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• Stuntman Stu meets bone marrow donor who saved his life

  19-03-2018 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  How do you thank a person who saved your life?
  That is a question that has been running through Stuntman Stu Schwartz’s mind for months since he learned he would be meeting his anonymous bone marrow donor for the first time.
  Schwartz, a Majic 100 morning radio host and Ottawa Senators home game announcer, was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2016 and after aggressive treatment, he learned he would need a bone-marrow transplant within three months. After an exhaustive search locally and
  
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• The nation's capital has given birth to some of the 5G revolution

  19-03-2018 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The governments of Canada, Ontario and Quebec are partnering with some of the world’s digital heavyweights to usher in the next generation of wireless technology.
  A $400-million public-private investment will create a corridor of 5G wireless test beds through Canada’s two largest provinces, aimed at giving companies a chance to experiment with new ideas and products that are only now becoming possible thanks to recent breakthroughs in telecommunication technology.
  Speaking at a fundi
  
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• Cops seize around 1,000 alcoholic drinks on St. Patrick's Day

  19-03-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police said they seized about 1,000 alcoholic beverages, fielded 10 service calls for noise and issued 31 provincial offence notices on a busy St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday.
  Police and bylaw teams teamed up to canvas neighbourhoods like Sandy Hill and the ByWard Market for the “community safety education initiative” between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
  Most of the provincial offence notices were for alcohol consumption on public property or trespassing, said police. 
  At one ra
  
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• Citizen journalists claim two National Newspaper Award nominations

  19-03-2018 22:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Citizen was nominated for a pair of National Newspaper Awards on Monday, with Christina Spencer earning a nod for her editorials, and Ashley Fraser honoured in the feature photography category.
  Spencer, who became the Citizen’s editorial pages editor in 2016, had previously covered all levels of government as a reporter and editor, in the process developing expertise in many federal, provincial and local matters.
  She won a National Newspaper Award in 1998 for her international r
  
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• City hall blog: OC Transpo monitoring Presto fare gate problems in Toronto

  19-03-2018 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Toronto Transit Commission is having problems with fare gates that work with Presto cards. It’s not great news for OC Transpo, since the transit agency in Ottawa uses a similar fare gate made by the same manufacturer.
  The Toronto Star reported last week that the TTC paused the installation of fare gates while it works out problems with the hardware and software. There seems to be a high failure rate of the motors in the gates, which is obviously a problem if customers are tapping their
  
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• Legionnaires' bacteria levels higher than thought in some federal buildings

  19-03-2018 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa company that tests for infection-causing bacteria says the germs that cause Legionnaires’ disease went above acceptable levels in more than one-third of federal government buildings it sampled last summer.
  Four of the 51 buildings tested were at least 10 times over the limit for Legionella bacteria. One building was at least 100 times over the limit. 
  But none of the buildings are being publicly identified by Public Services and Procurement Canada, which sponsored the resear
  
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• Ottawa councillors want better city response if spring floods return

  19-03-2018 21:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  City of Ottawa officials aren’t expecting a repeat of the devastating spring floods that swamped outlying communities along the Ottawa River last year, but they have assembled a task force, just in case.
  Councillors who represent the hardest hit areas during the spring 2017 floods say they hope the city has learned a lesson from last year’s shortcomings.
  “Last year, despite repeated requests from the community and my office, it took the city administration several days to respo
  
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• VIA Rail given funding for new fleet in Quebec City-Windsor corridor

  19-03-2018 21:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government will offer funding to help VIA Rail replace its fleet in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, which includes its trains in Ottawa, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Monday.
  New trains are expected to be running by 2022, according to VIA Rail. The national passenger service will soon be launching a request for qualifications, followed by a request for proposals. 
  The unspecified amount to replace the current Quebec City-Windsor corridor fleet was proposed in the r
  
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• The @OttawaPolice is identifying a man, accused of sexually assaulting a 36-year-old woman inside her apartment. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  19-03-2018 21:26 via twitter.com
  The @OttawaPolice is identifying a man, accused of sexually assaulting a 36-year-old woman inside her apartment. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ontario budget to include major investments in health care: throne speech ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/dhmQjgTMCA

  19-03-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario budget to include major investments in health care: throne speechottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/dhmQjgTMCA
  
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• Canadian governments partner with global tech companies to prepare for 5G future ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/qWnEcf0fq3

  19-03-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  
  Canadian governments partner with global tech companies to prepare for 5G future ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/qWnEcf0fq3
  
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• NEW: Police divers enter river in search of missing Montreal boy ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/UhA7CuRPtn

