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• TIED!!! #WJHC2018 twitter.com/HC_WJC/status/…

  29-12-2017 23:39 via twitter.com
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• Team USA cuts into the lead 3-2 Team Canada 3rd per. #WJHC2018 twitter.com/HC_WJC/status/…

  29-12-2017 23:31 via twitter.com
  Team USA cuts into the lead 3-2 Team Canada 3rd per. #WJHC2018 twitter.com/HC_WJC/status/…
  
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• No injuries in noon-hour fire in Westboro. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/12/29/no-…

  29-12-2017 23:10 via twitter.com
  No injuries in noon-hour fire in Westboro. #ottnews1310news.com/2017/12/29/no-…
  
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• Firefighters battled smoke, flames, extreme weather in Richmond Road blaze

  29-12-2017 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Richmond Road near Island Park Drive will remain closed following a dramatic blaze there Friday afternoon.
  Responders were called to the 89 Richmond Rd. after receiving a number of calls for heavy smoke.
  First arriving officers immediately declared a working fire in the three-storey building.
  A search of the building confirmed no one was inside.
  Heavy fire conditions forced firefighters to adopt a defensive attack, protecting exposures as well as an adjacent medium-rise condominium building. Sha
  
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• Karaoke for the precariously housed: St. Luke's Table is all about community

  29-12-2017 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s just after breakfast in the basement of St. Luke’s Anglican Church.
  The tables have been cleared, awaiting lunch. It might be a little early and there’s no alcoholic inducement, but Thursday morning means it’s time for karaoke at St. Luke’s Table.
  Go Tell It on the Mountain, My Way, Proud Mary, White Christmas. The songs, performed with maximum enthusiasm and varying levels of expertise, keep rolling from the corner where the karaoke machine is set up.
  “N
  
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• Boris Katchouk restores 2 goal lead! 3-1 Team Canada #WJHC2018 twitter.com/HC_WJC/status/…

  29-12-2017 22:50 via twitter.com
  Boris Katchouk restores 2 goal lead! 3-1 Team Canada #WJHC2018 twitter.com/HC_WJC/status/…
  
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• Reevely: Monday's minimum-wage hike will be a test for Ontario's big parties

  29-12-2017 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s minimum wage rises to $14 an hour on Monday, kicking off an experiment that will help us test the major political parties before the election due in June.
  It’s a 20 per cent pay increase for most people making bottom-end wages of $11.60 an hour now. The Liberals, whose policy it is, say it’s about fairness, distributing Ontario’s economic bounty a little more evenly. The New Democrats say it’s long overdue; the Progressive Conservatives say the Liberals ar
  
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• Ottawa is more diverse than ever — but not at city hall

  29-12-2017 21:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  As his hometown in Lebanon came under the grip of civil war, George Darouze decided to pack his bags and move to Ottawa in 1990, wanting to give his family a chance for a fresh start.
  Darouze began juggling three jobs, working 18 hours a day, seven days a week as a bus boy and as a baker, making muffins and cookies at Billings Bridge. The money he earned in his first year was enough to sponsor his family. Then, for the next 17 years, Darouze worked in the telecommunications industry, negotiating
  
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• Cale Makar PP 1-0 CAN #WJHC2018 twitter.com/WJC2018/status…

  29-12-2017 21:20 via twitter.com
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• 2017 In Stories: “I tried to stop the situation and he shot me.”

  29-12-2017 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Best Stories of 2017
  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.
  
