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• Egan: Insurance claws retracted from ByWard Market buskers

  03-04-2018 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ever so briefly Tuesday morning, there was a plan afoot for buskers at Ottawa’s outdoor markets to buy their own liability insurance, lest something horrendous happen involving fresh carrots and bad Gordon Lightfoot.
  Why had the state gone State Farm? The imagination gallops with possibilities.
  The bare-chested, flame-tossing juggler who accidentally sets all those Ecuadorean mitts on fire, incinerates the cut flowers, flambés the whole mess with genuine maple syrup in an inferno th
  
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• Reevely: Wynne steps up fight against U.S. protectionism, a battle Ontario thought it had won

  03-04-2018 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  After years of vigorous trade diplomacy reminding American politicians how important free trade is to their state economies, Premier Kathleen Wynne is in a fighting retreat against New York state over rules against foreign iron and steel.
  A law there banning those metals from public construction projects if they don’t come from U.S. suppliers kicked in over the weekend, prompting the Ontario government to retaliate by banning structural iron from New York in construction the province suppo
  
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• Ottawa skip Steve Kot leaves legacy of curling prowess, highway luck

  03-04-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  As a decisive curling skip, Steve Kot left little to chance.
  One morning on the downtown Queensway, though, luck was his saving grace, giving Kathleen and Steve Kot the gift of another 19 years together. That precious time ended last Thursday, March 29, when Kot died at home of pneumonia, surrounded by family with love in their hearts and a prayer hymn in their voices. He was 93.
  The Kots made local headlines on Feb. 3, 1999, when their Ford Taurus wagon was struck by a pickup truck, flew off th
  
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• Rain, go away: Weather warning calls for freezing rain into Wednesday

  03-04-2018 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  The drive home Tuesday may be a messy one with a spring storm expected to bring freezing rain in the afternoon through to Wednesday.
  Environment Canada said precipitation is likely Tuesday evening, starting off as wet snow or rain until shifting into freezing rain. It is expected to stick around overnight before tapering off Wednesday morning.
  There’s also a chance of snow accumulation.
  “There is still some uncertainty as to the exact track of the low pressure area, which is currentl
  
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• Liberals name Catherine Tait as CBC president, first woman to hold role ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/r2Vv36IuTj

  03-04-2018 22:20 via twitter.com
  
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• Train automation is manager's biggest concern as city moves toward LRT launch

  03-04-2018 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation, isn’t stressed about LRT stations, tracks and vehicles being constructed by the fall. His focus is on making sure computers can operate a train 12.5 kilometres across the city without a hitch.
  Confirming that the train automation works will be a major milestone for the city, but it’s one Manconi says he worries the most about, since there’s complex technology involved.
  The “communications-based train c
  
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• Trump wants military to secure border with Mexico ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/6Bdx5aS8tr

  03-04-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  
  Trump wants military to secure border with Mexicoottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/6Bdx5aS8tr
  
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• Wet, windy Wednesday in store for Ottawa - CBC.ca

  03-04-2018 21:56 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa can expect to wake up to freezing rain Wednesday morning, Environment Canada warns. (Associated Press). Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain and wind warning for Ottawa. The weather agency issued the warnings around 3 p.m. Tuesday ...and more »
  
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• ICYMI: Rain, snow, chance of freezing rain for Ottawa ottawamatters.com/local-news/rai… https://t.co/RpKrm4wiDN

  03-04-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Rain, snow, chance of freezing rain for Ottawaottawamatters.com/local-news/rai… https://t.co/RpKrm4wiDN
  
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• Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning and a wind warning for Ottawa and its surrounding area.

  03-04-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning and a wind warning for Ottawa and its surrounding area.
  
