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• PHOTOS: Hundreds celebrate 420 on Parliament Hill

  20-04-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was blue over Parliament Hill on April 20, 2018, where hundreds gathered to celebrate all things green. Here’s a look at 420 in Ottawa. 
    Share420 enthusiasts gather on Parliament Hill 2018Tumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmail GALLERY:420 enthusiasts gather on Parliament Hill 2018It was the annual 4/20 rally on Parliament Hill Friday as hundreds gathered to smoke pot and celebrate cannabis culture.Organizers of this year's rally say it's a celebration and a pro
  
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• MPs ask questions about Mali combat – senior Canadian officer says combat debate “nonsensical”

  20-04-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Conservative government’s defence critic says it is inappropriate for a senior Canadian Forces officer to question the right of MPs to raise concerns about whether the upcoming mission to Mali is combat.
  MPs on the House of Commons defence committee raised those concerns Thursday and questioned generals about details of the Mali mission and whether Canadian military personnel would be safe.
  Conservative defence critic James Bezan wanted information about the risks and whether troops wi
  
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• Groups chose marijuana celebration day to launch cannabis-related ventures

  20-04-2018 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Organizations marked 4/20, the international day for celebrating marijuana, in various ways on Friday: 
  Tweed Marijuana promises $20 million to help community projects
  Medical marijuana grower Tweed Inc. in Smiths Falls says it plans to hand out $20 million over the next four years to support community development projects. The company invites “artists, creators, builders and partners with bold ideas for their community” to be in touch via tweedcollective.com. Tweed’s pare
  
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• HEADS UP: Check your plans yards cleanup this weekend: If they include burning old leaves & grass -- pump the brake… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 23:32 via twitter.com
  HEADS UP: Check your plans yards cleanup this weekend: If they include burning old leaves & grass -- pump the brake… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Movie Reviews: I feel Pretty, Beirut, and Kodachrome. ottawamatters.com/local-news/mov… https://t.co/VrnPKZVqF7

  20-04-2018 23:04 via twitter.com
  
  Movie Reviews: I feel Pretty, Beirut, and Kodachrome.ottawamatters.com/local-news/mov… https://t.co/VrnPKZVqF7
  
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• George Thorogood: "I need a band to make my statement"

  20-04-2018 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  George Thorogood has been plying his brand of three-chord boogie (boozy?) blues for more than 40 years, almost always rocking out with his dependable band, the Delaware Destroyers. Although Thorogood released a solo acoustic album, Party of One, last year, he has no intention of touring on his own, he told Lynn Saxberg in a recent interview. On the eve of his Rock Party Tour through Canada, the famously crusty musician, now 68, also shared some advice from his hero, John Lee Hooker, and what may
  
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• Changes to the Ottawa Police Service Call Center. Hours of operation are changing, and they're renaming the call ce… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 21:38 via twitter.com
  Changes to the Ottawa Police Service Call Center. Hours of operation are changing, and they're renaming the call ce… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Editorial: A Butterfly Garden for Jonathan Pitre

  20-04-2018 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  This week, Tina Boileau, the mother of Jonathan Pitre, confirmed her interest in a memorial to the 17-year-old warrior who battled the skin disease epidermolysis bullosa his entire life. In a Citizen interview, she agreed a butterfly garden or conservatory could be created or named in his honour.
  We like it too. This would be an attractive, fitting tribute to the young man who died just over two weeks ago. Jonathan was known as a “butterfly child” because young people with the skin-r
  
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• Ottawa organizers are preparing for a crowd of up to 20,000 marijuana enthusiasts to show up for celebrations at Pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 20:52 via twitter.com
  Ottawa organizers are preparing for a crowd of up to 20,000 marijuana enthusiasts to show up for celebrations at Pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Portage Bridge work could be the commuter headache of the summer

  20-04-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Road resurfacing on the Portage Bridge could be the headache of the summer for motorists travelling between Ottawa and Gatineau. 
  The city held its seasonal construction update Friday, highlighting road and building construction in the spring and summer.
  Traffic services manager Phil Landry said the bridge work will cause congestion, but the city is still sorting out the mitigation plan with the National Capital Commission
  The NCC board of directors signed off on the $9.2-million bridge pro
  
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• City releases construction plans for remainder of 2018 - ottawamatters.com/local-news/cit… #ottnews https://t.co/hojB6U8rVm

  20-04-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Elderly Alfred-Plantagenet man missing, last seen in downtown Ottawa

