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• Councillors stumped how a vote meant a slots increase at 'Rocksino'

  20-02-2018 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Councillors who have been vocal skeptics about expanded gambling in Ottawa are shocked to learn that a council-ordered cap on the number of slot machines at the new Hard Rock casino is off the table.
  “It’s frustrating because that should have been disclosed to council in a very open and forthright way,” Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said on Tuesday.
  “We were all told at the time that this was just pro forma, what we did last September, that we just need to confir
  
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• Reevely: As PC leader, Patrick Brown took free trips from suppliers, MPP Randy Hillier alleges

  20-02-2018 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Valley MPP Randy Hillier intensified his campaign against former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown on Tuesday, reporting him to the provincial integrity commissioner for alleged ethics violations — just after most of the Tory party’s executive threatened to revolt if Brown isn’t allowed to run to reclaim his place at the top of the party.
  The integrity complaint, which Hillier released publicly at the end of the day, alleges that Brown accepted trips abroad f
  
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• Egan: Conservatives sniping at MP Gallant before weekend nomination challenge

  20-02-2018 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  For 18 years, Cheryl Gallant has not been afraid to mock her enemies. This weekend, we’ll see how she makes out with her friends.
  For the first time since 2000, the MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is facing a challenge for the Conservative nomination in the sprawling riding that takes in much of the Upper Ottawa Valley.
  She is being opposed by Michael Coates, 61, a lifelong Conservative who recently retired as a senior executive in the field of communications and government relations wit
  
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• Councillors stumped how a vote meant an increase in slots at 'Rocksino'

  20-02-2018 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Councillors who have been vocal skeptics about expanded gambling in Ottawa are shocked to learn that a council-ordered cap on the number of slot machines at the new Hard Rock casino is off the table.
  “It’s frustrating because that should have been disclosed to council in a very open and forthright way,” Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said on Tuesday.
  “We were all told at the time that this was just pro forma, what we did last September, that we just need to confir
  
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• Ottawa psychiatrist suspended, ordered to take anger management

  20-02-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa psychiatrist has been suspended for four months and ordered to take anger management after labelling one of his patients a “terrorist,” and accusing two colleagues of plotting against him and stealing his keys. 
  Dr. John Dimock later found the keys to his clinic on the floor of his car. 
  Dimock, 66, has been a practising psychiatrist for more than 35 years with offices in Ottawa and Farmville, Virginia. In a decision issued last month, the discipline committee of
  
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• Ottawa-area activists face online threats in Twitter war over Stanley fundraiser

  20-02-2018 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa woman has filed a police complaint over death threats she received after posting publicly available information about those who supported a fund for recently acquitted Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley.
  Miranda Dyck, a senior policy analyst with Health Canada, said she received telephone and Twitter threats after posting information about people who donated to Stanley’s GoFundMe page.
  The fundraising effort, launched after Stanley was acquitted in the August 2016 shooting d
  
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• US President Trump directs Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks used in Las Vegas massacre.

  20-02-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  US President Trump directs Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks used in Las Vegas massacre.
  
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• Justin Trudeau is looking at creating use-it-or-lose-it parental leave for new fathers bit.ly/2FgVHdS https://t.co/CWDrcHs3wR

  20-02-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  Justin Trudeau is looking at creating use-it-or-lose-it parental leave for new fathers bit.ly/2FgVHdS https://t.co/CWDrcHs3wR
  
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• Police warn of job offer scam making the rounds bit.ly/2FgUPG8 https://t.co/fdWsum46sV

  20-02-2018 21:27 via twitter.com
  
  Police warn of job offer scam making the rounds bit.ly/2FgUPG8 https://t.co/fdWsum46sV
  
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• Tuesday Olympic roundup: Canada within reach of highest collective Winter Olympic finish ever

  20-02-2018 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada could end up with its best-ever ranking on the Winter Olympic medal standings.
  Through Tuesday’s action at Pyeongchang, Canadian athletes’ 19 medals were third most behind only Norway (29) and Germany (23).
  If that position remains unchanged through the end of the 2018 Winter Games on Sunday, it would match Canada’s best finish ever. This country was also third at Lake Placid in 1932, but with just seven total medals, at Turin (24) in 2006 and at Vancouver (26) in 2010.
  
