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• #HumboldtStrong parents grieving community appreciates messages of support ottawamatters.com/local-news/hum…

  09-04-2018 23:34 via twitter.com
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• Vice Admiral Mark Norman in court Tuesday morning

  09-04-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Vice Admiral Mark Norman will be in an Ottawa court Tuesday morning for his first appearance after being charged with one count of breach of trust.
  Norman was charged last month 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 ship.
  The charge came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicted on two different occasions in the last year that Norman would end up in court, prompting conc
  
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• Thousands of dollars in donations pour in for Jonathan Pitre

  09-04-2018 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Donations have started to pour in to Jonathan Pitre’s chosen charity as people honour the memory of the Russell teenager who died last week in Minnesota.
  DEBRA Canada, a charity that helps those afflicted with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), has received more than $27,000 in donations since Pitre’s death was made public Friday. 
  The charity has posted an online memorial page for Pitre. 
  “Jonathan will be greatly missed,” the page reads. “He touched the lives o
  
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• Dyed hair, same build a factor in mix-up of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/MAt6gigX8n

  09-04-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  
  Dyed hair, same build a factor in mix-up of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victimsottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/MAt6gigX8n
  
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• Rochester Street's cottonwood to be cut down Tuesday

  09-04-2018 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  A towering cottonwood tree that has lived for at least 115 years on Rochester Street will be cut down Tuesday, and Wednesday, and possibly Thursday as well.
  Neighbours have been saying their goodbyes for weeks, beginning even before owner Lynn Griffiths held a wake for the tree on St. Patrick’s Day.
  “The wake was great. People were taking pictures, they were telling stories, people were hugging the tree,” she said Monday.
  “I’ve had a steady stream of people up my dr
  
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• Crews douse second-alarm fire at Island Park pizza parlour

  09-04-2018 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out at a building housing a west-side pizza parlour over the lunch hour on Monday.
  They were summoned to 81 Richmond Rd. near Island Park Drive at 12:40 p.m. by a 911 call reporting smoke on the roof of the building. It has Napolis Restaurant on the ground floor and apartments on the second.
  The caller said that occupants were fleeing the building as a precaution. No one was injured.
  The first firefighters on scene climbed onto the roof, saw
  
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• Teen revived after collapsing at basketball game ottawamatters.com/local-news/tee… https://t.co/jJeR7TgO84

  09-04-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
  Teen revived after collapsing at basketball gameottawamatters.com/local-news/tee… https://t.co/jJeR7TgO84
  
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• Bystanders shock boy, 16, when heart stops during soccer game

  09-04-2018 21:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bystanders used an automatic external defibrillator to help revive a 16 year old who collapsed from cardiac arrest during a high school indoor soccer game, Ottawa paramedics said.
  It happened around 9:20 p.m. Saturday after the boy had returned to the sidelines at Sir Robert Borden High School on Greenbank Road.
  A cardiologist who happened to be on the scene started cardiopulmonary resuscitation while others got the school’s AED, which was purchased by the school board and maintained
  
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• Since the start of the year in Ottawa, public access defibrillators have been used to successfully revive patients… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  Since the start of the year in Ottawa, public access defibrillators have been used to successfully revive patients… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa historian, author Tim Cook wins J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

  09-04-2018 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A local author and military historian has won the 2018 John Wesley Dafoe Book Prize for his book Vimy: The Battle and the Legend, published by Allen Lane/Penguin Canada Group.Tim Cook, who has worked at the Canadian War Museum since 2002, will be honoured with the award on May 29 in Winnipeg.Cook has published 10 books and is no newcomer to being recognized for his work.  He has won plenty of local and national awards, some even twice, for his writing and research. Some awards include the C
  
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• STORY: Two-alarm fire at Napoli's on Richmond ottawamatters.com/local-news/two… https://t.co/OlRDCfFA05

  09-04-2018 21:13 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Two-alarm fire at Napoli's on Richmondottawamatters.com/local-news/two… https://t.co/OlRDCfFA05
  
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• Reevely: Tories eject Kitchener MPP accused of harassing intern, but didn't rush it

  09-04-2018 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have kicked Kitchener MPP Michael Harris out of caucus on allegations he sexually harassed an intern, the party said Monday, two days after he said he’d be leaving politics to deal with a degenerative eye condition.
  The party first heard of the allegations Friday, a statement from Tory caucus chair Lisa Thompson said.
  “The evidence presented to us included a written complaint from 2013 by a former intern about how she had been passed over for emp
  
