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• Persistent cold forces @bellcapitalcup to move championship games indoors. #ottnews twitter.com/bellcapitalcup…

  28-12-2017 23:46 via twitter.com
  Persistent cold forces @bellcapitalcup to move championship games indoors. #ottnews twitter.com/bellcapitalcup…
  
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• Canada's cat overpopulation 'crisis' is under control — for now

  28-12-2017 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadians have gained the upper hand on managing the cat population “crisis,” but their efforts are not happening quickly enough to see the problem disappear entirely, according to a national report released Thursday.
  The Cats in Canada Report 2017, produced by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, studied data from 2011 to 2017 on “Canada’s cat overpopulation crisis,” and underlined the need for more sterilization campaigns to adequately control cat numbers.
  
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• As the wind chill nears -40 tonight, local shelters are as busy as ever. The @OttawaMission, @Salvation_Army and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  As the wind chill nears -40 tonight, local shelters are as busy as ever. The @OttawaMission, @Salvation_Army and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Scanlan: Cold weather a mere skate in the forest at Lac-des-Loups

  28-12-2017 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hockey on the Hill may have taken a hit from the deep freeze, but skating through the woods has survived the big chill.
  Dave Mayer’s brainstorm of creating a skateway through the forest north of Gatineau Park has proven to be wildly popular with locals and tourists.
  In its second year of operation, Mayer’s Lac-des-Loups Patinage en forêt received a holiday week boost from an early cold snap.
  The reviews from my family were strong, after a couple of loops around the Lac-des-Loup
  
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• City decides on larger planning advisory committee with more residents, developers

  28-12-2017 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa will have a 15-member planning advisory committee, significantly expanding the membership from a previous proposal that overwhelmingly favoured city hall’s inner circle.
  Politicians will be joined by development experts and regular citizens on the new committee, which is being forced by the province under amendments to the Planning Act.
  One noteworthy change from the city’s original proposal: the mayor won’t have a seat at the advisory committee table.
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• Ottawans: StatCan wants to test your fitness levels (and there's something in it for you)

  28-12-2017 22:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Get ready to be poked, prodded and pushed, Ottawa.
  Statistics Canada wants to get a sense of how fit we are as Canadians, and are going to great lengths – including physical fitness testing and in-depth interviews – to find out.
  Starting Jan. 3, a total of 500 area residents will take part in the Canada Health Measures Survey (CHMS) to generate data that will help Health Canada, as well as public health planners and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, with their work.
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• ICYMI: This cold snap can trigger increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. @OttFire has some safety tips.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 21:48 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: This cold snap can trigger increased risk ofcarbon monoxide poisoning. @OttFire has some safety tips.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Professor Popsicle' shoots down some myths about hypothermia

  28-12-2017 21:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you sit in near-freezing water long enough to have mild hypothermia, and repeat this 40 or 50 times in the name of science, people will start calling you Professor Popsicle. We interviewed him for our seasonal series, the Science of Winter.
  Meet Gordon Giesbrecht, physiologist and University of Manitoba professor, a guy who knows all your cherished beliefs about the cold and loves to tear them down.
  He does much of his work in a tank of ice water, with monitors stuck to his body. Students als
  
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• #otttraffic #HWY401 crash near #Gananoque CLEARED. twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  28-12-2017 20:57 via twitter.com
  #otttraffic #HWY401 crash near #Gananoque CLEARED. twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• Coming up at 3 p.m. Interviews with @Cmdr_Hadfield, @RandallMoore26 & @TheGrahamNash bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 20:56 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 3 p.m.Interviews with @Cmdr_Hadfield, @RandallMoore26 & @TheGrahamNashbit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cold Facts: Great Lakes freeze starts fast this year

  28-12-2017 20:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winter is upon us and the cold is here to last, with double-digit negative temperatures forecasted for the next week. Is there a bright side to any of this? Not really. But we offer the tiniest of silver linings! To accompany this cold snap, we’re introducing a new short-term daily feature: Cold Facts. 
  Ice covered 9.4 per cent of the Great Lakes’ total surface by Wednesday of this week. That’s a fast start to freeze-up, with much more ice than there was on the same date a
  
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• Police seek public's help to locate man wanted on outstanding warrants