  19-03-2018 20:19 via twitter.com
  
  NEW: Police divers enter river in search of missing Montreal boyottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/UhA7CuRPtn
  
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• Local author Marnie Fossitt recounts adventures of rural life

  19-03-2018 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  WINCHESTER — Marnie Fossitt remembers her grandmother’s terrible fear of thunderstorms, she remembers being wrapped in quilts with her three sisters when one would hit, and just listening.
  “She’d tell us stories about her life — she was a real character,’’ Fossitt said of her grandmother, just before the first-time author’s book launch and reading on Saturday afternoon in Winchester.
  Many stories about her grandmother are lovingly told by Fossitt,
  
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• Sam Roberts, Matt Mays headline dragon boat festival

  19-03-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Sam Roberts Band, Broken Social Scene, Wintersleep, Hollerado and Matt Mays will be among this year’s lineup of bands and performers at the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, June 21-24.
  The festival, which is marking its 25th anniversary this year, celebrates culture, art, diversity and sports and attracts about 200 teams each year, while seeing 75,000 attendees over three days. Admission to the Mooney’s Bay festival is free.
  Here is the full concert lineup:
  Thursday, Jun
  
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• #MelnykOut billboards are up

  19-03-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Billboards with the simple message “#MelnykOut” went up in four spots around Ottawa Monday.
  They are the work of Spencer Callaghan, a fan of the Senators but not of the owner, who raised more than $10,000 in a GoFundMe effort.
  #melnykout billboard on Bank St near Riverside in Ottawa, March 19, 2018. Photo by Jean Levac/Postmedia 
  The billboards are slated to be up for two weeks at Ogilvie Road near St. Laurent Boulevard, Hunt Club Road near Paul Benoit Driveway, Bank S
  
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• It will take more than a few Canadian choppers to help Mali

  19-03-2018 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government has now set the stage to claim a Schwarzenegger-style “We’re back!” after finally confirming our long-delayed contribution to United Nations peacekeeping in Mali. But after spending a year in the West African nation, I’m doubtful about what 200 soldiers and a few helicopters will achieve.  
  Canada’s long association with peacekeeping and reputation as a calm presence in the world’s hot zones has taken a serious hit in recent y
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, March 19th: 1:17: #ThroneSpeech 1:30: @ShachiKurl 1:45: @jamesbezan 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 16:47 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, March 19th: 1:17: #ThroneSpeech 1:30: @ShachiKurl 1:45: @jamesbezan 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Don't let the city off the hook over Prince of Wales Bridge, group tells transport minister

  19-03-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A group advocating for the Prince of Wales Bridge is asking federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau to not let the City of Ottawa off the hook so easily when it comes to the interprovincial crossing.
  The grassroots Ottawa River Bridge (ORB), which has a core group of about five people organizing the effort, wrote to Garneau on Monday suggesting that the federal cabinet shouldn’t rescind an order from the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA).
  The order compels the city to restore the rail l
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on what Doug Ford's attempted balance between populism & pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on what Doug Ford's attempted balance between populism & pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Sajjan says 2 Chinooks, 4 Griffons going to Mali – Vance says no decision yet on helicopter numbers

  19-03-2018 16:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Monday that Canada will send to the United Nations mission in Mali two Chinook helicopters and four armed Griffon helicopters to escort them. A few minutes later at the same news conference Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance said the number of helicopters being assigned to the Mali mission have still not been determined as a reconnaissance is to be carried out. “The number of helicopters are to be confirmed once we conduct a recee,” Van
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15 @Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15@Colettod of@abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton strike resumes as mediated talks break down

  19-03-2018 16:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Striking Carleton University support staff returned to the picket lines Monday morning after university and union negotiators met with a mediator for 14 hours Sunday until talks broke down.
  The union representing nearly 850 support staff, library and administrative staff announced some high profile support to bolster its ranks as federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to speak at the Bronson Avenue picket line Tuesday morning, said a statement issued Sunday by CUPE 2424.
  “Momentum continu
  
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• It's still chilly -- but a frostbite advisory for Ottawa is over! twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  19-03-2018 15:58 via twitter.com
  It's still chilly -- but a frostbite advisory for Ottawa is over! twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• An optimist, eh? Robert J. Sawyer talks about 'the Canadian example' and the problem with Star Wars

  19-03-2018 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Does the future belong to Canada?
  It does the way Robert J. Sawyer writes it.
  The Ottawa native has been called the godfather of science fiction in this country. There’s a reason: His books bleed Canadian red and white.
  A recent novel was set in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, drawing on everything from a Jets playoff game to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights to the imagined election of Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi as Canada’s next prime minister.
  Speaking to this newspaper after being name
  
