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• City hall blog: Budget review board complaint over secret $10M surplus prompts integrity investigation

  26-02-2018 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Integrity commissioner Robert Marleau has confirmed to council that he’s investigating a complaint about the city’s budget review board.
  Marleau declined to answer questions about the complaint when contacted by the Citizen on Monday since the allegation is treated as secret, but he’ll file a report to council at an open meeting when his investigation wraps up. He said he targets completing his inquiries within 90 days.
  City solicitor and clerk Rick O’Connor forwarded a n
  
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• Embattled band Hedley 'no longer working with' WE Day, organization says

  26-02-2018 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  WE, the charity founded by child’s rights advocate Craig Kielburger, is “no longer working with” Hedley, a Canadian rock band facing allegations of sexual misconduct.
  The band were “celebrity ambassadors who have done much to support WE’s work at home and around the globe, including numerous WE Days,” said a spokesperson from WE in a written response to questions from this newspaper.
  “WE is no longer working with Hedley.”
  WE Day features a lineup o
  
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• Reevely: All possible harm done, Patrick Brown quits the PC leadership race

  26-02-2018 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrick Brown’s latest departure from the Progressive Conservatives will probably be his last, but he could still do more damage if he really wants to: He’s quit the race to replace himself too late to get his name off the ballots members will use to pick the party’s next leader.
  Brown’s quitting the race was finally confirmed by Hartley Lefton, the lawyer who heads the Tories’ leadership-race organizing committee, after a day of speculation.
  Word had dribbled out f
  
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• Scanlan: Karlsson and Senators survive trade deadline but departure looms

  26-02-2018 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the end, Erik Karlsson was not traded by the 3 p.m. deadline, allowing Senators fans to draw their first clean breath in two days.
  Then came the nagging second thought — that Karlsson is now likely be traded at or around the NHL entry draft in June. General manager Pierre Dorion promised to make Karlsson a contract offer “if he’s here on July 1,” hardly reassuring. One former NHL GM termed that comment “peculiar.” Karlsson is under contract until 2019.
  Thus
  
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• City crews out in full force after weekend freezing rain coats city streets

  26-02-2018 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  City crews were still out salting and sanding streets and sidewalks early Monday morning after a blast of freezing rain Sunday turned the city into a skating rink.
  “It’s a challenge – we have a lot of ground to cover,” said Bryden Denyes, area manager of road services with the city’s public works department. “The freezing rain is always a challenge to deal with.”
  Paramedics reported a spike in injuries related to falls – from bruises and broken bon
  
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• From @Stu_McGinn: #Sens hold on to Karlsson at deadline, Dorion insists relationship is positive.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 23:22 via twitter.com
  From @Stu_McGinn: #Sens hold on to Karlsson at deadline, Dorion insists relationship is positive.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #update Patrick Brown confirming that he has once again withdrawn from the Ontario PC leadership race. twitter.com/brownbarrie/st…

  26-02-2018 23:07 via twitter.com
  #update Patrick Brown confirming that he has once again withdrawn from the Ontario PC leadership race. twitter.com/brownbarrie/st…
  
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• BREAKING: Patrick Brown is withdrawing from the Ontario PC leadership race. More to come. https://t.co/Tqb0XTYVBv

  26-02-2018 23:03 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING: Patrick Brown is withdrawing from the Ontario PC leadership race. More to come. https://t.co/Tqb0XTYVBv
  
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• Bluesfest fans angered by new ticket rule eliminating in-and-out privileges

  26-02-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some RBC Bluesfest fans say they’re rethinking buying tickets after organizers added a proviso that pass holders don’t have in-and-out privileges.
  Jeb Bond, an Ottawa musician who performed at Bluesfest in 2008, said he was interested in attending the festival this year, but decided against it because of the new rule on the adult full festival pass.
  “A lot of people were really surprised by this. I was disappointed,” he said.
  Bond said he in the past has entered the groun
  
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• Chelsea doctor accused of sex crimes no longer under house arrest

  26-02-2018 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Chelsea doctor accused of secretly filming a female patient and sexually assaulting 10 more patients dating back to 1995, is no longer under house arrest. 
  Dr. Vincent Nadon, 56, had his bail conditions loosened on Wednesday, the same day he was charged with 10 more counts of sexual assault. The doctor’s house arrest was only for 30 days to give Ottawa police detectives more time in their sprawling investigation. Nadon was first charged with sex assault and voyeurism after a patient
  