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• Today's letters: Sorrow over Humboldt, appreciation for Jonathan Pitre

  09-04-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citizen readers acknowledge the sad week that was, with reflections both on the Humboldt Broncos’ tragedy and the death of local hero Jonathan Pitre.
  You can write to us too, [email protected]
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  How hard Humboldt has been hit
  Re: Remembering Humboldt, April 9.
  I don’t think most people understand the scope of the tragedy visited upon the town of Humboldt, Sask. The population of Humboldt is 6,000 and 15 dead represents about .0024 per cent of the population. Metropoli
  
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• Hockey sticks on porches across Canada in a show of support for the #HumboldtBroncos following Friday's horrific cr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 19:49 via twitter.com
  Hockey sticks on porches across Canada in a show of support for the #HumboldtBroncos following Friday's horrific cr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Second-alarm fire at Island Park pizza parlour

  09-04-2018 19:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Part of Richmond Road is closed as firefighters battle a blaze that broke out at a west-side pizza parlour over the lunch hour on Monday.
  They were called to Napoli’s Pizza near Island Park Drive around 12:45 p.m. by a report of smoke on the roof. By about 12:55 p.m., they declared a second-alarm fire to marshal more firefighters and equipment.
  As of 1:10 p.m., crews were doing “extensive” overhauling of the building.
  No one was hurt.
  Richmond Road was closed between Patricia A
  
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• UPDATED: Joshua Boyle appears in court in Ottawa. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/for…

  09-04-2018 18:42 via twitter.com
  UPDATED: Joshua Boyle appears in court in Ottawa. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/for…
  
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• CONTINUING LIVE: We are airing a Special #HumboldtStrong program until 1 p.m. @_MarkSutcliffe @rogersottawa22 twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  09-04-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  CONTINUING LIVE: We are airing a Special #HumboldtStrong program until 1 p.m. @_MarkSutcliffe@rogersottawa22 twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Failed gambler calls 911 from casino for ride home

  09-04-2018 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gamblers need to know when to walk away and when to run, Kenny Rogers famously sang.
  Maybe he should have added when to call 911.
  A 21-year-old Quebec woman called for help at 5 a.m. Saturday because she’d lost all of her money at the Shoreline Casino Thousand Islands and wanted police to help her get home, Leeds OPP reported Monday.
  Police told her to “stay put” at the Gananoque casino so they could make sure she was safe but the woman called back to say someone had given her
  
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• LIVE NOW Our Special #HumboldtStrong program is live now with @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  LIVE NOW Our Special #HumboldtStrong program is live now with @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LIVE NEXT: We are airing a Special #HumboldtStrong program from noon-1 p.m. @_MarkSutcliffe @rogersottawa22 twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  09-04-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  LIVE NEXT: We are airing a Special #HumboldtStrong program from noon-1 p.m. @_MarkSutcliffe@rogersottawa22 twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Ottawa man charged in World Affinity Telecom bankruptcy

  09-04-2018 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man is facing five charges for failing to carry out his duties under bankruptcy legislation as an officer with a now-insolvent telecom company.
  Anthony Melhem, 40, was scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice Tuesday on charges under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
  It’s alleged that as an officer with the now-bankrupt World Affinity Telecom Inc., Melhem failed to satisfy requirements for the orderly resolution of its business affairs.
  He’s been charged by
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, April 9th: 1:08: @Mact18 1:17: @centraljunior 1:30: @RyanKennery 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 17:24 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, April 9th: 1:08: @Mact18 1:17: @centraljunior 1:30: @RyanKennery 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa men face drug charges after 401 speeding stop

  09-04-2018 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pair of Ottawa men face charges of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after the car they were traveling in was stopped for speeding on Highway 401.
  Grenville County OPP report that officers stopped the westbound Hyundai Accent at about 9:30 p.m. Friday near the exit to Maitland, which is about 100 kilometres southwest of Ottawa.
  “Further investigation” turned up drugs, police allege.
  Moustafa Kazan, 21, and Brahim Zeitoun, 19, were also charged with possession o
  
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• Coming up at 11: @CarlyDRobinson joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Humboldt bus crash: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @CarlyDRobinson joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Humboldt bus crash: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @hutchins_aaron joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Humboldt bus crash: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @hutchins_aaron joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Humboldt bus crash: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• from @macleans: The neverending war for Canada’s Food Guide: bit.ly/2GM2mgh https://t.co/0BYXgxflQd

  09-04-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  from @macleans: The neverending war for Canada’s Food Guide: bit.ly/2GM2mgh https://t.co/0BYXgxflQd
  
