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• How to animate Sparks Street? 'There are no bad ideas,' mayor says at town hall

  13-01-2018 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Jim Watson was working as a young Hill staffer on Sparks Street in the 1980s, he often worked late and found himself walking down the pedestrian mall after nightfall. Just him and the roll of tumbleweed. 
  The mayor has heard all of the tired clichés about Ottawa — the capital city that rolls up its sidewalks at night and that really tired one that calls it the town that fun forgot. The City of Ottawa has long talked about livening up the street, and now the mayor wants to
  
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• Deachman: The Widowhood effect, or knowing when to leave the party

  13-01-2018 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Yvonne Temple says she likes to leave a party when it’s at its peak, before most of the other guests have left, before the conversations have exhausted themselves, before the champagne goes flat and it all just kind of goes blah.
  I met her a month ago, not at a party, but at the home of Margaret Lisinski, a 95-year-old woman for whom Yvonne provides daily care. I was interviewing the older woman, whose life forever changed — and not for the better — 75 years ago, when the train
  
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• Road conditions are expected to improve in the Ottawa region throughout today, as @environmentca has now lifted its… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Road conditions are expected to improve in the Ottawa region throughout today, as @environmentca has now lifted its… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa escaped the storm on Saturday, but brace yourself for more cold, cold weather

  13-01-2018 18:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa was spared the brunt of a snowstorm on Saturday, but we are getting another blast of extreme cold instead.
  The special weather statement warning about a storm was cancelled Saturday morning, but not long after that Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning for Ottawa North, Ottawa South, Orleans, Kanata, Richmond and Metcalfe. It’s a notice that is starting to sound very, very familiar this winter.
  The grim details: Winds will be gusting up to 40 kilometres an hour Satu
  
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• Richardson: Winter reminds us we are human

  13-01-2018 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  As a dad and a high school teacher, I have a close-up view of the ways in which digital technology is interwoven through teenagers’ lives.
  Although it brings incredible advantages, I worry that the many hours young people spend in front of screens can separate them from the natural world and give a false impression of what it means to be human.
  I was thinking about this while scraping ice off the inside of my car’s windshield, something my Texan friend had never seen before.
  “T
  
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• Firefighters quickly extinguish basement apartment fire in Overbrook Saturday morning

  13-01-2018 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A fire in the basement of a residential building at 241 Columbus Avenue in Overbrook was quickly put out by firefighters on Saturday morning, even though they had to dig out a snow-encrusted fire hydrant first.
  There were no injuries in the fire, according to Ottawa Fire Services, although one person received help from victim services. Firefighters got a call at 8:16 a.m. about heavy smoke coming from the basement apartment in the building.
  The firefighters had to dig out the fire hydrant, which
  
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• The Ottawa Fire Service is looking into the cause of a basement fire in Overbrook. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/13/col… https://t.co/POPjbLRM2w

  13-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  
  The Ottawa Fire Service is looking into the cause of a basement fire in Overbrook. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/13/col… https://t.co/POPjbLRM2w
  
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• The African group of ambassadors to the United Nations has issued an extraordinary statement condemning the “outrag… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  The African group of ambassadors to the United Nations has issued an extraordinary statement condemning the “outrag… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We are back to super cold temperatures, which might help the @NCC_Skateway. But it's still not ready for skaters fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  We are back to super cold temperatures, which might help the @NCC_Skateway. But it's still not ready for skaters fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@environmentca is ending a special weather statement for the Ottawa region. It says 14 cm of snow fell overnight,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 16:24 via twitter.com
  .@environmentca is ending a special weather statement for the Ottawa region. It says 14 cm of snow fell overnight,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Weather: Friday's 12.9 high plunges to -26 windchill

  13-01-2018 16:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  What a difference a day makes. 
  Ottawa seems to have been spared the brunt of the winter storm,. The special  weather statement in effect ended mid-morning on Saturday. 
  Environment Canada is saying that snow will continue to fall across the eastern half of the National Capital area this morning, as well as across Prescott and Russell. 
  Most areas will receive 2 to 4 more cm of snow before it comes to an end this morning. 
  Winds will be from the northwest 30 km/h gusting
  
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• NAC Preview: Nijinsky ballet "A really personal, simple and universal story"

  13-01-2018 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nijinsky – a Ballet by John NeumeierNational Ballet of CanadaFeaturing the NAC Orchestra Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsokov, Dmitri ShostakovichWhen: 8 p.m. Jan. 25-27,Where: Southam Hall, National Arts CentreTickets: starting at $26 at the NAC box office and ticketmaster.ca
  The National Ballet of Canada this month brings its acclaimed production of Nijinsky to Ottawa for the first time. In an interview with Lynn Saxberg, Quebec-born
  
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• Scanlan: End of an era as Ottawa loses sports equipment repair guru Bob Kelly