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• 15 homicide victims in 2017, three cases remain unsolved

  29-12-2017 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Esmail Sharifi was out of the game.
  So when the 36-year-old father was shot while seated in the passenger side of a tow truck in a west-end parking lot in the dead of summer, police were puzzled.
  Once shot, just after 9 p.m. on July 31, Sharifi stumbled toward the patio of the Big Rig Kitchen and Brewery on Iris Street, looking for help. He was pronounced dead in hospital. Police certainly knew Sharifi from his days as a cocaine dealer and addict. He had been arrested as part of a sweep cal
  
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• OPP issues warrant for parole violator

  29-12-2017 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP has issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a federal inmate who breached her parole conditions.
  Mary Keewasin-Gliddy, 30, is known to frequent Ottawa, Kingston and North Bay.
  She is of indigenous heritage with black hair and brown eyes. She is five foot three inches tall and weighs 157 pounds.
  Keewasin-Gliddy is serving a three-year sentence for aggravated assault.
  Anybody with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the OPP repeat offender parole enforcement squad at 416-808
  
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• Firefighters battle smoke, flames, extreme weather in Richmond Road blaze

  29-12-2017 19:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services continue to battle a dramatic blaze at 89 Richmond Rd. this afternoon.
  Responders were called to the 89 Richmond Rd., near Island Park Drive, after receiving a number of calls for heavy smoke.
  First arriving officers immediately declared a working fire in the three-storey building.
  A search of the building confirmed no one was inside.
  Heavy fire conditions forced firefighters to adopt a defensive attack, protecting exposures as well as an adjacent medium-rise condominium bui
  
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• Messy job in frigid conditions. #ottnews twitter.com/JLeiper/status…

  29-12-2017 19:36 via twitter.com
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• Khan: In an age of self-identifying, where does 'I am Canadian' fit?

  29-12-2017 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Before I moved to Canada, I knew exactly who I was. I was a Pakistani Woman. Simple.
  Now, several years later, I am a single, South Asian, Pakistani-Canadian, heterosexual Sunni-Muslim female of Afghan descent; an English speaker, self-employed professional, social activist and blogger. And these are only some of the ways I can choose to identify myself. The list is endless and it’s not necessarily in order.
  In a world in which we do not have to remain the same gender we were born with, le
  
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• Ottawa polar bear plungers still left out in the cold

  29-12-2017 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven years ago, Michael Milsom found salvation in the icy waters of the Ottawa River.
  Recently separated from his wife, a depressed and lonely Milsom was spending New Year’s Day Googling stuff on the internet when he came across a news story of smiling, laughing people at the Sears Great Canadian Chill at Britannia Beach.
  “It was the worst time (for me) and here was a group of people doing the polar bear swim for charity, for the kids and CHEO. They looked happy and vibrant and
  
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• Denley: Multiculturalism now defines us. Let's embrace the challenges

  29-12-2017 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s 150th anniversary year, mercifully drawing to a close, had its share of silliness and self-flagellation, but at least there was serious discussion about some of the big questions. In particular, what defines us? What does it mean to be a Canadian in the 21st century?
  Sometimes one gets a clearer perception of one’s own country from abroad and four weeks of travel in Italy, France and Spain late this year gave me plenty of time to reflect on what makes us different.
  Some of i
  
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• Thiessen: Multiculturalism doesn't mean there is no Canadian identity

  29-12-2017 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  When I was a graduate student a number of years ago, I took a course on multiculturalism. The professor decried Canadian multiculturalism as lacking, referring to it somewhat derisively as “dining-and-dancing multiculturalism.” Her view was that true multiculturalism could not exist unless broader society was willing to accept the more challenging elements of other cultures, instead of just the food and festivals. I thought she was wrong then, and I still do.
  The element lacking in h
  
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• Ottawa's more diverse than ever — but not at city hall

  29-12-2017 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  As his hometown in Lebanon came under the grip of civil war, George Darouze decided to pack his bags and move to Ottawa in 1990, wanting to give his family a chance for a fresh start.
  Darouze began juggling three jobs, working 18 hours a day, seven days a week as a bus boy and as a baker, making muffins and cookies at Billings Bridge. The money he earned in his first year was enough to sponsor his family. Then, for the next 17 years, Darouze worked in the telecommunications industry, negotiating
  
