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• Today's letters: Hospital debate, city safety

  22-01-2018 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Not everyone likes the hospital site
  Re: Looking for conspiracies where they never existed, Jan. 20.
  A citizens’ group calling itself Reimagine Ottawa questions (and rightly so) the surprising decision concerning the Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic campus on the Central Experimental Farm. David Reevely questions the expertise of Reimagine Ottawa, suggesting it has no expertise to make recommendations.  &nbs
  
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• Gatineau pharmacy's fentanyl supply robbed

  22-01-2018 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Gatineau pharmacy’s fentanyl supply was robbed Saturday, Gatineau police said.
  At around noon, a woman described as 5-10 and in her 30s threatened staff at a Familiprix on 225 Saint-Joseph Blvd. demanding they hand over their fentanyl supply, police said. She ran off in an unknown direction, and her whereabouts are unknown.
  A similar incident happened Jan. 11, police said. 
  Gatineau police are investigating.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Gatineau police at 819 243-4636, o
  
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• Beloved Ottawa golf pro in palliative care still teaching lessons for life

  22-01-2018 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Warren Grant escaped death once before.
  Twenty-six years later, there won’t be another Houdini-style manoeuver. And he’s letting everyone know it’s OK.
  “That’s the way things go,” Grant says, matter-of-factly, bedridden at the Saint-Vincent Hospital, in palliative care.
  No one knows how much time the popular Ottawa golf pro has left. Doctors gave him weeks to live and that was months ago. He’s been off antibiotics for seven weeks — side effects-fre
  
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• Breaking tobacco habit among homeless cuts opioid use, Ottawa study finds

  22-01-2018 22:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new Ottawa study suggests that cutting the rate of smoking among the poor and homeless can also reduce their use of street drugs, including opioids such as heroin and fentanyl.
  The study, conducted by researchers at The Bridge Engagement Centre, enlisted 80 inner-city residents in Ottawa. It offered them free nicotine replacement therapies — patches, gum or inhalers — along with peer support, mental health counselling and life skills training in a comprehensive approach to their ad
  
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• Reevely: Conviction of McGuinty's former chief of staff not Liberals' worst loss of the week

  22-01-2018 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  The acquittal of a second-tier aide to current Premier Kathleen Wynne will probably hurt the Ontario Liberals a lot more than the criminal conviction of her predecessor’s chief of staff.
  The news came in one-two punches at the end of last week. Thursday night, Patricia Sorbara left the Liberal campaign team she once headed, just about five months before the next election. It was also four months after a judge dismissed charges she and local party powerbroker Gerry Lougheed tried to bribe a
  
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• STORY: Councillor wants city budget reopened for police service amid rash of shootings bit.ly/2E1KLQU… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 22:01 via twitter.com
  STORY: Councillor wants city budget reopened for police service amid rash of shootings bit.ly/2E1KLQU… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police say shootings 'have all been targeted' in violent start to year

  22-01-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say they are “confident” in their investigations into a recent spate of shootings across the city, while saying they are actively working to curb the flow of illegal guns on the streets.
  In a letter to Ottawa Police Services Board, posted Monday on Mayor Jim Watson’s website, police deputy chief Steve Bell explains the force is “actively investigating” 11 shootings since Jan. 1, involving six victims and two deaths.
  Bell said police are “followin
  
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• Cornyn says Trump eager to work on immigration amid government shutdown deal bit.ly/2DWUW9b https://t.co/JyS6JPlZ3U

  22-01-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  Cornyn says Trump eager to work on immigration amid government shutdown deal bit.ly/2DWUW9b https://t.co/JyS6JPlZ3U
  
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• FYI: Ottawa is still under a freezing rain warning with most of it expected overnight and into Tuesday morning… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  FYI: Ottawa is still under a freezing rain warning with most of it expected overnight and into Tuesday morning… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hunt Club, Westboro, Kanata and Barrhaven have hot files on planning committee agenda in 2018

  22-01-2018 21:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  City council’s planning committee meets on Tuesday for the first time in 2018 with some hot files on the agenda.
  Four of the more interesting applications involve a property on Hunt Club Road and lands in Westboro, Kanata and Barrhaven.
  Proposed retirement home and hotel have Hunt Club councillors worried about traffic
  Claridge Homes wants to build a retirement home and hotel, both eight storeys, on Hunt Club Road at the Airport Parkway.
  The proposed development, a combination of five prop
  
