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• Bill Teron, 1932-2018: 'Father of Kanata' left his mark around the world

  12-03-2018 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  William “Bill” Teron was, among other things,  a developer, a building innovator, a patron of the arts, a philanthropist and a senior public servant. 
  But to many, he was nothing less than a visionary with a grasp of both the sweeping picture and the small details.
  Teron was the last surviving member of the “big three” developers of postwar Ottawa who helped to shape the rapidly-expanding city, along with the Greenbergs of Minto and Robert Campeau. Teron ha
  
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• City missed a chance to make train names more diverse, critics say

  12-03-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Critics say the city had the opportunity to select more diverse names for its Confederation Line LRT and Trillium Line trains, judging by the full list of nearly 2,000 entries submitted by children.
  Community organizer Rachel Décoste and Jeremy Dias, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, wrote to Mayor Jim Watson last month criticizing the lack of diversity in the 40 winning entries selected by the city. Twenty other people from the community also
  
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• Reps with @CampFortune expect repairs to be complete Tues. & main chairlift to be operational following weekend equ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  Reps with @CampFortune expect repairs to be complete Tues. & main chairlift to be operational following weekend equ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek missing woman, last seen in Alta Vista

  12-03-2018 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family of an Ottawa woman missing since Sunday is “greatly concerned for her safety,” according to Ottawa police.
  Caroline (Carrie) Babbitt, 27, was last seen around 4 p.m. in the Alta Vista area.
  She is described as white, 5’7″, weighing 135-140 pounds and with long blonde wavy hair. She was least seen wearing a long black North Face coat and grey Roots boots.
  Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call Ottawa police at 613-236-1222.
  If you
  
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• Reevely: Doug Ford promises business subsidies by another name

  12-03-2018 21:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Businesses can expect an end to corporate welfare if Doug Ford gets to be premier. They’ll have to get ready for tailored tax-incentive packages instead.
  Do these sound like kind of the same thing? Yeah, getting a handle on what the new Progressive Conservative leader stands for is a bit of a job. Maybe the next three months, until the June provincial election that could make him premier, will be different from the six weeks of the Tory leadership campaign.
  Take industrial subsidies, a meg
  
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• House explosion in Pembroke result of 'drug lab': Petawawa man charged ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ho… https://t.co/MS2ayRaKVZ

  12-03-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  House explosion in Pembroke result of 'drug lab': Petawawa man charged ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ho… https://t.co/MS2ayRaKVZ
  
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• MISSING: 27 y.o. Caroline Babbitt, last seen in the Alta Vista area Mar. 11. If you've seen her or know where she i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  MISSING: 27 y.o. Caroline Babbitt, last seen in the Alta Vista area Mar. 11. If you've seen her or know where she i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ICYMI: Police seek suspect in February break in at Vanier long-term care residence ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po… https://t.co/AAIybMiOII

  12-03-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Police seek suspect in February break in at Vanier long-term care residenceottawamatters.com/police-beat/po… https://t.co/AAIybMiOII
  
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• #SmithsFalls residents asked to restrict water use as crews repair water main break. The water is safe to drink.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
  #SmithsFalls residents asked to restrict water use as crews repair water main break. The water is safe to drink.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: In defence of the #MeToo movement

  12-03-2018 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers react to one of the columns we ran last week on the #MeToo movement. You can share your thoughts, too, on this or any other topic, at: [email protected]
  Please review our guidelines here.
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  Who are the targets of sexual predators?
  Re: Why #MeToo is not for me, March 10.
  Iris Winston knows she is no “delicate flower.” Good for her. Not halfway through her essay, we readers know she has a husband; and we know of his good manners, too. We also read of Win
  
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• Apple buying Texture digital magazine service from group that includes Rogers ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/lkU7K8hFkZ

  12-03-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
  
  Apple buying Texture digital magazine service from group that includes Rogers ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/lkU7K8hFkZ
  
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• Montreal Dining Diary I: Montréal En Lumiere and a waste-free dinner at Le Blumenthal

