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• Vanier shelter opponents want OMB to decide appeal, not new tribunal

  08-01-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Businesses fighting city council’s decision to allow an emergency shelter and health complex on Vanier’s main drag want to avoid a new appeal tribunal, which will soon replace the Ontario Municipal Board.
  It illustrates the legal strategy in light of a major swing happening in Ontario’s land-use appeal system. The bar will be set higher to overturn a council decision once the new rules go into effect.
  In a 16-7 vote last November, the Salvation Army won council’s sup
  
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• Kyle and Julie Turris reach out as little Mason faces heart transplant

  08-01-2018 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kyle and Julie Turris might have moved to Nashville and a gig with the NHL Predators, but they continue to support community causes in the city they left behind.
  When Julie saw a recent story about three-year-old Mason Godin preparing for a heart transplant, she contacted Mason’s mother, Erika, and offered a signed Turris souvenir (possibly a jersey) for a fundraiser being held Friday, Jan. 12. The event runs from 5-8 p.m. at the Kids Kingdom in Kanata.
  “Incredible people,” Jul
  
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• Reevely: OC Transpo to test new tire treads for better snow traction

  08-01-2018 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo will test new tire treads this winter to try to get buses better traction in deep snow, says the transit agency’s director of operations.
  “Once you get over that five-centimetre snow accumulation on roads, that’s when most vehicles, especially our buses, tend to have traction issues,” Troy Charter said Monday, as OC Transpo was fighting its way back from a morning rush hour made difficult by snow that began Sunday afternoon and fell for most of a day.
  That happ
  
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• STORY: Ethics watchdog clears Morneau on timing of 2015 sale of shares bit.ly/2CSlCd7 https://t.co/qndegvTNqB

  08-01-2018 21:27 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Ethics watchdog clears Morneau on timing of 2015 sale of shares bit.ly/2CSlCd7 https://t.co/qndegvTNqB
  
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• BREAKING: Federal Ethics Commissioner has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau over sales of shares in Morneau Shepell back in 2015.

  08-01-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Federal Ethics Commissioner has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau over sales of shares in Morneau Shepell back in 2015.
  
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• Trash fire. @OttFire crews extinguishing garbage fire & clearing from the scene near #PortageBridge shortly.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 21:16 via twitter.com
  Trash fire. @OttFire crews extinguishing garbage fire & clearing from the scene near #PortageBridge shortly.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario investigates businesses allegedly breaking new labour laws bit.ly/2mf6wou https://t.co/6g3ymGOdUO

  08-01-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario investigates businesses allegedly breaking new labour laws bit.ly/2mf6wou https://t.co/6g3ymGOdUO
  
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• From wild to mild: What happened to the deep freeze

  08-01-2018 21:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A southwest wind blew in mild air and moisture, finally, ending such a long streak of air literally from Siberia that someone could have built a case for Russian meddling with our weather.
  The snow was the big news, and as it tapered off around 2 p.m. Monday, Ottawa had received 18 centimetres since it began falling late Sunday afternoon.
  But it also turned mild in a big hurry.
  Ottawa’s temperature started rising early Sunday, all day and through the night, and settled just below the freez
  
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• FYI: Ottawa under special weather statement for snow bit.ly/2m94dCw https://t.co/tbGFUmVh60

  08-01-2018 21:06 via twitter.com
  
  FYI: Ottawa under special weather statement for snow bit.ly/2m94dCw https://t.co/tbGFUmVh60
  
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• Another bird in Ottawa neglects to migrate — but survives

  08-01-2018 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another nearly-frozen bird has turned up in Ottawa long after it should have flown south, but this one lived.
  The black-crowned night heron was looking for food in open water last week, with ice forming on its feathers. Birder Bruce Di Labio saw it, picked it up and took it to the Wild Bird Care Centre on Moodie Drive.
  “We’ve talked about birds lingering. Not a good idea,” he noted afterwards.
  The little heron had frostbite on both feet but is otherwise unharmed. He’s on
  
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• Editorial: Time's up on sexual harassment on the Hill

  08-01-2018 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  It has never been a secret that Parliament Hill can have a sexually charged atmosphere.
  There has long been a culture of after-hours schmoozing and boozing, with plenty of power and celebrity and those who are staking their careers on being close to both.
  But, as Hollywood and other industries face a rising chorus from women saying enough is enough, we have recently been reminded that our own corridors of power are not immune to the ugliness of sexual abuse and harassment that seem inevitably to
  
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• Boyle will seek bail, has Crown's case against him, court hears

  08-01-2018 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lawyers for a former hostage held in Afghanistan, now behind bars in Ottawa, are still working on a bid for bail, a judge heard Monday.
  Joshua Boyle, 34, made a brief court appearance by video from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on 15 charges including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to “take a noxious thing,” namely the anti-depressant Trazodone.
  He next appears in court by video link on Jan. 15.
  Defence lawyer Ninetta Caparelli said in c
  
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• Man in hospital after falling 25 feet from roof

  08-01-2018 19:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  First-responders were called to a home in Carp on Monday after a man fell 25 feet from his roof and injured his head.
  According to Ottawa paramedics, the man, in his 50s, was attempting to clear snow from the roof of a home on Rothbourne Road around 11:30 a.m. when he slipped and fell.
  The man’s head was severely injured and he was not in condition to talk to paramedics when they arrived.
  He was taken to hospital for further treatment.    
  
