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• Subsidy issues 'not acceptable' says head of Ottawa child-care agency

  01-12-2017 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The sloppy handling of child-care subsidies for low-income families highlighted in a report by the city’s auditor-general had “lots of consequences” for families and child-care providers, the head of a large Ottawa children’s agency says.
  Because the eligibility of those who were receiving subsidized care went without review for more than two years, an audit of the city’s children services department found the city may have paid out $1.5 million per year in subsidie
  
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• Triple-murderer Ian Bush has been found guilty of attempted murder in the home invasion and beating of 101-year-old… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 23:30 via twitter.com
  Triple-murderer Ian Bush has been found guilty of attempted murder in the home invasion and beating of 101-year-old… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Elderly woman sexually assaulted in the Glebe

  01-12-2017 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspicious man after an elderly woman was sexually assaulted in the Powell Avenue and Glendale Avenue area after answering her door.
  Investigators say there have been a small number of reports in the area in the past month of a man seeking to gain access by knocking on doors in the evening and night. The man introduced himself as a possible neighbour in an attempt to get the occupant to open the door.
  On or around Nov. 9,
  
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• A Quebec judge has temporarily stayed a key provision of the controversial law banning people from receiving or giv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 23:08 via twitter.com
  A Quebec judge has temporarily stayed a key provision of the controversial law banning people from receiving or giv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two new Klimts for National Gallery of Canada

  01-12-2017 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Gallery of Canada has just tripled its collection of Gustav Klimt paintings, thanks to a long-term loan from a private collection.
  For almost 50 years, Canada’s only Klimt painting on display to the public has been Hope 1 (1903), the famous image of a pregnant nude woman with a mane of fuzzy orange hair. It was acquired by the National Gallery in 1970.Hope I, 1903
  Now two more works — a portrait and a landscape — have joined her in the Ottawa gallery, rounding out
  
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• Reevely: Warnings about cheap asphalt were everywhere for Ottawa

  01-12-2017 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  That we’ve been paying good money for substandard asphalt to fill potholes is bad enough. That we’ve been doing it in spite of warnings from all over Ontario that there’s a plague of bad asphalt is much worse.
  City auditor Ken Hughes reported on this situation Thursday, with findings that Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, who chairs city council’s audit committee, called “revolting.” He and other councillors are right ticked: It’s re-election time soon an
  
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• Don't panic over strep A, but take precautions: public health

  01-12-2017 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wash your hands, get a flu shot and don’t panic.
  That is the advice from Ottawa Public Health on invasive group A streptococcal infections, which are on the rise in Ottawa and across the country.
  The infections, which can cause severe and sometimes deadly illnesses, remain extremely rare, said Dr. Robin Taylor, associate medical officer of health with Ottawa Public Health.
  The rates have slowly been increasing across the country over the past decade, said Taylor. In Ontario, there are 7.3
  
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• Ottawa triple murderer found guilty of trying to kill Second World War veteran

  01-12-2017 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man already convicted for killing three seniors has been found guilty of attempting to kill a Second World War veteran, foiled only by his victim’s sheer determination to live. 
  Ian Bush, 61, was found guilty on Friday at the Ottawa courthouse of attempted murder for the December 2014 attack on 101-year-old Second World War veteran Ernest Côté.
  The guilty verdict comes six months after his May convictions for the horrific 2007 killings of retired tax judge Alban Ga
  
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• Police look for suspect in sexual assault of elderly woman ow.ly/CDU630gXqhw https://t.co/7q3fcrLqJK

  01-12-2017 22:14 via twitter.com
  
  Police look for suspect in sexual assault of elderly woman ow.ly/CDU630gXqhw https://t.co/7q3fcrLqJK
  
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• Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI ow.ly/RBGu30gXnzS https://t.co/osHRY40AxX

  01-12-2017 21:40 via twitter.com
  
  Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI ow.ly/RBGu30gXnzS https://t.co/osHRY40AxX
  
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• Police investigate after 16-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Orléans

  01-12-2017 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating a sexual assault that took place Tuesday evening in Orléans.
  The incident occurred near Tenth Line Road and Sweetvalley Drive at about 8:30 p.m., when a 16-year-old girl who was walking south on Tenth Line from Innes Road was approached by a 20-year-old man, police said. They said the pair were engaged in conversation when the man suddenly pulled her across the street and into a construction site where the assault took place.
  According to police,
  
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• Arson unit investigates as Carlington pot shop goes up in smoke

