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• Rusty Staub, an original member of the Montreal Expos and one of the team's first superstars, has died. He was 73.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Rusty Staub, an original member of the Montreal Expos and one of the team's first superstars, has died. He was 73.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@hydroottawa warns customers of a text message scam. #ottnews #ottcity #Ottawa ottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… https://t.co/EzbIq6RkGh

  29-03-2018 23:25 via twitter.com
  
  .@hydroottawa warns customers of a text message scam. #ottnews #ottcity #Ottawaottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… https://t.co/EzbIq6RkGh
  
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• Long-weekend family fun: Going out best bets, March 29 to April 4

  29-03-2018 23:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Classical
  There’s much to recommend Friday’s concert at Dominion-Chalmers United Church by Ottawa’s Thirteen Strings. At the top of the program are two concertos from Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico. To observe Good Friday, the chamber orchestra will perform Luigi Boccherini’s Stabat Mater, with Toronto soprano Nathalie Paulin rendering the piece’s thoughtful text about Mary and her suffering on Good Friday. The concert will also see the debut
  
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• The strange math behind Bronson Consulting's $195 million lawsuit against the feds

  29-03-2018 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  At the heart of the large contract lost last month by Le Group Conseil Bronson Consulting of Ottawa was a strange anomaly.
  Bronson and its partner, Cox & Kings Ltd., were prepared to charge nothing for the right to operate the government’s visa application networks around the globe. Instead, the government awarded this lucrative business to VF Worldwide Holdings and subsidiary TT Visa Services — which last month signed a five-year deal worth nearly $30 million.
  This counter-intui
  
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• ICYMI: Mediation session adjourns with no deal in Carleton University strike. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/med… https://t.co/MwOKG5Vy6n

  29-03-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Mediation session adjourns with no deal in Carleton University strike. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/med… https://t.co/MwOKG5Vy6n
  
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• Canada 150 program results in 'brain gain' for Canadian universities: Duncan. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/uIUw5Aky5H

  29-03-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
  Canada 150 program results in 'brain gain' for Canadian universities: Duncan.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/uIUw5Aky5H
  
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• Ryerson University launches scholarship for transgender students of colour. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/AV5DzcwgUc

  29-03-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Ryerson University launches scholarship for transgender students of colour.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/AV5DzcwgUc
  
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• Man accused of sexually assaulting women while riding OC Transpo gets bail and bus ban

  29-03-2018 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa man arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted women on city buses has been banned from riding OC Transpo while he awaits trial. 
  Mohamad El-Husseini, 37, won bail on Thursday after his first court appearance on four counts of sexual assault. 
  El-Husseini was released on bail conditions that require him to surrender his passport and stay clear of all OC Transpo stations and property — including future LRT routes. 
  Police allege El-Husseini repeatedly
  
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• Blue Jays kicks off season at home; catch all the action on 1310 NEWS. #ottnews #sports #BlueJays… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 21:24 via twitter.com
  Blue Jays kicks off season at home; catch all the action on 1310 NEWS. #ottnews #sports #BlueJays… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• TD CEO says bank would consider cannabis sector financings once legal. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/a9subnf2cb

  29-03-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  TD CEO says bank would consider cannabis sector financings once legal.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/a9subnf2cb
  
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• Suspect in Centrepointe-area homicide released from custody

  29-03-2018 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The prime suspect arrested Wednesday night in Ottawa’s 10th homicide of the year has been released from custody without charges after he told police he was defending himself against an armed intruder.
  The young man was released from jail minutes before he was scheduled to face charges in court on Thursday afternoon.
  He had turned himself into police Wednesday night after an intruder was killed during a home invasion.
  The dead man was one of two armed intruders who stormed a Nepean home in
  
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• Electropop, jazz and long-weekend family fun: Going out best bets, March 29 to April 4

  29-03-2018 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Classical
  There’s much to recommend Friday’s concert at Dominion-Chalmers United Church by Ottawa’s Thirteen Strings. At the top of the program are two concertos from Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico. To observe Good Friday, the chamber orchestra will perform Luigi Boccherini’s Stabat Mater, with Toronto soprano Nathalie Paulin rendering the piece’s thoughtful text about Mary and her suffering on Good Friday. The concert will also see the debut
  
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• Chaka Khan, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Django Bates added to 2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival's lineup

