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• 'It climbed up the whole side of the building': Fire roars up under-construction high-rise in Little Italy

  30-04-2018 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dozens of workers were forced to evacuate a high-rise condo building under construction on Champagne Avenue South in Little Italy on Monday after flames climbed the exterior of the 26-storey structure.
  The fire was reported at 11:35 a.m. at the second phase of Ashcroft Homes’ Envie development, which is being geared toward students and young professionals.
  At the scene, interim fire chief Kim Ayotte said the bulk of the blaze appeared to be in a dumpster just outside the building, but it q
  
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• Man, 76, dies after head-on crash in south Ottawa

  30-04-2018 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of three people injured in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in the city’s south side has died in hospital.
  Police said the man, 76, is not believed to have been the driver of either car.
  The crash occurred near the corner of Russell Road and Southvale Crescent around 4:30 p.m. The other two people injured were a 73-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man.
  Police said Monday the circumstances were still under investigation.
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• UPDATE: One man suffered minor burns in high rise fire in Little Italy. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/roa… https://t.co/XOPBc6iCvO

  30-04-2018 22:55 via twitter.com
  
  UPDATE: One man suffered minor burns in high rise fire in Little Italy. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/roa… https://t.co/XOPBc6iCvO
  
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• Shhh…agall: National Gallery CEO silent as questions surface about Chagall debacle

  30-04-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  As art lovers await the reappearance of painter Marc Chagall’s La Tour Eiffel in the National Gallery of Canada’s collection, those involved in the now-scuttled plan to sell the masterpiece next month at a New York auction are keeping very, very quiet.
  On Monday, the gallery’s director and CEO, Marc Mayer, remained unavailable for interviews, and did not reply to emailed questions. He has been silent since last Thursday night’s announcement from the gallery’s board
  
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• Mud Lake to have some trees replanted after extensive cutting

  30-04-2018 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  A trail through Mud Lake’s forest is going to get a lot of new planting to replace a swath of trees and shrubs cut during the winter, but it won’t all come this year.
  The National Capital Commission says it’s going to start by planting 75 new trees this year, and there will be more in future years but it doesn’t yet know how many. 
  As well, it is promising to spread out — but not remove — the thick layer of wood pieces that was spread on the area after th
  
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• Big new Liberal bill to reveal long-promised changes to elections law ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/PhXfI6G2Zq

  30-04-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• One arrested in 417 power tool inciden ottawamatters.com/police-beat/on… https://t.co/yb29JMS1hz

  30-04-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa police officer pleads guilty for hitting and choking man in hospital

  30-04-2018 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct for hitting and choking a man in hospital who was in the throes of a “drug-induced mental health breakdown.”
  Const. Gregory Thomson, an Ottawa police officer since 2006, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority under the Police Services Act.
  Thomson responded to an emergency call on Jan. 19, 2017, and found a man lying at the doorstep of a business in “medical distress,”&n
  
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• Reevely: Province gives billions to private companies without checking whether the money does anything

  30-04-2018 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario government spends more than $1 billion a year on subsidies and tax credits for businesses without even trying to figure out whether they work, Ontario’s financial-accountability office reported Monday.
  Its accountants took 12 of the province’s dozens of programs for promoting things like the film and TV business, industry in the north and more apprenticeships in the trades, and asked whether anybody checks on their results.
  Same answer for all 12 of the programs they look
  
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• STORY: Premier talks Ford's lack of LRT plan, Watson not phased ottawamatters.com/local-news/pre… https://t.co/jowaijXnsN

  30-04-2018 21:06 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Premier talks Ford's lack of LRT plan, Watson not phasedottawamatters.com/local-news/pre… https://t.co/jowaijXnsN
  
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• Ottawa auditor talks gap in long-term care home assault reporting ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott… https://t.co/DaoPH6QIyc

  30-04-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Desroches: How to run for Ottawa council

  30-04-2018 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  So you want to be a candidate in the Oct. 22 municipal election That’s great news! Our democracy is stronger when we have competitive and hearty contests in every ward for the honour of serving in public office. With no party nomination process at the city level, you can easily express-lane your name on the ballot if you meet the legislated requirements.
  Having lived through two successful city hall campaigns, I can offer you some free advice.
  You should be aware that elections are a
  
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• Firefighters douse blaze at Little Italy high-rise