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• Coming up at 11: @MacLeodLisa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on today's Throne Speech: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @MacLeodLisa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on today's Throne Speech: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_marksutcliffe on Throne Speech/ 1st week of Doug Ford: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_marksutcliffe on Throne Speech/ 1st week of Doug Ford: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A man in his 50's suffered smoke inhalation and paramedics also detected carbon monoxide in his blood. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  19-03-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  A man in his 50's suffered smoke inhalation and paramedics also detected carbon monoxide in his blood. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Melnyk Out billboards are up

  19-03-2018 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Billboards with the simple message “Melnyk Out” went up in four spots around Ottawa Monday.
  They are the work of Spencer Callaghan, a fan of the Senators but not of the owner, who raised more than $10,000 in a GoFundMe effort.
  #melnykout billboard on Bank St near Riverside in Ottawa, March 19, 2018. Photo by Jean Levac/Postmedia 
  The billboards are slated to be up for two weeks at Ogilvie Road near St. Laurent Boulevard, Hunt Club Road near Paul Benoit Driveway, Bank S
  
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• Canadian Forces hospital to stay in Iraq until early 2019

  19-03-2018 14:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government is still figuring out how to further contribute to the Iraq mission. But in the meantime it has extended the Canadian military commitment to lead the Role 2 Medical Treatment Facility in Erbil, Iraq, until March 31, 2019. This extension is in response to a request from the United States, the Department of National Defence stated Monday.
  The current Canadian commitment to Iraq is the following: An air mobility Detachment comprised of a CC-150 Polaris aerial refueling
  
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• If you've been enjoying the cold weather then tonight is going to be a blast

  19-03-2018 13:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The good news?
  It’s going to be sunny.
  Today, tomorrow, and really all through the week we should expect bright, clear skies.
  The even better news?
  Today is the last full day of winter.
  Tomorrow at 12:15pm we can officially say hello to spring.
  Winter, however, is not leaving without a fight.
  Facing work or school for the first time in a while today? You’ll have to deal with very non-spring-like temperatures with a high of only -3C.
  Tonight expect the temperature to fall quickly off
  
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• Wynne says the speech will outline government priorities as people deal with "uncertainty in their lives." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  19-03-2018 12:23 via twitter.com
  Wynne says the speech will outline government priorities as people deal with "uncertainty in their lives." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• A nearby bystander was able to help get the woman out of the water after about five minutes. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  19-03-2018 12:11 via twitter.com
  A nearby bystander was able to help get the woman out of the water after about five minutes. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• RECALL: Brand of lean ground beef recalled due to possible presence of E. coli: bit.ly/2HJYDzH https://t.co/AkC49EF2Hl

  19-03-2018 11:55 via twitter.com
  
  RECALL: Brand of lean ground beef recalled due to possible presence of E. coli: bit.ly/2HJYDzH https://t.co/AkC49EF2Hl
  
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• Few political staffers on Parliament Hill report sexual misconduct: survey: bit.ly/2tWi1Ys https://t.co/0M3dV5h5oW

  19-03-2018 11:48 via twitter.com
  
  Few political staffers on Parliament Hill report sexual misconduct: survey: bit.ly/2tWi1Ys https://t.co/0M3dV5h5oW
  
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• Police divers to enter river in search of missing Montreal boy: bit.ly/2pqV8qj https://t.co/kUtTNPU5Ao

  19-03-2018 11:35 via twitter.com
  
  Police divers to enter river in search of missing Montreal boy: bit.ly/2pqV8qj https://t.co/kUtTNPU5Ao
  
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• Today's letters: Cycling, science and a change of language

  19-03-2018 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Room for both LRT and bikes
  With all the foofaraw over whether or not bikes should be allowed on the Confederation Line of the LRT, and what the impact might or might not be on parking, the town of Nunspeet in Holland might afford some perspective. This small town near Utrecht, appears to have no problem finding space for both bikes and cars.
  The photo above was taken in 2017 on a bike tour in Holland which afforded many opportunities to enjoy a quiet drink, in an outdoor patio where the on
  
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• Strike continues for Carleton University support staff: bit.ly/2FJ0TLb @OttawaMatters https://t.co/WG8vyig4rv

  19-03-2018 11:27 via twitter.com
  
  Strike continues for Carleton University support staff: bit.ly/2FJ0TLb @OttawaMatters https://t.co/WG8vyig4rv
  