  28-12-2017 20:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to locate a man who is wanted on several outstanding arrest warrants.
  Sought is Casey Leigh Boland, 40, of Ottawa. The city police break and enter squad said in a release additional charges are also pending.
  Boland is described as being a white male, standing around five feet six inches (168 cm) tall, weighing 120 pounds (54 kg) with a slim build. He is balding with salt-and-pepper hair and brown eyes.
  Anyone with information regarding Boland&
  
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• Reevely: Embrace the cold and make Ottawa a 'winter city'

  28-12-2017 20:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is a tough sell when the health unit is warning about losing fingers to frostbite, but Ottawa can and should do more to embrace winter rather than resisting it.
  We do a lot already. We piled into the Crashed Ice downhill-skating competition last March in such numbers that crowd-control was a problem. We packed the outdoor stands at Lansdowne for a snowy Grey Cup and again a couple of weeks later for a frigid Sens-Habs outdoor hockey game. Last New Year’s Eve, thousands of people stood
  
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• Now on Ottawa Today: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the year in international security. List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 20:06 via twitter.com
  Now on Ottawa Today: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the year in international security. List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 2017 In Stories: How the "total disaster” of the Vimy Ridge ceremony was revealed

  28-12-2017 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  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 easy — to stay focused on the here and now. It’s essential to us as an organization, as part of the community, as individuals, to look back at the moments that moved us, the stories that changed us, and the people that we will never forget.
  The Best Stories of 2017
  
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• The @OttawaMission, @Salvation_Army and @ShepsGoodHope are working together to get as many people off the streets a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  The @OttawaMission, @Salvation_Army and @ShepsGoodHope are working together to get as many people off the streets a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #otttraffic section of County Rd. 12 near #Finch has re-opened. twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  28-12-2017 19:41 via twitter.com
  #otttraffic section of County Rd. 12 near #Finch has re-opened. twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• .@OttFire says there is naturally more carbon monoxide in cold air. With the wind chill near -40 at times today, it… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  .@OttFire says there is naturally more carbon monoxide in cold air. With the wind chill near -40 at times today, it… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #otttraffic Heads up for eastbound travelers on #Hwy401 near #Gananoque twitter.com/511Ontario/sta…

  28-12-2017 19:18 via twitter.com
  #otttraffic Heads up for eastbound travelers on #Hwy401 near #Gananoque twitter.com/511Ontario/sta…
  
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• Scanlan: In 2017, concussions and CTE dominated off-field sports talk

  28-12-2017 19:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  A case could be made that 2017 was the Year of the Concussion Discussion.
  But the topic will hardly be resolved with the completion of the calendar. Given the scientific breakthroughs on the horizon combined with class-action lawsuits and personal stories related to concussions from sport participants, 2018 could make a bigger splash.
  At the first annual Grey Cup Player’s Health Summit in Ottawa in late November, Queen’s University neurologist Dr. D.J. Cook was asked about new therap
  
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• Science of Winter: The cold logic of Professor Popsicle

  28-12-2017 19:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you sit in near-freezing water long enough to have mild hypothermia, and repeat this 40 or 50 times in the name of science, people will start calling you Professor Popsicle. We interviewed him for our seasonal series, the Science of Winter.
  Meet Gordon Giesbrecht, physiologist and University of Manitoba professor, a guy who knows all your cherished beliefs about the cold and loves to tear them down.
  He does much of his work in a tank of ice water, with monitors stuck to his body. Students als
  
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• Finding the balance between sport safety and sedentary behaviour

  28-12-2017 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Safety in sport has become a growing concern for families and community leaders.
  Yet, one prominent Ottawa doctor reminds us not to forget the inherent value of taking part in sport and recreation – as safely as possible.
  Dr. Taryn Taylor, team doctor for the Ottawa Redblacks, 67s and Fury, worries that the health concerns of sport participation tend to eclipse the health issues related to sedentary living.
  “I hate to hear of enrolment in sport decreasing,” said Taylor, a panel
  
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• Pellerin: Political lessons from a retired teacher

  28-12-2017 18:58 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 retired school teacher who’d really appreciate it if everyone stopped the personal attacks and focused on the content of the arguments instead:
  You’d expect a semi-retired teacher to care a lot about education, and indeed Laurel Roberts does, especially the historical kind. She is o
  
