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• 'It's amazing': 14-year-old Ottawa boy with prosthetic shines as hockey goaltender - Ottawa Sun

  18-11-2017 23:28
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  'It's amazing': 14-year-old Ottawa boy with prosthetic shines as hockey goaltender
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  An “able bodied” person is, technically, defined as someone who is strong and healthy with no physical disability. Spend a few minutes getting to know Gabe Ferron-Bouius, and you'll want to amend the definition. The 14-year-old Grade 9 student is ...
  
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• Family of 4 displaced after fire breaks out at Stittsville home - CBC.ca

  18-11-2017 23:21
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  Family of 4 displaced after fire breaks out at Stittsville home
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  Two adults and two children have been left temporarily homeless after fire broke out at a house in Stittsville Saturday afternoon. Fire crews were called to a bungalow at 27 Woodwind Cres. shortly after 2:30 p.m. following a 911 call, Ottawa Fire ...
  Family of four displaced after Stittsville blazeOttawa Citizenall 3 news articles »
  
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• Senators feel Coyotes' bite with loss in overtime - Ottawa Sun

  18-11-2017 23:08
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  Senators feel Coyotes' bite with loss in overtime
  Ottawa Sun
  Coyotes forward Anthony Duclair (10) watches as his shot rolls across the goal line after passing through the pads of Senators netminder Mike Condon, whose teammates Matt Duchene (95) and Cody Ceci (5) are helpless to intervene to prevent the on ...
  Game 18 Preview: Arizona Coyotes @ Ottawa SenatorsSilver Seven
  Arizona aims to start win streak in OttawaFive for Howling
  Arizona Coyotes vs. Ottawa Senators: NHL Odds, Pre
  
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• Family of four displaced after Stittsville blaze

  18-11-2017 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  A family of four has been displaced after a fire ripped through their Stittsville home on Saturday afternoon.
  Ottawa Fire Services received a 911 call around 2:30 p.m. reporting smoke at a home on 27 Woodwind Cres. After arriving, firefighters confirmed the exterior backside of the single-family bungalow was on fire, and extinguished the blaze about 13 minutes later. Crews continued to battle a fire in the attic and roof area of the home.
  The family — two adults and two children — ha
  
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• Support worker charged with sexual assault, sexual interference - CBC.ca

  18-11-2017 20:45
  Support worker charged with sexual assault, sexual interference
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  A personal support worker has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference, police say. The 55-year-old Ottawa man's arrest came following an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service's Sexual Assault and ...
  
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• 'Somebody please help me': Adrian Johnson ID'd as victim in fatal stabbing outside Market shelter

  18-11-2017 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Somebody please help me,” Adrian Johnson pleaded outside the Shepherds of Good Hope before he collapsed into the arms of a panhandler on the streets he called home, a fatal knife wound in his chest.
  Several witnesses outside the Murray Street shelter on Saturday described the gruesome scene and identified Johnson as the victim of the early morning stabbing. Police said Johnson, 45, was pronounced dead after he was rushed to hospital around 5 a.m. He is the city’s 13th hom
  
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• No other federal departments will be relocated to 101 Colonel By Drive – DND to remain its only tenant

  18-11-2017 19:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some sources at National Defence headquarters in downtown Ottawa have been suggesting that other federal government departments will move into the building at 101 Colonel By Drive and share the facility with the Department of National Defence. That’s because office space in the building will become available as military personnel and DND staff relocate to the new DND facility at the former Nortel complex in west end Ottawa.
  But Public Services and Procurement Canada has shot that idea down
  
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• Councillors 'disappointed' after committee approves Sally Ann shelter proposal

  18-11-2017 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two councillors who voted “no” to the Salvation Army’s controversial plan to build a new men’s homeless shelter in Vanier say they are “disappointed” by the file’s handling and the charity’s “failure to engage the community.” 
  The Salvation Army wants to build a 9,600-square-metre facility that includes a shelter, day programs, medical care, addiction services and administrative space. The 350-bed facility would replace the Co
  