  30-04-2018 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters extinguished a multi-level three-alarm blaze at a high-rise condo under construction on Champagne Avenue South in Little Italy, Ottawa police said Monday.
  Fire said the flames on all floors of the Ashcroft Homes building had been doused around 12:45 p.m. Secondary searches were underway. The call required 50 firefighters to get the blaze under control.
  Paramedics said a man in his 30s was treated and released at the scene with minor burns on his neck.
  Police warned motorists an
  
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• Man seen brandishing power tool arrested for dangerous driving

  30-04-2018 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 31-year-old Quebec man has been arrested for dangerous driving and uttering threats after he allegedly brandished a power tool at another driver.
  The Ottawa detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police arrested the man, from Val-Des-Monts, on Saturday afternoon after reports came in about a motorist driving dangerously on the eastbound Highway 417 near Maitland Avenue.
  Police said the driver left the highway before officers arrived, but tips and evidence from multiple witnesses led to the arres
  
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• Today's letters: Get involved with condo board, remember other heroes in Toronto

  30-04-2018 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  One writer urges readers to get involved with their condo boards, while others weigh in on the Toronto van attack, Ontario politics and the casino. 
  Write to us at [email protected].
  Get involved with your condo board‘I can’t afford it’: Condo owners shocked as fees set to double, April 30
  I have no connection with Southvale Crescent, but as a condo director for nearly 20 years, I want to encourage owners to be involved in their condos.
  Don’t wait for problem
  
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• Main body of high rise fire has been extinguished. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  30-04-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  Main body of high rise fire has been extinguished. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Unreported sex incident, lax drug controls revealed in long-term care home audit

  30-04-2018 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  An unreported resident-to-resident sexual incident and lax drug controls were revealed during investigations at city-run long-term care homes launched by the city’s auditor general.
  The findings were part of an audit released Monday during a council audit committee meeting.
  Auditor general Ken Hughes didn’t identify the long-term care home where the sexual incident happened or the exact date, although it happened in 2017.
  According to the findings, a male resident known for inappropr
  
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• Unreported sex abuse, lax drug controls revealed in long-term care home audit

  30-04-2018 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unreported resident-to-resident sexual abuse and lax drug controls were revealed during investigations at city-run long-term care homes launched by the city’s auditor general.
  The findings were part of an audit released Monday during a council audit committee meeting.
  Auditor general Ken Hughes didn’t identify the long-term care home where the sexual abuse happened or the exact date, although it happened in 2017.
  According to the findings, a male resident known for inappropriate sexu
  
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• More road closures due to a possible high rise fire in Little Italy. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  30-04-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  More road closures due to a possible high rise fire in Little Italy. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Sea trials for new Coast Guard vessel set for the summer

  30-04-2018 17:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard was launched at Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver in December and a short time later transferred to Victoria, BC for finishing work. The ship, Sir John Franklin, is the first large vessel to be designed and built under the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
  Defence Watch has received a number of emails indicating that there are major electrical issues with the vessel.
  But Tim Page, Seaspan’s vice president of government rel
  
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• Roads closed in the area due to a fire just north of Little Italy. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  30-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  Roads closed in the area due to a fire just north of Little Italy. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• This smoke is coming from a condo building on Champagne Avenue at Carling Avenue. Still waiting on details from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  This smoke is coming from a condo building on Champagne Avenue at Carling Avenue. Still waiting on details from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @LauraPeck6 & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @LauraPeck6 & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Airport training exercise will feature 'flames, smoke, emergency vehicles'

  30-04-2018 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Travellers, plane-spotters and anyone else in the vicinity of the Ottawa International Airport this week may notice some extra excitement around the airfield.
  The airport is expected to conduct a training exercise from Monday to Friday, according to officials, which will feature emergency vehicles responding to a mock crisis.
  “Don’t be alarmed,” the airport’s official Twitter feed announced Monday morning. The exercise is also expected to feature some pyrotechnics, with a
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @quito_maggi joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest provincial polling numbers from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
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• Follow @1310JasonWhite for the latest developments from City Hall: twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  30-04-2018 16:17 via twitter.com
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @1310Andrew & @Randall_Denley join @_MarkSutcliffe live: List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
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• Man, 76, dies following head-on crash in south Ottawa

