffic control as the wreckage
  
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• Shot fired into vehicle in #Pembroke 1310news.com/2017/10/23/sho… #ottnews

  23-10-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  Shot fired into vehicle in #Pembroke 1310news.com/2017/10/23/sho… #ottnews
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Prof. @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/CjdUhTRNCv

  23-10-2017 18:27 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Associate Prof.@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Mediabit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/CjdUhTRNCv
  
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• Videos tell all: The Secret Lives of Public Servants exposes hidden talents

  23-10-2017 18:24
  
  They walk unseen among us, meekly reviewing policy documents in their government cubicles by day, but breaking free after hours to write comic books, don costumes, and produce satirical artworks. Ottawa filmmaker Amen Jafri has exposed these hidden artists of Ottawa in a quirky series of short documentaries called Secret Lives of Public Servants.
  
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• Why a sugar tax would be sweet for Canadians

  23-10-2017 17:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lost in the noise generated by the legitimate backlash to Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s tax-reform proposals is a fiscal initiative that the federal government should have introduced a long time ago. A tax on sugary drinks would have been an easy political winner, with clear public health benefits and an opportunity to generate close to $1.7 billion in annual revenue; eclipsing the $250 million the Liberal government has claimed it will raise from its pending tax changes. This important
  
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• Being an Amazon city comes with 'a lot of challenges @Citiscope joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  Being an Amazon city comes with 'a lot of challenges@Citiscope joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lake: Why we can't police our way out of the opioid crisis

  23-10-2017 17:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Recently, I attended a  meeting hosted by “We the Parents,” a Kanata organization trying to address the challenge of addictions and the very real tragedies that befall affected families. I saw grieving parents struggling to understand both the complexities of addiction and the way our health and criminal justice systems are responding to it. Understandably, many who attended were looking for straightforward, actionable solutions to this crisis.
  They were met with a response by o
  
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• Motorcyclist, 77, identified in fatal South Dundas crash

  23-10-2017 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police say they are continuing to investigate a crash that killed a 77-year-old North Glengarry man.
  Ronald Taillefer, 77, was aboard a motorcycle and heading west on Highway 2 at County Road 31 in South Dundas Township when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle at about 2:28 p.m. Friday.
  “For reasons under investigation, the eastbound passenger vehicle collided with a westbound motorcycle in the westbound lane of the roadway,” reported the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry OPP.
  Ta
  
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• Kurds use German weapons against Iraqis, Iraqis use U.S. weapons against Kurds

  23-10-2017 15:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The pitfalls of arming various sides in the Middle East emerged in the last several days as Kurdish and Iraqi forces continue to fight each other.
  On Friday, the Iraqis accused the Kurds of using Milan anti-tank missiles supplied by Germany against its troops.
  Peshmerga forces say they destroyed 12 Abrams tanks and Humvees being used by Shia militia and Iraqi forces during an attack outside of Pirde.
  But the Kurds suggest they didn’t do that using Milan anti-tank weapons.  “We r
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @janicedickson & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up 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 9:45 @WendyBoomer of @country1011fm #WakeUpCall joins @_MarkSutcliffe for entertainment segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up 9:45@WendyBoomer of @country1011fm #WakeUpCall joins @_MarkSutcliffe for entertainment segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Should the feds allow people suffering from Type-1 diabetes to be eligible for a $1,500 tax credit? Story: bit.ly/2xZs7cq

  23-10-2017 15:21 via twitter.com
  Should the feds allow people suffering from Type-1 diabetes to be eligible for a $1,500 tax credit? Story: bit.ly/2xZs7cq
  
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• Coming up 9:30 @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/pBqjxWfV4c

  23-10-2017 15:15 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up 9:30@YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly #Health segment: bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/pBqjxWfV4c
  
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• Coming up 9:15: @helmera joins @_marksutcliffe on Basil Borutski trial: Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 15:02 via twitter.com
  Coming up 9:15: @helmera joins @_marksutcliffe on Basil Borutski trial: Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Another gorgeous sunny day on Monday but showers begin overnight [Video]

  23-10-2017 14:43
  
  Monday is gorgeous but it may be the last splash for “Augtober” with rain and the risk of a thunderstorm overnight ushering in cooler weather.Monday is mainly sunny with a high of 21 C. Showers begin overnight with a low of 18 C, Environment Canada predicts.
  
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• POLL: Is LeBreton Flats the best location in Ottawa-Gatineau for #Amazon? #ottnews @_MarkSutcliffe twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  23-10-2017 14:31 via twitter.com
  POLL: Is LeBreton Flats the best location in Ottawa-Gatineau for #Amazon?#ottnews@_MarkSutcliffe twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Another gorgeous sunny day on Monday but showers begin overnight

  23-10-2017 14:01
  
  Monday is gorgeous but it may be the last splash for “Augtober” with rain and the risk of a thunderstorm overnight ushering in cooler weather.Monday is mainly sunny with a high of 21 C. Showers begin overnight with a low of 18 C, Environment Canada predicts.
  
