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• Museum of Nature answers Cretaceous riddle: What's with all those upside-down dinosaurs?

  08-03-2018 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The riddle of why one type of dinosaur fossil is usually found upside-down led Jordan Mallon down many paths, and ultimately to hot Georgia roads and their bloated roadkill armadillos.
  Mallon is a paleontologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature and sees plenty of fossils. But he kept wondering about the ankylosaurs, the armoured tanks of the dinosaur age.
  If you find an ankylosaur fossil it’s usually upside-down, whether it’s the little cat-sized ankylosaur from China or the elephant
  
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• Man charged with five assaults after woman says she was kicked on Rideau Street

  08-03-2018 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa woman is warning others to be vigilant after she was allegedly kicked by a complete stranger – who then recorded her shock on his phone – in an unprovoked attack Tuesday on Rideau Street.
  Police confirmed they’ve charged Mustafa Khoshnaw of Ottawa, 26, with five counts of assault after they investigated a string of complaints from people walking on Rideau.
  Stephanie McLeod, 32, said she was walking home from work along Rideau Street when a man “made a quick U-tu
  
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• 'Huge move forward' means more patients will be cured of hepatitis C, Ottawa doctor says

  08-03-2018 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Until recently, Dr. Curtis Cooper has been forced to tell some patients with hepatitis C to — in effect — come back when they are sicker. Costly drug therapies were available to cure the potentially deadly virus in just a matter of weeks, but under provincial rules, they were only funded for patients with more severe cases of the liver disease. Which meant many patients had to wait, and some just never came back.
  “You would say, ‘We have great therapies that would cure yo
  
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• Herrndorf to get GGPA award on his last day at NAC

  08-03-2018 22:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 25 years ago, the National Arts Centre’s outgoing boss, Peter Herrndorf, was one of the people who first proposed the idea of a national award program for performing artists.This year, he’s getting one of those awards — on his final day at the NAC, no less. 
  Herrndorf is among this year’s group of laureates named to the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. A special award has been created to recognize his long career as an arts advocate and lead
  
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• The NRC re-imagines itself, with the help of a bigger budget

  08-03-2018 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The no-longer-new president of the National Research Council has just been told by the federal budget to “re-imagine” his agency, but it turns out he’s been doing this for a year and a half.
  Iain Stewart was hired in 2016 — NRC’s centennial — and told to make changes, after the sudden departure of his predecessor, John McDougall.
  “Ministers asked me to come back in the spring (of 2017) with ideas on how to re-imagine the NRC,” he said Thursday in a
  
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• Ottawa man charged after five people randomly assaulted on Rideau Street on Tuesday. Mustafa Khoshnaw, 26, has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 22:02 via twitter.com
  Ottawa man charged after five people randomly assaulted on Rideau Street on Tuesday. Mustafa Khoshnaw, 26, has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• SIU clears Ottawa police after 'assaultive' man broke ankle following arrest

  08-03-2018 21:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Barefoot thrashing within an Ottawa police cruiser, rather than a violent arrest, was the more likely cause of a 20-year-old man’s broken ankle, the province’s police watchdog says.  
  The Special Investigations Unit concluded in a decision released Thursday that there were no grounds to charge an Ottawa police officer involved in the 2017 arrest. 
  The SIU said civilian witnesses confirmed the accounts of two police officers and not the complainant’s version,
  
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• Future of Uber and Lyft in Ottawa rests with judge

  08-03-2018 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The future of the City of Ottawa’s bylaw regulating ride companies like Uber and Lyft rests in the hands of a Superior Court judge.
  Justice Maria Linhares de Sousa reserved her decision Thursday on an application by the taxi union to quash the vehicle-for-hire bylaw and reinstate the former taxi-only licensing regime. The judge didn’t say when she would release her decision.
  The taxi union’s lawyer, Monica Song, capped off four days of argument by replying to the case pres
  
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• Canada, Mexico excused from U.S. tariffs for undetermined period ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/UN55kJ70nq

  08-03-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
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• BREAKING: Canada, Mexico excused from U.S. tariffs for undetermined period. Speaking in a briefing, a senior admini… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 21:33 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Canada, Mexico excused from U.S. tariffs for undetermined period. Speaking in a briefing, a senior admini… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton University and striking workers accuse each other of 'untrue' statements

  08-03-2018 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University and the union representing nearly 850 striking support staff are accusing each other of making “untrue” statements, even as both sides expressed a desire to return to the bargaining table.
  The university issued a response Thursday to public statements made by CUPE 2424 president Jerrett Clark, who announced Wednesday the union’s desire to return to negotiations, saying the union had asked for more dates to continue talks.
  “Regrettably, that statement i
  
