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• Kanata man charged with child porn possession

  16-11-2017 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kanata man has been charged with possession of child pornography after police executed a search warrant at his home Thursday.
  Ottawa police were acting on a tip from the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre, which had received information from the U.S.-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. 
  The report indicated that an IP address in the Ottawa area had been used to upload an image of child pornography. 
  The Ottawa police obtained a pro
  
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• City prepping for Lyft application, after successful year with Uber

  16-11-2017 23:55
  Critics question Uber's spotless record as another rideshare could move to town.
  
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• New technology in Ottawa could take the guesswork out of red lights

  16-11-2017 23:43
  Twelve intersections along Hunt Club Road have been the site of tests for new technology which hooks up cars to the traffic light system.
  
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• Kanata man charged with child porn possession - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2017 23:27
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  A Kanata man has been charged with possession of child pornography after police executed a search warrant at his home Thursday. Andrew Duffy More from Andrew Duffy. Published on: November 16, 2017 | Last Updated: November 16, 2017 5:56 PM EST.and more »
  
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• Honours for uOttawa grad who invented famous skin cream

  16-11-2017 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Every tube of skin cream with AHA, the wildly popular anti-wrinkle ingredient, exists because of a half-starved boy in wartime Taiwan who travelled to university in Ottawa and went on to fortune.
  Now Ruey Yu, one of two researchers who together invented AHA skin cream, is telling the story of his journey from a childhood where he hunted rodents to eat, through 1960s Sandy Hill, on to modern-day American success.
  The University of Ottawa granted Yu an honorary doctorate Tuesday in Horsham, Pennsy
  
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• Lyme disease hit record levels in 2017, next year likely to be worse, health officials warn

  16-11-2017 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last year was a record-breaking year for reported cases of Lyme disease in the nation’s capital and things are likely to get worse, according to health experts.
  Ottawa Public Health says 168 cases have already been reported this year, more than double the 74 cases reported in all of 2016.
  In 2007, the city only saw two reported cases of the disease, which can cause severe headaches and neck stiffness and possibly even paralysis if left untreated.
  Due to global warming, 2018 is likely
  
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• Honours for uOttawa grad who invented famous skin cream - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2017 22:58
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  Dr. Ruey Yu (middle) with University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont (L) and Steve Perry, dean of the Faculty of Science. Photo by Jean Valentin). Share Adjust Comment Print. Every tube of skin cream with AHA, the wildly popular anti-wrinkle ...
  
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• Updated: Union rejoices after striking Ontario college faculty reject management offer

  16-11-2017 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  After Ontario college faculty voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to reject a contract offer from management, Premier Kathleen Wynne stepped in quickly to try to end the bitter strike.
  Wynne met with representatives from both union and management to discuss ways to immediately end the labour dispute that is now in its fifth week.
  The Toronto Star reported Thursday afternoon that bargaining had resumed after the meeting. Neither the union nor management would confirm that was the case, saying there
  
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• Going to the Grey Cup? Don't Drive

  16-11-2017 22:45
  Planners hoping people will take, transit, walk, cycle anything but drive.
  
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• OSEG has a familiar plan to get fans moving during Grey Cup week

  16-11-2017 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Grey Cup transportation mantra is one that fans of the Ottawa Redblacks know by heart.
  DON’T drive to Lansdowne, except via park and ride. DO take a free bus.
  That message is amplified for Grey Cup week, with an influx of several thousand out-of-town fans and 12,000 or so extra seats in place for the Cup game at TD Place on Sunday, Nov. 26.
  Bernie Ashe, CEO of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), unveiled the transport plan Thursday.
  “The challenge is, how do we scal
  
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• Mitel, Shopify lead Ottawa firms in R&D spending - Ottawa Business Journal

  16-11-2017 22:35
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  Mitel, Shopify lead Ottawa firms in R&D spending
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  Five Ottawa firms were among the top 100 Canadian R&D spenders in 2016, according to the latest annual report released by Research Infosource. Mitel led the local crop in 24th place, spending $129 million in R&D in fiscal 2016. That's a slight drop ...and more »
  