  12-03-2018 19:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Each winter for the last six years, I’ve come to get my hopes (and appetite) up in advance of attending Montréal En Lumiere.
  For food lovers, the annual culture and gastronomy festival gathers many more restaurants than you could possibly attend during its two-week run under its organizational and promotional umbrella. As a guest of the event, I’ve been spoiled for choices each year and reliably had some very memorable meals that featured the creations of visiting chefs from a
  
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• Pembroke man charged after explosion of home drug lab

  12-03-2018 18:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 31-year-old man is facing three charges after the explosion of a butane marijuana extraction laboratory inside a home on D’Arcy Street in Pembroke.
  On Thursday, March 8, Upper Ottawa Valley OPP arrived to the scene and found a man and a three month old inside the residence. The occupants of the home were sent to hospital for precautionary measures. No injuries were reported.
  Police said the explosion was the result of a “clandestine drug laboratory,” and search warrants were
  
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• OPP targets distracted drivers in March Break campaign

  12-03-2018 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police will be cracking down on inattentive drivers with a distracted driving campaign starting Monday until the end of the week.
  For a fifth consecutive year, distracted driving remains the deadliest cause of road fatalities, with 83 deaths on OPP-patrolled roads in 2017. That number surpasses speed-related, seat belt-related, and alcohol and drug-related deaths for the year.
  Since Ontario distracted driving laws took effect in 2009, there have been 692 fatalities involving d
  
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• Police look for help identifying care home B&E suspect

  12-03-2018 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in a weekend break and enter at an east-end long-term care home.
  Police said the break-in happened around 10:57 p.m. on Saturday at an office inside the residence, located on the 700 block of Montreal Road.
  A male suspect allegedly made off with an unspecified amount of cash.
  The suspect is described as white, in his early 50s and about 5-10. Police said he wore prescription glasses, has brown hair and a moustache.
  Anyone
  
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• Trottier: Trump is woefully unready for talks with North Korea's Kim

  12-03-2018 16:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The announcement that Donald Trump had agreed to a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un caught everyone, including the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, South Korean envoys and North Korea, by surprise. It was classic Trump: Act first and think later.
  His decision was driven by Trump’s impulsive personality, a reality TV view of the world, an obsession with doing the opposite of past presidents and the conviction that he is an unmatched deal-maker. This was not part of a long-t
  
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• Ottawa research team gets to the marrow of astronaut missions

  12-03-2018 16:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s not easy to sell NASA and a group of astronauts on the merits of a particular study.
  Pitches come from all over. Months prior to a space mission, astronauts will eyeball a list of proposed studies to undertake en route and check them off with a pen: yes, no. Yes. No.
  Fourteen astronauts, as well as NASA and the Canadian Space Agency said YES to a group of Ottawa researchers currently undertaking the first space-related study of bone marrow.
  Led by principal investigator Dr. Guy Trudel
  
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• Coming up at 11: @davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ONtario PC leadership race: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ONtario PC leadership race:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police looking for help identifying B&E suspects

  12-03-2018 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men suspected of a break-and-enter and robbery at a Carp business.
  The incident took place on Saturday, March 3 around 1 a.m., when two men allegedly forced their way into the side door of a commercial building in the 1400 block of Diamondview Road and stole a large quantity of tools.
  Both suspects are described as Caucasians in their 20s. One was wearing a two-tone jacket with a hooded shirt underneath, while the other wore
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:@mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live:Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tim McGraw collapses on stage during Ireland performance: bit.ly/2p4DM3c https://t.co/0ELBpZGEPN

  12-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  
  Tim McGraw collapses on stage during Ireland performance: bit.ly/2p4DM3c https://t.co/0ELBpZGEPN
  
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• Coming up at 9:50 @WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest entertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:50@WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latestentertainment news: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:40: @Randall_Denley joins @_marksutcliffe on the PC leadership race: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:40:@Randall_Denley joins @_marksutcliffe on the PC leadership race: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: With Doug Ford as leader, can the PCs win the next provincial election?