  30-04-2018 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of three people injured in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in the city’s south side has died in hospital.
  Police say the man, aged 76, is not believed to have been the driver of either car.
  The crash occurred near the corner of Russell Road and Southvale Crescent around 4:30 p.m. The other two people injured were a 73-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man.
  Police said Monday the circumstances were still under investigation.
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• How urban design can make our cities less vulnerable to attacks

  30-04-2018 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jon Coaffee is a professor of urban geography at the University of Warwick in England and an expert on the impact of terrorism and other security concerns on the functioning of urban areas. We asked him about what can help mitigate hostile vehicle attacks.
  Q: Would  you consider what happened in Toronto be be a “hostile vehicle attack”? What, from an urban design perspective, are the hallmarks of such an attack that have to be taken into consideration?
  A: Yes, this looks as if i
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
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• ‘It hasn’t broken us’ — #TorontoStrong vigil filled with messages of grief and resilience @jpags of @TorontoStar j… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  ‘It hasn’t broken us’ — #TorontoStrong vigil filled with messages of grief and resilience@jpags of @TorontoStar j… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: What is the most important factor in how you will vote in the Ontario election? bit.ly/2Fr0Tu5

  30-04-2018 15:02 via twitter.com
  POLL: What is the most important factor in how you will vote in the Ontario election? bit.ly/2Fr0Tu5
  
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• Ottawa man, 27, charged with arson after motel room fire

  30-04-2018 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man has been charged with arson after a fire on Sunday tore through a motel room in Nipigon, about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay.
  Ontario Provincial Police said they received information about the fire around 6:20 a.m. The blaze, which was contained to a single room at the motel, was doused with fire extinguishers, but not before it caused “extensive damage.”
  OPP allege the fire was intentionally set. Police said they found the occupant of the motel room walking o
  
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• 'Infinity War' opens with record $250M, passing 'Star Wars' bit.ly/2I4ltGe https://t.co/8oTmIQDbub

  30-04-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  
  'Infinity War' opens with record $250M, passing 'Star Wars' bit.ly/2I4ltGe https://t.co/8oTmIQDbub
  
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• Beautiful spring weather to start the week

  30-04-2018 14:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a cold, wet weekend, Ottawa is heading into a string of warm and mostly sunny days — just in time for most people to go back to work.
  The forecast calls for highs of 22 C on Tuesday and 23 C on Wednesday. If you’re counting (and we are) these will be the first days to break the 22-degree mark since last Oct. 21.
  Monday won’t be quite that nice, but it’s still an improvement on the weekend. The forecast high is 16 C with a mix of sunshine and possibly some passing sh
  
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• Today's letters: Carp fitness, pipeline support and an outdoor field

  30-04-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rural areas deserve fitness classes, too, argues one letter-writer, while another insists the Liberals cannot support Kinder Morgan and fight climate change. You, too, can weigh in. Write to us at: [email protected] deserves to have more fitness classes
  I thought the City of Ottawa was pushing participation.
  The city doesn’t seem to recognize that smaller communities require fitness classes as well as large suburban areas. In Carp, we only have two classes offered at Carp
  
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• 'I can't afford it': Owners outraged after monthly payments double at Ottawa condo

  30-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joumana Azzi says she could barely believe her eyes when she saw it: her monthly condo payments were about to double, thanks to $2.3 million in repairs needed for two buildings on Southvale Crescent.
  News of the levy, she said, brought other neighbours at a meeting about the cost to tears, describing how they might have to turn their keys over to the bank or take out a loan. Some talked about selling their units.
  With less than two months’ notice, residents of 85 units at 2630 and 2650 Sou
  
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• Chambers: Part-time professors should be paid based on merit

  30-04-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  At a university, “equal pay for equal work” suggests the need to rectify the gender wage gap.
  Yet for part-time professors, it does not reflect reality. In their specific circumstances, “equal pay for equal position” is a more accurate maxim: Part-time professors are paid the same amount per contract, irrespective of work ethic, skill set or student outcomes.
  If universities are truly interested in improving educational standards, the focus needs to shift towards “e
  
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• Claus: Chagall affair leaves many questions

  30-04-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The scandal over the National Gallery of Canada’s decision to auction off Marc Chagall’s luminous 1929 painting, La Tour Eiffel, raises many questions, including of how the gallery managed to get the required export permit in the first place.
  Since the gallery has announced the cancellation of its controversial sale of the Chagall painting, the many who expressed vocal disagreement can heave a sigh of relief knowing that their voices were heard and views acted upon.
  However, it is st
  