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• Today's letters: Racial profiling needs to stop

  28-12-2017 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A potential case of racial profiling, the fate of the Senators, and the annoyance of snowblowers were some of the topics readers focused on today. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
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  Racial profiling must end
  Re: Racial profiling at the mall? Dec. 22.
  Persons of colour are not treated equally to their white counterparts, and black men and youth face the brunt of it. It’s prevalent in customer service interactions, from the mall to a store to a 
  
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• An extreme cold warning continues in the area, as @environmentca says wind chills at -35 and lower are expected to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  An extreme cold warning continues in the area, as @environmentca says wind chills at -35 and lower are expected to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• On Air: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ottawa Today with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS Interviews with @brownbarrie… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  On Air: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ottawa Today with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWSInterviews with @brownbarrie… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• CF-18s to return from Romania in January

  28-12-2017 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s Air Task Force in Romania will complete its four-month mission in support of Operation Reassurance and other NATO initiatives on Dec. 31.
  ATF-Romania’s four CF-18 Hornets and personnel will return to Canada in January, according to the Canadian Forces.
  The CF-18 Hornet crews trained alongside Romanian Air Force MiG-21s, F-16s and Puma helicopters—in addition to Portuguese F-16s, US Army Blackhawk helicopters and NATO airborne warning and control systems (AWAC
  
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• 2017 In Stories: The clash between Ottawa's abortion clinic and its protesters

  28-12-2017 17:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  In April, Ottawa’s only publicly funded abortion clinic was at a breaking point over what it said was years of intimidation and harassment from protesters. Alison Mah’s reporting on the story led to the creation of a provincial “bubble zone” law, which draws 50-metre zones outside abortion clinics where pro-life demonstrators can’t set up.
  To read Alison Mah’s original reporting, click here:
  Ottawa abortion clinic says patients, staff at breaking point over pr
  
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• It only takes 10 minutes for exposed skin to be frostbitten today. An @ottawahealth frostbite warning continues.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  It only takes 10 minutes for exposed skin to be frostbitten today. An @ottawahealth frostbite warning continues.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Strike deadline looms at Irving Shipbuilding

  28-12-2017 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  How would a strike at Irving affect the federal government’s shipbuilding strategy? Some 800 unionized employees at Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, including metal fabricators and electricians, recently voted in favour of strike action when their current contract expires at the end of December, the Canadian Press has reported. The vote was 99 per cent in favour of strike.
  A conciliator has been appointed at Irving’s request.
  The shipyard said in a Nov. 23 statement that, “We ar
  
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• ICYMI: @bellcapitalcup organizers have decided to move games off Parliament Hill as frigid temperatures continue to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: @bellcapitalcup organizers have decided to move games off Parliament Hill as frigid temperatures continue to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Extreme cold affecting rail crossing barriers, police warn

  28-12-2017 16:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The frigid temperatures are apparently freezing some Via Rail crossing barriers.
  Ottawa police warned residents to be extra vigilant for trains at crossings, citing a malfunction on the line at Boundary Road.
  A detour is in place and Via is aware of the problem, police said.
  With the extreme cold weather, some @VIA_Rail crossing barriers are not functioning properly.Be extra vigilant and on the lookout for train traffic. The Via line along Boundary Road is affected, and a detour is in place.@Via
  
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• Gormley: State sovereignty includes the right to act foolishly

  28-12-2017 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the neo-Nazis, the skeptics and the mere idiots of Europe, the good news arrived just in time for Christmas: The European Union has failed to violate the sovereign right of states to act against their own self-interest. Praise be.
  In fact, several offerings of this very sort have been made before. On this most recent occasion, glad tidings came in the form of Poland taking yet another merry slide down the hill of elected authoritarianism. The governing party, which since 2015 has adopted abo
  
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• Cold temperatures are keeping most of us indoors, creating good opportunity to check your carbon monoxide alarms.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  Cold temperatures are keeping most of us indoors, creating good opportunity to check your carbon monoxide alarms.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New report says some progress on reducing cat overpopulation, but not enough bit.ly/2Cf4nlR

  28-12-2017 15:38 via twitter.com
  New report says some progress on reducing cat overpopulation, but not enoughbit.ly/2Cf4nlR
  