  12-03-2018 14:31 via twitter.com
  POLL: With Doug Ford as leader, can the PCs win the next provincial election?
  
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• Quebec police say missing teen located

  12-03-2018 14:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Sûreté du Quebec issued a release stating that a 14-year-old girl has been located.
  She was said to be safe and sound.
  Police thank the public for their assistance.
  
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• Reminder: Major Elgin Street reconstruction begins today

  12-03-2018 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A two-year project to rebuild infrastructure on Elgin Street begins Monday, and traffic will be disrupted in the downtown core.
  The first phase involves reducing traffic on Elgin, from McLeod Street to Waverley Street, to a single lane in each direction, to accommodate Bell Canada infrastructure upgrades in the area.
  The work by Bell to replace aging telephone and internet lines will last approximately eight weeks, into the first week of May.
  Elgin Street construction.
  Parking will be prohi
  
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• Spring forward? 8 cm more snow is on the way

  12-03-2018 12:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  You got up in the dark again and more wintry weather is on the way.
  But not for long: the forecast is for a spring-like 5 C and some sunshine by the weekend.
  In the meantime, Environment Canada is predicting cloudy skies with a 40 per cent chance of flurries Monday with a high of 2 C then on Monday night, snow which will total 2-4 cm starts as the mercury dips to -3 C.
  More periods of snow are on tap for Tuesday, again totaling 2-4 cm, with a high of 0 C.
  (The good news? You don’t live out
  
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• Sick leave skyrockets among teachers, classroom aides in Ottawa public school board

  12-03-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s public school board is struggling to figure out what to do about teachers and classroom aides who are increasingly calling in sick.
  The average number of sick days taken by employees at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has soared by 38 per cent over the past four years, from 7.85 days in 2012-13 to 10.87 days last school year.
  The increase has been fed mainly by large jumps in sick leave among elementary teachers, early childhood educators who work in kindergarten classes
  
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• Union president issues letter to Carleton students: bit.ly/2FKJi4M @OttawaMatters https://t.co/GSeKSsiURr

  12-03-2018 11:30 via twitter.com
  
  Union president issues letter to Carleton students: bit.ly/2FKJi4M @OttawaMatters https://t.co/GSeKSsiURr
  
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• More snow for Ottawa this week: twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  12-03-2018 11:21 via twitter.com
  More snow for Ottawa this week: twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• Is Daylight Saving Time a waste of time? bit.ly/2FA547U @OttawaMatters https://t.co/hbUGpmBNWE

  12-03-2018 11:15 via twitter.com
  
  Is Daylight Saving Time a waste of time? bit.ly/2FA547U @OttawaMatters https://t.co/hbUGpmBNWE
  
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• Nearly two years of construction begin on Elgin Street ottawamatters.com/local-news/nea… #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/F42nk7ZlXE

  12-03-2018 11:09 via twitter.com
  
  Nearly two years of construction begin on Elgin Street ottawamatters.com/local-news/nea… #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/F42nk7ZlXE
  
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• Carleton University women's basketball team wins national title: bit.ly/2GhKxGb @OttawaMatters https://t.co/K4TcbQrgNh

  12-03-2018 11:03 via twitter.com
  
  Carleton University women's basketball team wins national title: bit.ly/2GhKxGb @OttawaMatters https://t.co/K4TcbQrgNh
  
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• Trudeau to kick off tour of steel and aluminum factories in Quebec: bit.ly/2FB5cUP @OttawaMatters https://t.co/OdKPqPoS9z

  12-03-2018 10:53 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau to kick off tour of steel and aluminum factories in Quebec: bit.ly/2FB5cUP @OttawaMatters https://t.co/OdKPqPoS9z
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder in fatal Napanee crash: bit.ly/2p2Tfkq @OttawaMatters https://t.co/JQM7eiHa84

  12-03-2018 10:44 via twitter.com
  
  Man charged with first-degree murder in fatal Napanee crash: bit.ly/2p2Tfkq @OttawaMatters https://t.co/JQM7eiHa84
  