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• School of Rock, Come From Away, Beautiful and The King and I to play NAC in 2018-19

  22-01-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three recent Broadway hit musicals (Come From Away, School of Rock and Beautiful — The Carole King Musical) plus the new Lincoln Center production of the classic musical The King And I will come to the National Arts Centre between fall 2018 and summer 2019.
  As well, Broadway Across Canada will bring the smash musical Hamilton to the NAC during its 2019-2020 season, the company announced Monday. It did not give dates for Hamilton’s run at the NAC.
  “We wanted to pull out all the
  
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• Man arrested after boy, 14, flashed near Brockville school

  22-01-2018 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 39-year-old Brockville man was arrested Saturday after a 14-year-old boy reported that a man had yelled at him on the street to get his attention, then allegedly exposed himself.
  Police collared a suspect who was shirtless under his coat and still had his pants undone soon after the incident, which happened on Windsor Drive near Thousand Islands Secondary School around 6 p.m.
  “At the time, he was well under the influence of alcohol,” according to police in the city about 100 k
  
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• Sheehan: Sens-Ottawa love affair is a two-way street

  22-01-2018 19:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  We need to have a direct discussion about the Senators.
  Frankly, Ottawa, you have a bad track record in your relationships with sports teams: Riders, Renegades, Lynx, Senators. You’ve even tried, and failed at trying again. I know it’s not something you want to hear, but relationships are two-way streets. You need to look in the mirror and give yourself an honest New Year’s evaluation.
  Yes, Eugene Melnyk demonstrated poor timing, by suggesting right before the NHL 100 Classic o
  
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• Haché: How to improve Ottawa’s EquiPass program

  22-01-2018 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Low-income public transit riders got a gift when Transit Commission Chair Stephen Blais announced that the single-ride EquiPass would be available on Jan. 1, six months early. While elected officials have shown leadership to make public transit more affordable for people living in poverty, further improvements are needed.
  In December, after significant community support was voiced for it, Ottawa committed to reducing the cost of a single ride on OC Transpo by 50 per cent. Those who qualify can n
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Associate Professor @padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: Associate Professor@padams29 joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 22nd: 1:10: #JohnWilson 1:15: @CyndeeLaw 1:30: @RickChiarelli 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 22nd: 1:10: #JohnWilson 1:15: @CyndeeLaw 1:30: @RickChiarelli 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: With freezing rain on the way -- @gtaweather1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on what we can expect we… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: With freezing rain on the way --@gtaweather1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on what we can expect we… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @RadioNewsGuy & @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon:@RadioNewsGuy & @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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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…

  22-01-2018 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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• Driveway shooting: 'I have to move now … They could come back'

  22-01-2018 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hassan Abdul Hussein left his job and home in Beirut in 1988 during Lebanon’s civil war and came to Canada because he no longer felt safe.
  On Sunday night, as he lay in a room at the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital waiting for doctors to remove the bullet that has been lodged in his left knee for two days, the 55-year-old father of four wondered aloud if he might have to move yet again for the same reason, and believes the city has to step up and address its crime situation.
  Hussein wa
  
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• Could Justin Trudeau survive British politics? @AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 11: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Could Justin Trudeau survive British politics?@AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 11:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain expected today, tomorrow

  22-01-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winter mix.
  It sounds like something you could dance to but it’s set to make a mess of Monday.
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning with light snow forecast to become heavier then mix with ice pellets by afternoon then get a final glaze of freezing rain, which is expected to fall into Tuesday. A total of 2-4 cm of snow and ice pellets is forecast to fall as the temperature holds steady at -6 C.
  Roads and sidewalks will likely be slick on the Monday afternoon and
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @sarahboesveld of @Chatelaine joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the Women’s marches over the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @sarahboesveld of @Chatelaine joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the Women’s marches over the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Trump’s border wall stymies US special forces but unlikely to stop those willing to build a tunnel

  22-01-2018 16:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Associated Press recently reported on the tests being conducted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico.
  “Recent assaults by tactical teams on prototypes of President Donald Trump’s proposed wall with Mexico indicate their imposing heights should stop border crossers, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the rigorous assessment told The Associated Press. Military special forces based in Florida and U.S. Customs and Border Protection special uni
  