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• Operation Red Nose offers draw for Windy City shopping spree for New Years Eve volunteers

  28-12-2017 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Organizers of Operation Red Nose in Gatineau are trying to entice more volunteers for the New Years Eve crush and are offering a chance at a Chicago shopping spree for people who sign up.
  The Dec. 31 shift is the busiest of the year for the service that drives inebriated revellers home.
  As an incentive to drum up interest, Red Nose is offering a a draw for a Windy City shopping spree for two, which will be given away to one volunteer Dec. 31. The package includes airfare, hotels and a tour of th
  
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• Earthquake shakes area near Maniwaki

  28-12-2017 14:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pre-dawn earthquake rumbled through the area north of Maniwaki Thursday, which is part of the same geological neighbourhood as Ottawa and Gatineau.
  It had a magnitude of 4.1 (an earlier estimate said 4.2), which is enough for people to feel but unlikely to cause damage to buildings.
  The earthquake at 3:51 a.m. was centred 85 kilometres north of Maniwaki, near the Cabonga Reservoir. It was 18 kilometres deep.
  ALSO: A major earthquake could hit Ottawa. Are we prepared?
  The West Quebec Seism
  
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• .@environmentca says the wind chill hit -38 this morning in Ottawa. An extreme cold warning continues for the regio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  .@environmentca says the wind chill hit -38 this morning in Ottawa. An extreme cold warning continues for the regio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• News flash – it's really cold out there

  28-12-2017 14:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada has issued an “extreme cold warning” and Ottawa Public Health has a frostbite warning in effect until further notice.
  “A period of very cold wind chills is expected,” the weather agency warned, surprising no one with a face.
  “Wind chills will moderate during daytime hours today. However, wind chill values between minus 30 and 35 are expected again tonight.
  “Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.”
  Across the Ottawa River, the “Gatine
  
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• Slow down on slick roads, first responders warn

  28-12-2017 14:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drive with care out there, police and paramedics warned Thursday morning.
  Police issued a warning about black ice after responding to a string of “spin-outs” particularly on Hwy. 174.
  READ: News flash – it’s really cold out there
  Paramedics, meanwhile, reported by the middle of the morning commute that they’d been called to about 10 collisions on “slippery” roads – including three rollovers – although none, fortunately, caused serious in
  
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• A reminder for anyone heading outside today: an @ottawahealth frostbite warning is still in effect. All its takes i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  A reminder for anyone heading outside today: an @ottawahealth frostbite warning is still in effect. All its takes i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa's live, local, breaking news. Listen live from 6am - noon with @MelAdams1310 and @Stu_McGinn. #ottnews

  28-12-2017 13:59 via twitter.com
  Ottawa's live, local, breaking news. Listen live from 6am - noon with @MelAdams1310 and @Stu_McGinn. #ottnews
  
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• ICYMI: @bellcapitalcup games today and tomorrow have been moved from the Canada 150 rink due to the extreme cold.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 13:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: @bellcapitalcup games today and tomorrow have been moved from the Canada 150 rink due to the extreme cold.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Slippery, ice covered roads this morning. Causing lots of collisions and spin outs. Drive with caution. Listen here… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 13:26 via twitter.com
  Slippery, ice covered roads this morning. Causing lots of collisions and spin outs. Drive with caution. Listen here… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Debt reduction remains high priority, ahead of investments and savings: CIBC bit.ly/2BOxSYf

  28-12-2017 13:08 via twitter.com
  Debt reduction remains high priority, ahead of investments and savings: CIBCbit.ly/2BOxSYf
  
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• Ottawa's live, local, breaking news. Live from 6am - noon with @MelAdams1310 and @Stu_McGinn. #ottnews

  28-12-2017 12:14 via twitter.com
  Ottawa's live, local, breaking news. Live from 6am - noon with @MelAdams1310 and @Stu_McGinn. #ottnews
  
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• All @bellcapitalcup games scheduled for Dec. 28 & 29th on the @Canada150Rink will move indoors to the Kinburn Sensp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 00:08 via twitter.com
  All @bellcapitalcup games scheduled for Dec. 28 & 29th on the @Canada150Rink will move indoors to the Kinburn Sensp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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