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• Canada-wide warrant for Ottawa man wanted in November homicide

  19-01-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Major crime detectives have obtained a Canada-wide warrant for an “armed and violent” suspect in a November homicide on Montreal Road.
  Rhyan Alexander Moore, 27, is wanted in connection with the Nov. 27 slaying of Zakaria Iqbal.
  Police said the Ottawa man’s whereabouts are unknown and that he may be in the Toronto or Montreal areas. He is described as 5-5 and 125 pounds.
  The public is warned not to approach him and to instead call 911.
  Iqbal, a Gloucester High School gradu
  
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• Former Citizen and Sun columnist's mystery nominated for prestigious Edgar Award

  19-01-2018 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mystery writers occasionally encounter mysteries in their personal life.
  Consider Ottawa author Ron Corbett, who had to pick himself off the floor Friday afternoon when he discovered he’d been nominated for a prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Award.
  The Edgar Awards are presented by the Mystery Writers of America. Corbett’s Ragged Lake, published by Toronto’s ECW Press in October, was among six nominees in the Best Paperback Original category.
  “This is a complete surprise,&rdqu
  
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• Six escape fire in South Keys home

  19-01-2018 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six adults safely escaped smoke and flames in their South Keys-area home Friday morning, and Ottawa Fire Services were asking motorists to avoid the area.
  Firefighters were called to the home on Southgate Road near Johnson Road at 8:02 a.m. Occupants noticed smoke on the main floor of the two-story attached home, then called back to report flames.
  Crews declared a working fire and were able to get inside the house for a “quick” attack aimed at preventing its spread. 
  By 8:25 a.m
  
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• Company sues city over alleged collusion by towing foe

  19-01-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa towing company claims a competitor has been conspiring to win municipal government contracts and city hall is doing nothing about it.
  Gervais Motors lays much of the blame on the City of Ottawa in its lawsuit filed at Superior Court. The company, which started in 1934, claims damages totalling more than $5 million in “lost profits.”
  The lawsuit also names as defendants Ottawa Metro Towing and Recovery Inc. and Metro Towing and Recovery Group Inc., two companies that Gervais
  
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• Reevely: Sloppy questioning of Civic hospital deal feeds cynicism, not hope

  19-01-2018 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clive Doucet returned to city hall this week, complaining about the year-old decision on where to put a new hospital.
  One thing about Doucet, on display through his whole 13-year career as the civic councillor for Capital ward, is he cares deeply. He loves Ottawa with an open heart. He wants it to be better, bigger, warmer, more. He is a poet. So when he showed up with four “distinguished panellists” to demand an inquiry into the decision by the federal, provincial and municipal gove
  
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• An alleged drunk driver left this Ottawa motorcyclist devastatingly injured. She’s chronicling her road to recovery

  19-01-2018 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Stephanie Albert decided to blog because she thought she was dying — and she didn’t want to go quietly.
  At the time, the pain was so intense and her mind so muddied by opioids that Albert believed she was scratching out her final testimony: a memorial to the last days of a life and body shattered by an alleged drunk driver.
  “When I took that first picture of myself, I was so high on painkillers, I thought, ‘This is it, this is my ode, my tribute, I hope someone reads
  
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• Nurses association says it will use public inquiry to focus on broken long-term care system

  19-01-2018 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The professional association that represents Ontario’s nurses says it will use its influence at a provincial inquiry into long-term care deaths to help improve the ailing system.
  The inquiry into the murders of eight seniors in southwestern Ontario presents a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to fix the entire system, the head of the association said Friday.
  “By doing that, we do justice to the lives lost,” said Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses Associatio
  
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• STORY: David Livingston guilty, Laura Miller not guilty in Ontario gas plants trial bit.ly/2DsEroB https://t.co/1BbyzHEaMa

  19-01-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: David Livingston guilty, Laura Miller not guilty in Ontario gas plants trial bit.ly/2DsEroB https://t.co/1BbyzHEaMa
  
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• BREAKING: Former top political aide David Livingston found guilty in Ontario gas plants trial. Meanwhile, former de… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 21:31 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Former top political aide David Livingston found guilty in Ontario gas plants trial. Meanwhile, former de… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• GCTC theatre review: What a Young Wife Ought to Know