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• 'Turkey whisperer,' bird group rescue streetwalking hen from downtown traffic

  03-04-2018 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a fair end for this fowl thanks to the “turkey whisperer.”
  Ottawa got a gander at the gobbler Tuesday morning when word spread on Twitter that one had been spotted downtown. It took some intrepid bystanders and the Safe Wings Ottawa group to get the young hen safely out of traffic and into a wooded area near Shirley’s Bay.
  Safe Wings Ottawa, which works to protect wild birds, had first tweeted that the animal was in the area of Bank and Slater streets and asked bystander
  
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• Former TV commentator on why partisanship is hurting Canadian politics ottawamatters.com/local-news/for… https://t.co/79zKVqjavX

  03-04-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  
  Former TV commentator on why partisanship is hurting Canadian politicsottawamatters.com/local-news/for… https://t.co/79zKVqjavX
  
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• 6 easy ways to protect your online privacy

  03-04-2018 20:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Numerous data breaches and information-sharing scandals over the years have done much to reinforce the view that you are not in control of your personal online information.
  In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — where the British consulting firm was revealed to have obtained the data of millions of Facebook users — people are wondering how much of their info is accessible by others and what can be done to protect it.
  Although the only foolproof way to exercise total pr
  
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• Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy talks about his solo career and playing with his sons

  03-04-2018 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jim Cuddy 
  When & where: 8 p.m. Thursday, National Arts Centre, Southam Hall
  Tickets: Start at $44, plus surcharges, available at nac-cna.ca, NAC box office and ticketmaster.ca
  Singer-songwriter Jim Cuddy likes to keep busy.
  When he’s not writing, recording or touring with Blue Rodeo, his main creative outlet, the sweet-voiced 62-year-old Canadian musician revisits his ongoing solo career.
  His fourth solo album, Constellation, came out this year, prompting Cuddy to take to the roa
  
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• Ottawa Markets changes tune on busking insurance as city 'music strategy' endorsed

  03-04-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Markets, the arm’s-length organization that oversees the ByWard Market, changed its mind about making buskers have insurance on the same day a council committee endorsed a program to promote Ottawa as a “global music city.”
  Maybe it was Mayor Jim Watson’s self-described “moral suasion” on Tuesday that convinced markets management to kill the insurance requirement.
  “I was not happy when I saw we’re putting more red tape around creativity of s
  
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• Ottawa Public Health issues 300 warnings for smoking on hospital grounds

  03-04-2018 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Public Health has issued 300 warnings and handed out 30 fines since the implementation of a law on Jan. 1 that banned smoking on hospital grounds in the province.
  The health agency said it has conducted 435 inspections, and the fines have varied between $305 and $5,000 for the more severe offences.
  The Smoke-Free Ontario Act “ensure(s) an environment that promotes health and ensures that patients, visitors and staff are not exposed to smoking and second-hand smoke,” Ottaw
  
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• Ottawa pledges $4.1B for BC infrastructure, including transit - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  03-04-2018 18:14 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa has announced a new multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with British Columbia, just a week after a report found the federal government was falling behind on the spending program.and more »
  
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• Cohen: Why does Canada just accept incompetence?

  03-04-2018 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Less than a month ago, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario chose its new leader. The process was cloudy and chaotic. In a word, it was a fiasco.
  At different stages in the electronic balloting, the two leading candidates – Doug Ford and Christine Elliott – cast doubt on the legitimacy of the contest. Before he was declared the winner, Ford had warned of irregularities, seeking an extension of the vote. According to the National Post, he called the process “corrupt, un
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for 4/3/18: 1:08: @SprottSchool 1:17: @CAVCOE 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:45: @Gvaliante 1:53:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for 4/3/18: 1:08: @SprottSchool 1:17: @CAVCOE 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:45: @Gvaliante 1:53:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @catherinejclark & @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @catherinejclark & @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @alysonschafer joins @_marksutcliffe on the psychological harm parents can cause kids by sham… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @alysonschafer joins @_marksutcliffe on the psychological harm parents can cause kids by sham… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 61… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 61… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Be on the lookout for streetwalking turkey downtown

  03-04-2018 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Got a gander of this gobbler? 
  It’s a bit late for Easter dinner but a wild turkey was spotted wandering downtown Ottawa Tuesday morning.
  Safe Wings Ottawa, which works to protect wild birds, tweeted that the animal was in the area of Bank and Slater streets and asked bystanders not to chase it into traffic and to take care driving.
  Then tweeter James Chan snapped pictures of the turkey on Metcalfe Street.
  So there's a turkey on the loose in downtown Ottawa… #ottnews #otttraffi
  
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• Danish Arctic patrol ship coming to Halifax

