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• Slick roads make for a busy afternoon for police, fire and paramedics in Ottawa. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  23-02-2018 23:54 via twitter.com
  Slick roads make for a busy afternoon for police, fire and paramedics in Ottawa. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• No zoning restriction means no cap on slots at 'Rocksino'

  23-02-2018 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  If council wanted to restrict the number of slot machines at the future “Rocksino,” it probably should have written the number into the land-use rules for the Albion Road property, judging by the trail of municipal decisions on the gaming file.
  But a 2013 council vote calling for a maximum of 1,250 slot machines hasn’t been altered and some councillors are on a mission to understand how that jibes with a planned expansion to have 2,000 machines at the Hard Rock casino.
  One of t
  
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• City says it saw no evidence Metro-branded tow services were the same company

  23-02-2018 23:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was nothing to suggest two Metro-branded firms were the same company during a contract competition for towing services in Ottawa, the city says.
  In a statement of defence responding to a bid-rigging lawsuit filed by Gervais Motors, the city says that although it has the right to investigate bids it receives, there’s nothing that says it has a duty to launch an investigation.
  Gervais claims Ottawa Metro Towing and Recovery Inc. and Metro Towing and Recovery Group Inc. have the sa
  
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• Cabbies were looped in on potential changes to vehicle-for-hire bylaw, city says

  23-02-2018 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was nothing clandestine about the city’s work writing a new vehicle-for-hire bylaw, despite what cabbies believe, a lawyer representing the city said in court Friday.
  Benoit Duchesne told Justice Maria Linhares de Sousa that the city and its consultant talked with the taxi industry as it was brainstorming options for changing the ride-ordering bylaw, which led to a dual-licensing system for taxis and private transportation companies (PTCs).
  The city even released discussion papers to
  
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• UPDATED: Police report Parker has been located safe. #ottnews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  23-02-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
  UPDATED: Police report Parker has been located safe. #ottnews twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• The @OttawaPolice is asking for the public’s help finding George Parker. #ottnews #ottcity 1310news.com/2018/02/23/pol… https://t.co/FfZED6Jvdy

  23-02-2018 22:57 via twitter.com
  
  The @OttawaPolice is asking for the public’s help finding George Parker. #ottnews #ottcity1310news.com/2018/02/23/pol… https://t.co/FfZED6Jvdy
  
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• Risks unheeded, journey without end: The seeds of the tortured Phoenix pay project were planted three decades ago

  23-02-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The warning signs were there all along, but perhaps none was as clear as this.
  On Jan. 13, 2016 — barely two months into the new Liberal government of Justin Trudeau — Treasury Board officials prepared a concise memo for their boss and comptroller general, Bill Matthews.
  The note, obtained under access-to-information laws, was headlined “readiness assessment of Phoenix” in reference to a pay system that was scheduled to launch in a matter of weeks.
  It had been a massive u
  
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• Ottawa man charged with child sex crimes, allegedly recorded children while changing

  23-02-2018 21:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged an Ottawa man with numerous child sex offenses.
  Karl Njolstad, 56, was charged with invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference, possession of child pornography, production of child pornography, voyeurism, sexual assault and forcible confinement.
  The charges follow an Ottawa police investigation last year involving four victims during the period from 2015 to 2017.
  Njolstad was charged with similar crimes last August, including sexually assaulting a girl under 12 while
  
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• First responders face rash of collisions as freezing rain hits the capital

  23-02-2018 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s looking bad out there, folks.
  As the freezing rain hit the capital, Ottawa Fire Services tweeted a warning Friday afternoon that it was with “multiple” trapped motorists being freed from rollovers and other collisions in quick succession.
  A spokeswoman said just before 3 p.m. that the service had tackled more than a dozen crashes since about 1:13 p.m.
  One person was freed from a vehicle that rolled onto its roof on Moodie Drive near West Hunt Club Road.
  Another had to be f
  
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• Man wanted for second-degree murder as 2017 beating victim dies of injuries

  23-02-2018 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police homicide detectives are on the hunt for a murder suspect after a man severely beaten in 2017 succumbed to his injuries just weeks ago.
  Police issued a broadcast to all officers Thursday evening alerting them that the force now had grounds to arrest a Marco Michaud, 36, for second-degree murder.
  Michaud is considered armed and dangerous.
  Police began investigating what was originally an assault on July 18, 2017 on Selkirk Street when Gérald Leduc, 53, was allegedly beaten int
  