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• .@OttFire at scene of two-alarm blaze in Westboro. Road closures in effect. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  29-12-2017 18:51 via twitter.com
  .@OttFire at scene of two-alarm blaze in Westboro. Road closures in effect. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Now on Ottawa Today @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for a look back at the year in federal politics. Also c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 18:37 via twitter.com
  Now on Ottawa Today@cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for a look back at the year in federal politics. Also c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• CF-18s in storage – here is why they can’t be used as interim fighters

  29-12-2017 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A number of Defence Watch readers have stated that the RCAF has or have had 24 CF-18s in storage. They raised the question why those aircraft aren’t being brought out of storage, upgraded and used as interim fighter jets (instead of proceeding with the purchase of used Australian F-18s)?
  So Defence Watch asked the question on their behalf. Here is the response received from Department of National Defence spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande:
  Any CF-18s currently in storage have been removed from
  
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• Extreme conditions from @OttFire crews in Westboro at house fire on Richmond Rd. Road closures in the area. Avoid.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 18:32 via twitter.com
  Extreme conditions from @OttFire crews in Westboro at house fire on Richmond Rd. Road closures in the area. Avoid.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Burning Christmas tree in Gatineau does heavy damage

  29-12-2017 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A burning Christmas tree caused extensive damage in a Gatineau apartment late Thursday night but no one was injured.
  The fire broke out about 11:30 p.m. in a unit of a triplex at 1434 Maloney Blvd. E., south of the Gatineau Airport. Firefighters arrived to find the occupants outside and the apartment filled with “thick smoke and intense heat.”
  The Christmas tree was the source of the fire.
  The Gatineau fire department asks people to turn off the Christmas lights on a tree before goin
  
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• Cobden-area teen charged with sex-related offences: bit.ly/2DvuMci https://t.co/JsexLeTNht

  29-12-2017 18:17 via twitter.com
  
  Cobden-area teen charged with sex-related offences: bit.ly/2DvuMci https://t.co/JsexLeTNht
  
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• 'Safety concerns' scuttle New Year's Eve party on Parliament Hill

  29-12-2017 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citing the extreme cold, the Department of Canadian Heritage has cancelled New Years Eve performances by musical acts and DJs.
  Skating and pyrotechnics will proceed on Parliament Hill as planned.
  The department said in a statement Friday that it was cancelling some outdoor events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday given Environment Canada’s extreme cold warning and “public health and safety concerns.”
  Acts including DJ Shub and Kardinal Offishall had been sch
  
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• Apple apologizes for secretly slowing older iPhones: bit.ly/2C8S0sj https://t.co/g3TZfVdkvM

  29-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  
  Apple apologizes for secretly slowing older iPhones: bit.ly/2C8S0sj https://t.co/g3TZfVdkvM
  
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• Special investigation team probes police shooting death of man in Outaouais

  29-12-2017 17:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  The internal investigations unit for police in Quebec is investigating the death of a 36-year-old Quebec man allegedly shot to death by police Thursday night after he fired an arrow at them.
  The incident occurred in the remote Outaouais community of Danford Lake, about 90 kilometres north of Ottawa.
  The Bureau des enquétes indépendants said in a statement that around 9:42 p.m., the Sûreté du Québec received a call from a man saying that his son wa
  
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• Elderly woman drugged with chocolates, robbed in her own home

  29-12-2017 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man in connection with the drugging and robbery of an elderly woman in her home earlier this month.
  On Dec. 7, the suspect entered the woman’s house near the intersection of Riverside Drive and Hunt Club Road posing as a prospective home buyer. He then offered chocolates and wine to the victim, according to police. The victim lost consciousness after eating  the chocolate and awoke to find money and other valuable
  
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• Cold Facts: Frost quake! — a boom in the night

  29-12-2017 17:32 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 running a short-term daily feature: Cold Facts. 
  Long spells of deep cold bring frost quakes, or cryoseisms. Here’s how they work:
  Water saturates the ground and then deep cold makes it freeze. The water expands as it freezes, and pres
  