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• Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube: bit.ly/2qfPOYc https://t.co/xYykYZZYbF

  09-04-2018 15:56 via twitter.com
  
  Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube: bit.ly/2qfPOYc https://t.co/xYykYZZYbF
  
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• #BREAKING STORY: One of the deceased in Humboldt Broncos bus crash was misidentified. Body of Parker Tobin was mis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 15:49 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING STORY:One of the deceased in Humboldt Broncos bus crash was misidentified. Body of Parker Tobin was mis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan seek charity donations, not gifts: bit.ly/2HqlRw5 https://t.co/OVo8dqWO7s

  09-04-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  
  Prince Harry, Meghan seek charity donations, not gifts: bit.ly/2HqlRw5 https://t.co/OVo8dqWO7s
  
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• Coming up at 9:40: Organizer of the Go Fund Me page set up in support of those affected by the #Humboldt bus crash… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:40:Organizer of the Go Fund Me page set up in support of those affected by the #Humboldt bus crash… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• From @Sportsnet: 6 things we learned in the 2017-18 NHL regular season: sprtsnt.ca/2v0oEJx https://t.co/Mvy7i45oYv

  09-04-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  
  From @Sportsnet: 6 things we learned in the 2017-18 NHL regular season: sprtsnt.ca/2v0oEJx https://t.co/Mvy7i45oYv
  
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• BREAKING: Body in #Humboldt bus crash misidentified, Xavier Labelle is alive, Parker Tobin dead.

  09-04-2018 15:27 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Body in #Humboldt bus crash misidentified, Xavier Labelle is alive, Parker Tobin dead.
  
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• Joining @_marksutcliffe for this special programming: @RonMacLeanHTH @citytammie @RalphGoodale @RobMuench… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  Joining @_marksutcliffe for this special programming: @RonMacLeanHTH @citytammie @RalphGoodale @RobMuench… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The gentrification of hockey? It's in the teeth, dentist says

  09-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  If there’s sign of just how gentrified hockey has become in this country, it may be in the pearly whites of the youngsters playing the game.
  Nalin Bhargava is the dentist for Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group teams at Lansdowne — the CFL’s Redblacks, the Fury soccer teams and the OHL’s Ottawa 67s. 
  He’s seen his share of athletes’ teeth. Yet he was dumbfounded by this: the 67’s hockey players had near-perfect teeth. Straight. So he asked, &
  
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• One resident hurt in Centretown apartment fire on Gilmour Street

  09-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man was being cared for by paramedics while other residents sheltered in an OC Transpo bus after a fire in a Centretown apartment building Sunday night.
  Fire crews were summoned by an alarm from 379 Gilmour St. and then a 911 call reporting smoke on the 7th floor. 
  They spotted heavy, black smoke coming from one of the apartments on that floor and declared a working fire at 10:47 p.m. 
  The flames were under control by 10:54 p.m. and losses stopped at 11 p.m.
  An Ottawa Fire Services
  
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• Hockey Canada's CEO part of grassroots push to diversify the game

  09-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Perhaps surprising for a man who dwelled among the hockey elite as head coach of Team Canada and three NHL teams, Tom Renney remains a grass-roots hockey guy.
  As CEO of Hockey Canada, Renney, who’s from Cranbrook, B.C., has upped the ante on making hockey a game for all Canadians, not just those wearing AAA team blazers and hoping to get drafted into the NHL.
  “That approach has got me jobs, and cost me jobs,” Renney says. “I haven’t deviated from that. I starte
  
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• Growing our game: As numbers slip, Hockey Canada turns to new Canadians

  09-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The collective chatter grows to a deafening din, leaving no doubt this is a typical hockey dressing room filled with the elevated voices of children.
  Listen closer, though, and one could hear conversations not just in English, but in Arabic.
  This was Jim Durrell Arena on a weekday morning in late March, where some 80-plus pupils from Blossom Park and General Vanier public schools poured off yellow buses to participate in a unique skating program.
  Nearly all of these grades 3, 4 and 5 pupils are
  
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• Mainly sunny skies but risk of flurries or rain the forecast

  09-04-2018 13:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  If April showers bring May flowers, what do April flurries bring?
  We may find out with a risk of either rain or flakes every day through next weekend in Environment Canada’s forecast.
  Monday is mainly sunny – there’s even a UV index of 5 or moderate – but with increasing cloudiness by late afternoon and 30 per cent chance of overnight flurries. The high is 2 C and low -4 C.
  For Tuesday, expect mainly cloudy skies, a 30 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers, a high o
  