  20-04-2018 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are appealing for help to find an elderly Alfred-Plantagenet Township man who was dropped off by a friend at a bus stop on Slater Street Monday but never boarded his bus home.
  Edward Wright, 70, has been known to frequent Ottawa shelters but Hawkesbury OPP say his whereabouts aren’t known and police are concerned about his well-being.
  Wright is described as white, 5’7″ to 6″ tall with a slim build and shoulder-length black and gray hair that is balding on top,
  
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• Here's what you can do this International Astronomy Day. No rain in the forecast for tomorrow. #ottcity #ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 19:39 via twitter.com
  Here's what you can do this International Astronomy Day. No rain in the forecast for tomorrow. #ottcity #ottawa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Five arrested in Gatineau bust of synthetic drug ring

  20-04-2018 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police report that they’ve shut down a drug trafficking network after raiding a home that served as a point of sale Wednesday, making a major seizure of synthetic drugs and arresting five people.
  The seized drugs include 11 litres of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a party drug that’s been dubbed the date rape drug and nearly 2,000 methamphetamine tables, police said Friday.
  They executed a search warrant at 71 de la Baie St. and arrested two men, aged 58 and 51, and
  
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• Diner, city win the great patio war of Welly West

  20-04-2018 19:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa has thwarted a legal offensive on a restaurant patio in Wellington West.
  In a decision released Thursday, the Ontario Municipal Board dismissed an appeal of a city planning decision to allow an outdoor seating area at the Wellington Diner at 1385 Wellington St. W.
  City council in summer 2017 approved the necessary zoning amendments to allow a 20-square-metre patio at the restaurant, which already has the outdoor amenity space for a patio, but until the council decision, didn&r
  
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• Spotlight: A career launched on the sound of a sick duck

  20-04-2018 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who are part of the Ottawa area’s arts community. This week, Bruce Deachman talks with singer, songwriter, oboeist and pianist Angela Schleihauf. A member of folk trio Three Little Birds, Schleihauf is project manager of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra’s 3D StringTheory project. She is also recipient of this year’s Shannon Reynolds Memorial Endowment Fund Internship and will be mentored under the leadership of a professional sound
  
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• Three-year-old Dingerz Batting Centre closes its doors

  20-04-2018 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  With baseball season set to start, what was billed as Ottawa’s only year-round batting and pitching facility has abruptly closed its doors.
  Dingerz Batting Centre on Kaladar Avenue made the announcement on its website and on Twitter early Friday morning.
  “Regretfully, after three wonderful years, Dingerz Batting Centre will be closing its doors effective immediately,” said the statement attributed to Brian Beehler. “We are very grateful to everyone who has supported
  
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• Kurl: Trans Mountain – yes, there's a glimmer of light at the end of the pipeline

  20-04-2018 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It must be a confounding reality show to people watching from east of the Rockies: protesters outside Vancouver being hauled away in their fight to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion; B.C. Premier John Horgan remaining rock-hard in his resolve to keep up the legal battle in the face of the company’s ultimatum to walk away; Albertans erupting in fresh rounds of exasperation and threats; and Justin Trudeau jetting home from international summits to instead hold emergency summits
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @OPA_President & @Baileymariereid join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon:@OPA_President & @Baileymariereid join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, April 20th: 1:08: #AlexNewcombe 1:17: @CityCristinaH 1:30: @jpitney 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, April 20th: 1:08: #AlexNewcombe 1:17: @CityCristinaH 1:30: @jpitney 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: President of the @HumboldtBroncos, @KevinGaringer joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 17:15 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: President of the @HumboldtBroncos,@KevinGaringer joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Follow Stuart McGinn for updates from @ottawacity: twitter.com/Stu_McGinn/sta…

  20-04-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
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• On the Ethics Lab: -Filming exams to deter cheating. -Genetic tests as an employee benefit. @dk_munro joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  On the Ethics Lab:-Filming exams to deter cheating. -Genetic tests as an employee benefit. @dk_munro joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @etuckerAP joins @_MarkSutcliffe to go inside the Comey memos: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @etuckerAP joins @_MarkSutcliffe to go inside the Comey memos: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe on with a look back at the week in Canadian politics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe on with a look back at the week in Canadian politics:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The Avengers are having a big cross-country event and it's already started in Ottawa

  20-04-2018 16:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  At least one manhole cover painted like Captain America’s signature shield popped up in Ottawa Friday morning.
  It’s apparently part of the launch of Avengers: Infinity War, which hits theaters April 27. 
  The studio says its putting out “clues or sightings” in 10 key markets as part of a marketing campaign to have Canadians identify the avenger that’s “assigned” to their city.
  Want to take a guess Ottawa?
   
