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• Sentors GM Pierre Dorion: Boucher's back. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-05-2018 23:55 via twitter.com
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• Reevely: Ottawa's LRT plan survives a trip through Ontario leaders' BS machine

  01-05-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Progressive Conservatives will contribute the $1 billion in provincial money Ottawa needs for the next phase of its light-rail plans, leader Doug Ford promised publicly on Tuesday.
  He was answering a warning from Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne that money her government has promised for years isn’t locked in, a mundane statement of fact that blew up into an election issue thanks to political spin, a quick headline and the fact we have about half a dozen elections in the time it takes to
  
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• Sir John A. Macdonald's first home demolished in Glasgow as condos and retail space planned

  01-05-2018 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The presumed birthplace of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s founding prime minister, has been demolished as part of a long-awaited redevelopment in downtown Glasgow.
  A spokesman for Glasgow City Council confirmed Tuesday that the derelict two-storey structure, which was last home to the Fox and Hound Pub, was razed in September 2017. 
  The loss of the historic site was first discovered by Carleton University professor Randy Boswell, whose sleuthing helped to make the case that Macdonald
  
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• Quebec police launch task force to investigate possible serial sex crimes

  01-05-2018 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Quebec police have assembled a task force to investigate a 55-year-old man suspected of serial sex crimes across three jurisdictions in the province.
  Clément Péloquin, 55, of Chénéville, appeared in Gatineau court in March, where he was charged with a range of sex crimes involving minors, including sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and sexual exploitation of persons under 14.
  He was released from custody with a list of court-imposed conditions.
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• Jim Watson has filed his nomination papers. Watson and Bernard Couchman only names on the ballot for mayor.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  Jim Watson has filed his nomination papers. Watson and Bernard Couchman only names on the ballot for mayor.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Affects Ottawa-bound traffic. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…

  01-05-2018 23:04 via twitter.com
  Affects Ottawa-bound traffic. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OPP_COMM_ER/st…
  
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• Shopify shares tumble 5 per cent as earnings forecast prompts jitters

  01-05-2018 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify shares tumbled five per cent to $163.50 on the TSX on Tuesday as investors absorbed the Ottawa firm’s latest financial forecasts.
  Although the electronic commerce specialist delivered better-than-expected results for the quarter ended March 31, it signalled revenues for the current quarter would be just two to three per cent better than the consensus forecast, prompting an early morning sell-off.
  While on the face of it, this seems an odd reaction, Shopify shares have in recent mon
  
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• Re-election campaign begins for Ottawa's 'not very flashy' incumbent mayor

  01-05-2018 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa voters probably shouldn’t expect any surprises from Jim Watson during the municipal election campaign.
  He’ll make a tax promise and continue to advocate for the city’s LRT plan. He’ll urge people to vote for stability on a mayoral ballot that, so far, has only one big-name candidate. 
  “My promises are not very flashy. I’m not very flashy myself,” the incumbent mayor said after filing his nomination papers Tuesday at the city’s election
  
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• Historic Victoria Cross of Lt.-Col David Currie to stay in Canada

  01-05-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the most significant Victoria Crosses in Canadian military history will stay in Canada.
  The medal, the Commonwealth’s highest honour for valour in the face of the enemy, was awarded to Lt.-Col David Vivian Currie for his role in the bloody fighting in the Falaise Pocket in the months after D-Day.
  A foreign collector bought Currie’s VC at a private auction in London, England last September for $550,000, plus an additional $110,000 auction house fee.
  But because the medal was co
  
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• U.S. on NAFTA deal: Either this month, or not this year at all, Lighthizer says ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/n3xAqbBZmO

  01-05-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  U.S. on NAFTA deal: Either this month, or not this year at all, Lighthizer saysottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/n3xAqbBZmO
  
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• 5 things: Confederation Line LRT will have the longest transit escalator in Canada

  01-05-2018 21:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here’s the most understated wow feature of the Confederation Line LRT: It will have the longest escalator associated with a transit system in Canada. It wasn’t until Tuesday that this even came up.
  John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation, told the finance and economic development committee that the escalator is being installed in Rideau Station, whose LRT platform is 26.5 metres underground.
  Manconi delivered his monthly update on LRT construction to the comm
  