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• UPDATE: Outstanding transactions at Phoenix pay centre surpass 500,000, says minister ow.ly/qlnF30gDbZb… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 22:29 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Outstanding transactions at Phoenix pay centre surpass 500,000, says minister ow.ly/qlnF30gDbZb… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #UPDATE The minister responsible for the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system says a backlog of outstanding transact… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 22:26 via twitter.com
  #UPDATEThe minister responsible for the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system says a backlog of outstanding transact… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian rocker Bryan Adams performing at Senators outdoor game ow.ly/DMqo30gDaqR #ottnews https://t.co/4srHiRn4p1

  16-11-2017 22:23 via twitter.com
  
  Canadian rocker Bryan Adams performing at Senators outdoor gameow.ly/DMqo30gDaqR#ottnews https://t.co/4srHiRn4p1
  
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• Ottawa police charge Gatineau man, teenaged girl with human trafficking - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2017 22:11
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  Ottawa police charge Gatineau man, teenaged girl with human trafficking
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  Ottawa police have charged a Gatineau man and a teenaged girl in an investigation into human trafficking. Police said Thursday they launched an investigation after they were approached in September by a young woman who said a human trafficking ring ...
  Quebec man, teen girl face human trafficking charges in OttawaCTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Ottawa police charge Gatineau man, teenaged girl with human ... - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2017 22:11
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  Ottawa police charge Gatineau man, teenaged girl with human ...
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  Ottawa police have charged a Gatineau man and a teenaged girl in an investigation into human trafficking.Police said Thursday they launched an investigation ...
  Quebec man, teen girl face human trafficking charges in OttawaCTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Hydro One CEO says rate hike needed to keep the system stable ow.ly/7QxY30gD7lO #ontpoli https://t.co/aR9M6eGGTQ

  16-11-2017 22:11 via twitter.com
  
  Hydro One CEO says rate hike needed to keep the system stable ow.ly/7QxY30gD7lO#ontpoli https://t.co/aR9M6eGGTQ
  
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• Uber rival Lyft eyeing Ottawa - Ottawa - CBC News - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  16-11-2017 21:41
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  It's been one year since Uber became street legal in Ottawa; now ride-hailing rival Lyft could soon be rolling into town.
  Taxi boss 'floored' by city's treatment as Lyft looks to enter Ottawa ...Ottawa Citizenall 39 news articles »
  
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• Uber rival Lyft eyeing Ottawa - CBC.ca

  16-11-2017 21:41
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  Uber rival Lyft eyeing Ottawa
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  It's been one year since Uber became street legal in Ottawa; now a ride-hailing rival could be rolling into town. Lyft, founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, claims to be the fastest-growing on-demand transportation service in the United States ...
  Taxi boss 'floored' by city's treatment as Lyft looks to enter Ottawa ride marketOttawa Citizen
  Lyft looking to Ottawa for ride-sharing serviceCTV Newsall 39 news articles »
  
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• BREAKING: Republican Roy Moore is remaining in the Alabama Senate race. Moore is accusing GOP leader Mitch McConnel… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 21:40 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Republican Roy Moore is remaining in the Alabama Senate race. Moore is accusing GOP leader Mitch McConnel… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ICYMI: Blast of #winter forecast for #Ottawa this weekend: bit.ly/2mtJ61j #ottnews https://t.co/wihOadSHKr

  16-11-2017 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Blast of #winter forecast for #Ottawa this weekend: bit.ly/2mtJ61j#ottnews https://t.co/wihOadSHKr
  
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• #MLB pace changes will happen with or without union ow.ly/7eU430gD3iz https://t.co/h6cmdkJ8Qt

  16-11-2017 21:23 via twitter.com
  
  #MLB pace changes will happen with or without union ow.ly/7eU430gD3iz https://t.co/h6cmdkJ8Qt
  
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• Taxi boss 'floored' by city's treatment as Lyft looks to enter Ottawa ride market

  16-11-2017 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The local taxi industry is fuming over the city’s handling of a transportation bylaw as another major U.S. ride-ordering service eyes the Ottawa market.
  Bylaw Chief Roger Chapman confirmed on Thursday that Lyft has met with the city’s bylaw department about operating in the nation’s capital. The company, which is based in San Fransisco, announced earlier this week it would be expanding into Canada, starting with Toronto .
  Lyft, which, like Uber, works through a smartphone appli
  
