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• Fuming fans took to social media to complain that they were not able to get tickets to the Ottawa stop of Elton Joh… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
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• .@CrimeStoppersOT is offering its maximum reward for any tip that leads to the seizure of an illegal firearm in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 23:13 via twitter.com
  .@CrimeStoppersOT is offering its maximum reward for any tip that leads to the seizure of an illegal firearm in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Girl Power: This 11-year-old won't rest until the Goulbourn girls get their own hockey trophy case

  02-02-2018 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Danika Glenn is a girl on a mission.
  The 11-year-old plays on the Rockets competitive peewee C team of the Goulbourn Girls’ Hockey Association. And she thinks the girls’ teams deserve a trophy case dedicated to their on-ice glories at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, where they have their home ice.
  “So many arenas I have seen seem to have a lot of big trophy cases for the boys’ hockey,” says Danika, who last year played on the Goulbourn atom C Rockets, who won
  
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• Police arrest two in McKellar Heights gun and drug seizure

  02-02-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police arrested two people on drug and gun possession charges in McKellar Heights near Baseline Road and Clyde Avenue on Friday.
  After executing a search warrant in a home on Castle Hill Crescent, police seized a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun, a high-capacity magazine, marijuana, a prohibited device and $650.
  Mohamed Atef, 20, and Karoline Kaiss, 22, of Gatineau have each been charged with possession of Schedule I and II substances, as well as knowingly possessing a restricted weapon ob
  
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• That's how they roll: 'nature's snowballs' spotted in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  02-02-2018 22:58
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  That's how they roll: 'nature's snowballs' spotted in Ottawa
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  Round bales of windswept snow that appeared in front of the Supreme Court in downtown Ottawa Thursday are a rare winter treat, according to David Phillips, a senior climatologist at Environment Canada. 'I've never really heard of any eyewitnesses to ...
  
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• Police obtain warrant for man on gun possession charge

  02-02-2018 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have obtained an arrest warrant for Alexandre Cadet, 18, whom police allege was in possession of a restricted handgun.
  Cadet, who is charged with possession of a loaded restricted handgun, is considered armed and dangerous. Police cautioned the public to not approach him and phone police instead.
  Cadet is described as a 5-7 light brown skin male with a medium build, weighing between 140-150 pounds.
  Police have recovered the handgun, but say the investigation is ongoing.
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• Student found critically injured in stairwell at Algonquin College has died

  02-02-2018 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  A student found critically injured after falling three storeys in a stairwell at Algonquin College has died, the college’s president has said in a message to staff and students.
  The male student, who has not been named, was found Jan. 17 at about 4 p.m. at the bottom of a concrete stairwell in the college’s C building in an incident described as an accident. At the time, the college said the circumstances of the fall were not known, but college officials and police were gathering inf
  
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• Overcrowding at the @CHEOhospital emergency department has doctors there asking parents to look at other health car… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 22:48 via twitter.com
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• .@OttawaPolice has an arrest warrant out for an 18-year-old, wanted on gun charges. Alexandre Cadet is considered a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 22:18 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice has an arrest warrant out for an 18-year-old, wanted on gun charges. Alexandre Cadet is considered a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two people face drugs and weapons charges after the search of a Nepean home that yielded a 9 mm pistol, drugs and c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 22:03 via twitter.com
  Two people face drugs and weapons charges after the search of a Nepean home that yielded a 9 mm pistol, drugs and c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• After a drumbeat of anticipation, a secret memo was released today that President Donald Trump’s allies in the medi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 21:47 via twitter.com
  After a drumbeat of anticipation, a secret memo was released today that President Donald Trump’s allies in the medi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• JUST IN: Ottawa Police have issued an arrest warrant for 18 year-old Alexandre Cadet following a firearm seizure. C… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 21:38 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Ottawa Police have issued an arrest warrant for 18 year-old Alexandre Cadet following a firearm seizure. C… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Reevely: Ontario's next election will be defined by what Toronto wants

  02-02-2018 21:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario has seven potential premiers walking around today and they’re all pretty much Torontonians, which is bad for our politics.
  Within days of Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown’s shock resignation last week, all of his potential successors representing non-Toronto regions of Ontario quickly bowed out: Lisa MacLeod (eastern Ontario), Monte McNaughton (southwestern) and Vic Fedeli (northern-ish). Three candidates now say they’re in and a fourth is likely.
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• BREAKING: Five people extricated out of an SUV after a serious crash near Wasaga Beach bit.ly/2nBgsZm https://t.co/ubKBwtcOrI