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• Today's letters: What's going on with the Liberals?

  23-10-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Morneau’s capitulation an ugly scene
  Re: Morneau agrees to blind trust, Oct. 20.
  When I watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau attempt to explain his ethical dilemma, it reminded me of the one and only time I went fishing. My fishing companion provided me with a rod and then deftly put a worm on the hook.
  It writhed and wiggled and looked like it was in great pain but we both knew it would not get off the hook. Rather than watching this gruesome display any longer, I threw the hook and line
  
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• Police seek man, 60, missing from Vanier since Oct. 20

  23-10-2017 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking the public to help them find a 60-year-old man missing since Friday.
  Charles Milstone was last seen in the Vanier area.
  He is 5’9″ tall and 180 pounds with balding dark hair that’s long at the sides. It’s not known what he was wearing.
  Anyone who knows Milstone’s whereabouts is asked to call Ottawa Police Dispatch at 613-230-6211 immediately. Those with other information that could help investigators are asked to call the missing persons
  
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• Should the feds allow people suffering from Type-1 diabetes to be eligible for a $1,500 tax credit?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 13:42 via twitter.com
  Should the feds allow people suffering from Type-1 diabetes to be eligible for a $1,500 tax credit?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• History shows us why targeting Muslims over the niqab is absurd

  23-10-2017 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A few years ago, the Parti Québécois sought to limit all religious symbols in government spaces with its infamous Charter of Quebec Values. Now Philippe Couillard’s Liberals have passed Bill 62, banning all face coverings for those giving or receiving government services in the province. As we witness yet again a Quebec government cynically exploit a nebulous idea of secularism to oppress a minority group – make no mistake, this latest law, just like the values charter,
  
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• Khan: The niqab takes us back to where Muslim women should not be going

  23-10-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let me be extremely clear. I am not in favour of Quebec’s religious neutrality law. As many have observed, Bill 62 contradicts the very idea of neutrality, breaches the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the political machinations of the legislation are all too obvious.
  The signs clearly point toward niqab as the legislation’s prime target. Past cases such as the Quebec religious symbols ban and the attempt to uncover women for the citizenship oath corroborate this.
  For Muslim women
  
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• Eliminating the Indian Act needs grassroots action

  23-10-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa citizens understand that the job of governing is hard. Getting agreement, growing an economy, serving citizens’ needs, and dealing with the inevitable crises that arise, require an endless well of dedication to the common good.  
  It’s a hard job when you have power, institutions and resources. Imagine trying to govern when these are absent, and worse, when your society’s values, capability and access to resources have been systematically stripped away for generation
  
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• Police seek #missing man who hasn't been seen since Friday: bit.ly/2h1YCfH #ottnews https://t.co/e7gyKd6SXJ

  23-10-2017 11:23 via twitter.com
  
  Police seek #missing man who hasn't been seen since Friday: bit.ly/2h1YCfH #ottnews https://t.co/e7gyKd6SXJ
  
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• Gee-Gees men's team, Ravens women's squad win home tournaments

  23-10-2017 02:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  It being October, the Canadian university basketball season is still full of promise, so there’s no need for coaches to zipping through smartphones or Rolodexes for the names of psychotherapists.
  And, if early results are any indication, coaches in Ottawa may escape sessions on the couch this season, with their teams flashing signs that they’ll be in the hunt for conference laurels next February.
  Despite somewhat inconsistent performances from several veterans, the Ottawa Gee-Gees cl
  
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• Denis Tassé: Gatineau council's 'money guy' aims at top job

  23-10-2017 01:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  In his 12 years as Gatineau city councillor, Denis Tassé has earned a reputation among his colleagues and the public as the “money guy” on council.
  No city project was too arcane, no balance sheet was too complicated, to avoid his keen, and frequently critical, gaze.
  The judicious, often relentless, use of the fine-tooth comb may have irritated some of Tassé’s colleagues, most frequently Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, but it impressed others and led directly to his
  
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• Warrenspiece: What a difference a year makes for Derick Brassard

  23-10-2017 00:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  It has taken a good 15 months to happen, but it’s safe to say that Derick Brassard is finally comfortable playing at home again.
  For all the hype surrounding Auston Matthews — read on for more about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 20-year-old superstar and his somewhat controversial post-game comments — Brassard was without question the best centre on the ice Saturday at Canadian Tire Centre.
  There’s a decent debate about whether the Gatineau native or linemate Mark Stone
  
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• Ottawa 67's winning streak ends in Hamilton

  23-10-2017 00:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  This time there was no extra time as the Ottawa 67’s three-game run of overtime heroics came to an end with a 3-0 loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs in an Ontario Hockey League game at Hamilton on Sunday.
  Marian Studenic, Benjamin Gleason and Matthew Strome scored for the Bulldogs (6-2-3), who fired 44 shots at 67’s goaltender Olivier Lafrenière.
  Bulldogs goaltender Kaden Fulcher stopped 22 shots to register the shutout.
  The 67’s had won six of their previous seven games, inc
  
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