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• Elgin Street construction begins in March, council told

  26-02-2018 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A major construction project on Elgin Street will begin next month, forcing lane reductions and closures on side streets, city staff have warned council.
  Alain Gonthier, director of infrastructure services, told council in a memo last Friday that Bell Canada will start fixing maintenance chambers and installing ducts beginning in March.
  His email kicked off an email exchange over the weekend between a handful of council members and staff. Councillors are worried that the construction on Elgin St
  
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• #update All outdoor skating rinks in Gatineau are now closed for the season. twitter.com/ville_gatineau…

  26-02-2018 22:36 via twitter.com
  #update All outdoor skating rinks in Gatineau are now closed for the season. twitter.com/ville_gatineau…
  
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• JUST IN: Ontario's Health Minister @DrEricHoskins is resigning both as Health Minister and MPP for St. Paul's effec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 22:22 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: Ontario's Health Minister @DrEricHoskins is resigning both as Health Minister and MPP for St. Paul's effec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• STORY: Ontario's integrity watchdog to investigate ousted Tory leader Patrick Brown bit.ly/2HPVLCq https://t.co/WvxV1YTqtt

  26-02-2018 21:23 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Ontario's integrity watchdog to investigate ousted Tory leader Patrick Brown bit.ly/2HPVLCq https://t.co/WvxV1YTqtt
  
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• Lanark County apologizes following three day privacy breach bit.ly/2ERm0dP https://t.co/XaJERX61x1

  26-02-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  
  Lanark County apologizes following three day privacy breach bit.ly/2ERm0dP https://t.co/XaJERX61x1
  
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• Ottawa company developing 'a mood ring for your brain' - CBC.ca

  26-02-2018 21:10 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa company developing 'a mood ring for your brain'
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  It might sound like science fiction, but a brain-sensing emoji generator built by Ottawa's Personal Neuro Devices is very much for real. Think of it as a mood ring for your brain. Brainmoji, a smartphone app that uses sensors in a headset to turn your ...
  
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• twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  26-02-2018 21:08 via twitter.com
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• Man seriously injured in snowmobile-car collision in Petawawa

  26-02-2018 20:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a collision in Petawawa that took place between a snowmobile and a car late on Friday evening.
  According to police, the crash occurred around 10 p.m. near the intersection of Murphy Road and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs Trail A.
  The snowmobile’s driver, a 24-year-old male from Petawawa, was transported to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries. The driver of the passenger vehicle was not injured.
  An investigation into the i
  
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• Super library tops city's wish list for Tuesday's federal budget

  26-02-2018 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the federal Liberals on Tuesday earmark money for a new Library and Archives building in Ottawa, perhaps the 2018 budget book will get a special place in the stacks of the new Ottawa Public Library main branch in LeBreton Flats.
  It’s just one of the items on Ottawa’s budget wish list, which every year features infrastructure needs beyond what city hall can afford on its own.
  The selected site for a new central library in Ottawa, which will be a four-floor facility on 3.56 acres at
  
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• DeVries and Shearer: Can cycling and the LRT mix? Indeed

  26-02-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Will there be room for bikes on Ottawa’s new $2.1-billion LRT system? At last Wednesday’s Transit Commission meeting, staff recommended that bikes be banned completely during peak periods, from 6 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. A number of the commission’s members were wondering why staff were suggesting we couldn’t get everyone on the train. It didn’t seem like the right move for a city that wants to be green and sustainable. Ultimately, the commission rejected the staff
  
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• Ottawa man facing charges, after business finds cellphone containing images of child pornography: 1310news.com/2018/02/26/ott… #ottnews

  26-02-2018 20:03 via twitter.com
  Ottawa man facing charges, after business finds cellphone containing images of child pornography: 1310news.com/2018/02/26/ott… #ottnews
  
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• Don't give fake ID to Canada Revenue Agency (and other handy tips)

