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• The Latest: Doctor: Hospital got 10 injured in bridge fall ottawamatters.com/world-news/the… https://t.co/qDyC5XhSNk

  15-03-2018 23:47 via twitter.com
  
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• Ontario Winter Games offers to replace medals after incorrect French translation

  15-03-2018 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Something was lost in translation.
  And the Ontario Winter Games organizing committee plans to do something about it — by replacing some or all of the awarded medals containing a flawed French translation of the athletes’ oath.
  The oath, which appeared on the back of each medal, said in English: “For the glory of sport and the honour of our teams in the spirit of true sportsmanship.”
  In French, the word teams (équipes) was missing, as was the letter ‘p’
  
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• City seeks higher fines for pushy tow truck drivers

  15-03-2018 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa is asking for increased fines for tow truck drivers who breach a 100-metre buffer around a crash scene.
  According to a memo to council’s community and protective services committee, the city applied to the chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice for a “significant increase” to the penalty. The current fine is $190, but it can be reduced to $160 for early payment.
  The memo from bylaw chief Roger Chapman doesn’t say what the city believes the fine s
  
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• Egan: Busted wheelchair puts brakes on man's Cuban getaway

  15-03-2018 22:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Darrel Scott had a serious stroke 12 years ago — collapsed outside on a frigid winter night — and had to relearn the basics, like write and hold things with his wrong hand, at age 53.
  To this day, his right side is compromised, making his electric wheelchair a lifeline.
  In this week of March break, when half the world is on the go, he is retelling his travel misadventure from last fall, a saga not yet over.
  After research about the resort, he booked a one-week trip to Varadero,
  
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• Carleton students feel the crunch as support staff strike drags on

  15-03-2018 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  As a support staff strike at Carleton University reaches the end of its second week, one student is worried the closing of a mentor program means science students will be without guidance at a critical time of the year.
  Biology student Jared Browning, who’s in his sixth and final year at Carleton, said because of the strike, the Science Student Success Centre (SSSC) has been shut down. He’s worried fellow students will struggle without the peer mentoring program he voluntee
  
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• STORY: Wynne Liberal government to deliver throne speech on Monday ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/eYcVsuR42i

  15-03-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Police charge Ottawa man after allegedly stolen vehicle stolen crashes after chase

  15-03-2018 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have charged a man after an allegedly stolen vehicle from Ottawa crashed during a police chase on Sunday.
  The chase began in the late evening when Central Hastings OPP informed officers at the Bancroft detachment about a vehicle nearly crashing into police vehicles, and failing to stop, on Highway 62.
  Police said they tracked the offending vehicle down, but were evaded while trying to get it to stop. An attempt to deflate the vehicle’s tire was unsuccessful.
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• National Gallery must change plans after Science and Tech Museum's troubles

  15-03-2018 20:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Construction problems at the Canada Science and Technology Museum have forced the National Gallery of Canada to make fresh storage plans for some of its own collection.
  The museum is building a new Collections and Conservation Centre, intended to store its own collection and some of the gallery’s as well. It will open next year.
  But the design of the Collections building changed after it was first approved.
  Costs went up sharply from the initial estimates. For instance, the cost of special
  
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• ICYMI: Gatineau implementing garbage litre limit ottawamatters.com/local-news/gat… https://t.co/NnOArNZtlK

  15-03-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  
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• BREAKING: Pedestrian bridge collapses at university ottawamatters.com/world-news/ped… https://t.co/YdwFYCgOwF

  15-03-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  
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• CHEO gets $105 million to contain special needs services under one roof

  15-03-2018 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  After years of sending children and their families across the city for outpatient mental health and special needs services, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario will get a long-awaited new building to contain those services under one youth-friendly roof.
  Premier Kathleen Wynne made the announcement during a visit to CHEO Thursday morning. The news brought some families and staff who have long lobbied for the “one-door” approach to pediatric services, to tears.
  The provinc
  
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• Lyft hits Ottawa streets, gives passengers option to 'round up' for CHEO

  15-03-2018 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lyft is hitting the streets of Ottawa on Thursday.
  The ride-ordering company, which announced in February it would be launching in the capital, has been granted a private transportation company (PTC) licence from the city and is accepting passengers. Lyft was scheduled to be online in Ottawa as of 2:30 p.m.
  Aaron Zifkin, managing director of Lyft for Canada.
  Aaron Zifkin, Lyft’s managing director for Canada, wouldn’t say how many drivers the company has signed up for Day 1
  