  02-02-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING: Five people extricated out of an SUV after a serious crash near Wasaga Beach bit.ly/2nBgsZm https://t.co/ubKBwtcOrI
  
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• Standup comedy takes on a life of its own for Brent Butt

  02-02-2018 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  For Brent Butt, standup comedy is more than just walking out on to a stage and delivering a litany of jokes.
  Rather, it’s a living, breathing entity that is constantly evolving from performance to performance. When Butt strides out on to a stage, he’s not reading from a script or following a designated set list, and that’s how he likes it.
  “I always look at it like I’m not doing a play – this is a live comedy performance for a different live comedy audie
  
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• Father of three victims attacks disgraced doctor Larry Nassar in court bit.ly/2FH3HnD https://t.co/y9dTyGrA9c

  02-02-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  
  Father of three victims attacks disgraced doctor Larry Nassar in court bit.ly/2FH3HnD https://t.co/y9dTyGrA9c
  
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• Charges laid in Overbrook shooting - CTV News

  02-02-2018 21:00
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  Charges laid in Overbrook shooting
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  Charges have been laid after an afternoon shooting in the Overbrook neighbourhood. Police were called to the area of Prince Albert Street and Edith Avenue at around 4:45 p.m. Thursday. Two men were reportedly running through Overbrook, shooting at each ...
  
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• Two more flu deaths brings total to five in Gatineau health institutions

  02-02-2018 20:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two elderly Gatineau residents have died from causes that include flu in a long-term care home, following three earlier flu-related deaths in the Hôpital de Hull.
  West Quebec’s Integrated Health and Social Services Centre (CISSS) says the two people who died at Lionel Emond centre were already in poor health, as were the three people who have died since mid-January in the hospital.
  As a result, both the Lionel Emond centre and another long-term care centre, La Pietà, are now r
  
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• Norman case likely going to court Trudeau says. PM cites advice from Gen. Jon Vance

  02-02-2018 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justin Trudeau has, for a second time in less than a year, predicted that Vice Admiral Mark Norman will end up in court even as the prime minister has denied politically interfering in the controversial case.
  Norman was suspended from his job as second in command of the Canadian military more than a year ago by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance after a series of RCMP allegations. The police force claims Norman tipped off Davie shipyards that the Liberal government was going to derail a k
  
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• Seven charged in seizures of fentanyl, cocaine, pot and stolen power tools

  02-02-2018 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven people from Eastern Ontario and the Toronto area are facing charges after busts of a vehicle and home netted cocaine, fentanyl pills and pot plus stolen power tools.
  Officers with the OPP’s emergency response team and community street crimes unit first stopped a vehicle on Highway 2 in Tyendinaga Township Wednesday and arrested five people, including a 17-year-old youth, for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
  Then they searched a residence in Quinte West and made t
  
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• Gymnastics bodies never told of allegations against Ottawa coach - CBC.ca

  02-02-2018 20:33
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  Gymnastics bodies never told of allegations against Ottawa coach
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  Neither Gymnastics Canada nor Gymnastics Ontario were made aware of previous allegations against an Ottawa coach now charged with sexual assault and child luring in a separate case, the governing bodies say. Scott McFarlane, 28, appeared in court on ...
  
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• If you or anybody you know tried to grab a pair of Elton John Tickets but were unsuccessful this morning, give us a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 20:03 via twitter.com
  If you or anybody you know tried to grab a pair of Elton John Tickets but were unsuccessful this morning, give us a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kingston's 'Ice Gord' eludes vandals in diner freezer hideout

  02-02-2018 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fear not, Kingston Tragically Hip fans: “Ice Gord” is safe.
  The Limestone City was atwitter Friday with a rumour that an ice sculpture of the late local hero Gord Downie had been destroyed.
  Turns out that award-winning sculptor Peter Vogelaar’s creation for the annual FebFest had been safely stowed in a freezer at Morrison’s Restaurant as the temperature soared above freezing Thursday under sunny skies, said Downtown Kingston’s Jan MacDonald, one of the ev
  
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• Toronto, Ottawa hosting FIBA Americas qualifier games this summer - CBC.ca

  02-02-2018 18:57
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  Toronto, Ottawa hosting FIBA Americas qualifier games this summer
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  Toronto and Ottawa will each host a FIBA World Cup Americas qualifier game this summer, Canada Basketball announced Friday. Canada is in Group D along with Bahamas, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Players from the NBA, NCAA eligible to ...
  Toronto, Ottawa to host FIBA Americas qualifier games this summerToronto Star
  Toronto and Ottawa to host two FIBA Americas qualifier gamesSportsnet.ca
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  02-02-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
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• Spotlight: Theatre set design is a 'transitory, ephemeral sort of art'