  26-02-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  When an auditor from Canada Revenue Agency comes to call, it doesn’t pay to be too chummy.
  Instant friendliness, the over-the-top kind that no one actually feels for the tax man or woman, is a “red flag” that suggests you have dirty tax secrets, according to internal documents for the agency.
  So are other actions that may seem harmless on the surface, such as understanding the tax rules, and telling people your business is above board.
  It’s all a matter of how you go abou
  
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• Warning: Some Instant Pot multicookers are overheating and melting - Ottawa Citizen

  26-02-2018 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Warning: Some Instant Pot multicookers are overheating and melting
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  A Gem 65 8-in-1 multicooker is shown in this handout image. The company is asking customers to stop using its Gem 65 8-in-1 multicooker with batchcodes 1728, 1730, 1734 and 1746 after reports of it overheating. HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust ...
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, February 26th: 1:08: @Citizenkwarren 1:17: @ForumPoll 1:45: @daynavettese 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, February 26th: 1:08: @Citizenkwarren 1:17: @ForumPoll 1:45: @daynavettese 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @johnsonthree & @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @johnsonthree& @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @gtaweather1 of @weathernetwork joins @_MarkSutcliffe with what kind of spring we can expect:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @gtaweather1 of @weathernetwork joins @_MarkSutcliffe with what kind of spring we can expect:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gurprit S. Kindra: Trudeau's trip to India both misinformed and myopic

  26-02-2018 17:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nearly a year and a half before the next federal election, Justin Trudeau’s re-election campaign – in India – took a weird turn. 
  India has big plans: The government in New Delhi foresees investments of $4.5 trillion U.S. by 2040 on clean power, bridges, dams, roads and modern urban infrastructure. Leaders from Europe, South Korea, China and Japan are sharply focused on Indian markets, and their country delegations are making significant inroa
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Weekly guest @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk politics: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:Weekly guest @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk politics:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Trudeau's India trip – who's to blame for the mess?

  26-02-2018 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  India should not have snubbed well-meaning PM
  It is lamentable that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to India got mired in preventable controversies. Due to suspected Trudeau-government sympathies towards some groups in Canada, the government of India was taciturn and Trudeau’s welcome was subdued. Nevertheless Trudeau is the prime minister of a large country and deserves due respect. Of the 35 million population of Canada, about 1.4 million are of Indian origin. How will they b
  
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• From @macleans: EXCLUSIVE: Inside the extraordinary conference call that ended Patrick Brown's leadership:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  From @macleans: EXCLUSIVE: Inside the extraordinary conference call that ended Patrick Brown's leadership:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11: @Senturion joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why he started the #MelnykOut campaign: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @Senturion joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why he started the #MelnykOut campaign: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kevin Smith says he had a 'massive' heart attack after show last night: bit.ly/2GLOMc8 https://t.co/udxn1n6H1e

  26-02-2018 16:47 via twitter.com
  
  Kevin Smith says he had a 'massive' heart attack after show last night: bit.ly/2GLOMc8 https://t.co/udxn1n6H1e
  
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• Weather Network says spring temperatures to be delayed in much of Canada: bit.ly/2ES22iZ https://t.co/iPJBDMmHSg

  26-02-2018 16:32 via twitter.com
  
  Weather Network says spring temperatures to be delayed in much of Canada: bit.ly/2ES22iZ https://t.co/iPJBDMmHSg
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Retired @globeandmail columnist Jeffrey Simpson joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio to discuss th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Retired @globeandmail columnist Jeffrey Simpson joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio to discuss th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Go Fund Me campaign to criticize Eugene Melnyk surpasses goal: bit.ly/2CniWnZ https://t.co/V5UVp7zHTi

  26-02-2018 16:03 via twitter.com
  
  Go Fund Me campaign to criticize Eugene Melnyk surpasses goal: bit.ly/2CniWnZ https://t.co/V5UVp7zHTi
  
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• The #Sens have made their first deadline day deal. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  26-02-2018 15:46 via twitter.com
  The #Sens have made their first deadline day deal. twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…
  
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• German Embassy soothes Ottawa hockey fans with hot chocolate promise - CBC.ca

  26-02-2018 14:41 via cbc.ca
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  German Embassy soothes Ottawa hockey fans with hot chocolate promise
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  It all started with a tongue-in-cheek tweet from the German Foreign Office. After the German men's hockey team shocked Canada 4-3 in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, the foreign office tweeted out a travel advisory. "Germans in Canada should ...
  