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• UPDATE: @OttFire on the scene of a house fire in Becon Hill South. No injuries reported. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  15-03-2018 19:34 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: @OttFire on the scene of a house fire in Becon Hill South. No injuries reported. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Show your bus driver you care this weekend, says OC Transpo

  15-03-2018 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo is asking the public to say “thanks” to their bus driver over the weekend for Transit Driver Appreciation Day.
  “OC Transpo, Para Transpo and O-Train Operators are on the road seven days a week and often drive in very complex traffic and weather conditions to safely get you where you need to go,” the agency said in a post on its website.
  Transit Driver Appreciation Day is officially on Sunday, but will be celebrated on Friday and Saturday as well, the transit ag
  
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• Brown and Gagnon: Why we need 'safe' spaces to consume cannabis

  15-03-2018 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Safe consumption of legal and illegal substances is of particular concern to Canada’s nurses. Nurses have been at the forefront of challenging political barriers that restricted the implementation of safer consumption spaces, including supervised injection services. As nurses, we know that the spaces in which substance use occurs and the laws that govern where individuals are permitted to use substances are relevant to the health of both people who use drugs and the broader public.
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• Going to a St. Paddy's Day party? Make sure you don't get a visit from Ottawa bylaw

  15-03-2018 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa bylaw is encouraging people to enjoy their St. Patrick’s Day celebrations this weekend — just as long as they’re not too loud.
  Bylaw tweeted they are “aware of several large house parties” planned for Saturday and are expecting to have more officers patrolling the streets than usual, while working closely with Ottawa police.
  ALSO: Top 50 Irish proverbs and sayings you should know for St. Patrick’s Day
  According to the city’s noise bylaw,
  
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• Police seek info on suspect who allegedly broke into same residence twice

  15-03-2018 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are looking for a male suspect after two break and enters at the same east-end residence in February and December.
  On Feb. 7 around 5:51 a.m., police said a man entered a home on Tilson Street in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood. No items were reported stolen.
  Police also allege the same man broke into the residence in December 2017.
  The suspect is described as a white, unshaven male, sporting a quilted jacket.
  Anyone with information regarding this break and enter, or any other break and
  
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• The ultimate goalball: Visually impaired Algonquin student aims for 2020 Paralympics

  15-03-2018 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  You may never have heard of goalball, but Algonquin student Gen Hart is hoping the sport is her ticket to the 2020 Paralympic games.
  Hart, 21, was born with Wagner syndrome, a genetic and progressive disease that causes vision loss. Hart began to lose her sight at age seven and says she endured some 50 operations until she lost her vision completely at 14.
  When she was sighted, the Orléans native played soccer, baseball and basketball and loved the camaraderie of team sports. Goalball, sh
  
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• NAC Preview: Alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps hits some high notes early in his career

  15-03-2018 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Benjamin Deschamps When: Thursday, March 15, 8:30 p.m. Where: NAC Fourth Stage Tickets: $25 at nac-cna.ca or the NAC box office
  Montreal alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps, who is still a few months shy of 30, has put a big year in his career behind him.
  Last year he was named Radio-Canada’s rising star in jazz, and won the “grand prix révélation” of  the Rimouski Jazz Festival. This year, he’s making greater efforts to bring his quintet’s bracin
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, March 15th: 1:08: @JamesRHutt 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: #BarryWiszniowski 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, March 15th: 1:08: @JamesRHutt 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: #BarryWiszniowski 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Adam: Doug Ford may not play well in urban Ottawa. But he doesn't have to

  15-03-2018 16:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The so-called Ford Nation may be a powerful political force in Toronto, but how Doug Ford plays outside the 416 area will go a long way in determining whether the Progressive Conservatives can win the 63 seats they need for majority government in Ontario.
  Going into this election, the Liberals hold 55 seats, the PCs, 28 and the NDP, 18. For a majority in the new 124-seat legislature, Ford must hold the PC seats and flip 35 more. To do that, he will have to take seats from Liberals everywhere, in
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Andrew_Z_Cohen joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the 'Ford Factor' and Tillerson firing: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Andrew_Z_Cohen joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the 'Ford Factor' and Tillerson firing: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Supreme Court sides with CFL: Arland Bruce's claim for concussion-related damages must go to arbitration

