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• Young Ottawa mother of three diagnosed with ALS | CTV Ottawa News - CTV News

  13-11-2017 23:51 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
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  A young mother of three has been dealt a devastating blow. The 28-year-old has been diagnosed with ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Now friends and ...and more »
  
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• Young Ottawa mother of three diagnosed with ALS - CTV News

  13-11-2017 23:51 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
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  Young Ottawa mother of three diagnosed with ALS
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  A young mother of three has been dealt a devastating blow. The 28-year-old has been diagnosed with ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Now friends and family, even complete strangers, are rallying to fulfill her dream: to take her kids to Disney ...and more »
  
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• On-time performance for OC Transpo slips over past year

  13-11-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  City buses on most routes met their schedules an average of 63 per cent of the time in the first half of 2017, a couple of notches down from the same period in the previous year and matching the transit agency’s worst performance over six years.
  OC Transpo recorded its on-time performance between January and June of 2016 at 65 per cent.
  The measure dropped to 63 per cent in the last half of 2016 and stayed at that rate in the first half of 2017.
  The recently updated Transpo statistics, whi
  
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• Ottawa 2017 hosts weeklong celebration of gaming despite cancelled awards - Ottawa Business Journal

  13-11-2017 23:27 via obj.ca
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  Ottawa 2017 hosts weeklong celebration of gaming despite cancelled awards
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  Ottawa gamers will have the chance to brave chilling winds to battle fire-breathing monsters during a weeklong event across the city. The fire is simulated; the chills, well, maybe bring some gloves. Starting Monday night at Carleton University, Ottawa ...
  
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• Four-time champion Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing 1-0 to Sweden in a two-leg playoff.

  13-11-2017 22:54 via twitter.com
  Four-time champion Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing 1-0 to Sweden in a two-leg playoff.
  
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• Juvenile loon free to fly away again after Ottawa ice rescue

  13-11-2017 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Between the Arctic where it was born this summer and the coastal waters where it will winter, a young red-throated loon stopped in Ottawa and got marooned on a frozen pond at Andrew Haydon Park on Sunday.
  But thanks to the kindness of strangers and two local bird-rescue organizations, it was free and back on course again Monday.
  “It was heartbreaking seeing it on the ice – it was trying to get into the water but it couldn’t,” said Andrew Anderson, one of a number of
  
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• Reevely: Cut environmental regulation to boost housing, advisers tell province

  13-11-2017 22:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s not building houses fast enough and needs to get rid of more environmental protections to solve the shortage, a high-powered group of provincial officials is telling the government.
  We need less stringent approvals for projects near sensitive land and potentially endangered species, “concierge” helpers who’ll take builders by the hand and walk them through everything they need and more aggressive rezonings around highways and transit lines, says the Development
  
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• LISTEN: It's #NationalKinesiologyWeek. @MeehanCarolAnne has some interesting facts and figures about your health, a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: It's #NationalKinesiologyWeek. @MeehanCarolAnne has some interesting facts and figures about your health, a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Campbell: Domestic violence – please stop blaming the victim

  13-11-2017 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Dec. 6 1989, a man went on a shooting rampage at École Polytechnique, and 14 women died.
  Since that day, the killing of women in Canada has continued.  Thousands of Indigenous women are missing or murdered and presently a woman is killed every six days by a partner in Canada. 
  Until we collectively shift our focus from judging women toward fixing what’s broken, people will continue to die at alarming rates.
  We hear in the news about mass shootings, murder-suicides
  
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• LISTEN: @JulieBeun joins @MeehanCarolAnne to tell you about the hottest events around the city this week.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @JulieBeun joins @MeehanCarolAnne to tell you about the hottest events around the city this week.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: The Ottawa Mission Gala is set for this week. @MeehanCarolAnne has the latest on that event.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: The Ottawa Mission Gala is set for this week. @MeehanCarolAnne has the latest on that event.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: Money Coach Judith Cane and @MeehanCarolAnne talk about the best piece of financial advice they've ever rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 20:04 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Money Coach Judith Cane and @MeehanCarolAnne talk about the best piece of financial advice they've ever rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Alexander: Why I support the Salvation Army’s proposal for Vanier