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• NYPD confirms 5 passengers in helicopter crash are dead: bit.ly/2Ijy1H1 @OttawaMatters https://t.co/NRflYYmNOy

  12-03-2018 10:22 via twitter.com
  
  NYPD confirms 5 passengers in helicopter crash are dead: bit.ly/2Ijy1H1 @OttawaMatters https://t.co/NRflYYmNOy
  
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• Missing teen could be in Ottawa, Gatineau area: bit.ly/2IkzVqH @OttawaMatters https://t.co/duNEVQqOC2

  12-03-2018 10:12 via twitter.com
  
  Missing teen could be in Ottawa, Gatineau area: bit.ly/2IkzVqH @OttawaMatters https://t.co/duNEVQqOC2
  
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• Christine Elliott concedes Ontario Tory leadership to Doug Ford after a review: bit.ly/2FyNAss… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-03-2018 10:05 via twitter.com
  Christine Elliott concedes Ontario Tory leadership to Doug Ford after a review: bit.ly/2FyNAss… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec police seek missing teen

  12-03-2018 02:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Sûreté du Quebec have asked for the public’s help in finding 14-year-old Anna Paquette.
  Police said Sunday night that the girl had been missing from the Mansfield area since Saturday.
  A police news release said she could be the MRC Pontiac or Gatineau or on the Ontario side in the Pembroke or Ottawa areas.
  
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• Eastern Ontario PC MPPs comment on Doug Ford leadership win

  12-03-2018 02:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod
  “I just had to endure a very tense and turbulent eight weeks, and before that things weren’t always the best, either, in terms of the political corruption that we were contending with.
  “I’ll be perfectly honest. I see today as a new dawn.”
  MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton) minutes before meeting with Doug Ford on Sunday in Toronto
   
  Lanark — Frontenac — Lennox- Addington MPP Randy Hillier
  “I’m very optim
  
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• Opioid outreach worker: 'There are tragic stories behind these women'

  12-03-2018 00:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa midwife Amy McGee has been known to meet pregnant women who are dependent on opioids almost anywhere. At home, on the street, in a coffee shop. Even in jail. 
  Most of her patients don’t have a family doctor. Many also don’t have a health card, and so have no way to access health care. They often need bus passes, a stable place to live and food security.
  “The system is nearly impossible to navigate without support. There are so many ways to fall through the cracks,&r
  
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• How one hospital is helping the mothers and babies caught up in the opioid crisis

  12-03-2018 00:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the time came near to have her baby, Rebecca Dowds was terrified the newborn would be snatched away by child welfare authorities.
  Dowds was dependent on prescription opioids.
  It was October 2015, but since 2013, she had been taking Percocet, a narcotic pain reliever containing a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, to treat spinal pain and sciatica. With the help of her obstetrician, she had weaned herself from six to three pills a day. “I got stuck at the three-pill point,&
  
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• Ottawa research team gets to the marrow of astronauts mission

  12-03-2018 00:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s not easy to sell NASA and a group of astronauts on the merits of a particular study.
  Pitches come from all over. Months prior to a space mission, astronauts will eyeball a list of proposed studies to undertake en route and check them off with a pen: yes, no. Yes. No.
  Fourteen astronauts, as well as NASA and the Canadian Space Agency said YES to a group of Ottawa researchers currently undertaking the first space-related study of bone marrow.
  Led by principal investigator Dr. Guy Trudel
  
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• When delivering health data means lying down on the job

  12-03-2018 00:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  In theory, it sounds like the perfect job.
  Lie around all day and get paid for it.
  Be careful what you wish for. Volunteers for a study in Toulouse, France had to lie face down, in a bed, 24 hours a day for two months, providing a range of medical data, including the impact of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant supplements on immobile subjects.
  The study, which had similarities to the ongoing Ottawa MARROW study, was backed by the European and French Space Agencies interested in extrapolating the
  
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