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• Rideau Canal Skateway to close Saturday night

  26-01-2018 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The entire Rideau Canal Skateway will close Saturday at 11 p.m. due to expected rising temperatures over the weekend.
  The full 7.8-km stretch from the National Arts Centre to Dow’s Lake will be closed to preserve the ice conditions as crews wait for temperatures to drop.
  The National Capital Commission said Friday it plans to reopen the skateway as quickly as possible, weather permitting.
  The NCC also reminds the public to refrain from venturing onto the skateway once it is closed.
  
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• #BREAKING: Ontario's Progressive Conservatives will hold a leadership race to select a new permanent leader sometim… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 23:36 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Ontario's Progressive Conservatives will hold a leadership race to select a new permanent leader sometim… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa man charged with pimping, trafficking a minor

  26-01-2018 23:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have arrested a 56-year-old Ottawa man and charged him with pimping and trafficking an underage girl.
  Jalaledin Eftekhar has also been charged with assault, theft and obtaining sexual services from a minor following allegations in November that a girl was being groomed into the sex trade when she was 17. The alleged victim is now 20.
  Eftekhar, who police said goes by the aliases Jonny, Jon Jon and Papa Jon, was arrested on Thursday without incident. Police believe there may be other alleg
  
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• The NCC will close the #RideauCanal Skateway Saturday at 11PM. It's temporary, as the warm-up will affect the skati… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 22:55 via twitter.com
  The NCC will close the #RideauCanal Skateway Saturday at 11PM. It's temporary, as the warm-up will affect the skati… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Voices: Children and Families Together Conference

  26-01-2018 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cindy Blackstock, executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
  Blackstock noted the conference took place on the second anniversary of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling “a day we thought the world had changed for First Nations children — that they would finally get the culturally based equity and services they deserved. That didn’t happen.
  “We continue to come up with answers at forums like this. Youths speak. Elders speak. The recommendations
  
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• Money set aside to repair HMCS Sackville

  26-01-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government will contribute up to $3.5 million to the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust for extensive repairs to HMCS Sackville.
  As Canada’s oldest warship and the sole remaining Flower-class corvette, HMCS Sackville is an important part of Royal Canadian Navy history, according to the federal government.
  HMCS Sackville has been owned by the non-profit Canadian Naval Memorial Trust since the 1980s, operating seasonally on the Halifax waterfront as Canada&rsq
  
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• Former hostage Joshua Boyle faces more charges, including sex assault

  26-01-2018 21:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joshua Boyle, the former Afghanistan hostage who was rescued along with his family after five years of apparent captivity, is facing new criminal charges in Ottawa — including sexual assault with ropes, attacking someone with a broomstick and criminal harassment.
  Boyle, 34, was arrested by Ottawa police in late December on 15 criminal charges, including sexual assault, forcible confinement and administering a noxious drug. Boyle, the son of an Ottawa judge, was also charged with misleading
  
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• Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod said she told campaign officials about Brown sexual misconduct rumours in December… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod said she told campaign officials about Brown sexual misconduct rumours in December… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ICYMI: Mayor Watson and Police Chief Bordeleau will update the media this afternoon on the city's response to stree… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 21:23 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Mayor Watson and Police Chief Bordeleau will update the media this afternoon on the city's response to stree… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Robert Guertin Arena given all clear following ammonia leak bit.ly/2BvXOai https://t.co/4YICJ9JA60

  26-01-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
  
  Robert Guertin Arena given all clear following ammonia leak bit.ly/2BvXOai https://t.co/4YICJ9JA60
  
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• STORY: Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman a double homicide: police bit.ly/2rKqQ6e https://t.co/WsDrASF68U

  26-01-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman a double homicide: police bit.ly/2rKqQ6e https://t.co/WsDrASF68U
  
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• LIVE 3-7PM: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather, w/@1310JasonWhite & @MelAdams1310 LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 20:58 via twitter.com
  LIVE 3-7PM: #Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather, w/@1310JasonWhite & @MelAdams1310 LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Racism, discrimination' to blame for high numbers of Indigenous children in care: Minister

  26-01-2018 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The shockingly high numbers of Indigenous children in foster care and group homes are the products long-standing racism and discrimination, Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs says.
  Carolyn Bennett said social workers and agencies must give a “second thought” before taking an Indigenous child from his or her family.
  “Every agency has to ask themselves the question before apprehending, is there something else that can be done?” Bennet
  
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• Captured Outaouais suspects stole enough to open a flea market

  26-01-2018 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  There wasn’t much these thieves wouldn’t steal.
  Blankets, for instance: Thieves who broke into a series of homes in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette and L’Ange-Gardien since last May stole blankets, and sheets too.
  Also the following, as listed by MRC des Collines Police: “food, personal items, clothes (men’s and women’s), kitchen items, furniture, bedding, blankets; in brief, household items normally found in a residence. In addition to these non-conventional it
  
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• This (flower) power couple have recorded more than 200 species in Gatineau Park

  26-01-2018 20:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  In all the wonder of Gatineau Park, it always struck Gwynneth Evans and Tom Delsey as odd that there was so little information for visitors about what flowers grow beside the trails.
  The two friends from Ottawa, both retired from Library and Archives Canada, have spent many years walking and cross-country skiing in the park.
  Now, they are nearing the end of a personal project that echoes the private work of many Canadians in past generations: They have made an extensive database of what gro
  
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• Kurl: As Parliament resumes, guess who Trudeau's biggest rival may be?