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• Wait… is winter over?

  26-02-2018 14:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Say hello to spring?
  It’s only February 26th but spring-like weather is already here.
  Today’s high is expected to hit 6C. 
  Tomorrow high is supposed to be near 9C.
  That’s not it for above zero daytime temperatures.
  In fact, that may be it for below zero daytime temperatures.
  A snowshoer and dog make their way along the edge of the Ottawa River at Westboro beach.
  Environment Canada’s forecast for the next week (again, this is only during the day) never drops below 3C.
  
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• POLL: What do you expect will happen to Erik Karlsson? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  26-02-2018 13:46 via twitter.com
  POLL: What do you expect will happen to Erik Karlsson?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Senators, Erik Karlsson working to make trade happen ahead of deadline: sprtsnt.ca/2sWqhaf @Sportsnet https://t.co/N9MIczavqW

  26-02-2018 13:37 via twitter.com
  
  Senators, Erik Karlsson working to make trade happen ahead of deadline:sprtsnt.ca/2sWqhaf @Sportsnet https://t.co/N9MIczavqW
  
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• UPDATE: @1310JasonWhite is live with the latest from the scene, coming up at 7:32: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 13:32 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: @1310JasonWhite is live with the latest from the scene, coming up at 7:32: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Deani Van Pelt: Why Ontario needs its religious schools

  26-02-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has come out with some bad advice that would disproportionately hurt Ottawa.
  Seizing on recent media reports that up to 11,000 non-Catholic students – most of them in Ottawa – attend Catholic schools in Ontario, the ETFO has called for the elimination of Ontario’s Catholic school system. If the union had its way, the 11,000 non-Catholic students would either be forced to return to their local secular public school or foot the
  
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• Patrick Brown 'seriously considering' pulling out of Ontario PC leadership race: source: bit.ly/2GK1kRk https://t.co/MD2heDcXqs

  26-02-2018 12:51 via twitter.com
  
  Patrick Brown 'seriously considering' pulling out of Ontario PC leadership race: source: bit.ly/2GK1kRk https://t.co/MD2heDcXqs
  
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• Daily highs forecast above freezing all week! @jilltaylor680 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  26-02-2018 12:42 via twitter.com
  Daily highs forecast above freezing all week! @jilltaylor680 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• No injuries in Britannia basement fire: bit.ly/2HN7MZ2 https://t.co/JM7uyANBs3

  26-02-2018 12:14 via twitter.com
  
  No injuries in Britannia basement fire: bit.ly/2HN7MZ2 https://t.co/JM7uyANBs3
  
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• Crews tackle highrise fire in Centretown: bit.ly/2ER6kr4 https://t.co/uoxMPRoVCB

  26-02-2018 11:52 via twitter.com
  
  Crews tackle highrise fire in Centretown: bit.ly/2ER6kr4 https://t.co/uoxMPRoVCB
  
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• One man killed in shooting involving police; SIU investigating: @1310JasonWhite live from the scene this morning.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-02-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  One man killed in shooting involving police; SIU investigating: @1310JasonWhite live from the scene this morning.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Longtime Tory MP Gallant fends off challenge in her riding: bit.ly/2EU1PHT https://t.co/4ZSBiX1Lk3

  26-02-2018 11:30 via twitter.com
  
  Longtime Tory MP Gallant fends off challenge in her riding: bit.ly/2EU1PHT https://t.co/4ZSBiX1Lk3
  
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• One man killed in shooting involving police; SIU investigating: bit.ly/2BOpf2V https://t.co/1oG863uvOG

  26-02-2018 11:24 via twitter.com
  
  One man killed in shooting involving police; SIU investigating: bit.ly/2BOpf2V https://t.co/1oG863uvOG
  
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• Man dead after shooting involving Ottawa police

  26-02-2018 05:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man is dead after an Ottawa police-involved Carleton Avenue shooting on Sunday evening.
  Police had responded to reports of a stabbing on Carleton and Wellington Street West, arriving to a scene at a Metro grocery store where it was reported that multiple people had been stabbed in what began as a dispute over cereal.
  Police shot and killed the suspect, who they say was armed with a knife.
  Two areas were cordoned off with police tape on Sunday night — the parking lot of the Island Park Me
  
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