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• Tap water ban in place for part of Aylmer

  14-11-2017 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 2,000 homes in Aylmer were placed under a tap water advisory Tuesday after workers detected the smell of heavy oil in the water supply. 
  Jean Boileau, director of communications for the City of Gatineau, said the water in the affected area is now being tested to determine if it presents a health danger.
  “As a preventive measure, we went ahead with the water advisory,” said Boileau. “Presently, we’re on stand-by, waiting for tests from the lab to see if we&r
  
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• Reevely: Ontario's small biz gets a Liberal bonbon, but opposition says it won't make up for the minimum-wage hike

  14-11-2017 23:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario government is cutting taxes on small businesses and subsidizing companies that hire young workers, compensation for an imminent hike to the minimum wage that the opposition parties say will still be devastating.
  “About a third of jobs in Ontario are in small and medium-sized enterprises,” Finance Minister Charles Sousa told the legislature in his annual update on the state of the province’s books Tuesday afternoon. “To support these businesses, I am pleased to
  
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• Man charged after allegedly pelting security guards with rocks - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 23:28
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  Man charged after allegedly pelting security guards with rocks
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  An Ottawa man has been charged with assaulting two security guards after allegedly pelting them with rocks downtown. Ottawa police say the incident occurred early on the morning of July 15 as the two security officers patrolled an area on Laurier ...
  
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• Man charged after allegedly pelting security guards with rocks

  14-11-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man has been charged with assaulting two security guards after allegedly pelting them with rocks downtown.
  Ottawa police say the incident occurred early on the morning of July 15 as the two security officers patrolled an area on Laurier Avenue near Metcalfe Street. They confronted a man who allegedly threw rocks at them. 
  Both guards suffered injuries that required medical attention. 
  On Tuesday, Ottawa police announced charges against Mabira Karerama, 27, including two count
  
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• The Seventh Victim: After the bus-train crash, Greg Mech was never the same

  14-11-2017 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  By early summer, Dylan Mech dreaded phone calls that came from numbers he didn’t recognize.
  He was worried about his father, a senior information technology manager at the CBC. “In the back of my mind, I thought he might commit suicide,” says Dylan, 24.
  Greg Mech had not returned to the CBC since a serious mental health episode in January. It was followed in February by a physical attack on his wife, Sharon, something completely at odds with the quiet harmony of their long marr
  
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• Bluesky's Susan Smith parlays passion for politics into thriving Ottawa business - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-11-2017 23:22
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  Bluesky's Susan Smith parlays passion for politics into thriving Ottawa business
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  Once a bit of a political junkie, always a bit of a political junkie. At least that's the way it is with Ottawa-born-and-raised Susan Smith. While a good chunk of her teen years was spent on the basketball and volleyball courts and organizing school ...and more »
  
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• Show will go on at NAC after fallen ceiling block

  14-11-2017 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s business as usual, more or less, at the National Arts Centre after a wooden block fell from its newly refurbished ceiling Saturday.
  An area of the NAC’s upper floor remains cordoned off after the wooden block fell, said NAC spokeswoman Rosemary Thompson on Tuesday. The block measured 15 cm by 15 cm by 20 cm and is one of 367 spacers used between the decorative triangular panels in the roof.
  Maintenance staff have checked about 130 of the other spacers and haven’t found any
  
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• Ticketing & Tweeting: OPS Traffic Unit busy on the roads, sharing messages of road safety on social media. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/11/14/twe…

  14-11-2017 23:04 via twitter.com
  Ticketing & Tweeting: OPS Traffic Unit busy on the roads, sharing messages of road safety on social media. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/11/14/twe…
  
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• Police investigating body pulled from Rideau River - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 22:53
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  Police investigating body pulled from Rideau River
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  Ottawa police are investigating the discovery of a body that was pulled from the Rideau River near where it meets the Ottawa River in Ottawa Ontario Tuesday Nov 14, 2017. Fire and police crews responded to Sussex Drive and Stanley Avenue just after 4 ...and more »
  
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• Police investigating body pulled from Rideau River

  14-11-2017 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating the discovery of a body that was pulled Tuesday from the Rideau River near where it meets the Ottawa River.  
  Fire and police crews responded to Sussex Drive and Stanley Avenue around 4 p.m. after bystanders reported seeing a person in the Rideau River, near the Union Bridge. 
  The body was pulled out soon after emergency crews arrived. 
  The Ottawa police’s marine, dive and trails unit is now investigating. They’re asking people to a
  
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• Internal review launched by The Royal into Mech suicide