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• Freezing rain warning in effect, then transition to snow overnight

  18-11-2017 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada is predicting  patchy freezing rain across eastern Ontario on Saturday afternoon.  After that ends, another round of freezing rain will develop this evening and persist for much of the night. 
  There’s a possible accumulation of several millimetres of ice. 
  Winds will become east at 20 km/hour around noon Saturday.  
  Freezing rain will slowly change to snow overnight as colder temperatures move in. Snowfall accumulation of 5 to 10 cm are poss
  
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• For Shrek musical, Orpheus to enlist some famous local cameos

  18-11-2017 18:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Thursday, a day before the latest musical by the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society was to open, the all-volunteer company was still looking for a few good cast members, the more famous the better.
  The parts up for grabs, says Jenn Donnelly, the director of the Orpheus production Shrek The Musical, are simple walk-on cameos that involve no spoken lines, never mind any singing. She’s hoping that Ottawa celebrities will step into the bit part, which also won’t involve wearing a costume
  
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• Man dead after stabbing near Byward Market - CBC.ca

  18-11-2017 18:17
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  Man dead after stabbing near Byward Market
  CBC.ca
  Ottawa police are investigating the city's 13th homicide of 2017 after a man was stabbed to death early this morning near the ByWard Market. Police were called to a stretch of King Edward Avenue between Murray and York streets at around 5 a.m. Saturday.
  One dead after Saturday morning stabbing near ByWard MarketCTV Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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• Police have reopened the section of Kind Edward at Murray and York that was closed for their investigation into the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 17:56 via twitter.com
  Police have reopened the section of Kind Edward at Murray and York that was closed for their investigation into the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Concert preview: J.J. Shiplett — "We don’t need any more fluff in music"

  18-11-2017 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Calgary singer-songwriter J.J. Shiplett has a theory about today’s country music: It’s all based on Tom Petty songs.“So much of what’s happening in country, roots, Americana, whatever you want to call it, is really some sort of weird adaptation of Tom Petty’s music,” Shiplett says. “He was known for simple, straightforward music and that’s basically what a lot of country is heading towards.”A decade or two ago, Shiplett’s rootsy, Spring
  
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• Game 18 Preview: Arizona Coyotes @ Ottawa Senators - Silver Seven

  18-11-2017 16:13
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  Game 18 Preview: Arizona Coyotes @ Ottawa Senators
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  The Arizona Coyotes are off to a historically bad start. Now over a month and a half into the regular season, they just picked up their first regulation win on Thursday, 5-4 against the Montreal Canadiens. The Senators, meanwhile, are currently on the ...
  Senators feel Coyotes' bite with loss in overtimeOttawa Sun
  Arizona aims to start win streak in OttawaFive for Howling
  Improving the Senators' Forward DepthThe Hockey
  
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• Planning Committee approves Salvation Army's proposal - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/pla… #ottnews https://t.co/KZI6bkHAPQ

  18-11-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  
  Planning Committee approves Salvation Army's proposal - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/pla… #ottnews https://t.co/KZI6bkHAPQ
  
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• Police investigate fatal stabbing outside Shepherds of Good Hope

  18-11-2017 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating after a man was stabbed to death outside the Shepherds of Good Hope near the ByWard Market early Saturday morning.
  The man was stabbed near the intersection of King Edward Avenue and Murray Street around 5 a.m.
  He was pronounced dead in hospital.
  No one is yet in custody, and police had yet to identify any witnesses or suspects.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Major Crimes at 613-236-1222 x 5493.
  The man’s death marks the city’s 13th h
  
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• Police investigate fatal stabbing outside Shepherds of Good Hope - Ottawa Citizen

  18-11-2017 15:46
  Ottawa Citizen
  Police investigate fatal stabbing outside Shepherds of Good Hope
  Ottawa Citizen
  A man was stabbed to death near King Edward and Murray early Saturday morning, November 18, 2017. It is Ottawa's 13th homicide of the year. Ashley Fraser, Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. Ottawa police are investigating after a man was stabbed ...
  Man dead after stabbing near Byward MarketCBC.caall 4 news articles »
  