  19-01-2018 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  What a Young Wife Ought to KnowBy Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Christian BarryProduced by 2b Theatre Company, HalifaxAt the Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington St., until Feb. 4.Reviewed Jan. 18
  If you’re planning to see What a Young Wife Ought To Know, brace yourself for a heart-wrenching experience that will provoke tears and laughter.Set in muddy, working-class Ottawa in the 1920s, the 2015 play by Ottawa native Hannah Moscovitch takes us back to a time before safe, effect
  
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• Man accused in 17-year-old boy's death to remain in jail bit.ly/2rjdr4U https://t.co/x6zishVwEe

  19-01-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  Man accused in 17-year-old boy's death to remain in jail bit.ly/2rjdr4U https://t.co/x6zishVwEe
  
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• Editorial: Trudeau, Trump and abortion

  19-01-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the president indeed behaves like a one-year-old. But behind the embarrassing tweets, foul language and regular White House hissy fits lurks a clear strategy to reshape American politics and culture.
  On Friday, Trump warmly addressed the annual Washington “March for Life” anti-abortion rally via video link. Defenders of women’s autonomy over their own bodies shivered at his pledge to work to undo their hard-won acce
  
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• Canada Wide Warrant out for suspect in November 2017 murder of an Ottawa man bit.ly/2DxIBur https://t.co/x1H4U7a5VS

  19-01-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  
  Canada Wide Warrant out for suspect in November 2017 murder of an Ottawa man bit.ly/2DxIBur https://t.co/x1H4U7a5VS
  
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• STORY: Lac-Megantic accused all acquitted on Day 9 of jury deliberations bit.ly/2EVtMPf https://t.co/wwdOByolE3

  19-01-2018 21:03 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Lac-Megantic accused all acquitted on Day 9 of jury deliberations bit.ly/2EVtMPf https://t.co/wwdOByolE3
  
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• Canada-wide warrant obtained in November murder

  19-01-2018 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Major crime detectives have obtained a Canada-wide warrant for an “armed and violent” suspect in a November murder on Montreal Road.
  Rhyan Alexander Moore, 27, is wanted in connection with the Nov. 27 slaying of Zakaria Iqbal.
  Police said the Ottawa man’s whereabouts are unknown and that he may be in the Toronto or Montreal areas. He is described as 5-5 and 125 pounds.
  The public is warned not to approach him and to instead call 911.
  Iqbal, a Gloucester High School graduat
  
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• Jury reaches verdict in Lac-Megantic trial. 3 former railway employees charged with criminal negligence in deaths 4… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 20:32 via twitter.com
  Jury reaches verdict in Lac-Megantic trial. 3 former railway employees charged with criminal negligence in deaths 4… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• uOttawa health clinic expresses 'heartfelt concern' for woman allegedly videotaped by doctor

  19-01-2018 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The University of Ottawa Health Services is saying little about the case of a family doctor accused of surreptitiously videotaping a young woman during a medical exam.
  “In the wake of very serious charges filed against one of our family physicians, we are taking allmeasures to fulfill our professional and legal obligations while ensuring that our patients, staff andproviders are supported at this difficult time and that the public is appropriately informed,” according to an unattribu
  
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• Theatre review: What a Young Wife Ought to Know at GCTC

  19-01-2018 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  What a Young Wife Ought to KnowBy Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Christian BarryProduced by 2b Theatre Company, HalifaxAt the Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington St., until Feb. 4.Reviewed Jan. 18
  If you’re planning to see What a Young Wife Ought To Know, brace yourself for a heart-wrenching experience that will provoke tears and laughter.Set in muddy, working-class Ottawa in the 1920s, the 2015 play by Ottawa native Hannah Moscovitch takes us back to a time before safe, effect
  
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• Why We March: 'I'm marching for everybody'

  19-01-2018 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  These are the days of #metoo. These are the days of being “woke.” From Parliament Hill to Hollywood, women are coming forward to share stories of being harassed, abused and assaulted — and to demand better. We asked some participants to tell us, in their own words, why they’ll be taking part in Saturday’s Women’s March in the nation’s capital. 
  “I’ve always been pro-women — I am a girl — and I feel it’s unfair for men t
  
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• Why We March: 'This should have been rectified way back'

  19-01-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  These are the days of #metoo. These are the days of being “woke.” From Parliament Hill to Hollywood, women are coming forward to share stories of being harassed, abused and assaulted — and to demand better. We asked some participants to tell us, in their own words, why they’ll be taking part in Saturday’s Women’s March in the nation’s capital. 
  “I’m a member of the Grandmothers Advocacy Network, or GRAN, and we advocate locally, national
  
