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• Victim feared for her life after alleged attack by women - CBC.ca

  08-12-2017 23:44
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  Victim feared for her life after alleged attack by women
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  An Ottawa security guard testifying at the trial of four women accused of viciously assaulting another woman, then posting videos of the attack on social media, said the victim told him hours later that she was afraid for her life. Ottawa Community ...and more »
  
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• Man hit by car after allegedly stabbing partner, then himself on Montreal Road

  08-12-2017 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating after a man allegedly stabbed his partner inside a hair salon on Montreal Road on Friday, then stabbed himself before being hit by a car as he fled the building.
  Paramedics said a woman in her 40s, and the man, also in his 40s, were taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. The woman suffered stab wounds to her face and arm, while the man had self-inflicted stab wounds, plus a fractured femur and a head injury after being hit by the car.
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• Unfounded? Six months later, an Ottawa woman says her sex assault case is still in limbo

  08-12-2017 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  This past July, this newspaper told the story of a 19-year-old Ottawa woman who went to police to report being sexually assaulted by two men.
  She was shocked and disappointed when investigators concluded her case was “unfounded.”
  The assault occurred in the early hours of May 21, after the woman agreed to meet a man she connected with through the dating app Tinder in a downtown apartment. The woman said she understood that the meeting would likely lead to sex, but she did not expect
  
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• The NHL100 Classic: Your guide to getting around town on game day

  08-12-2017 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the NHL100 Classic coming to Ottawa on Saturday, Dec. 16, there’s a lot of excitement brewing, and to make sure you arrive at your destination safely and on time the city has come up with a game plan.
  If you are going to Scotiabank NHL100 Classic, plan ahead for long security screening lines and expect traffic delays. Visit ottawa.ca and octranspo.com to see how traffic will be impacted and for transit options. Whether you are an Ottawa Senators fan or a Montreal C
  
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• Ottawa bids fond farewell to touch football godfather Ed Laverty

  08-12-2017 22:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  What else for this giant of touch football but a touching sendoff?
  Ed Laverty, who made touch football his passion and personal playground for 50 years, was fêted in a celebration of life Thursday at a packed Tudor Hall. The venue was fitting. Laverty held his first football banquet there.
  Edmund Laverty, 74, died recently at home surrounded by loved ones, including wife Trudy and children Tammy and Gordie. A longtime engineer for Northern Telecom, Ed had battled Alzheimer’s but was
  
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• Operation Come Home's at-risk youths turn out tourtière for the holidays

  08-12-2017 21:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The network of rooms beneath Centretown United Church is a bit of a maze. But on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday afternoon, if you follow your nose, you’ll find chef Bruce Wood and the youths of Operation Come Home’s FoodWorks program hard at work. 
  Earlier this week, the long, narrow kitchen equipped with three ranges was filled with the smells of roasting chicken meatballs, cilantro, Asian sauces and spices and more.
  Wood, who has cooked at Mariposa Farms and several Ottawa rest
  
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• Text messages can be considered private even once received, Supreme Court says ow.ly/VklV30h6DSv https://t.co/3s8S6UYVlP

  08-12-2017 21:16 via twitter.com
  
  Text messages can be considered private even once received, Supreme Court says ow.ly/VklV30h6DSv https://t.co/3s8S6UYVlP
  
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• Daylight stabbing on Montreal Road sends two people to hospital ow.ly/zMRs30h6Djw https://t.co/gSWHEFoxa7

  08-12-2017 21:09 via twitter.com
  
  Daylight stabbing on Montreal Road sends two people to hospital ow.ly/zMRs30h6Djw https://t.co/gSWHEFoxa7
  
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• Tech gift suggestions for people of all ages

  08-12-2017 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Still stumped about what to get the tech-lover in your life?
  After meticulously sorting through the plethora of tech toys on offer this year, we’ve put together a list of suggestions that should dazzle young and old fans of technology alike. The gift ideas were picked based on a  number of factors. Some are educational, some are just plain fun, but they all encourage communal and family play. This year’s tech gifts to give include:LEGO Boost 
  https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/BOO
  
