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• Police request public's help to ID hit-and-run driver who struck child

  06-12-2017 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking the public’s help to identify a driver who was involved in a hit-and-run collision Nov. 30 that injured a teenaged cyclist.
  According to police, the 13-year-old boy was delivering newspapers near the intersection of Kennevale Drive and Hennepin Street in the Barrhaven district when a black vehicle struck the boy and sped away.
  The boy sustained minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
  Police are asking the driver of the car
  
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• MPP Hillier harassed municipal staff in Tay Valley, review finds

  06-12-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lanark-area MPP Randy Hillier engaged in workplace harassment with his “unwelcome” criticism of staff at Tay Valley Township, an independent investigator has concluded.
  A confidential report from lawyer John Curtis, who spent three months on the case, was given to township council on Monday. It centred on allegations that three individuals, including Hillier and an unnamed councillor, had violated internal conduct policies and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
  The outspoken Hil
  
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• Police say Kingston couple died in murder-suicide - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2017 23:46
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  Police say Kingston couple died in murder-suicide
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  Kingston Police vehicles block access to Graceland Avenue in Kingston, Ont. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Police were called to the area after reports of a man with a gun inside. When police entered they found an elderly woman dead and the elderly man with ...
  3 girls charged after alleged dognapping in Kingston, Ont.CBC.ca
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• Reevely: Power plants have cheated millions from Ontario's electricity system, auditor finds

  06-12-2017 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontarians have paid $1.5 billion extra on our electricity bills to compensate large producers and consumers for power we’ve made them waste, some of which they never actually wasted, Ontario’s auditor general Bonnie Lysyk reported Wednesday.
  We did this under a 15-year-old program that was supposed to be temporary.
  A program with flaws pointed out so frequently that one company took one of those warnings and used it as a manual for cheating the system.
  It’s not great work by th
  
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• Man in his 30s serious but stable after being stabbed on Montreal Road

  06-12-2017 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was in serious but stable condition after being stabbed on Montreal Road on Wednesday afternoon.
  Ottawa police said a man in his 30s was stabbed at about 3:30 p.m. on Montreal, near De l’Eglise Street.
  Paramedics said there was more than one wound.
  Details about the circumstances of the stabbing were not immediately available.
  No one had been arrested.
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• Opioid fight gets high-tech Ottawa weapon - Ottawa Business Journal

  06-12-2017 22:38
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  Opioid fight gets high-tech Ottawa weapon
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  Ottawa entrepreneur John MacBeth believes the app his firm developed will improve opioid addiction treatment. (Photo by Mark Holleron). By: Adam. Feibel. Adam. Published: Dec 6, 2017 3:26pm EST. 0 Comments. Share: Topic: Technology. Organizations ...
  
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• Borutski went looking for a fourth victim on day of rampage

  06-12-2017 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Basil Borutski had killed three women, but he wasn’t done yet.
  He pulled into a small sawmill in White Lake, On. on the morning of Sept. 22, 2015.
  He had a loaded shotgun next to him, along with a sandwich bag full of shells, in a car he had stolen from the first of his victims that day. 
  Borutski had spent that morning on a bloody rampage through Renfrew County, murdering Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam, claiming he was taking revenge for the “lies”
  
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• Kanata LRT could stretch to Stittsville, but there's still a long way to go

  06-12-2017 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The hardest part about doing a study on bringing LRT to Kanata might be managing expectations.
  At an open house on Thursday night, west-end residents will review a proposed functional design of the LRT extension running along the north side of Highway 417 before veering south toward the Canadian Tire Centre.
  As a bonus to Stittsiville residents, the city is proposing to extend the western terminus past the CTC to Hazeldean Road.
  Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri said it makes sense to lay more tracks
  
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• As infrastructure crumbles, councillors warn, transportation committee approves 2018 budget

  06-12-2017 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  That Ottawa’s transportation committee passed its draft 2018 budget on Wednesday virtually as presented was hardly a surprise — such thing is de rigueur inside Mayor Jim Watson’s city hall.
  Of note, however, was the virtually unanimous view that the condition of roads across the national capital is crappy — and getting crappier.
  Committee chair Keith Egli: “There’s no question city roads need work.”
  Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans: “I’
  
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• Ottawa Paramedics say a man in his 40's is in stable condition at a trauma centre following a stabbing at Montreal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 22:07 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Paramedics say a man in his 40's is in stable condition at a trauma centre following a stabbing at Montreal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@OttawaPolice looking for missing teen. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/12/06/loc… https://t.co/iaQwSDoM4v

  06-12-2017 21:58 via twitter.com
  
  .@OttawaPolice looking for missing teen. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/12/06/loc… https://t.co/iaQwSDoM4v
  