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• Editorial: Start from scratch on Phoenix

  23-02-2018 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two years later, it still seems astonishing that any government could have allowed the Phoenix pay system calamity to occur. There were myriad warning signs ­– studies, interim reports, memos to senior officials – that the massive public service compensation project wasn’t ready for prime time. Yet a perfect storm of bureaucratic and political hubris pushed it out of the nest before it was anywhere near ready for flight. Now the federal government is in imminent danger of h
  
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• A timeline of the Phoenix pay debacle: 29 years and counting

  23-02-2018 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Phoenix, a timeline: How the federal government has spent nearly three decades struggling to deliver a new pay system for its 300,000 employees.
  Prime minister Brian Mulroney’s government started assessing options for a modern pay system back in 1989.
  June 1989: Conservative government of Brian Mulroney begins analyzing options for replacing legacy pay systems
  Aug. 26, 1993: Accenture wins $45-million contract to automate much of the work handled by 750 pay and pension administration emplo
  
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• Scanlan: Fighting back, with fists, against Parkinson's disease

  23-02-2018 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Doug Merriam used to rely on his hands to sweetly pick out notes on his acoustic guitar.
  Today, his hands are clenched and wrapped inside a boxing glove, used to punch a bag, sometimes with a boxer’s ferocity.
  “I try to think that every punch slows down the progress of Parkinson’s,” Merriam says during a session at Boxing 4 Health. “I get angry. I get mad that I have this disease and I tend to punch harder.”
  This from a gentle soul of 72, now retired from a ca
  
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• BREAKING: Officials in Washington say the White House is on lockdown after vehicle strikes security barrier. Barrier was not compromised.

  23-02-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Officials in Washington say the White House is on lockdown after vehicle strikes security barrier. Barrier was not compromised.
  
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• ⚾️ Grapefruit win #1 😁 twitter.com/BlueJays/statu…

  23-02-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  ⚾️ Grapefruit win #1 😁 twitter.com/BlueJays/statu…
  
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• Ottawa man faces sex assault charges dating back to 2015 bit.ly/2BJvrt3 https://t.co/ENWtgc0w67

  23-02-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa man faces sex assault charges dating back to 2015 bit.ly/2BJvrt3 https://t.co/ENWtgc0w67
  
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• FYI: Schools buses cancelled due to freezing rain bit.ly/2onhadQ https://t.co/clla9IcNc6

  23-02-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  FYI: Schools buses cancelled due to freezing rain bit.ly/2onhadQ https://t.co/clla9IcNc6
  
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• STORY: Senators trade centre Derick Brassard to Penguins bit.ly/2ow8Asq https://t.co/h33BUXSOLQ

  23-02-2018 21:06 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Senators trade centre Derick Brassard to Penguins bit.ly/2ow8Asq https://t.co/h33BUXSOLQ
  
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• ICYMI: Ottawa Fire says they're dealing with a number of collisions and rollovers as freezing rain rolls through Ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 21:02 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Ottawa Fire says they're dealing with a number of collisions and rollovers as freezing rain rolls through Ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Queensway Carleton Hospital 'beyond capacity' as flu cases mount in region

  23-02-2018 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An overload of patients, including waves of flu patients, has prompted the jammed Queensway Carleton Hospital to ask the public to stay away if possible this weekend.
  For only the second time in its history, the hospital has issued a “Code Orange” alert, meaning every bed is full and even the hospital’s “surge” capacity has been used up.
  The first Code Orange occurred just last month.
  Last Sunday, the QCH had 272 patients in its emergency room, close to an all-time
  
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• BREAKING: #Sens have traded forward Derrick Brassard to the Pittsburgh Penguins. More to come. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  23-02-2018 20:44 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: #Sens have traded forward Derrick Brassard to the Pittsburgh Penguins. More to come. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…
  
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• Heads Up. Freezing rain has arrived & it's greasier than you think. Slow down & drive to the conditions. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Heads Up. Freezing rain has arrived & it's greasier than you think. Slow down & drive to the conditions. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Freezing rain has begin in the capital. If you're flying out this afternoon, check your flight status. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 19:06 via twitter.com
  Freezing rain has begin in the capital. If you're flying out this afternoon, check your flight status. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dawson: Ottawa's poised to get more slot machines – and they're evil

