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• Scanlan: Capital Cup games moved as Parliament Hill rink bitten by cold snap

  27-12-2017 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Staging hockey tournament games outdoors is fraught with risk. Will temperatures be cold enough to make and keep ice in late December?
  The 19th annual Bell Capital Cup hockey tournament is experiencing the polar opposite problem – ice too cold and brittle to stand up to the cuts and turns of a hockey player’s skate blade.
  An early cold snap is usually a blessing for outdoor rink makers, but on Wednesday the weather turned so cold it forced the rescheduling of all Day 1 Capital Cup ga
  
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• It's not just cold, it's #HypoThermageddon2017. And it's here to stay

  27-12-2017 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s official. It’s so cold the weather has its own clever hashtag— #HypoThermageddon2017.
  That blast of lingering frigid air is a polar vortex, a persistent blanket of cold from the Arctic. 
  It was so cold that on Wednesday, the 19th annual Bell Capital Cup moved all the games on the Canada 150 rink on Parliament Hill to indoor facilities. The Brampton Canadettes and the Kanata Rangers girls peewee AA made it through the first period before the game was called off be
  
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• Ottawa pedestrian struck by cars and dragged expected to survive, says relative

  27-12-2017 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa man who was struck by two cars before being dragged for a kilometre by another vehicle is expected to survive his injuries, a relative says, as police continue to search for the drivers, all of whom fled the scene.
  The 52-year-old victim, identified as Victor Carbon, remained unconscious and in serious condition Wednesday at The Ottawa Hospital.
  He suffered “severe” road rash and other serious injuries, but they’re not considered life-threatening, said his niece, Ash
  
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• How Ottawans braved the cold in the ByWard Market today

  27-12-2017 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The great Canadian winter is upon Canada’s capital, and in spite of the bitter cold, the resilient spirit of some Ottawans was shining through Wednesday.
  We found out how visitors and vendors in the ByWard Market area were managing in -24 C temperatures — cold that shows no sign of relenting in the coming week. 
  When she isn’t selling maple syrup goods for Denis Giroux ByWard Maple Syrup, Jody Smith seeks refuge in the heated trailer behind her. (Photo by Jennifer Liu)
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• Suspected liquid cocaine in rum bottles nabbed at Ottawa airport

  27-12-2017 21:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people returning to Ottawa from the Dominican Republic were arrested earlier this month when border guards spotted 10 rum bottles containing suspected liquid cocaine in their luggage, police say.
  The pair arrived at the MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on Dec. 7. Canada Border Services Agency officers found the one-litre bottles during a secondary inspection, the RCMP said in a press release. A test of the liquid pointed to cocaine as did a detector dog.
  The travelers w
  
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• Man posing as tutor charged with sexual assault on 17-year-old male

  27-12-2017 21:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man who offered online tutoring has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual exploitation of 17-year-old male victim.
  Police say the accused advertised his tutoring skills online and then arranged a face-to-face meeting with the teenager. The alleged assaults began last summer.
  Ziauddin Yousafzai, 25, appeared in court on Dec. 23 on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual exploitation, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and criminal harassment.
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• Now on Ottawa Today: @Colettod joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the latest numbers in Canadian politics. Also co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 21:15 via twitter.com
  Now on Ottawa Today: @Colettod joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the latest numbers in Canadian politics.Also co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Frigid temperatures move all Bell Capital Cup games indoors

  27-12-2017 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  With a frostbite warning in effect, the Bell Capital Cup moved all of its Wednesday games from Parliament Hill to indoor rinks.
  “We spoke with all of the teams involved in games on the Canada 150 Rink for today,” general manager Scott Lawryk said in an email Wednesday morning as the event featuring 32 teams of young players aged nine to 12 from across the country got underway.
  “While we didn’t want to take away the once in a lifetime opportunity, safety is obviously a con
  
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• Coming up on Ottawa Today: @Carleton_U professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe for a recap of the year in g… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 19:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ottawa Today: @Carleton_U professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe for a recap of the year in g… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@OttawaPolice looking three vehicles in Christmas Eve hit & run in Nepean that critically injured a 52 y.o. man… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice looking three vehicles in Christmas Eve hit & run in Nepean that critically injured a 52 y.o. man… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Reevely: NCC's starting to flood the canal, Ottawa's best thing

