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• Police arrest man allegedly posing as Uber driver and assaulting riders

  12-01-2018 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested a man for allegedly posing as an Uber driver in the ByWard Market area and sexually assaulting women once they were in his car.
  Sami Hassan Khreis, 37, appeared in court Friday and was charged with sexual assault, fraud and stealing credit cards.
  His arrest comes after warnings from police on Tuesday about a man who was luring intoxicated women into his car by pretending to be an Uber driver and sexually assaulting them once inside. In some instances, the man stole de
  
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• Firefighters battle two-alarm Albert Street fire

  12-01-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were battling a two-alarm blaze in a rowhouse on Albert Street near Preston Street Friday afternoon.
  The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. in the end unit of a rowhouse on the 700 block of Albert Street.
  Fire crews used ladders to reach people trapped on the third floor of the structure and reported flames coming from the Preston Street side of the building.
  Videos uploaded to Twitter showed a mass of flames erupting from the third-floor corner unit.Booth Street was closed
  
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• City hall blog: Watson on LRT timelines, central library and tax promises

  12-01-2018 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson seems well-rested after recovering from appendicitis. In my interview with him this week, he admitted he couldn’t resist keeping his BlackBerry by his side while keeping a low profile (I guess that iPhone didn’t work out).
  I wrote about Watson’s reaction to all the hubbub surrounding the Ottawa Senators and this year’s municipal election, but here are some other things we discussed during the interview in his office on Thursday.
  Will any delays with the C
  
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• Ottawa's brief taste of spring ends, flash freeze warning in effect

  12-01-2018 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The brief, two-day January thaw came to a bone-chilling end Friday afternoon.
  Ottawa residents who woke up to a balmy 11 C Friday morning found themselves driving home that afternoon through a mix of snow, freezing rain and ice pellets, with the temperature plunging to a low of -15 C.
  Environment Canada had the area under a “flash freeze” warning Friday and by Saturday night, the mercury was predicted to be down to a polar-like -26 C.
  “It’s a pretty dramatic swing in temp
  
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  12-01-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
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• UPDATE: The Ottawa Fire Service has flames under control in a row house on Albert St. at Booth St. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: The Ottawa Fire Service has flames under control in a row house on Albert St. at Booth St. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Updated: French courts drop terror allegations against Ottawa prof Hassan Diab

  12-01-2018 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hassan Diab walked out of a Paris prison a free man on Friday and into more legal uncertainty.
  The 64-year-old Ottawa academic was released from a Paris maximum security prison after anti-terrorism judges ruled that there is insufficient evidence to send him to trial.
  The academic was indicted on murder, attempted murder and other charges related to an October 1980 bomb attack outside a Paris synagogue that killed four passersby and injured dozens more. The bomb was planted in the saddle bag of
  
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• Defence procurement chief heads to VAC, no word yet on her replacement

  12-01-2018 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Lisa Campbell, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Defence and Marine Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada, will become Associate Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, effective February 5.
  Campbell was a major player in the shipbuilding procurement strategy and other ongoing military procurement programs.
  A replacement will be named on an interim basis in the coming days and a process to replace Campbell will be launch
  
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• #RightNow ALBERT ST FIRE: Road closure Booth Street closed from Albert to Elm. twitter.com/RyanAndrosoff/…

  12-01-2018 22:18 via twitter.com
  #RightNowALBERT ST FIRE: Road closure Booth Street closed from Albert to Elm. twitter.com/RyanAndrosoff/…
  
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  12-01-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
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• The fire on Albert at Booth is now a 2-alarm blaze. Flames are visible on Preston facade. Heavy fire/smoke conditio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  The fire on Albert at Booth is now a 2-alarm blaze. Flames are visible on Preston facade. Heavy fire/smoke conditio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two men arrested for break and enters in Ottawa, North Grenville homes

  12-01-2018 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have arrested an Ottawa man and a Toronto-area man in relation to numerous break and enters in the Kemptville, Lanark and Ottawa areas.
  On Jan. 4, a resident of North Grenville contacted the OPP to report two suspicious males outside of his neighbour’s property. That led to the arrest of two men for a break and enter on Buker Road.
  Around 11:45 p.m. the next day, the OPP executed a search warrant at a home on Morisset Avenue in Ottawa where stolen property wa
  
