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• What employers are doing in response to higher minimum wages

  05-01-2018 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Employers are taking steps to control labour costs after the minimum wage rose to $14 an hour on Jan. 1. But they are also learning that sticking to the bottom line can have negative effects on business.
  The owners of at least a dozen Tim Hortons outlets have told workers they are rescinding perks and paid breaks, news that quickly went viral. The action is “nothing short of bullying behaviour,” said Labour Minister Kevin Flynn on Friday.
  “These franchise owners are trying to m
  
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• Egan: Righting wreckage on Hwy. 401 — unsung towing crews hit prime-time

  05-01-2018 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  When things go horribly wrong with big trucks on Ontario’s 400-highways, people die, things burn, traffic locks in angry grids and a mountain of wreckage is left behind.
  And people like Andrew Vink go to work. “A lot of times, when the weather turns bad, and people stop and get off the road, that’s often the time we’re going out.”
  Vink is operations manager for Herb’s Towing, one of the biggest outfits along Highway 401 from Cornwall to the Quebec border
  
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• Tim Hortons blames 'rogue group' in response to criticism after restaurants cut employee benefits… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 22:49 via twitter.com
  Tim Hortons blames 'rogue group' in response to criticism after restaurants cut employee benefits… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Leeds OPP to patrol trails for drunk snowmobilers

  05-01-2018 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Snowmobile operators in Leeds county south of Ottawa will soon face increased scrutiny from police to ensure they are following the rules, the Leeds OPP detachment says.
  Snowmobiles are subject to many of the same rules as other vehicles, the OPP said in a release.
  In particular, police will be checking throughout the winter to make sure operators are under the legal blood-alcohol limit.
  Riders found to be in the blood-alcohol “warn range” level between the 0.05 and 0.08 (the same fo
  
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• New affordable housing projects pegged for Centretown, Montreal Road

  05-01-2018 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  About 200 new affordable and supportive housing units will be built in Ottawa over the coming years, thanks to the latest cash injection from upper-tier governments.
  Of the three projects that received the green light last month as part of the Action Ottawa program, the largest is slated for Centretown, where an eight-storey, 148-unit mixed-income building will be constructed by Ottawa Community Housing at 811 Gladstone Ave., between Booth and Rochester streets.
  The project secured $11 million i
  
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• Predatory journal has firm grip on universities in Ottawa and Canada

  05-01-2018 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Scientists from the University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital and other top-tier institutions across Canada keep publishing their results in fake science journals, tainting the work despite years of warnings.
  One veteran science publisher warns all the work that produced these studies “is just thrown away.”
  Until recently, the scope of the problem of “predatory” journals has been hard to measure.
  Now, one giant in the fake publishing field, OMICS International of India, h
  
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• 2017 In Stories: How local families had to suddenly confront the opioid epidemic

  05-01-2018 21:38 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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• 4 women accuse Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct bit.ly/2m1w33s https://t.co/7PiMX2fn59

  05-01-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
  
  4 women accuse Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct bit.ly/2m1w33s https://t.co/7PiMX2fn59
  
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• STORY: Local labour council sets up hotline for minimum wage workers to report changes due to hike… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  STORY: Local labour council sets up hotline for minimum wage workers to report changes due to hike… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Eight things to do in Ottawa in 2018

  05-01-2018 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The party’s over. Time for Ottawa to roll up the sidewalks and turn out the lights?Not so fast.Recent stats confirm that 2017 was a record year for the city’s tourism industry. As headquarters for the nation’s sesquicentennial celebrations, throngs of people visited Ottawa to take part in the festivities. There were special events, exhibits and shows throughout the year. 
  But now what? Well, as we get back to our regularly scheduled programming, we’re noticing benefi
  
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• New drugs and cold temperatures compound lack of space issue at injection trailer outside @ShepsGoodHope.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  New drugs and cold temperatures compound lack of space issue at injection trailer outside @ShepsGoodHope.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• True crime story: How murder in the streets led to Ottawa's last execution

  05-01-2018 20:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Words by Bruce Deachman, Artwork by Robert Cross•
  James Shorey, an Ottawa janitor, was on his way home on a cold, October night in 1945, when he saw three young men he felt were up to little good.
  One of them was vainly trying the door handle of the Thomas Jewelry store before the group turned from Bank up to Albert Street.
  Shorey followed at a discreet distance, watching as they tried the door of another store — the Dominion at the corner of O’Connor  — then turned t
  