  27-12-2017 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission’s crews have begun flooding the Rideau Canal to thicken the ice and smooth it for skating.
  We’ve had a couple of crummy skating seasons in a row: the shortest and the second-shortest ever. Maybe this year breaks the pattern, though as always, any speculation on when the first civilians might go out for a twirl is irresponsible.
  “It is safety management not to give the date,” says Jean Wolff, the National Capital Commission’s senior sp
  
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• Smiths Falls' Brooke Henderson is named female athlete of the year once again by the Canadian Press.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Smiths Falls' Brooke Henderson is named female athlete of the year once again by the Canadian Press.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Yes, Ottawa, it's a polar vortex again

  27-12-2017 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  You can now officially blame a polar vortex for Ottawa’s frigid temperatures.
  But wait, what’s a polar vortex?
  Most of Canada has a blanket of cold air that has pushed its way down from the Arctic, where it spends much of the year going around in circles (that’s the “vortex” part) and not bothering us at all.
  This air moved south over Christmas. We used to call this a cold spell, mostly. The polar vortex term caught on in 2014 when an especially persistent mass of A
  
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• Coming up this hour on a special holiday edition of Ottawa Today: Former GG David Johnston joins @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 18:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up this hour on a special holiday edition of Ottawa Today: Former GG David Johnston joins @_MarkSutcliffe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Glavin: A dismal, dreary year – unless you were Putin, Assad, Xi …

  27-12-2017 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Islamic State marauders roared across Iraq’s Nineveh Plains in July, 2014, they burned the churches, desecrated shrines, toppled crosses and destroyed ancient manuscripts. About 200,000 Christians fled, and most of them ended up in displaced persons’ camps in Iraqi Kurdistan or in makeshift refugee camps in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. In Mosul, St. Paul’s Cathedral remained standing, but it was turned into a jail.
  In one of the few hopeful moments of 2017 – an otherw
  
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• Today's letters: Organ donations, being a victim, Trudeau's advisers

  27-12-2017 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers wrote to us about organ donations, a human rights complaint, and a couple of our regular columnists. You can write too: [email protected]
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  Please educate yourselves on organ donations
  Re: The organ donation system does not discriminate, Dec. 20.
  As a family whose members have experienced the power and beauty of organ and tissue donation, we believe Rabbi Reuven Bulka is bang-on!
  It is incumbent on more Canadians to educate themselves about organ and tissue d
  
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• .@environmentca says this deep freeze should last for about a week. 1310news.com/2017/12/27/ext… https://t.co/w14Q76FJlA

  27-12-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  
  .@environmentca says this deep freeze should last for about a week. 1310news.com/2017/12/27/ext… https://t.co/w14Q76FJlA
  
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• On Air: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ottawa Today with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS Interviews with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 17:55 via twitter.com
  On Air: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ottawa Today with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWSInterviews with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@bellcapitalcup organizers are doing some rescheduling due to frigid temperatures in the region. However, a handfu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  .@bellcapitalcup organizers are doing some rescheduling due to frigid temperatures in the region. However, a handfu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #FrostbiteAdvisory has now been upgraded to a warning. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  27-12-2017 17:29 via twitter.com
  #FrostbiteAdvisory has now been upgraded to a warning. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• Cohen: Forget the UN – Canada's foreign policy is all about the U.S.

  27-12-2017 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, is throwing a party in January. Only those who opposed a resolution condemning her country for recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel are invited.
  It will be a subdued affair. The invitation list is limited. The guests of honour will be those few nations that opposed the resolution passed by the United Nations on Dec. 21. These include heavyweights such as Togo, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau, Honduras, Guatemala and the Fede
  
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• Dining Out: Citizen restaurant critic Peter Hum's best bites of 2017

  27-12-2017 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 2017, I scoured from Stittsville to Aylmer to Wakefield to Orléans for delicious, memorable dishes, and I didn’t do too badly at all. 
  Of course, new, upscale restaurants in Ottawa’s downtown dining districts — places such as Sur-Lie and Oz Kafe in the ByWard Market, Stofa on Wellington Street West and Orto Trattoria in the Glebe — provided thrills.  
  But further afield, there was also La Maison Conroy in Aylmer, plus a wave of more casual eaterie
  
