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• Facts about former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle

  03-01-2018 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joshua Boyle is facing charges of assault, sexual assault, forcible confinement, administering a noxious substance and misleading police.
  Boyle has been in the spotlight since his return from five years in captivity in Afghanistan.
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  Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle makes court appearance in OttawaBoyles vs. World: Twitter account offers puzzling window on family
  Here are some of the things we know about his life:Joshua attended Rockway Mennonite Collegiate in Kitchener, Ont. In his
  
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• Boyles vs. World: Twitter account offers puzzling window on family

  03-01-2018 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Their Twitter handle hints at an isolation Joshua and Caitlan Boyle might feel: @BoylesVsWorld.
  The account was set up in October, the same month the couple and their three children returned to Canada after being held captive for five years by the Taliban in Afghanistan, but the first post wasn’t made until Nov. 29. Their profile describes the couple as “freelance do-gooders, hostages extraordinaire, lovers of fine cheese.”
  The account has 378 followers, many of them journalist
  
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• Anatomy of a rescue

  03-01-2018 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Étienne Langevin-Robertson, a carpenter and part-time firefighter, had been looking forward to a day off Tuesday. The temperature outside his house just east of Wakefield was forecast to dip below -33 pre-dawn. It was a good morning to sleep in.
  It was also not to be. Shortly after 7:15, Langevin-Robertson was jolted by a text notification, the same one that reached other members of La Pêche’s fire services team in nearby Wakefield.
  Fire had broken out at 140 Chemin Townline,
  
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• 2017 in Stories: Anti-abortion protest law to come into effect Feb. 1

  03-01-2018 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new law restricting protesters from demonstrating outside Ontario’s abortion clinics will come into effect Feb. 1, 2018.
  The “safe access zone” legislation, announced by Attorney General Yasir Naqvi in October, will create a 50-metre “bubble” zone around eight abortion clinics in the province — including The Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street, which says it has faced years of intimidation and harassment from protesters holding graphic anti-abortion signs outs
  
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• Balmy break in cold snap, but here comes the snow, then more cold

  03-01-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unwind the scarf and unzip the parka for now.
  Wednesday is a positively balmy (if snowy) -7 C but it’s back in the deep freeze by late Thursday.
  For Wednesday, periods of snow begin in the morning and will add up to two centimetres by evening when the mercury dips to -13 C.
  Hurry folks get outside, and #enjoy the #warm #ottawa #weather -11
  — PegG (@PegGall) January 3, 2018Morning rush-hour traffic was slow in spots and, while there were the usual fender benders and skids, the overall
  
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• Specialized Russian navy ship searching for wreckage of missing Argentine sub

  03-01-2018 22:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Russian Navy’s Yantar ocean survey ship has been conducting a search for the wreckage of the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan. The vessel has been involved in the search – in support of Argentina’s navy – for the last month.
  ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric sub, left the port of Ushuaia on Nov. 8 on a training mission. It is believed that its 44-member crew died after an explosion on board the sub. Various navies took part in the search for the boa
  
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• Glavin: Iranians have the right to revolution

  03-01-2018 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the New Year dawned and the downtrodden people of Iran were erupting in raucous exuberance from the streets of Qom and Mashhad and Tehran and Kermanshah like the first flowers of spring, we’re all agreed, then.
  The clear consensus is that the people of Iran have every right to free speech, and the right to protest peacefully. Everyone agrees that Iranians are perfectly entitled to assemble in manageable gatherings to complain about the unconscionable price of eggs, butter and flour.
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• OPP constable charged with domestic assault

  03-01-2018 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OPP constable from the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment has been charged with domestic assault after an incident in Smiths Falls on Dec. 20. 
  The provincial constable, who was not named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, was off-duty at the time.
  In a statement on Wednesday, OPP said the officer has been put on administrative duties and will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Jan. 9. 
  
