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• Ottawa Hospital appoints new director of cancer research

  19-04-2018 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dr. Rebecca Auer has spent the past decade treating cancer patients and researching how to improve treatments and extend lives in Ottawa and around the world.
  Now she will spread that inspiration to the 300 researchers she will oversee at The Ottawa Hospital as its new director of cancer research.
  The hospital announced Thursday that the 44-year-old surgical oncologist and scientist will replace Dr. Ian Lorimer, who was the interim director during an international search to find a permanent repl
  
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• Ottawa Hospital appoints new director of cancer care

  19-04-2018 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dr. Rebecca Auer has spent the past decade treating cancer patients and researching how to improve treatments and extend lives in Ottawa and around the world.
  Now she will spread that inspiration to the 300 researchers she will oversee at The Ottawa Hospital as its new director of cancer research.
  The hospital announced Thursday that the 44-year-old surgical oncologist and scientist will replace Dr. Ian Lorimer, who was the interim director during an international search to find a permanent repl
  
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• Gatineau mother guilty of manslaughter in 2014 death of infant daughter

  19-04-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 25-year-old woman has been found guilty in Gatineau court of manslaughter in the 2014 death of her six-month-old daughter, Miliange.
  Quebec Judge Anouk Desaulniers also pronounced Martine Soucie guilty on Wednesday of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm.
  “I’m happy that justice has been served,” said Ghislain Guilbeault, Miliange’s father, but added that he’s frustrated that Quebec’s justice system allows Soucie to be free and
  
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• Afghan aid encouraged corruption, harmed local businesses, says U.S. report

  19-04-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. government’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has outlined in a new report the damage that aid programs caused in that country.
  Inspector General John Sopko noted Thursday some of the highlights of the report which tends to undercut a lot of the claims made by the U.S., Canadian and other governments, along with their supporters in the analyst and journalistic communities, about the value of aid and the strength of the Afghan economy.
  Some of the findi
  
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• OPP seek assistance in search for federal parolee

  19-04-2018 22:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police need help locating man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his parole.
  Sunday Muwat, 26, is black, has black hair and brown eyes, stands six feet, three inches tall, and weighs 170 pounds.
  He is serving an eight-year sentence for multiple offences, including robbery, possession of a firearm while prohibited, wearing a disguise with intent, assault with a weapon, and failure to comply with probation.
  Police said Muwat has often been seen in Ottawa and the Great
  
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• Stop 'hedging your bets' and make a decision Mr. Melnyk. This from Ottawa's mayor when it comes to the Lebreton Fla… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 22:04 via twitter.com
  Stop 'hedging your bets' and make a decision Mr. Melnyk. This from Ottawa's mayor when it comes to the Lebreton Fla… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police warn of traffic delays downtown due to 'demonstration' on the 20th day of the fourth month of the year

  19-04-2018 21:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The police are warning Ottawa commuters to avoid parts of downtown Friday afternoon as a result of a “demonstration.”
  The Ottawa Police Service issued a statement advising motorists that “traffic disruptions are expected to occur” around Parliament Hill.  Police also said there may be disruptions in areas near Major’s Hill Park.
  While a police spokesperson would not comment on what the demonstration was, Friday happens to be “4-20,” a day when
  
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• $4.4M project will provide access to pulp mill ruins near Mill Street Brew Pub

  19-04-2018 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  People will have better access to the ruins of an old pulp mill near the Mill Street Brew Pub thanks to $4.4 million approved Thursday by the National Capital Commission’s board of directors.
  The ruins, which are near the Portage Bridge, are a reminder of Ottawa’s industrial history along the Ottawa River. The project will create public spaces on the Bronson Dam and on Amelia Island. The NCC will install interpretation elements that tell people about pulp paper, lumber and electrical
  
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• Still investigating: RCMP say too early to know what happened in Broncos crash ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/HtBxc6YDJ7

  19-04-2018 21:17 via twitter.com
  
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• Orléans French Catholic school to reopen Friday after email threat

  19-04-2018 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges in Orléans will reopen Friday after staff and police concluded there is no longer a threat.
  The Orléans high school closed Thursday morning and cancelled buses as a precaution after it said some staff members had received an emailed threat. 
  Parents were asked to pick up their children at a nearby board elementary school.
  Staff were asked to return to school on Thursday and students Friday after officia
  
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• Hundreds benefiting from city child care ottawamatters.com/local-news/hun… https://t.co/XO14GOjc8P

  19-04-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
  Hundreds benefiting from city child careottawamatters.com/local-news/hun… https://t.co/XO14GOjc8P
  
