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• #UPDATE: Patrick Brown is now listed as one of five candidates registered to seek the leadership of the Ontario PC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 23:58 via twitter.com
  #UPDATE: Patrick Brown is now listed as one of five candidates registered to seek the leadership of the Ontario PC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Family of missing Indigenous woman expresses 'no confidence' in MMIW inquiry

  16-02-2018 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mary Papatsie’s family has little confidence in the police investigation into the woman’s disappearance or in the national inquiry into the many missing and murdered Indigenous women like her.
  “The family and loved ones of Mary Papatsie have little to no confidence in the MMIW inquiry, and the police handling the cases,” the family said in a statement.
  Papatsie’s family issued the statement in response to recent revelations the national inquiry into missing and murd
  
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• Suits us just fine: Olympic skeleton controversy is just the latest example of sports technology

  16-02-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Citius, Altius, Fortius.” Translated: “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”
  It was the Olympic motto proposed by Pierre de Coubertin when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was created in the late 19th century.
  “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” Another motto attributed to the late professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero a century later.
  These expressions came to mind given the controversy over skeleton — a sport in which well-train
  
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• Egan: Racial bias in street checks was an issue never fixed — and now we have new problems

  16-02-2018 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 2017, police forces across Ontario began using new rules for street checks — the practice of stopping, identifying and keeping records on individuals engaged in suspicious activity.
  Solid evidence emerged that the old system was racially-biased and feeding secret caches of information about me, you, the dog and Uncle Mo.
  So the Ministry of Community Safety, supported by human rights rulings, brought down the hammer.
  Outside of traffic stops or investigating a specific crime, officers ar
  
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• Homicide victim Egal Daud buried Friday after mosque service

  16-02-2018 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa homicide victim and Algonquin College student was remembered during Friday prayers as more than 1,000 worshippers gathered at the Assalam Mosque. 
  Egal Daud, 30, was found dead in his car Sunday morning in a parking lot on Northview Road in Nepean after being reported missing by his family five days earlier.
  Police said Daud, the city’s fifth homicide victim of the year, had been shot. No arrest has yet been made in the case.
  A funeral service was held for Daud at the Assala
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown is running to be leader of a party he's tearing apart

  16-02-2018 22:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown is running to succeed himself, registering on the same day as his temporary successor kicked him out of the party caucus at Queen’s Park.
  “Shortly after becoming interim leader, I asked Patrick Brown to step aside from the PC caucus,” interim leader Vic Fedeli said in a brisk statement Friday morning. “The legislature is set to resume sitting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, following Family Day. Earlier today, Mr. Brown was notifi
  
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• #BREAKING Patrick Brown has officially joined the race to lead Ontario's Progressive Conservatives after stepping… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 22:31 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING Patrick Brown has officially joined the race to lead Ontario's Progressive Conservatives after stepping… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Program will make costly melanoma drug therapy available in Ontario

  16-02-2018 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the same week that Russell’s Carolyn Pol died from advanced melanoma, her family learned a promising combination of immunotherapy drugs will now be covered for other Ontario patients.
  Pol and her family were forced to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the drugs last summer. At the time, the drug combination was not covered by the Ontario government — even though the drugs, ipilimumab (Yervoy) and nivolumab (Opdivo), were publicly funded when used on their own.
  Fundraising and
  
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• JUST IN: Patrick Brown has entered the Ontario PC party leadership race, sources tell CityNews #ONpoli https://t.co/wXVugfwhSt

  16-02-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
  JUST IN: Patrick Brown has entered the Ontario PC party leadership race, sources tell CityNews #ONpoli https://t.co/wXVugfwhSt
  
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• Whether by Loppet race or casual loop, cross-country skiing is crazy good for you

  16-02-2018 21:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Mary Ormsby of the Toronto Star took one look at the fit, spandex-laden forms of the cross-country skiers and declared: “I have found my new sport.”
  Ormsby wasn’t a typical out-of-shape scribe. She had been an all-American volleyball player at Ohio State, so knew athletics from both sides.
  There are dozens of reasons to agree with Ormsby’s assertion 30 years ago at the beautiful Canmore nordic centre course, and not just because the
  
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• ICYMI: What's open and closed over the Family Day long weekend bit.ly/2HjBt3P https://t.co/Iu901xC82B

  16-02-2018 21:18 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: What's open and closed over the Family Day long weekend bit.ly/2HjBt3P https://t.co/Iu901xC82B
  
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• Ottawa and Gatineau cops nab over 240 drivers in traffic enforcement program bit.ly/2obgAza https://t.co/W9y4LygbxK

  16-02-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa and Gatineau cops nab over 240 drivers in traffic enforcement program bit.ly/2obgAza https://t.co/W9y4LygbxK
  
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• BREAKING: Patrick Brown has registered to run for the leadership of the Ontario PC Party.