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• Burns: Progress on violence against women should be 2018 resolution

  08-01-2018 19:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  What, in the New Year, are we to make of the conviction and sentencing of Basil Borutski for the murders of Carol Culleton, Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasia Kuzyk?
  Do they represent a just outcome to a tragedy, or a symbol of responding after-the-fact to the abject failures of the criminal and family law responses to a man with a long history of violence against women? Sadly, the overwhelming evidence is that it is the latter.
  It is easy to be unaware of just how enormous the problem of violence
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Sean McKenny of the @Ottawalabour joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Ottawa's minimum wage hotline: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: Sean McKenny of the @Ottawalabour joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Ottawa's minimum wage hotline: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #ottnews #otttraffic W/B lanes blocked @ #Shannonville #Hwy401 twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  08-01-2018 18:16 via twitter.com
  #ottnews #otttrafficW/B lanes blocked @ #Shannonville #Hwy401 twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• #ottnews #otttraffic One lane getting through now @ #Shannonville #Hwy401 twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  08-01-2018 18:14 via twitter.com
  #ottnews #otttrafficOne lane getting through now @ #Shannonville #Hwy401 twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 8th: 1:05: @kewhittington 1:15: @JSportsnet 1:30: @awudrick 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 18:09 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 8th: 1:05: @kewhittington1:15: @JSportsnet 1:30: @awudrick 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Owner of the Garland Sugar Shack, Ivan Garland joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: Owner of the Garland Sugar Shack, Ivan Garland joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @_ECinc & @markblevis join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @_ECinc & @markblevis join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Kathleen Wynne, France and homeless dogs

  08-01-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  One letter writer wonders where dogs that belong to the homeless are cared for in the winter, while the minimum wage hike debate continues, and another writer lauds Citizen columnist Andrew Cohen. 
  You, too, can write a letter to us: [email protected] cares for homeless dogs?
  We see them in spring, summer and fall: dogs cuddled up to their homeless owners on the streets. But what happens to them in winter when their people have to go into shelters? Who takes care of these dogs?
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Weekly guest @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:Weekly guest @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 11:15: @Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:15:@Colettod of @abacusdatacajoins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This police tweet perfectly shows why you need to slow down in the winter

  08-01-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A picture is worth a thousand words.
  Or, at least, seven words.
  Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, who works in the highway safety division for the Ontario Provincial Police, tweeted out this photo on Monday morning:
  Sometimes a picture is all that is needed.#SeeSnowGoSlow pic.twitter.com/Pg170gXELS
  — Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) January 8, 2018A 20-year-old driver lost control and rolled his car off of Hwy 6… where it landed underneath a sign that reads: “DRIVE ACCORDING TO ROAD AND WEATHER
  
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• Coming up at 11: Associate Professor @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Associate Professor@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian team trains Jordanian military in how to co-ordinate airstrikes

  08-01-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Canadian-led team has trained the first group of Jordanian military personnel in how to co-ordinate air strikes.
  The Jordanian joint terminal attack controllers or JTACs were taught by three Canadian JTAC instructors. The team was supplemented by others from Australia, France, Poland, and the United States, according to Jane’s International Defence Review. As lead country, Canada was responsible for undertaking an initial reconnaissance of the in-country facilities and ranges, plus assur
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @mfisheroverseas joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 16:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @mfisheroverseas joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Here's what it's like to clean an OC Transpo bus

  08-01-2018 16:03 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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• Pellerin: Clean water, decent education – it's not too much to ask

  08-01-2018 15:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Our series, “Politics for the rest of us,” continues today. It’s an attempt to see if Canadians can find common ground, without resorting to name-calling and insults, between differing views. Today, an Indigenous Canadian reaches across cultures:
  Some say being an Indigenous person in Canada can mean being at home in two different worlds. It can be hard sometimes to know exactly where one fits. That’s the case for Craig Tiberi – at least when it comes to politics.
  T
  
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• Brush off your car, save $110

  08-01-2018 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa traffic officer is posting Twitter photos of cars he pulled over Monday with thick coatings of snow.
  One driver brushed off the windshield, but Phil Kane pulled over the driver and wrote a $110 ticket anyway as thick snow from the rest of the car flew everywhere. “It was like driving behind a snowstorm,” he noted.
  "I used my brush to clear the windshield".Driver thought that was enough. It was like driving behind a snowstorm.Clear ALL the snow! #ProjectIgloo #otttraffic pic
  
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• Is Donald Trump mentally unfit to be president of the United States? @AllenFrancesMD joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 15:06 via twitter.com
  Is Donald Trump mentally unfit to be president of the United States?@AllenFrancesMD joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Oprah for President? Twitter fans make the case: bit.ly/2D5yQRr https://t.co/O2RtjzuhPQ