  15-03-2018 15:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  There will be no day in court for Arland Bruce.
  The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday morning it had denied an application by Bruce’s lawyers for leave to appeal two British Columbia court rulings that the former wide receiver must go to arbitration with his claim for concussion-related damages against the Canadian Football League and former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon.
  Bruce’s lawyers had argued his case was an exception to legal precedents, including a 1995 Supreme Court r
  
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• *NEW* Premier Kathleen Wynne announces funding for new integrated children's treatment centre: twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  15-03-2018 15:17 via twitter.com
  *NEW* Premier Kathleen Wynne announces funding for new integrated children's treatment centre: twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Angela Hewitt: 'Pianists retire when they’re 95, or when they drop dead'

  15-03-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Angela HewittThe Bach Odyssey, Part IV8 p.m. March 20, Southam Hall, National Arts CentreLimited tickets remain. Check nac-cna.ca for availability. 
  Not even a broken bone can deter Angela Hewitt from her Bach Odyssey.In the middle of her four-year mission to play all of J.S. Bach’s works for piano, the internationally renowned Ottawa pianist took a tumble down a flight of stairs at a church in England, hours before she was due on stage.Although she wrote about the Jan. 24 accident on
  
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• Gatineau to implement new limits for garbage disposal

  15-03-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau residents will be expected to reduce the amount of their bi-weekly waste disposal to 120 litres starting July 15.
  On Tuesday night, Gatineau city council approved new rules to the municipal collection service with the intent of banning large volumes of compost and recyclable materials that make their way into the trash.
  The city plans to fine households that exceed the 120-litre limit.
  Apartment dwellers will also be encouraged to begin composting. The city plans to visit apartment unit
  
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• What happened the last time someone tried to make Ontario great again? Christine Sismondo joins @_MarkSutcliffe o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 14:47 via twitter.com
  What happened the last time someone tried to make Ontario great again? Christine Sismondo joins @_MarkSutcliffe o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @David_Moscrop & @LMartinWashDC join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @David_Moscrop & @LMartinWashDC join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The sun (remember that big warm thing in the sky?) set for imminent return

  15-03-2018 14:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  After seemingly endless snow and gloom, a glimmer of hope: the weekend looks sunny, if shivery.
  But first Thursday is mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of flurries, northwest winds at 30 km/h gusting to 50 and a high of 1 C.
  There’s a 30 per cent chance of overnight flurries and a low of -8 C.
  Friday starts out mainly cloudy with the skies will start clearing early in the afternoon, Environment Canada predicts. Northwest winds will be blowing at 30 km/h with a high of -2 C and low of
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe for their weekly @macleans on the Hill segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 14:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe for their weekly @macleans on the Hill segment:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Arson squad probes another fire at vacant Orléans home

  15-03-2018 14:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city police arson unit was called in Thursday morning after firefighters doused a blaze at an Orléans home that was already boarded up as unsafe after a January fire.
  Fire crews were summoned to 2243 Pagé Road between Meadowglen Drive and Innes Road at 6:11 a.m. Neighbours spotted smoke and flames but were able to tell a 911 dispatcher that the house was unoccupied.
  Fire crews were summoned to 2243 Pagé Road
  Firefighters didn’t enter the structure, which was w
  
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• 'Jagmeet Singh attended 2016 seminar with Sikh youth leader who advocated political violence' @RobertFife joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 14:09 via twitter.com
  'Jagmeet Singh attended 2016 seminar with Sikh youth leader who advocated political violence'@RobertFife joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Grey with a risk of flurries but sunny by Saturday (yes, sunny!)

  15-03-2018 13:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  After seemingly endless snow and gloom, a glimmer of hope: the weekend looks sunny, if shivery.
  But first Thursday is mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of flurries, northwest winds at 30 km/h gusting to 50 and a high of 1 C.
  There’s a 30 per cent chance of overnight flurries and a low of -8 C.
  Friday starts out mainly cloudy with the skies will start clearing early in the afternoon, Environment Canada predicts. Northwest winds will be blowing at 30 km/h with a high of -2 C and low of
  
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• Driver flees scene after collision leaves one man with injuries

  15-03-2018 13:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A collision at the intersection of Greenbank Road and Iris Street slowed  down traffic this morning in the west end.
  A red Hyundai Sante Fe ran a red light and collided with a small Toyota car, which had been making its way through the intersection.
  The driver of the SUV fled from the scene, running east on Iris.
  6:11 Greenbank/Iris:3 vehicle collision. 1 pt trapped and extricated by @OttFire while being stabilized by Paramedics for chest and arm injuries (M50s, stable condition). Second pt
  