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• Warrant issued after Ottawa man skips U.S. arraignment on assault, hate crime charges

  01-05-2018 21:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  An arrest warrant has been issued in the U.S. for Brandon Vaughan of Ottawa after he failed to show up in a Washington, D.C., courtroom to face charges of assault and hate crime.
  Vaughan, 23, was to have been appeared on a felony arraignment Tuesday morning for his alleged role in the beating of a Palestinian man at a March 2017 demonstration in Washington.
  With Vaughan a no-show, the court issued a bench warrant for his arrest, said William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice
  
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• Former councillor talking what it takes to run for municipal office ottawamatters.com/local-news/for… https://t.co/8vc4M09ffs

  01-05-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
  Former councillor talking what it takes to run for municipal officeottawamatters.com/local-news/for… https://t.co/8vc4M09ffs
  
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• Provost at Queen's U appointed new president of Carleton University

  01-05-2018 21:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The academic vice-principal and provost at Queen’s University in Kingston has taken a new job as president of Carleton University.
  Benoit-Antoine Bacon, who has a PhD in neuropsychology, was appointed for a five-year term as Carleton president and vice-chancellor, the university announced Tuesday. He starts work July 1.
  Carleton conducted an international search for a new president after Roseann Runte resigned in March 2017 to take a job as president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for In
  
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• Canadian naval monument to be unveiled Friday

  01-05-2018 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A ceremony will be held Friday at CFB Esquimalt, BC to unveil a monument dedicated to the establishment of the Canadian Naval Service in 1910.
  The guest of honour for the ceremony will be Vice Admiral (ret.) Nigel Brodeur, whose grandfather was Canada’s first Naval Minister and instrumental to the establishment of the service, according to the Royal Canadian Navy’s announcement. Vice Admiral Brodeur’s father, Rear Admiral Victor Brodeur, also served in the Navy as the Commander
  
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• Committee approves housing and homelessness funding, also gets LRT update ottawamatters.com/local-news/com… https://t.co/jhd7OKE29j

  01-05-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  
  Committee approves housing and homelessness funding, also gets LRT updateottawamatters.com/local-news/com… https://t.co/jhd7OKE29j
  
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• POLL: Looking ahead to the Municipal Election, how do you feel Jim Watson has done as the Mayor of Ottawa? https://t.co/nSPya1JLd6

  01-05-2018 20:38 via twitter.com
  
  POLL: Looking ahead to the Municipal Election, how do you feel Jim Watson has done as the Mayor of Ottawa? https://t.co/nSPya1JLd6
  
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• High wire and high culture mix in Circa: Opus

  01-05-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the term new Australian circus evokes visions of Crocodile Dundee in a cage match with a kangaroo while koalas do high wire tricks, think again. 
  Circa — “circus that moves the heart, mind and soul” — is coming to town. 
  The Brisbane-based troupe was founded by director Yaron Lifschitz in 1987. For more than 30 years, its unique approach to presenting circus arts alongside high concept design has left audiences stunned.
  Opus, the production presently tou
  
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• Here's what Chagall's granddaughter had to say about the near-sale of La Tour Eiffel

  01-05-2018 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of Marc Chagall’s grandchildren on Tuesday called the National Gallery of Canada’s decision to keep the late painter’s La Tour Eiffel in its collection a win for democracy, and hoped the work would soon be displayed on the gallery’s walls.
  “We are, as are most people, relieved by the decision,” said Meret Meyer, who is also vice-president of the Marc Chagall Committee in Paris, which upholds the late Russian-French painter’s reputation.
  On April 24,
  
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• Domestic dispute call leads Kingston police to child in marijuana grow-op

  01-05-2018 19:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  When they were called to a domestic disturbance on Monday, Kingston police discovered about 30 marijuana plants and a child who was apparently being babysat in a grow-op.
  A 22-year-old man is charged with unlawful production of a controlled substance.
  Police were called to the west-end home at about 12:30 p.m. and spoke with the suspect and a woman. Neither would cooperate with police beyond saying there had been an argument.
  But officers did learn that the woman was babysitting and went to chec
  