  13-11-2017 19:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  I strongly favour the Salvation Army’s proposed complex on Montreal Road in Vanier. But it must do real problem-solving for its clients. Currently it provides only band-aid support, necessary as that is.
  Many people need help that works, and aren’t getting it. They also need help where they are, and they’re largely in Vanier. That’s why the Wabano Health Centre and the Inuit drop-in centre are there.
  As is the case elsewhere in Canada, Ottawa has a burgeoning underclass o
  
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• How the Salvation Army can improve homeless policy

  13-11-2017 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The heated debate on the Salvation Army’s proposed Vanier project reminds me of Henry Ford’s quote, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
  The Salvation Army has been a leader in social services since it first arrived in Canada in 1882. Today, it plays a leading role in nearly every homeless system in Canada, including Ottawa.
  As an early adopter of “Housing First,” homelessness data systems, pri
  
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• Today's letters: The Salvation Army and academic freedom

  13-11-2017 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The great Salvation Army debate begins. Meanwhile, there are worries about the state of academia and writers weigh in on wages for restaurant workers and if the next mayor should be a woman – or fix our infrastructure. 
  Write to us: [email protected]. 
  Beware the lessons of history
  Re: Gimme shelter: In Vanier, opponents gird for fight, Nov. 13.
  Council’s planning committee would be well-advised to consider the past when weighing the decision as to whether or not th
  
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• COMING UP: A few days of hearings around the Salvation Army proposal in Vanier are set to start at @ottawacity tomo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  COMING UP: A few days of hearings around the Salvation Army proposal in Vanier are set to start at @ottawacity tomo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dump truck rolls over on Highway 7, trapping driver

  13-11-2017 19:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Emergency crews were working to free a dump truck driver who became stuck after his truck rolled over on Highway 7 near the entrance to Highway 417 eastbound on Monday afternoon.
  According to firefighters, the driver became trapped after the triple-axle dump truck rolled over, losing its load of gravel, at around 1 p.m.  Specialized equipment was deployed to free the driver and clean up the scene.
  Police were rerouting traffic around the area.
  No further information has been released.
  
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• LISTEN: Week five of a strike by college teachers. @MeehanCarolAnne speaks with @DevynBarrieNews about the feeling… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Week five of a strike by college teachers. @MeehanCarolAnne speaks with @DevynBarrieNews about the feeling… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LISTEN: @MeehanCarolAnne kicking off today's show talking about the Prime Minister's visit overseas and what Canada… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 19:05 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: @MeehanCarolAnne kicking off today's show talking about the Prime Minister's visit overseas and what Canada… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Still ahead: Associate Professor @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Media bit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/6d4wRkA8yg

  13-11-2017 18:27 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:Associate Professor@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on State of the Mediabit.ly/1ppeuDa https://t.co/6d4wRkA8yg
  
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• Steve Amirault CD reviewed

  13-11-2017 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hold On, Let Go (self-released)
  Steve Amirault
  Is there anything easier for a jazz critic to slag than a solo CD from a singer-pianist? A glance at the album’s tunes might reveal overly familiar choices and a preponderance of ballads. A quick listen often reveals lyricism in abundance, easy accessibility and even reverence for jazz tradition. What more does it take is provoke a hip opinion-maker’s snark and disdain?
  I’d urge my album-reviewing peers not to let any knee-jerk rea
  
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• Coming up 11:45: @OttawaPolice Michael McNaught on taking his #airbnb for RVs' business pitch to Dragons' Den:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:45: @OttawaPolice Michael McNaught on taking his #airbnb for RVs' business pitch to Dragons' Den:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Severe burns in Hog's Back-area kitchen fire

  13-11-2017 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person was rushed to hospital with severe burns after a grease fire in the Hog’s Back area.
  The fire department got a 911 call reporting the blaze at 939 Eiffel Ave. just before 9 a.m. When they arrived, a fire in a pot on the stove had been put out but one person had suffered “severe” burns. Firefighters cared for the patient until paramedics arrived.
  A fire investigator was dispatched to the scene.
  
