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• Reevely: Where real Ontario conservatives could find spending cuts

  22-02-2018 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Now that Patrick Brown is in the Progressive Conservative leadership race, he’s already calling other candidates on their B.S.: that they can decide not to collect billions of dollars in carbon-tax money and still spend as if they are.
  “Patrick Brown is the guy sticking to his guns and standing up for the only plan that wins us this election,” his surrogate, veteran MPP Toby Barrett, wrote in a fundraising pitch Thursday. Brown has a plan, Barrett told Tory members, and the oth
  
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• City failed to consider how vehicle-for-hire bylaw would impact cabbies, judge hears

  22-02-2018 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa failed to consider how a restructured vehicle-for-hire bylaw would impact the livelihoods of cabbies who have worked for decades under a tightly controlled taxi regime, a lawyer argued in court Thursday.
  “What has fundamentally changed is another class of drivers has been allowed to enter the vehicle-for-hire market in Ottawa in unlimited numbers and in uncontrolled fashion,” Monica Song told a Superior Court judge during the first day of a hearing on the taxi unio
  
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• Double amputee and volunteer John Woodhouse to be owner's guest at Senators game

  22-02-2018 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  John Woodhouse has never been to the Canadian Tire Centre to see an NHL game live.
  On Saturday afternoon when the Senators face the Philadelphia Flyers, the 63-year-old community volunteer will be watching in style — from the private suite of Senators owner Eugne Melnyk. Melnyk read a newspaper story about Woodhouse receiving a new power wheelchair for getting around the city, thanks to the efforts of a neighbour and JCC gym manager Ryan Armitage.
  In that story, Woodhouse defended his favo
  
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• Reevely: Conservative ideas for a Progressive Conservative party without the People's Guarantee

  22-02-2018 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Now that Patrick Brown is in the Progressive Conservative leadership race, he’s already calling other candidates on their B.S.: that they can decide not to collect billions of dollars in carbon-tax money and still spend as if they are.
  “Patrick Brown is the guy sticking to his guns and standing up for the only plan that wins us this election,” his surrogate, veteran MPP Toby Barrett, wrote in a fundraising pitch Thursday. Brown has a plan, Barrett told Tory members, and the oth
  
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• Scanlan: Why some athletes are able to 'clutch' Olympic medals

  22-02-2018 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  They don’t call them sports psychologists anymore.
  They are ‘Mental Performance Coaches’ (MPC) now.
  “People were getting us mixed up with psychiatrists,” says Wayne Halliwell, freshly home in Montreal after working with Canadian mogul skiers at the Pyeongchang Olympics, including Justine Dufour-Lapointe, who won a silver medal to go with her 2014 Olympic gold.
  The psychiatrist label is understandable considering these counselors are referred to as sports “shri
  
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• Thursday Olympic roundup: Canadian silver in women's hockey, no gold in men's curling

  22-02-2018 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even after a disappointing day when the Canadian women’s hockey team lost gold to the United States and the men’s curling team fell to the Americans in the semifinals, Canada remains in third place in the medal standings with 24. Norway (35) and Germany (25) are first and second. Canada currently has nine gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals.
  ‘It’s a tough pill to swallow’: Canada living in world of what-ifs after gold-medal loss
  In yet another stunning showca
  
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• Arrest warrant out for man connected to online parking scam bit.ly/2sOojbN https://t.co/DTm94GElki

  22-02-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  Arrest warrant out for man connected to online parking scam bit.ly/2sOojbN https://t.co/DTm94GElki
  
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• Egan: Presto! Dogs, cats, bicycles — all aboard LRT

  22-02-2018 21:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paws and pedals on our new light-rail trains — are we on track for trouble?
  The city’s transit commission this week recommended that bicycles and pets in reasonably-sized containers should be permitted on our spiffy new train system, even during rush hours.
  I’m skeptical about the plan, for one main reason. We’re spending $2 billion (and counting) on a rail system that is supposed to be smoother, cleaner, more comfortable and reliable, more spacious and accommodating, tha
  
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• One sent to hospital with smoke inhalation after east end fire bit.ly/2EVYHid https://t.co/RMXoG4Ep2o

  22-02-2018 21:24 via twitter.com
  
  One sent to hospital with smoke inhalation after east end fire bit.ly/2EVYHid https://t.co/RMXoG4Ep2o
  
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• STORY: Caroline Mulroney calls on Patrick Brown to drop out of Tory leadership race bit.ly/2HD5QT1 https://t.co/qdSlzIpfzy

  22-02-2018 21:18 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Caroline Mulroney calls on Patrick Brown to drop out of Tory leadership race bit.ly/2HD5QT1 https://t.co/qdSlzIpfzy
  