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• Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced

  19-01-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province has announced $37 million for a public high school in Stittsville — the culmination of a 20-year lobbying effort by parents and the community.
  During a visit at Stittsville Public School Friday, Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli said the new high school will accommodate about 1,353 students from Grades 7 to 12.
  “It’s absolutely wonderful we will be getting this school at last,”said trustee Lynn Scott, who represents West Carleton — March/Stittsville/
  
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• Why We March: 'I was seen as a letdown because I wasn't a boy'

  19-01-2018 19:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  These are the days of #metoo. These are the days of being “woke.” From Parliament Hill to Hollywood, women are coming forward to share stories of being harassed, abused and assaulted — and to demand better. We asked some participants to tell us, in their own words, why they’ll be taking part in Saturday’s Women’s March in the nation’s capital. 
  “The way I got into this type of stuff was through my mom. She’s always been a feminist, even
  
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• Why We March: 'I'm confident that Ottawa's voters are capable of defying gravity'

  19-01-2018 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  These are the days of #metoo. These are the days of being “woke.” From Parliament Hill to Hollywood, women are coming forward to share stories of being harassed, abused and assaulted — and to demand better. We asked some participants to tell us, in their own words, why they’ll be taking part in Saturday’s Women’s March in the nation’s capital. 
  “I’m tired of an Ottawa city council with just four women and 20 men making public policy and
  
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• Why We March: 'We grew up thinking for the most part that gender equality had been achieved'

  19-01-2018 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  These are the days of #metoo. These are the days of being “woke.” From Parliament Hill to Hollywood, women are coming forward to share stories of being harassed, abused and assaulted — and to demand better. We asked some participants to tell us, in their own words, why they’ll be taking part in Saturday’s Women’s March in the nation’s capital. 
  “I think it’s important to show solidarity in the movement, in showing that the fight for gend
  
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• FULL STORY: A new public high school will be built in Stittsville. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/19/pro… https://t.co/dIp8Gay63U

  19-01-2018 19:33 via twitter.com
  
  FULL STORY: A new public high school will be built in Stittsville. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/19/pro… https://t.co/dIp8Gay63U
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @shlmcdn joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the @JimWatsonOttawa pie challenge/ raising money for @och:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30:@shlmcdn joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the @JimWatsonOttawa pie challenge/ raising money for @och:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 19th: 1:10: @SmokeFreeOttawa 1:17: @2amandalynn2 1:30: @sphs_now 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 19th: 1:10: @SmokeFreeOttawa 1:17: @2amandalynn2 1:30: @sphs_now 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @davidgourlay & @intheglebe Andrew Peck join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @davidgourlay & @intheglebe Andrew Peck join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Senators/Karlsson: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Senators/Karlsson: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• No injuries after morning fire in South Keys: bit.ly/2mV13DK https://t.co/55k9BNzNU2

  19-01-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  
  No injuries after morning fire in South Keys: bit.ly/2mV13DK https://t.co/55k9BNzNU2
  
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• Gormley: Why liberalism itself spurs us to be alone

  19-01-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In our loneliness we are never alone. It is the one thing thought to bring us together – our loneliness.
  So many of us feel lonely that doctors are calling it an epidemic; so many of us feel lonely that the United Kingdom is appointing a Minister of Loneliness. Loneliness en masse is a mental-health crisis, we’re told, just the sort of mental-health crisis that medicine and bureaucracy might resolve.
  And it’s certainly conceivable that in some way these things could help, perha
  
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• Coming up next: The Ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 613-750… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 16:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up next:The Ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 613-750… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cappies review: All Saints' Urinetown hilarious despite dark undertones

  19-01-2018 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #5: Urinetown, the MusicalWhere: All Saints High SchoolDirector: Shawna McSheffrey
  Isabella MacKay Critic, St. Francis Xavier High School
  Urine. It’s an awkward topic that’s kept out of most polite conversation, and a show called Urinetown, the Musical could make most people run in the other direction. However, All Saints High School’s production of this comedy proved that even the most disgusting of ideas could be made into a compelling story.
  The Tony Award-winning
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Defence analyst Danny Lam on the case for using military force against North Korea: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Defence analyst Danny Lam on the case for using military force against North Korea:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30 @davidreevely jons @_MarkSutcliffe on Kathleen Wynne's town hall in Nepean last night: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 16:16 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30@davidreevely jons @_MarkSutcliffe on Kathleen Wynne's town hall in Nepean last night:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• WATCH LIVE on Facebook: bit.ly/1ldOZJF twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  19-01-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  WATCH LIVE on Facebook: bit.ly/1ldOZJF twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @1310JasonWhite & @WendyBoomer join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod, @1310JasonWhite & @WendyBoomer join @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45 @SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 15:39 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45@SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawajoins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Architect Toon Dreessen's recipe for success

