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• Security high in Pakistan's Swat but Malala visit uncertain. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sec… https://t.co/XoSFOKbY65

  30-03-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• ICYMI: Dog rescue on river in Manotick. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/do… https://t.co/00LnBWyEoJ

  30-03-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Dog rescue on river in Manotick. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/do… https://t.co/00LnBWyEoJ
  
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  30-03-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• ICYMI: City approves throwing plastic and dog waste into green bins. ottawamatters.com/local-news/cit… https://t.co/SgV4esUkid

  30-03-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: City approves throwing plastic and dog waste into green bins.ottawamatters.com/local-news/cit… https://t.co/SgV4esUkid
  
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• Hundreds join Way of the Cross through downtown Ottawa

  30-03-2018 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  An estimated 700 people joined in Good Friday prayers at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica after the annual Way of the Cross through the streets of downtown Ottawa.
  Ottawa’s Catholic Archbishop Terrence Prendergast led participants from St. Patrick Basilica on Kent Street, stopping for prayers, readings, poetry and song at landmarks including the Supreme Court of Canada, Parliament Hill and the National Gallery of Canada.The morning event, in its 11th year of being organized by membe
  
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• Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth says he didn't agree with a provocative memo leaked to Buzzfeed in which he desc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth says he didn't agree with a provocative memo leaked to Buzzfeed in which he desc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Meet the cosplay-loving, musician, artist and Timmins-born Lights

  30-03-2018 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian alt-pop singer Lights was born Valerie Anne Poxleitner in Timmins, Ont. Her whole life, people have mispronounced her surname as “Pointdexter.” The Mission, B.C.-based artist likes it.
  “It sounds totally nerdy, but I’ll take it in full,” says Lights. “At heart, that’s exactly what I am. I just never really thought that I would be the one creating something that took so much of that world to heart.”
  She’s talking about Skin & Eart
  
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• A roadside bomb in northern Syria killed two coalition personnel, including an American, and wounded five others in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  A roadside bomb in northern Syria killed two coalition personnel, including an American, and wounded five others in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Polish president vetoes bill demoting communist-era officers ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol…

  30-03-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
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• ICYMI: Earlier this week, Council unanimous in voting to research possibility of women's bureau at City Hall.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Earlier this week, Council unanimous in voting to research possibility of women's bureau at City Hall.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 7 Palestinians killed by Israel fire on Gaza border ottawamatters.com/world-news/7-p… https://t.co/AMiOd9fVGC

  30-03-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  
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• California judge rules that coffee requires cancer warning. ottawamatters.com/world-news/cal… https://t.co/q1ofTlmJ4S

  30-03-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  
  California judge rules that coffee requires cancer warning.ottawamatters.com/world-news/cal… https://t.co/q1ofTlmJ4S
  
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• Five arrested after Kingston-area chase ends in train collision

  30-03-2018 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  BATH — Five men are in custody after the vehicle they were in struck a Kingston police cruiser and then, after a chase by provincial police, was hit by a passenger train near Bath Thursday afternoon.
  After hitting the cruiser, the suspect vehicle headed to Highway 401, taking the westbound lane. Loyalist OPP officers spotted the vehicle, and saw it exit at County Road 6 and head south.
  When it turned off the highway, two passengers jumped out and fled on foot. They were quickly arrested.
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• Safety tips for Easter weekend. #ottnews #Ottawa #EasterHolidays ottawamatters.com/local-news/saf… https://t.co/T7yI8MO5LM

  30-03-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Manchester's mayor said Friday the city's firefighters do not need to apologize for the delayed response to the sui… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Manchester's mayor said Friday the city's firefighters do not need to apologize for the delayed response to the sui… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Most grocery stores and retail outlets are closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but are open Easter Monday.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Most grocery stores and retail outlets are closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but are open Easter Monday.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Doucet: In Cape Breton, we don't suete the small stuff, but we do worry about climate change

  30-03-2018 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The windiest place in Canada that’s not on a mountain top is Grand Étang, Nova Scotia.
  It’s not something I was really aware of until I built my own house in the village. Part of growing up here was the great south east storms (les suetes) which roll in over the Cape Breton Highlands and blow down everything that isn’t nailed to the earth.
  My grandfather had a “suete” rope attached to an iron ring by the barn door and the house porch at the other end. He need
  
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• MacDougall: Justin Trudeau and the death of ‘positive politics’