  What’s up with all the #CaptainA
  
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• Pump prices, airline tickets help propel Canada's annual inflation rate to 2.3%: bit.ly/2HiypbG https://t.co/2Bg775hXTo

  20-04-2018 16:19 via twitter.com
  
  Pump prices, airline tickets help propel Canada's annual inflation rate to 2.3%: bit.ly/2HiypbG https://t.co/2Bg775hXTo
  
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• Bartlett: Why we should worry about the city's homelessness plan

  20-04-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Recently, following release of the City of Ottawa staff’s update on the 10-year housing and homelessness plan (which covers 2014 to 2024) local media asked whether or not Ottawa can really end homelessness.
  Yes – but there are several good reasons for asking.
  First, the outcomes reported in the update were poor. Shelter use continues to rise, as does the length of shelter stays. Levels of chronic homelessness are also broadly unchanged since the plan was introduced, although the comp
  
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• Prescott man critically injured in ATV crash on Highway 2

  20-04-2018 15:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 26-year-old Prescott man suffered life-threatening injuries after the ATV he was driving crashed on Highway 2 early Friday morning.
  A helicopter ferried the man to hospital after the 1 a.m. crash at Johnston, 90 km south of Ottawa. His passenger, an 18-year-old Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal man, suffered minor injuries.
  Collision investigators were examining the scene into the early morning but the road had reopened by the morning commute.
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @WendyBoomer & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod, @WendyBoomer & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live:Listen:📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man accused of indecent exposure to young victims

  20-04-2018 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 49-year-old Ottawa man faces charges including two counts of indecent exposure to a person under age 16. Investigators say they’re concerned there may be other victims.
  Michael Joseph Hull is also charged with committing an indecent act, criminal harassment and breach of probation.
  Ottawa police say they launched an investigation March 14 into reports of a man exposing himself in public places, including local businesses, where children were present. 
  Hull is scheduled to appear in
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio with the latest entertainment n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @SandraKiss1053 of @kissottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio with the latest entertainment n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @astroeducator joins @_MarkSutcliffe on International Astronomy Day tomorrow: Listen: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30:@astroeducator joins @_MarkSutcliffe on International Astronomy Day tomorrow: Listen:📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Should Canada ban plastic straws? Story: bit.ly/2HSC3q9

  20-04-2018 15:23 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Canada ban plastic straws?Story: bit.ly/2HSC3q9
  
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• 'Maxime Bernier and the lessons of political loyalty' @InklessPW joins @_MarkSutcliffe live at 9:15: Listen: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  'Maxime Bernier and the lessons of political loyalty'@InklessPW joins @_MarkSutcliffe live at 9:15: Listen:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Heavenly conversion: Former convent in Westboro turned show-stopping home

  20-04-2018 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  After two years of searching for the right home, Denise Hulaj felt it was divine intervention when she walked through the doors of a former convent turned modern showpiece in Westboro.
  A neighbourhood landmark, the former nunnery, school and home, which sits on the corner of Kenwood and Edison avenues, was designed and built in the early 1930s by Mother Marie Thomas d’Aquin, founder of the Institute Jeanne d’Arc, a religious order dedicated to providing room and board to young women.
  
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• Spat breaks out between Tim Hortons franchisee factions over public complaints: bit.ly/2HiaCsv https://t.co/vBpXuaoR61

  20-04-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  
  Spat breaks out between Tim Hortons franchisee factions over public complaints: bit.ly/2HiaCsv https://t.co/vBpXuaoR61
  
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• Guests forced to flee Gatineau motel blaze

  20-04-2018 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  About 20 people had to flee a Gatineau motel early Friday morning as fire spread rapidly through the roof.
  A “rapid and aggressive” attack by almost three dozen firefighters limited damage to about 30 per cent of the small, one-story motel at 926 Maloney Boulevard East, the fire department reported.
  They were called at 12:56 a.m. when an occupant smelled smoke. The fire was under control at 2:21 a.m.
  The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage is pegged at $67,000.
  