  14-11-2017 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre has launched an internal review to assess its care of CBC executive Greg Mech, an inpatient who took his own life while on a day pass.
  Findings and recommendations made by the quality of care review will be shared with the family, said Dr. Mathieu Dufour, clinical director for quality and patient safety at The Royal.
  “We’re taking this seriously,” said Dufour, a forensic psychiatrist. “Our clinical team will reach out to the family to
  
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• How to recognize and help those at risk of suicide

  14-11-2017 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Warning signs of suicide
  Statements that reveal a desire to die
  Sudden changes in behaviour: withdrawal, apathy, moodiness
  Depression, crying, sleeplessness, hopelessness
  Final arrangements such as giving away possessionsWhat to do
  Discuss it openly 
  Show interest and support
  Get professional help
  Call your local crisis line: In Ottawa, 613-722-6914; outside Ottawa, 1-866-996-0991 
   
  
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• Man charged in assault on security guards: 1310news.com/2017/11/14/ott… #ottnews

  14-11-2017 22:10 via twitter.com
  Man charged in assault on security guards: 1310news.com/2017/11/14/ott… #ottnews
  
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• French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for ... - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 22:05
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  French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for ...
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  For the eighth time, a French appeals court has overturned a judicial order to release on bail former Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab.Since his ...
  Trudeau urged to intervene in case of Ottawa professor jailed in FranceThe Globe and Mailall 3 news articles »
  
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• French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for eighth time - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 22:05
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  French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for eighth time
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  For the eighth time, a French appeals court has overturned a judicial order to release on bail former Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab. Since his extradition from Canada three years ago, four judges have ruled that the 63-year-old Canadian ...
  
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• French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for eighth time

  14-11-2017 22:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the eighth time, a French appeals court has overturned a judicial order to release on bail former Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab.
  Since his extradition from Canada three years ago, four judges have ruled that the 63-year-old Canadian citizen should be released from the maximum-security Paris prison where he has been held on pre-trial detention.
  Following a now familiar pattern, an appeals court quashed the latest release order Tuesday.
  Lebanon-born Diab is the sole suspect in the Oc
  
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• Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band CD reviewed

  14-11-2017 22:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Body And Shadow (Blue Note)Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band
  If, like me, you’ve fervently followed Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band over the last two decades, you know that the unmistakeable and hugely influential group tends to takes one tack with its recordings and another when its performs. 
  The group’s albums lean toward distilling the band’s music to its essence, elevating the material and the entire band’s sound above the egos of soloists stretching out.
  
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• BREAKING: Body Discovered in Rideau River. @OttawaPolice called at 3:37 this afternoon. @OttFire & @OttawaParamedic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 21:59 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Body Discovered in Rideau River. @OttawaPolice called at 3:37 this afternoon. @OttFire & @OttawaParamedic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@ville_gatineau has a DRNKING WATER ADVISORY in place for a section of #Aylmer. Residents advised NOT to drink was… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 21:32 via twitter.com
  .@ville_gatineau has a DRNKING WATER ADVISORY in place for a section of #Aylmer. Residents advised NOT to drink was… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• OPP investigating alleged poppy box thefts - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 21:28
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  OPP investigating alleged poppy box thefts
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  The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP detachment is asking for the public's help in tracking down a pair of suspects after money was taken from a poppy sales box on Remembrance Day. OPP say money was stolen from the boxes at two Mac's Convenience stores in ...and more »
  
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• Techopia Live: Ottawa startup seeks $20M prize with carbon recycling solution - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-11-2017 21:20
  Techopia Live: Ottawa startup seeks $20M prize with carbon recycling solution
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  You can't accuse Ottawa entrepreneurs of setting the bar too low. Techopia Live interviewed Tandem Technical co-founders Heather Ward and Jerry Flynn this week, as the pair pitched their solution for one of the world's most pressing problems: carbon ...
  
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• Classic jerseys for the #NHL100 Classic game next month at TD Place Stadium. @Senators @CanadiensMTL #ottnews twitter.com/NHL/status/930…

  14-11-2017 21:11 via twitter.com
  Classic jerseys for the #NHL100 Classic game next month at TD Place Stadium. @Senators @CanadiensMTL #ottnews twitter.com/NHL/status/930…
  
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• Scotiabank NHL100 Classic Jersey - Ottawa Senators (press release) (blog)

  14-11-2017 21:06
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  We wanted to create a jersey that inspires our fans and is a celebration of this once-in-a-lifetime event taking place in the Heart of the Nation. Ottawa's hockey history has a strong and storied association to the striping pattern and we wanted our ...and more »
  
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• How do you feel about the jerseys the #Sens will wear for the NHL 100 Classic vs Montreal? #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…

  14-11-2017 21:04 via twitter.com
  How do you feel about the jerseys the #Sens will wear for the NHL 100 Classic vs Montreal? #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…
  
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• Ottawa looking at 15 per cent ethanol blend in gasoline - National Post

  14-11-2017 20:36
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  Ottawa looking at 15 per cent ethanol blend in gasoline
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  OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to increase the amount of ethanol that can be blended into Canadian gasoline by 50 per cent, part of a larger effort to increase the use of low-carbon fuels across the country. Under current regulations ...
  