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• Ottawa-area jobless rate drops to 5.5 per cent

  05-01-2018 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region’s employment market finished 2017 on an unusual note as the goods producers outpaced government and other services in creating jobs.
  Overall, the jobless rate for Ottawa-Gatineau dropped to 5.5 per cent in December compared to 5.8 per cent in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The change reflected a net increase of 3,300 jobs combined with a net rise of just 1,500 in the size of the labour force, which includes people looking for work. These numbers are adjuste
  
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• Dawson: Ottawa's having the right debate on homelessness

  05-01-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  One night this week, there was a homeless person sleeping in the lobby of my apartment building. I sure didn’t report him to anyone – and I hope none of my neighbours were callous enough to do so, either. In the kind of cold we’ve been enduring, shelter’s all that matters.
  Luckily, Ottawa didn’t seem to have struggled too much with finding places for homeless people to sleep. At the Ottawa Mission, about 20 extra mats have been set up in the chapel each night. 
  
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• NAC Review: Music, acting shine in Mr. Shi and His Lover

  05-01-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Theatre reviewMr. Shi and His LoverBy Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie. Directed by Tam Chi ChunNAC English Theatre, Azrieli Studio, until Jan. 13Reviewed Thursday, Jan. 4
  Every couple has little secrets they keep from each other, but rarely is it a whopper of the magnitude explored in Mr. Shi and His Lover, the elegantly crafted work of music theatre that opened at the National Arts Centre on Thursday.The production is based on the true, 1980s story of a French diplomat (Bernard Boursicot, played
  
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• Trying it again: U.S wants to better train Afghans to fight Taliban

  05-01-2018 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The top American commander for the Middle East wants a more aggressive Afghan military pressuring Taliban and other insurgents over the normally quieter months of Afghanistan’s winter, and then quickly going on the offensive in the spring, the Associated Press reports.
  Gen. Joseph Votel of U.S. Central Command said an influx of new American trainers can help escalate the fight against insurgents. They’ll be operating with Afghan units, closer to the front lines and at greater risk, b
  
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• 2017 In Stories: Uncovering the hidden abuse occurring in long-term care homes

  05-01-2018 19:11 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. 
  Best stories of 20
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @Pammerhockey joins @MarkDayNews to discuss NHL trade rumours: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30:@Pammerhockey joins @MarkDayNews to discuss NHL trade rumours: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cappies review: Mother Teresa's cast and crew delivers a great performance of A Christmas Carol

  05-01-2018 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #3: A Christmas CarolWhere: St. Mother Teresa High SchoolDirector: Lindsay Laviolette
  Evelyn Ashworth, Lead CriticAll Saints High School
  With each passing holiday season, the true meaning of Christmas is often foregone in favour of greedier pursuits. St. Mother Teresa High School’s production of A Christmas Carol exposed what happens when self-indulgence supersedes human kindness. Through cohesive visuals and powerful acting, St. Mother Teresa High School’s cast and crew deliver
  
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• Chris Botti, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bela Fleck coming to 2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival

  05-01-2018 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dapper pop-jazz trumpet star Chris Botti, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, and fusion banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and his band the Flecktones will play the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival this summer, the festival’s website says.
  The site also says these three main stage concerts will take place in Marion Dewar Plaza, rather than across Laurier Avenue in Confederation Park, where main-stage jazz festival concerts have been held for many years.
  Festival spokeswoman Suzan Zilahi said Friday that &
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 5th: 1:10: @OttawaBylaw 1:15: @Steve_Mac_NS 1:30: @Ottawalabour 1:37:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 5th: 1:10: @OttawaBylaw 1:15: @Steve_Mac_NS 1:30: @Ottawalabour 1:37:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Skating time! Rideau Canal Skateway gets green flag from NCC

  05-01-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  You complained and the National Capital Commission heard.
  After a couple of weeks of public impatience that the record-setting low temperatures weren’t enough to get the world’s largest skating rink in shape, dignitaries gathered at the Fifth Avenue entrance Friday morning to post the green flag on five kilometres of skating between the Bronson rest area and the Pretoria Bridge (Hawthorne Avenue), including Dows Lake.
  The NCC’s Skateway team will open the remaining 2.8 kil
  