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• Citizen feature on wandering dementia patients wins excellence award

  20-02-2018 21:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Citizen reporter Blair Crawford has earned the Joan Gullen Award for Media Excellence for his feature The Wanderers, which examined issues surrounding people who, because of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, wander from their caregivers.
  In the feature, which appeared in the Citizen last March, Crawford carefully explained the stress and worry faced by people whose loved ones have wandered, and showed how perilous the problem can be for all involved.
  The story was nomi
  
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• ICYMI: A Rainfall Warning remains in effect for Ottawa and its surrounding areas. Environment Canada says 25-40 mm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 21:17 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: A Rainfall Warning remains in effect for Ottawa and its surrounding areas. Environment Canada says 25-40 mm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'No confidence' in Patrick Brown as Progressive Conservative candidate: Fedeli bit.ly/2EQKiUx https://t.co/rjdT7b6cb8

  20-02-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  
  'No confidence' in Patrick Brown as Progressive Conservative candidate: Fedeli bit.ly/2EQKiUx https://t.co/rjdT7b6cb8
  
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• Firefighters mop up diesel spill after south-end crash

  20-02-2018 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one was hurt but fire crews had to mop up a mess after a pick-up and a transport truck collided south of Manotick Tuesday afternoon.
  Firefighters called to Bankfield Road and Prince of Wales Drive reported that they didn’t have to free anyone trapped in the wreckage but asked motorists to avoid the area as they cleaned up fluid and debris.
  The hazardous materials team worked to contain the diesel spill, using a small boom and spreading absorbent material.
  Road closures were still in eff
  
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• SOS Vanier member complains to ombudsman over mayor’s ‘lack of impartiality’

  20-02-2018 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  A member of SOS Vanier has asked the Ontario ombudsman to investigate the inner workings of council’s decision to approve the Salvation Army’s shelter relocation to the community.
  Philippe Denault’s complaint focuses on Mayor Jim Watson’s support of the Salvation Army’s application before council voted last November.
  Denault said the mayor’s “lack of impartiality” could be a breach of council’s code of conduct regarding transparent decision-m
  
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• Police warn public about online job offer scams

  20-02-2018 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service has issued a warning for residents to be aware of the resurgence of a scam involving online offers of employment.
  Police said the fraud begins with the offer of employment from a questionable source on the Internet. Sometimes the employment offer is received unsolicited through text messages to a cellphone or personal email addresses. In other cases, people posting their résumés online are being offered random jobs by unfamiliar organizations or businesses
  
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• 'How can I believe in anything anymore, if this is how it ends for them?': The love story of Julie and Mike

  20-02-2018 19:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is a story with a bad ending.
  It seems only fair to warn you. When you get to the part where there should be the beautiful reward and the Golden Years, you’re not going to find it.
  People familiar with this story are rather shattered by that.
  Those most shattered are going through what you might call a crisis of faith, what one person described as: “Total devastation. How can I believe in anything anymore, if this is how it ends for them?”
  This is the story of Julie and Mi
  
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• Lord of the Rings' Billy Boyd returns to Ottawa ComicCon

  20-02-2018 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Billy Boyd, who is best known for playing the role of “Pippen” in the Lord of the Rings triology, will be making another appearance at Ottawa ComicCon.
  Boyd, who first came to Ottawa during the event in 2015, was announced as the latest celebrity guest by event organizers on Tuesday morning. During his last appearance, the actor shared stories about filming the acclaimed film trilogy and sang “The Last Goodbye” from The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies for those in
  
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• Today's letters: Death threats, the fate of the Senators, the Victoria Cross

  20-02-2018 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers continue to share their views on events at the Olympics, and they have a few choice words about exploitation, guns and the Victoria Cross. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
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  Violence can happen at the Olympics
  Re: Threats typed to Canadian skater Kim Boutin pale next to plight of Otto Warmbier, Feb. 14.
  According to Christie Blatchford, the fact that Canadian short-track speedskater Kim Boutin received death threats is not a big deal. I don’t know wh
  
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• Cohen: Black activist Frederick Douglass is everyone's hero – 200 years later

  20-02-2018 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – This month marks the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass, journalist, orator, author and reformer. Born a slave, he won his freedom at 20 and became the most influential black American of his time.
  In a country conscious of its past, in a city proud of its black heritage, turning 200 is an occasion. Among the celebrations of Douglass this winter are a photographic exhibition at the Library of Congress and an evening of music and drama at the Lincoln Theatre o
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @tomblackwellNP joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Patrick Brown/PC Party turmoil: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @tomblackwellNP joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Patrick Brown/PC Party turmoil: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Adam: Patrick Brown was accused in public. He has a right to defend himself in public