  13-01-2018 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a pickup hockey game Wednesday night, someone handed Kevin Belsher a Labatt Blue.
  Bob Kelly’s favourite brand got Kevin thinking of his mentor, the founder of BK Sports Repair on Belfast Road. Just hours later, he received the call he was dreading, from Bob’s wife, Norean. Kelly had passed away during the night, following a spell of poor health, mostly stemming from lung deterioration. Kelly, 76, was one of Ottawa’s best-known smokers — sports equipment he repaired
  
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• African ambassadors to UN blast Trump remark as 'racist.' 1310news.com/2018/01/13/afr… https://t.co/oJkOsMXLeo

  13-01-2018 14:25 via twitter.com
  
  African ambassadors to UN blast Trump remark as 'racist.' 1310news.com/2018/01/13/afr… https://t.co/oJkOsMXLeo
  
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• You can't enjoy the @NCC_Skateway just yet. Maintenance continues following the melt and flood from the last couple… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 14:16 via twitter.com
  You can't enjoy the @NCC_Skateway just yet. Maintenance continues following the melt and flood from the last couple… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@environmentca's special weather statement continues. Snow is falling across the eastern half of the National Capi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 13:48 via twitter.com
  .@environmentca's special weather statement continues. Snow is falling across the eastern half of the National Capi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa man wanted for human trafficking offences

  13-01-2018 13:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for human trafficking offences.
  Shawn Kenneth Tanner, 46, of Ottawa is described as a Caucasian male, 180 pounds, six feet tall, with a shaved head, trimmed beard and thick eyebrows.
  Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call Ottawa police’s human trafficking unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5683. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or
  
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• Scanlan: Ottawa loses sports equipment repair guru Bob Kelly

  13-01-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a pickup hockey game Wednesday night, someone handed Kevin Belsher a Labatt Blue.
  Bob Kelly’s favourite brand got Kevin thinking of his mentor, the founder of BK Sports Repair on Belfast Road. Just hours later, he received the call he was dreading, from Bob’s wife, Norean. Kelly had passed away during the night, following a spell of poor health, mostly stemming from lung deterioration. Kelly, 76, was one of Ottawa’s best-known smokers — sports equipment he repaired
  
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• 67's get taste of revenge with victory against Olympiques

  13-01-2018 05:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  About 90 minutes before puck drop, the Ottawa 67’s huddled in their tiny quarters inside the Robert Guertin Arena and watched a motivational video capped by the gold-medal winning goal of a week ago by Tyler Steenbergen to give Canada the World Junior Championship in Buffalo.
  Naturally, the room exploded in applause at the goal, then watched Steenbergen explain how he “blacked out” scoring it.The game-winning and medal-winning celebration could not have been lost of 67’s
  
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• The history of the Hells Angels

  13-01-2018 02:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Hells Angels have a colourful, if somewhat disputed history. It’s generally accepted the club formed in Fremont, Calif., in 1948. It has since grown to operate more than 100 chapters in 28 countries.
  Though considered to be an organized crime syndicate by the U.S. Canadian governments, and with a long history of drug running and brutal violence, the Angels have also proven to be vigorous defenders of trademark law. The club has frequently gone to court to protect its notorious death&rs
  
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• Hells Angels return to Carlsbad Springs clubhouse and Ottawa

  13-01-2018 01:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  An elite chapter of the Hells Angels has indeed returned to the capital region, the Ontario Provincial Police confirm.
  The Nomads have resumed operations in the same clubhouse on Piperville Road that they abandoned in 2016 in an abrupt disbanding of the Ottawa chapter.
  The OPP could not say why the bikers have returned, but said they continue to monitor the outlaw motorcycle gang.
  Radio-Canada reported this week that the Nomads had resurged in Ottawa since “violent in-fighting in the 
  
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• La Maison Conroy, an upscale restaurant in Aylmer, closes after a year in business

  13-01-2018 00:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  La Maison Conroy, which served gourmet fare in Gatineau’s Aylmer sector and employed one of the Ottawa area’s noted young chefs, has closed about a year after it opened.
  In the kitchen at La Maison Conroy, which opened in December 2016 in a large, handsome, historic stone building on Aylmer’s main street, was chef Kyle Mortimer-Proulx. After cooking vegan dishes at ZenKitchen in Chinatown and then meaty fare at the Lowertown Brewery in the ByWard Market, Mortimer-Proulx made th
  
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• Bidder for Halifax franchise in the CFL says 2018 will be a big year for the group

  13-01-2018 00:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  What a few years ago seemed more like a pipe dream, a coast-to-coast Canadian Football League could become an on-field reality by 2020.
  While the “stars would have to align” and plenty of hurdles would have to be cleared, a strong Maritime bid for the CFL’s 10th franchise could pay off in the next few months, with CFL shovels in the ground on a new stadium in Halifax before year’s end.
  “Everything needs to go right, and I’ve never been involved in a project wh
  
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• .@OttawaPolice has one man in custody in connection with the “fake uber driver” case, in which women leaving bars a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-01-2018 00:05 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice has one man in custody in connection with the “fake uber driver” case, in which women leaving bars a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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