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• Elderly woman drugged, robbed inside home; police seek suspect: bit.ly/2EbqoQN https://t.co/Ad9lOqQAJD

  29-12-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  
  Elderly woman drugged, robbed inside home; police seek suspect: bit.ly/2EbqoQN https://t.co/Ad9lOqQAJD
  
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• Simoneau: Meech Lake, with almost no politics

  29-12-2017 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  For much of my adult life, Meech Lake seemed to me more political construct than blue water and verdant views. It was the lake of the accord, with its waves of democratic debate and its trippy, lapping idioms such as “amending formula” and “asymmetrical federalism.”
  Then, in 2012, I retired. Meech Lake became less national history. I rediscovered it as a lake.
  In the summer, I’d paddle Meech Lake in my new red kayak or I’d swim it. One early winter, the lake f
  
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• What’s open and closed for New Year in Ottawa

  29-12-2017 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  What’s open and what’s closed leading up to New Year’s Day? Check out this guide to help you ring in 2018 on the right note.
  Shopping
  LCBO
  Sunday, Dec. 31: Most stores close at 8 p.m.
  Monday, Jan. 1: Closed
  Visit the store locator at lcbo.com for specific store hours.
  The Beer Store
  Monday, Jan. 1: Closed
  Check the store locator for business hours by location.
  Grocery
  Costco
  Sunday, Dec. 31: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Monday, Jan. 1: Closed
  Metro
  Sunday, Dec. 31: Door
  
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• Update .... the extreme cold weather warning is back on. #ottnews

  29-12-2017 16:54 via twitter.com
  Update .... the extreme cold weather warning is back on. #ottnews
  
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• The extreme cold warning for Ottawa and the surrounding area has ended. #ottnews

  29-12-2017 16:49 via twitter.com
  The extreme cold warning for Ottawa and the surrounding area has ended. #ottnews
  
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• Gormley: New Year's resolutions for Canada

  29-12-2017 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The New Year’s resolution may culminate in self-loathing but its origins surely lie in envy. We hate that some people are better than us, so we resolve to be better than them; we fail to become even minimally better versions of ourselves, much less superior versions of anyone else, so we do it all over again the next year. Or, we die. 
  Canada is good at many things. Many countries are better at many other things though, and this is annoying. It’s just the sort of irritation that
  
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• Cappies review: Ashbury's production of Legally Blonde was cheeky and comical

  29-12-2017 16:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Legally Blonde: The MusicalWhere: Ashbury CollegeDirector: Kailey Maynard and Jenna FroggettNick Gray-Grant, CriticLester B. Pearson Catholic High School 
  Omigod, you guys! Ashbury College bent and snapped their way into the hearts of a packed house with their priceless, pink-peppered production of Legally Blonde: The Musical.
  This electric stage rendition of Amanda Brown’s novel-turned-cinematic campfest chronicles the spirited trajectory of West Coast, Type-A sorority sister Elle Wo
  
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• Sunday's Parliament Hill festivities on hour-to-hour weather watch: official

  29-12-2017 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mother Nature drowned out Canada Day on Parliament Hill and now she’s doing her best to freeze out New Year’s Eve.
  Andrew Campbell, the senior executive director in charge of the Canada 150 secretariat, said a decision will be made very shortly on whether to cancel events planned for Dec. 31.
  Organizers say they are checking the forecast every hour hoping to see some improvement but the polar vortex that has turned Ottawa into a living icicle shows no sign of lifting until at least J
  
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• CFIA recalls pre-made sandwiches due to Listeria contamination: bit.ly/2Cm98I2 https://t.co/jCfQs2zflA

  29-12-2017 16:32 via twitter.com
  
  CFIA recalls pre-made sandwiches due to Listeria contamination: bit.ly/2Cm98I2 https://t.co/jCfQs2zflA
  
