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• Woman, 67, suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by vehicle on Carling

  09-02-2018 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 67-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Carling Avenue around 10 a.m. Friday.
  According to paramedics, a car travelling eastbound on the road struck the woman near the intersection of Bronson Avenue and Carling Avenue.
  The impact caused severe injuries to the woman’s head and pelvis.
  Bystanders, including an off-duty trauma physician, rushed to the woman’s aid in a bid to help stabilize her before paramedics arrived.
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• Facts and Firsts: How the Winter Olympics came to be

  09-02-2018 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Facts and Firsts is a video series jumping into Canada’s Olympic past, and putting little-known lore on the podium. Today we look at the differences between the ancient games, and the modern Olympics. 
   
  
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• Why is dating so awful — and other questions

  09-02-2018 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dating can elicit anything from excitement, to frustration, to dread. The Citizen spoke to local dating coach Irene Yarkoni to get some insight, and some advice.
  Why is dating such a horrible experience for so many people?
  Most people experience disappointment or frustration in dating and relationships because of the huge discrepancy between what they want and what they get. They go out on a date they expect it to be perfect. They think they’ll meet someone then they’ll bec
  
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• Scanlan: Russians dance around doping sanctions to put large contingent into the Games

  09-02-2018 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s Olympics opened in the most Canadian way: with an apology.
  Exactly what the apology was for isn’t clear, but just in case a Canadian might have offended a member of the Russian delegation, a Canadian Olympic Committee type sent out a missive to the Russian team (can we call them the Russian team?) to say sorry.
  It was a bit like the parent of the bratty kid at daycare offering a blanket apology at the end of the day, for whatever junior might have said or done to offend anyo
  
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• Former Leafs player Dave 'Tiger' Williams facing sexual assault charge bit.ly/2BQShzJ https://t.co/TtIrFocs0B

  09-02-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  Former Leafs player Dave 'Tiger' Williams facing sexual assault charge bit.ly/2BQShzJ https://t.co/TtIrFocs0B
  
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• PC committee reviewing allegations of voting irregularities in nomination contests bit.ly/2H1HQZD https://t.co/nfM6sZ4TCA

  09-02-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  
  PC committee reviewing allegations of voting irregularities in nomination contests bit.ly/2H1HQZD https://t.co/nfM6sZ4TCA
  
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• STORY: Ottawa Police issue warning after donation bins stolen bit.ly/2BODRQy https://t.co/eQ3r50KSgA

  09-02-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Ottawa Police issue warning after donation bins stolen bit.ly/2BODRQy https://t.co/eQ3r50KSgA
  
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• Valerie June on pop music, plants and being rhythmically challenged

  09-02-2018 21:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tennessee singer-songwriter Valerie June is getting tired of reading the same thing in every article that’s written about her.Writers, and here we go, inevitably cite the fact that her dad was a concert promoter and she grew up under the influence of the R & B and soul artists he booked. We also like to mention that she learned to sing in church.It’s all true, and certainly comes across in her music. Her style is a roosty, evocative mix of gospel, blues, bluegrass and soul, as yo
  
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• Highway 417 traffic snarled after vehicles struck by truck wheel

  09-02-2018 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The occupants were thankfully unhurt when two passenger vehicles were struck by a wheel that flew off a delivery truck on Highway 417 Friday morning, leading to traffic snarls on both sides of the highway.
  Ottawa Fire Services said around 11:15 a.m. that they were on their way to a crash involving wheels that came off a tractor-trailer in the eastbound lanes near Parkdale Avenue. Upon arrival, reports were that one vehicle was struck by a single wheel that had come off a smaller vehicle ide
  
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• Dates set in Coroner's Inquest into 2016 death at Innes Road jail bit.ly/2BOwVmK https://t.co/BQ5WIduDZo

  09-02-2018 21:08 via twitter.com
  
  Dates set in Coroner's Inquest into 2016 death at Innes Road jail bit.ly/2BOwVmK https://t.co/BQ5WIduDZo
  
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• JUST IN: Ottawa Police say missing teen Farah Dridi has been safely located.

  09-02-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Ottawa Police say missing teen Farah Dridi has been safely located.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the four new sports debuting at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

  09-02-2018 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  An animated crash course on the four new sports making their debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea.From brand new events to tweaks on familiar favourites, the changes are geared towards making events faster, bigger, more exciting and more watchable. 
  