  29-03-2018 20:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Funk superstar and 10-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan joins the 2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival’s lineup, as will two renowned jazz pianists, American Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Briton Django Bates, who will give indoor concerts at the event.
  Khan, who has collaborated with everyone from Prince to Quincy Jones to Dizzy Gillespie to Stevie Wonder to Miles Davis, will play the festival’s main stage in Festival Plaza on June 25 at 8:30 p.m. The festival runs from June 21 to July 1.
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• Exclusive: Senior Ottawa officer alleges racism, discrimination by police chief in human rights complaint

  29-03-2018 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police inspector who was repeatedly passed over for promotion has a filed a human rights complaint alleging that the chief of police discriminated against him because of his skin colour.
  The police service, however, is defending itself against the “bald allegations” of racial discrimination by saying the officer was openly critical of Chief Charles Bordeleau and therefore “unfit” for promotion.
  Insp. Samir Bhatnagar has been an Ottawa police officer since 1991.
  
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• Kurt Elling CD reviewed

  29-03-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Questions (Okeh Records / Sony Music Masterworks)Kurt Elling
  If you’ve followed vocalist Kurt Elling over the arc of his 25-year career, you’re no doubt familiar with his exuberant persona and the kinds of songs that he sings so well.
  The 50-year-old with the golden pipes can be a larger-than-life performer, both in person and coming out of your headphones. He can win listeners over with powerful and even anthemic versions of jazz standards or classic pop songs, transfixing love
  
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• Aylmer weekly fires reporter, apologizes to Le Droit in plagiarism case

  29-03-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The weekly Aylmer Bulletin newspaper has fired a reporter and issued an apology after discovering two published stories were directly plagiarized from the French-language Le Droit newspaper.
  Le Droit, the capital region’s only French-language daily newspaper, and the Aylmer Bulletin are working together to investigate the extent of the plagiarism.
  “They have been outstanding in collaborating with me,” said Lily Ryan, editor of the Bulletin.
  Ryan, who also co-owns and co-publish
  
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• Fire crews rescue three good dogs who had a bad day from river near Manotick

  29-03-2018 18:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa fire crews were called to the Rideau River Thursday to rescue three dogs in the water on the ice along the Rideau River in Manotick. 
  The department received a call around 11:32 a.m. saying a person on the ice was attempting to help the three dogs.
  “All crews (were) deployed to see how they will assist this person,” said fire spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. 
  The dogs were described as two retrievers and one sheepdog-type dog.
  Shortly after noon, the three animal
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @DrRob_Thacker joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the legacy of Stephen Hawking: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @DrRob_Thacker joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the legacy of Stephen Hawking: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: In defence of Kathleen's Wynne's budget – or not

  29-03-2018 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here’s more from you on the Ontario budget – and a letter about battling Tuberculosis and what Trudeau can do to help. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
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  Budget investment is worth it
  Re: Nanny state – literally, March 29.
  Isn’t it ironic that the very people, including your newspaper’s editorial board, who never tire of criticizing the Ontario government for not addressing the pressing issues of elderly care, child care and health care ar
  
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• .@OttFire on the scene. One person on the ice. Three dogs in the water. #noiceissafeice #ottnews twitter.com/MeehanCarolAnn…

  29-03-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  .@OttFire on the scene. One person on the ice. Three dogs in the water. #noiceissafeice #ottnews twitter.com/MeehanCarolAnn…
  
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• Wanted NB man charged following wrong-way chase along Hwy 401

  29-03-2018 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police have charged a New Brunswick man wanted on a number of warrants in connection with a wrong-way chase along Highway 401 Tuesday that resulted in a crash and injuries to a second driver.
  The chase began Tuesday afternoon when police pulled over a rental truck in South Stormont Township and began questioning the driver.
  “The officer that was talking to him was getting mixed messages about his identity,” said Cst. Tylor Copeland of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry OP
  
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• Suspect in custody in connection with homicide in Centrepointe

  29-03-2018 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have confirmed one person has been arrested in connection with a homicide Wednesday night at a home on Covington Place in the Centrepointe district.
  The major crime unit was tight-lipped Thursday morning about whether charges have been laid and said they were not revealing the identity of the dead man pending notification of his family. Patrol officers blocked off the residential crescent on either side of the house ringed with police tape.
  Police said they received a 911 call
  
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• Quebec police ethics office to investigate Cégep prof's complaint over reporter's arrest

  29-03-2018 18:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Quebec’s police ethics commissioner will investigate a complaint filed by a Montreal Cégep professor objecting to Gatineau police’s March 13 arrest of a Radio Canada reporter.
  Vania Atudorei, a microbiology professor at Cégep Gérald-Blondin in Montreal’s West Island, said he felt “very disappointed” by the news of Antoine Trépanier’s detention on charges of “criminal harassment.”
  “I was outraged, as a teacher, beca
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, March 29th: 1:08: @DrewGROF 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @roccorossiTO 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, March 29th: 1:08: @DrewGROF 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @roccorossiTO 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hunt: Where's Canada's voice on banning so-called 'killer robots'?