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• Light rail could be the answer to better serve west Gatineau ottawamatters.com/local-news/lig… https://t.co/ndVkrimeRi

  19-04-2018 21:02 via twitter.com
  
  Light rail could be the answer to better serve west Gatineauottawamatters.com/local-news/lig… https://t.co/ndVkrimeRi
  
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• Firefighter hurt in Stittsville blaze on the mend, chief reports

  19-04-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The condition of a firefighter who was hurt when he plunged through the floor of a burning Stittsville home continues to improve, the city’s fire chief said Thursday.
  He is no longer intubated as he receives care including management of his pain, Chief Gerry Pingitore said on social media, offering thanks for the continued support for the firefighter’s recovery with the hashtags #communityspirit and #thoughtsprayersappreciated.
  Two volunteer firefighters were hurt Monday while battli
  
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• Reevely: Quit immediately, Doug Ford tells Hydro One's board

  19-04-2018 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Everyone on the board of Hydro One should resign immediately, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford says, for making it expensive for him to fire the utility company’s chief executive only because he wants to.
  “Today in Ontario, we have seniors unable to pay the rent and families being forced to choose between heating and eating, all because of the hydro mess,” Ford said Thursday morning at an appearance on his home turf in Etobicoke. “Now, we are learning that the mi
  
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• Mayor questions whether Melnyk is serious about LeBreton Flats development

  19-04-2018 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson has a question for Eugene Melnyk: are you serious?
  Watson wants the owner of the Ottawa Senators to say once and for all if he’s committed to one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the city’s history after sensing wishy-washy language from Melnyk during a recent fan forum where the hockey mogul was asked about the mammoth LeBreton Flats transformation.
  “My first question is, are you serious? Are you dead serious that you want to continue on with this proc
  
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• Dawson: Now's a good time to decide you'll donate your organs

  19-04-2018 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  There are only two ways to make a difference once you’re dead: Have your children live on; and/or have your body do good for other people.
  Now, merely to secure a legacy would be an exceedingly ill-advised reason to have kids. But the utility of your body once you’ve left it is a significant moral and practical consideration that each of us should make, sooner rather than later.  
  Following the crash between a truck and the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, the
  
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• Beagle that survived gunshot to head diagnosed with cancer, needs final home

  19-04-2018 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The “loving” little beagle who survived a gunshot wound to the head now needs a forever adoptive home as she battles cancer.
  “Sadie Mae has endured months of treatment for her injuries, rebounding against the odds and receiving loving care from the staff at the OHS and her dedicated foster family,” executive director Bruce Roney wrote on the Ottawa Humane Society’s blog on Thursday.
  But when she started showing symptoms that couldn’t be explained by the injuri
  
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• Raeisi: You support pay equity? Tell me how much you make

  19-04-2018 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  One topic we never discuss with each other is our salaries. A colleague can ask if you go to church, but not how much you make. That’s a problem because we can’t know how much we should fairly be paid if we never talk about it.
  On April 1, Ontario got new legal rules requiring Equal Pay for Equal Work. The new rules require employers to pay the same rates to all employees, including part-time and casual workers, when they complete substantially the same work, with exceptions for
  
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• Police seek witnesses of road rage incident in Renfrew

  19-04-2018 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police are seeking witnesses in a road rage incident in Renfrew after one driver allegedly pulled a knife on another.
  Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday that a person called around 11 a.m. on April 8, alleging that a man had pulled a knife on him or her following a “driving incident” near the Tim Hortons on the corner of Froats Street and O’Brien Road.
  The two cars – a blue 1998 Honda CRV and a black 2015 Hyundai Elantra – then drove down O’Bri
  
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• NCC improving cycling safety on Portage Bridge with surface renovations

  19-04-2018 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A $9.2-million repair job to the Portage Bridge between downtown Ottawa and Hull would upgrade the asphalt on all lanes and improve safety on the cycle tracks, the National Capital Commission says.
  The NCC board approved the budget allocation Thursday.
  The NCC considered three temporary options for improving cycling on the bridge. The agency dismissed a $1.3-million option to create a new southbound cycle lane on the southbound side of the bridge and make the current bidirectional cycle track no
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @TedMann54 & @rick_gibbons join @_marksutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @TedMann54 & @rick_gibbons join @_marksutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45 Entertainment and Pop Culture expert @jillianclark joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45Entertainment and Pop Culture expert @jillianclark joins @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, April 19th: 1:08: @GregFergus 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @howardanglin 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, April 19th: 1:08: @GregFergus 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @howardanglin 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two dozen vehicles damaged in Bayshore carport fire