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• Group opposing Salvation Army move welcomes planning committee hearings ow.ly/HJrV30gxY38 #ottnews https://t.co/uO3lbteqTS

  13-11-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  
  Group opposing Salvation Army move welcomes planning committee hearingsow.ly/HJrV30gxY38 #ottnews https://t.co/uO3lbteqTS
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at noon: @jackieaking & @MelAdams1310 join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at noon: @jackieaking & @MelAdams1310 join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Could autonomous cars could save thousands of lives? @RANDCorporation David Groves coming up at 11:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 16:55 via twitter.com
  Could autonomous cars could save thousands of lives? @RANDCorporation David Groves coming up at 11:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A thank-you letter to Ottawa - TSN

  13-11-2017 16:54 via tsn.ca
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  A thank-you letter to Ottawa
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  I can remember landing in Ottawa for the first time as a member of the Senators like it was yesterday. If you can believe it, I didn't bring a jacket with me, which in hindsight was not a smart move for the middle of December in Ottawa. It was 2011 and ...
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Derek Scott -- who has been identified as the good Samaritan who stopped to help the victims… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Derek Scott-- who has been identified as the good Samaritan who stopped to help the victims… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Live NOW @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe with a look ahead at the week in Canadian politics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 16:34 via twitter.com
  Live NOW@cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe with a look ahead at the week in Canadian politics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Will European fighter jets be at a disadvantage in upcoming Canadian competition?

  13-11-2017 16:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Liberal government says when it launches a competition to replace the CF-18 fleet it will be open and fair. All aircraft are welcome.
  But will European fighter jets be at a disadvantage?
  In discussing the future jet competition at the Dubai air show, RCAF commander Lt.-Gen. Michael Hood said his top priority was interoperability with the U.S.
  Interoperability with the United States continues to be “the most important thing to me as command of the Royal Canadian Air Force,” he tol
  
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• Firefighters launch aggressive attack to douse Uplands Drive house fire

  13-11-2017 15:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters remain on the scene Monday morning with three people who were at home when a fire broke out in an Uplands Drive home.
  An occupant called 911 at 7:40 a.m. to report smoke coming from the second floor at 3225 Uplands Drive near Paul Anka Drive.
  Crews declared a working fire and launched an “aggressive” interior attack to keep the flames from spreading. 
  No one was hurt.
  A fire investigator was called to the scene to determine the cause and dollar loss, the fire depart
  
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• Montrealers protest against racism and #Quebec's religious neutrality bill: bit.ly/2AAxCeI https://t.co/LhVa5ctEOo

  13-11-2017 14:01 via twitter.com
  
  Montrealers protest against racism and #Quebec's religious neutrality bill: bit.ly/2AAxCeI https://t.co/LhVa5ctEOo
  
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• Ontario college strike enters week five with forced vote scheduled Tuesday: ow.ly/bh9A30gxsDl https://t.co/FzTWnkVF5M

  13-11-2017 13:50 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario college strike enters week five with forced vote scheduled Tuesday:ow.ly/bh9A30gxsDl https://t.co/FzTWnkVF5M
  
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• Enjoy the mild weather and clear roads – it's going to get messy later this week

  13-11-2017 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a cold, crisp weekend, the week begins with milder but cloudy weather forecast with a risk of rain by Wednesday.
  Ottawa’s roads, meanwhile, are uncharacteristically clear with civil servants getting a one day holiday since Remembrance Day fell on a Saturday.
  Monday’s forecast is for cloudy skies becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon, a high of 2 C and a low of -4 C under overcast skies.
  Tuesday’s a mix of sun and cloud, a high of 3 C and a low of -4 C.
  For Wednesday,
  
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• POLL: Should the federal government participate in a court challenge against Quebec's face-covering ban?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-11-2017 13:38 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should the federal government participate in a court challenge against Quebec's face-covering ban?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tear up the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway

  13-11-2017 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa River’s banks are being primed for an ambitious goal. Bold and boastful, Ottawa’s newly revealed pitch for Amazon’s HQ2 is a cheeky reflection from the future. It brags about an “integrated” and “incomparable” campus built alongside the river during the “generational” transformation of LeBreton Flats. The eventual development of those barren lands will be a major shift in Ottawa’s time, as the Senators, central library and O-
  
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• #Trudeau weighing options on #Bill62 after court challenge: bit.ly/2ywfPEJ #cdnpoli https://t.co/VxqPNaoysf

  13-11-2017 13:26 via twitter.com
  
  #Trudeau weighing options on #Bill62 after court challenge: bit.ly/2ywfPEJ #cdnpoli https://t.co/VxqPNaoysf
  
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• Global carbon #pollution rises after 3 straight flat years: bit.ly/2zTZG08

  13-11-2017 13:18 via twitter.com
  Global carbon #pollution rises after 3 straight flat years: bit.ly/2zTZG08
  
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• What's closed in #Ottawa today? bit.ly/2hpeIj4 #ottnews https://t.co/wEeC0UMGmY