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• ICYMI: Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday bit.ly/2qlfkxK https://t.co/M0hCdfr56k

  03-01-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday bit.ly/2qlfkxK https://t.co/M0hCdfr56k
  
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• Judge orders new trial for dad accused of breaking infant's bones

  03-01-2018 21:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa father accused of breaking his infant son’s ankles will face a new trial after a judge reversed an earlier decision to toss the charges because the case took too long to reach trial.
  In a Dec. 21, 2017 decision, Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin ordered a new trial after ruling the original trial judge, Justice Mitchell Hoffman, made an error in calculating the length of delay in reaching trial.
  The names of the accused and his family are shielded by a publication ban to protect
  
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• Louisiana not fast? Multiple Popeyes restaurants closed in the capital bit.ly/2EPG9xl https://t.co/wAsCUzXXFE

  03-01-2018 21:27 via twitter.com
  
  Louisiana not fast? Multiple Popeyes restaurants closed in the capital bit.ly/2EPG9xl https://t.co/wAsCUzXXFE
  
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• Glavin: Iran has the right to revolutionary violence

  03-01-2018 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the New Year dawned and the downtrodden people of Iran were erupting in raucous exuberance from the streets of Qom and Mashhad and Tehran and Kermanshah like the first flowers of spring, we’re all agreed, then.
  The clear consensus is that the people of Iran have every right to free speech, and the right protest peacefully. Everyone agrees that Iranians are perfectly entitled to assemble in manageable gatherings to complain about the unconscionable price of eggs, butter and flour.
  Everyb
  
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• Cold snap coming back to Ottawa bit.ly/2E1irg8 https://t.co/bx4OaoYE1G

  03-01-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  Cold snap coming back to Ottawa bit.ly/2E1irg8 https://t.co/bx4OaoYE1G
  
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• STORY: Minister of Labour investigating workplace incident in Stittsville bit.ly/2Ajl5eU #ottnews https://t.co/wIiXxFzmOu

  03-01-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Minister of Labour investigating workplace incident in Stittsville bit.ly/2Ajl5eU #ottnews https://t.co/wIiXxFzmOu
  
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• LIVE 3-7PM: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather w/@1310JasonWhite and @MelAdams1310 LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 20:59 via twitter.com
  LIVE 3-7PM: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather w/@1310JasonWhite and @MelAdams1310LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Skiiing around some of the stats on snow cover

  03-01-2018 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers continue to focus on the weather, and why not? We’re in the depths of winter. You can write to us, too, on this or any other topic, at: [email protected]
  —
  Skiing article a bit of a snow job
  Re: Making artificial snow is a very slippery slope, Dec. 11.
  Daniel Plourde’s argument about the problems associated with artificial snow-making is based on a faulty premise.
  He writes that climate change is resulting in declining snow cover across Canada, citing a study by
  
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• Dining Out: Kuidaore's Japanese fare satisfied, but needed tweaks too

  03-01-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kuidaore Izakaya Bar and Grill420 Preston St., 613-422-7537, kuidaoreizakaya.caOpen: Monday to Thursday noon to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday noon to midnight, Sunday 5 to 10 p.m.Prices: small plates $15 to $15, raw dishes $6 to $20, ramen $11 to $15 Access: steps to front door
  As long as I’ve been on this beat, which is nearly six years now, I’ve wanted an izakaya to open in the Ottawa area and thrill me with its Japanese small plates.
  Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto — nev
  
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• Ottawa scientists cure aggressive breast cancer in mice with combination therapy

  03-01-2018 20:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new Ottawa research study shows that “triple negative” breast cancer — a particularly aggressive form of the disease — can be successfully treated in mice with a combination of immunotherapies that weaponize the immune system in different ways.
  The study was published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, a journal devoted to research that advances the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
  It found that the immunotherapies were much more powerful when u
  
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• MacDougall: Good night Twitter, good night Facebook — I'm out

  03-01-2018 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  My record with New Year’s resolutions is spotty, as evidenced by my (still) considerable frame and closet of (grossly) underused gym gear. But this year, I need to deliver, because I’m giving up something that’s killing me: social media.
  Now, kicking a bad Twitter or Facebook habit is obviously nothing compared to the physical horrors plaguing others in this world: Witness the famine and civil war in Yemen; the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims hemmed into refugee camps
  
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• Outaouais Red Nose program raises $34,000 on 1,400 rides

  03-01-2018 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 1,400 rides for holiday partiers were provided by volunteers in the 2017 edition of Opération Nez Rouge (Red Nose) Outaouais, the organization has announced.
  Some 1,170 volunteers signed up to provide lifts to people headed across the region, including parts of Ottawa.
  Users donated a total of $34,000 for their lifts over the 13 service evenings between Dec. 1 to 31.
  The money went to the Outaouais Quebec Student Sport Network, which offers sports and health programs in the regi
  
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• 2017 In Stories: Untangling how a tiny Ontario town managed to borrow a staggering $49.5 million