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• Search to resume for 10-year-old Montreal boy missing since Monday: bit.ly/2pcHd7U https://t.co/ICJyOPnpJP

  15-03-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  Search to resume for 10-year-old Montreal boy missing since Monday: bit.ly/2pcHd7U https://t.co/ICJyOPnpJP
  
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• #Orleans home catches fire for third time in three years ottawamatters.com/local-news/orl… #ottnews https://t.co/dAjtYyiZxa

  15-03-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  
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• Elderly woman dead after blaze at Bancroft retirement home

  15-03-2018 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  An elderly woman was found dead after an early-morning fire at a Bancroft retirement home.
  The OPP reports that officers responded at about 4:02 a.m. Thursday to the home on Alice Street in the town about 200 km west of Ottawa.
  The cause of the fire at the R.J. Brooks Centre isn’t yet known but police said that the fire department and officers of the province’s fire marshal and chief coroner are helping with the investigation.
  The victim won’t be identified until her famil
  
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• Alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps hitting some high notes early in his career

  15-03-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Benjamin Deschamps When: Thursday, March 15, 8:30 p.m. Where: NAC Fourth Stage Tickets: $25 at nac-cna.ca or the NAC box office
  Montreal alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps, who is still a few months shy of 30, has put a big year in his career behind him.
  Last year he was named Radio-Canada’s rising star in jazz, and won the “grand prix révélation” of  the Rimouski Jazz Festival. This year, he’s making greater efforts to bring his quintet’s bracin
  
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• Today's letters: More on the Ontario election

  15-03-2018 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Readers are interested in the new Ontario PC leader, Doug Ford, though there’s little agreement on just what sort of leader he will be. You can add your voice on this or any other topic at: [email protected]
  Our guidelines are here.
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  All PCs should get behind the new leader
  Re: Doug Ford drags the Ontario PCs further into the abyss, March 12.
  Not so long ago, Randall Denley was hoping to become an elected MPP in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, vowing to oust Prem
  
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• Act now or forever play global catch up on clean technology: Report: bit.ly/2IpPqh8 https://t.co/b9UPIkZECQ

  15-03-2018 10:45 via twitter.com
  
  Act now or forever play global catch up on clean technology: Report: bit.ly/2IpPqh8 https://t.co/b9UPIkZECQ
  
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• Police nab two of three in Rockland armed robbery: bit.ly/2FVFM7C https://t.co/TiFHWelOA1

  15-03-2018 10:36 via twitter.com
  
  Police nab two of three in Rockland armed robbery: bit.ly/2FVFM7C https://t.co/TiFHWelOA1
  
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• California toy maker considers bid for Toys "R" Us Canada as U.K. stores close: bit.ly/2FFNFyw https://t.co/u7WKMadZ6Z

  15-03-2018 10:07 via twitter.com
  
  California toy maker considers bid for Toys "R" Us Canada as U.K. stores close: bit.ly/2FFNFyw https://t.co/u7WKMadZ6Z
  
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• More local farmers dealing with cat crisis. A problem that's costing farmers hundreds of dollars a month, and res… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 06:34 via twitter.com
  More local farmers dealing with cat crisis. A problem that's costing farmers hundreds of dollars a month, and res… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The head of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says new P-C leader Doug Ford has a superficial grasp of iss… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 05:23 via twitter.com
  The head of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says new P-C leader Doug Ford has a superficial grasp of iss… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Sobeys in no rush to join grocery delivery wars even as race to market heats up ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  15-03-2018 04:56 via twitter.com
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• Magna International partnering with Lyft on self-driving vehicle systems ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  15-03-2018 04:43 via twitter.com
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• Federal privacy commissioner launches investigation into Loblaw gift card policy ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/mGR5uS0G8V

  15-03-2018 04:20 via twitter.com
  
  Federal privacy commissioner launches investigation into Loblaw gift card policy ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/mGR5uS0G8V
  
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• Ottawa Gas Prices ottawamatters.com/gas-prices https://t.co/vmC4LXwhe8

  15-03-2018 04:02 via twitter.com
  
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• Stephen Hawking helped elevate Canada's science profile ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/qbrdXSeKWh

  15-03-2018 03:50 via twitter.com
  
  Stephen Hawking helped elevate Canada's science profile ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/qbrdXSeKWh
  
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