  13-11-2017 13:13 via twitter.com
  
  What's closed in #Ottawa today? bit.ly/2hpeIj4 #ottnews https://t.co/wEeC0UMGmY
  
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• Trent: Immigration is good – but only if we deal with it correctly

  13-11-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the government of Canada announced this month that it is increasing the number of Canadian immigrants by 10,000 a year to reach 340,000 annually by 2020, it was once again stressing quantity over quality.
  Don’t get me wrong. My wife is noted for helping to integrate countless refugees and immigrants over the past 40 years. So we are not against Canada receiving more immigration. What worries us is the way we treat them. There are two enormous problems: We confirm to prospective immigr
  
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• Editorial: Hear all voices on Salvation Army plan

  13-11-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city of Ottawa has a homelessness problem that it’s not even close to solving. Which is why social service providers still offer emergency shelter beds. A few months ago, one such agency, the Salvation Army, unrolled an ambitious plan to build a huge new shelter, with related programs, in Vanier.
  Its pitch is to move from its current, overstuffed home on George Street to 333 Montreal Rd. where a modern, $50-million building designed by an eminent architectural firm would offer 140 shel
  
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• Hundreds in #Hollywood march against sexual #harassment: bit.ly/2AEBoV9

  13-11-2017 12:50 via twitter.com
  Hundreds in #Hollywood march against sexual #harassment:bit.ly/2AEBoV9
  
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• Powerful #earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 330: bit.ly/2zBZm57 https://t.co/HiM8cBMjBj

  13-11-2017 12:07 via twitter.com
  
  Powerful #earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 330: bit.ly/2zBZm57 https://t.co/HiM8cBMjBj
  
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• Break out the scarves and hot beverages, Ottawa-Gatineau - CBC.ca

  13-11-2017 11:02 via cbc.ca
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  Break out the scarves and hot beverages, Ottawa-Gatineau
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  Wrap a scarf around your neck and grab a hot beverage, Ottawa-Gatineau, because today will be frigid. Monday's daytime high is a mere 2 C, but at least there's currently no chance of precipitation, according to Environment Canada. Instead, the day ...
  
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• Photos & Video: Ottawa Gatineau Tattoo Expo 2017

  13-11-2017 02:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jason Clay Dunn, known for winning the fifth season of Spike TV’s Ink Master was a feature artist and personality at the Ottawa Gatineau Tattoo Expo 2017 at Hilton Lac-Leamy Sunday, November 12, 2017. Photos and video by Ashley Fraser.
  Jason Clay Dunn, known for winning the fifth season of Spike TV’s Ink Master was working on a tattoo at the Ottawa Gatineau Tattoo Expo 2017 at Hilton Lac-Leamy Sunday, November 12, 2017. Dunn, a tattoo artist from California was working on a zombie ge
  
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• Rupi Kaur, the 'Poet of Instagram' wows sellout crowd at Museum of History

  13-11-2017 02:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Had it existed, would TS Eliot or Sylvia Plath have published their poetry on Instagram?
  They would have if, like Rupi Kaur, they wanted their work to be read by millions, instantly.
  Kaur, 25, is likely the most famous poet you’ve never heard of — unless you’re one of the legions of mostly young women that make up her enormous fan base. Kaur’s first book of poetry — milk and honey — has sold two million copies and spent more than 80 straight weeks on the New Y
  
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• Stittsville residents open 'Rosehill Expressway' to protest city's traffic diversion scheme

  13-11-2017 00:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  To the soundtrack of Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” a group of Stittsville residents opened Ottawa’s newest “expressway” Sunday.
  “We came here to celebrate!” proclaimed resident Glen Gower, his tongue in cheek, as the cover was pulled from a mock green and white traffic sign for Rosehill Expressway.
  “Just beyond this hill is one kilometre of wide open roadway. No stop signs,” Gower said. “Forget about the fact that it goes by a scho
  
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• Egan: Salvation Army's shelter only exploits homeless model we've bet the house on

  13-11-2017 00:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa will need a compelling reason to turn down the Salvation Army’s proposed $50-million shelter and social service hub on Montreal Road.
  It hasn’t heard one yet, I would venture, and likely won’t this week.
  The most important thing to keep in mind as councillors gather in committee on Tuesday is this is not an existential debate — why a shelter, why this “mega” shelter? — much as opponents would like.
  It is a planning and land-use exercis
  
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