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• Inquest date announced into 2016 death of accused rapist

  09-02-2018 20:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The inquest into the death of a 27-year-old prisoner at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre will begin April 9 at Ottawa City Hall.
  Youssef Mohammed Hussein died April 12, 2016, after being transferred from the jail to the Ottawa Hospital. An inquest is mandatory because he was in custody at the time.
  Hussein was found hanged while in solitary confinement. He was awaiting trial on six charges of sexual assault against a series of women, plus other offences.
  The inquest is expected to last five
  
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• Editorial: Love in the time of #MeToo

  09-02-2018 20:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Can there be romance in the era of #MeToo? Can there still be sexual spontaneity, instant attraction, sudden and deep passion? Can men still approach women? Is flirting sexual harassment? The past several months have left some adults wondering what the rules of modern behaviour are, and how to act if those rules aren’t respected.
  A massive study released Friday by the Angus Reid Institute offers both despair and hope about relations between the genders. On the dark side, it found:
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• Edgewater: Townhomes tucked into natural setting in Orléans

  09-02-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new enclave in south Orléans benefits from the seeming incongruity of being both in an established neighbourhood and a natural setting.
  Called Edgewater, the collection of 55 townhomes and three singles by builder Glenview Homes does walk on the edge – of the Mud Creek ravine, that is.
  The strip that marks a dividing line between Minto-built Trailsedge to the west and Richcraft-built Trailsedge to the east is tucked up against the natural ravine on one side, and a community park o
  
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• Nussbaum: Here's the link between the health of democracy and the LRT

  09-02-2018 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  This week’s developments on the light-rail transit file have left me pondering questions about core roles and responsibilities in our democratic system.
  Much ink has been spilled about the $1 million penalty that many residents and councillors, including me, had understood to be in play the minute the handover date moved beyond May 24, 2018.
  It turns out the project agreement actually provided the contractor the ability to push the handover date as far back as a year later – with no
  
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• Man charged after some stolen charity bins found in Richmond area

  09-02-2018 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa is warning donors to make sure they know where their used goods are going after some, but not all, of the group’s stolen collection bins were recovered by police.
  Executive director Susan Ingram said that police have recovered one of her agency’s six stolen bins and several belonging to the charity’s Gatineau branch/
  A 35-year-old man was charged with mischief and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, police said Friday.
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• Philippines to boycott Canadian, U.S. military equipment -Canadian helicopter contract to be cancelled

  09-02-2018 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The president of the Philippines has ordered the country’s military to cancel a $234 million deal to buy Canadian-built combat utility helicopters.
  President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that equipment bought by the country’s military needs to be free of any restrictions since it could be used in fighting insurgents.
  Duterte said in the future the Philippine military will not buy its equipment from either Canada or the U.S. “So from here on now, I am directing the armed forces o
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show w/ @MarkDayNews for 2/9/18: 1:17: @katelebel 1:30: @PerrinBeatty 1:45: @KrRutherford 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 18:12 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show w/ @MarkDayNews for 2/9/18: 1:17: @katelebel 1:30: @PerrinBeatty 1:45: @KrRutherford 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa-raised opera singer Mireille Asselin calls her new CD "a love letter" to Canada

  09-02-2018 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  With her new album, Ottawa-raised soprano Mireille Asselin ventures beyond the operatic repertoire with which she’s flourished.
  Inspired by Canada / Notre Pays, which goes on sale in stores Friday, finds Asselin joining forces with the Amici Chamber Ensemble to tackle songs by Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, folk songs, jazz and more.  
  Below, the Toronto-based 33-year-old discusses her chamber music-meets-popular-music hybrid.
  Q: What led you to record your album?
  A: The i
  
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• These are the love songs Ottawa musician couples dub 'their song'

  09-02-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  What’s your song?
  That’s the question we posed to nine musically savvy couples from the Ottawa area. The answers ranged from Mighty Mike and Hall and Oates to Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, with each one not only giving a glimpse of the relationship, but also revealing the power of music.“One of the beautiful things about being a musician and having music in your life,” says Alexander Shelley, the British-born musical director and conductor of the NAC Orchestra, &ldq
  
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• Today's letters: Budtending – a solution to unemployment?