  19-01-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Architect Toon Dreessen is never happier than when he’s cooking up a storm in his kitchen or designing trendy urban lofts, slick car dealerships and modern high-tech facilities at his Wellington West office.
  Over the years while renovating his family home, the president of Dreessen Cardinal Architects and onetime chef and waiter in the ByWard Market, made sure his kitchen – the heart of the home – had all the bells and whistles.
  “The secret is having three ovens and good
  
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• 'Hijab story wasn’t true – but our compassion must not waver' @AmiraElghawaby joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  'Hijab story wasn’t true – but our compassion must not waver'@AmiraElghawaby joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A scary incident for a construction worker this morning. Suffered minor injuries after being struck by a piece of s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
  A scary incident for a construction worker this morning. Suffered minor injuries after being struck by a piece of s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: What is the most important issue in this year's provincial election campaign?

  19-01-2018 15:22 via twitter.com
  POLL: What is the most important issue in this year's provincial election campaign?
  
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• Family escapes fire in South Keys home as firefighters warn motorists to avoid the area

  19-01-2018 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  A family safely escaped smoke and flames in their South Keys-area home Friday morning, and Ottawa Fire Services is asking motorists to avoid the area.
  Firefighters were called to the home on Southgate Road near Johnson Road at 8:02 a.m. Occupants noticed smoke on the main floor of the two-story attached home, then called back to report flames.
  Crews declared a working fire and were able to get inside the house for a “quick” attack aimed at preventing its spread. 
  By 8:25 a.m., O
  
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• NEW* - High school coming to Stittsville. twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…

  19-01-2018 15:03 via twitter.com
  NEW* - High school coming to Stittsville. twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…
  
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• UPDATE: Fire on Southgate Rd. is under control, but firefighters are still on scene. #ottnews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  19-01-2018 14:25 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Fire on Southgate Rd. is under control, but firefighters are still on scene. #ottnews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Night shift worker has foot crushed in roller

  19-01-2018 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 20s is in serious condition in the hospital Friday morning after suffering “critical” injuries to his left foot in an industrial accident overnight.
  Paramedics report that they were called at 12:19 a.m. to Bantree Street in an industrial area near St. Laurent Boulevard and Innes Road.
  The man’s foot was caught in a roller. His colleagues pulled him from the machine and used a belt as an improvised tourniquet to stem the bleeding.
  Paramedics replaced the belt w
  
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• House, car hit by gunfire in Mechanicsville overnight

  19-01-2018 13:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one was injured but a house and a car were struck by gunfire at the intersection of Carruthers and Burnside avenues Thursday night.
  Police responded to reports of shots being heard in Mechanicsville just west of Laroche Park at about 11:34 p.m.
  They determined that “several” shots had been fired.
  No arrests have been made, police said. The guns and gangs unit is investigating.
  Police say that anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or by do
  
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• Ottawa's warmer than Atlanta – but watch out for freezing rain

  19-01-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Happy Friday!
  The weekend weather promises to be warmer but watch out – there’s a risk of freezing rain during the afternoon commute and into the evening.
  Otherwise, the forecast is for clouds, a 30 per cent chance of flurries by day and 40 per cent by night, a high of -1 C and a low of -2 C. 
  It's colder in Atlanta, Georgia than it is in Ottawa right now.
  Atlanta: -8°C
  Ottawa: -6°C#OttWx
  — YOW Weather Records (@YOW_Weather) January 18, 2018Saturday’s fo
  
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• Hippo-y birthday to Fiona! The popular preemie is turning 1: bit.ly/2rmE2hJ https://t.co/DVKERL7Z8r

  19-01-2018 13:12 via twitter.com
  
  Hippo-y birthday to Fiona! The popular preemie is turning 1: bit.ly/2rmE2hJ https://t.co/DVKERL7Z8r
  
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