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• Callers to the newsroom say @OttFire is on the scene of a blaze at a row house on Albert St. at Booth. Eastbound la… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 22:07 via twitter.com
  Callers to the newsroom say @OttFire is on the scene of a blaze at a row house on Albert St. at Booth. Eastbound la… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Val-Des-Monts man arrested on child porn charges

  12-01-2018 21:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sûreté du Québec police have charged a Val-Des-Monts man with possession of child porn after they searched his home Thursday and seized evidence.
  Joceyln Legault, 32, appeared in a Gatineau court shortly after his arrest for charges of possession of child pornography and luring.
  Legault will remain in police custody and return to court on Tuesday.
  
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• JUST IN: Health Canada has issued an advisory for "Flintstones Plus" iron multi-vitamins after a bottle was found w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 21:34 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Health Canada has issued an advisory for "Flintstones Plus" iron multi-vitamins after a bottle was found w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario auto insurance rates increased in last quarter of 2017 bit.ly/2D4KteG https://t.co/W2RVhbe1pB

  12-01-2018 21:24 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario auto insurance rates increased in last quarter of 2017 bit.ly/2D4KteG https://t.co/W2RVhbe1pB
  
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• STORY: Arrest warrant for Ottawa man bit.ly/2FvNcvm https://t.co/na2qP4MQ2a

  12-01-2018 21:13 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Arrest warrant for Ottawa man bit.ly/2FvNcvm https://t.co/na2qP4MQ2a
  
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• FYI: The 1310 NEWS Extreme Weather Centre is OPEN bit.ly/2gENGDe https://t.co/pGS5jSoTVs

  12-01-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  
  FYI: The 1310 NEWS Extreme Weather Centre is OPEN bit.ly/2gENGDe https://t.co/pGS5jSoTVs
  
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• Cappies review: St. Mark High School presents Death: A Comedy in One Act By Woody Allen

  12-01-2018 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #4: Death: A Comedy in One Act By Woody AllenWhere: St. Mark High SchoolDirector: Trevor Rostek
  Siobhan McMahon Critic, St. Joseph High School
  If death is among the greatest adventures of all, then one’s journey there must be equally tremendous. The eerie tale of an unsuspecting man’s fate came to life at St. Mark High School as their players performed Death: A Comedy in One Act by Woody Allen. Through captivating scenes and enthralling suspense, this production put a whole
  
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• Reevely: Second-place bidder still keen on LeBreton Flats if Sens' bid falters, but patience is waning

  12-01-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The second-place bidders for LeBreton Flats are still ready to step up if the National Capital Commission’s negotiations with Eugene Melnyk fall through, one of the group’s leaders says, but time is running out.
  “We’re wondering why it’s taking the National Capital Commission so long. We’re worried they might ask for another extension, which would be ridiculous,” said Jean-Pierre Poulin, the president of Gatineau-based land development company Devcore. &
  
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• Design gurus critique architect's vision for Fifth Avenue Court replacement

  12-01-2018 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Minto’s concept for an eight-storey building in the Glebe could do a better job of knitting together the historic retail structure on Bank Street with the contemporary residential complex, the project’s architect heard this week.
  The developer’s plan for 99 Fifth Ave. would replace the current Fifth Avenue Court structure with a 124-unit modern-looking building. The design firm is Toronto-based TACT Architecture, which also designed a Minto mixed-use development in New Edinburg
  
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• Update: Non-critical patients diverted from Civic hospital campus after smoky incident in power vault

  12-01-2018 19:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics said they were taking non-critical patients to other Ottawa hospitals Friday afternoon after a smoke from a power outage in the hydro vault caused some tense moments at the Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital.
  The hospital said that no patients had to be evacuated in the incident, although there was a localized evacuation from a service building. Emergency power was being provided in patient areas until the power was back on.
  The fire department got a 911 call reporting smoke near the
  
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• Crew of HMCS St. John's prepare to head out on new deployment

  12-01-2018 19:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship St. John’s will leave Halifax on Tuesday for the Mediterranean Sea as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1). This is HMCS St. John’s second deployment on Operation REASSURANCE, according to the Royal Canadian Navy. Her first deployment was from January to July in 2017.
   