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• Five things you may not know about @MapleLeafs legend Johnny Bower. sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/fiv… https://t.co/dcYy7HgMGK

  27-12-2017 16:32 via twitter.com
  
  Five things you may not know about @MapleLeafs legend Johnny Bower.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/fiv… https://t.co/dcYy7HgMGK
  
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• Smiths Falls golfer Brooke Henderson is the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in three… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 16:22 via twitter.com
  Smiths Falls golfer Brooke Henderson is the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in three… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Compass: When regular public high school just doesn't work out

  27-12-2017 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A battle with depression cast a dark cloud over Brittany Potschka’s first high school year, leaving her feeling tired, overwhelmed and isolated. But when she discovered a documentary on alternative education strategies, she realized she was not alone in her struggle, and there are other learning options outside the traditional school system.
  Potschka, 17, heard about the screening of the film Class Dismissed after listening to a radio interview with Abby Karos, founder of Ottawa’s Co
  
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• Former columnist Ron Corbett spins old notebook, travels, into crime novel

  27-12-2017 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a long-ago trip to Algonquin Park during the dead of winter, Ottawa writer Ron Corbett remembers seeing an ice hut flash with light in the darkness of a frozen lake.
  The image stuck him. “It was kid of spooky,” he remembers. “Was it a shotgun going off? Or was it just someone trying to light a lamp?”
  The scene would plant in Corbett’s mind the seed for a novel, one that begins with an atrocity inside a remote northern cabin.
  Although it would take him more than a
  
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• Windchill -40: Gatineau is much, much colder than Ottawa Wednesday morning

  27-12-2017 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s cold in Ottawa. But Gatineau is just plain ridiculous.
  Gatineau’s weather station reported that the air on the Quebec side of the river was colder than Ottawa’s air by an amazing 8.6 degrees on Wednesday morning.
  At 8 a.m. it was -24.1 C in Ottawa and -32.7 C in Gatineau. 
  Both figures are pure temperature, without including wind chill. With the windchill, in Gatineau it felt like -40.
  Each temperature is measured at its city’s airport. Gatineau’s air
  
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• Frigid temperatures move some Bell Capital Cup games indoors

  27-12-2017 15:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  With a frostbite advisory in effect, the Bell Capital Cup has moved some Wednesday games from Parliament Hill to indoor rinks.
   “We spoke with all of the teams involved in games on the Canada 150 Rink for today,” general manager Scott Lawryk said in an e-mail Wednesday morning as the event featuring 32 teams of young players aged nine to 12 from across the country got underway.  
  “In consultation with them, some games were moved indoors, while some are going ahea
  
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• Hockey community mourns loss of @MapleLeafs legend Johnny Bower. sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hoc… https://t.co/x1ZigtPH0N

  27-12-2017 15:09 via twitter.com
  
  Hockey community mourns loss of @MapleLeafs legend Johnny Bower. sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hoc… https://t.co/x1ZigtPH0N
  
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• Most Ottawa shopping centres return to normal hours today. Click here to see who is open and closed this weekend.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 14:54 via twitter.com
  Most Ottawa shopping centres return to normal hours today. Click here to see who is open and closed this weekend.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• An extreme cold warning coupled with a frostbite warning, and @environmentca says this arctic air isn't going anywh… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 14:51 via twitter.com
  An extreme cold warning coupled with a frostbite warning, and @environmentca says this arctic air isn't going anywh… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Live 6 a.m. - Noon Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather with @Stu_McGinn & @MelAdams1310 Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs

  27-12-2017 14:33 via twitter.com
  Live 6 a.m. - Noon Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather with @Stu_McGinn & @MelAdams1310 Listen: bit.ly/1uwtdOs
  
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• Tablet device brings health care to patients with complex needs

  27-12-2017 14:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rick O’Neil had just about given up on life when he was asked whether he would try some new technology to keep him in touch with medical professionals and others.
  That tablet-like device, called aTouchAway, was the start of a new beginning for O’Neil, In fact, the 56-year-old is convinced the technology, which keeps him in daily contact with health workers, helped saved his life.
  The Arnprior man, who was struggling with multiple health issues as well as depression, contacted the dev
  