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• One DUI out of 1,290 ride road check stops, police say

  08-12-2017 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are hopeful the city’s drivers are getting the anti-drunk driving message after Thursday night’s ‘Mega-Ride’ road check operation turned up only one arrest for impaired driving out of 1,290 stops.
  There were a total of 16 field tests for alcohol, and another driver was administered a field sobriety test for drugs and passed.
  The check did result in 11 provincial notices for various offences, as well as six suspended drivers and three uninsured drivers.
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• Two men charged with DUI after Chelsea bumper-trucks episode

  08-12-2017 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  It might be classified as a comedy of errors, if it didn’t involve alleged drunk drivers and vehicles flying all over the road.
  MRC des Collines police were called to a three-vehicle collision Friday morning at Des Métiers Road on Route 105 in Chelsea.
  On arrival, police determined a Toyota Highlander had been headed south on 105 when a Ford pickup went into the northbound lane to pass.
  A third southbound truck, a Nissan Rogue, apparently tried to thread between the first
  
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• Man hit by car after stabbing woman, then himself on Montreal Road, police say

  08-12-2017 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating after a man allegedly stabbed a woman inside a business on Montreal Road on Friday, then stabbed himself before being hit by a car as he left the building.
  Paramedics said both the woman, in her 40s, and the man, also in his 40s, were taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. The man also suffered a fractured femur and head injury after he was hit by the car.
  A strip mall on the 600 block of Montreal Road was cordoned off with police tape while officers i
  
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• Neve and Vaugrante: Canada must rise to the human-rights challenges it has been neglecting

  08-12-2017 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Dec. 10, 1948, governments gathered at the fledgling United Nations and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  Almost seven decades later, the declaration has become the centrepiece of an international human rights system comprised of countless treaties, declarations, councils and experts, all meant to deliver that promise of universal human rights protection around the globe. Yet widespread human rights violations devastate the lives of women, men and young people on every contin
  
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• 'It's the never-ending flood': Gatineau evacuees gets eviction reprieve

  08-12-2017 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Gatineau flood victim told she was losing her emergency home weeks before Christmas has gotten an official reprieve through the end of January from the Quebec government, not only for herself but for dozens of others who could face the same situation.
  But even as former Gatineau councillor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate Sylvie Goneau was talking to a reporter Friday morning, she learned of one last bureaucratic hurdle to stay in the Gatineau digs arranged by the Red Cross through next mont
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, December 8th: 1:10: @ChrisDaniels5 1:15: @AllanHubley_23 1:22: @RickChiarelli 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, December 8th: 1:10: @ChrisDaniels5 1:15: @AllanHubley_23 1:22: @RickChiarelli 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dawson: Here's why OC Transpo should worry about Uber

  08-12-2017 18:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The reasons people don’t use public transit are fairly straightforward, if not easily solvable. It can be inconvenient or slow. And, these days, it’s not always exceptionally economical. 
  Why would you sit on a cramped bus when you could drive, carpool or hop in an Uber? Research from the U.S.-based Institute for Transportation Studies says “ride-hailing” leads to a six per cent reduction in bus usage, and a three per cent reduction in light-rail usage among American
  
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• Today's letters: Canada's China policy – and Trudeau's performance

  08-12-2017 18:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers were peeved at Terry Glavin’s columns on China this week; others were unimpressed with the prime minister’s wardrobe choices. Meanwhile, some writers took us to task over hospital ERs and policing. You can write to us too, at: [email protected]
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  Stop railing against China
  Re: It’s one capitulation after another on China, Dec. 7.
  Which of you decided to unleash the dogs of Glavin? Such gnashing, snarling, frothing. The target is China’s resolute refu
  
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• Gormley: Why Canada should say Jerusalem decision makes world worse