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• Ontario AG's annual report digs into energy, sick days, ad costs ow.ly/4i5K30h3MMT https://t.co/StYXswIIa3

  06-12-2017 21:54 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario AG's annual report digs into energy, sick days, ad costs ow.ly/4i5K30h3MMT https://t.co/StYXswIIa3
  
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• STORY: Trump flouts warnings, declares Jerusalem Israel's capital ow.ly/ARF830h3Mq4 https://t.co/Gauvew6ZQK

  06-12-2017 21:49 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Trump flouts warnings, declares Jerusalem Israel's capital ow.ly/ARF830h3Mq4 https://t.co/Gauvew6ZQK
  
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• Head coach Guy Boucher making changes for Senators game ... - Ottawa Sun

  06-12-2017 21:45
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  Head coach Guy Boucher making changes for Senators game ...
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  The only certainty about lineup for Wednesday night contest was that Craig Anderson would start in net.
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• Canadian anti-doping president applauds Olympics ban of Russia

  06-12-2017 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s anti-doping watchdog is delighted, and slightly taken aback, that the International Olympic Committee has finally banned Russia from an Olympic Games.
  The IOC ruled Tuesday that Russia would not be allowed to compete as a nation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
  Paul Melia, president and CEO for the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), which oversees drug testing for Canadian athletes, says he is “pleasantly surprised” by the ban.
  “W
  
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• New virtual reality experience comes to Ottawa movie theatre - CTV News

  06-12-2017 21:02
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  New virtual reality experience comes to Ottawa movie theatre
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  Ever wondered what it's like to be chased by dinosaurs or out run hot lava? A new virtual reality experience at Cineplex has you covered. Starting December 6th, moviegoers at Cineplex on City Park Drive in Gloucester will be able to sit back, relax and ...
  
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• Tighter mortgage rules in New Year may be driving Ottawa house price hikes - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2017 20:21
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  Tighter mortgage rules in New Year may be driving Ottawa house price hikes
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  Ottawa real estate agents were busy in November as buyers raced to complete deals in advance of tighter mortgage rules that become effective Jan. 1. Share Adjust Comment Print. Tighter mortgage rules, which become effective on New Year's Day, may be ...
  
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• Tighter mortgage rules in New Year may be driving Ottawa house price hikes

  06-12-2017 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tighter mortgage rules, which become effective on New Year’s Day, may be driving up the cost of buying a house in Ottawa.
  Prices for single family homes jumped 7.3 per cent year over year in November to reach $403,500, the Ottawa Real Estate Board reported this week.
  The price hikes reflected in part a higher-than-usual sales volume for November, which helped to reduce the number of available properties. There were 3,212 residential listings at the end of November compared to 3,745 in Octo
  
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• Bar linked to crash that killed Renfrew hockey players gives up liquor licence

  06-12-2017 20:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Calabogie bar linked to a fatal accident involving four junior hockey players from the Renfrew area has voluntarily given up its liquor licence.
  Only days before a scheduled hearing next week, Shooter’s Bar & Grill — already under suspension — gave up its licence on Nov. 30, according to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
  In the aftermath of a single-vehicle crash on Oct. 27, commission inspectors had posted a notice on the door of the restaurant on Oct. 30, al
  
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• Kingston girls arrested for allegedly stealing, then chaining 50-kg bull mastiff

  06-12-2017 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three teenaged Kingston girls, including a pair of 13-year-olds, were arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing a 50-kilogram bull mastiff type dog, then leaving abandoning it chained to a fence.
  The dog, named Pharaoh, has not been found. Kingston experienced strong winds and rain overnight.
  The dog is described as reddish-brown in colour with black tips and black around his eyes, about one year old. It was last seen wearing a red leopard print collar with a choke chain and a red leash.
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• Borutski's crimes 'deplorable' and 'cold-blooded,' says judge in 70-year sentencing

  06-12-2017 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Basil Borutski’s crimes were “so deplorable, so devoid of mercy” that Justice Robert Maranger showed no mercy of his own in sentencing Borutski to consecutive life sentences with no chance of parole for 70 years.
  Borutski, 60, will spend the rest of his days in jail for the first-degree murders of Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam, and the second-degree murder of Carol Culleton in what Maranger called a “vicious, cold-blooded” killing spree through Renfrew Coun
  
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• Dining Out: Bar Lupulus serves flavourful plates for discerning beer lovers

  06-12-2017 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bar Lupulus1242 Wellington St. W., 613-759-4677, barlupulus.ca
  Open: Monday to Friday 11:30 a.m. to late, Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m. to late
  Prices: small dishes $14 to $16, mains $18 to $25
  Access: wheelchair-accessible, including washroom on main level (other washrooms downstairs)
  If you type “beer and” into Google, the auto-complete feature offers a few suggestions. Tops are “wings,” “tomato juice,” and “cheddar soup.”
  Clearly, Google has n
  
