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• Making changes because of construction normal course of action for race weekend organizers

  14-04-2018 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The good news is that construction in the downtown core shouldn’t significantly affect Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend in May.
  Wait until 2019, though.
  “Elgin Street next year will be, at least from what we are hearing, significantly more impacted,” race director John Halvorsen says. “Of course, you know things aren’t necessarily that famous in Ottawa for being on time when it comes to construction schedules. I’m not panicking yet, but we’ll see what happen
  
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• Elisabeth Bruyère takes step toward sainthood as Pope names her 'Servant of God'

  14-04-2018 23:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Elisabeth Bruyère, the Grey Nun who founded Ottawa’s first hospital, moved one step closer to sainthood Saturday when she was among eight people declared a Venerable Servant of God by Pope Francis.
  Bruyère was the only Canadian named a Servant of God, which means the Vatican has begun investigations to determine whether she is worthy of sainthood.
  The case for Bruyère, who died in Ottawa in 1876, is the oldest being examined. She arrived in Ottawa from Montreal in 1845
  
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• Winter storm, freezing rain on the way with 'significant accumulation' of ice

  14-04-2018 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  A messy wallop of snow and ice and freezing rain will come a bit later than expected, but is due to reach Eastern Ontario Saturday evening.
  Environment Canada issued a winter storm and freezing rain warning Saturday afternoon, saying that significant snow and ice accumulation was expected Saturday night with freezing rain to follow on Sunday.
  The storm, which is coming across the U.S. Midwest, has already dumped 20 cm of snow in Orillia as it tracks eastward. Between five and 10 cm of snow is ex
  
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• Five charged, drugs and four loaded guns seized following Baseline Road chase

  14-04-2018 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Five people were arrested and police seized four loaded handguns and a “large quantity of drugs” after a police chase Friday afternoon near Baseline Road and Fisher Avenue that led to searches at a number of Ottawa residences.
  The arrests occurred at 1:15 p.m., after officers spotted a wanted man in a car with three others in the parking lot of a strip mall at Baseline and Fisher. The men tried to flee, smashing into several other vehicles in the process, before they jumped out of th
  
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• Man catches fire after reportedly smoking near oxygen supply. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/man… https://t.co/BH8dv2GjXj

  14-04-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  
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• Winter storm warning issued; snow, ice pellets, freezing rain on the way

  14-04-2018 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A messy wallop of snow and ice and freezing rain will come a bit later than expected, but is due to reach Eastern Ontario Saturday evening.
  Environment Canada warns that Saturday night’s storm will be followed by freezing rain on Sunday with “significant accumulations” possible. The winter storm warning for Ottawa South, Metcalfe and Richmond was issued at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.
  The storm, which is coming across the U.S. Midwest, has already dumped 15 cm to 25 cm of snow
  
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• How Montreal-born yoga teacher planned to 'start a new life' in B.C. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-04-2018 16:42 via twitter.com
  How Montreal-born yoga teacher planned to 'start a new life' in B.C.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Trump uses phrase that haunts Bush: 'Mission Accomplished!' ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/0Yr63g4HIG

  14-04-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  
  Trump uses phrase that haunts Bush: 'Mission Accomplished!'ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/0Yr63g4HIG
  
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• Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes. ottawamatters.com/world-news/syr… https://t.co/nfsKpE51zF

  14-04-2018 15:58 via twitter.com
  
  Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes.ottawamatters.com/world-news/syr… https://t.co/nfsKpE51zF
  
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• London, Ont., police say a man is dead after he was hit by a train in the city's east end. Police say officers resp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-04-2018 15:08 via twitter.com
  London, Ont., police say a man is dead after he was hit by a train in the city's east end. Police say officers resp… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The Latest: Iran leader calls US-led strike 'military crime'. ottawamatters.com/world-news/the… https://t.co/c7BmlfC3m0

  14-04-2018 14:58 via twitter.com
  
  The Latest: Iran leader calls US-led strike 'military crime'.ottawamatters.com/world-news/the… https://t.co/c7BmlfC3m0
  
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• Ottawa Police report that a man from the Orleans area has been charged with several child pornography related offen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-04-2018 14:44 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Police report that a man from the Orleans area has been charged with several child pornography related offen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Storm system spawns tornado in Arkansas, blizzards in Plains. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sto… https://t.co/Gcy6XumohM

  14-04-2018 14:32 via twitter.com
  
  Storm system spawns tornado in Arkansas, blizzards in Plains.ottawamatters.com/world-news/sto… https://t.co/Gcy6XumohM
  
