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• 'This is the wrong place for it': Salvation Army shelter bid faces more backlash at planning committee

  15-11-2017 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’ll be “anything goes” on Ottawa’s beloved traditional mainstreets if a new homeless shelter on Montreal Road is approved, councillors heard Wednesday.
  It was the planning committee’s second day of public hearings regarding the Salvation Army’s plan to move its George Street shelter to Vanier.
  Montreal Road is designated as a traditional mainstreet and that underpins much of the opposition to the current proposal.
  Attention was also paid to a 2008 study that
  
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• Twin Flames bring their warmth to Canadian Folk Music Awards

  15-11-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s nothing like a deadline to light Twin Flames’ creative fire.Last spring, the Ottawa-based duo was still on a roll from winning a 2016 Canadian Folk Music Award as the year’s best aboriginal songwriters, and singer-songwriters Chelsey June and Jaaji decided they didn’t want to miss out on another shot at taking home the CFMA hardware.
  The problem? They had to have a new record released by mid-June. It was the end of May before they could get into the studio.“
  
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• Canadian Folk Music Awards at a glance

  15-11-2017 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  13th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards
  Mission: To celebrate and promote Canadian folk music in all its forms
  Number of nominees: 75
  Number of categories: 20
  Most nominations: Nova Scotia’s Cassie and Maggie (4), Victoria’s Stephen Fearing (4), Ottawa’s Twin Flames (3), St. John’s Amelia Curran (3), Toronto’s Oh Susanna (3)
  Nominees with roots in Ottawa area: Twin Flames, Jim Bryson, Jenny Whiteley, Leif Vollebekk, Kobo Town
  Awards gala: Nov. 18-19, Bronson Centre,
  
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• The case of Ottawa's missing bike lane

  15-11-2017 23:40
  Bad communication not bad planning appears to be the culprit.
  
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• Opinion: Trudeau government’s rhetoric on peacekeeping has priority over action

  15-11-2017 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Walter Dorn
  Defence Watch Guest Writer
  Despite hosting the largest assembly ever of defence ministers on peacekeeping, the Canadian government is once again letting down the world by continuing to delay contributing its forces to UN peacekeeping.
  The day before the conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted that Canada’s ministerial pledge would provide “maximal positive impact, not just for Canadian contributions but for all peacekeepers.”
  What an overstatement! 
  
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• Reevely: After 10 years, Ottawa's top public-health doctor leaves with drug policy transformed, much left to do

  15-11-2017 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dr. Isra Levy became the city’s top public-health doc a decade ago, amid an ugly public dispute over giving out clean needles and crack pipes to drug users.
  Levy’s predecessor Dr. David Salisbury all but stomped off the job after just a couple of years, exasperated by politicians who insisted on putting politics ahead of science. Salisbury insisted harm-reduction programs like clean needles kept diseases from spreading and kept people alive. Politicians wanted one-for-one needle exch
  
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• Trudeau government’s rhetoric on peacekeeping has priority over action- opinion piece

  15-11-2017 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Walter Dorn
  Defence Watch Guest Writer
  Despite hosting the largest assembly ever of defence ministers on peacekeeping, the Canadian government is once again letting down the world by continuing to delay contributing its forces to UN peacekeeping.
  The day before the conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted that Canada’s ministerial pledge would provide “maximal positive impact, not just for Canadian contributions but for all peacekeepers.”
  What an overstatement! 
  
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• Algonquin Students' Association takes management's side in bitter faculty strike

  15-11-2017 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Algonquin Students’ Association has broken its neutrality in the bitter faculty strike in order to support college management.
  The association has spent $20,000 on TV and radio ads aimed at faculty, urging them to vote “yes” to an offer from the colleges.
  Association president Victoria Ventura says she speaks “on behalf of thousands of students” affected by the strike that began Oct. 16.
  “We respect the faculty and we have tried to respect the process,&rdq
  
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• Reevely: After 10 years, Ottawa's top public-health doctor leaves with drug policy transformed, and much left to do