  03-04-2018 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Representatives from Canada’s defence industry are being invited to tour a Danish Arctic patrol ship that will be in Halifax April 4-5.
  The EJNAR MIKKELSEN (EJMI) is one of three KNUD RASMUSSEN-class Arctic vessels, supplementing the four units of the larger THETIS-class, Lt. Col. Per Lyse Rasmussen of the Danish embassy in Washington, pointed out to Canadian industry.
  The ship is similar in design to Canada’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships being built by Irving but it is smaller. What
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Wood: Consulting firms, including Canadian ones, must stop undermining democracy abroad

  03-04-2018 16:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The principle that businesses must respect international human rights standards, including when operating in countries that don’t themselves do so, has been embraced by (among others) the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and multinational corporations such as Royal Dutch Shell, GE and Goldcorp. 
  In Canada, the principle is often articulated with respect to mining companies, whose activity abroad has at times infringed local employees’ an
  
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• FAST POLL: Will you drink less beer due to the increase in price?

  03-04-2018 16:16 via twitter.com
  FAST POLL: Will you drink less beer due to the increase in price?
  
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• House Works: Brick veneer a great Canadian option

  03-04-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Masonry wasn’t my favourite homebuilding material when I got involved in building and renovation back in the mid-1980s. However, 30 years of dealing with reality has changed my mind. Brick veneer, in particular, offers the best combination of quality and economy of any exterior building material I know of in Canada, and there are specific points I mention to people who come to me looking for construction and renovation advice.
  Brick veneer is the most common way brick is used in modern Can
  
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• Could a stumbling Jagmeet Singh be Justin Trudeau’s saviour? @stphnmaher joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT at 9:15: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 15:09 via twitter.com
  Could a stumbling Jagmeet Singh be Justin Trudeau’s saviour?@stphnmaher joins @_MarkSutcliffe NEXT at 9:15: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police confirm to 1310 NEWS that they are investigating the reports that gunshots were heard on Castle Hill Crescen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 14:57 via twitter.com
  Police confirm to 1310 NEWS that they are investigating the reports that gunshots were heard on Castle Hill Crescen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Report of shots fired in Maitland and Clyde area early Tuesday

  03-04-2018 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police officers were canvassing Castle Hill Crescent in the McKellar Heights neighbourhood for witnesses after residents reported hearing gunfire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
  Police were called to the crescent near the intersection of Maitland and Clyde avenues at 2:20 a.m.
  No one was hurt and police said they were unable to find any shot casings or damage at the scene.
  There have been no arrests.
  It was the 27th incident of reported gunplay in 2018.
   
   
  
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• ALERT: @jilltaylor680 predicts light rain or snow through the evening hours and into the overnight, with a risk of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 14:37 via twitter.com
  ALERT: @jilltaylor680 predicts light rain or snow through the evening hours and into the overnight, with a risk of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Will you drink less beer due to the increase in price? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  03-04-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  POLL: Will you drink less beer due to the increase in price?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Tale of missing fried rice sheds light on the office politics of a shared fridge: bit.ly/2Ji5VMS https://t.co/WHVjyHBBSn

  03-04-2018 13:56 via twitter.com
  
  Tale of missing fried rice sheds light on the office politics of a shared fridge: bit.ly/2Ji5VMS https://t.co/WHVjyHBBSn
  
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• Residents homeless, three dogs perish in Britannia blaze

  03-04-2018 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people, including a child, were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a Britannia duplex early Tuesday morning.
  The fire left them homeless and killed three pet dogs, Ottawa Fire Services said.
  A resident reported smoke visible on one side of  2700 Howe St. at 1:07 a.m.
  When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke in the ground floor kitchen and launched a quick attack on flames that had extended to the second-floor exterior and attic. The fire was under con
  
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• No joke, beer prices went up April 1st: bit.ly/2InxLpy https://t.co/HhreDA581W

  03-04-2018 13:52 via twitter.com
  
  No joke, beer prices went up April 1st: bit.ly/2InxLpy https://t.co/HhreDA581W
  
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• Pedestrian seriously injured after pinned by Transpo bus