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• BREAKING STORY: Cold weather threatens plans for Canada 150 closing on Parliament Hill: bit.ly/2lsppmX https://t.co/FHRSC2ihQZ

  29-12-2017 16:17 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING STORY: Cold weather threatens plans for Canada 150 closing on Parliament Hill: bit.ly/2lsppmX https://t.co/FHRSC2ihQZ
  
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• Ottawa 2017 moves New Years Eve party indoors at City Hall

  29-12-2017 16:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citing “extreme” weather, Ottawa 2017 organizers have moved New Years Eve events into City Hall.
  The only outside event is the torch lighting set for 8:17 p.m. Sunday (20h17 on a 24-hour clock), when the temperature will be on its way to a forecast overnight low of -24 C.
  The line-up includes:6 -8 p.m. – A video retrospective of the “favourite memories” of 2017  in Council Chambers, includingnew footage of La Machine from a documentary filmed during the July ev
  
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• BREAKING: Andrew Campbell, the senior executive director in charge of the Canada 150 secretariat, said a decision w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 16:08 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Andrew Campbell, the senior executive director in charge of the Canada 150 secretariat, said a decision w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police have found the missing 59-year-old woman who left her care home sometime overnight. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  29-12-2017 15:52 via twitter.com
  Police have found the missing 59-year-old woman who left her care home sometime overnight. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• NOTE FROM @2017ottawa: "Due to the extreme weather conditions, all activities will now take place inside City Hal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 15:49 via twitter.com
  NOTE FROM @2017ottawa: "Due to the extreme weather conditions, all activities will now take place inside City Hal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Staying warm a challenge for Canadians in outdoor WJC game: sprtsnt.ca/2EaZicF @Sportsnet https://t.co/Zpm6DiHWSi

  29-12-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  
  Staying warm a challenge for Canadians in outdoor WJC game: sprtsnt.ca/2EaZicF @Sportsnet https://t.co/Zpm6DiHWSi
  
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• Gov. Gen., on skates, encourages Canadians to 'get active' in New Years message: bit.ly/2lqs0gV https://t.co/pmEs5QQjJ7

  29-12-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  
  Gov. Gen., on skates, encourages Canadians to 'get active' in New Years message: bit.ly/2lqs0gV https://t.co/pmEs5QQjJ7
  
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• Quebec special investigation team launches inquiry into shooting in Outaouais

  29-12-2017 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The internal investigations unit for police in Quebec has begun an investigation into an incident that occurred in the Outaouais community of Danford Lake.
  The small township is patrolled by the Sûreté du Québec.
  Like Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendants investigates police involved shootings.
  The BEI did not release any details of the incident. There were media reports of a shooting in the area.
  Danfor
  
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• Today's letters: More Capital Builders – and other local heroes

  29-12-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Today, we feature more of your thoughts on who deserves the label “Capital Builder” for their accomplishments to help this city. You also had people to thank, and personal appreciations to share as 2017 draws to a close.
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  Syrian refugees are community leaders
  Recently, Manal and Abdel (their names have been changed) came over with their daughter, Bushra. Over takeout, Abdel told us about his recent promotion within his company, his fourth in a 20-month span. They told us of th
  
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• Cummings Bridge reopens after late night collision with injuries

  29-12-2017 13:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cummings Bridge, joining Rideau Street and Montreal Road, has reopened following a collision late Thursday that resulted in a number of injuries.
  Two vehicles crashed on the structure shortly before midnight, said Const. Marc Soucy.
  Police would not disclose the nature of the injuries.
  The collision is under investigation.
  
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• Cummings Bridge reopens after collision with injuries

  29-12-2017 13:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cummings Bridge, joining Rideau Street and Montreal Road, has reopened following a collision late Thursday that resulted in a number of injuries.
  Two vehicles crashed on the structure shortly before midnight, said Const. Marc Soucy.
  Police would not disclose the nature of the injuries.
  The collision is under investigation.
  
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