  15-11-2017 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dr. Isra Levy became the city’s top public-health doc a decade ago, amid an ugly public dispute over giving out clean needles and crack pipes to drug users.
  Levy’s predecessor Dr. David Salisbury all but stomped off the job after just a couple of years, exasperated by politicians who insisted on putting politics ahead of science. Salisbury insisted harm-reduction programs like clean needles kept diseases from spreading and kept people alive. Politicians wanted one-for-one needle exch
  
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• Federal inmate wanted on Canada Wide Warrant my be in the Ottawa area. OPP ROPE Squad looking for Kevin Lamoureux,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 22:55 via twitter.com
  Federal inmate wanted on Canada Wide Warrant my be in the Ottawa area. OPP ROPE Squad looking for Kevin Lamoureux,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario exempts municipalities from costly workplace bill provisions

  15-11-2017 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario municipalities will be exempt from some provisions of the province’s controversial workplace standards bill.
  Bill 148, more commonly known as the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, has been controversial for many of its inclusions, among them an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
  The bill also targets contract, part-time and on-call workers, including volunteer firefighters, contract workers and those on internships, and requires employers to schedule those workers a mini
  
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• At Les Brasseurs du Temps, a mini-festival of jazz will set Hull swinging again

  15-11-2017 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The exuberantly named mini-festival Jazz Jazz Jazz will fill the large private room of Hull craft brewery Les Brasseurs du Temps with different flavours of jazz tonight through Sunday. There will also be a discussion Saturday afternoon of Hull’s golden years of jazz, marked the pre-Beatles days when thousands of people went out nightly to enjoy the biggest names in jazz. Gatineau promoter and bandleader Jean-Pierre Moisan, who has researched the topic, discusses below those glory days
  
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• Jail time for Ottawa chocolatier who sexually assaulted teenage employee

  15-11-2017 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa chocolate shop owner who forced himself on a teen employee — kissing, hugging and holding her without consent —  will serve four months in jail for his crimes.
  Omar Fares, who repeatedly found ways to sexualize his workplace encounters with his teen victim, was sentenced to jail time and three years of probation Friday for the sexual assault. The assault occurred in March 2016, while the high-school employee, then 17, was working at Fares’ Wellington West cafe, A
  
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• One dead in 417 crash near Vankleek Hill ow.ly/yDNB30gBx5y #ottnews https://t.co/9TUKEJb3el

  15-11-2017 21:26 via twitter.com
  
  One dead in 417 crash near Vankleek Hill ow.ly/yDNB30gBx5y#ottnews https://t.co/9TUKEJb3el
  
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• Lights! Camera! Locomotives! Science and Tech Museum reopens after three-year reconstruction

  15-11-2017 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Something old, something new, even some things that are borrowed. That’s the rebuilt, $80-million Canada Science and Technology Museum for you.
  It looks different from way across the parking lot and the lawn beyond — a colourful glow of moving pictures that surround the entrance, telling visitors to buckle up for a new experience.
  And yet it will feel familiar, in places. Given three years to re-make everything from the ground up after demolishing the decrepit old building, managemen
  
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• Science and Technology Museum set to reopen after 80 million dollars in renovations ow.ly/cmyv30gBuTI… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 20:58 via twitter.com
  Science and Technology Museum set to reopen after 80 million dollars in renovations ow.ly/cmyv30gBuTI… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Salvation Army plan a solid contribution to helping the homeless

  15-11-2017 20:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is unfortunate that the discussion surrounding the Salvation Army’s proposed community hub in Vanier has become so acrimonious within our city, spawning a debate over which model or approach is the right one. The reality is that issues surrounding some of our city’s most vulnerable are multi-faceted, involving many factors and real people, with complex problems.
  Collectively, our many staff members and volunteers work every day and night in order to keep people alive and functioni
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by tractor-trailer near Vankleek Hill

  15-11-2017 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Highway 417 near Vankleek Hill Wednesday morning.
  Hawkesbury OPP reports that the crash happened in Champlain Township at about 11 a.m.
  The eastbound lanes of the highway are closed at Highway 34 and detours were expected to be in place for hours, the OPP said early Wednesday afternoon.
  OPP technical traffic collision investigators were heading to the scene to help.
  UPDATE: ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy417 EB at Hwy34 #VankleekHill &ndash
  