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• Freezing rain warning in effect for Ottawa area | CTV Ottawa News - CTV News

  18-11-2017 15:40
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  Freezing rain warning in effect for Ottawa area | CTV Ottawa News
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  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Ottawa and the valley.
  Freezing rain warning issued for Ottawa-GatineauCBC.ca
  Freezing rain warning in effect, then transition to snow overnight ...Ottawa Citizenall 13 news articles »
  
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• Freezing rain warning in effect for Ottawa area - CTV News

  18-11-2017 15:40
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  Freezing rain warning in effect for Ottawa area
  CTV News
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Ottawa and the valley. Patchy freezing rain is expected to develop across Eastern Ontario, including the National Capital Region, sometime Saturday afternoon before intensifying later in the night.
  Environment Canada issues winter storm watch for Ottawa, Lanark CountyOttawa Citizen
  'Mixed bag' of snow, freezing rain to hit Ottawa this weekendCBC.caall 5 news articles 
  
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• UPDATE: Police investigate homicide in Lowertown - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/one… #ottnews https://t.co/fM8rJ06NoB

  18-11-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
  
  UPDATE: Police investigate homicide in Lowertown - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/one… #ottnews https://t.co/fM8rJ06NoB
  
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• An update from police on their investigations this morning, now confirming a man was stabbed to death, being invest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 14:52 via twitter.com
  An update from police on their investigations this morning, now confirming a man was stabbed to death, being invest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Santa Claus is coming to town today! - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/san… #ottnews https://t.co/erGVh3Vkfk

  18-11-2017 14:35 via twitter.com
  
  Santa Claus is coming to town today! - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/san… #ottnews https://t.co/erGVh3Vkfk
  
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• Yedlin: Ottawa reiterates support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion - Calgary Herald

  18-11-2017 14:01
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  Yedlin: Ottawa reiterates support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion
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  Jim Carr, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, delivers a statement on TransCanada Pipelines' decision to cancel the Energy East Pipeline project on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS.
  
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• Hurtubise: Imagine your life without a proper bathroom

  18-11-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In Canada, it is easy to take your toilet for granted – lock the door, do your business and flush. Yet, more than 2.3 billion people in the world still have nowhere decent to go to the toilet.
  Why should we care?
  Because the alternative to providing safe, decent toilets is a world where millions of people defecate in the open and get sick. Not only is this a fundamental indignity, it has far-reaching consequences that we often don’t fully understand or seldom talk about.
  But stigma a
  
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• Bagnall: With AG's report on Phoenix pay system looming, has government actually learned any lessons?

  18-11-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Auditor General Michael Ferguson tables his latest report this Tuesday, much attention will focus on his analysis of the Phoenix pay system — in particular, whether the fixes being applied to this epic information technology disaster will actually work.
  On recent evidence, the answer seems likely to be “no.” The federal government’s pay system was struggling last month with a backlog of some 265,000 transactions, not counting a nearly equivalent number of administrat
  
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• BREAKING: One man dead; Police investigate incident on King Edward Drive - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/one… #ottnews https://t.co/DSMytTrwnW

  18-11-2017 13:58 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING: One man dead; Police investigate incident on King Edward Drive - 1310news.com/2017/11/18/one… #ottnews https://t.co/DSMytTrwnW
  
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• BREAKING: Ottawa Police confirm one man is dead as per their investigation into an incident on Kind Edward Avenue.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 13:53 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Ottawa Police confirm one man is dead as per their investigation into an incident on Kind Edward Avenue.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police confirm to 1310 NEWS that the investigation on King Edward Drive has been turned over the the major crimes u… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 13:50 via twitter.com
  Police confirm to 1310 NEWS that the investigation on King Edward Drive has been turned over the the major crimes u… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario tables legislation to end 5-week college faculty strike - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/bac… #ottnews https://t.co/w69sreAVOF