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• Heads up! The Kanata North Town Hall has been cancelled due to weather. twitter.com/marianne4kanat…

  22-01-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  Heads up!The Kanata North Town Hall has been cancelled due to weather. twitter.com/marianne4kanat…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @Randall_Denley & @Stu_McGinn join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 15:53 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @Randall_Denley & @Stu_McGinn join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45 @WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all your entertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 15:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45@WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all yourentertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• House Works: Manual labour for kids earns them more than just money

  22-01-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the mid-1970s, my mom and dad hired a builder to add a garage onto our cookie cutter bungalow.
  The man’s name was Andy Steier, a Hungarian Jew from Budapest who had stories about riding on a Nazi prisoner train as a boy during the Second World War. 
  Mr. Steier created ABP Construction here in Canada, and watching him work as boss was my first introduction to the entrepreneurial life.
  I was 12 years old at the time and I’d never before seen a man earn money in direct proportio
  
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• Coming up at 9:30 @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly health segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30@YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly health segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• School bus cancellations

  22-01-2018 14:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  We’re about to get hit with, well, everything.
  In anticipation of light snow, heavy snow, fog, wind, ice pellets and freezing rain, several school bus routes have been cancelled.
  Roads already aren’t that great and they will get worse throughout the day, so plan accordingly.
  School bus service for the following have been cancelled:
  Catholic District School Board of Eastern OntarioRenfrew County Catholic District School BoardRenfrew County District School BoardUpper Canada District Sc
  
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• Egan: Wife is dead, bad driver gets $2K fine, furious husband finds out days later

  22-01-2018 14:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  At the dining room table, covered with blank, unhelpful government forms, Robert Cadieux begins to describe the worst day of his life — June 28, 2017 — when his wife, Kristine, died at his fingertips.
  It was just before 7 a.m. and the couple were westbound on Highway 401, near the Avonmore overpass, when they emerged from a construction zone and were suddenly rear-ended. He remembers Kristine, 32, who was driving, immediately cursing while trying to keep the van under control.
  It fli
  
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• Messy Monday – snow, ice pellets, freezing rain in back-to-work forecast

  22-01-2018 14:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winter mix.
  It sounds like something you could dance to but it’s set to make a mess of Monday.
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning with light snow forecast to become heavier then mix with ice pellets by afternoon then get a final glaze of freezing rain, which is expected to fall into Tuesday. A total of 2-4 cm of snow and ice pellets is forecast to fall as the temperature holds steady at -6 C.
  Roads and sidewalks will likely be slick on the Monday afternoon and
  
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• Who is Guillermo Escobedo-Hoyo? Accused killer lives near alleged crime scene

  22-01-2018 13:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The man accused of deliberately running down an innocent teen out for his nightly walk lives just 200 metres from the scene of the alleged crime.
  The community of Bells Corners has mobilized to help the family of 17-year-old Nick Hickey, who police believe was intentionally attacked on Wednesday night. Volunteers across the neighbourhood raised money to cover the costs of Hickey’s funeral, a man donated a suit for him to be buried in and an anonymous donor has covered the fare of a cross-c
  
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• Today's letters: On parking and political correctness

  22-01-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Parking enforcement weak in Westboro
  Re: 80,639 requests later, Ottawa bylaw might make case for more resources, Jan. 15.
  While I expect the head of Bylaw, Roger Chapman, is correct that the increase in the number of parking-related calls was in part due to Ottawa 2017 events, he should come to Westboro during the day and see what our neighbourhood looks like. Streets within easy walking of Richmond Road are wall-to-wall vehicles and in some cases, they block private driveways.
  Neighbours have c
  
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• Kaplan: Government's ally in a fairer economy should be business

  22-01-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  For at least the past few decades, business advocacy groups have maintained cosy relations with most federal, provincial and municipal governments.
  Local and provincial chambers of commerce have generally had easy access to the ears of mayors and premiers, while national business groups and trade associations have enjoyed regular and friendly access to members of Parliament.
  While it’s hard to determine whether these relationships have had any kind of real effect on policymaking, it’
  
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• No injuries, suspects in Bells Corners shooting: bit.ly/2G3A6Wn https://t.co/1X0GDJjWi1

  22-01-2018 12:18 via twitter.com
  
  No injuries, suspects in Bells Corners shooting: bit.ly/2G3A6Wn https://t.co/1X0GDJjWi1
  