  20-02-2018 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  How could you, Patrick? How could you do this to your own party?
  That basically sums up the reaction of Ontario Progressive Conservative party leaders after the dramatic announcement last Friday that the disgraced former party leader had decided to jump into the race for the very job he was ran out of only weeks ago. (As of this writing it was not yet known if his candidacy would be accepted).
  Many believe that Brown’s entry in the race amidst sexual abuse allegations could tear the party
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, February 20th: 1:08: @ForumPoll 1:17: @awudrick 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, February 20th: 1:08: @ForumPoll 1:17: @awudrick 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Liberal government plan saves money at expense of veterans: opinion

  20-02-2018 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Sean Bruyea
  Defence Watch Guest Writer
  The new Liberal plan for veterans is all about saving money, yet again, at the expense of veterans. 
  The more Canadians and veterans learn of the 2019 Liberal programs, the more the confusion and anger grow. How do we survive the dizzying daze induced by trying to understand veterans’ benefits? 
  First, let’s cut through the thick and misleading rhetoric. 
  The issue: Injured veterans receiving pre-April 2006 Pension Act benefits
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @catherinejclark & @BobMonette1 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12:@catherinejclark & @BobMonette1 join @_MarkSutcliffein studio: Listen: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk politics: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:@michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk politics:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 16:54 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe studio:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NEXT: The 10 O'Clock Talk & Question of the Day: Do you think Patrick Brown has a chance of being re-elected as l… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  NEXT:The 10 O'Clock Talk & Question of the Day:Do you think Patrick Brown has a chance of being re-elected as l… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• One rollover nets two impaired drivers: OPP

  20-02-2018 15:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man who rolled his vehicle in Quinte West over the weekend was charged with drunk driving, then so was the woman who came to his rescue.
  OPP report that they responded to the single-vehicle crash on Baptist Church Road at about 6:46 p.m. Saturday and an investigation revealed that the motorist was unhurt but his ability to drive was impaired by alcohol.
  But then, “a female party known to the accused male attended the scene to check on his wellbeing,” police reported.
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• Live NEXT at 9:45: twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  20-02-2018 15:42 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 10:45: Ontario PC Party leadership candidate @fordnation joins @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 15:33 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Ontario PC Party leadership candidate @fordnation joins @_MarkSutcliffe:Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 9:30 @RandallMoore26 of @1061CHEZ joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 9:30@RandallMoore26 of @1061CHEZ joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up NEXT: @KrRutherford of @Sportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe with your Olympic update: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 15:11 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT: @KrRutherford of @Sportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe with your Olympic update: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @tessavirtue & @ScottMoir join @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45:@tessavirtue & @ScottMoir join @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Budget to focus on middle class as fewer Canadians identify as middle class: bit.ly/2C9twyQ https://t.co/vgy9pb72z6

  20-02-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  
  Budget to focus on middle class as fewer Canadians identify as middle class: bit.ly/2C9twyQ https://t.co/vgy9pb72z6
  
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• Wet and wild weather: 11 C by tonight, up to 40 mm of rain

  20-02-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada continues to show a rainfall warning for the region, warning that melting snow and heavy rain means that flooding could occur in low-lying areas.
  We should have plenty of both Tuesday with a potentially record-setting temperature of 11 C by evening and 25-40 mm or rain by Wednesday morning.
  The continued rainfall had a negative effect on morning the commute.
  Among the problems: There were no injuries after a schoolbus carrying seven students went into the ditch near Munster, w
  
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• Today's letters: The gun lobby, the château, and love

  20-02-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Political corruption is killing American kids
  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the perfect example of why American school kids will continue to be murdered. Rubio has received more than $3 million from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to run his successful campaigns. The NRA finances many – maybe most –  U.S. politicians’ campaigns in return for not considering or even mention gun control.
  The investigative team that dug up Rubio’s payoff should go to work and list ho
  
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• The Great Ottawa History Quiz – 2018 edition