  03-01-2018 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Editor’s Note: As we 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. 
  This is the remarkable story
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Sam Cosentino of @Sportsnet joins @MarkDayNews to talk World Junior Hockey Championship: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30:Sam Cosentino of @Sportsnet joins @MarkDayNews to talk World Junior Hockey Championship: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 3rd: 1:10: @ottawahealth 1:15: @crimegarden 1:30: @DavidMacCdn 1:37:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 18:16 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 3rd: 1:10: @ottawahealth 1:15: @crimegarden1:30: @DavidMacCdn 1:37:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m. @MelAdams1310 & @rick_gibbons join @MarkDayNews in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12 p.m. @MelAdams1310 & @rick_gibbons join @MarkDayNews in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Third time no charm for chisel-wielding robbery suspect

  03-01-2018 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  An 18-year-old man is facing charges in three robberies on the same Barrhaven strip where police say they collared him Tuesday afternoon.
  On Dec. 17, a “partially disguised” suspect walked into a gas station on Woodroffe Avenue near Rideaucrest Drive, demanded cash and cigarettes then fled with his booty.
  On New Year’s Day, he was back at the same gas station, this time loading a small haul of cigarettes into a duffel bag before fleeing, police say. A sniffer dog was able
  
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• Two displaced in early morning fire in Buckingham

  03-01-2018 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people were displaced in an early morning fire that heavily damaged a residence at 540 Paul St., in Gatineau’s Buckingham sector Wednesday.
  Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 5 a.m. and found the fire fully engaged.
  However, firefighters said a quick attack was able to limit damages to the exterior and porch of the building.
  The two residents have been taken in by the Red Cross for the time being. Damages are estimated at $65,000.
   
  
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• Police seek knife-carrying suspect in Vanier convenience store robbery

  03-01-2018 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance to track down a knife-wielding suspect who held up a Vanier convenience store Dec. 10.
  Police said the robbery occurred at about 5:40 p.m. when the suspect went into a convenience store on the 300 block of Shakespeare Street. The man, described as “partly disguised” demanded cash and was handed an undisclosed amount of money.
  There were no injuries.
  The suspect is as Caucasian, 35-45 years old, wearing glasses. He was also wearing a di
  
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• Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper in studio with @MarkDayNews for weekly segment: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/IUT1Ae4HS9

  03-01-2018 16:52 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up at 11:Professor Elliot Tepper in studio with @MarkDayNews for weekly segment:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/IUT1Ae4HS9
  
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• Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday: bit.ly/2qlfkxK https://t.co/OSkoOU5VsN

  03-01-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  
  Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday: bit.ly/2qlfkxK https://t.co/OSkoOU5VsN
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @DrBrynnWinegard joins @MarkDayNews with the best stress-reducing tips for 2018: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @DrBrynnWinegard joins @MarkDayNews with the best stress-reducing tips for 2018: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Denley: Here's how 2018 could end Jim Watson's iron grip on council

  03-01-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Maybe, just maybe, this year’s municipal election will finally offer Ottawa voters a choice about how much they want to pay in taxes and how they want that money spent.
  In the last two elections, Mayor Jim Watson has been elected without a serious challenge and city councillors have mostly acted like members of the Watson Party.
  Watson has not been a bad mayor – far from it – but the group-think on council has prevented any real debate about alternative priorities or approaches
  
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• Live now: @MikeVlasveld joins @markdaynews with an update from the Ottawa Courthouse on Joshua Boyle: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 16:34 via twitter.com
  Live now: @MikeVlasveld joins @markdaynews with an update from the Ottawa Courthouse on Joshua Boyle: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle makes court appearance in Ottawa

  03-01-2018 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wearing an orange jumpsuit, former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle made a brief appearance Wednesday morning at an Ottawa court to face charges of sexual assault, forcible confinement and lying to police.
  Boyle, 34, identified himself on closed circuit video from the Ottawa jail and stood silently as the case was adjourned until Jan. 8.
  Boyle and his family have been catapulted back into the spotlight just months after their release from captivity after the 34-year-old was arrested for a series
  
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• Canada has yet to select specific Australian F-18s – structural wear will be monitored

  03-01-2018 16:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The process to acquire the 18 used F-18s from Australia has started. Costing information is being exchanged as negotiations work out a final price-tag for the jets. Government officials say because the Canadian Forces has worked closely over the years with Australia, they have a pretty good understanding of the fleet. Key in the selection of the 18 planes will obviously be the amount of structural wear affecting each plane as well as the upgrades that have been done. Here is what a senior govern
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @AGMacDougall, @DerickFage & @1310Alexblack join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 15:47 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @AGMacDougall, @DerickFage & @1310Alexblack join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @JYakabuskiMPP joins @MarkDayNews to discuss Ontario minimum wage: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 15:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45:@JYakabuskiMPP joins @MarkDayNews to discuss Ontario minimum wage:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30 @mclomedia joins @MarkDayNews live for weekly political segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30@mclomedia joins @MarkDayNews live for weekly political segment:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Balmy break in cold snap, but here comes the snow