  01-12-2017 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Carlington pot shop won’t reopen after a fire now being probed by arson investigators, says a city councillor who’s long been opposed to the illicit enterprise.
  The owners of Ottawa Cannabis Dispensary did not respond to an interview request but Coun. Riley Brockington said that they told him Friday that the Laperriere Avenue shop had closed before it was gutted by an early morning fire and they are no longer in the business. 
  Brockington is disappointed that arson is sus
  
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• Girl assaulted at construction site in Orleans: 1310news.com/2017/12/01/gir… #ottnews

  01-12-2017 20:49 via twitter.com
  Girl assaulted at construction site in Orleans:1310news.com/2017/12/01/gir… #ottnews
  
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• Coroner criticizes Gatineau Hospital, staff in 'avoidable' death of Cantley man

  01-12-2017 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man died in Gatineau Hospital after a series of events where nurses didn’t check his vital signs, staff didn’t share information with each other, and nobody told the personal attendant watching him what a heart attack looks like, a coroner has ruled.
  In her ruling, Coroner Pascale Boulay said the death was “avoidable” and called for the provincial colleges representing doctors and nurses to examine the level of professionalism of the hospital’s staff in dealing wi
  
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• Patient with broken arm drove himself to another hospital after facing lack of compassion at Civic ER

  01-12-2017 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man had such a distasteful experience in the Civic hospital emergency room that he drove himself to another hospital with a broken arm, an event that occurred one month before another man was shown a similar lack of compassion at the Civic. 
  A hospital official later apologized to the man who broke his arm and said it had taken corrective action, but he now doubts that after reading about the similar incident last week.
  That incident involved a 19-year-old man with an injured back
  
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• Editorial: City of Ottawa must fix child care program quickly

  01-12-2017 19:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  If government has a useful role beyond ensuring collective safety and a robust legal system, that role is surely to help the most vulnerable: the elderly, the sick, the homeless, the children. In none of these areas does it do a particularly stellar job.
  Long-term care is a mess. Hospital ERs are overrun. Homelessness is still high. And the children? According to the findings of the city of Ottawa’s auditor general, that’s not going so well either.
  Ken Hughes’s annual report to
  
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• Petawawa has 14 TAPVs, another 99 expected to arrive next year

  01-12-2017 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Forces officially opened on Friday its new facility at 4 CDSB Petawawa to house the base’s fleet of Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicles.
  The vehicles will be used for a variety of tasks on the battlefield, including reconnaissance and surveillance, security, command and control, and transporting cargo and personnel.
  In total, 113 TAPVs will be operated at 4 CDSB Petawawa, according to the Canadian Forces. Fifty-nine will be housed in a new facility. The remaining 54 TAPVs will b
  
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• Theatre review: Blind Date turns audience member into a star for a night

  01-12-2017 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Blind DateGreat Canadian Theatre Company, until Dec. 17Reviewed Thursday night
  Fortunately, Thomas was not a jerk.
  Better still, the Ottawa 30-something, a public servant who helps answer mail sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, proved to be an easy-going raconteur and very quick study at comedy when he took to the stage for the entirety of Thursday’s performance of Blind Date at the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
  You could equally say that Mimi, the red-nosed, red-dressed clown who sh
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, December 1st: 1:10: @OttpoliceMedia 1:15: @LSolomonTweets 1:30: @jamessharman 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 18:46 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, December 1st: 1:10: @OttpoliceMedia 1:15: @LSolomonTweets 1:30: @jamessharman 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gatineau transit seeks 1.9% fare hike in 2018

  01-12-2017 18:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the second year in a row, riders on Gatineau’s Société de transport de l’Outaouais will ring in the New Year with a fare hike.
  As of Jan. 1, an adult monthly pass will cost $97 (up from $95), while a single-fare ticket will be up a dime to $3.85.
  The 1.9 per cent increase reflects rising operating costs, says the STO’s new president, Point Gatineau Coun. Myriam Nadeau.
  It also follows a year of labour disruption, including rotating one-day strikes, t
  
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• White Christmas, followed by mild winter, says Environment Canada

  01-12-2017 17:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa has an excellent chance of a white Christmas, probably followed by a winter on the mild side, Environment Canada says.
  “I think it’s going to be a simple (prediction) in terms of a white Christmas. It looks like that is almost in the bag,” said David Phillips, the department’s senior climatologist.
  He sees a wave of cold weather over most of Canada starting in mid-December. That means that any snow we get is likely to stay on the ground, he said.
  Apart from that, h
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at Noon: @JLMadigan & @johnsonthree join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at Noon: @JLMadigan & @johnsonthreejoin @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Grammy-nominated pianist Fred Hersch to headline 2018 TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Fest