  02-02-2018 18:21 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 Robin Riddihough, who designs sets for Ottawa theatre companies. 
  “It’s a strange craft, and there aren’t actually a lot of people in the world doing set design. The beauty of set design is you’re creating this world in which the play — the production — is going to happen. And the set design, to me, is as much a part
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 2nd: 1:08: @willieofficial 1:17: @joe_warmington 1:45: @helmera 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 2nd: 1:08: @willieofficial 1:17: @joe_warmington 1:45: @helmera 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dawson: Bordeleau, Skof, just plain wrong about street checks

  02-02-2018 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The police chief and police union boss are in agreement: Ontario’s year-old rules around how police officers can approach, question and record personal information about members of the public are at least partly to blame for the recent spate of shootings and violence. 
  Matt Skof, the Ottawa Police Association president, told the Citizen on Monday that “crippling legislation that prevents police from interacting with the public” makes it harder to track down offenders. And
  
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• Coming up 11:45: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @BlueJays: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:45: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @BlueJays:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Mark your calendar: TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival schedule

  02-02-2018 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  TD Ottawa Winter Jazz FestivalWhere: La Nouvelle Scène (333 King Edward Ave.), plus one concert at the Mercury LoungeTickets: $150 for full festival pass, $60 for a one-night pass, $30 per concert at ottawajazzfestival.com
  Thursday, Feb. 86 p.m. La Nouvelle Scène, Studio A — Quartetski Does Bartók’s Mikrokosmos (Montreal sextet brings avant-garde perspective to Hungarian composer’s piano pieces)
  7:30 p.m. La Nouvelle Scène, Studio B — Dock In A
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @_MicheleAustin & @johnsonthree join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @_MicheleAustin &@johnsonthree join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Mental health – Let's move beyond the talk

  02-02-2018 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers share their views on mental health, on guns and gangs and on the new hospital plans. You can write to us too at [email protected]
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  We need more mental health resources
  Re: Mental health: Let’s do more than just talk, Jan. 31.
  Congratulations and three cheers to Hilary Thomson for her article on mental health. I agree with her wholeheartedly.
  I too, have had a far bit of experience dealing with our mental health care system. There is very little prompt help avail
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Sportsnet NFL Insider @EmmySadler joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Super Bowl: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Sportsnet NFL Insider @EmmySadler joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Super Bowl: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man arrested, gun and drugs seized after Overbrook shootout

  02-02-2018 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have arrested one man, seized a loaded handgun, oxycontin and crack cocaine after a daylight gunfight in Overbook Thursday, Ottawa’s 14th incident of gunfire in 2018.
  Chaun Lemieux, 18, is charged with a long list of firearms offences and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.
  Ottawa police received several calls reporting the shootout at around 4:45 p.m. Thursday.
  Witnesses in the area of Prince Albert and Edith streets reported that two men were running th
  
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• Who's buying? Ottawa's condo luxury market is on the rebound

  02-02-2018 17:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Much like the housing market in general, Ottawa’s high-end and luxury apartment niche is seeing a resurgence after several years of stagnation. From high-end rental units to executive and custom-like luxury condos, new projects are dotting the landscape, while the logjam in the $1-million-plus resale condo market finally broke in 2017.
  It’s not unusual to see envy-worthy projects pop up from time to time – witness the likes of SoHo Champagne, The Merit and Cathedral Hill, all o
  
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• Coming up at 11: @dk_munro joins @_MarkSutcliffe for the Friday Ethics Lab: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @dk_munro joins @_MarkSutcliffe for the Friday Ethics Lab: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @anne_kingston joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Melania Trump’s lonely one-woman resistance: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @anne_kingston joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Melania Trump’s lonely one-woman resistance: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Who's buying? Ottawa condo luxury market on the rebound

  02-02-2018 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Much like the housing market in general, Ottawa’s high-end and luxury apartment niche is seeing a resurgence after several years of stagnation. From high-end rental units to executive and custom-like luxury condos, new projects are dotting the landscape, while the logjam in the $1-million-plus resale condo market finally broke in 2017.
  It’s not unusual to see envy-worthy projects pop up from time to time – witness the likes of SoHo Champagne, The Merit and Cathedral Hill, all o
  