  23-02-2018 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The issue of how and why, exactly, the nascent Rocksino is going to have hundreds more slot machines than councillors expected isn’t just about (at best) miscommunication down at city hall, but about the social damage these machines can do. 
  The gist of the politicking is that, last week, Ottawans (and councillors) discovered that the 1,250-slot machine limit some councillors thought had been imposed on the casino expansion actually didn’t exist, and instead there are going
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @alanthomasdoyle joins @markdaynews ahead of his @CanadasNAC show on Sunday: Listen: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @alanthomasdoyle joins @markdaynews ahead of his @CanadasNAC show on Sunday: Listen: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• On eve of Ottawa terrorism trial, RCMP still working on disclosure

  23-02-2018 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just weeks before accused ISIL recruiter Awso Peshdary is scheduled to go on trial, the RCMP has disclosed key documents to his defence team, some three years after his arrest.
  The handover of 1,900 documents comes after top anti-terrorism investigators launched an internal audit last month to see if all relevant evidence had been appropriately disclosed. It hadn’t, and the 11th hour disclosure has the potential to jeopardize the case against Peshdary, should his lawyer request an adj
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 23rd: 1:08: @Citizenkwarren 1:20: @PierrePoilievre 1:30: #VernWhite 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, February 23rd: 1:08: @Citizenkwarren 1:20: @PierrePoilievre1:30: #VernWhite 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gormley: Here's why government fighting fake news is seriously risky

  23-02-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Optimism, I feel, is the enemy of democracy. When considering the merits and drawbacks of a proposed policy or law, one should always ask: “How much fun could the worst political leader imaginable have with this?”
  In other words, what kind of mischief could, say, President Donald Trump, who threatened to lock up one political rival and falsely accused another of spying on him, get up to with a law that expanded state surveillance powers?
  Or: What hijinks might ensue if he, after seem
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @KatlynHarrison & @marianne4kanata join @markdaynews in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @KatlynHarrison & @marianne4kanata join @markdaynews in studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Host of Outta The Park Podcast @BarryDavis_ joins @markdaynews live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: Host of Outta The Park Podcast @BarryDavis_ joins @markdaynews live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Trudeau's passage to India

  23-02-2018 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justin Trudeau’s India trip prompted several letters this week, as did Canada’s Olympic victories and woes – and of course, bikes and the LRT. You can write to us too, at [email protected].
  Find our guidelines here.
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  The PM stumbles in India
  Re: The world is wondering whether Justin Trudeau just got snubbed in India, Feb. 20.
  This article reports that Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre cheekily wishes Justin Trudeau “another wonderful vacation&rdquo
  
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• GreenON rebates: A warmer, more energy-efficient home and money in your pocket

  23-02-2018 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the temperature dips below freezing, Lorne Johnson’s entire family braces for a cold night ahead.
  The draft flowing through his young daughter’s room gets so unbearable some winter nights that she climbs into bed with her parents.
  “It’s literally one of the most inefficient homes in Ottawa,” Johnson said. “On a cold winter day or anytime it’s below -10,  you can literally feel the cold air coming from the walls.”
  The family live in a Cape
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @thordiakow joins @MarkDayNews with a review of Annihilation: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @thordiakow joins @MarkDayNews with a review of Annihilation: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro: -online anonymity -the "right to an explanation Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ethics Lab at 11 with @dk_munro: -online anonymity -the "right to an explanationListen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Spotlight: Music 'puts you in touch with your creator'

  23-02-2018 16:47 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 singer Michael Curtis Hanna. Hanna will be performing with Big Soul Project on Feb. 24 at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Visit bigsoulproject.com for details.
  “My journey has been a little different. I started out singing in front of the television when I was a kid. Cartoons. Themes. All the shows had great jingles. Gilligan’s Island, Tobor the G
  
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• Coming up NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @WendyBoomer & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod, @WendyBoomer & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Firefighters make quick work of fire at industrial paper-shredding firm

  23-02-2018 15:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters made quick work Friday morning after a fire in the machinery of a paper shredder caused a noticeable amount of smoke and forced the evacuation of the building.
  Crews arrived at the scene, on Polytek Road near Canotek Road in the Green’s Creek area, around 8:30 a.m. and found flames and heavy smoke emanating from a piece of machinery.
  Firefighters applied a fast attack to quickly knock down the fire.  It was deemed to be under control by 8:52 a.m. Crews remain on sc
  
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• #BREAKING: Canada loses 4-3 to Germany in men's Olympic hockey semifinal at the #2018WinterOlympics. Will face the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Canada loses 4-3 to Germany in men's Olympic hockey semifinal at the #2018WinterOlympics. Will face the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up NEXT: Should the Sens trade Erik Karlsson? @Stu_McGinn, @MikeVlasveld & @mattkrupo join @MarkDayNews in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 15:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT:Should the Sens trade Erik Karlsson?@Stu_McGinn, @MikeVlasveld & @mattkrupo join @MarkDayNews in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Do you think the Ottawa Senators should trade Erik Karlsson?