  03-04-2018 13:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 30s was taken to the trauma centre with what paramedics described as a severe leg injury after he was struck by an OC Transpo bus early Tuesday morning.
  They were called to the Mackenzie King Bridge at 6:07 a.m. after the low-speed crash and said that the pedestrian was in serious but stable condition.
  The city’s traffic centre reported that eastbound traffic is reduced to one lane on the bridge between Elgin and Waller streets. 
  Bystanders tweeted a photo of th
  
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• Spotify to test how its music service plays on Wall Street: bit.ly/2uIooP9 https://t.co/9DI843etft

  03-04-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  
  Spotify to test how its music service plays on Wall Street: bit.ly/2uIooP9 https://t.co/9DI843etft
  
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• Two dead in T-bone crash on Merivale Road

  03-04-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people have died as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle T-bone collision on Merivale Road late Monday night.
  Paramedics were called to the scene of the crash between Colonnade Road and Viewmount Drive at 11:42 p.m.
  A man and a woman, both in their 50s, were found with critical injuries and were in cardiac arrest. 
  Paramedics launched “aggressive” efforts to save their lives on the scene and they were taken to the regional trauma centre in critical condi
  
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• JUST IN: @OttawaPolice confirm to 1310 NEWS, they're investigating gunshots heard on Castle Hill Crescent, near Mai… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-04-2018 13:23 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: @OttawaPolice confirm to 1310 NEWS, they're investigating gunshots heard on Castle Hill Crescent, near Mai… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M: bit.ly/2GvaRAf https://t.co/OQkNLxOKqg

  03-04-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  
  Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M: bit.ly/2GvaRAf https://t.co/OQkNLxOKqg
  
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• Special weather statement in effect: Get ready for a mess of rain, snow, and freezing rain

  03-04-2018 13:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spring? Spring who?
  It’s Tuesday, April 3 and there’s still snow and freezing rain in the forecast.
  Why won’t zombie winter die already?
  The good news (and there’s not much) is that the precipitation should hold off until later this afternoon.
  Today’s high should reach 4C and tonight’s low will drop to 0C.
  The forecast is for wet snow, rain and then freezing rain which could last until Wednesday morning (don’t expect a pleasant commute).
  And that wet sno
  
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• Today's letters: An absence of election observers

  03-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada is shirking its role in the world, suggests one writer, while another decries the lack of Easter spirit among local government officials … you can write to us too, at [email protected]
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  So much for promoting democracy abroad
  Re: Canada isn’t supporting its own international election observers, March 26.
  Basia Puszkar notes Canada’s policy of not funding international election observers other than on a small scale and an ad hoc basis since 2013. This regre
  
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• Rock stars, actors getting in on Canada's race to legal weed

  03-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  KISS bass player Gene Simmons says he’s never smoked a joint in his life, but he’s now the global ambassador for a company that’s gearing up to sell recreational pot to Canadians.
  In fact, the 68-year-old rock star is the CEO at Vancouver-based Invictus MD Strategies Corp. 
  That’s “chief evangelist officer,” the title Simmons gained in a multimillion-dollar deal with the company.
  Simmons, famous on stage for his demon makeup, large tongue and fire-sp
  
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• CUPE, Carleton reach tentative deal

  03-04-2018 05:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University and CUPE Local 2424 reached a tentative agreement Monday night, ending, for the time being at least, the strike that has been in effect since March 5.
  According to Jerrett Clark, president of the local representing 850 non-academic staff at the university, the tentative agreement was reached shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, following a full day of talks facilitated by an external mediator. The two sides had also met with an external mediator last Wednesday, in a session that las
  
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• Liberal MP who weathered gun-registry fight not worried about new firearms bill ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-04-2018 05:11 via twitter.com
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• Israel suspends UN deal on African asylum seekers ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  03-04-2018 04:53 via twitter.com
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• Small Arctic climate changes make big difference in ecosystem: study ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-04-2018 04:27 via twitter.com
  Small Arctic climate changes make big difference in ecosystem: studyottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Six people left homeless by fire near Vanier ottawamatters.com/local-news/six…

  03-04-2018 04:07 via twitter.com
  Six people left homeless by fire near Vanierottawamatters.com/local-news/six…
  
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• Police seek three suspects in ByWard Market stabbing ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol…

  03-04-2018 03:37 via twitter.com
  Police seek three suspects in ByWard Market stabbingottawamatters.com/local-news/pol…
  
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