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• Australian F-18s being considered by Canada to be removed from service by 2022

  06-12-2017 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Liberal government is looking at used F-18s from Australia to fill its own CF-18 capability gap until a new fighter jet can be procured. Expect lots of debate if this deal goes through.
  Here are a few details on the Australian aircraft:
  Australia has both the single seat F/A-18A and twin seat F/A-18B.
  The Hornets entered service with the Royal Australian Air Force starting in 1984. The last aircraft entered service in 1990.
  Australia plans to have its 71 F/A-18A/B Hornets all removed from se
  
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• Borutski sentenced to 70 years, went looking for a fourth victim on day of rampage

  06-12-2017 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Basil Borutski had killed three women, but he wasn’t done yet.
  He pulled into a small sawmill in White Lake, On. on the morning of Sept. 22, 2015.
  He had a loaded shotgun next to him, along with a sandwich bag full of shells, in a car he had stolen from the first of his victims that day. 
  Borutski had spent that morning on a bloody rampage through Renfrew County, murdering Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam, claiming he was taking revenge for the “lies”
  
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• Thermal Energy signs deal that's worth as much as $11 million

  06-12-2017 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s Thermal Energy International Inc. has signed a deal worth as much as $11 million for the refurbishment of an undisclosed pulp and paper mill in the nation’s capital.
  Thermal Energy, an Ottawa maker of emissions control technologies, announced the deal on Wednesday saying the project included the design, development and implementation of energy efficiency technologies and greenhouse gas reduction at the mill.
  Once completed the project is expected to provide the customer
  
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• 'There were tears and then we swam': Ottawa swimmers mourn elite coach Tom Anzai

  06-12-2017 19:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Swimming was a family affair for Tom Anzai.
  His earliest days were spent in the pool in Peterborough where his father — who couldn’t swim — was his first coach. He later founded one of the largest swimming organizations in Ottawa with his wife Marie. A family Christmas card told the story: The Anzai family of six posed in an empty swimming pool wearing goggles.
  Not only did his four children all become competitive swimmers, like their parents, but Anzai touched hundreds of fami
  
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• 'There were tears and then we swam': Ottawa swimmers mourn elite coach Tom Anzai - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2017 19:15
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  'There were tears and then we swam': Ottawa swimmers mourn elite coach Tom Anzai
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  His earliest days were spent in the pool in Peterborough where his father — who couldn't swim — was his first coach. He later founded one of the largest swimming organizations in Ottawa with his wife Marie. A family Christmas card told the story: The ...
  
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• New fire trucks will be delivered to military bases

  06-12-2017 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nine new fire trucks will be delivered to military bases. 
  Known as the Aerial Fire Fighting Vehicle (AFFV) these trucks provide fire fighting capabilities, rescue and casualty evacuation to a height of 35 meters, according to the Department of National Defence. They feature a casualty recovery platform that previous vehicles didn’t have. The vehicles were procured to fight fires on modern infrastructure found on Bases and Wings including fires in ammunition and fuel containment areas
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 6th: 1:10: @CanWarMuseum 1:15: @ORCC_Tweets 1:30: @crimegarden 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 18:57 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 6th: 1:10: @CanWarMuseum 1:15: @ORCC_Tweets 1:30: @crimegarden 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Hockey writer @Pammerhockey joins @markdaynews to talk Sens/ Russia IOC ban: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: Hockey writer @Pammerhockey joins @markdaynews to talk Sens/ Russia IOC ban: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Going out best bets, Dec. 7 to 13

  06-12-2017 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Folk
  Nova Scotia’s five MacNeil siblings — Lucy, Boyd, Stewart, Kyle and Sheumas — bring their Christmas show back to Centrepointe Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 7). With an array of instruments, including accordion, banjo, mandolin, harp and more, the Barra MacNeils inject their Celtic roots into every song, whether or not it’s a Christmas carol, and often break out into stepdancing at the same time. See them rock their holiday traditions at Centrepointe Theatre. T
  