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• Antiques: Chinese Chippendale chair sits well with time

  08-03-2018 21:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: Over fifty years ago I bought what I think is  a “jeux de dames” board, at a farm near Berthierville, Quebec. The game was once quite popular in rural Quebec.
  It is made of two pieces of rough wood held together by a series of metal staples with thin pieces of wood on three of its sides and was hand-painted.
  It measures 60.5 cm long, 34 cm wide and 2 cm thick (24 x 13.4 x 0.78 inches). It has a “folk art” look to it. Any information you might be able to provide wo
  
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• The province said it will start offering Naloxone nasal sprays at pharmacies for free, after an increase in opioid… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 19:58 via twitter.com
  The province said it will start offering Naloxone nasal sprays at pharmacies for free, after an increase in opioid… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Woman says she was kicked by stranger on Rideau Street as police probe five incidents

  08-03-2018 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa woman is warning others after reporting she was kicked by a complete stranger – who then recorded her shock on his phone – as she walked on Rideau Street Tuesday.
  Police confirmed they’re investigating a string of similar complaints and said further details would be released Thursday afternoon.
  Stephanie McLeod said she was walking home from work when a man “made a quick U-turn” to follow her then “forcibly kicked” her in the thigh from behind.
  
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• Here are 10 Women's Day ideas that could make the world a better place

  08-03-2018 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  To mark International Women’s Day, this paper reached out to experts in business, health, politics and policy to ask for their ideas on how to make life better for women (and everybody else.) Here are the problems they cited, the ideas they offered and the arguments they made. Let us know yours.
   
  The idea: Make universal childcare happen, finally
  The argument: Childcare is the elephant in the room for Canadian families. For women, who disproportionately bear the brunt of childcare re
  
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• The forecast is predicting a significant amount of snow

  08-03-2018 18:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  But wait, there’s more! Snow that is.
  Ottawa was dusted with 3.2 cm of white stuff Wednesday and we may get another 13 cm before the weekend.
  For Thursday, Environment Canada predicts periods of snow adding up to 2 to 4 cm and a high of 0 c.
  A dog called “Guilbert” catches a ball as he runs through snow.
  Overnight, expect 5 cm more with a low of -3 C.
  Friday’s forecast is for periods of snow totaling 2 to 4 cm, a high of 1 C and a low of -4 C with a 40 per cent chance of
  
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• Aurora aircraft good to fly until 2030 but DND setting the stage for its replacement

  08-03-2018 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pat Finn, the Department of National Defence’s assistant deputy minister for materiel, says the Aurora maritime surveillance aircraft will be around for a while. “We still have some years ahead as we add more capability to the aircraft,” he recently told parliamentarians. “We’re just finishing the life extension of the aircraft to 2030, which is a pretty significant capability investment.”
  A short time later, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan signed a letter sign
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Entertainment and Pop Culture expert @jillianclark joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: Entertainment and Pop Culture expert @jillianclark joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @_MicheleAustin & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @_MicheleAustin & @rick_gibbonsjoin @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Reevely: Ontario Tories' voting problems 'a scandal,' Doug Ford charges

  08-03-2018 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are sticking with their plan to end voting for their new leader at mid-day Friday, despite requests from three of the four candidates to extend the deadline.
  “I call it a scandal,” candidate Doug Ford said in an email blast to supporters Thursday morning.
  Ford, Tanya Granic Allen and Caroline Mulroney all called for a week’s delay in closing the party’s online polls because of technical problems Tory members have had casting ballots.
  
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• OC Transpo to run on reduced schedule for March Break

  08-03-2018 17:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo buses will be running on a reduced schedule as schools close and people leave for the holidays during March Break. 
  Minor reductions from March 12 to 16 will be made to some routes, and bus arrival times may be slightly adjusted compared to a usual weekday schedule, said the city in a release Thursday.
  School routes numbered in the 600s and special school trips on regular routes to elementary and secondary schools will not operate. Shopper Routes 301, 302, 303, 304 and 305 will o
  
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• Ottawa Grassroots Festival unveils gender-balanced lineup

  08-03-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa singer-songwriter Lynn Miles, Yellowknife songstress Leela Gilday and homegrown troubadour Sneezy Waters are among the musical performers lined up for a gender-balanced edition of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival.The four-day affair is essentially an indoor folk festival that takes place April 26-29 at Southminster United Church in Old Ottawa South. It begins Thursday, April 26 with a night of francophone music, featuring headliner Jean-Marc Lalone, best known as the accordionist for the tr
  