  16-02-2018 21:04 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Patrick Brown has registered to run for the leadership of the Ontario PC Party.
  
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• Reevely: The harder Patrick Brown fights, the more pain for his party

  16-02-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Temporary Progressive Conservative leader Vic Fedeli kicked Patrick Brown out of the provincial Tory caucus Friday morning. He’d probably rather gag him.
  “Shortly after becoming interim leader, I asked Patrick Brown to step aside from the PC caucus,” Fedeli said in a brisk statement. “The legislature is set to resume sitting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, following Family Day. Earlier today, Mr. Brown was notified that he has been removed from the PC caucus effective immediately.&r
  
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• Obituary: Eight Seconds' Frank Levin was major influence on Ottawa music scene

  16-02-2018 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eight Seconds, one of Ottawa’s best-known bands of the 1980s, lost its keyboard mastermind when Frank Levin died in China late last year. He was 55.Levin had been living in Shanghai for about 10 years pursuing business opportunities, said his friend and former bandmate Andres del Castillo, who travelled to China to bring Levin’s ashes home to Ottawa. He wrote about the journey in a poignant essay posted to social media.
  In a recent interview, del Castillo recalls his friend as a fun-
  
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• Skateway re-opens TOMORROW!! #RideauCanal #Winterlude #ottnews twitter.com/NCC_Skateway/s…

  16-02-2018 19:52 via twitter.com
  Skateway re-opens TOMORROW!! #RideauCanal #Winterlude #ottnews twitter.com/NCC_Skateway/s…
  
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• Rideau Canal Skateway set to open again Saturday

  16-02-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a brief hiatus, the Rideau Canal Skateway is opening back up Saturday morning, the National Capital Commission announced.
  The 7.8-kilometre skateway shut down Wednesday night as balmy weather threatened to erode the quality of the ice surface. 
  The skateway is set to open at 8 a.m., with temperatures for the day reaching up to -3 C with a mix of sun and cloud, then dipping to a low of -6 C with a chance of flurries at night.
  The 48th skateway season has so far brought 32 skating days.
  
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• Canopy Growth empire expands as company wins joint bid to run marijuana stores in Manitoba

  16-02-2018 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canopy Growth Corp. is expanding its empire to operate cannabis stores in Manitoba.
  The Manitoba government announced Friday that the Smiths Falls-based company, operating in a consortium with Winnipeg cannabis grower Delta 9, was one of four winning proposals given “conditional acceptance” to operate stores in the province.
  The federal government plans to legalize recreational marijuana, but the provinces choose how and where it will be sold.
  Ontario and Quebec have opted for s
  
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• Controversy in curling: What the rules say about 'burned' rocks

  16-02-2018 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  As if losing the first three games of the Olympic women’s curling competition wasn’t hard enough on the Ottawa-based foursome skipped by Rachel Homan — and it certainly is well beyond frustrating for the pre-tournament favourites and reigning world champions — Friday’s “burned” rock controversy sparked more controversy.
  Here’s a primer on what happened, including what the rules of curling say about the situation.
  Incident report
  • With Denmark
  
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• Ottawa and Gatineau police record 244 traffic violations in January

  16-02-2018 18:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa and Gatineau police laid a combined 244 charges for stop-sign violations and following drivers too closely in January.
  The two police forces compiled the data to highlight the prevalence of traffic charges as a part of the Safer Roads Ottawa program.
  In total in January, Ottawa saw 23 charges for following drivers too closely and 82 stop-sign violations. Drivers in Gatineau clocked in with 139 stop-sign violations — although there wasn’t a single charge of following drivers to
  
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• 70 years ago, Murray Dowey backstopped another crew of Canadian amateurs to Winter Olympic hockey glory

  16-02-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The last man added to the roster, at the last possible moment, and the last line of defence for an upstart crew that defended Canada’s Olympic hockey honour in 1948 is now the last surviving member of the RCAF Flyers.
  Murray Dowey says he keeps his gold-medal past low-profile these days in the his Toronto seniors residence.
  “A couple of people have asked me, but I haven’t made it known that I played in the Olympics,” said Dowey, who’s now 92. “That’s jus
  
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• Today's letters: Olympic medals, police duties, the Colten Boushie case

  16-02-2018 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Today, readers are pumped up about the Olympics, concerned about our police and unsettled by the lessons of the Colten Boushie case. You can write to us on these or other issues at [email protected]
  Our guidelines are here.
  —
  All medals are created equal
  Re: Mixed doubles curling is an Olympic sham — and not all gold medals are created equal, Feb. 13.
  Excuse me if I am one of the millions of proud Canadians celebrating yet another monumental sporting achievement by Canada&rsq
  
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• Water woes shut Woodroffe Avenue Public School