  01-12-2017 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  World-class jazz-piano star Fred Hersch tops the nine-show lineup of the 2018 TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Fest, unveiled this week.
  Hersch, 62, is renowned for a profound lyricism that permeates his large catalogue of original compositions and masterful interpretations of jazz standards. He last performed in Ottawa at the 2013 Ottawa Winter Jazz Fest with his trio. Next year, he will give a solo concert.
  The 2018 event, to be staged at La Nouvelle Scène on King Edward Avenue, runs from Feb. 8-1
  
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• Gormley: Theresa May is right to publicly feud with Donald Trump

  01-12-2017 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  No love is so great, no union so strong, no relationship, indeed, so special, that it will not be tested, and what better test than for a man to deliberately antagonize a woman by promoting online propaganda originating from her virulently racist political opponents?
  Like most relationships between two special someones, the “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom began long ago with the happy accident of discovering a few things in common.
  The Second W
  
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• Coming up on Ethics Lab at 11: -gift ethics -ethics around artificial intelligence bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 16:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ethics Lab at 11: -gift ethics -ethics around artificial intelligence bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @BoileauTina joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on @pitrej02's progress this week: Listen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @BoileauTina joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on @pitrej02's progress this week: Listen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up today at 11:30: Canadian Actor/Comedian @marywalsh11 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on her holiday movie "A… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 16:32 via twitter.com
  Coming up today at 11:30: Canadian Actor/Comedian @marywalsh11 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on her holiday movie "A… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #Ottawa marijuana dispensaries close following VICE investigation vice.com/en_ca/article/… #ottnews https://t.co/1qOCZnzGXI

  01-12-2017 16:17 via twitter.com
  
  #Ottawa marijuana dispensaries close following VICE investigation vice.com/en_ca/article/… #ottnews https://t.co/1qOCZnzGXI
  
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• Victim charged after gunfire near Rochester Street park wounds one

  01-12-2017 16:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged the 22-year-old victim of a shooting incident Thursday afternoon at the north end of Rochester Street, steps from a popular playground.
  Friday morning, police said they had charged Mohamed Ribih of Ottawa with a number of gun charges including pointing a firearm and discharge of a firearm reckless to the life or safety of another person.
  Ribih was taken to hospital Thursday evening with injuries described as serious, but not life-threatening.
  Police said they are looking
  
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• Capital region jobless rate steady at 5.8% for third straight month

  01-12-2017 16:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region’s job market appears to have settled into an unnatural state of calm.
  The jobless rate in November was 5.8 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday, marking the third straight month of complete stability. For the past 12 months unemployment has averaged 5.7 per cent.
  However, the overall averages are hiding some dramatic changes under the surface.Consider first the recent differences between Gatineau and Ottawa.
  Despite the loss of 800 jobs in November, the jobless ra
  
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• Police charge man shot in daylight shooting: bit.ly/2jBRjvJ https://t.co/3Lp0tEYpyB

  01-12-2017 16:09 via twitter.com
  
  Police charge man shot in daylight shooting: bit.ly/2jBRjvJ https://t.co/3Lp0tEYpyB
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @WendyBoomer, @erin_gee & @jonathanmcleod join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-12-2017 15:46 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@WendyBoomer, @erin_gee & @jonathanmcleod join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek suspect in random assault at Prescott Tim Hortons: bit.ly/2zVjvEU https://t.co/4X9GE1i6HJ

  01-12-2017 15:40 via twitter.com
  
  Police seek suspect in random assault at Prescott Tim Hortons: bit.ly/2zVjvEU https://t.co/4X9GE1i6HJ
  
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• Arson unit probes fire at Carlington pot shop started by flaming gas can

  01-12-2017 15:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police arson unit is investigating an overnight blaze at an illegal marijuana dispensary.
  Police spotted visible smoke at 1562 Laperriere Ave. in Carlington and called in firefighters at  2:04 a.m.
  A gasoline can was on fire in front of the business and flames had spread to the small bungalow used as commercial premises.
  Police confirmed that the building, painted green with a white cross on it, was operating as a marijuana dispensary.
  Police have not confirmed the name of the es
  
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• POLL: Should Quebec store clerks drop English from customer greetings? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionoftheDay

  01-12-2017 14:24 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Quebec store clerks drop English from customer greetings?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionoftheDay
  
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• Today's letters: Highway accidents, Emergency room treatment, the Victoria Cross

  01-12-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic accidents and the state of hospital emergency rooms raised concern among readers this week. You can write to us too, at: [email protected]  Find our guidelines here.
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  Highway traffic and timelines
  Re: Prescott mayor fuming at inaction over safety after two dead in 401 crash, Nov. 28.
  When I read about highway accidents involving transport trucks, and the reasoning used to explain why these accidents keep occurring, it’s clear that people are overlooking the obvi
  