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• Dunlop: Gosh, there are many confusing LCBO labels

  22-01-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  I understand that the LCBO at the last minute has stopped the Carleton Place Stalwart Brewing Company’s Dr. Feelgood India Pale Ale from being offered in its retail outlets.
  The reason behind this is that the logo (a snake wrapped around a beer-stirring paddle) might confuse consumers; they may think that this product may offer medical benefits because the label is similar to the “Rx” symbol we see on prescriptions.
  Dr. Feelgood IPA.
  According to an LCBO spokesperson, the label
  
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• With icy conditions on the way, the 1310 NEWS Extreme Weather Centre is OPEN, tracking cancellations and delays:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 11:55 via twitter.com
  With icy conditions on the way, the 1310 NEWS Extreme Weather Centre is OPEN, tracking cancellations and delays:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lots of winter weather to start the week! See @jilltaylor680's full forecast here: bit.ly/2DwtiTo twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  22-01-2018 11:47 via twitter.com
  Lots of winter weather to start the week!See @jilltaylor680's full forecast here: bit.ly/2DwtiTo twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• ALERT: twitter.com/UCDSB/status/9…

  22-01-2018 11:38 via twitter.com
  ALERT: twitter.com/UCDSB/status/9…
  
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• ALERT: All school buses for the Upper Canada District School Board and Catholic District School Board of Eastern On… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-01-2018 11:30 via twitter.com
  ALERT: All school buses for the Upper Canada District School Board and Catholic District School Board of Eastern On… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Industry day for new Canadian fighter jet set for Monday

  22-01-2018 05:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government is holding its industry day on Monday in Ottawa for those firms interested in the new fighter jet acquisition.
  The objective of the event is to present foreign governments and industry with the information required for them to make an informed decision about participating in the procurement, according to the federal government. In addition, the event will provide an opportunity for Canadian industry to network with foreign governments and fighter aircraft manufacturers, it
  
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• Update: Freezing rain in forecast, Rideau Canal Skateway closes

  22-01-2018 02:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eastern Ontario is in for some messy weather for the start of the week — and don’t expected to enjoy a skate on the Rideau Canal until things improve later in the week.
  Environment Canada issued an updated weather warning Sunday afternoon with a forecast of snow spreading across central Ontario on Monday, then several centimetres of snow mixed with ice pellets later in the day before the precipitation gives over to freezing rain.
  The weather agency said a “significant freezing
  
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• 'I have to move now … They could come back'

  22-01-2018 02:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hassan Abdul Hussein left his job and home in Beirut in 1988 during Lebanon’s civil war and came to Canada because he no longer felt safe.
  On Sunday night, as he lay in a room at the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital waiting for doctors to remove the bullet that has been lodged in his left knee for two days, the 55-year-old father of four wondered aloud if he might have to move yet again for the same reason, and believes the city has to step up and address its crime situation.
  Hussein wa
  
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• Email trail reveals how Carleton University responded to 2009 Hassan Diab media storm

  22-01-2018 02:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Freedom of Information request into the hiring and dismissal of Hassan Diab at Carleton University in 2009 sheds light on the chain of events that led to his termination in a firestorm of controversy. 
  Diab was a suspect in a 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris when it was revealed in the media that he had been hired as a contract instructor in sociology in the summer of 2009. He was dismissed that same day. Diab was extradited to France in November 2014. He was released from a French prison
  
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• As retail spending sputters, malls are evolving

  22-01-2018 01:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopping malls now want to be known as a place where teens can just hang out.
  The exit of Sears Canada is casting a further shadow over the future of the staid shopping centre  as the retail industry continues to deal with increased competition, lower consumer spending and more stores choosing to close their doors.
  Sears, which officially closed all of it’s Ontario stores this month leaves many shopping centres, including Carlingwood Mall, where it occupied close to 180,000 square fee
  
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• High debt levels, increased interest rates expected to slow consumer spend in 2018

  22-01-2018 00:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Of all the factors affecting the retail industry in 2018, the increased amount of consumer debt held by Canadians seems to loom the largest.
  High debt levels, coupled with rising interest rates, will force many Canadians to begin paying down what they’ve borrowed throughout the recession. Those payments, and the higher interest rate, which make consumer loans more expensive, will leave consumers will less money to spend on retail or entertainment. 
  According to Statistics Canada, in 1
  
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