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• #ICYMI: Six months after the #Ottawa River floods, some residents still can't return home. Listen to our three-par… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: Six months after the #Ottawa River floods, some residents still can't return home.Listen to our three-par… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Going out best bets, Nov. 16 to 22

  15-11-2017 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Film
  Southam Hall will become a rep theatre with a difference Thursday through Saturday nights when the National Arts Centre Orchestra under Jack Everly’s direction accompanies screenings of the classic 1951 musical An American in Paris. Featuring much-loved songs by George Gershwin and the unsurpassed dancing of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, the romantic film won six Oscars in its day. Performances are at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets starting at $25 are available at nac-cna.ca or at the
  
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• NAC Presents: Globe-trotting Montreal collective Nomadic Massive

  15-11-2017 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nicolas Palacios-Hardy, a.k.a. Butta Beats, seems the perfect representation of Nomadic Massive, the heavily populated Montreal collective that celebrates a unique strain of multicultural hip-hop.He was born in Toronto to Argentine parents who made their way to Canada after fleeing the Dirty War in their homeland. Because his father worked for the Canadian International Development Agency, Palacios-Hardy lived throughout the world while growing up.
  In his preteens, the future beat-boxer began t
  
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• Federal offender on the lam known to frequent Ottawa

  15-11-2017 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP’s ROPE squad is hunting for a federal offender who’s unlawfully at large and wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
  Kevin Lamoureux, 37, is described as Aboriginal, five feet nine inches tall, weighing 200 pounds.
  He has a tattoo on his neck of hands clasped in prayer with the inscription “Only God can judge.” He has scars on his forehead, right temple and left hand.
  He was serving a 30-month sentence for break and enter, possession of a weapon,
  
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• OPP warn of rental scam involving #Kemptville home: 1310news.com/2017/11/15/opp… #ottnews

  15-11-2017 19:29 via twitter.com
  OPP warn of rental scam involving #Kemptville home: 1310news.com/2017/11/15/opp… #ottnews
  
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• Hard Rock Casino request for more table games okayed by committee

  15-11-2017 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A committee of adjustment panel on Wednesday approved Hard Rock Casino Ottawa’s request to add 14 table games to the maximum number allowed at the Albion Road facility.
  The panel took about an hour to make a decision after hearing arguments from Hard Rock’s consultants and a few public delegates.
  Hard Rock can now have 35 tables games, such as roulette and blackjack, in its casino operation at the former Rideau Carleton Raceway, in addition to the 1,250 slot machines.
  City council ma
  
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• Poppy fund theft 'bothers me to my core' so Westboro store launches Legion fundraiser

  15-11-2017 19:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Westboro business has launched an online fundraiser for the neighbourhood’s Legion branch after a thief allegedly made off with poppy boxes from local businesses – on Remembrance Day, no less.
  Great Escape Outfitters posted surveillance images captured Saturday on social media hoping that tipsters would call Ottawa police. Then on Tuesday, manager Greg Boyle created a digital poppy drive for the Branch 480 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Westboro aiming to raise at least $1,000.
  Bo
  
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• Watch: Full five-hour Borutski interrogation

  15-11-2017 19:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Sept. 23, 2015, the day after Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam were killed, the Ontario Provincial Police interrogated Basil Borutski. The following nine videos show the entire five-hour interrogation that occurred. The language and content of these videos may be disturbing to some viewers. 
  Part Two: “I want you to look into the past charges against me by those women and I want you to give me that proper investigation. From the point of view of what really h
  
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• Today's letters: Salvation Army shelter, Remembrance Day holiday

  15-11-2017 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s room in Rockcliffe for this shelter
  Re: Dozens line up to oppose Vanier shelter, Nov. 15.
  I’ve been following the debate about the controversial Salvation Army homelessness project in Vanier and I have a suggestion that just might be helpful. Rather than build the 350-bed facility in Vanier, why not build it in Rockcliffe Park? There’s much more room there and plenty of fresh air.
  Gene Sauvé, Gatineau
  These shelters are not the same
  Re: Why I support the Salvatio
  