  08-12-2017 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Whatever one thinks ought to be done with what is traditionally known as “the situation in the Middle East,” most observers agree that, first, it is a bad situation indeed and that, further, one ought not make a bad situation worse. 
  In a rare and obliging concession to reality, President Donald Trump admits that the situation between Israel and Palestine is bad. However, he departs boldly from the broader mainstream consensus that it is undesirable to worsen situations that are
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Host of Outta The Park Podcast @BarryDavis_ joins @markdaynews live: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/GaNsup5HX0

  08-12-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up at 11:45: Host of Outta The Park Podcast @BarryDavis_ joins @markdaynews live: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/GaNsup5HX0
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m. @Ottawaathomemag & @JulieBeun join @markdaynews in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m.@Ottawaathomemag & @JulieBeun join @markdaynews in studio: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pedestrian struck by truck downtown, in critical condition

  08-12-2017 17:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian is in critical condition after he was hit by a pickup truck downtown Friday morning.
  Police say a man in his late 50s or early 60s, was walking in the area of Queen and Kent streets when the accident occurred.
  He suffered life-threatening head injuries, as well as possible serious internal injuries. He was taken to the Ottawa Hospital trauma centre.
  Ottawa police have blocked off several streets in the area for the investigation.
   
    
  
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• Boeing reacts to Canada’s interest in buying used Australian F-18s

  08-12-2017 17:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Boeing today issued the following statement:
  “We have read reports that the Government of Canada is choosing to purchase used F/A-18 Classic Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force in lieu of new Super Hornet fighter jets. 
  The Boeing Company respects the Canadian government’s decision and applauds the government’s continued use of a two engine fighter solution, which is a critical part of their northern Arctic border defense, NORAD cooperation, and coast to coast to c
  
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• Yashin, Daigle, Redden, Tugnutt...the #Sens gang's all here for the Dec.15 Alumni Game on the #Canada150 rink… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  Yashin, Daigle, Redden, Tugnutt...the #Sens gang's all here for the Dec.15 Alumni Game on the #Canada150 rink… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: 14-year-old #WeDay ambassador @ThatHannahAlper joins @markdaynews: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: 14-year-old #WeDay ambassador @ThatHannahAlper joins @markdaynews: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Callers to @1310NEWS tell us there are big back ups n/b on Greenbank. Avoid if possible. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  08-12-2017 17:16 via twitter.com
  Callers to @1310NEWS tell us there are big back ups n/b on Greenbank. Avoid if possible. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• Coming up at NEXT: @BrettKissel will join @MarkDayNews to discuss his new album: Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/EIVnNyRo9G

  08-12-2017 17:12 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up at NEXT: @BrettKissel will join @MarkDayNews to discuss his new album: Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/EIVnNyRo9G
  
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• Two young Ottawa chefs hope crowdfunding will make restaurant dreams come true

  08-12-2017 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two young Ottawa chefs hope that crowdfunding campaigns will help them take their modest restaurant ambitions to the next level.
  One is Tarek Hassan, who began selling Asian buns from his Gongfu Bao food cart beside Confederation Park in 2013. He is preparing to open a restaurant in early 2018 at 365 Bank St. in Centretown, and through his Indiegogo page aims to raise a little more than $20,000. Hassan has raised a bit more than $12,500 by offering supporters advance orders of food, shirts, band
  
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• Student suffers minor injury as two schoolbuses collide in Greely

  08-12-2017 16:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  One elementary school student suffered slight injuries Friday morning when two schoolbuses collided at the corner of Sale Barn and Parkway roads in Greely.
  Police were called to the scene at about 9:23 a.m. and found one of the buses blocking the road.
  Firefighters and paramedics checked out the 40 or so students before assisting them to safety.
  The injured student did not require hospital treatment.
  The roads were cleared by about 10:15 a.m.
   