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• Gunshots reported in city's south end for third time this week

  20-04-2018 14:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police found shell casings after responding to reports of shots fired in the Heron Gate neighbourhood Thursday night.
  They were called to Baycrest Drive near Heron Road at 10:30 p.m. There were no arrests and no reports of injuries.
  It was the third incident in the area in as many nights in which police responded to reports of gunfire that was confirmed by shell casings.
  At 12:20 a.m. Thursday, police were called to Ledbury Avenue near Banff Avenue. They had been called to Cedarwood Drive and Wa
  
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• Ancient builders' skills live on at Science and Tech Museum

  20-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Research on a centuries-old collection of builders’ instruments from the Mediterranean world has brought the Canada Science and Technology Museum a national award from the Canadian Museums Association.
  The levels, compasses and more come from the eastern Mediterranean countries which once formed the heart of the Ottoman Empire.
  David Pantalony, curator of physical sciences and medicine at the Canada Science and Technology Museum with part of the collection of centuries old builders’
  
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• Risk of a few flurries, pot haze then pure sunshine for days

  20-04-2018 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fingers crossed that Friday is the final appearance of flurries in the forecast.
  There’s a 40 per cent chance of them in the morning then some sunshine peeks through cloudy skies with a blustery high of 7, Environment Canada predicts.
  Watch for a dense haze around Parliament Hill, though. It’s 420, the day when cannabis enthusiasts congregate.
  ALSO: Police warn of traffic delays downtown due to ‘demonstration’ on the 20th day of the fourth month of the year
  It’
  
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• At 37, Shelly Abad Cruz discovered she was pregnant — and had cancer

  20-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shelly Abad Cruz was overjoyed last November when she discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant with her first child.
  At 37, she and husband Archie Duldulao, 39, had long let go of trying to conceive.
  When Cruz was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in March, however, the couple was shocked into silence.
  Doctors immediately suggested surgery in April to remove her right breast and a lymph node under her right arm. She has also agreed to chemotherapy and radiation for an incurable tumour
  
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• Today's letters: The fate of 24 Sussex, the failure of Phoenix

  20-04-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Why not just replicate 24 Sussex?
  Re: 24 Sussex contains more asbestos than thought, April 19.
  With the advance in building technology, can we not tear down the existing decrepit building at 24 Sussex and completely replicate it with a new building that comes with modern, safe and eco-minded amenities that would have the exact footprint, floor plans and facade for the same money they may spend on retrofit?
  The building is old and the legacy is that it will be a money pit. Public servants need to
  
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• Kolga: We need to stop Russia's cyber and disinformation campaign now

  20-04-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  This week, the so-called “Five Eyes” security group – Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada – met to talk about cyber attacks, mostly from Russia. The U.S. and U.K. also issued a warning that Russia has been heavily involved in cyber and disinformation attacks.
  It can no longer be ignored that Canada is one target of Kremlin disinformation aimed at subverting our democracy and alliances.
  The expulsion of four Russian agents was a good first step in
  
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• There have been three shootings in the city in less than a week --- two in the Heron Gate neighbourhood. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  20-04-2018 12:13 via twitter.com
  There have been three shootings in the city in less than a week --- two in the Heron Gate neighbourhood. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Much left to fight for beyond legalization, pot activists say as they mark 4-20: bit.ly/2HhoAa4 https://t.co/xntxuFzvBC

  20-04-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  
  Much left to fight for beyond legalization, pot activists say as they mark 4-20: bit.ly/2HhoAa4 https://t.co/xntxuFzvBC
  
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• ICYMI: Mayor Jim Watson wants Eugene Melnyk to stop 'hedging his bets' when it comes to the Lebreton Flats redevelo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-04-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Mayor Jim Watson wants Eugene Melnyk to stop 'hedging his bets' when it comes to the Lebreton Flats redevelo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police found a man carrying wire cutters, a ratchet and socket, and a garbage bag full of chips, dip and salsa. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  20-04-2018 11:20 via twitter.com
  Police found a man carrying wire cutters, a ratchet and socket, and a garbage bag full of chips, dip and salsa. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Truck stopped after wheels pop off, roll along 401 ottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr…

  20-04-2018 05:54 via twitter.com
  Truck stopped after wheels pop off, roll along 401ottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr…
  
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• OPP looking for federal inmate, known to frequent Ottawa ottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…

  20-04-2018 05:17 via twitter.com
  OPP looking for federal inmate, known to frequent Ottawaottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…
  
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