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• 'Tory lead likely safe with Elliott or Mulroney at the helm, more risk with Ford' @ShachiKurl of @angusreidorg joi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  'Tory lead likely safe with Elliott or Mulroney at the helm, more risk with Ford'@ShachiKurl of @angusreidorg joi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @leahlevac joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how to ensure more women run for public office: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @leahlevac joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how to ensure more women run for public office: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• And the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards go to …

  08-03-2018 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre’s outgoing boss, Peter Herrndorf, is one of this year’s laureates named to the awards he was instrumental in creating more than 25 years ago.Herrndorf will receive a special award from the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards foundation in recognition of his long career as an arts advocate and leader. During his 19-year tenure at the NAC, which ends in June, he is credited with transforming North America’s only multidisciplinary, bilingual pe
  
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• CMHC says pace of housing starts picked up in February compared with January: bit.ly/2Ga4wXy https://t.co/ZgBom5lP0C

  08-03-2018 16:18 via twitter.com
  
  CMHC says pace of housing starts picked up in February compared with January: bit.ly/2Ga4wXy https://t.co/ZgBom5lP0C
  
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• From @macleans: Why women’s economic equality is lagging under Trudeau: bit.ly/2tvShSa https://t.co/9wQR0v9yto

  08-03-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  From @macleans: Why women’s economic equality is lagging under Trudeau: bit.ly/2tvShSa https://t.co/9wQR0v9yto
  
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• Here are 10 Women's Day ideas that some say would make the world a better place

  08-03-2018 15:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  To mark International Women’s Day, this paper reached out to experts in business, health, politics and policy to ask for their ideas on how to make life better for women (and everybody else.) Here are the problems they cited, the ideas they offered and the arguments they made. Let us know yours.
  The idea: Make universal childcare happen, finally
  The argument: Childcare is the elephant in the room for Canadian families. For women, who disproportionately bear the brunt of childcare responsib
  
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• 'Concerning' information related to McArthur triggers internal police probe: bit.ly/2DbeuEW https://t.co/qtzP3CagcC

  08-03-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  
  'Concerning' information related to McArthur triggers internal police probe: bit.ly/2DbeuEW https://t.co/qtzP3CagcC
  
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• Johnson: Sex assault cases – why men seem to come out OK

  08-03-2018 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  As we await the verdict in the trial of two University of Ottawa hockey players charged with sexual assault, I am thinking, not of the accused, whose careers may be affected by a guilty verdict, but of the victim, whose life is irrevocably altered no matter what happens.
  Convicted or not, and they usually aren’t, men charged with sexual assault seem to come out OK. Steeped in denial, buoyed by rape myths, surrounded by supporters invested in their innocence, they are rarely diminished by t
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @quito_maggi joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ONtario PC leadership race: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @quito_maggi joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ONtario PC leadership race: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Jason White is at the @ICCOttawa this morning for the #InternationalWomensDay breakfast event being hosted by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Jason White is at the @ICCOttawa this morning for the #InternationalWomensDay breakfast event being hosted by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• McKenna: How to run – like a girl – for political office

  08-03-2018 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are the facts: In Ottawa, only four of 22 city councillors are women. That’s a dismal 18 per cent of council. In cities across Canada, on average women make up only 26 per cent of the councillors. Women make up more than half of our population. We need politics to be representative of the population it serves.
  In Ottawa, there is momentum to change this. Councillor Diane Deans is calling for a women’s bureau, and Mayor Jim Watson has shown support for gender parity on all commit
  
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• The forecast is predicating a significant amount of snow

  08-03-2018 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  But wait, there’s more! Snow that is.
  Ottawa was dusted with 3.2 cm of white stuff Wednesday and we may get another 13 cm before the weekend.
  For Thursday, Environment Canada predicts periods of snow adding up to 2 to 4 cm and a high of 0 c.
  A dog called “Guilbert” catches a ball as he runs through snow.
  Overnight, expect 5 cm more with a low of -3 C.
  Friday’s forecast is for periods of snow totaling 2 to 4 cm, a high of 1 C and a low of -4 C with a 40 per cent chance of
  
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• MILCK on writing her breakthrough hit: "I was finally free"

  08-03-2018 14:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  MILCK is the stage name for Connie Lim, the L.A.-based singer-songwriter who co-wrote the song, Quiet, a powerful ballad that’s become the unofficial anthem of the women’s movement. Lynn Saxberg spoke to the artist/activist about writing it, and how it changed her life. (The interview was edited for length.)
  Q: You have a new EP, This is Not The End, but most people recognize you from the song, Quiet. I understand you had been trying to express that sentiment for a while. 
  A: I
  
