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• Tow truck operators band together, call for price regulation

  02-04-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  When it comes to small businesses, the usual cry is one against regulation.
  But for one band of Ottawa tow truck operators, regulation is exactly what they say they need.
  A group of operators is looking to form a professional association for towing in Ottawa and is calling on the city to further regulate the industry, with fixed pricing and licensing operators. About 15 companies, including Jonny’s Towing, Rescue Towing Services and Express Towing, have signed on to form an  associati
  
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• STORY: Medical marijuana users set lobbying push on federal cannabis tax proposal ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/9RMKfItJwB

  02-04-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Medical marijuana users set lobbying push on federal cannabis tax proposalottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/9RMKfItJwB
  
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• New heart institute expansion ready for patients

  02-04-2018 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Easter Sunday was moving day for patients and staff at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
  Fifteen patients from the heart institute’s intensive care unit were carefully moved down a newly built hallway connecting the original building with a new state-of-the-art critical care facility. The ICU patients were transferred from the building’s basement into light-filled single rooms that are a key part of the new building’s design.
  The new tower, part of a $230 million expans
  
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• Reevely: Hydro One will keep running its U.S. coal plant indefinitely, it tells American regulators

  02-04-2018 21:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Washington power company Hydro One is buying will be ready to close its huge coal-fired generating station ahead of schedule, thanks to conditions put on the corporate merger by state regulators there.
  Not that we actually plan to do that, the company is telling other regulators in Montana, where the huge coal-fired generating station in question employs hundreds of people. We’ll be in the coal business for a good long time yet.
  Hydro One, in which the Ontario government now owns a big
  
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• Trump calls for border legislation using 'nuclear option' ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/zO1hjrp9Hq

  02-04-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  Trump calls for border legislation using 'nuclear option'ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/zO1hjrp9Hq
  
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• ICYMI: A blast of winter weather is forecast for the nation's capital ottawamatters.com/local-news/sno… https://t.co/ihtzn7mKRC

  02-04-2018 21:21 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: A blast of winter weather is forecast for the nation's capitalottawamatters.com/local-news/sno… https://t.co/ihtzn7mKRC
  
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• Small pets now allowed on OC Transpo buses ottawamatters.com/local-news/sma… https://t.co/2njEhUCSPx

  02-04-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  
  Small pets now allowed on OC Transpo busesottawamatters.com/local-news/sma… https://t.co/2njEhUCSPx
  
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• New billboard up advises: #AskMelnyk

  02-04-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A fifth billboard attacking Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk went up Monday in Old Ottawa South, this one taking a new theme.
  After four billboards went up last month with the message “#MelnykOut,” the new one suggests: “#AskMelnyk.” It’s near Bank Street and Riverdale Avenue.
  The message is an invitation to Senators fans to ask questions at town hall sessions Melnyk has promised. Like the “#MelnykOut” message, this is the work of Spencer Callagh
  
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• Spratt: Why the new justice reform, Bill C-75, is anything but just

  02-04-2018 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould unveiled her self-described “bold” criminal justice reforms. The legislation, Bill C-75, was billed as a silver bullet to unclog our courts and bring about a “cultural shift” in the justice system. The changes may be bold, but in this case the proposed reforms will likely result in more delays, more racial inequality and more unfair trials.
  There is need of swifter justice in our courts. Dockets are overflowing and it can t
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, April 2nd: 1:08: @ForumPoll 1:17: @LukeHarford 1:30: @Citizenkwarren 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, April 2nd: 1:08: @ForumPoll 1:17: @LukeHarford 1:30: @Citizenkwarren 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:50: @jilltaylor680 joins @_MarkSutcliffe with details on the winter weather hitting Ottawa this w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:50: @jilltaylor680 joins @_MarkSutcliffe with details on the winter weather hitting Ottawa this w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New billboard up Monday advises: #AskMelnyk

  02-04-2018 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A fifth billboard attacking Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk went up Monday in Old Ottawa South, this one taking a new theme.
  After four billboards went up last month with the message “#MelnykOut,” the new one suggests: “#AskMelnyk.” It’s near Bank Street and Riverdale Avenue.
  The message is an invitation to Senators fans to ask questions at open house sessions Melnyk has promised. Like the “#MelnykOut” message, this is the work of Spencer Callag
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @SaraBuchan & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @SaraBuchan & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 17:24 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-… 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…

  02-04-2018 17:10 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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• Opinion: Bureaucrats and politicians limit public input on issues affecting veterans

  02-04-2018 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Sean Bruyea
  Defence Watch Guest Writer
  “Why are we still fighting certain veterans groups in court? Because they’re asking for more than we are able to give right now.” And with that, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau betrayed a key election promise for veterans. 
  Behind the scenes, the Trudeau government also continues a longstanding war on veterans in minimizing or denying access to democracy and due process.  
  On April 1, 2018, the Trudeau Liberals will implement th
  
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• Coming up at 11: @JODYMITIC joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @JODYMITIC joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• BREAKING: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81.