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• #hwy417 fatal crash near #VankleekHill involving transport & pedestrian. Eastbound 417 Highway closed @ Hwy 34 #ottnews

  15-11-2017 18:48 via twitter.com
  #hwy417 fatal crash near #VankleekHill involving transport & pedestrian. Eastbound 417 Highway closed @ Hwy 34 #ottnews
  
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• STORY: Canada offers UN helicopters, planes, trainers; no decision on where ow.ly/jz9z30gBi4p #cdnpoli https://t.co/LHbF8sh0pX

  15-11-2017 18:33 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Canada offers UN helicopters, planes, trainers; no decision on where ow.ly/jz9z30gBi4p #cdnpoli https://t.co/LHbF8sh0pX
  
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• BREAKING: The federal government is offering helicopters, aircraft and a 200-strong rapid-response team of soldiers… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 18:29 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: The federal government is offering helicopters, aircraft and a 200-strong rapid-response team of soldiers… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Still ahead: Rick Hansen joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #WeDay, Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 18:22 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: Rick Hansen joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #WeDay, Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs#ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario to provide municipalities with some exemptions to costly workplace bill

  15-11-2017 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario government has sent a letter to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario promising to exempt municipalities from some aspects of the controversial workplace standards bill that could have proven extremely costly for cities and towns.
  The letter, sent Tuesday evening and signed by Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Mauro and Labour Minister Kevin Flynn, is in response to criticism from the Association about the amount of extra money Bill 148 could cost them.
  The bill targets con
  
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• TRAFFIC: All lanes CLOSED on EB HWY 417 in Vankleek Hill due to a collision. Detour via HWY 34 N to Barb Rd. twitter.com/511ONEastern/s…

  15-11-2017 18:04 via twitter.com
  TRAFFIC: All lanes CLOSED on EB HWY 417 in Vankleek Hill due to a collision. Detour via HWY 34 N to Barb Rd. twitter.com/511ONEastern/s…
  
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• Trottier: Did Trump's Korea visit make things better or worse?

  15-11-2017 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two major objectives of President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Asia were to impress upon North Korea that if it does not end its nuclear program it will face U.S. military might, and to persuade regional countries to toughen their stand on North Korea. Prior to the trip, diplomacy was on the back burner; a premium was placed on the display of force.
  Yet for most of his trip, Trump was more restrained than usual. On Nov. 7, he said that he saw progress on the diplomatic front, a different
  
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• #otttraffic #HWY417 Lanes re-opened. twitter.com/511Ontario/sta…

  15-11-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  #otttraffic #HWY417 Lanes re-opened. twitter.com/511Ontario/sta…
  
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• Marketplace: Find unique, local, handmade treasures at Baz'Art

  15-11-2017 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  For all those hard-to-shop-for people on your Christmas list, head to Orléans Nov. 25 and 26 to check out Baz’Art, an annual pop-up sale of unique, handmade items created by local and region artisans. The market runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Here is a glimpse of what you’ll find.
  Mixed media collage by Becca Wallace.
  Becca Wallace’s fine art photography and mixed media collages are whimsical and colourful — and often depict vintage toys.
  
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• Dining Out: Delights are in the details at splurge-worthy Stofa

  15-11-2017 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Stofa1356 Wellington St. W., 613-722-6555, stofarestaurant.com
  Open: Tuesday to Saturday: 5:30 to 9:45 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday
  Prices: starters $13 to $20, mains $25 to $35
  Access: steps to front door, washrooms upstairs
  At Stofa, which opened in early October on Wellington Street West, the name is Nordic, even if the food is markedly less so.
  That’s a discrepancy that can be easily overlooked, though, given the refined pleasures of chef-owner Jason Sawision’s best dishes
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: #WeDay speaker @spencer2thewest joins @_MarkSutcliffe: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @WEMovement… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: #WeDay speaker @spencer2thewest joins @_MarkSutcliffe: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @WEMovement… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at NOON: @TerryLake16 & @miketherien join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at NOON: @TerryLake16 & @miketherien join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek suspects in east end business break-in