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• A true crime story: How murder in the streets led to the last execution in Ottawa

  05-01-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Words by Bruce Deachman, Artwork by Robert Cross•
  James Shorey, an Ottawa janitor, was on his way home on a cold, October night in 1945, when he saw three young men he felt were up to little good.
  One of them was vainly trying the door handle of the Thomas Jewelry store before the group turned from Bank up to Albert Street.
  Shorey followed at a discreet distance, watching as they tried the door of another store — the Dominion at the corner of O’Connor  — then turned t
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Our film critic @thordiakow joins @MarkDayNews with your movie reviews: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:Our film critic @thordiakow joins @MarkDayNews with your movie reviews: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @JulieBeun & @johnsonthree join @markdaynews in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @JulieBeun & @johnsonthree join @markdaynews in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Spotlight: How Nina Simone changed an 11-year-old's life

  05-01-2018 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who contribute to the Ottawa area’s thriving arts community. This week we talked with singer-songwriter Gabrielle Giguere, aka Her Harbour. Her latest album, Go Gently Into the Night, was released in 2017.
  “I always get a lot of anxiety around performing. I’m always worried if it’s going to be a good show, or if people are going to come, or if it’s relevant. And just the logistics of it if you bring in other musicians
  
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• Mayor Watson, stop turning your back on climate leadership

  05-01-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  If Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa city council had funded their signature light-rail project the way they committed to their “Energy Evolution” transition plan just before the holiday, they’d have made a bold, ambitious decision to retire OC Transpo’s last horse and buggy by 2025. And they would have put off the vote to fund replacement vehicles until the next term of council.
  During budget deliberations late last year, Watson and the council majority allotted $500,000 &ndas
  
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• On the Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro & @MarkDayNews: -Should you keep your new year's resolution? -Facebook's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  On the Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro & @MarkDayNews: -Should you keep your new year's resolution?-Facebook's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man, 22, wounded in Little Italy shooting

  05-01-2018 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 22-year-old man turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds Thursday night shortly after 911 calls reporting gunfire drew police to Willow Street.
  The victim, who is known to police, was taken to hospital by a friend at about 11 p.m. with minor injuries.
  He has since been released, police said Friday morning.
  Officers found spent shell casings at the scene near the intersection with Rochester Street in Little Italy after gettin
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @MarkDayNews with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 16:23 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @MarkDayNews with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Goods employment reaches eight-year high as jobless rate drops to 5.5 per cent

  05-01-2018 16:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region’s employment market finished 2017 on an unusual note as the goods producers outpaced government and other services in creating jobs.
  Overall, the jobless rate for Ottawa-Gatineau dropped to 5.5 per cent in December compared to 5.8 per cent in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The change reflected a net increase of 3,300 jobs combined with a net rise of just 1,500 in the size of the labour force, which includes people looking for work. These numbers are adjuste
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @Matt_Dips & @catherinejclark join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 15:47 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod, @Matt_Dips & @catherinejclark join @MarkDayNews live:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Do you agree with the ousting of Sen. Lynn Beyak from the Tory caucus over a 'racist' post on her website? ST… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you agree with the ousting of Sen. Lynn Beyak from the Tory caucus over a 'racist' post on her website? ST… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45 @SandraKiss1053 joins @MarkDayNews in studio with all your entertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45@SandraKiss1053 joins @MarkDayNews in studio with all your entertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30:@Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Weather: Frigid temps snap back with -40 windchill

  05-01-2018 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  You know the drill by now.
  Ottawa awoke to -24 C Friday morning and the news that Environment Canada had issued yet another extreme cold warning with windchills expected to hover around -40 Friday and Saturday.
  So cover up, check up on vulnerable friends and neighbours and bring pets inside.
  Planning to hit the Rideau Canal Skateway on opening day? Cover every scrap of exposed skin because Ottawa Public Health has a frostbite warning in effect, too.
  Friday’s forecast is for periods of
  
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• Heads up if you're travelling with @VIA_Rail today: twitter.com/VIA_Rail/statu…

  05-01-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  Heads up if you're travelling with @VIA_Rail today: twitter.com/VIA_Rail/statu…
  
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• Man in his 20s wounded in Little Italy shooting