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• Basil Borutski will not have a chance for parole in 70 years, as a judge has decided that he will serve two life se… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  Basil Borutski will not have a chance for parole in 70 years, as a judge has decided that he will serve two life se… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #BREAKING: Basil Borutski has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 70 years, for the murde… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 17:43 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Basil Borutski has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 70 years, for the murde… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 11:45: Viveka Melki on #WARFlowers, showing now at @CanWarMuseum: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:45: Viveka Melki on #WARFlowers, showing now at @CanWarMuseum:bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m. @OttawaPolice Alex Lewis & @TerryLake16 join @MarkDayNews live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m. @OttawaPolice Alex Lewis & @TerryLake16 join @MarkDayNews live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Borutski went looking for a fourth victim on day of rampage - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2017 17:35
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  Borutski went looking for a fourth victim on day of rampage
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  He had a loaded shotgun next to him, along with a sandwich bag full of shells, in a car he had stolen from the first of his victims that day. Borutski had spent that morning on a bloody rampage through Renfrew County, murdering Carol Culleton ...
  Basil Borutski gets life with no parole for 70 years for Ottawa Valley killingsToronto Star
  Man who killed three women in Ottawa Valley in 2015 gets life in priso
  
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• Police seek help locating missing boy, 15 - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2017 17:19
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  Police seek help locating missing boy, 15
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  The boy was last seen Nov. 18 in the area of Tawney Road in Ottawa and his family is greatly concerned for his safety. He is described as Caucasian, five feet seven inches (170 cm) tall, weighing 160 pounds (73 kg), with a medium build, short light ...and more »
  
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• .@OttawaPolice is looking for help to solve a hit and run which happened in Barrhaven. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 17:18 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice is looking for help to solve a hit and run which happened in Barrhaven. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @MarkDayNews in studio: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/3qRmACwmNE

  06-12-2017 16:52 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up at 11:Professor Elliot Tepper joins @MarkDayNews in studio:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/3qRmACwmNE
  
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• Carleton University eyeing purchase of historic church - Ottawa ... - CBC.ca

  06-12-2017 16:51
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  Carleton University eyeing purchase of historic church - Ottawa ...
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  Carleton University is entering into talks to purchase Ottawa's Dominion-Chalmers United Church, with plans to turn the historic downtown building into a performance space for students and faculty.
  Carleton board agrees to talks to buy Dominion-Chalmers Church ...Ottawa Citizen
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• Two displaced in Gatineau house fire

  06-12-2017 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people have been displaced following a house fire at 131 Jeanne d’Arc St. in Gatineau Wednesday.
  Firefighters were alerted by several witnesses who spotted smoke from the residence. 
  On arrival, crews found the fire was on a rear balcony, where it was contained before it could enter the home.
  There were no injuries. Damages were estimated at $20,000.
  
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• Police hunt for trucker who drove wrong way down Highway 401

  06-12-2017 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police are on the hunt for a transport trucker who travelled the wrong way along Highway 401, apparently for kilometres.
  Police received several calls shortly before 6 a.m. last Friday reporting the transport vehicle driving east in the westbound lanes, east of Mallorytown.
  The truck, described as grey and pulling a blue sea container-style trailer, was travelling the wrong way at highway speeds with its hazard lights on.
  A dashcam video posted on Facebook shows the truck flashing its
  
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• Today's letters: Police memorial and Wynne vs. Brown

  06-12-2017 16:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  A letter writer shares his experience visiting Parliament Hill, while another laments media insouciance with regards to Phoenix, while yet another wonders … are all three Ontario parties basically the same? You too can write to us: [email protected] 
  Police memorial a bad visitor experience
  My wife and I visited Ottawa recently and planned on attending the Police and Peace Officer’s Memorial on Parliament Hill as we always do when in the capital. Due to the constru
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Colonel John Conrad on his book: Among The Walking Wounded - Soldiers, Survival & PTSD: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 16:24 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Colonel John Conrad on his book: Among The Walking Wounded - Soldiers, Survival & PTSD: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Winds churn California wildfires, keep aircraft from helping: bit.ly/2k1lv3A https://t.co/wXMQ0yg8Az

  06-12-2017 16:08 via twitter.com
  
  Winds churn California wildfires, keep aircraft from helping: bit.ly/2k1lv3A https://t.co/wXMQ0yg8Az
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @AGMacDougall, @DerickFage & @1310glennis join @MarkDayNews live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 15:44 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 9:45: @HarmonyHousews executive director Leighann Burns on Basil Borutski case: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 15:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @HarmonyHousews executive director Leighann Burns on Basil Borutski case: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Warnings intensify as Trump readies Jerusalem declaration: bit.ly/2iVVAOh https://t.co/pc3U2wRtFX

  06-12-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  
  Warnings intensify as Trump readies Jerusalem declaration: bit.ly/2iVVAOh https://t.co/pc3U2wRtFX
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @NancyCPO discusses how @cpopco is shifting focus away from gangs: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 15:05 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15:@NancyCPO discusses how @cpopco is shifting focus away from gangs: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Do you think it's a good idea to have sexual assault cases reviewed by an outside panel of experts? STORY:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 14:19 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you think it's a good idea to have sexual assault cases reviewed by an outside panel of experts? STORY:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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