  30-03-2018 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?”
  Johnny Rotten’s sneering kiss-off at the last-ever Sex Pistols show sounded the death knell of the punk movement. The hysteria surrounding his band of noxious yobs had oversold their shambolic performances, and Rotten knew the gig was up.
  Justin Trudeau’s gig isn’t up until next year, but the plunge in his polling numbers suggests an electorate that feels cheated out of its movement. The “positive politics&rdqu
  
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• Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile. ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus… https://t.co/4mgJgx8avI

  30-03-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  
  Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile.ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus… https://t.co/4mgJgx8avI
  
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• Wild Bird Care Centre ends public tours

  30-03-2018 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  With a steady increase in feathery patients at the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre, board members have (reluctantly) decided to end public visitation hours within the hospital area indefinitely, starting Sunday. 
  As WBCC has becomes better known, particularly through social media, there’s been a steady increase of Good Samaritans bringing in injured birds to the centre nested in the Stony Swamp Conservation Area since 1992. Although volunteers and board members are grateful for th
  
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• Bishop's fate highlights China's power amid Vatican talks. ottawamatters.com/world-news/bis… https://t.co/HnTfTMZcI5

  30-03-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  
  Bishop's fate highlights China's power amid Vatican talks.ottawamatters.com/world-news/bis… https://t.co/HnTfTMZcI5
  
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• Spotlight: 'I knew music was my fate,' says Cuban-born Ottawa pianist

  30-03-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who are part of the Ottawa area’s arts community. This week, Bruce Deachman talks with pianist, composer and teacher Miguel de Armas. He’ll be performing in Tropicana Night on April 28 at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Info: www.shenkmanarts.ca. He also performs regularly at Brookstreet Hotel. Visit www.migueldearmas.com for more information.
   
  “I was born in Havana, Cuba, and I am a pianist, composer, band leader and educator.
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• Nearly 7 in 10 public servants surveyed have been impacted by Phoenix pay system

  30-03-2018 17:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nearly seven in 10 federal public servants say their compensation has been affected by the troubled Phoenix pay system, according to an internal government survey, while only a fraction of those said they are satisfied with support they’ve received to resolve pay-related issues.
  The results of the latest Public Service Employee Survey, conducted every three years since 1999 and published by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, are meant to gauge employees’ opinions on the workfo
  
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• One in four anglophone Canadians have cut the cord and no longer pay for a traditional TV service, while just over… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  One in four anglophone Canadians have cut the cord and no longer pay for a traditional TV service, while just over… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Carleton law faculty describe 'devastating' impact of strike

  30-03-2018 16:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University is losing students, jeopardizing research and damaging its reputation as the strike by support staff continues, faculty in the department of law and legal studies say in an open letter to the university’s board.
  About 850 support staff have been on strike since March 5. The key issue is their pensions. The strikers are members of CUPE.
  Carleton “is not functioning on ‘business as usual’ terms. We are feeling the effects of the strike at every possible
  
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• Police: Fire on bus of factory workers in Thailand kills 20. ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol… https://t.co/YAlDOrFviZ

  30-03-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  Police: Fire on bus of factory workers in Thailand kills 20.ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol… https://t.co/YAlDOrFviZ
  
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• ICYMI: Scammers are posing as @hydroottawa via text messages. #ottnews #Ottawa #ottcity ottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… https://t.co/YdIbXZjcIm

  30-03-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Scammers are posing as @hydroottawa via text messages.#ottnews #Ottawa #ottcityottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… https://t.co/YdIbXZjcIm
  
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• Neighbourhood under construction: New energy developing in Old Ottawa East neighbourhood

  30-03-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Walking down Main Street in Old Ottawa East on a balmy Saturday, there’s a feeling of small-town connectedness. Families are heading to the popular Green Door restaurant for lunch, others are popping into Watson’s Pharmacy or 3 Trees emporium, still others are going for a stroll down the expanded sidewalks as cars roll by.
  It wasn’t always this way.
  “I used to fear for our kids biking in the area,” says Scott Watson, who has owned Watson’s on Main for 11 years
  
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• Calgary took another step towards bidding for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games when the federal and provincial… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  Calgary took another step towards bidding for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games when the federal and provincial… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Environmental case against Husky over pipeline leak adjourned until June. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/516GQZ2ahO

  30-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  
  Environmental case against Husky over pipeline leak adjourned until June.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/516GQZ2ahO
  
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• Canada 150 program results in 'brain gain' for Canadian universities: Duncan ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Zv9TJI48mm

  30-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  
  Canada 150 program results in 'brain gain' for Canadian universities: Duncanottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Zv9TJI48mm
  