  05-01-2018 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 20s turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds Thursday night after 911 calls reporting gunfire drew police to Willow Street.
  The victim, who is known to police, was taken to hospital by a friend at about 11 p.m. with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
  He has since been released.
  Officers found spent shell casings at the scene near the intersection with Rochester Street in Little Italy after&nbs
  
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• Today's letters: Diversity, multiculturalism and ethnic minorities

  05-01-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Today, readers react to our recent feature stories on diversity at city hall, and the general question of how we define ourselves. And they had a few last thoughts about the Canada 150 year.
  You can write to us too, at [email protected]
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  Diversity should start with women
  Re: Ottawa is more diverse than ever — but not at city hall, Dec. 29.
  The photo accompanying Alison Mah’s article on Ottawa city council grabbed my attention, with the red-robed “Pope” Jim
  
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• Ottawa jobless rate drops to 5.5 per cent in December, lowest since April

  05-01-2018 14:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Capital region’s jobless rate dropped to 5.5 per cent in December from 5.8 per cent in November.
  It was the region’s lowest rate since April.
  The regional economy added 3,300 jobs in December while labour force increased by just 1,500.
  Statcan reported the number of federal government jobs in the capital fell by 5,600 in December vs November for new total of 128,900.
  That’s the lowest since the summer of 2016.
  But tech employment was up 900 to 48,100 jobs.
  The biggest job gains
  
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• Today is the first official day that calls for lost and/or hurt animals are to be made to 311. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaBylaw/st…

  05-01-2018 14:14 via twitter.com
  Today is the first official day that calls for lost and/or hurt animals are to be made to 311. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaBylaw/st…
  
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• ICYMI: Wynne accuses Tim Hortons founders' children of bullying employees: bit.ly/2CUVxaW https://t.co/C9uAReUPHZ

  05-01-2018 14:10 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Wynne accuses Tim Hortons founders' children of bullying employees: bit.ly/2CUVxaW https://t.co/C9uAReUPHZ
  
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• .@OttawaPolice is investigating a shooting in Little Italy. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/05/sho… https://t.co/UJlLCzKiu9

  05-01-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  .@OttawaPolice is investigating a shooting in Little Italy. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/05/sho… https://t.co/UJlLCzKiu9
  
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• Do you want to see @JimWatsonOttawa take a pie to the face? Donate to the @ochottawa Ottawa Pie Challenge:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-01-2018 13:47 via twitter.com
  Do you want to see @JimWatsonOttawa take a pie to the face? Donate to the @ochottawa Ottawa Pie Challenge:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Very intense' winter storm shuts schools, offices in Atlantic Canada: bit.ly/2CIc3ya https://t.co/yw4lL4jXZE

  05-01-2018 13:20 via twitter.com
  
  'Very intense' winter storm shuts schools, offices in Atlantic Canada: bit.ly/2CIc3ya https://t.co/yw4lL4jXZE
  
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• Brrr! Ottawa under frostbite warning, extreme cold warning: bit.ly/2CIPj0f https://t.co/C7abeAz1ws

  05-01-2018 13:10 via twitter.com
  
  Brrr! Ottawa under frostbite warning, extreme cold warning: bit.ly/2CIPj0f https://t.co/C7abeAz1ws
  
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• That Monday temperature..... twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  05-01-2018 12:16 via twitter.com
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• HP Canada recalling certain batteries due to fire hazard: bit.ly/2CIekJM https://t.co/4p7XgE4Lfh

  05-01-2018 12:15 via twitter.com
  
  HP Canada recalling certain batteries due to fire hazard: bit.ly/2CIekJM https://t.co/4p7XgE4Lfh
  
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• Rideau Canal Skateway opening this morning: bit.ly/2EbPn5U https://t.co/sSeWjrjU1i

  05-01-2018 12:10 via twitter.com
  
  Rideau Canal Skateway opening this morning: bit.ly/2EbPn5U https://t.co/sSeWjrjU1i
  
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• Sen. Lynn Beyak removed from Tory caucus over 'racist' post on website: Scheer: bit.ly/2CIjfu5 https://t.co/gV5bhTnr3a

  05-01-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  
  Sen. Lynn Beyak removed from Tory caucus over 'racist' post on website: Scheer: bit.ly/2CIjfu5 https://t.co/gV5bhTnr3a
  
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