  29-03-2018 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The world recently heard the sad news that one of the greatest minds of his generation, Dr. Stephen Hawking, had passed away. A brilliant physicist and cosmologist, Hawking revolutionized our understanding of the universe and brought insights from science to the masses through his bestselling books.
  As well, in recent years Hawking often expressed serious concern that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) “could be a real danger in the not-too-distant future.” In 2015, he was one
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @RyanKennery & @awudrick join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @RyanKennery & @awudrick join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• RND Construction's new development: Farmside Green

  29-03-2018 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  If an eco-friendly, energy-efficient home on the edge of the Experimental Farm sounds like an impossible dream, you’ve clearly not yet heard about RND Construction’s latest venture.
  Farmside Green is a development of 10 new homes — four singles and six semi-detached — that will be located on Kingston Avenue near Fisher Ave., backing onto the 427-hectare Central Experimental Farm. It’s a portion of land that has never been built on before.
  The homes’ square foo
  
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• Coming up NEXT @TalKopan joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss what is happening at the White House: Listen: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 17:12 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT@TalKopan joins @_marksutcliffe to discuss what is happening at the White House: Listen:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• River authority expects minimal spring flooding

  29-03-2018 17:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  With little snowfall and higher temperatures over March, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority expects the majority of 2018 spring flooding in Rideau Valley may have already occurred. 
  Above-normal temperatures in the latter half of February resulted in a a huge amount of snow melting. With little snow and minor rainfall predicted in the upcoming forecast, RVCA anticipates there will not be enough runoff to cause any significant increase in Rideau Valley water levels. 
  Residential flood
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StuCowan1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the passing of #RustyStaub Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:@StuCowan1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the passing of #RustyStaub Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton workers back on picket lines after marathon mediation adjourns

  29-03-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University support workers remain on the picket lines after a marathon 19-hour mediation session adjourned at 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
  Both sides said mediation did not officially break off and the union and the university are looking to schedule a next meeting. 
  “The parties worked into the early hours, however, talks were adjourned. The mediator will follow up with both parties about continuing the process. The university is committed to returning to the bargaining table
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @scott_stinson joins @_marksutcliffe on the Blue Jays kicking of the 2018 season: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @scott_stinson joins @_marksutcliffe on the Blue Jays kicking of the 2018 season: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police hand out several tickets in downtown construction zone blitz - ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… #ottnews https://t.co/PtJUBFj6Ww

  29-03-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  
  Police hand out several tickets in downtown construction zone blitz - ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… #ottnews https://t.co/PtJUBFj6Ww
  
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• An OPP officer and another man are recovering from injuries after a traffic stop turned into a chase and crash in S… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  An OPP officer and another man are recovering from injuries after a traffic stop turned into a chase and crash in S… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Q&A: With Apron Strings, Jan Wong cooks up a different kind of book about food and family

  29-03-2018 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Award-winning Canadian author Jan Wong’s formidable reputation is based on books that delve deeply and personally into China’s politics and culture, or, alternately but just as unflinchingly, skewer celebrities from Suzanne Somers to Mickey Rooney to Margaret Trudeau.
  But with her most recent book, Apron Strings, Wong, turns her attention to food — specifically, home cooking in France, Italy and China. Of course, Wong went her own way when she tackled the subject. The book is f
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @MacLeodLisa joins @_MarkSutcliffe with her reaction to the Liberal budget: Listen: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @MacLeodLisa joins @_MarkSutcliffe with her reaction to the Liberal budget: Listen:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Scheer demands apology from Finance Minister Morneau over 'sexist' insult: bit.ly/2pO3mJx https://t.co/Ky6uiz0gt1

  29-03-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  
  Scheer demands apology from Finance Minister Morneau over 'sexist' insult: bit.ly/2pO3mJx https://t.co/Ky6uiz0gt1
  