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• Ottawa Fire has knocked down a blaze on Clonrush Way near Huntmar and Campeau in Stittsville. No injuries are reported. #ottnews

  16-11-2017 21:03 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Fire has knocked down a blaze on Clonrush Way near Huntmar and Campeau in Stittsville. No injuries are reported. #ottnews
  
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• Union rejoices after striking Ontario college faculty reject management offer

  16-11-2017 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The five-week strike at 24 Ontario colleges will continue after faculty voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer from management.
  After results of the vote were announced Thursday, Premier Kathleen Wynne said she would meet with representatives from both the colleges and the union to discuss how to immediately resolve the labour dispute.
  “Students have been in the middle of this strike for too long and it’s not fair,” she said in a statement.
  “We are look
  
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• UPDATE: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has ordered a media blackout on bargaining talks between both sides. twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  16-11-2017 20:55 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has ordered a media blackout on bargaining talks between both sides. twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• New child porn charges for Gatineau man charged with harassment

  16-11-2017 20:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man already charged with criminal harassment after a two-year dispute with youth protection workers in Gatineau has now been charged with child pornography offences.
  Denis Cronier, 53, was charged Thursday with possession of child porn and also having access to child porn.
  Cronier was originally arrested Oct. 26 after allegations he had been making death threats and other forms of harassment against Outaouais employees of the province’s Youth Protection Branch over a two-year period.
  He
  
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• Police seek suspect, second man in south end robbery

  16-11-2017 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance to track down suspects in a Sept. 15 robbery at clothing store in the south end.
  Police said a man entered the store around Bank and Alta Vista at about 6 p.m. asking for food and water. He didn’t appear threatening and was seated and given some food, when he noticed a cash transaction going on.
  He then warned that he had a knife, grabbed the unspecified amount of cash, then calmly walked out.
  There were no injuries.
  A witness said the suspect co
  
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• Why emergency shelters should get a failing grade

  16-11-2017 20:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Emergency shelters are always going to be a necessary part of the services offered to our fellow citizens who fall on hard times. They are meant to be a temporary stop on the way to getting people back on their feet.
  However, they have all too often become the default option for municipalities to manage their homeless population. As such, people who are chronically homeless constantly cycle in and out of shelters, stuck in this rotating door of misery with very little prospect of things get
  
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• Child-luring charges dropped against Carleton Place man

  16-11-2017 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Crown Attorney’s office has dropped all charges against a Carleton Place man who was arrested in 2014 in an online child-luring case.
  As part of an investigation involving the Ottawa Police Service’s internet child exploitation unit, an officer posed as a teen girl on a social media site. A man contacted the officer on the weekend and arranged a meeting for an ostensible sexual encounter. Police arrested him when he showed up at the meeting place.
  Collin S. Monette was acc
  
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• STORY: Transit plan for Grey Cup week unveiled ow.ly/sXMO30gCXT3 #ottnews #otttraffic @1310traffic https://t.co/L6r8Us5bUK

  16-11-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Transit plan for Grey Cup week unveiled ow.ly/sXMO30gCXT3#ottnews #otttraffic @1310traffic https://t.co/L6r8Us5bUK
  
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• Salvation Army shelter proposal: By the numbers

  16-11-2017 19:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  1908: Year the Salvation Army opened its first hostel in Ottawa.
  1963: Year it opened its current facility on George Street.
  333: The address on Montreal Road where the Salvation Army hopes to locate its multi-purpose facility for the homeless.
  7,170: Number of people who used an emergency shelter in Ottawa in 2016.
  140: Number of emergency beds proposed for the shelter.
  50: Number of beds planned for men in addiction and rehab.
  100: Number of beds proposed for men in a variety of other support
  
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• NATO to deliver more troops for Afghanistan as UN warns about increased drug production

  16-11-2017 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  NATO says it will be able to deliver on extra troops for the Afghan mission.
  U.S. Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander for Afghanistan, has called for more soldiers from NATO to be involved in training and advising Afghan security forces.
  There are around 13,000 military personnel, mainly involved in training Afghan forces.
  Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with The Associated Press that alliance nations will come through with extra troops and he expects troops l
  