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• Funeral held in hometown of youngest Humboldt Broncos crash victim. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/TNV4dH98k8

  14-04-2018 14:10 via twitter.com
  
  Funeral held in hometown of youngest Humboldt Broncos crash victim.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/TNV4dH98k8
  
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• City beefs up pothole repair program after critical audit

  14-04-2018 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city’s public works department has been on a mission to improve its pothole repair program after a stinging audit last fall.
  After the auditor general discovered the city might have been using substandard asphalt, the city cancelled a contract for the supply of hot-mix asphalt used in the summer, according to a staff memo sent to council on Friday.
  The memo updated politicians on steps taken by the city after the audit.
  Suppliers received letters of non-compliance from the city, which
  
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• Cappies review: Ridgemont High's We'll Be Better Later presented with effortless poise and grace

  14-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #12: We’ll Be Better Later
  Where: Ridgemont High School
  Director: Jessie LavalleeTory Woodhead, Critic
  Elmwood School
  Ping! You hurriedly look for your phone. What was it? A text? A Snap? An Instagram comment? A Twitter notification? You search and search and you cannot find it. And then you remember you are in rehab for your Internet addiction. For six teens, this horrifying tale is a reality. In Ridgemont High School’s production of Laura Jacqmin’s We’ll Be Better
  
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• B.C. issues Trans Mountain pipeline permit update as premier heads to Ottawa. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/OP7wLWlzyf

  14-04-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  B.C. issues Trans Mountain pipeline permit update as premier heads to Ottawa.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/OP7wLWlzyf
  
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• Trudeau voices support for U.S.-led strikes on Syria for chemical-weapons attack. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/5cg3qWUlLc

  14-04-2018 13:16 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau voices support for U.S.-led strikes on Syria for chemical-weapons attack.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/5cg3qWUlLc
  
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• Saturday letters: How to use that green bin

  14-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Students set example on recycling
  Re: Today’s letters: Thumbs down for plastic bags in green bins, April 8.
  I agree that switching to plastic bags in compost bins is a step backwards.
  We are at a small OCDSB high school program in Stittsville, called Frederick Banting Alternate Site. We compost food and paper towel waste at our school to divert waste from landfills. On Fridays, prior to classes bringing their blue, black and compost to our recycle audit area outside my class, students
  
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• Robertson: Why I worried about my kids learning about homophobia

  14-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  My four-year-old twins learned about something in their junior kindergarten class that makes me uncomfortable. On Wednesday, they learned about homophobia and transphobia.
  They are too young, I’d thought at first. My discomfort with this was not based on conservative morality – as perhaps it would be for some – but rather because my kids are queerspawn: the children of queer parents.
  And I was worried about how they would feel to learn that we live in a society where same-sex c
  
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• Cloutier: Here's how we'll produce a solid plan for Heron Gate

  14-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following is written in response to an article by Raylene Lang-Dion April 6, “Train Yards and Heron Gate – a tale of two neighbourhoods“:
  Large-scale urban development is never easy and when there is an existing community, it gets more complex and difficult. Navigating those tricky waters takes a steady and experienced hand because urban redevelopment needs to be successful for everyone.
  I have lived in the community for 31 years, been a community association president and
  
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• Supply ship Mark Norman fought for now on its way to support RCN during major exercise

  14-04-2018 05:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The MV Asterix left Halifax Wednesday to support the Royal Canadian Navy, first in the Caribbean and then later  in the Pacific Ocean during the Rim of the Pacific exercise that starts in June.
  The ship sailed two days after the first court by Vice Admiral Mark Norman on a breach of trust charge at an Ottawa court house.
  Norman is considered the driving force behind ensuring that Asterix was delivered and ready via a lease arrangement for the RCN.
  It is considered a rare achievement in Cana
  
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• B.C. police officer dies 30 years after car crash put him in unresponsive state. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-04-2018 05:42 via twitter.com
  B.C. police officer dies 30 years after car crash put him in unresponsive state.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Man critically injured after smoking near oxygen supply, firefighters say

  14-04-2018 05:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa paramedics treated a 68-year-old man who caught fire while smoking near an oxygen supply Friday night.
  Firefighters responded to 1144 Woodroffe Ave., near Iris Street, at 10:06 p.m. for a report of a man on fire on the front lawn. Firefighters learned a fire had started inside the residence. They gave medical attention to the man, who had critical injuries. Other firefighters entered the residence.
  Paramedics said the man received second- and third-degree burns from the fire, which was un
  