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• Watch for frostbite – it's cold and getting colder

  27-12-2017 14:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bundle up!
  A frostbite advisory is in effect with a morning low on Wednesday of -24 C. It’s not getting much warmer with a forecast high of just -17 C that will feel more like -33. And the cold, cold snap is supposed to last into the weekend. 
  Wednesday is mainly sunny with northwest winds at 20 km/h dropping off by evening, a low of -29 C and overnight windchill of -37.
  FROSTBITE ADVISORY in effect until further notice. Tips to stay warm: https://t.co/4hgVeVoPhI #OttNews #FrostbiteAd
  
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• Shaver: Quebec must join other provinces in health-care parity

  27-12-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 1989, the federal Liberal health critic of the day, David Dingwall, asked: “Why is the federal government letting Quebec get away with this violation when it was so inflexible in the issue of extra-billing?”
  Sadly, little progress has been made in resolving this problem in nearly 30 years.
  Hospital care is fully portable across Canada, but unlike all other provinces and territories, Quebec has refused to sign a reciprocal agreement for physician services. Quebecers seeking me
  
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• Wartime tragedy: The Almonte train wreck of 1942

  27-12-2017 13:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  THE JOURNEY BEGINS
  The Turcottes found four seats together in the last coach of the Sunday Evening Special, the train they were taking home to Ottawa from their Christmas celebrations in Petawawa.
  Maurice Turcotte, his wife Cecile and their two children, five-year-old Bernie and eight-month-old Denyse, had spent the holidays with Maurice’s mother, Clara, who had never before seen her grandchildren in person.
  It was Dec. 27, 1942, and the following morning, a Monday, Maurice was expected ba
  
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• Pellerin: Following the party line – but only part-way

  27-12-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is part of a series we’ve dubbed “Politics for the rest of us” – an attempt to see if Canadians can find common ground, without rancour, between differing views. Today, meet a Toronto retail manager who leans both right and left: 
  Shaun Nickerson is 35 years old, single with no kids. He works as a retail manager for a large chain in the Toronto area. He’s college-educated and makes a reasonable living. That gives him time to think and talk about politics,
  
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• Farber: Sadly, bigotry still flourished in 2017

  27-12-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The year 2017 has been tumultuous.
  In many ways, it was more of the same. Recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help Indigenous people are still only concepts on paper; poverty and homelessness remain a blight; Israelis and Palestinians have still not found a way to make peace; and war continues to ravage many parts of the world.
  But 2017 was also a year like no other in modern times.
  Nature exposed us to its literal fire and fury in ways we have never before experience
  
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• Former columnist Ron Corbett mines old notebook, travels, in new novel

  27-12-2017 12:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a long-ago trip to Algonquin Park during the dead of winter, Ottawa writer Ron Corbett remembers seeing an ice hut flash with light in the darkness of a frozen lake.
  The image stuck him. “It was kid of spooky,” he remembers. “Was it a shotgun going off? Or was it just someone trying to light a lamp?”
  The scene would plant in Corbett’s mind the seed for a novel, one that begins with an atrocity inside a remote northern cabin.
  Although it would take him more than a
  
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• .@environmentca is now issuing an extreme cold warning for Gatineau. The same warning continues for many local com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 11:22 via twitter.com
  .@environmentca is now issuing an extreme cold warning for Gatineau.The same warning continues for many local com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New supply ship for Royal Canadian Navy to arrive in Halifax Wednesday

  27-12-2017 05:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Canadian Navy’s interim supply ship will arrive in Halifax Wednesday in preparation for sea trials and crew training.
  The trials for the Motor Vessel (MV) Asterix, as well as training for RCN personnel, will take place in early January. The ship is expected to begin supporting RCN operations starting in February.
  Asterix was an existing commercial vessel that was converted into a naval refueling and resupply ship at Davie shipyards in Quebec.
  The construction of Asterix was entir
  
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• 2017 In Stories: A gripping tale of Arctic survival