  09-02-2018 17:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cannabis laws, the #MeToo movement and the Ontario PC leadership prompted letters this week. You, too, can write to us, at [email protected]
  Our guidelines are here.—
  Out of work? Join the budtender brigade
  Re: Ottawa judge gives discharge to young clerk charged with drug trafficking in pot shop raid, Feb. 7.
  As a retiree looking for part-time work, I realize that I have failed to capitalize on the job opportunities awaiting me in the illegal budtender occupation. It’s time t
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @MelAdams1310 & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @MelAdams1310 & @KurtStoodleyjoin @_MarkSutcliffe in studio 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man in his 20s killed Richmond-area rollover

  09-02-2018 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 20s was killed early Friday in a rollover crash that downed live power wires.
  A second man in his 20s was unhurt in the crash.
  Police alerted firefighters to a car in the ditch in front of 8472 Franktown Rd., near Dwyer Hill Road at 1:41 a.m.
  Paramedics from both Ottawa and Lanark services responded and reported that a patient remained in the vehicle, which was resting on its side with wires across it.
  A hydro crew arrived to secure the lines so first responders could stab
  
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• Spotlight: 'You have to grieve who you were, because you're not that person anymore'

  09-02-2018 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 artist May Mutter, whose book A Caged Mind: Exposing the Nature of Concussions will officially be released Feb. 22. Visit caged-mind.com for details.
  “It’s a whole different person that you have to get used to, to relearn and come to terms with. One of the things they talk about in brain injury support is coming to terms with yourself. You have
  
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• Coming up: @ShiDavidi of @Sportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Opening Ceremony at the Winter Games 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 17:21 via twitter.com
  Coming up: @ShiDavidi of @Sportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Opening Ceremony at the Winter Games📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Carling Avenue

  09-02-2018 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman in her 60s sustained life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Carling Avenue around 10 a.m. Friday.
  According to paramedics, a car travelling eastbound on the road struck the woman near the intersection of Bronson Avenue and Carling Avenue.
  The impact caused severe injuries to the woman’s head and pelvis.
  Bystanders, including an off-duty trauma physician, rushed to the woman’s aide in a bid to help stabilize her before paramedics arrived to take over trea
  
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• Another collision at Maitland and Carling. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  09-02-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Another collision at Maitland and Carling. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• Coming up: @ppinchbeck joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss downhill skiing at the Winter Games 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up:@ppinchbeck joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss downhill skiing at the Winter Games📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Paramedics say the victim of the crash on Carling west of Bronson has critical head and pelvic injuries. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…

  09-02-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Paramedics say the victim of the crash on Carling west of Bronson has critical head and pelvic injuries. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…
  
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• A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle at Bronson Ave. and Carling Ave. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 16:37 via twitter.com
  A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle at Bronson Ave. and Carling Ave. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Collision involving a pedestrian at Bronson and Carling. twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…

  09-02-2018 16:09 via twitter.com
  Collision involving a pedestrian at Bronson and Carling. twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…
  
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• Police seek missing girl, 15, last seen Tuesday in Barrhaven

  09-02-2018 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Missing persons investigators are asking for help in finding a 15-year-old girl who was last seen around Greenbank Road in Barrhaven Tuesday.
  Farah Dridi’s family is concerned for her safety, police said in a release Friday.
  She’s described as being of Middle Eastern heritage, five feet six inches tall and 125 pounds with brown eyes and long brown hair with darker roots. She was last seen wearing a black winter jacket with a fur hood.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Ottawa P
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @Matt_Dips & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 15:52 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @Matt_Dips & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Capital jobless rate slides to 5.2 per cent, lowest levels since March

  09-02-2018 14:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The jobless rate in the Capital region tumbled in January to its lowest level since last March, dropping to 5.2 per cent, compared with 5.5 per cent in December.
  The economy added 4,700 net new jobs while labour force increased by 3,100, according to Statistics Canada.
  Drilling down, government and tech jobs in the capital were moving in opposite directions.
  Federal government employment slipped to 124,600 in January, compared with 128,900 in December. Nearly all of the federal job losses occurr
  
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• Two arrested in Gatineau drug bust, including 16-year-old leader

  09-02-2018 14:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  A month-long investigation in Gatineau has broken up an Aylmer-based drug operation that police say was led by a 16-year-old.
  Police raided a residence on Rue Naples in the Plateau neighbourhood Tuesday night and arrested two suspects, the teen and a 40-year-old man.
  Investigators say the young man was known to them.
  The raid resulted in the seizure of a variety of illicit drugs including Xanax, magic mushrooms, hash, MDMA, meth, oxycodone and a small amount of cocaine.
  Police also found an elec
  
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• Gormley: Here's why we're losing interest in the Olympics

  09-02-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Might I interest you in considering a subject that does not interest you? The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games have begun, and who cares!?
  Certainly not me and probably not you, for we, like nearly everyone else on the planet, will not have bought tickets; if Olympic TV viewership trends continue, nor will we be watching the proceedings with anything approaching the level of dedication that would please the creators of soft drink advertisements.
  People are very excited about attending a per
  
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• Man in his 20s killed Richmond-area rollover; Franktown Road closed