   
  
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• Drugged in nursing homes: As use of one drug is decreased, others are taking its place

  08-12-2017 16:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Long-term care homes are still sedating elderly residents, despite warnings the drugs are largely untested and inappropriate for the ways they are being used.
  Although long-term care homes have begun reducing high rates of anti-psychotic drugs prescribed to residents with no diagnosis of psychosis after alarms about the practice were raised, other sedatives have been on the rise among the elderly, according to recent research.
  Drugs with sedating properties are often prescribed to elderly patien
  
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• Ottawa care home had record of breaking safety rules around transfers

  08-12-2017 16:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s Extendicare Laurier Manor had a history of breaking safety rules around lifting and moving residents when Samira Papadopoulo fell during a botched transfer from her wheelchair to her bed.
  It was September, and the 67-year-old woman, with advanced Alzheimer’s, was not positioned properly in the sling mechanism used to transfer residents who can’t move themselves. She fell forward, striking her head and ending up in hospital with injuries that included a gash, a head inj
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @Matt_Dips join @markdaynews live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @Matt_Dips join @markdaynews live: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 9:45 The always hilarious @SandraKiss1053 in studio w/ @MarkDayNews with all your entertainment news:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 15:36 via twitter.com
  Coming up 9:45The always hilarious @SandraKiss1053 in studio w/ @MarkDayNews with all your entertainment news:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Christmas with a twist: Inspiration from holiday homes tours

  08-12-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Holiday decorating is trending toward the more minimal but, as the recent Homes for the Holidays house tour shows, there are still plenty of ways to add some pop.
  Now in its 15th year, the sneak peek into some of Ottawa’s most interesting homes — all decorated for the season by top florists and designers — continues to be a popular draw. More than 1,200 visitors strolled through eight homes last month to get ideas for their own holiday decorating while enjoying homes
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @StCollinson on previously undisclosed emails that show follow-up after Trump Tower meeting:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @StCollinson on previously undisclosed emails that show follow-up after Trump Tower meeting:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lace up your skates! December 10th is officially @canada150th Skating Day! bit.ly/2BWgTE9 https://t.co/rJnxpGWyWZ

  08-12-2017 15:20 via twitter.com
  
  Lace up your skates!December 10th is officially @canada150th Skating Day! bit.ly/2BWgTE9 https://t.co/rJnxpGWyWZ
  
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• POLL: Do you support a one-time special levy on your tax bill to pay for repairs to the city's crumbling roads and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 15:07 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you support a one-time special levy on your tax bill to pay for repairs to the city's crumbling roads and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @JLeiper joins @markdaynews on proposed one-time special levy pay for city infrastructure: L… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 15:05 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @JLeiper joins @markdaynews on proposed one-time special levy pay for city infrastructure: L… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hagar: In defence of personal support workers

  08-12-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The negative news coverage of personal support workers (PSWs) in long-term care facilities in Ontario in the last few months has left me disappointed and upset.
  A picture of rampant elder abuse and lack of care in all long-term care homes has been communicated to the public. Personal support workers as a whole have been crucified and the many issues in Ontario’s long-term care system left unaddressed. The family, the public, the long-term care workers and the residents deserve to have thes
  
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• Crisis in care: The long-term care system is failing our most vulnerable, but the need for the system is only growing

  08-12-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  While sitting at his bedside, she watched in alarm as her father began crying out: “Please don’t hurt me. You’re torturing me.”
  A staff psychiatrist at the Ottawa long-term care home where the 81-year-old war veteran lived suggested he might be reliving his wartime experiences.
  His daughter later learned the truth.
  The veteran was one of four men living on a locked Alzheimer’s ward at Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre who were assaulted and manhandled
  
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• Coming up at 9:10 @JimWatsonOttawa joins @markdaynews on proposed one-time special levy pay for city infrastructu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 14:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:10 @JimWatsonOttawa joins @markdaynews on proposed one-time special levy pay for city infrastructu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Manitoba premier comments on Winnipeg chamber chair's appearance, high heels: bit.ly/2nJdq8L https://t.co/8OkEkOo7wX

  08-12-2017 14:48 via twitter.com
  
  Manitoba premier comments on Winnipeg chamber chair's appearance, high heels: bit.ly/2nJdq8L https://t.co/8OkEkOo7wX
  