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• Bystanders may have saved hockey player, 44, with quick shock: Paramedics

  08-03-2018 14:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bystanders and arena staff who quickly started the “chain of survival” may have saved the life of a 44-year-old man who collapsed during a hockey game at the Bell Sensplex Wednesday night.
  Paramedics responded to a call for sudden cardiac arrest at the facility on Maplegrove Road in Kanata at 7:44 p.m.
  By the time they arrived, witnesses had started CPR and delivered a shock with an Automated External Defibrillators (AED).
  “Without bystanders jumping into action, this man
  
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• Tax time means increase in fraud: OPP: bit.ly/2Fwms0H https://t.co/FmbVUASo0D

  08-03-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  
  Tax time means increase in fraud: OPP: bit.ly/2Fwms0H https://t.co/FmbVUASo0D
  
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• Ready?? Spring forward this weekend; one less hour of sleep: bit.ly/2oSoajk @jilltaylor680 https://t.co/P5VwXY1nI7

  08-03-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  
  Ready?? Spring forward this weekend; one less hour of sleep: bit.ly/2oSoajk@jilltaylor680 https://t.co/P5VwXY1nI7
  
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• Mexico, Canada and others may be exempted from US tariffs: bit.ly/2G6MIwv https://t.co/1dmOeOiPP5

  08-03-2018 11:18 via twitter.com
  
  Mexico, Canada and others may be exempted from US tariffs: bit.ly/2G6MIwv https://t.co/1dmOeOiPP5
  
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• Ontario will not have balanced budget on March 28, finance minister says: bit.ly/2IbKhsZ https://t.co/Tga9Nru2sa

  08-03-2018 11:09 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario will not have balanced budget on March 28, finance minister says: bit.ly/2IbKhsZ https://t.co/Tga9Nru2sa
  
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• Viola Desmond takes her place as Canadian civil rights icon with new $10 bill: bit.ly/2FpLsU2 https://t.co/gcBXcq60dl

  08-03-2018 11:01 via twitter.com
  
  Viola Desmond takes her place as Canadian civil rights icon with new $10 bill: bit.ly/2FpLsU2 https://t.co/gcBXcq60dl
  
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• Angus Reid poll boosts prospects for Elliott, Mulroney in PC leadership race: Ford seen as polarizing figure

  08-03-2018 09:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There isn’t much good news for Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Doug Ford in the online poll conducted by Angus Reid Institute, which bills itself as a national, non-partisan polling organization.
  Roughly half of the 807 Ontario adults surveyed March 6 and 7 have an unfavourable opinion of Ford, a businessman and former Toronto city councillor, while just 27 per cent said they viewed him favourably. In sharp contrast, the poll suggested more Ontario voters are favourab
  
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• The deadline for those wanting to vote in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race is being extended by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-03-2018 08:46 via twitter.com
  The deadline for those wanting to vote in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race is being extended by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Conference on guns and gangs in the capital ottawamatters.com/local-news/con…

  08-03-2018 06:32 via twitter.com
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• Heritage Ottawa looks to unite Canada against Chateau Laurier expansion ottawamatters.com/local-news/her… #ottnews https://t.co/ZlzqFE2qtw

  08-03-2018 05:38 via twitter.com
  
  Heritage Ottawa looks to unite Canada against Chateau Laurier expansionottawamatters.com/local-news/her… #ottnews https://t.co/ZlzqFE2qtw
  
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• Tax time means increase in fraud ottawamatters.com/local-news/tax… https://t.co/vkWMb55TFp

  08-03-2018 05:11 via twitter.com
  
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• Registration period for Ontario Tory leadership vote extended by one day ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… #onpoli

  08-03-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
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• Petition to close shelters now gone at 'SaveTheMarket.ca' ottawamatters.com/local-news/pet… #ottnews

  08-03-2018 04:10 via twitter.com
  Petition to close shelters now gone at 'SaveTheMarket.ca'ottawamatters.com/local-news/pet… #ottnews
  
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• Canada, Mexico and others may be exempted from US tariffs ottawamatters.com/national-busin… #ottawamatters #1310news https://t.co/aqVavkPHdw

  08-03-2018 03:55 via twitter.com
  
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• Registration period for Ontario Tory leadership vote extended by one day ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… #onpoli #ottnews

  08-03-2018 03:08 via twitter.com
  Registration period for Ontario Tory leadership vote extended by one dayottawamatters.com/around-ontario… #onpoli #ottnews
  
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