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• Five things: Confederation Line LRT will have the longest escalator in Canada

  01-05-2018 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here’s the most understated wow feature of the Confederation Line LRT: It will have the longest escalator in Canada. It wasn’t until Tuesday that this even came up.
  John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation, told the finance and economic development committee that the escalator is being installed in Rideau station, whose LRT platform is 26.5 metres underground.
  Manconi delivered his monthly update on LRT construction to the committee. The city is on track to st
  
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• Sharp decline in size of Afghan security forces, says new U.S. report

  01-05-2018 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. government’s Afghan watchdog agency, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, has updated Congress on the situation in that country. Here are the key findings in the latest report:
  — USFOR-A reported that the actual assigned strength of the ANDSF as of January 2018 was 296,409, which includes 165,622 ANA and 130,787 ANP personnel. These figures represent a sharp decline in strength from the same period last year: the ANA saw a 4,818-person decrease, and
  
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• Cohen: Why we ought to worry about democracy's retreat globally

  01-05-2018 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada lives on public platforms. She lectures often, at home and abroad, and collects laurels celebrating her shimmering career (including 38 honorary degrees) like loose change.
  As a decorated jurist of 42 years, she contemplates law and society as a quotidian challenge. So there she was two weeks ago, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel, addressing the country’s democracy.
  It was an extra
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, May 1st: 1:08: @JonathanWilling 1:15: @CouncillorMcRae 1:45: #JimDurrell 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, May 1st: 1:08: @JonathanWilling 1:15: @CouncillorMcRae1:45: #JimDurrell 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @awudrick & @catherinejclark joins @_marksutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at noon: @awudrick & @catherinejclark joins @_marksutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @AdrianMorrow joins @_marksutcliffe with the latest on the Russia probe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @AdrianMorrow joins @_marksutcliffe with the latest on the Russia probe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa man charged with arson of Northern Ontario motel room

  01-05-2018 17:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  This guest apparently did not enjoy his stay.
  A 27-year-old Ottawa man is behind bars more than 1,300 km from home after the OPP alleges he torched his Nipigon motel room before being collared as he walked out of town.
  Nipigon OPP reports that officers were called to a local motel at about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters made sure that the fire was out after the flames, which were confined to a single room, were put out with the establishment’s extinguishers. Damage was extensive. 
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• Jean Chrétien: Why the world celebrates the Aga Khan

  01-05-2018 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  His Highness the Aga Khan is visiting Canada this month as part of an international celebration of his 60th, or “Diamond Jubilee,” anniversary as spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims. I’ll be delighted to join past and present Canadian leaders of all political stripes in celebrations of his remarkable six decades of leadership.
  Frankly, the visit also affords us all an opportunity to turn the page from domestic political squabbles to what’s really importa
  
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• Shopify shares tumble 10 per cent as earnings forecast prompts jitters

  01-05-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify shares tumbled more than 10 per cent to $153.80 on the TSX in early morning trading Tuesday as investors absorbed the Ottawa firm’s latest financial forecasts.
  Although the electronic commerce specialist delivered better-than-expected results for the quarter ended March 31, it signalled revenues for the current quarter would be just two to three per cent better than the consensus forecast, prompting the early morning sell-off.
  While on the face of it, this seems an odd reaction, Sh
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613-750-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up NEXT: @SteveDesroches joins @_MarkSutcliffe with details on how to run for #Ottawa council: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 16:46 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT: @SteveDesroches joins @_MarkSutcliffe with details on how to run for #Ottawa council: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Sunny with a high of 23C (!) today but very wet weather on the horizon

  01-05-2018 16:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Soak up the sun while you can, Ottawa, we’re in for a string of likely soggy days.
  After a foggy start Tuesday morning, the forecast is for sunny skies with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon, a high of 23 C and a UV index of 6 or high.
  Cycling into the unknown this morning. Also hands are cold af. Wish I’d worn gloves #ottbike pic.twitter.com/FxCfO7Hy9e
  — Woodstalk (@OttawaOona) May 1, 2018#fog makes me #happy. So glad I made it to downtown #ottawa in time ! #iphone6s pic.t
  