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• NEXT @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 16:31 via twitter.com
  NEXT@cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look back at the week in Canadian politics: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Missing man, 66, killed in tree strike while cutting wood

  02-02-2018 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  A missing Bancroft man was discovered dead in what police believe was a wood-cutting mishap soon after he was reported missing Thursday night.
  Police report that he was struck by a large tree.
  Bancroft OPP officers were called to Glanville Road in Carlow-Mayo Township, about 200 km west of Ottawa, at about 6 p.m.
  The force’s emergency response team and a sniffer dog teamed up with friends and family to search for the man and found his body in a wooded area.
  Chipmond Watson, 66, was pronoun
  
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• Gormley: Donald Trump's given us a new normal – and it's abnormal

  02-02-2018 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is not enough to call these times insane. To know insanity, you must know what is normal and identify the ways in which reality dramatically deviates from it.
  President Donald Trump habitually violates democratic norms. But what norms, exactly? If nothing else (and it did provide little else of value), the state of the union gave us a marker: An opportunity to consider the State of the New Normal and the undoing of sanity in American political life.
  Democratic norm: The president conducts him
  
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• Expert questions actions of Maniwaki court guards during altercation: bit.ly/2nwcSAx https://t.co/aTkdPOMNso

  02-02-2018 14:47 via twitter.com
  
  Expert questions actions of Maniwaki court guards during altercation: bit.ly/2nwcSAx https://t.co/aTkdPOMNso
  
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• Opinion: Five ways Ottawa's business community can be a force for good in 2018 - Ottawa Business Journal

  02-02-2018 14:36
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  Opinion: Five ways Ottawa's business community can be a force for good in 2018
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  With 2017 finally behind us, many business owners in Ottawa were most likely looking forward to breathing a sigh of relief. After all, the past year was a challenging one for much of the city's business community. From the federal government's proposed ...
  
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• 3 killed in Quebec helicopter crash: bit.ly/2DWYrj4 https://t.co/22Nkk9Wb3T

  02-02-2018 14:24 via twitter.com
  
  3 killed in Quebec helicopter crash: bit.ly/2DWYrj4 https://t.co/22Nkk9Wb3T
  
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• BREAKING: Wiarton Willie predicts six more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil also predicting six more weeks of wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 14:14 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Wiarton Willie predicts six more weeks of winter.Punxsutawney Phil also predicting six more weeks of wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Don't film crashes, OPP appeals to rubberneckers after 11-vehicle pileup

  02-02-2018 14:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don’t realize how dumb it is to take your eyes off the road to take video of a crash on your cellphone?
  Here’s a clue: Leeds County OPP has issued “a plea” for drivers to stop filming collisions from behind the wheel.
  When OPP officers were tackling a chain-reaction crash involving four cars and seven tractor-trailers on Highway 401 west of Mallorytown Wednesday, “numerous eastbound drivers were observed by officers videotaping the collision using cellphones as they
  
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• Winterlude Day 1 forecast: It's cold again and getting colder - Ottawa Citizen

  02-02-2018 13:49
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  Winterlude Day 1 forecast: It's cold again and getting colder
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  Ottawa was issued another extreme cold warning but that didn't stop people from getting out and enjoying the bright sunshine the city was blanket with Saturday Jan. 13, 2018. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser / Postmedia. If the groundhog peeks ...
  
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• Winterlude Day 1 forecast: It's cold again and getting colder

  02-02-2018 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the groundhog peeks outside his burrow and decides it’s cold to even venture out, we’ve definitely got six more weeks of winter.
  In the Capital, we’re made of tougher stuff.
  Ottawa awoke on this opening day of Winterlude 2018 to a fitting forecast: A continued frostbite advisory with a morning low of -17 C that felt like almost -30 with windchill.
  Friday’s forecast is for a mix of sun and cloud, a 30 per cent chance of early morning flurries and a high of -14 C, which
  
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• POLL: Do you agree with Charles Bordeleau, who says his current guns & gangs strategy is working, or Vern White, wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you agree with Charles Bordeleau, who says his current guns & gangs strategy is working, or Vern White, wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Caroline Mulroney, Christine Elliott to both run for Ontario PC Party leadership: bit.ly/2DVCw89 https://t.co/uIkLC0Zq7C

  02-02-2018 13:19 via twitter.com
  
  Caroline Mulroney, Christine Elliott to both run for Ontario PC Party leadership: bit.ly/2DVCw89 https://t.co/uIkLC0Zq7C
  
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