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• Bridge collapse: Out on errands, killed in an instant: bit.ly/2IAArAZ https://t.co/EyZMxASvyQ

  19-03-2018 11:10 via twitter.com
  
  Bridge collapse: Out on errands, killed in an instant: bit.ly/2IAArAZ https://t.co/EyZMxASvyQ
  
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• Taman: Here's why Jim Watson is wrong about a women's bureau

  19-03-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In an article published nearly 30 years ago, Bertha Wilson – the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada – provocatively asked: “Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference?”
  The legal profession then was struggling not just with how diversity on the bench should be achieved, but why.
  Conventional wisdom of the day argued there was no benefit to increasing diversity among judges, since the very nature of their job meant they were already committed to being imp
  
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• Sabo: OK, fast food totally has us hooked

  19-03-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pass by any Tim Hortons drive-thru in peak morning hours and you’ll wonder if anyone still knows how to pour a bowl of cereal or toast a bagel. Or see how every garbage can in any pedestrian mall is a mountain of takeout coffee cups and other fast-food waste.
  They own us, these food outlets. The essential arm candy for Canadians is neither a micro mini clutch nor a signature tote; it’s a cup of coffee. 
  We’ve become a “need java now” society. We buy a
  
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• Coroner orders review of Indigenous teen's care at CHEO in days before her suicide

  19-03-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The coroner’s office has ordered a quality-of-care review at CHEO in the case of a 13-year-old Indigenous girl who had been admitted to the hospital four times in the days leading to her 2017 suicide at an Ottawa group home.
  Medical records reviewed by this newspaper chronicle the sad, final days of Amy Jane Owen.
  Her death last year, and the death of another Indigenous teen days later at a different Ottawa group home, drew fresh attention to the stories of children who are in care of the
  
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• Brrr! And a chilly start to #spring -- arriving at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow @jilltaylor680 calls for a mainly sunny day… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 10:56 via twitter.com
  Brrr! And a chilly start to #spring -- arriving at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow@jilltaylor680 calls for a mainly sunny day… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Innocent bystander' dies after Toronto shooting that left two dead: bit.ly/2G7AIxe https://t.co/4BIO9L5uoZ

  19-03-2018 10:43 via twitter.com
  
  'Innocent bystander' dies after Toronto shooting that left two dead: bit.ly/2G7AIxe https://t.co/4BIO9L5uoZ
  
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• #MelnykOut billboards rolling out across city today: bit.ly/2FKoyuG @OttawaMatters https://t.co/tyVMgKtdFd

  19-03-2018 10:19 via twitter.com
  
  #MelnykOut billboards rolling out across city today: bit.ly/2FKoyuG@OttawaMatters https://t.co/tyVMgKtdFd
  
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• Fundraising goal for Vice Admiral Norman set at $200,000 as officer heads to court

  19-03-2018 03:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  As Vice Admiral Mark Norman heads to court, a fundraising effort to help the officer with his legal bills has been increased to $200,000. Retired army colonel Lee Hammond of Vancouver had originally set up a GoFundMe account with a goal of raising $50,000.
  The fund quickly reached its original goal.
  But after Norman was charged by the RCMP in relation to the alleged leak of information about a Liberal government plan to derail a project to provide the Royal Canadian Navy with a new supply s
  
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• Missing 24-year-old man located

  19-03-2018 02:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police have reported that Lucas Vigliotti, 24, has been located.
  He was last seen Wednesday. The Ottawa Police Service thanks the public for their assistance in the search.
  
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• When being stopped is no longer cool

  19-03-2018 02:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Violence 360 campaign rolled into Ottawa Sunday morning, the fourth stop on a provincial tour that has included Windsor, Hamilton and Toronto. 
  Financed by the government of Ontario under a $47-million, four-year Black Youth Action Plan, the campaign is designed to prevent incidents of violence by sharing stories on social media about people’s  experiences.
  On the eighth floor of Shopify’s global headquarters, nearly 50 youths, mostly black, listened to local entre
  
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• Inaugural march to raise awareness and funds for concussion support

  19-03-2018 00:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Concussion victims were once restricted to bed rest in a dark room to deal with the symptoms associated with brain trauma.
  Next weekend, concussion survivors and the general public are invited out in broad daylight to march on behalf of concussion awareness and research.
  The University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) is hosting the inaugural March for Concussion on Saturday, March 24 from 1-3 p.m. The one-kilometre march begins at the Urbanism Lab, 40 Elgin St.
  There will be
  
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