  19-04-2018 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The roof of a Bayshore Drive parking garage collapsed and about two dozen vehicles were damaged in an overnight fire but crews were able to prevent the flames from spreading to nearby homes.
  Multiple 911 calls drew firefighters to a carport 40 Bayshore Dr. at 12:51 a.m. Thursday. The first crews on the scene reported that the flames from a vehicle had spread to the carport and were licking up the side of an adjoining townhouse.
  They immediately declared a second-alarm fire to bring more firefigh
  
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  19-04-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
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• Barlow and Palmater: Toss Bill C-69 overboard and protect our water, Mr. Trudeau

  19-04-2018 16:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal Liberal government recently introduced Bill C-69, which, in its current form, would make sweeping changes to Canada’s water, environmental and energy legislation. Unfortunately, the bill is deeply flawed. 
  What’s the best way to fix it? Scrap it and start over.
  The long-awaited bill includes amendments to the Navigation Protection Act (NPA), now named the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA), buried in the 412-page bill.
  The amendments to the CNWA fall short of what
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @LMartinWashDC & @David_Moscrop join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @LMartinWashDC& @David_Moscrop join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Lis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Live NEXT: @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Trump/Comey: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 15:48 via twitter.com
  Live NEXT: @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Trump/Comey: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NCC aims for 2019 on 'master development agreement' over LeBreton Flats

  19-04-2018 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission is aiming to have a LeBreton Flats master development agreement with RendezVous LeBreton Group done by 2019.
  Mark Kristmanson, the CEO of the NCC, told the federal agency’s board of directors Thursday that RendezVous, whose main partners are the Ottawa Senators and Trinity Development Group, is working on environmental assessments and has started discussions with the City of Ottawa. The NCC is working with Algonquin leaders, with another meeting with th
  
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• POLL: Is it appropriate for Kathleen Wynne to compare Doug Ford to Donald Trump?

  19-04-2018 15:38 via twitter.com
  POLL: Is it appropriate for Kathleen Wynne to compare Doug Ford to Donald Trump?
  
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• Today at 10:45: @BoileauTina will join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Today at 10:45: @BoileauTina will join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Renovation transformation: Baby on board for large-scale renovation

  19-04-2018 15:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Homeowners Beverly White and Mike Irving couldn’t help but draw a comparison between renovating and having a baby. They’re both messy – let’s face it – expensive and many times stressful.
  Imagine doing both at the same time.
  “When I signed the contract they said ‘by the way we’re having a baby’,” said veteran renovator Richard Larocque, founder of Vala Home Improvements. Soon after, he made a commitment to them. The couple had been livi
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe for their weekly @macleans on the Hill segment: Listen: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe for their weekly @macleans on the Hill segment:Listen:📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Follow @JennnPritchard for updates. twitter.com/JennnPritchard…

  19-04-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
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• Fire crews defend Bayshore homes as parking garage burns

  19-04-2018 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The roof of a Bayshore Drive parking garage collapsed and about two dozen vehicles were damaged in an overnight fire but crews were able to prevent the flames from spreading to nearby homes.
  Multiple 911 calls drew firefighters to a carport 40 Bayshore Dr. at 12:51 a.m. Thursday. The first crews on the scene reported that the flames from a vehicle had spread to the carport and were licking up the side of an adjoining townhouse.
  They immediately declared a second-alarm fire to bring more firefigh
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @tomblackwellNP joins @_marksutcliffe on the war of words between Kathleen Wynne & Doug Ford:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 15:06 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @tomblackwellNP joins @_marksutcliffe on the war of words between Kathleen Wynne & Doug Ford:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Is it appropriate for Kathleen Wynne to compare Doug Ford to Donald Trump? @_MarkSutcliffe #QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  19-04-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  POLL: Is it appropriate for Kathleen Wynne to compare Doug Ford to Donald Trump?@_MarkSutcliffe#QuestionOfTheDay twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Shell casings found after gunfire reported on Ledbury Avenue

  19-04-2018 14:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police found shell casings after responding to reports of shots fired near Ledbury Park in the city’s south side early Thursday morning.
  They were called to Ledbury Avenue near Banff Avenue around 12:20 a.m. No injuries were reported or arrests made.
  Late Tuesday night, police were also alerted to shots fired and found shell casings in the nearby Heron Gate area. Responding officers found shell casings in the area of Cedarwood Drive and Walkley Road but no victims or suspects in the 1
  
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• Orléans French Catholic school closed due to email threat

  19-04-2018 14:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges in Orléans is closed Thursday because of a “potential threat” to the safety of staff and students.
  The school reports that after some staff members received an email Thursday morning, the decision was made to cancel buses and close the school. 
  Parents were advised to pick up their children at École de la Découverte at 866 Scala Ave. and to watch the school’s website for details.
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• Flurries, showers in the forecast – again

  19-04-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  More flurries are in the forecast through Friday but the weekend outlook is still looking downright spring-like.
  First, a few flurries begin Thursday morning switching to flurries and showers by afternoon with northwest winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 and a high of 4 C. There’s a 40 per cent chance of more flurries overnight and a low of 0 C.
  After a 40 per cent chance of early-morning flurries, Friday’s forecast is for a mix of sun and clouds, a high of 7 C and a chilly low of -4 C.
  