  18-11-2017 13:50 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario tables legislation to end 5-week college faculty strike - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/bac… #ottnews https://t.co/w69sreAVOF
  
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• Freezing rain warning, then transition to snow overnight

  18-11-2017 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  You might just have time to get to the Help Santa Toy Parade before the weather sets in today. 
  Environment Canada is predicting snow beginning near noon, then patchy freezing rain across eastern Ontario on Saturday afternoon.
  The freezing rain is expected to intensify this evening, with a possible ice accumulation of several millimetres.
  Winds will become east at 20 km/hour around noon Saturday.  
  Freezing rain will slowly change to snow overnight as colder temperatures move
  
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• STORY: Freezing rain warning in effect for first winter storm of the season - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/spe… #ottnews

  18-11-2017 13:17 via twitter.com
  STORY: Freezing rain warning in effect for first winter storm of the season - 1310news.com/2017/11/17/spe… #ottnews
  
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• Police investigation: Part of King Edward closed Saturday morning

  18-11-2017 13:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say that a section of King Edward Avenue southbound between Murray and York streets is closed for an investigation.
  More to come.
  
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• Ottawa Police have a section of King Edward Drive closed between Murray and York this morning for an investigation.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 12:31 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Police have a section of King Edward Drive closed between Murray and York this morning for an investigation.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Good morning, Ottawa! A freezing rain warning is in effect for the region. Expected to come tonight and change o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 12:05 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Ottawa!A freezing rain warning is in effect for the region. Expected to come tonight and change o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gananoque theatre company refuses to weigh actors' size - CBC.ca

  18-11-2017 12:01
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  Gananoque theatre company refuses to weigh actors' size
  CBC.ca
  A theatre director in Gananoque, Ont, has decided to break from an "antiquated, sexist, irrelevant practice" in the acting world by refusing to consider the weight of actors auditioning for parts. Brett Christopher, managing artistic director with the ...
  
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• Ottawa gets first real taste of a winter storm Saturday - CBC.ca

  18-11-2017 11:30
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  Ottawa gets first real taste of a winter storm Saturday
  CBC.ca
  It's not like we didn't know it was coming, but the first real taste of winter always seems to surprise us with its arrival and this winter's arrival will be a doozy. Starting this afternoon, a wide swath of messy, wintery weather begins to make its ...
  
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• Environment Canada issues winter storm watch for Ottawa, Lanark County - Ottawa Citizen

  18-11-2017 05:32
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  Environment Canada issues winter storm watch for Ottawa, Lanark County
  Ottawa Citizen
  Areas west of Ottawa were expected to receive snow — as much as 15 to 30 centimetres; areas to the east should prepare for freezing rain, rain and snow. Near Ottawa, significant freezing rain was expected Saturday evening, changing over to ice pellets ...
  'Mixed bag' of snow, freezing rain to hit Ottawa this weekendCBC.caall 3 news articles »
  
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• Environment Canada issues winter storm watch for Ottawa, Lanark County

  18-11-2017 05:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for Ottawa and Lanark County, a winter storm warning for areas west of the city, and a special weather statement for most of Central Ontario and the far reaches of Eastern Ontario.
  The weather agency said it expected light mixed precipitation to develop Saturday, becoming heavy by Saturday evening. 
  Areas west of Ottawa were expected to receive snow — as much as 15 to 30 centimetres.
  Areas to the east should prepare for freezing rain,
  
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• Support worker charged with sexual assault, interference - Ottawa Citizen

  18-11-2017 04:25
  Support worker charged with sexual assault, interference
  Ottawa Citizen
  An Ottawa area personal support worker has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and sexual interference. The charges follow an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service's sexual assault and child abuse unit. Ottawa police investigators ...
  Ottawa-Sex-ChargesNational Postall 2 news articles »
  
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• Support worker charged with sexual assault, interference

