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• 2017 in Stories: An intimate look at medically assisted dying

  25-12-2017 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  In June, Kelly Egan met Josephine Hopkins because she wanted to share her story of choosing a medically assisted death.  In August, when she died, he wrote about her remarkable life, her fortitude and her choice. In this Behind the News video feature, Kelly Egan discusses how reporting this story impacted him.
  “There’s an old saying people sometimes use about stories; that some are written and some are lived. Anyway this one certainly lived, with her. And it lived with me too,&r
  
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• Blast destroys part of an industrial building in Wakefield

  25-12-2017 18:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  An industrial blaze consumed parts of a garage at 960 Edelweiss Road, just east of Wakefield, Quebec late Sunday morning.
  The building contained machinery owned by Construction Edelweiss, a civil engineering firm that maintains offices nearby. 
  The cause of the fire is unknown. 
   
  
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• Police officer pleads guilty to illegally transferring weapon

  25-12-2017 15:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Sue Yanagisawa
  A 40-year-old Ottawa Police officer who compounded a co-worker’s bad judgment in the handling of his service weapon and ended up facing a criminal charge in Kingston has been sanctioned in court, but he will not be burdened with a criminal record.
  Const. Ahmad W. Hafizi pleaded guilty in Kingston’s Ontario Court of Justice to illegally transferring a restricted weapon, a fellow officer’s gun, to an unauthorized third party.
  Justice Allan Letourneau, adopting t
  
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• What did Santa bring? More snow and a wind chill of -25

  25-12-2017 13:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  No wonder he ate all the cookies you left out.
  Santa must’ve seen the forecast and realized that a few extra calories wouldn’t hurt (his sleigh is open to the elements, after all).
  It’s cold and getting colder.
  A special weather statement is still in effect for parts of the Ottawa-area. 
  Unfortunately, kids, the reindeer prints won’t be visible this year because of all the fresh snow.
  Environment Canada is predicting that we’ll receive 2-4 cm of the white stuff
  
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• Pedestrian in critical care after being hit and dragged three blocks

  25-12-2017 02:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 52-year-old man is in life-threatening condition after being hit and dragged by a vehicle near Baseline Road and Merivale Road. Ottawa Paramedics responded to the scene and found the man, three blocks from where he had reportedly been hit. 
  Paramedics treated the man for critical, life-threatening injuries, including re-warming the man. He was then transferred to the Trauma Service at the Ottawa Hospital. 
  Ottawa Police are investigating. 
   
  
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• Days after devastating fire, congregation gathers for Christmas Eve service

  25-12-2017 00:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Christian congregation whose place of worship went up in flames last week was able to hold its Christmas Eve service after all, thanks to the help of a nearby church.
  Dozens of people from the Living Waters Christian Assembly gathered at the nearby Woodvale Pentecostal Church on Greenbank Road early Sunday morning to for their service.
  Living Water’s pastor Syd Curry thanked those in attendance and said efforts to rebuild their church were already underway.
  In a post on the Canada Helps
  
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• Days after devastating fire, community gathers for Christmas Eve service

  25-12-2017 00:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  A church community affected by fire was able to hold its Christmas Eve service thanks to the help of a nearby church.
  Dozens of people from the Living Waters Christian Assembly gathered at the nearby Woodvale Pentecostal Church on Greenbank Road early Sunday morning to band together for the mass.
  Living Water’s pastor Syd Curry thanked those in attendance and said efforts to rebuild the parish are underway.
  In a post on Canada Helps Org., the Living Waters Christian Assembly says that, in
  
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