  02-04-2018 16:53 via twitter.com
  BREAKING:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81.
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @kellygrant1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the story of the Brickendens -- one of the few couples… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @kellygrant1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the story of the Brickendens -- one of the few couples… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Taking a look back at Elvis Presley's visit to #Ottawa in 1957. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  02-04-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  Taking a look back at Elvis Presley's visit to #Ottawa in 1957. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Small pets can ride on OC Transpo starting Monday

  02-04-2018 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday is your pet’s first chance to ride on OC Transpo, but there are some conditions.
  You can bring your pet on board if it is in a crate or carrying case, and the crate can sit on your lap.
  Transpo checked around 18 transit systems in North America and found all but one allowed pets. The exception: Gatineau.
  The pet ban in the past has caused hardship for people who rely on transit and who want to take a pet to the vet.
  Beginning April 2 small pets will be permitted on @OC_Transpo buses
  
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• China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute: bit.ly/2JbPZeV https://t.co/aEUhynEwhV

  02-04-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  
  China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute: bit.ly/2JbPZeV https://t.co/aEUhynEwhV
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @janicedickson & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @janicedickson & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: Brian Bethune of @macleans joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how the Pope became so mighty: L… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 15:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: Brian Bethune of @macleans joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how the Pope became so mighty: L… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Nearly 30,000 expected at annual White House Easter Egg Roll: bit.ly/2Ed8nk2 https://t.co/ZWgFcej4wf

  02-04-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  
  Nearly 30,000 expected at annual White House Easter Egg Roll: bit.ly/2Ed8nk2 https://t.co/ZWgFcej4wf
  
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• Police seek to ID three people after Market stabbing and robbery

  02-04-2018 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are looking for help in identifying three people after the stabbing and robbery of a man in the ByWard Market Sunday evening.
  Police said the 36-year-old man was near the intersection of Besserer and Dalhousie streets, close to Les Suites Hotel, around 8:10 p.m. Sunday when two men and a woman attacked him.
  They stabbed him several times in the neck and back and stole his backpack, police said. The man survived the attacked and was stable in hospital.
  Anonymous tips can be submitted
  
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• Female-centred ride-hailing apps on the rise in spite of hurdles, women say: bit.ly/2GsrxYS https://t.co/xp06XGgaqv

  02-04-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  
  Female-centred ride-hailing apps on the rise in spite of hurdles, women say: bit.ly/2GsrxYS https://t.co/xp06XGgaqv
  
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• POLL: Are federal and provincial governments doing enough to ensure people are paid equally for doing the same work? bit.ly/2Grg4Vz

  02-04-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  POLL: Are federal and provincial governments doing enough to ensure people are paid equally for doing the same work? bit.ly/2Grg4Vz
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @Tom_Parkin_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss voter options in the upcoming Ontario election:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 15:08 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @Tom_Parkin_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss voter options in the upcoming Ontario election:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Easter Monday's weather: cold. This week: Also cold

  02-04-2018 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The week has started cold and it’s going to stay that way. There’s no way to dress this one up.
  The warmest we’ll get looks like 4 C on both Monday and Tuesday, and then 5 C on Sunday. In between, we’ll have lower temperatures, including one day (Friday) with a high of -1 C.
  There’s also a warning about freezing rain and/or snow Tuesday night into Wednesday.
  For context, Environment Canada says the average high for this time of year is 7 to 8 C and the overage overn
  
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• Roach: Ending peremptory challenges in jury selection is a good first step

  02-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  As we approach the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, it behooves us to recall this statement from Dr. King: “You don’t have to see the full staircase, just take the first step.”
  When it comes to equality and juries, the first and necessary step is the abolition of peremptory challenges. These allow both Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers to exclude people from juries simply because they do not like the way they look.
  A number of defence lawyer
  
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• Nussbaum: Here's why plastic bags shouldn't be in the green bin

  02-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The decision made last week at Ottawa Council to allow plastic bags in the composting stream is a short-sighted one on which I and two of my colleagues (councillors Jeff Leiper and Catherine McKenney) dissented.
  Increasingly as a society, we are recognizing the costs of single-use plastic bags. At the production end, plastic bags are a non-renewable, petroleum-based product that take energy to produce – 12 million barrels’ worth worldwide each year. On the consumption side, these bag
  
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• Gormley: 'Fake news' and 'inconvenient news' aren't the same thing

  02-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The news media, which has historically endeavoured to discern which of a politician’s statements are false and which are true, has been outmatched by the modern officeholder who is determined to discern which news item is fake and which is trustworthy. 
  This is not a fair fight, of course. The media could only ever deliver its judgments through speech; the politician now enshrines his in law.
  But never mind! The matter before us isn’t about fairness in speech, says the man attem
  
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• Malala Yousafzai ends her 1st Pakistan visit since shooting: bit.ly/2pUoFtJ https://t.co/S2hpxfnNrN

  02-04-2018 12:55 via twitter.com
  
  Malala Yousafzai ends her 1st Pakistan visit since shooting: bit.ly/2pUoFtJ https://t.co/S2hpxfnNrN
  