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• Feds to change tax law to allow grandparents to access Canada Child Benefit. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-04-2018 05:11 via twitter.com
  Feds to change tax law to allow grandparents to access Canada Child Benefit.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Orléans man arrested on child pornography charges

  14-04-2018 05:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police arrested a 23-year-old Orléans man Friday after receiving a tip about child pornography uploaded to the internet.
  Police said the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre last August forwarded a tip to the Ottawa police internet child exploitation unit about an internet address involved in uploading images and video of child pornography. The internet service provider received a production order and revealed the address of the alleged criminal activities.
  Police execut
  
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• Police hunt for man who came away with nothing in Chelsea pharmacy holdup

  14-04-2018 05:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are looking for a man suspected of holding up a pharmacy in Chelsea on Friday morning.
  According to MRC des Collines police, the attempted robbery at the Proxim pharmacy at 87 Old Chelsea Rd. happened around 11:50. Police said the armed man demanded narcotics, and after being denied he tried, but failed, to get money from the cash drawer.
  Police said the man wore a khaki-coloured hooded coat, black jogging pants, dark-coloured sneakers and carried a black gym bag.
  Anyone with information
  
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• Ottawa probing Tim Hortons franchisee claims that RBI failing to honour terms. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-04-2018 04:42 via twitter.com
  Ottawa probing Tim Hortons franchisee claims that RBI failing to honour terms.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Gunman says he went to Quebec mosque in 2017 to protect family from terrorists. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/h725oQ5pHN

  14-04-2018 04:11 via twitter.com
  
  Gunman says he went to Quebec mosque in 2017 to protect family from terrorists.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/h725oQ5pHN
  
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• Cosby accuser's account remains consistent through 2 trials. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/b1u6ttdZZo

  14-04-2018 03:44 via twitter.com
  
  Cosby accuser's account remains consistent through 2 trials.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/b1u6ttdZZo
  
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• Standing room only as Humboldt Broncos bus driver remembered at service. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-04-2018 03:12 via twitter.com
  Standing room only as Humboldt Broncos bus driver remembered at service.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Ontario Liberals launching first campaign ad ahead of election, focus on Ford. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  14-04-2018 02:44 via twitter.com
  Ontario Liberals launching first campaign ad ahead of election, focus on Ford.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Police say a 41-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting west of Toronto that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-04-2018 02:12 via twitter.com
  Police say a 41-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting west of Toronto that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario auto insurance rates up two per cent in first quarter 2018. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  14-04-2018 01:46 via twitter.com
  Ontario auto insurance rates up two per cent in first quarter 2018.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• "Bravery like I have never, ever seen" Postmedia reporters reflect on Jonathan Pitre

  14-04-2018 01:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Reporter Andrew Duffy and photographer Julie Oliver spent more than six years covering an Ottawa-area kid with a huge heart.
  The hours and days and weeks Duffy and Oliver spent with Jonathan Pitre and his mom, Tina Boileau, have left a lasting and powerful impact on their own lives. In this very personal episode of Behind the News, we reflect on the incredible life of Jonathan Pitre.
  Artwork by Peter Chau from Regina, Sask, honouring Jonathan Pitre and the Humbolt Broncos.
  
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• City of Ottawa sewer overflow hits high mark in 2017

  14-04-2018 01:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A massive volume of diluted sewage emptied into the Ottawa River from City of Ottawa sewers during a seven-month reporting period in 2017, but the number of times there was an overflow was at its lowest in recent years.
  The city recorded 1.6 billion litres of liquid muck spilling into the river between April 15 and Nov. 15, a volume not recorded in the 12 years of data published by city hall. The closest the city has come to that volume was in 2006 when nearly 1.1 billion litres of diluted sewag
  
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• Feds to change tax law to allow grandparents to access Canada Child Benefit. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  14-04-2018 01:16 via twitter.com
  Feds to change tax law to allow grandparents to access Canada Child Benefit.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• uOttawa to feature new marijuana law courses. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/uot… https://t.co/0i4rcLDk0p

  14-04-2018 01:09 via twitter.com
  
  uOttawa to feature new marijuana law courses. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/uot… https://t.co/0i4rcLDk0p
  
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• Ottawa lawyer who represents accused killers bows out after jail beating

  14-04-2018 00:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Days before accused killer Mohamad Barkhadle was scheduled to appear in court, his defence lawyer Diane Condo has filed an application to remove herself as counsel of record after Barkhadle allegedly attacked another of Condo’s clients.Accused killer Marco Michaud, 36, is on life support after a vicious beating Wednesday afternoon at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road. Barkhadle is one of his alleged attackers and Michaud may not survive the beating, according to
  
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