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• Three people charged in convenience store robbery: 1310news.com/2017/11/14/sus… #ottnews

  14-11-2017 20:32 via twitter.com
  Three people charged in convenience store robbery: 1310news.com/2017/11/14/sus… #ottnews
  
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• Poppy funds stolen from #Pembroke convenience stores 1310news.com/2017/11/14/pop…

  14-11-2017 20:13 via twitter.com
  Poppy funds stolen from #Pembroke convenience stores 1310news.com/2017/11/14/pop…
  
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• Forbes: Military spouses are the real heroes

  14-11-2017 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  They could be all around you. They may live on your street or in your neighbourhood. There are two on our street and two more who were once part of the group. You may run into them in the grocery store or the gym. Who are these strange creatures?
  They are military spouses, of either gender. They are the real heroines and heroes behind so many of our military personnel and veterans. In this period of remembrance, they, too, must be remembered and honoured.
  We saw, of course, the Silver Cross
  
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• Leave ice rescues to the professionals: Fire department

  14-11-2017 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  While videos of pet and wildlife rescues go viral on social media, they can be dangerous for would-be heroes, the fire department warns.
  “We strongly encourage animal lovers to call 911 rather than put themselves in harm’s way,” Ottawa Fire Services said in a release.
  “Venturing on ice that is unsafe can lead to very dangerous consequences for the rescuer. OFS also advocates for prevention by reminding pet owners to keep their pets on a leash when walking near waterw
  
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• Sousa to unveil tax cuts for small businesses in budget update

  14-11-2017 19:48
  Ontario’s finance minister is set to deliver an election-ready fiscal update that will give businesses with fewer than 100 employees tax breaks to offset a higher minimum wage, the Star has learned.
  
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• Three Ottawa men charged in convenience store robbery

  14-11-2017 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have charged three men in relation to a convenience store robbery Sunday in south Ottawa.
  Police said two men entered the store located along Tapiola Crescent near Johnston Road, and demanded cash and cigarettes. The two were given an undisclosed amount of cash and some cigarettes and fled the store to a vehicle that was waiting nearby, before speeding away from the scene.
  The clerk was not injured.
  A police investigation into the incident led to the location of the vehicle.
  Police
  
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• Three Ottawa men charged in convenience store robbery | Ottawa ... - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 19:39
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  Three Ottawa men charged in convenience store robbery | Ottawa ...
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  Ottawa police have charged three men in relation to a convenience store robbery Sunday in south Ottawa.Police said two men entered the store located along ...and more »
  
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• Three Ottawa men charged in convenience store robbery - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 19:39
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  Three Ottawa men charged in convenience store robbery
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  Ottawa police have charged three men in relation to a convenience store robbery Sunday in south Ottawa. Police said two men entered the store located along Tapiola Crescent near Johnston Road, and demanded cash and cigarettes. The two were given an ...
  
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• Omnitrax files NAFTA claim against Ottawa, threatens $150M suit - Winnipeg Free Press

  14-11-2017 18:38
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  Omnitrax files NAFTA claim against Ottawa, threatens $150M suit
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  OTTAWA — Omnitrax has launched a trade complaint against Ottawa, claiming federal policies sabotaged the rail line to Churchill and its port. In a claim filed Tuesday under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Omnitrax says it will sue the ...and more »
  
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• Still ahead at 12:30: @Salvation_Army Booth Centre Marc Provost joins @_marksutcliffe live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  Still ahead at 12:30: @Salvation_Army Booth Centre Marc Provost joins @_marksutcliffe live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@hydroottawa has lights back on for all but 103 cust. in Orleans affected by late morning outage. Crews doing emer… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 18:11 via twitter.com
  .@hydroottawa has lights back on for all but 103 cust. in Orleans affected by late morning outage. Crews doing emer… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• French and Italian firms to submit joint bid on Canadian Surface Combatant