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• Eliminating anti-black racism in Ottawa: Progress is slow, but we'll get there

  09-04-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Progress rarely comes easily, or quickly enough.
  That is certainly true about efforts to address local anti-black racism.
  We reached a significant milestone in late March with the “Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Ottawa” Town Hall aimed at reviewing progress – honestly and head-on.
  The town hall, which drew a crowd of more than 250, was one step in a long road that has included an initial community Forum on Anti-Black Racism in August 2016, and a subsequent report. Th
  
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• 'A Quiet Place' roars at box office with $50M debut: bit.ly/2qfEDi1 https://t.co/unKNvR98ai

  09-04-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  
  'A Quiet Place' roars at box office with $50M debut: bit.ly/2qfEDi1 https://t.co/unKNvR98ai
  
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• 'Valley of darkness:' Broncos' pastor recalls screams of dying after bus crash: bit.ly/2qlEsBk https://t.co/ot8roshP3H

  09-04-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  
  'Valley of darkness:' Broncos' pastor recalls screams of dying after bus crash: bit.ly/2qlEsBk https://t.co/ot8roshP3H
  
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• 'Netflix for movie theatres' competitor Sinemia quietly launches in Canada: bit.ly/2v3cxeG https://t.co/lSgvijVy0s

  09-04-2018 11:30 via twitter.com
  
  'Netflix for movie theatres' competitor Sinemia quietly launches in Canada: bit.ly/2v3cxeG https://t.co/lSgvijVy0s
  
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• Trump warns Assad: 'Big price to pay' for fatal Syria attack: bit.ly/2Jw3ExJ https://t.co/BMtH3akfDj

  09-04-2018 11:20 via twitter.com
  
  Trump warns Assad: 'Big price to pay' for fatal Syria attack: bit.ly/2Jw3ExJ https://t.co/BMtH3akfDj
  
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• "It's got to rip the heart out of your chest." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  09-04-2018 11:12 via twitter.com
  "It's got to rip the heart out of your chest." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• One man suffered injuries and was taken into the care of paramedics. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  09-04-2018 11:03 via twitter.com
  One man suffered injuries and was taken into the care of paramedics. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Josée Touchette and retired general caught up in National Energy Board controversy targeting journalist

  09-04-2018 08:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  I recently returned from holidays to find that my former Postmedia colleague Mike De Souza, had been nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his investigative articles about the ongoing fiasco at the National Energy Board.
  De Souza’s series of articles revealed concerns about the conduct of the NEB. For instance, he revealed that NEB management hired private investigators – on your tax dollar – to find out who leaked to him information that one of the top
  
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• Canadians heading to RIMPAC could see Army artillery fired from USN decks

  09-04-2018 03:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  There could be some interesting sights during this summer’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise for those Canadian military personnel taking part in the event. Canadian naval and air units will involved in this large-scale U.S.-led exercise, scheduled to start sometime in June.
  My former colleague at Defense News, Kris Osborn, who is now managing editor at Warrior Maven, reports that the U.S. Army will be for the first time setting up their artillery on the decks of USN ships and firing f
  
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• Fort Campbell says 2 soldiers killed in helicopter crash. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for…

  09-04-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Fort Campbell says 2 soldiers killed in helicopter crash.ottawamatters.com/world-news/for…
  
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• The Society of Beer Drinking Ladies:  'It’s geeking out about beer'

  09-04-2018 00:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Society of Beer Drinking Ladies (SOBDL) is bringing its women-only beer-tasting party to Ottawa’s allsaints Event Space April 14.
  The SOBDL has been holding exclusive testosterone-free drinking events, or “bevies”, in Toronto since 2014. Men are allowed in after midnight.
  Erica Campbell, society co-creator and co-organizer, told us more about the society and what to expect from its first Ottawa bevy.
  How did the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies start?
  Campbell said she was m
  
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• Judge stays charges in 2016 Ottawa alleged family feud attack because of Crown delay

  09-04-2018 00:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa judge has stayed charges in a vicious 2016 attack because the case took too long to get to trial.
  Brothers Ali and Meshari Albadry, and their brother-in-law Fahad Alzuwaid, were arrested on May 22, 2016 after an alleged family feud turned violent on the streets of Ottawa.
  It was a Sunday afternoon when, police said, three men targeted a family rival in a violent car chase. In two cars, police alleged, they chased the third along several city streets — including Walkley Road, Ledb
  
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