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• Freezing rain in forecast for Ottawa during Friday afternoon commute bit.ly/2BJxY6w https://t.co/HHIbiiGyUt

  22-02-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  
  Freezing rain in forecast for Ottawa during Friday afternoon commute bit.ly/2BJxY6w https://t.co/HHIbiiGyUt
  
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• Kurl: How Canadian – we're split on twinning the pipeline

  22-02-2018 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  We’ve all witnessed enough family fights to know that when the siblings go at it, they’re simultaneously keeping tongues focused on the insults and eyes focused on which relatives are nodding in agreement.
  After weeks of watching the ongoing war of words, political will (and even wine), it turns out the Canadian family is perfectly split about which side to take between British Columbia and Alberta over the twinning of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline.
  To recap, the British C
  
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• One person suffers smoke inhalation in Blackburn blaze

  22-02-2018 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire in a Blackburn Hamlet bungalow that was under renovation.
  Firefighters were summoned by a 911 call reporting white smoke at 17 Tauvette St. near Innes Road at 12:42 p.m. Thursday. The occupants were able to escape safely but the first crews on scene found black smoke coming from the front door and declared a working fire at 12:46 a.m.
  They went inside, launched a”rapid-fire attack” and had the flames under
  
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• Here are the approved suppliers for Canada’s new fighter jet

  22-02-2018 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  This just in from Public Services and Procurement Canada, a list of the companies/nations cleared to compete in Canada’s future fighter jet competition: 
  
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• Fraud suspect rented nonexistent downtown parking spots: Police

  22-02-2018 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nabbing a downtown parking spot turned out to be too good to be true.
  City police say a 32-year-old Ottawa man is now wanted on a fraud charge for allegedly renting out spaces in the core that didn’t actually exist.
  They’ve obtained an arrest warrant for Daniel MacKay on charges of fraud under $5,000 and breach of recognizance.
  Police say he placed online advertisements and took cash for parking spots in December and January.   
  The parking spots – marks were even tex
  
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• Glavin: Justin Trudeau's trip to India could hardly be going worse

  22-02-2018 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  In defence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, nothing that has occurred during his state visit to India, at least so far, quite matches the scene U.S. president George H.W. Bush made at a formal dinner in Tokyo in 1992. Out of the blue, the president turned to Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, vomited all over him, and passed out in his chair.
  Then there was the time Prince Philip, while attending a cultural display in Queensland, Australia, in 2002, turned to one of his Aboriginal hosts a
  
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• Kassam: Mysterious attacks on diplomats are a terrifying new cause of brain injury

  22-02-2018 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Diplomats, now more than ever, play a crucial role in maintaining the stability of geopolitical relationships around the world. They represent the interests of nation states and are tasked with negotiating strategic agreements that have become the hallmark of a globalized society. While many view a diplomat’s job as a luxuriously taxpayer-funded sabbatical, in reality, diplomats are exposed to many risks that can jeopardize their own personal safety and quality of life.
  A good example is t
  
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• ShoreTel acquisition drives Mitel's Q4 revenues up 37%

  22-02-2018 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mitel Networks chief executive officer Rich McBee said he is pushing the pause button on his seven-year acquisition strategy.
  “We now have critical mass,” he said Thursday during a conference call to detail his company’s fourth quarter financial results. “We’re focused on making our acquisition of ShoreTel a success,” he added in reference to the California rival Mitel purchased last September for $430 million. (All figures U.S.)
  Since he joined Kanata-based M
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @MrsLoulou & @rick_gibbons join @MarkDayNews in studio: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12:@MrsLoulou & @rick_gibbons join @MarkDayNews in studio:Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• "Did Russia affect the 2016 U.S. election? It's now undeniable." @MollyMcKew joins @MarkDayNews coming up at 11:45… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  "Did Russia affect the 2016 U.S. election? It's now undeniable."@MollyMcKew joins @MarkDayNews coming up at 11:45… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of the @OttawaCitizen joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@Spencerpress of the @OttawaCitizen joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, February 22nd: 1:08: @davidgourlay 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @randyhillier 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, February 22nd: 1:08: @davidgourlay 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @randyhillier 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:05: @SueFoleyMusic joins @markdaynews live in studio: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:05: @SueFoleyMusic joins @markdaynews live in studio: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:50: Branch Manager at Meridian Credit Union Stacey Pryde joins @MarkDayNews with RRSP advice: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:50:Branch Manager at Meridian Credit Union Stacey Pryde joins @MarkDayNews with RRSP advice:Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UPDATE: Damage is pegged at $250,000 in an apartment fire on Riverside Dr. near Bank St. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 15:56 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Damage is pegged at $250,000 in an apartment fire on Riverside Dr. near Bank St. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @LMartinWashDC @David_Moscrop & @Stu_McGinn join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@LMartinWashDC @David_Moscrop & @Stu_McGinn join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Antiques: Historic painting well worth restoring