  
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• Reunited: 51-year-old Petawawa man meets 94-year-old grandfather for first time

  12-01-2018 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  For a long time, Sean Davoren has wanted to meet his birth mother. When he finally learned her name last year, it was six years too late.
  Over the holidays, Davoren finally met his 94-year-old grandfather, who has four granddaughters, but never knew he also had a grandson.
  “I’ve been in the military for three decades. I’ve seen a lot, done a lot,” said Davoren, a physician assistant at CFB Petawawa. “But along with my marriage and the birth of my son, this was in th
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 12th: 1:10: @LucGagne88 1:30: @SimonGleave 1:45: @OttawaNaturists 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 18:34 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 12th: 1:10: @LucGagne88 1:30: @SimonGleave 1:45: @OttawaNaturists 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @HenryGiroux joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Donald Trump comments/fallout: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @HenryGiroux joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Donald Trump comments/fallout: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek to identify suspect in taxi robbery

  12-01-2018 18:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man that is suspected of robbing a taxi driver in December.
  Police said the incident occurred at about 3 a.m. Dec. 3 when a taxi driver picked up three people at a pub on Meadowlands Drive in Nepean.
  Once the three neared their destination, the trio began to change their minds about where they wanted to get out. The cab driver finally pulled over to end the trip and collect his fare.
  The two passengers in the back seat left
  
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• Suspects sought in violent home invasion on Kemp Drive

  12-01-2018 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects responsible for a violent home invasion near the Ottawa International Airport.
  On Jan. 11 at approximately 9:30 p.m., two suspects, one disguised, forcibly entered a home along the 0 – 100 block of Kemp Drive.
  The suspects, one armed with a handgun, accosted an elderly male who was home alone. The victim was restrained by one suspect as the second suspect searched the residence.
  The victim was struck several times with
  
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• Coming up 11:45: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @BlueJays: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:45: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @BlueJays:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @Ottawaathomemag & @KatlynHarrison join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @Ottawaathomemag & @KatlynHarrison join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Head coach @adska joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss @TeamHoman heading to the winter Olympics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 17:22 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Head coach @adska joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss @TeamHoman heading to the winter Olympics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kathleen Wynne coming to Ottawa for town hall: bit.ly/2DoEIWc https://t.co/686CuE8nty

  12-01-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  
  Kathleen Wynne coming to Ottawa for town hall: bit.ly/2DoEIWc https://t.co/686CuE8nty
  
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• On the Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: -Augmented eternity -Ethics of the gig economy 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  On the Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe:-Augmented eternity -Ethics of the gig economy📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fire crews at Civic hospital campus as smoke follows power outage

  12-01-2018 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The fire department reported Friday morning that they were investigating a smoky fire in the power vault at the Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital.
  As of 10:20 a.m., a fire department spokeswoman said that a working fire had been declared to get extra resources to a hydro installation on the Ruskin side of the complex and that the Civic had mobilized emergency staff.
  A hospital spokesperson confirmed there was “a localized evacuation from a service building at the Civic Campus,” in
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @rboyd6 joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss why Ottawa needs more supervised injection sites:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 16:39 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @rboyd6 joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss why Ottawa needs more supervised injection sites:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Spotlight: How a sarcophagus inspired poker-playing artist Maggie Wesley

  12-01-2018 16:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who contribute to the Ottawa area’s arts community. This week we visited multimedia artist Maggie Wesley at her Dunrobin home. Her current exhibit, Spirit of Play, continues at the Shenkman Arts Centre until Feb. 6.
  “We started playing poker around 1973. We were all nurses working in psychiatry at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, in the formative group. And one of the women, Kate, decided that a poker game would be fun. And I still remember
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the future of Sparks Street: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the future of Sparks Street: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• French courts drop terror allegations against Ottawa prof Hassan Diab

  12-01-2018 16:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Former Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab was released from a Paris maximum security prison Friday after two investigating judges dismissed terrorism allegations against him and effectively closed the case.
  The academic is now a free man for the first time in almost a decade.
  Diab, a Lebanon-born Canadian citizen, has spent more than three years in pre-trial detention awaiting the decision. He was the sole suspect in the October 1980 terrorist bombing of a Paris synagogue in which four pass
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @WendyBoomer join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @WendyBoomer join @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Be careful: A flash freeze warning is in effect