  27-12-2017 05:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Best Stories of 2017: The epic tale of Marten Hartwell’s Arctic Survival. When the newsroom was brainstorming Canada 150 feature ideas, he was shocked to hear many had forgotten, or had never heard of Marten Hartwell. He set out to re-tell the grimly epic tale, but his reporting led him deeper into the story than he expected. 
  Scene of Arctic ordeal: Coroner Walter England last night released this picture of the camp where Marten Hartwell spent 32 days, published March 1, 1973.
  Ed
  
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• 2017 In Stories: Illegal, taboo and potentially deadly: Understanding the history of abortion in Ottawa

  27-12-2017 05:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Best Stories of 2017: A century ago, abortion was on trial in Canada’s capital, but as journalist Megan Gillis discovered, the subject was so taboo, words like ‘abortion’ and ‘baby’ were never mentioned in the newspapers of the time. 
  Editor’s note: As we prepare to usher in 2018, it’s important that we here in the newsroom take a moment to consider the year that was. The news cycle has a forward momentum and it’s easy — too eas
  
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• Pedestrian struck by three vehicles, dragged for a kilometre: Witness

  27-12-2017 03:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  An eyewitness and would-be rescuer says a pedestrian crossing Baseline Road on Christmas Eve was struck by two cars and thrown into the air before being dragged by a third vehicle for a kilometre or more. 
  Dave Gignac, 52, had gone to an early mass with his daughter at St. Augustine Parish and was waiting outside for a ride when he saw a pedestrian trying to cross Baseline, east of Merivale Road, at about 5:45 p.m.
  The man was not at a crosswalk, and was walking north across Baseline.
  The p
  
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• Teen finds alternative to public education at learning centre

  27-12-2017 02:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A battle with depression cast a dark cloud over Brittany Potschka’s first high school year, leaving her feeling tired, overwhelmed and isolated. But when she discovered a documentary on alternative education strategies, she realized she was not alone in her struggle, and there are other learning options outside the traditional school system.
  Potschka, 17, heard about the screening of the film Class Dismissed after listening to a radio interview with Abby Karos, founder of Ottawa’s Co
  
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• Mom says new drug plan eases financial stress as son battles cancer

  27-12-2017 01:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the past 17 months, Jackie Ritz has suffered the gut-wrenching roller-coaster of her son’s leukemia treatment. 
  Austin Ritz, 18, has been a patient at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario for more than 400 days — ever since being diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. During that time, he has faced a series of medical challenges, including a collapsed lung, a blood clot, supraventricular tachycardia, and a fungal infection in his brain, which sent him int
  
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• 'I am here today because of this': A high-tech solution to one of Ontario's biggest health care challenges

  27-12-2017 01:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rick O’Neil had just about given up on life when he was asked whether he would try some new technology to keep him in touch with medical professionals and others.
  That tablet-like device, called aTouchAway, was the start of a new beginning for O’Neil, In fact, the 56-year-old is convinced the technology, which keeps him in daily contact with health workers, helped saved his life.
  The Arnprior man, who was struggling with multiple health issues as well as depression, contacted the dev
  
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• Motorist knocks over downtown traffic light, flees scene on foot

  27-12-2017 01:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A motorist crashed into a downtown traffic light, knocking it to the ground, before fleeing the scene on foot Tuesday evening. 
  Traffic on northbound King Edward Avenue was closed between Rideau and York streets at 6:55 p.m. while City of Ottawa crews cleaned up the mess. 
  Witnesses told police that the driver crashed into the pole then fled on foot in the direction of the LCBO store at the corner of Rideau and King Edward, leaving the badly damaged car in the middle of the intersectio
  
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• Former columnist draws on old notebook, travels in new novel

  27-12-2017 01:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a long-ago trip to Algonquin Park during the dead of winter, Ottawa writer Ron Corbett remembers seeing an ice hut flash with light in the darkness of a frozen lake.
  The image stuck him. “It was kid of spooky,” he remembers. “Was it a shotgun going off? Or was it just someone trying to light a lamp?”
  The scene would plant in Corbett’s mind the seed for a novel, one that begins with an atrocity inside a remote northern cabin.
  Although it would take him more than a
  
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