  18-11-2017 04:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa area personal support worker has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and sexual interference. 
  The charges follow an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service’s sexual assault and child abuse unit.
  Ottawa police investigators say there may be other victims and they’ve asked anyone with information to call the sexual assault and child abuse unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944. 
  Timothy Sample, 55, is charged three counts of sexual assault and two
  
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• Planning committee gives OK to Salvation Army's shelter proposal for Vanier - Ottawa Citizen

  18-11-2017 04:08
  Ottawa Citizen
  Planning committee gives OK to Salvation Army's shelter proposal for Vanier
  Ottawa Citizen
  Drew Dobson, founder of SOS Vanier, says that if city council accepts the planning committee's recommendation and allows the shelter to go ahead, he's 'fairly certain' an appeal will be filed with the Ontario Municipal Board. Tony Caldwell. Share ...
  Proposed Vanier shelter can be 'good neighbour,' Mission exec saysCBC.ca
  Planning committee approves Salvation Army shelter proposalCTV Newsal
  
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• Planning committee gives OK to Salvation Army's shelter proposal for Vanier

  18-11-2017 04:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  After months of rancorous debate and three long days of discussion at Ottawa City Hall, the Salvation Army’s controversial plan to build a new homeless shelter in Vanier received the planning committee’s blessing on Friday night.
  With a 6-3 vote, the committee passed the political hot potato to city council, which will have the final say on Wednesday.
  Several attempts to defer the final decision to a future council meeting were rejected.
  But as committee chair Jan Harder concluded: &
  
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• Reevely: Ottawa's 2018 budget skimps on greening the city, for the fourth year in a row

  18-11-2017 00:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city government is millions of dollars behind in its plan to save money by using less energy in its own buildings and is set to punt real work on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions past 2020.
  Mayor Jim Watson drew attention to this corner of the budget when he gave his speech on the city’s 2018 spending plans last week. Harsher weather — hotter summers, wetter and messier winters — was a recurring theme, along with how the city’s adapting, and doing its part to re
  
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• Gary Bettman turns up heat on Ottawa, Calgary to get arenas built - Sportsnet.ca

  18-11-2017 00:17
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  Gary Bettman turns up heat on Ottawa, Calgary to get arenas built
  Sportsnet.ca
  Kyle Bukauskas and Chris Johnston examine the possibility of an NHL franchise in Houston following Gary Bettman's words on the subject. Chris Johnston | @reporterchris November 17, 2017, 6:02 PM. 0. Chris Johnston @reporterchris November 17, 2017, ...and more »
  
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• 'Prison code' can form part of an inmate's defence: Federal Court

  18-11-2017 00:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston inmate who says he joined a penitentiary revolt only because he feared violating the “prison code” has won the right to use those unwritten rules in his defence.
  Mohamed Akhlaghi, 40, told a discipline hearing at Collins Bay Institution that he would have been stabbed if he didn’t abide by the code and follow other inmates on J Range, a maximum-security unit, as they staged a protest on the evening of Sept. 2, 2016.
  That argument was rejected by the prison’s di
  
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• Elderly Gloucester woman missing more than a week - Ottawa Citizen

  18-11-2017 00:08
  Elderly Gloucester woman missing more than a week
  Ottawa Citizen
  The Ottawa Police Service is appealing for the public's help in locating an elderly Gloucester woman who has been missing for more than a week. Nicole Laroque, 78, has a limp and walks with difficulty; she was last seen on Nov. 9 at her home in Gloucester.
  
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• Elderly Gloucester woman missing more than a week

  18-11-2017 00:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service is appealing for the public’s help in locating an elderly Gloucester woman who has been missing for more than a week. 
  Nicole Laroque, 78, has a limp and walks with difficulty; she was last seen on Nov. 9 at her home in Gloucester.
  She’s described as a heavyset women, 4’11”, with brown eyes and short brown hair, who drives a grey 2016 Hyundai Elantra with Ontario licence plate number BYSL177. 
  A photo was not provided. 
  Police said
  
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