  23-02-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you think the Ottawa Senators should trade Erik Karlsson?
  
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• Joint raids in Ottawa, Gatineau net semi-automatic assault rifle, drugs

  23-02-2018 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Gatineau police-led operation aimed at taking down a drug ring netted what police described as a loaded semi-automatic assault rifle, with high-capacity magazines, along with drugs and cash.
  Five people face charges following the month-long investigation sparked by a tip from the public about what police say was a network serving both sides of the river.
  The Gatineau force’s anti-gang unit teamed up with their capital counterparts for three simultaneous raids early Thursday morning at ap
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @HockeyScanner joins @MarkDayNews on Erik Karlsson trade rumours/ Olympic medals: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @HockeyScanner joins @MarkDayNews on Erik Karlsson trade rumours/ Olympic medals:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two displaced after Gatineau house fire extinguishes itself

  23-02-2018 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people have been displaced after an overnight fire in Gatineau basically put itself out when a water pipe burst.
  The call to 26 rue Marguerite d’Youville came at about 12:30 a.m. and firefighters saw flame and smoke coming from the one-storey home’s basement.
  Shortly after their arrival the water pipe burst, extinguishing the flames but sending heavy smoke through the structure.
  The damages left the building uninhabitable. Damages were set at about $100,000.
   
  
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• Morning fire heavily damages Carp home

  23-02-2018 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Occupants were able to flee the flames at their home in Carp early Friday morning but the fire department reports that smoke damage means they won’t be able to return.
  The homeowner called for help at 3:26 a.m. reporting that alarms were sounding and there was visible fire and smoke in a fireplace and on the main floor at 101 Huntley Manor Dr.
  Scene at overnight fire at 101 Huntley Manor Dr.
  Errol McGihon
  Firefighters confirmed a working fire and were working until the early morning on sup
  
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• School buses cancelled as skies issue technicolour warning of freezing rain on the way

  23-02-2018 14:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  If red sky in the morning is a warning to sailors, Friday’s gloriously technicolour skies were downright ominous.
  Environment Canada has warned that freezing rain is expected to arrive in the region near noon or early in the afternoon as a warm front sweeps in from the southwest.
  No travel needed for this beauty#goodmorning #sunrise #nofilter #windowview #ottawa #myottawa pic.twitter.com/xuvoLZ1OQM
  — PointsMilesandBling (@blingSINGH) February 23, 2018It should switch to plain ol
  
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• NEW: Inflation cools to 1.7%, but underlying rate continues to heat up

  23-02-2018 14:53 via twitter.com
  NEW: Inflation cools to 1.7%, but underlying rate continues to heat up
  
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• NEW: Police seize semi-automatic assault rifle during search warrant execution on Ontario Street. twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  23-02-2018 14:34 via twitter.com
  NEW: Police seize semi-automatic assault rifle during search warrant execution on Ontario Street. twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Grieving father feared for young sons after healthy wife dies from flu in mere days

  23-02-2018 14:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The sorrow gripping Donald Marengère turned quickly to fear in the hours after he had watched, helplessly, as his wife slipped away.
  The Gatineau father of two found himself back in a hospital room — the fifth different hospital he’d visited in as many days on a confounding and ultimately tragic journey — fearing his five-year-old son had contracted the same deadly flu virus that had killed the boy’s mother, 39-year-old Cynthia Thibaudeau, just hours earlier.
  His s
  
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• No injuries in overnight Carp fire: bit.ly/2CE3EXI https://t.co/O11ZHSgk5T

  23-02-2018 14:08 via twitter.com
  
  No injuries in overnight Carp fire: bit.ly/2CE3EXI https://t.co/O11ZHSgk5T
  
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• Florida school shooting: 'abject breakdown at all levels' bit.ly/2orixY9 https://t.co/ADzlvzvCY5

  23-02-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  Florida school shooting: 'abject breakdown at all levels' bit.ly/2orixY9 https://t.co/ADzlvzvCY5
  
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