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• Watchdog investigating after Quebec man falls to his death during raid. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  30-03-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  Watchdog investigating after Quebec man falls to his death during raid.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Kentucky officer killed, police searching for man who fled ottawamatters.com/world-news/ken… https://t.co/Qh498xsTjh

  30-03-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Teen sleeps in backyard First World War trench for school social studies project ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/8zPjCBEKaL

  30-03-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  
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• The lows and highs and lows of Easter weekend

  30-03-2018 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  The forecast this weekend really couldn’t be more night and day.
  Today, for example, we’ll see a high of 5 C. A few more drops of rain could fall this morning but skies could and should clear by this evening.
  And that’s when the temperature really starts to fall.
  The low point tonight is forecast to hit -6C – a temperature swing of 11C.
  Saturday will bounce back with a high of 7C. There will be some sun in the morning but don’t be surprised with a few scattered show
  
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• Cosby's defence strategy hinges on judge his team attacked ottawamatters.com/world-news/cos… https://t.co/bNEsedbAzl

  30-03-2018 13:20 via twitter.com
  
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• Ethans: Here's why lawyers should advocate for greater diversity in their profession

  30-03-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  What happens when a law society tells lawyers to promote diversity? A battle of beliefs.
  The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) recently released a diversity policy, in which lawyers must draft and submit a “statement of principles” annually, promising to promote diversity in the legal profession. This policy was inspired by a working group report that found that there was systemic racism within the profession.
  According to the LSUC consultation paper, only 17 per cent of Ontario law
  
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• 16 injured in hot air balloon heavy landing in Australia. ottawamatters.com/world-news/16-…

  30-03-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  16 injured in hot air balloon heavy landing in Australia.ottawamatters.com/world-news/16-…
  
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• Pageau scores on penalty shot in overtime as Senators upset Panthers 3-2 ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/TReMDmGTYu

  30-03-2018 12:46 via twitter.com
  
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• OHL: Tucker overtime hero as Colts edge Steelheads 5-4; Owen Sound advances. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  30-03-2018 12:26 via twitter.com
  OHL: Tucker overtime hero as Colts edge Steelheads 5-4; Owen Sound advances.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Mountie wounded in shootout west of Edmonton, suspect also shot: RCMP ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  30-03-2018 12:15 via twitter.com
  Mountie wounded in shootout west of Edmonton, suspect also shot: RCMPottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Roughly 400 workers at the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa have ratified a new contract. The Ontario Public Servic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 12:01 via twitter.com
  Roughly 400 workers at the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa have ratified a new contract. The Ontario Public Servic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Stanton homers twice in debut, Yankees beat Blue Jays 6-1. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  30-03-2018 11:54 via twitter.com
  Stanton homers twice in debut, Yankees beat Blue Jays 6-1.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Barclays to pay $2 billion to US to settle mortgage suit ottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/qSqVt1ozjZ

  30-03-2018 05:59 via twitter.com
  
  Barclays to pay $2 billion to US to settle mortgage suitottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/qSqVt1ozjZ
  
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• Russia responds quid pro quo to diplomats' expulsions. ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus… https://t.co/fEwYLvt2Ui

  30-03-2018 05:45 via twitter.com
  
  Russia responds quid pro quo to diplomats' expulsions.ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus… https://t.co/fEwYLvt2Ui
  
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• Energy and materials lead stocks in Toronto higher, U.S. markets also surge. ottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/xGaZTXZLfm

  30-03-2018 05:30 via twitter.com
  
  Energy and materials lead stocks in Toronto higher, U.S. markets also surge.ottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/xGaZTXZLfm
  
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• A group of black janitors who were fired after they claimed they were victims of racial discrimination have found n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 05:15 via twitter.com
  A group of black janitors who were fired after they claimed they were victims of racial discrimination have found n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Britain's exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it's more like… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-03-2018 05:00 via twitter.com
  Britain's exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it's more like… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Liberals urged to tackle killer robots at G7 as part of AI innovation push. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/isk8E4gxJV

  30-03-2018 04:45 via twitter.com
  
  Liberals urged to tackle killer robots at G7 as part of AI innovation push.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/isk8E4gxJV
  
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• Solved: Portrait of mystery high court justice identified. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sol… https://t.co/AEHtkRQfYp

  30-03-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  
  Solved: Portrait of mystery high court justice identified.ottawamatters.com/world-news/sol… https://t.co/AEHtkRQfYp
  
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