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• Laverdière: Landmine treaty reminds Liberals about multilateralism

  01-12-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This December, an important international agreement will celebrate its 20th birthday.
  The Ottawa Treaty, also known as the Mine Ban Treaty, was the culmination of years of struggle to ban anti-personnel mines. But if you only read today’s headlines, you might never know it existed. Even though the Liberal government has every reason to celebrate the treaty, it has been conspicuously silent.
  Twenty years ago, Canada wasn’t quiet. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines had worked
  
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• Daniel Alfredsson to be inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame: bit.ly/2AtQa3P https://t.co/MhIPMj7DvQ

  01-12-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  
  Daniel Alfredsson to be inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame: bit.ly/2AtQa3P https://t.co/MhIPMj7DvQ
  
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• From @macleans: Calling for Bill Morneau to resign: bit.ly/2kewIkS https://t.co/apoQfdR6Z3

  01-12-2017 13:43 via twitter.com
  
  From @macleans: Calling for Bill Morneau to resign: bit.ly/2kewIkS https://t.co/apoQfdR6Z3
  
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• POLL: Should Quebec store clerks drop English from customer greetings? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  01-12-2017 13:40 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Quebec store clerks drop English from customer greetings? @_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Childcare problems, IT weaknesses, poor asphalt uncovered by auditor general 1310news.com/2017/12/01/chi… #ottnews https://t.co/oLF8Q9LGeo

  01-12-2017 13:35 via twitter.com
  
  Childcare problems, IT weaknesses, poor asphalt uncovered by auditor general 1310news.com/2017/12/01/chi… #ottnews https://t.co/oLF8Q9LGeo
  
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• UPDATE: Arson unit called in to investigate Carlington fire twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  01-12-2017 13:23 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Arson unit called in to investigate Carlington fire twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Weather: Dry skies and a bit of sun to start December

  01-12-2017 13:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thursday’s messy mix has melted away and December begins with some sunshine. 
  Environment Canada’s forecast for Friday is for overcast skies to give way to a mix of sun and cloud, a high of 1 C and and overnight low of -2 C.
  But then things are expected to get a bit wet.
  Saturday should be mainly cloudy with a high of 3 C, a 40 per cent chance of overnight flurries and a low of -1 C.
  For Sunday, expect more clouds, a 40 per cent chance of flurries or rain, a high of 4 C and a lo
  
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• Defence chief says military not talking to U.S. about joining missile defence: bit.ly/2zG7tuJ https://t.co/aDSjNXjvPw

  01-12-2017 13:15 via twitter.com
  
  Defence chief says military not talking to U.S. about joining missile defence: bit.ly/2zG7tuJ https://t.co/aDSjNXjvPw
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan make first official joint tour: bit.ly/2zU1eHU https://t.co/ZdF9AmkTVJ

  01-12-2017 13:09 via twitter.com
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan make first official joint tour: bit.ly/2zU1eHU https://t.co/ZdF9AmkTVJ
  
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• Quebec motion calls on store clerks to drop English greetings: bit.ly/2AiWASE https://t.co/JrNymMpDjH

  01-12-2017 12:40 via twitter.com
  
  Quebec motion calls on store clerks to drop English greetings: bit.ly/2AiWASE https://t.co/JrNymMpDjH
  
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• Anchors, moguls, politicians: the growing list of accused: bit.ly/2jAbFVW https://t.co/m0ds6S8o3t

  01-12-2017 12:26 via twitter.com
  
  Anchors, moguls, politicians: the growing list of accused: bit.ly/2jAbFVW https://t.co/m0ds6S8o3t
  
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• Syrian family gives back by helping Ottawa Food Bank - CBC.ca

  01-12-2017 11:44
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  Syrian family gives back by helping Ottawa Food Bank
  CBC.ca
  Every year at this time, the Ottawa Mennonite Church holds a fair trade Christmas market, with proceeds going to the Ottawa Food Bank. Volunteers make it all happen. Project Give 2017 in support of the Ottawa Food Bank. This year, one group of ...and more »
  
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• Argentina gives up hope in finding submarine crew alive

  01-12-2017 08:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Argentina has given up hope on finding the crew of a missing submarine alive and is now searching for the wreckage of the boat on the ocean floor.
  The ARA San Juan was last heard from on Nov. 15.
  “Despite the magnitude of the efforts made, it has not been possible to locate the submarine,” Argentine navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters on Thursday.
  He pointed out that the search “extended to more than double the number of days that determine the possibilities of rescuing
  
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