  26-01-2018 19:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Parliament resumes Monday – something that’s escaped the notice of fully two-thirds of Canadians. This may demoralize political writers, political watchers and indeed politicians themselves, but they’ll cheer right up given the opportunity to once more examine or participate in the House of Commons for signs of shifting political winds this pre-election year.
  For a while now, the Trudeau government has been spending political capital on both deliberate decisions (think of the a
  
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• STORY: Vic Fedeli named interim leader of Ontario PCs 1310news.com/2018/01/26/vic… #onpoli https://t.co/Tv4M5mzcwH

  26-01-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Vic Fedeli named interim leader of Ontario PCs 1310news.com/2018/01/26/vic… #onpoli https://t.co/Tv4M5mzcwH
  
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• Ballet review: Nijinsky production a feast for the senses

  26-01-2018 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  NijinskyNational Ballet of CanadaFeaturing the NAC OrchestraUntil Jan. 27, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
  John Neumeier’s rendition of Nijinsky is not the kind of fairy-tale ballet that inspires children to dress up in tutus and glitter.Instead, it’s a psychological study that dives into the mind of a tortured genius, portraying the highs and lows of mental illness through the discipline of contemporary dance. The full-length piece is challenging, complex and ambitious, but under
  
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• #BREAKING: Vic Fedeli has been named interim leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives after Patrick Brown's re… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Vic Fedeli has been named interim leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives after Patrick Brown's re… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Remembering Tommy Banks

  26-01-2018 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Edmonton Journal reports here that the revered jazz pianist and former senator Tommy Banks died Thursday. The Calgary-born, Edmonton-based Banks was 81, and he succumbed to leukemia.
  A teen prodigy, Banks was widely known as the star of The Tommy Banks Show, a variety show that ran between 1968 and 1974 and later from 1980 to 1983. The short list of his awards and decorations would his Juno and Gemini awards and that he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Alber
  
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• Dawson: The young lead the old on sex work law reform

  26-01-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Well, at least the Young Liberals of Canada have their heads screwed on right: They’re pushing the rest of their federal party to discuss decriminalization of prostitution at the party’s convention in April.
  Utopian the young may be, but at least their vision is unimpaired by the cataracts of political palatability. Really, is there any other explanation for the unforgivable sloth shown on this file? Canadians, too, are unforgivably quiet. While mouths foamed angrily over electoral r
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 26th: 1:08: @tara_deschamps 1:30: @ForumPoll 1:37: @Shawn_Jeffords 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, January 26th: 1:08: @tara_deschamps 1:30: @ForumPoll 1:37: @Shawn_Jeffords 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @ScottMoffatt21 & Jim Durrell join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @ScottMoffatt21 & Jim Durrell join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Spotlight: 'I like recording because I get to kind of hide'

  26-01-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who are part of the Ottawa area’s arts community. This week Bruce Deachman talks with singer Muzzy Legault. She will perform Feb. 9 at The 27 Club as part of the Megaphono Music Showcase Festival. Visit www.megaphono.tv for details.
  “My real name is Gabrielle — Gabrielle Legault. But I wanted to find something that would define who I was when I was younger. I was all over the place and wanted to find something that would def
  
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• Coming up on the ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: --Procedural fairness in sexual violence/harassment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: --Procedural fairness in sexual violence/harassment… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New charges laid against Joshua Boyle this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…

  26-01-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  New charges laid against Joshua Boyle this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…
  
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• Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod says she she told campaign officials about Brown sexual misconduct rumours in Dece… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod says she she told campaign officials about Brown sexual misconduct rumours in Dece… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @globeandmail columnist @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the PC interim leader process:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 16:41 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @globeandmail columnist @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the PC interim leader process:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LIVE NOW: Legislative reporter for @CdnPress @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 16:36 via twitter.com
  LIVE NOW: Legislative reporter for @CdnPress @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The latest on Joshua Boyle's court appearance this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…

  26-01-2018 16:17 via twitter.com
  The latest on Joshua Boyle's court appearance this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…
  
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• Ontario Tories are behind closed doors now, as they work to pick an interim leader: bit.ly/2DG6n8e https://t.co/v8yY9UcBbj

  26-01-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario Tories are behind closed doors now, as they work to pick an interim leader: bit.ly/2DG6n8e https://t.co/v8yY9UcBbj
  