  16-02-2018 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Woodroffe Avenue Public School closed Friday due to a “water issue” at the school, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said.
  It was a PA day for the board’s students so only kids in the extended day program were affected and their parents were notified.
  The school was expected to reopen Tuesday.
  Alert#OCDSB Woodroofe Avenue Public School will be closing effective immediately due to a water issue in the school.The school is expected to be open on Tuesday. This effects only
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 16th: 1:08: @davidgourlay 1:17: @CPnewsboy 1:30: #MikeWollock 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 16th: 1:08: @davidgourlay 1:17: @CPnewsboy 1:30: #MikeWollock 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Interim PC Leader @VicFedeliMPP has removed former leader Patrikc Brown from caucus. The statement from the party'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  Interim PC Leader @VicFedeliMPPhas removed former leader Patrikc Brown from caucus. The statement from the party'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @RadioNewsGuy & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12:@RadioNewsGuy & @OPA_President join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @theyoungjoo joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how to date in the #MeToo era: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@theyoungjoo joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how to date in the #MeToo era: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hedley's management drops band amid sexual misconduct allegations: bit.ly/2EAtuSb https://t.co/zx62HW3Ht8

  16-02-2018 17:16 via twitter.com
  
  Hedley's management drops band amid sexual misconduct allegations: bit.ly/2EAtuSb https://t.co/zx62HW3Ht8
  
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• Police charge two people with drug offences: bit.ly/2EvOp4W https://t.co/Eam3eSR0S7

  16-02-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  
  Police charge two people with drug offences: bit.ly/2EvOp4W https://t.co/Eam3eSR0S7
  
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• Coming up on the ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: --Fines for not locking your car. --Universal Basic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: --Fines for not locking your car. --Universal Basic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• And the forecast high for Tuesday? PLUS 9. twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  16-02-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  And the forecast high for Tuesday?PLUS 9. twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• Coming up NEXT at 10:45: @ShiDavidi joins @_MarkSutcliffe with your Winter Olympics update: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 16:42 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT at 10:45: @ShiDavidi joins @_MarkSutcliffe with your Winter Olympics update: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Home base: Ottawa’s original green architect builds her own condo

  16-02-2018 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Linda Chapman and her husband, Barry Cooper, decided it was time to downsize, the architect drew up plans to design and build their own home and invited longtime friends to join them.
  With a vision of living and working in a condo that met her rigorous energy-efficient and green standards and desire for a built-in community within walking distance of amenities, Chapman began the process of building a four-unit condo on a double lot she purchased in 2009 in New Edinburgh. After selling a uni
  
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• Plunging temperatures, risk of flurries Friday (but then a warm weekend)

  16-02-2018 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Talk about freaky Friday weather.
  From a balmy morning, we’re headed to a forecast frosty afternoon with frigid winds and likely flurries.
  The early-morning temperature was 3 C and it was 1 C by 7 a.m.
  The forecast is -4 C by afternoon with a 60 per cent chance of flurries and northwest winds at 30 km/h. Skies clear by evening and winds drop off as the mercury plunges to -13 C.
  For Saturday, expect mainly sunny skies with increasing cloudiness near noon, a high of -3 C and a low of -6
  
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• Ship Shape: Naval architect designs own home using ship-design modelling

  16-02-2018 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A rare residential gem, tucked away on a small side street in Centretown West, is a testament to one Ottawa man’s determination to build a house that both masterfully blends artistic imagination with mathematical precision, and gives new meaning to a custom home.
  Nathaniel Davis’s dream was to create a residence that he would design down to the minutest of details, driven by dual passions that drew him to a career as a naval architect.
  Born and raised in the northern Alberta city of
  
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• Khan: North-America's #MeToo trend ignores women's struggles globally

  16-02-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let’s be honest. The current discussion on sexual harassment has been mostly limited to North America, despite the fact that attempts at a revolution have been taking place outside the continent for decades. And at an excruciating cost.
  This focus on the North American story exposes the stark disconnect between the perception of the liberated and empowered woman of the West, and her counterparts in poorer, non-Western countries.  
  Because the world of misogyny, patriarchy and sexual s
  
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• Legal marijuana legislation delayed: bit.ly/2Eu6lwG https://t.co/wtfxCvQ3y7

  16-02-2018 12:52 via twitter.com
  
  Legal marijuana legislation delayed: bit.ly/2Eu6lwG https://t.co/wtfxCvQ3y7
  
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• ICYMI: Patrick Brown says he's suing CTV: bit.ly/2F7p2Yg https://t.co/Kg5d6oRxYQ

  16-02-2018 12:29 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Patrick Brown says he's suing CTV: bit.ly/2F7p2Yg https://t.co/Kg5d6oRxYQ
  
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• What's open and closed over the Family Day long weekend? bit.ly/2HjBt3P https://t.co/2wQUKq3kHu