  12-01-2018 15:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa awoke to a record-setting 10 C, slushy roads and a thick blanket of fog in some areas.
  The morning temperatures, which topped 12 C by 9 a.m. smashed the previous record high for this date, 4.2 C set in 2007.
  But things are going to change – and fast– with a flash freeze then heavy snow on the way, Environment Canada warns in not one but two alerts for the national capital area.
  Lots of fog in outlying areas.Distance between the vehicle in front of you is your friend.When I cam
  
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• Preview: Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show is a 'one-stop shop'

  12-01-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
   Hammer out the details of your dream home with leading experts at the upcoming Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show — no hard hat required.
  Whether you’re planning a huge home makeover, making small adjustments to your basement or looking for do-it-yourself tips and tricks, show manager Robert Johnstone said the show is a “one-stop shop” taking the hassle out of planning your next project.
  You can leave it to the professionals or learn for yourself with diverse worksh
  
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• Morning fog, slush will give way to flash freeze, snow

  12-01-2018 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa awoke to a record-setting 10 C, slushy roads and a thick blanket of fog in some areas.
  But things are going to change – and fast– with a flash freeze then heavy snow on the way, Environment Canada warns in not one but two alerts for the national capital area.
  Lots of fog in outlying areas.Distance between the vehicle in front of you is your friend.When I came in, some spots were foggy enough to lose sight of the vehicle tail lights in front of you.
  — Sgt Mark Gatien (@ga
  
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• VIDEO: Trudeau faced several hecklers at London town hall: bit.ly/2FtDsl8 https://t.co/a4chyNb8Mx

  12-01-2018 13:29 via twitter.com
  
  VIDEO: Trudeau faced several hecklers at London town hall: bit.ly/2FtDsl8 https://t.co/a4chyNb8Mx
  
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• POLL: Should Donald Trump apologize for his profane comments about immigrants from specific countries?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 13:16 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Donald Trump apologize for his profane comments about immigrants from specific countries?… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Full forecast from @jilltaylor680 here: bit.ly/2EA4So8 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  12-01-2018 13:03 via twitter.com
  Full forecast from @jilltaylor680 here: bit.ly/2EA4So8 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• Paramedic house calls helping health system cope with nasty flu season

  12-01-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedic Robert Wilson makes house calls. And those visits are making the difference for dozens of high-risk Ottawa residents struggling through a nasty flu season.
  Wilson, a community paramedic liaison, is part of an innovative program launched by the Champlain LHIN in December that deploys paramedics to seniors residences around the city in an attempt to prevent the most vulnerable flu patients from landing in overcrowded hospitals. Paramedics assess the patients and can treat them for dehydr
  
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• Gormley: Politics, the Saudi arms deal and morality – and the Liberals

  12-01-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  While better may always be possible, better may not be the preferred option for those who fear the self-examination that improvement requires.
  Few understand this fact more intimately than the Liberal government; few things have revealed it more nakedly than the Liberals’ behaviour throughout the $15-billion Saudi arms deal.
  By refusing to throw out a lawsuit against the government, this week a judge ensured that details of Saudi use of Canadian-made weapons will be released: We’re a
  
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• Trump uses vulgar language in rejecting bipartisan immigration deal: bit.ly/2Dp46v4 https://t.co/dpRwF9oF1U

  12-01-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  
  Trump uses vulgar language in rejecting bipartisan immigration deal: bit.ly/2Dp46v4 https://t.co/dpRwF9oF1U
  
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• UPDATE: School bus cancellations

  12-01-2018 12:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The promise of bad weather has forced the cancellation of many school bus routes.
  All the french-language and Catholic schools outside of Ottawa have cancelled their service.
  This includes Brockville, Marionville, Merrickville, Carleton Place, Kemptville and Prescott-Russell.
  Schools remain open.
  All #UCDSB transportation is cancelled today due to the forecasted flash freeze & heavy snowfall. Schools remain open.All trips, sports & community use activities are also cancelled. If your chi
  
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• No injuries in Barrhaven restaurant fire: bit.ly/2mnZj4R https://t.co/XLsemcO84b

  12-01-2018 12:41 via twitter.com
  
  No injuries in Barrhaven restaurant fire: bit.ly/2mnZj4R https://t.co/XLsemcO84b
  
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