  15-11-2017 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking down two men in connection with a Nov. 4 break-and-enter at an east-end business.
  Police said the break-in occurred at about 8 p.m. at an unidentified commercial business on the 2300 block of St. Laurent Boulevard.
  Security video caught two men leaving a van with pry bars, which they used to break in.
  Police said the suspects removed some unspecified items from the premises.
  The driver of the van is described as Caucasian, about five feet 1
  
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• 'Well-known' women's basketball coach charged with second sex assault

  15-11-2017 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 62-year-old Ottawa man who police say is a “well-known” coach and personal trainer in the women’s basketball community is accused of sexually assaulting a second girl during a massage. 
  Dejan “Dean” Tanasijevic is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and sexual interference, police said Wednesday.
  Investigators with the sexual assault and child abuse section allege that while training the girl, who was under 18, he sexually assaulted her during a
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie discusses #Canadian #peacekeeping ahead of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 17:22 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie discusses #Canadian #peacekeeping ahead of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa basketball coach facing more sex charges - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  15-11-2017 17:17 via cbc.ca
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  A well-known Ottawa basketball coach and personal trainer is facing another sexual assault charge, and Ottawa police fear there could be more victims.and more »
  
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• Ottawa basketball coach facing more sex charges - CBC.ca

  15-11-2017 17:17 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa basketball coach facing more sex charges
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  A well-known Ottawa basketball coach and personal trainer is facing another sexual assault charge, and Ottawa police fear there could be more victims. Dejan "Dean" Tanasijevic, 62, is accused of sexually assaulting a female athlete under the age of 18 ...and more »
  
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• #otttraffic twitter.com/511Ontario/sta…

  15-11-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 11: #TheWorld w/ Prof. Elliot Tepper in studio for weekly segment bit.ly/1uwtdOs #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:#TheWorld w/ Prof. Elliot Tepperin studio for weekly segmentbit.ly/1uwtdOs#ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• RCAF drone project gets new name but proposed purchase still being studied after more than a decade

  15-11-2017 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Canadian Air Force’s Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System or JUSTAS is currently in the options analysis phase, the RCAF announced Tuesday.
  Some might not consider that news. JUSTAS was endorsed by the military’s Senior Review Board in October 2000. The examination of uninhabited aerial vehicles for Canada has been ongoing since 2001.
  In 2007 the Canadian Forces noted that JUSTAS had officially entered its options analysis phase. Options analysis a
  
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• Inaugural Ottawa film festival rocks outdoor adventure

  15-11-2017 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  This region has been exploring and filming outdoor adventures since the days of Bill Mason walking on water with his Chestnut canoe.
  Now, the world is about to discover the tradition of adventure films with an Ottawa twist.
  On Nov. 18-19 at the Mayfair Theatre, a couple of ambitious outdoor film producers are launching the inaugural Ottawa Adventure Film Festival (OAFF) — they hope to make it an annual affair.
  The screenings are Saturday and Sunday from 12-3 p.m. with an after-party at the
  
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• Weather: Enjoy a little sun before the rain rolls in

  15-11-2017 14:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rain is in the forecast for Wednesday night so be sure to soak up some morning sunshine.
  Environment Canada says Ottawa can expect the clouds to start rolling in near noon with a high of 4 C. Periods of rain start by late evening and last through the morning with a low of 2 C.
  As an aside, Environment Canada has lifted the smog warning for Gatineau. The smog is largely due to wood-burning heating systems, the agency said.
  For Thursday, there’s a 40 per cent chance of daytime showers, a hig
  
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• POLL: How should students be refunded for time missed during the Ontario Colleges strike? bit.ly/2ijD1zP #collegestrike

  15-11-2017 13:52 via twitter.com
  POLL: How should students be refunded for time missed during the Ontario Colleges strike? bit.ly/2ijD1zP #collegestrike
  
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