  14-11-2017 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fincantieri of Italy and Naval Group of France have confirmed they will jointly bid the FREMM frigate for the Canadian Surface Combatant program.
  Bids are due on Nov. 30.
  Fincantieri General Manager Alberto Maestrini told analysts of the joint bid in a Nov. 10 teleconference.
  CSC will see the construction of 15 new warships.
  Maestrini also said the FREMM frigate would be well-suited for another pending program, according to a report in Defense News. “We think it will also match perfectly t
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @rick_gibbons joins @_marksutcliffe to chat about his new show --- The Rick Gibbons Show ---… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @rick_gibbons joins @_marksutcliffe to chat about his new show --- The Rick Gibbons Show ---… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at noon: @wickdchiq & @JLMadigan join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at noon: @wickdchiq & @JLMadigan join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gatineau girl's sex assault complaints lead police to massive child porn cache

  14-11-2017 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have arrested a 46-year-old Gatineau resident who was allegedly in possession of nearly 10,000 pornography digital files.
  Police said Tuesday the investigation began after a girl confessed to her mother that a man had touched her inappropriately.
  The searches that followed led police to discover nearly 10,000 digital photographs and more than 400 videos exposing various children, including the victim.
  Police said the accused knew the victim and the alleged assaults took place over a one-y
  
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• Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/vDGknsjFyz

  14-11-2017 17:22 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/vDGknsjFyz
  
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• Edmonton folk-rocker VISSIA launches her own label

  14-11-2017 17:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alex Vissia (who performs as VISSIA) just released a new album, Place Holder  — a personal folk-rock record she feels is her best yet.
  The 28-year-old musician grew up in Stony Plain, Alta., starting piano lessons at five, then adding guitar and voice, and forming a successful country-folk trio with her two sisters in 2000. They played together at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the Vancouver Olympics and earned two nominations at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.Vissia struck ou
  
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• Edmonton folk-rocker VISSIA launches her own label - Ottawa Citizen

  14-11-2017 17:20
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  Edmonton folk-rocker VISSIA launches her own label
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  Alex Vissia (right) and Nich Davies will be in Ottawa on Nov. 17 to promote VISSIA, their first release under their new label, Hurry Hard Records. Ian Kucerak / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. Alex Vissia (who performs as VISSIA) just released a ...
  
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• .@PoliceGatineau arrest & charge 46 y.o. man in child sex assault/pornography investigation. 10,000 images recovere… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  .@PoliceGatineau arrest & charge 46 y.o. man in child sex assault/pornography investigation. 10,000 images recovere… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cohen: Here's why Joe Biden should be the next U.S. president

  14-11-2017 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A year after the election of Donald Trump, a year before the mid-term congressional elections, the presidential campaign of 2020 has begun. This is the way in the United States.
  Among Democrats, it is still talk. No one has declared. Among governors, the prospects include Andrew Cuomo and Terry McAuliffe. Among senators, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Bernie Sanders. Maybe Mark Cuban, the billionaire businessman. Or a dark horse.
  There is no frontrunner, as Al Gore was in 2000 and Hill
  
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• Suspended driver drunk and going nearly double speed limit: OPP

  14-11-2017 16:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP officers patrolling Highway 401 near Mallorytown spotted a westbound vehicle traveling at 92 km/h over the 100 km/h speed limit early on the morning of Nov. 10.
  But when they pulled the Ottawa motorist over at about 4 a.m. in Front of Yonge Township, “investigation revealed that the driver was suspended and impaired by alcohol,” Leeds County OPP reports.
  Denis Lapensée, 30, is to appear in court in Brockville Dec. 15 facing charges of impaired driving, driving with more th
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @dobsondrew of @SOSVanier on why the group opposes proposed #SalvationArmy mega-shelter in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 16:36 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @dobsondrew of @SOSVanier on why the group opposesproposed #SalvationArmy mega-shelter in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Power out for 2323 @HydroOttawa customers in Jeanne D'Arc/ St-Joseph/ Belcourt, Frank Benders area Cause under inv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 16:32 via twitter.com
  Power out for 2323 @HydroOttawa customers in Jeanne D'Arc/ St-Joseph/ Belcourt, Frank Benders areaCause under inv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Salvation Army proposal for Vanier draws over 150 deputations to city hall

  14-11-2017 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 150 people signed up to address council’s planning committee on the Salvation Army’s application to build a shelter and health complex, making it one of the most high-profile municipal issues in Mayor Jim Watson’s administration.
  The committee, which is taking the rare step of meeting in council chambers, could take up to three days to hear all the delegates.
  The Salvation Army wants to build a shelter and health facility at 333 Montreal Rd., where the Concorde Motel
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @ipoliticsca https://t.co/b8EU1ODH2M

  14-11-2017 16:22 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @ipoliticsca https://t.co/b8EU1ODH2M
  
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