  09-02-2018 13:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Franktown Road remained closed Friday morning after a man in his 20s was killed in a rollover crash that downed live power wires.
  A second man in his 20s was unhurt in the crash.
  Police alerted firefighters to a car in the ditch in front of 8472 Franktown Rd., near Dwyer Hill Road at 1:41 a.m.
  Paramedics from both Ottawa and Lanark services responded and reported that a patient remained in the vehicle, which was resting on its side with wires across it.
  A hydro crew arrived to secure t
  
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• UPDATE: A convicted murderer who escaped from the minimum-security area of a New Brunswick prison is back in custod… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 13:33 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: A convicted murderer who escaped from the minimum-security area of a New Brunswick prison is back in custod… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cambodia frees two Canadians held in 'dirty dancing' case - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/cam… #ottnews https://t.co/JmbDNLSi77

  09-02-2018 13:32 via twitter.com
  
  Cambodia frees two Canadians held in 'dirty dancing' case - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/cam… #ottnews https://t.co/JmbDNLSi77
  
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• Moderate winter temps and flurries expected through the weekend

  09-02-2018 13:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s looking like a wintry weekend ahead, and we mean that in a good way.
  The forecast looks like moderate temperatures and snow flurries off and on through Sunday.
  Friday’s forecast indicates increased cloudiness with light snow beginning late in the afternoon, with a high of -7 C..
  The snow’s expected to continue off and on through the night, with a low of -11 C.
  Saturday looks much the same, with about five cm of snow and a high of -5 C,
  Saturday night, the forecaster sees a
  
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• Kurl: Sexual misconduct – same crap, different era

  09-02-2018 13:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  When I was growing up, they told us girls we could have it all. Careers in sciences and maths (or whatever we wanted), financial independence, sex appeal, kids … like, ALL of it. Along with those Spice Girls CDs, we bought it.
  We knew our mums were the glass-ceiling breakers. The ones who wore horrible mousey suits that mirrored male clothing, the ones who walked through life with an “ain’t no one going to protect you but you” mentality. They went to work armed with the
  
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• Angus Reid: How 'old guys' like me view the #MeToo movement

  09-02-2018 13:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  I’m one of the old guys, born in 1947 and a witness to the sexual revolution of the ’60s and ’70s, which coincided with the arrival of the birth-control pill and a generational shift through which female participation in the workforce more than doubled from 1960 to 1980.
  The macho culture that permeated much of the business world in the ’60s was a hangover from the Second World War and the masculine organizational dynamics of most of the 20th century: lots of booze, cigar
  
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• .@JimWatsonOttawa taking a pie to the face at our sister station this morning. #ottnews #foragoodcause twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…

  09-02-2018 13:16 via twitter.com
  .@JimWatsonOttawa taking a pie to the face at our sister station this morning. #ottnews #foragoodcause twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…
  
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• Electrocuted Gatineau teen to soon leave hospital - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/ele… #ottnews https://t.co/SRwZtzmuNu

  09-02-2018 13:16 via twitter.com
  
  Electrocuted Gatineau teen to soon leave hospital - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/ele… #ottnews https://t.co/SRwZtzmuNu
  
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• QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you like the revised plans for the Chateau Laurier expansion? #ottnews

  09-02-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you like the revised plans for the Chateau Laurier expansion? #ottnews
  
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• Developers have released the new designs for the addition that the Chateau Laurier plans to add to the hotel, and O… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  Developers have released the new designs for the addition that the Chateau Laurier plans to add to the hotel, and O… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Minstry of Labour charges construction company after death of Petawawa man - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/min… #ottnews https://t.co/RWpUo7v1u3

  09-02-2018 12:32 via twitter.com
  
  Minstry of Labour charges construction company after death of Petawawa man - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/min… #ottnews https://t.co/RWpUo7v1u3
  
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• Head of parents’ advocacy group joins Ontario PC leadership race - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/hea… #ottnews https://t.co/s86XeGhDcV

  09-02-2018 12:09 via twitter.com
  
  Head of parents’ advocacy group joins Ontario PC leadership race - 1310news.com/2018/02/09/hea… #ottnews https://t.co/s86XeGhDcV
  
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• Dawson: That late-night call from your parents – is someone dead!?

  09-02-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s late. The call or the text comes from your parents.
  “You up?”
  “You home?”
  “Can we call you?”
  The reaction is immediate: Oh dear God, who has died?
  When you live far away from the people you love – I’ve lived away from my family for more than a half-decade now – a lot of your relationship happens over the phone, or FaceTime or text message or email. It’s great to hear from friends and family back home.
  Sometimes, that unexpect
  
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