  22-02-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
   
  Q. This is a somewhat faded painting of Craile Harbour, Scotland. It is oil on canvas 91 by 152 cm (60 x 36 inches) and signed by artist John Blair. This painting had sentimental value to my late mother, who was sent away to Craile Harbour (Crail) during the bombing of Glasgow in WWII. The back of the wood frame has a stamp / sticker saying Dodd & Son, 1842. I’m wondering if the painting has any value, before investing in a restoration. Thank you for your consideration.&nbs
  
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• 21-year-old victim identified in fatal Highway 17 crash

  22-02-2018 14:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP has identified 21-year-old Quinton Donahue of Laurentian Valley Township as the motorist who died when his vehicle and a commercial truck collided in the Pembroke area Wednesday afternoon.
  Sections of Highway 17 and B Line Road were closed for about eight hours after the 2 p.m. crash.
  One fatality has been confirmed by the OPP as a result of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 17 and B-Line Road.
  Donahue was pronounced dead at the scene, Upper Ottawa Valley OPP sa
  
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• On air 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ottawa Today live with your guest host @MarkDayNews on 1310 NEWS & @rogersottawa22: List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 14:56 via twitter.com
  On air 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ottawa Today live with your guest host @MarkDayNews on 1310 NEWS & @rogersottawa22: List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police say boy swept away in Ontario flood unlikely to have survived: bit.ly/2CbOptp

  22-02-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Police say boy swept away in Ontario flood unlikely to have survived: bit.ly/2CbOptp
  
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• UPDATE: 21-year-old Quinton Donahue of Laurentian Valley Township was killed in the crash: OPP twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  22-02-2018 14:14 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: 21-year-old Quinton Donahue of Laurentian Valley Township was killed in the crash: OPP twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Ottawa Champions' ex-president announces city council bid

  22-02-2018 14:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  David Gourlay announced Thursday that he’s running for city council in Kanata North days after resigning as president of the Ottawa Champions.
  The 47-year-old Beaverbrook native has several backers – including former Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder – as he launches his campaign in advance of the Oct. 22 election.
  He said in a statement issued Thursday morning that “it takes strong leadership, hard work and collaboration to move forward on the local projects and iss
  
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• Grieving mother launches drive to reform emergency psychiatric units

  22-02-2018 14:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  By late November, Ottawa wedding photographer Ryan Parent was in crisis. He was struggling under the weight of depression and anxiety, a burden made worse by his fear of returning to hospital.
  Parent, 37, had gone to The Ottawa Hospital in June because a friend was alarmed by his manic behaviour and by his online posts about the Earth being flat.
  Ryan Parent
  In the emergency department, doctors referred him to the hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) unit for a more thorough ass
  
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• Federal government can’t do much to fight fake news: Canadian Heritage documents: bit.ly/2oj6zAV https://t.co/Q7qYU34QUS

  22-02-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  Federal government can’t do much to fight fake news: Canadian Heritage documents: bit.ly/2oj6zAV https://t.co/Q7qYU34QUS
  
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• Friday's forecast is for freezing rain (only Saturday is looking decent)

  22-02-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thursday may be the calm before the (freezing rain) storm.
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement because a low-pressure system could bring freezing rain or drizzle starting early Friday morning near Georgian Bay, hitting eastern Ontario by early afternoon.
  Highways, roads, walkways and parking lots – just in case they’re not slick enough after Wednesday’s thaw and freeze – “may become icy and slippery” but the risk of freezing rain should e
  
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• POLL: Do you think Olympic gold medal hockey games should be decided by a shootout? @MarkDayNews #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  22-02-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you think Olympic gold medal hockey games should be decided by a shootout?@MarkDayNews#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Freezing rain forecast for Friday afternoon commute: bit.ly/2EYRE8w https://t.co/nSBOaMko7x

  22-02-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  
  Freezing rain forecast for Friday afternoon commute: bit.ly/2EYRE8w https://t.co/nSBOaMko7x
  
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• BREAKING: Canada earns a bronze medal in the men's 5,000m relay in short track speed skating. It was the last Olymp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 13:22 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Canada earns a bronze medal in the men's 5,000m relay in short track speed skating. It was the last Olymp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• STORY: Canada's Kim Boutin wins 3rd medal at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: bit.ly/2ooykHj https://t.co/oaRa4YxOTw