  16-02-2018 12:14 via twitter.com
  
  What's open and closed over the Family Day long weekend? bit.ly/2HjBt3P https://t.co/2wQUKq3kHu
  
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• Tricky temperatures! Currently plus 2 in Ottawa, but dropping to -5 this morning. VERY cold overnight.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 12:07 via twitter.com
  Tricky temperatures! Currently plus 2 in Ottawa, but dropping to -5 this morning.VERY cold overnight.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tory leadership hopefuls tackle minimum wage, carbon tax in first debate: bit.ly/2Glbxn7 https://t.co/b6r5UbLzeI

  16-02-2018 11:51 via twitter.com
  
  Tory leadership hopefuls tackle minimum wage, carbon tax in first debate: bit.ly/2Glbxn7 https://t.co/b6r5UbLzeI
  
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• Resignation was sent out 'without my permission': Patrick Brown: bit.ly/2C3w01J https://t.co/yCJSQ0tPbR

  16-02-2018 11:28 via twitter.com
  
  Resignation was sent out 'without my permission': Patrick Brown: bit.ly/2C3w01J https://t.co/yCJSQ0tPbR
  
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• Mike Hoffman scores in overtime, Senators come back to beat Sabres 3-2: bit.ly/2C1Mzei https://t.co/IHxLQL2YeA

  16-02-2018 11:19 via twitter.com
  
  Mike Hoffman scores in overtime, Senators come back to beat Sabres 3-2: bit.ly/2C1Mzei https://t.co/IHxLQL2YeA
  
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• Dorion starts strong after signing three-year extension: bit.ly/2EzUXmU @Stu_McGinn https://t.co/gnCiMDpd5W

  16-02-2018 11:06 via twitter.com
  
  Dorion starts strong after signing three-year extension: bit.ly/2EzUXmU @Stu_McGinn https://t.co/gnCiMDpd5W
  
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• Names of aircraft manufacturers on “suppliers list” for Canada’s new fighter jet still a mystery

  16-02-2018 07:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Feb. 9 was the deadline for companies to apply to the Canadian government to be on the supplier’s list for the new program to provide a fleet of fighter jets.
  Being on that list is a requirement to be able to enter the competition to provide Canada with 88 new fighter aircraft.
  Public Services and Procurement Canada was looking at having the list formalized by Feb. 12, at which time they would make it public. The reason for the fast turnaround is because it is relatively easy to be include
  
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• 14 per cent of U.S. forces medically unable to deploy – they could be kicked out of military

  16-02-2018 04:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Pentagon is getting tough on military personnel who aren’t fit to deploy. They are booting them out.
  If military personnel have been not able to deploy over the last 12 months or more they face release from the ranks. “This new policy is a 12-month deploy or be removed policy,” Robert Wilkie, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday. “However, there are exceptions.”
  Those include wounded personnel and those person
  
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• Sex assault trial of two former University of Ottawa hockey players nears end

  16-02-2018 03:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The two former University of Ottawa Gee-Gees hockey players accused of sexual assault took the stand in their own defence in Thunder Bay on Thursday.
  David Foucher, 29, then team captain and Guillaume Donovan, 28,  then assistant captain, were charged with sexual assault in an incident in a hotel on Feb. 2, 2014 when the hockey team was in Thunder Bay to play the Lakehead University Thunderwolves. 
  Police weren’t notified about the alleged assault until Feb. 25, 2014, after a thi
  
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• From @Stu_McGinn: Senators' General Manager Pierre Dorion starts strong with two trades after signing 3-year cont… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-02-2018 02:54 via twitter.com
  From @Stu_McGinn: Senators' General Manager Pierre Dorion starts strong with two trades after signing 3-year cont… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man wanted in August 2016 ByWard Market shooting death arrested in Toronto

  16-02-2018 02:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for 18 months has been arrested in Toronto and charged with second-degree murder in the ByWard Market shooting death of Omar Rashid-Ghader, one of the original members of Ottawa’s most notorious street gang.  
  Mustafa Yusuf Ahmed, 30, was arrested by the Toronto repeat offender parole enforcement squad. He has been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant since the death of Rashid-Ghader on Aug 14, 2016.
  Omar Rashid-Ghader was shot multiple times on Aug. 1
  
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• Mild weather means adjustments for final weekend of Winterlude

  16-02-2018 02:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  With weather forecasters predicting daytime highs above freezing for the weekend, Winterlude organizers say they expect to make changes to the annual winter festival, which wraps up on Monday. 
  The Rideau Canal is closed until further notice and updates for the 38th annual Accora Village Bed Race and the Waiters and Waitresses Race, scheduled to be held on the skateway this weekend, will be posted on the Winterlude website.  
  “We always have contingency plans in place. We always
  
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