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• Salvation Army holding annual Christmas dinner Saturday: bit.ly/2iDGp8y https://t.co/mWILpEbD88

  08-12-2017 14:42 via twitter.com
  
  Salvation Army holding annual Christmas dinner Saturday: bit.ly/2iDGp8y https://t.co/mWILpEbD88
  
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• MacDougall: In China, Justin Trudeau discovers hard limits of soft power

  08-12-2017 14:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the end, China wasn’t moved.
  Not by Justin Trudeau’s charisma. Or his encyclopedia of hagiographic press clippings. And certainly not by the prospect of a “progressive” trade deal with Canada. 
  Instead of launching free trade talks this week, as was widely expected, Trudeau left China with a meek commitment to “exploratory talks to continue on a framework for a Canada-China free trade agreement,” a result that fills a tweet and not much else. 
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• Weather advisory issued for travellers on Highway 401

  08-12-2017 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you’re hitting Highway 401 Friday, watch out.Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for the area stretching from Prescott to Belleville.
  Bands of snow, which may total five to 10 cm in some areas, are coming off Lake Ontario and heading north. The adverse conditions may last into the evening. 
  “Motorists should be prepared for rapidly deteriorating travel conditions,” the weather agency warned.“Hazardous winter driving conditions are possib
  
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• Serious crash on 174, flurries are on the way

  08-12-2017 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Skies and roads were clear Friday morning but a single-vehicle crash on Highway 174 overnight was snarling the morning commute and snow is on the way.
  A subcompact car crashed on the westbound Highway 174 near Montreal Road at about 11:30 p.m. sending one person to hospital with critical injuries. Ottawa police reported that all lanes finally reopened just after 7 a.m. 
  Even after all lanes reopened, the City of Ottawa’s traffic centre was reporting that traffic on the roadway was &ld
  
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• Westbound Hwy. 174 closed after serious crash: bit.ly/2AmPRse https://t.co/t5AmnrmcLH

  08-12-2017 11:32 via twitter.com
  
  Westbound Hwy. 174 closed after serious crash: bit.ly/2AmPRse https://t.co/t5AmnrmcLH
  
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• TRAFFIC NOTE: 174 closed W/B btwn Jeanne D'Arc Blvd & Montreal Road due to a motor vehicle collision -- closure exp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-12-2017 11:17 via twitter.com
  TRAFFIC NOTE: 174 closed W/B btwn Jeanne D'Arc Blvd & Montreal Road due to a motor vehicle collision -- closure exp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa in for another day of cold, biting wind - CBC.ca

  08-12-2017 11:00
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  Ottawa in for another day of cold, biting wind
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  A cold wind will blow today, gusting near 40 km/h at times, so be prepared. Flurries are possible as we hit a high near -1 C on Friday. Flurries are likely Saturday with similar temperatures. But be warned, it gets much colder starting Sunday into next ...
  
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• Davie affiliate to open ops centre for new supply ship for Royal Canadian Navy

  08-12-2017 06:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The groundwork is being prepared for the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest ship. An operations centre to facilitate the day-to-day work of the MV Asterix, a Resolve Class naval support ship being leased to the Royal Canadian Navy, will be opened on Friday. The centre, to be run by Federal Fleet Services, is located in Halifax. The MV Asterix will provide the navy with fuel, cargo, ammunition, a floating hospital, a platform for two helicopters and quarters for humanitarian and rescue operations
  
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• Ottawa sex-shame attack was videotaped, posted on Facebook

  08-12-2017 03:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the darkest moments in Ottawa’s tight-knit Congolese community unfolded on July 3, 2015, when a young woman was viciously degraded by jealous attackers who kidnapped her and later pinned her down and applied hair-removal cream to her vagina, only to broadcast it on Facebook.
  Sadly, there were a handful of online videos — viewed around the world — that showed the young, naked woman crying and screaming as she was attacked. 
  This is the police theory in a case that ha
  
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