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• Science and Tech Museum's new building is a football field smaller than needed

  30-04-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canada Science and Technology Museum’s new storage building, still under construction, is 8,000 square metres too small, official documents reveal.
  That’s a shortfall of more than a Canadian football field, which is 6,000 square metres from goal-line to goal-line (though normally measured in yards).
  The new Collections and Conservation Centre costs $156.4 million. But documents obtained through access to information show that it fell victim to two forces: rising costs that forced
  
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• Affected residents are asked to boil their tap water for at least one minute before consuming it. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-04-2018 11:53 via twitter.com
  Affected residents are asked to boil their tap water for at least one minute before consuming it. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Double Kabul suicide bombing kills 25, including journalists: bit.ly/2rag3Pz https://t.co/S4mmvR9Cq1

  30-04-2018 11:44 via twitter.com
  
  Double Kabul suicide bombing kills 25, including journalists: bit.ly/2rag3Pz https://t.co/S4mmvR9Cq1
  
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• MISSING: 80-year-old Marie Wegelin was last seen in the early afternoon yesterday in the 2300 block of Carling Aven… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-04-2018 11:28 via twitter.com
  MISSING: 80-year-old Marie Wegelin was last seen in the early afternoon yesterday in the 2300 block of Carling Aven… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Solarte, Hernandez and Pillar hit solo homers in Blue Jays 7-2 rout of Rangers: bit.ly/2HAJB3I https://t.co/of9OScaRec

  30-04-2018 11:15 via twitter.com
  
  Solarte, Hernandez and Pillar hit solo homers in Blue Jays 7-2 rout of Rangers: bit.ly/2HAJB3I https://t.co/of9OScaRec
  
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• Syria monitors: Missile attack kills 26, mostly Iranians: bit.ly/2HAGQiZ https://t.co/MAOkw3Bp4R

  30-04-2018 11:09 via twitter.com
  
  Syria monitors: Missile attack kills 26, mostly Iranians: bit.ly/2HAGQiZ https://t.co/MAOkw3Bp4R
  
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• Scanlan: Battle in the burbs is on against the scourge of opioids

  30-04-2018 04:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drug abuse isn’t wrongly perceived to be an inner-city problem.
  That’s where Ottawa’s drug culture is most visible — it’s the natural home of supervised injection sites. Yet risky behaviour, especially opioid use, is trending in Kanata and other well-off neighbourhoods.
  News recently of the suspected death by overdose of 18-year-old Cole Nicholls, who is from the city’s rural west end, underscored the fact that the opioid crisis knows no boundaries.
  A run of o
  
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• B.C.'s dispute over bitumen control likely to end up in Supreme Court: lawyers. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/URY3TKWkkg

  30-04-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  B.C.'s dispute over bitumen control likely to end up in Supreme Court: lawyers.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/URY3TKWkkg
  
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• Percolating in the suburbs: Good neighbourhoods in the grip of opioids

  30-04-2018 01:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drug abuse isn’t wrongly perceived to be an inner-city problem.
  That’s where Ottawa’s drug culture is most visible — it’s the natural home of supervised injection sites. Yet risky behaviour, especially opioid use, is trending in Kanata and other well-off neighbourhoods.
  News recently of the suspected death by overdose of 18-year-old Cole Nicholls, who is from the city’s rural west end, underscored the fact that the opioid crisis knows no boundaries.
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• Kanata parent stands on guard in relentless opioid battle

  30-04-2018 01:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s been more than a year since Sean O’Leary’s open letter about opioid abuse in Kanata sparked the formation of a parents’ group and open war on youth overdoses.
  The battle rages on. O’Leary, who had to provide opioid withdrawal treatment in his own home for his then-16 year-old daughter, still meets with the ‘We the Parents’ group. Their next gathering is Monday. He still lives in fear.
  “One of the things I have found, most people just want some
  
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• Percolating in the suburbs: Good neighbourhoods in the grip of opioids - Ottawa Citizen

  30-04-2018 01:25 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Percolating in the suburbs: Good neighbourhoods in the grip of opioids
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  Dr. Elizabeth Shouldice is one of four local doctors who've started a recovery clinic for opioid addiction. A string of overdoses in Ottawa's west end shocked four physicians at Queensway Carleton Hospital into trying to help. The opioid clinic ...
  
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