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• Egan: While Ontario fiddles, Ottawa man buys time with $29K cancer care in U.K.

  07-01-2018 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  How much would any of us pay, sell or sacrifice to extend our lives by a year or two?
  Hy Elmas kept his soul, but parted with $29,000 for a trip to London, England, in November to undergo a procedure to zap a growing tumour in his pancreas, one of the worst places to get cancer. And, every new day, he’s glad he did.
  “I feel great. I have a good appetite. I have good energy. I even put on a few pounds,” he said recently at his Centrepointe home.
  Since his diagnosis last February
  
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• One World Choir gives voice to newest Canadians

  07-01-2018 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Their voices were many, the song was the same. It echoed through the common room and down the corridor of a Donald Street high rise.
  I travelled a day,I travelled a year,I travelled a lifetime,to find my way home …
  It’s Wednesday night and the members of One World Choir are practising. Since it was founded in 2016 by Ottawa musician Alicia Borisonik, the choir has offered a place where Canadians, old and new, can gather for friendship and support and to share their love of singing.
  
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• Bus-cleaning blues: How OC Transpo keeps its fleet spic-and-span

  07-01-2018 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  This one’s for Priscilla.
  After this newspaper published a story on its website in November detailing the highlights of the transit commission’s 2018 budget, she posted in the comments section the following:
  Can they please hire ppl to clean them … Buses are absolutely disgusting. Had to complain about a chicken carcass left on bus for at least 3 weeks … Just watched it decompose to just bones on the daily ride … Ewwwww … And they smell like piss all the t
  
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• ICYMI: Seven kilometres of the @NCC_Skateway are open for the first time this season. 1310news.com/2018/01/07/can… https://t.co/EazJfgFtXU

  07-01-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Seven kilometres of the @NCC_Skateway are open for the first time this season. 1310news.com/2018/01/07/can… https://t.co/EazJfgFtXU
  
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• Male MPs must work to combat sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill: Cullen

  07-01-2018 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Male MPs must help to usher in a culture change on Parliament Hill and combat sexual misconduct, says veteran NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who is looking to work with colleagues of all stripes to address inappropriate behaviour often viewed as a “public secret.”
  Cullen said the “ecosystem” of people who interact in and around the corridors of power — including support staff, lobbyists and parliamentarians — can create a space where professional and personal environme
  
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• ICYMI: Two house fires under investigation in Carp. 1310news.com/2018/01/07/ten… https://t.co/Ixah6swPOR

  07-01-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Two house fires under investigation in Carp. 1310news.com/2018/01/07/ten… https://t.co/Ixah6swPOR
  
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• Overnight fires damage two bungalows

  07-01-2018 19:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were kept busy with two residential fires overnight in Carp.
  Firefighters were called to 1174 Burnt Lands Road at 11:25 Saturday night. When they arrived flames were visible on the roof of the single family bungalow.
  All six occupants were safely out of the house.
  Ottawa Fire on scene of a 2-Alarm fire at 1774 Burnt Lands Road in Corkery. Building is a 1 storey single family home. All occupants escaped safely. Red Cross and Salvation Army. Victims Assistance teams are.respond
  
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• British Prime Minister Theresa May has dismissed concerns about Donald Trump’s mental fitness, saying the U.S. pres… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-01-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has dismissed concerns about Donald Trump’s mental fitness, saying the U.S. pres… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The NCC has opened 2 km of the @NCC_Skateway, downtown. You can now skate from Dow's lake to Rideau St.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-01-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  The NCC has opened 2 km of the @NCC_Skateway, downtown. You can now skate from Dow's lake to Rideau St.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two house fires in Carp have ten people displaced. 1310news.com/2018/01/07/ten… https://t.co/njHDcSNR6V

  07-01-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  
  Two house fires in Carp have ten people displaced.1310news.com/2018/01/07/ten… https://t.co/njHDcSNR6V
  
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• Downtown stretch of Skateway open as weather warms

  07-01-2018 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission opened a key stretch of the Rideau Canal Skateway Sunday — extending the Skateway from the National Arts Centre to Dows Lake — just in time for the deep freeze to loosen its grip on the city.
  Temperatures are expected to hit a relatively balmy -10 C on Sunday after days of temperatures in the minus 20s and gusty winds, which made it feel like the minus 30s.
  The warming trend will continue all week with -1 C on Monday — just as children return to
  
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• French President Emmanuel Macron is paying respects to the 17 people killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks three year… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-01-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron is paying respects to the 17 people killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks three year… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• How the Vancouver Conference on North Korea will both succeed and fail

  07-01-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in Ottawa that the United States and Canada will co-host a conference of Foreign Ministers on North Korea in Vancouver on Jan. 16. On Jan. 1, meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offered to talk with South Korea, which responded positively.
  Unfortunately, the Vancouver Conference will fail to achieve its stated objective of persuading North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program. Ho
  
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• Today's letters: Wages and winter

  07-01-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A way to deal with minimum wage
  Re: Minimum-wage hike will be a test for Ontario’s big parties, Dec. 29.
  I recently moved to Ottawa from Australia. Its minimum wage has been about $15 for several years. I have a tip for Ottawa’s premium coffee places and how to deal with paying staff more: Start providing real service. 
  I have been to numerous cafés for meetings in the city. We get in line to buy a coffee, then get in line for the coffee to be prepared, then sit and talk
  
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• Another big win for the @Senators, Saturday night at the CTC, as they beat the @NHL-leading @TBLightning 6-3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-01-2018 14:56 via twitter.com
  Another big win for the @Senators, Saturday night at the CTC, as they beat the @NHL-leading @TBLightning 6-3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Overnight fires damage two bungalows in Carp

  07-01-2018 13:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were kept busy with two residential fires overnight in Carp.
  Firefighters were called to 1174 Burnt Lands Road at 11:25 Saturday night. When they arrived flames were visible on the roof of the single family bungalow.
  All six occupants were safely out of the house.
  Due to the extreme cold OC Transpo was on site to provide shelter for the firefighters. 
  Six people were displaced. Estimated damages to the house is $500,000.
  Firefighters were then called to 3850 Carp Road at
  
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• Our @Stu_McGinn is following tonight's #Sens and Lightning game at the Canadian Tire Centre. Follow along for updat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-01-2018 01:10 via twitter.com
  Our @Stu_McGinn is following tonight's #Sens and Lightning game at the Canadian Tire Centre. Follow along for updat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Yoga practitioners love downward puppies at rescue fundraiser

  07-01-2018 01:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Downward dogs took a back seat to puppy love Saturday as Ottawa’s first puppy yoga class was launched to a chorus of “ahh”s.
  Maple, Cedar, Ash and Everest — eight-week-old multi-coloured mystery mix puppies — wagged and licked their way through two puppy yoga classes Saturday as a fundraiser for Ottawa Dog Rescue held at Inner Soul and Cycle.
  The litter of puppies was discovered abandoned in a box in November and for the first weeks of their lives were fed a goat-mi
  
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• 'Hang on, it is going to get better': Ottawa amputee sends words of hope to Sabryna Mongeon

  07-01-2018 00:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Christine Caron has some heartfelt advice for Sabryna Mongeon, the young Outaouais woman who has undergone multiple amputations after a holiday car crash: “Hang on, it is going to get better.
  “There are major hurdles and obstacles ahead. There are going to be good days and really bad days. But there is a community of support out there. Real people, groups, charities out here ready, when you are, to help you deal with or get around any challenges. There is life after amputations and y
  
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