  03-01-2018 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unwind the scarf and unzip the parka for now.
  Wednesday is a positively balmy (if snowy) -7 C but it’s back in the deep freeze by Friday.
  For Wednesday, periods of snow begin in the morning and will add up to two cm by evening when the mercury dips to -13 C.
  Hurry folks get outside, and #enjoy the #warm #ottawa #weather -11
  — PegG (@PegGall) January 3, 2018Periods of light snow are forecast for Thursday with northwest winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the afternoon and a high of -9 C
  
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• Brockville police investigating nails, screws left scattered on driveway: bit.ly/2DW7Cfl https://t.co/csL7Agj4Ds

  03-01-2018 12:16 via twitter.com
  
  Brockville police investigating nails, screws left scattered on driveway: bit.ly/2DW7Cfl https://t.co/csL7Agj4Ds
  
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• Trump boasts of bigger 'nuclear button' than North Korea's: bit.ly/2lMHKuT https://t.co/FFmYOU7o7m

  03-01-2018 11:58 via twitter.com
  
  Trump boasts of bigger 'nuclear button' than North Korea's: bit.ly/2lMHKuT https://t.co/FFmYOU7o7m
  
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• Los Angeles DA reviewing 2 cases against Harvey Weinstein: bit.ly/2A9OyrQ https://t.co/EKRC1Iv3M0

  03-01-2018 11:49 via twitter.com
  
  Los Angeles DA reviewing 2 cases against Harvey Weinstein: bit.ly/2A9OyrQ https://t.co/EKRC1Iv3M0
  
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• City of Ottawa taking over calls for injured, stray animals: bit.ly/2Cvlf8Z https://t.co/lOWoVDuiDb

  03-01-2018 11:42 via twitter.com
  
  City of Ottawa taking over calls for injured, stray animals: bit.ly/2Cvlf8Z https://t.co/lOWoVDuiDb
  
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• Deep freeze helps, but Rideau Canal Skateway still not ready for prime time

  03-01-2018 05:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Whither the canal?
  It’s the one question on the blue and frozen lips of Ottawans, who feel that enduring a week of record-breaking Arctic weather should at least be rewarded with the opening of the 48th season of the Rideau Canal Skateway.
  National Capital Commission spokesman Jean Wolff shares your frustration, but when it comes to ice-making, he says, things aren’t always so simple.
  “Every single winter is different. If there’s one constant, it’s that it’s u
  
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• Mother, baby rescued by quick-thinking police after La Pêche house fire

  03-01-2018 05:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A mother and her young baby are recovering from smoke inhalation after a house fire in La Pêche early Tuesday.
  MRC des Collines police say the fire broke out at about 7:15 a.m. in basement of a house on Townline Road.
  The mother called 911 but was trapped in a second-storey bedroom with her four-month-old baby when police arrived. The officers found a ladder to reach the woman, smashed out the glass, then carried the two to safety.
  Both were taken to hospital to be treated but were dischar
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @MarkDayNews for her weekly International Affairs segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 04:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @MarkDayNews for her weekly International Affairs segment:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'This is how I rang in 2018': Frozen pipes, sewage backup clog Ottawa Community Housing resident's New Year

  03-01-2018 01:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A single mother says she was forced out of her Ottawa Community Housing unit during the holidays after frozen pipes caused raw sewage to back up, flooding her kitchen with putrid, dark-coloured water.
  Making matters worse, the deep freeze that has gripped the National Capital Region caused the main water pipe to Lucienne Makolo’s east-end townhouse to freeze Friday night, leaving hers and four other units without running water.
  Taps were flowing again in three of homes by early the ne
  
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• Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle charged with sex assault, forcible confinement

  03-01-2018 00:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joshua Boyle, rescued along with his family in October after five years in captivity in Afghanistan, is now in an Ottawa jail on charges of sexual assault, forcible confinement and administering a noxious drug.
  Boyle, 34, spent New Year’s Day at the Innes Road jail after Ottawa police arrested him for a series of disturbing, alleged crimes dating back to October.
  Boyle was abducted by a Taliban-linked group while on what he described as a backpacking trip. His children were born and raised
  
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