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• Special weather statement in place for Ottawa: @jilltaylor680 says the we'll see rain tomorrow afternoon and that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 12:48 via twitter.com
  Special weather statement in place for Ottawa: @jilltaylor680 says the we'll see rain tomorrow afternoon and that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Shaming kids' misdeeds online can be psychologically harmful: parenting experts: bit.ly/2uJLfdw https://t.co/SmCrjhgRoT

  02-04-2018 12:39 via twitter.com
  
  Shaming kids' misdeeds online can be psychologically harmful: parenting experts: bit.ly/2uJLfdw https://t.co/SmCrjhgRoT
  
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• Police believe the shooting was targeted, as the victim may have been followed by a white SUV-type vehicle prior to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 12:20 via twitter.com
  Police believe the shooting was targeted, as the victim may have been followed by a white SUV-type vehicle prior to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Just how much of your personal data is actually online? We take a look

  02-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  What data do social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google know about you and why does it matter?
  It’s a question that’s become more relevant since the revelation that British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica may have mined the information available through social media channels to sway the outcome of the U.S. election in 2016.
  The scandal and its fallout are shining a bright spotlight on the data that social media firms have been collecting.
  And that should scare pe
  
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• Historic sex abuse probe launched after stories surfaced at Bayshore Public School reunion

  02-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In May 2016, Bayshore Public School held a two-day celebration to mark its 50th anniversary with a picnic, a school mixer and an alumni soccer game.
  The reunion drew a crowd of former students to the Woodbridge Crescent school, but not all of the memories shared that weekend were happy ones. At an evening house party, a group of former Bayshore students discussed their recollections of gym teacher and basketball coach Don Greenham and some of the rumours that attached to him.
  “A frien
  
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• Bonnell: Privacy is dead and we all helped kill it

  02-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was the first mountain goat I’d ever seen.
  There I am, outside Banff in Alberta, somewhere, smiling like an idiot, pointing to the lazy oaf and his mates chewing on the grass behind me.
  Ah, memories. I got the chance this week, as so many people have, to retrace my digital footprints.
  And I’ll admit it, I couldn’t help but to smile at the photos, conversations and searches so conveniently collected (and now readily available for download) care of Google, Facebook and Tw
  
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• Bernhard: Canada must protect itself from big tech companies

  02-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the wake of news that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may have exploited the personal information of 50 million Facebook users without their consent, democratic governments around the globe are taking action to reign in American internet giants.
  The U.S. Congress and the British and European parliaments have called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain why his company’s rules permitted such a flagrant breach of trust.
  The United Kingdom’s Culture Secretary, Matt Ha
  
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• Smoak powers late Blue Jays comeback in 7-4 win over Yanks: bit.ly/2q1B1PI https://t.co/YDlUyN7GpU

  02-04-2018 11:47 via twitter.com
  
  Smoak powers late Blue Jays comeback in 7-4 win over Yanks: bit.ly/2q1B1PI https://t.co/YDlUyN7GpU
  
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• Police are looking for three suspects ---- two males and one female. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  02-04-2018 11:34 via twitter.com
  Police are looking for three suspects ---- two males and one female. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Damage is pegged at $50,000 and there is no word yet on a cause. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  02-04-2018 11:10 via twitter.com
  Damage is pegged at $50,000 and there is no word yet on a cause. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Man walking toward house on Dynes Road was targeted by bullets from passing SUV, police say

  02-04-2018 02:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man walking toward a house on Dynes Road faced a hail of bullets coming from a white SUV on Saturday night, police say.
  The man was not injured, and the SUV left the scene.
  In a media release on Sunday, police said the shooting at about 8:45 p.m. was believed to have been a targeted incident in which the victim may have been followed by the SUV.
  Police took one man into custody, but later released him after confirming he had not been the shooter.
  A search of the area revealed multiple bullet c
  
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• Six people homeless after house fire spreads from bedroom

  02-04-2018 02:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six people are homeless after a fire that began in the bedroom of a home on Brant Street on Sunday evening. No one was injured.
  Ottawa Fire Services received a call just after 6 p.m. about the fire at 385 Brant St., which is west of the intersection of St. Laurent Boulevard and McArthur Avenue.
  The fire spread from a bedroom on the second floor to a small area between the roof and the ceiling, but was under control in less than half an hour, a Fire Services media release said, adding that three
  
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• Review: Rod Stewart demonstrates feel-good benefits of concert-going

  02-04-2018 01:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Concert review
  Rod Stewart
  Canadian Tire Centre
  Reviewed Friday
  A recent study suggests that experiencing live music is good for you and may even prolong your life.If you saw Rod Stewart perform at Canadian Tire Centre on Good Friday, you can probably count on a few more years on Planet Earth. 
  In a big, splashy, singalong show that also carved out time for hand-holding, the rock legend hit all the buttons identified in the study by O2, the U.K. entertainment company, and Goldsmith Universi
  
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