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• MISSING: Cédrick Séguin has been missing since Friday, March 23. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  29-03-2018 14:43 via twitter.com
  MISSING: Cédrick Séguin has been missing since Friday, March 23. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Two men suffer minor injuries after collision at LRT construction site

  29-03-2018 14:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two LRT workers were hospitalized with minor injuries Wednesday night when two transportation devices crashed at an LRT construction site on Rideau Street.
  Police said it happened shortly after 11 p.m. and that the injured men were in stable condition.
  The provincial Ministry of Labour is investigating.
  It was unclear Thursday morning whether work was continuing at the site.
  More to come
  
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• POLL: Should we decriminalize all drugs in response to the opioid crisis? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  29-03-2018 14:19 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should we decriminalize all drugs in response to the opioid crisis?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to a Rideau Street tunnel entrance shortly after 9 p.m. last night: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  29-03-2018 14:12 via twitter.com
  Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to a Rideau Street tunnel entrance shortly after 9 p.m. last night: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• One neighbour describes this Centrepointe residential street as quiet, where most residents are homeowners who know… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 13:52 via twitter.com
  One neighbour describes this Centrepointe residential street as quiet, where most residents are homeowners who know… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Love clouds and cold rain? You're going to have a great couple of days

  29-03-2018 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  It had to start sometime.
  It’s not spring without a healthy dose of wet weather and we’ll have that in spades starting this afternoon.
  Expect drizzle and full on rain by tonight with accumulation estimates around 10-15mm when it’s all said and done.
  Today’s high is expected to hit a decent 8C.
  The rain will continue through Friday but should taper off by the afternoon.
  The bad news is that’s when the temperature will start to drop.Friday night’s low is expecte
  
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• Suspect in custody in connection with homicide in Centrepointe district

  29-03-2018 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have confirmed one person has been arrested in connection with a homicide Wednesday night at a home on Covington Place in the Centrepointe district.
  Early reports indicate the victim was a man.
  Police said they received a call for assistance at about 9:10 p.m.
  Major crimes unit investigators remain at the scene and were not releasing any further details.
  It was the city’s 10th homicide of 2018.
  More to come
  
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• 'Urgent, disruptive measures' needed to stop opioid-related deaths: Vancouver mayor: bit.ly/2J2v3qF https://t.co/IkRQdEd6Vn

  29-03-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  
  'Urgent, disruptive measures' needed to stop opioid-related deaths: Vancouver mayor: bit.ly/2J2v3qF https://t.co/IkRQdEd6Vn
  
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• Adam: Yes, Wynne's promise of free stuff may very well change voters' minds

  29-03-2018 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wednesday’s provincial budget was the last throw of the dice by the embattled Liberals, a Hail Mary if you like, to seek a way out of the abyss and back into political contention.
  The budget, with its billions in social spending, has been roundly criticized for what it is: a big play for votes in the June 7 election. But there is a reason the Liberals are doing it. They cannot hope to win an election in which change is the overriding theme. Kathleen Wynne has to find a way to change the co
  
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• While we're in for a fairly mild start to the Easter long weekend, there are flurries in the forecast for Ottawa.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 13:25 via twitter.com
  While we're in for a fairly mild start to the Easter long weekend, there are flurries in the forecast for Ottawa.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police probing incident in Centrepointe: bit.ly/2uCuIIj @1310JasonWhite https://t.co/Y9XYwi1wTZ

  29-03-2018 13:14 via twitter.com
  
  Police probing incident in Centrepointe: bit.ly/2uCuIIj @1310JasonWhite https://t.co/Y9XYwi1wTZ
  
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• Driver, 86, suffers minor injuries after car plows through front of drugstore

  29-03-2018 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  An 86-year-old man was taken to hospital with minor injuries Wednesday after he drove his car through the front of a Shoppers Drug Mart on Walkley Road near Bank Street.
  The crash, which remained under investigation, happened just before noon. 
  Photos tweeted by one officer showed two windows gone from the front of the store. The red Toyota sedan had gone past the exit and cash registers to come to a rest in an aisle, with products strewn on the floor.
  Accident at Shoppers . Walkley rd / Ba
  
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• BREAKING: Major crimes confirming one man is dead in an apparent homicide on Covington Place. Police called just b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 11:42 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Major crimes confirming one man is dead in an apparent homicide on Covington Place.Police called just b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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