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• Gatineau firefighters rescue person from Ottawa River

  16-11-2017 18:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau firefighters rescued a person from the Ottawa River Thursday afternoon.
  Emergency crews from both Ottawa and Gatineau were called to the river near the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge shortly after noon after a caller to 911 reported there was a person in the water trying to swim for shore.
  Ottawa and Gatineau fire services each launched rescue boats and Gatineau firefighters were able to rescue the person at about 12:30 p.m.
  Their condition is unknown.
  More to come
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: #Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 18:22 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: #Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Salvation Army's plan is an outdated way to help the homeless

  16-11-2017 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Based on annual counts of emergency shelter use, it is clear that Ottawa has not made progress in ending homelessness. Whereas in 2004 almost 6,600 individuals used shelters, in 2016 that number grew to more than 7,100. This increase, combined with longer shelter stays, has resulted in a dramatically higher demand for shelter beds.
  Ottawa finds itself at a crossroads in combatting homelessness. Down one road, it can commit to business as usual by continuing to fund residential treatment programs
  
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• .@OPSEU Statement on college faculty vote. 86% voted to reject offer #ottnews #collegestrike https://t.co/nbEyf21rfW

  16-11-2017 17:56 via twitter.com
  
  .@OPSEU Statement on college faculty vote. 86% voted to reject offer #ottnews #collegestrike https://t.co/nbEyf21rfW
  
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• Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action

  16-11-2017 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s striking college faculty have voted not to accept an offer that would have ended the nearly five-week job action.
  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the 12,000 workers, had recommended the colleges’ contract proposal be rejected.
  The strike, which involves college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians, began Oct. 15 and has left some 500,000 students out of class.
  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she will meet with college and uni
  
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• Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at NOON: @JulieBeun & @JulieBeun join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #PowerLUNCH at NOON: @JulieBeun & @JulieBeun join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in our weekly @OttawaCitizen segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 17:22 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in our weekly @OttawaCitizen segment:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• BREAKING STORY: Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 17:16 via twitter.com
  BREAKING STORY:Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• CTV's Melissa Lamb let go in 'restructuring'

  16-11-2017 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  CTV Morning Live weather host Melissa Lamb has been let go by the network, according to a post on her Facebook page.
  In a tearful phone interview Thursday morning, Lamb admitted she was still “heartbroken and in shock.” She said she learned of the decision on Wednesday morning, after returning from an assignment at the CHEO dream home in Manotick, and was blindsided by the news.
  “You plan your life and do as much good as you can. You give your all to a company, and in the long
  
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• BREAKING: Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action

  16-11-2017 17:12 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action
  
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• Tap water advisory lifted in Aylmer sector

  16-11-2017 17:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  A boil water advisory in the Aylmer area has been lifted after two days.
  The city of Gatineau has confirmed test results show the water is completely safe to consume. Residents are asked to follow certain steps before consuming their tap water again.
  They include:
  Keep the bath or shower hot and cold water taps open for 60 minutes.
  After that, open sink taps for five minutes.
  It is recommended that filters be changed in Brita or similar water filtration systems.
  If any odour lingers, contin
  
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• Nasal flu spray stocks in short supply, public health says

  16-11-2017 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Public Health is cautioning parents that it is running short of FluMist inhalable flu protection.
  FluMist, which is an inhalable version of the flu vaccine, is an alternative to receiving the vaccine through a needle.
  It is primarily offered to children.
  The health officials said more FluMist is on order and the city expects its supplies to be replenished by next week.
  In the meantime, the flu vaccine is available to residents in its injectable form.
   
  
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• Coming up at 11: @PaulDewar in studio to discuss his recent trip to Algeria/ Canada’s #peacekeeping plans… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-11-2017 16:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @PaulDewar in studio to discuss his recent trip to Algeria/ Canada’s #peacekeeping plans… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tap water advisory lifted for sector of Aylmer. #ottnews #Gatineau twitter.com/ville_gatineau…

  16-11-2017 16:40 via twitter.com
  Tap water advisory lifted for sector of Aylmer. #ottnews #Gatineau twitter.com/ville_gatineau…
  
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