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• Also coming up after 10 O'Clock: Who should be chosen as interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  26-01-2018 15:47 via twitter.com
  Also coming up after 10 O'Clock: Who should be chosen as interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawa in studio with @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 15:39 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45:@SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawa in studio with @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fresh Towns: Builder moves up release of remaining custom-like rooftop designs due to strong demand

  26-01-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Builder Greatwise Developments has finally hit the jackpot with its struggling infill property near Baseline and Greenbank roads.
  After several years and several incarnations, the latest vision for the property was unveiled in October and is selling so fast that Greatwise has had to move up the planned spring release of its remaining lots. The final 50 or so lots in the 90-lot development of freehold townhomes are available as of Jan. 27.
  “We have a lot of people on the waiting list,&rdquo
  
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• Indigenous reps oppose 10-year licence extension for Chalk Labs operation

  26-01-2018 14:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  PEMBROKE — Three representatives of Indigenous communities voiced strong objections Thursday at the last session hearings by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on a proposed 10-year extension to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories operating licence.
  The Aboriginal representatives said they never wanted nuclear activities on their territories in the first place, nor were they ever consulted about it.
  Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee, Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation, told the CNSC panel
  
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• Weekend weather: Wet and grey, with touches of white

  26-01-2018 13:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Grey skies are expected to dominate the weather picture for the next few days in Ottawa, with more moderate temperatures returning for the weekend, bringing with them some rain and flurries.
  The mercury is expected to climb Friday to a late-afternoon high of -4 C, with a 40 per cent chance of flurries throughout the morning and early afternoon.
  The overnight temperature should dip to about -10 C before soaring to 5 C Saturday, 4.1 degrees shy of the record high for Ottawa set on that date in 199
  
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• Denley: Why the Liberals might end up missing Patrick Brown

  26-01-2018 13:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Ontario Liberals must not be able to believe their luck. The self-destruction of one’s key opponent just four months before an election is an astounding development that seems to substantially increase the Liberals’ chance of re-election.
  It might be just a little too soon to pop the champagne corks, however. Patrick Brown’s resignation as Progressive Conservative leader does dramatically alter the dynamics of June’s election, but it isn&rsq
  
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• Canada hopeful as U.S. hears NAFTA counter-proposals — and keeps listening: bit.ly/2DEbZzX https://t.co/31ucjvftpe

  26-01-2018 11:54 via twitter.com
  
  Canada hopeful as U.S. hears NAFTA counter-proposals — and keeps listening: bit.ly/2DEbZzX https://t.co/31ucjvftpe
  
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• LeBreton Flats to be revitalized, construction beginning as soon as 2019: bit.ly/2DEbZzX @MikeVlasveld https://t.co/AZardUTCng

  26-01-2018 11:46 via twitter.com
  
  LeBreton Flats to be revitalized, construction beginning as soon as 2019: bit.ly/2DEbZzX @MikeVlasveld https://t.co/AZardUTCng
  
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• Kent Hehr resigns from Liberal cabinet, on leave of absence after allegations: bit.ly/2DCbhTM https://t.co/AjOdwp2nxV

  26-01-2018 11:39 via twitter.com
  
  Kent Hehr resigns from Liberal cabinet, on leave of absence after allegations: bit.ly/2DCbhTM https://t.co/AjOdwp2nxV
  
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• Bruins beat Senators 3-2 to extend point streak to 18 games: bit.ly/2FjmFQO https://t.co/P6bwzXlfKs

  26-01-2018 11:22 via twitter.com
  
  Bruins beat Senators 3-2 to extend point streak to 18 games: bit.ly/2FjmFQO https://t.co/P6bwzXlfKs
  
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• First ultra-light combat vehicles delivered to Canadian special forces

  26-01-2018 06:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command has accepted delivery of its first Ultra-Light Combat Vehicles (ULCV). These vehicles were purchased from Polaris Industries. A total of 62 vehicles will be bought. The value of the contract is about $23 million.
  Delivery of the vehicles will continue until April. The contract with Polaris Industries Limited includes technical support services, and integrated logistics support for two years, according to the Department of National Defence. This incl
  
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• Our @Stu_McGinn is at tonight's #Sens and #Bruins game at the CTC. Follow along for updates. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  26-01-2018 02:27 via twitter.com
  Our @Stu_McGinn is at tonight's #Sens and #Bruins game at the CTC. Follow along for updates. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…
  
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• Few Eastern Ontario MPPs open up about Brown and sexual misconduct in politics

  26-01-2018 00:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod said she had heard “rumblings” about Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, but there had never been any proof.
  Brown resigned abruptly early Thursday morning following allegations of sexual misconduct, less than five months before a provincial election. In an interview Thursday, MacLeod said her party’s leader did the right thing in stepping down, and she appreciated the courage of the two women who came forward.
  “As a wom
  
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