  20-02-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Come and help us celebrate Heritage Day and prove your knowledge of Ottawa’s rich and diverse history by taking part in the following quiz!
  Prepared by the City of Ottawa’s Community Recreation and Cultural Programs, this quiz will encourage you to think back to remember significant happenings in this great city.
  You are invited to the Heritage Day celebrations taking place at Ottawa city hall, 110 Laurier Ave. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 from 11:30 a.m. t0 2 p.m. Free event. Enjoy mus
  
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• Charges laid in weekend shooting incident: bit.ly/2FfGQ3h https://t.co/zSWASZuety

  20-02-2018 11:32 via twitter.com
  
  Charges laid in weekend shooting incident: bit.ly/2FfGQ3h https://t.co/zSWASZuety
  
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• Canada's Sharpe wins gold in women's ski halfpipe at Winter Olympics: bit.ly/2EUcBBq https://t.co/FsNRw1rpoL

  20-02-2018 11:18 via twitter.com
  
  Canada's Sharpe wins gold in women's ski halfpipe at Winter Olympics: bit.ly/2EUcBBq https://t.co/FsNRw1rpoL
  
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• Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win second Olympic ice dance gold: bit.ly/2ohRRsS https://t.co/G0OL4ERgHb

  20-02-2018 11:01 via twitter.com
  
  Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win second Olympic ice dance gold: bit.ly/2ohRRsS https://t.co/G0OL4ERgHb
  
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• Special prosecutor to examine charges against top military judge and decide whether case should proceed

  20-02-2018 05:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A special prosecutor has been named in the case involving Chief Military Judge Colonel Mario Dutil.
  Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Poland has been named as a special prosecutor, the Canadian Forces announced Monday.
  In an unprecedented situation, Dutil, Canada’s top military judge, was charged in January after an investigation into one of his travel claims and his alleged relationship with a female subordinate.
  Dutil was charged by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service with one count
  
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• Rideau Canal Skateway closed as temperatures rise, rain falls

  20-02-2018 04:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Rideau Canal Skateway was temporarily shutting down Monday night after mild weather eroded the quality of the ice.
  TNational Capital Commission announced Monday afternoon that the 7.8-kilometre skateway would close at 10 p.m.
  “The mild weather and the precipitations expected in the coming days will erode the quality of the ice surface and create hazardous conditions for skaters and the public,” the NCC said. “This closure, while we wait for colder weather, will help pr
  
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• Doug Ford brands rival leadership candidates 'Liberal-lite' at Ottawa campaign rally

  20-02-2018 04:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Doug Ford touched on each of his populist pledges Monday at his first Ottawa campaign rally, promising to “clean up the establishment and the elites at our own party” before doing the same to the province.
  The standing room-only crowd of about 400 supporters at the Infinity Convention Centre cheered as Ford invoked his late brother, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, and jeered as he blasted his favourite target, Premier Kathleen Wynne.
  “This Ontario government is in a financial me
  
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• Four teens charged, pellet guns seized after shots fired at Nelson Street house

  20-02-2018 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven people have been released from custody on a promise to appear following an early-morning incident Monday in which a pellet gun was reportedly brandished from a car.
  Police said Monday that central patrol officers responded to a report just before 10 p.m. that shots fired at a Nelson Street residence. The complainant at the house identified a car known and suspect. 
  Police said a suspect vehicle was spotted on the Vanier Parkway at about 12:45 a.m. on the Vanier Parkway near Montreal R
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown's quest for redemption starts with allies from his life in federal politics

  20-02-2018 00:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrick Brown’s comeback campaign to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is being run from a house in Greenboro.
  The Ottawa address is listed on the announcement for Brown’s first rally as he seeks to take back the leadership he quit in January.
  The home, on a side street near Conroy and Hunt Club roads, belongs to Brian Storseth, a former Conservative member of Parliament for Westlock-St. Paul, a riding just north of Edmonton.
  “As the campaign was put together
  
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• Gatineau man charged in 2002 cold case of slain Calgary girlfriend

  20-02-2018 00:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Homicide detectives in Calgary believe they’ve cracked a 16-year-old cold case, with the trail of evidence eventually leading police to charge a Gatineau man in the 2002 death of his girlfriend.
  Stephane Parent, 49, was arrested Saturday without incident outside his home in Gatineau. He was flown back to Alberta and charged on Monday with second-degree murder, 16 years to the day since the body of his then-girlfriend, Adrienne McColl, was discovered.
  “I’m surprised because it&r
  
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