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• In the trenches of Ottawa's opioid epidemic: 'A good kid with a big heart' dies of suspected overdose

  19-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cole Nicholls was no angel, and he admitted it freely.
  This was, perhaps, why his 17-year-old view from the trenches of the fentanyl crisis added urgency and veracity to the storm last year that followed the deaths of three Kanata teens after opioid overdoses.
  “You try the pill. It’s wicked,” he told this newspaper of using the counterfeit Percocet pills known among teens as Percs. “It’s your party drug. Then you want to do it every day.”
  At the time, Nicholls
  
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• Barlow and Palmeter: Toss Bill C-69 overboard and protect our water, Mr. Trudeau

  19-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal Liberal government recently introduced Bill C-69, which, in its current form, would make sweeping changes to Canada’s water, environmental and energy legislation. Unfortunately, the bill is deeply flawed. 
  What’s the best way to fix it? Scrap it and start over.
  The long-awaited bill includes amendments to the Navigation Protection Act (NPA), now named the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA), buried in the 412-page bill.
  The amendments to the CNWA fall short of what
  
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• 24 Sussex contains more asbestos than thought

  19-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  To the long list of issues plaguing 24 Sussex Drive — from old windows to a prime minister who doesn’t want to come near the place — we can now add asbestos.
  Asbestos is all through the plaster in the 150-year-old home’s walls and ceilings. It isn’t doing any harm for now, but it becomes a danger if someone opens up the walls.
  And removing it will cost more than $900,000, according to an engineering report commissioned by the National Capital Commission.
  Built in 18
  
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• Today's letters: A garden for Jonathan Pitre, safety on our highways

  19-04-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let’s build the Butterfly Garden
  Re: ‘We were supposed to come home together,’ April 18.
  I was touched reading Andrew Duffy’s article. Readers who have followed the journey of Jonathan Pitre and his mother, Tina, have soared on the highs and crashed with the lows of this brave young man taking steps to find a cure for EB, both for himself and others.
  I want to concur with Tina that I, too, am partial to a Butterfly Garden. What a beautiful, peaceful and reflective way to
  
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• Cash, Cramps, Killers: A day in the life of Compact Music

  19-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This story started with a question: With virtually every piece of recorded music available at one’s fingertips, why on Earth would anyone shop at a record store?
  The answers are as varied as the music, I learned while hanging out on a sunny Friday afternoon at Compact Music’s flagship Glebe store. It’s a classic example of an old-school indie record store, with bins of vinyl LPs along the aisles, rock posters on the walls, T-shirts hanging from the ceiling and a rack of new-rel
  
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• Missing 12-year-old found safe

  19-04-2018 06:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 12-year-old girl missing in the Greenbank Road area on Wednesday has been found safe.
  The girl, who hadn’t been seen since 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, was located by police just after midnight.
   
  
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• Will Gen. Vance permanently remove Vice Admiral Mark Norman from his position?

  19-04-2018 06:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Forces has pointed out that Vice Admiral Mark Norman is still technically the Vice Chief of the Defence although he has been temporarily suspended from that position.
  Norman has been charged with one count of breach of trust for allegedly leaking government information. The RCMP claims Norman tipped off Davie shipyards the Liberal government was going to delay a key navy program involving the Quebec firm converting a commercial ship, the Asterix, into a supply vessel. Details about
  
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• 420's long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California ottawamatters.com/world-news/420…

  19-04-2018 05:54 via twitter.com
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• "We love you #Humboldt" MP for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek in Saskatchewan @KellyBlockmp joins @_marksutcliffe at 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 05:25 via twitter.com
  "We love you #Humboldt" MP for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek in Saskatchewan @KellyBlockmp joins @_marksutcliffe at 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tensions between Ontario's premier and the leader of the Opposition escalated today as Kathleen Wynne accused Doug… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 05:16 via twitter.com
  Tensions between Ontario's premier and the leader of the Opposition escalated today as Kathleen Wynne accused Doug… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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