  22-02-2018 13:11 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Canada's Kim Boutin wins 3rd medal at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: bit.ly/2ooykHj https://t.co/oaRa4YxOTw
  
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• The eclectic life of Ryan Parent

  22-02-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Deeply religious, Ottawa’s Ryan Parent was an accomplished kickboxer, wedding photographer, software developer, swing dancer, disability advocate and friend of the homeless.
  His eclectic life ended in suicide on Nov. 22 after a long struggle with mental illness.
  “He always looked out for the underdog: He just was a humble person,” says his mother, Ellen Parent.
  Ryan suffered depression as a teenager during the winter months. The affliction would colour much of his adult life, b
  
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• BREAKING: Canada's Boutin wins silver in women's 1,000 short track: twitter.com/TeamCanada/sta…

  22-02-2018 12:36 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Canada's Boutin wins silver in women's 1,000 short track: twitter.com/TeamCanada/sta…
  
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• Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal evoke the spirit of Leonard Cohen in Dance Me

  22-02-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
   Among the many gifts Leonard Cohen left to the world, naming one of his songs Dance Me to the End of Love is the one that keeps on giving, at least to dance companies.
  A few years ago, a haunting Cohen-based show, somewhat cryptically called Dance Me to the End On/Off Love, visited Montreal’s Centaur Theatre, courtesy of the Danish company Granhoj Dans. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal close their season this year with their annual Soirée des étoiles, wh
  
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• Canada settles for silver after shootout loss to U.S. in women's hockey final: bit.ly/2sLfFL7 https://t.co/2FCiNT60ZI

  22-02-2018 11:14 via twitter.com
  
  Canada settles for silver after shootout loss to U.S. in women's hockey final: bit.ly/2sLfFL7 https://t.co/2FCiNT60ZI
  
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• A road closure this morning: Catherine St. closed between Elgin/Metcalfe. @1310traffic twitter.com/DutyInspector/…

  22-02-2018 11:00 via twitter.com
  A road closure this morning: Catherine St. closed between Elgin/Metcalfe.@1310traffic twitter.com/DutyInspector/…
  
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• Taxpayer-funded "party" flight raises questions for Gen. Vance and rest of the military leadership

  22-02-2018 04:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  As more details emerge about the taxpayer-funded Canadian Forces “party” flight that took place in December more questions continue to be raised.
  The Dec. 2-3 flight was to transport “VIPs” whose job was to raise the morale of Canadian Forces personnel in Europe.
  That trip resulted in former NHL hockey player Dave “Tiger” Williams – one of the VIPs on the flight – being charged with sexual assault as well as assault. Williams denies any wrongdoing
  
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• SIU asks for help after man taken to hospital with serious injuries following arrest

  22-02-2018 04:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for the public’s help after a 60-year-old Ottawa man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a weekend arrest.
  According to a timeline released by the SIU, at about 11:45 p.m. Sunday Ottawa police were called to a Boston Pizza restaurant at 1055 St. Laurent Blvd. where a man was “making threats” to staff.
  Police encountered the man both inside and outside the restaurant, according to the SIU, and he was eve
  
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• Inmate beaten and burned in Gatineau jailhouse attack, police say

  22-02-2018 03:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 40-year-old inmate suffered serious injuries and burns when he was assaulted by five fellow inmates at the Gatineau Detention Centre on Tuesday night, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  Police believe the attack happened around 10 p.m., when the victim was beaten and suffered burns. His injuries were serious, though not life-threatening, and he was rushed to the burn centre, according to police.
  Five men were arrested at the jail by SDQ’s major crime investigator
  
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• Police report 'very few injuries or complaints' with conducted-energy weapons

  22-02-2018 01:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last year on New Year’s Day, a police tactical squad was called to arrest a man “acting very violently” in a cellblock, where he had cut himself, smeared blood on the walls, stripped naked and urinated on the floors.
  Officers subdued the man with a Taser as he “continued to be violent and assaultive.”
  In May, east-end officers arrived to a Family Tree Group Home to find a mentally ill resident assaulting staff and smashing vehicles with a spiked garden hoe. Officers
  
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• Reevely: Patrick Brown's in, and Ontario's Tory civil war is on

  22-02-2018 01:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrick Brown can run for the leadership of the party that ditched him in January, a committee of senior Progressive Conservatives ruled Wednesday.
  In doing so, they avoided an immediate revolt by supporters of the former leader. And they set the stage for a savage two weeks of campaigning up to the deadline for Tory members to vote.
  Brown will be the only one with a plausible platform the party could put to the people of Ontario in a general-election campaign, the result of a year-long developm
  
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