  08-01-2018 14:48 via twitter.com
  
  Oprah for President? Twitter fans make the case: bit.ly/2D5yQRr https://t.co/O2RtjzuhPQ
  
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• Laurier reopens after fire crews tackle blaze

  08-01-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Part of Laurier Avenue was closed during the Monday morning commute as crews tackled a fire in a high-rise apartment building.
  Laurier was closed between Bay and Kent Streets and southbound Lyon Street was closed at Slater Street while crews handled the small fire.
  The fire was located in the garbage room on the 10th floor.
  The call came in at 6:55 a.m. Several floors were evacuated due to smoke from the one-alarm fire but no injuries were reported.
  Roads reopened and fire crews left the scene j
  
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• Snow, collisions, a slow commute and at least one school closed

  08-01-2018 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Be careful what you wish for.
  We all wanted some relief from last week’s cold snap but will Ottawans be any happier with a week’s worth of snow?
  We’re about to find out.
  Some form of precipitation is in store every day this week (including rain – but we’ll get to that).
  Crazy slippery this morn, #otttraffic !
  Many cars are ditchedTow truck drivers so gleeful
  Drive slowly y’all#snowhaiku
  — John A. Marshall (@baldjam) January 8, 2018Environment Canada, whi
  
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• JUST IN: Arch Street Public School is closed today. #ottnews #ottawa twitter.com/OCDSB/status/9…

  08-01-2018 14:05 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Arch Street Public School is closed today. #ottnews #ottawa twitter.com/OCDSB/status/9…
  
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• Missing girl, 15, last seen Sunday afternoon

  08-01-2018 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are hoping the public can help them find a 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving her Chapman Mills-area home on Sunday afternoon.
  Safi Nur was wearing a black Calvin Klein winter jacket, black jeans and black Timberland boots when she left the house near Grandlea Terrace and Len Lunney Crescent at about 2 p.m.
  She is described as 5’6″ tall and 145 lbs with shoulder-length curly black hair and may have been carrying a red GoodLife gym bag.
  Anyone with information abou
  
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• POLL: Is Donald Trump mentally unfit to be president of the United States? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  08-01-2018 13:24 via twitter.com
  POLL: Is Donald Trump mentally unfit to be president of the United States?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Bill Morneau talks to @InklessPW on his catastrophic autumn, what went wrong and how he’s fighting back:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-01-2018 13:17 via twitter.com
  Bill Morneau talks to @InklessPW on his catastrophic autumn, what went wrong and how he’s fighting back:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This is due to a fire in the area. @1310traffic twitter.com/Ottawa_Traffic…

  08-01-2018 13:12 via twitter.com
  This is due to a fire in the area.@1310traffic twitter.com/Ottawa_Traffic…
  
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• 'Genius,' 'Not crazy': Trump allies line up to declare president mentally sound: bit.ly/2En42ep https://t.co/ZFHnlTqSUI

  08-01-2018 13:01 via twitter.com
  
  'Genius,' 'Not crazy': Trump allies line up to declare president mentally sound: bit.ly/2En42ep https://t.co/ZFHnlTqSUI
  
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• Asterix Vs Joint Support Ship – a few well placed digs

  08-01-2018 07:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The recent arrival of Asterix in Halifax has allowed Davie and Federal Fleet Services to crow about their on time and on budget project to produce an interim AOR. After training of Royal Canadian Navy personnel on the vessel is completed, Asterix will begin supporting RCN operations.
  Davie, in its news release announcing the arrival of the ship in Halifax, took a few digs at the yet to be constructed Joint Support Ships.
  Here from the news release is some of that material, which I have put in it
  
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• Asterix Vs Joint Support Ship – the digs continue

  08-01-2018 07:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The recent arrival of Asterix in Halifax has allowed Davie and Federal Fleet Services to crow about their on time and on budget project to produce an interim AOR. After training of Royal Canadian Navy personnel on the vessel is completed, Asterix will begin supporting RCN operations.
  Davie, in its news release announcing the arrival of the ship in Halifax, took a few digs at the yet to be constructed Joint Support Ships.
  Here from the news release is some of that material, which I have put in it
  
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• Labour council flooded with complaints about responses to minimum wage laws

  08-01-2018 01:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Forty eight hours after setting up a hotline for workers, the Ottawa and District Labour Council said Sunday it had already heard complaints about more than 20 Ottawa businesses potentially acting as what it calls “corporate bullies” in response to new Ontario minimum wage laws.
  The issue has gone viral in recent days as several Tim Horton’s franchises — including one in Cobourg owned by the company’s co-founders — told employees they would be losing paid brea
  
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• Treating the whole child: Ottawa gets Ontario's first 'social pediatric hub'

  08-01-2018 00:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  At the social pediatric hub in Vanier, there’s an examining table and other medical accoutrements. There are also boxes of toys and a kitchen table with a bowl of fruit for nibbling.
  The hub is a one-stop shop that recognizes it takes more than medical expertise to keep children healthy — not just physically, but also mentally, emotionally and socially.
  “When the child goes into the medical system, the system focuses on the medical. We’re looking at the whole child,&rdquo
  
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