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• UPDATE: Power has been restored. twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  01-05-2018 16:34 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Power has been restored. twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• The new centre is expected to provide world-class care for about 10,000 people every year. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-05-2018 16:17 via twitter.com
  The new centre is expected to provide world-class care for about 10,000 people every year. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @KimothyWalker join @_MarkSutcliffe live: List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @KimothyWalker join @_MarkSutcliffe live: List… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• RCAF future fighter program – policy on attrition aircraft to be decided later

  01-05-2018 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Canadian government project to buy new fighter jets does not include replacement aircraft to deal with those lost to attrition.
  The Liberal government says it will acquire 88 advanced fighter jets to replace the current fleet of CF-18s.
  The fleet size is based on the Canadian Armed Forces requirement to have sufficient fighter aircraft to fulfill Canada’s NORAD and NATO commitments simultaneously, based on planned aircraft serviceability rates and aircraft required for training, said RCA
  
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• Power out for nearly 5,000 Hydro Ottawa customers, traffic lights out

  01-05-2018 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro Ottawa is tackling a string of power outages clustered in the city’s south end and expects to have the lights back on at about 11:30 a.m.
  As of 9:30 a.m., Hydro Ottawa was reporting that 850 customers were without power in an outage straddling Alta Vista, Capital and River Wards, 2,162 in Gloucester-Southgate and River wards, 1,762 in Gloucester-Southgate and 83 in Gloucester-Southgate.
  There is no electricity south of Heron in Ottawa and traffic is going great. Here is a live shot:
  
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• What Ottawa can do to prevent vehicle attacks? Pierre-Yves Bourduas of PY Safety joins @_marksutcliffe at 9:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 15:41 via twitter.com
  What Ottawa can do to prevent vehicle attacks?Pierre-Yves Bourduas of PY Safety joins @_marksutcliffe at 9:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Victim in critical condition days after Killaloe-area trailer home fire

  01-05-2018 15:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Investigators have concluded that a fire in a Bonnechere Valley Township trailer wasn’t suspicious but the 43-year-old man who was helicoptered from the scene remained in critical condition Tuesday, OPP report.
  Officers with the Killaloe detachment were among first responders called to the home on Highway 41 early Friday.
  A resident who had suffered critical burns was taken to hospital by Ornge air rescue as investigators from the Office of the Fire Marshal were dispatched t
  
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• ALERT: @hydroottawa says 2162 customers are affected by a power outage in the Albion, Heatherington, Walkley area.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  ALERT: @hydroottawa says 2162 customers are affected by a power outage in the Albion, Heatherington, Walkley area.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• POLL: Should there be a cap on the pay of the top executives at Hydro One?

  01-05-2018 15:21 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should there be a cap on the pay of the top executives at Hydro One?
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @nathancullen joins @_marksutcliffe on Trudeau government proposed changes to elections law:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @nathancullen joins @_marksutcliffe on Trudeau government proposed changes to elections law:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Funerals are scheduled today for two killed in Toronto van attack: bit.ly/2w22uaf https://t.co/bmvYY20oyJ

  01-05-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  
  Funerals are scheduled today for two killed in Toronto van attack: bit.ly/2w22uaf https://t.co/bmvYY20oyJ
  
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• PM sells Trans Mountain pipeline as Amazon announces expansion in Vancouver: bit.ly/2I46lIH https://t.co/rRcGoOpYUh

  01-05-2018 14:41 via twitter.com
  
  PM sells Trans Mountain pipeline as Amazon announces expansion in Vancouver: bit.ly/2I46lIH https://t.co/rRcGoOpYUh
  
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• According to police, the man walked into the detachment Sunday afternoon and asked to speak to an officer. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-05-2018 14:31 via twitter.com
  According to police, the man walked into the detachment Sunday afternoon and asked to speak to an officer. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Shopify tops revenue, earnings projections in strong Q1

  01-05-2018 14:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify on Tuesday delivered better-than-expected results during its first-quarter of 2018, putting the Ottawa firm on track towards topping $1 billion in revenues for the year.
  The e-commerce specialist reported revenues of $214 million (all figures U.S.), up 68 per cent year over year. This compares to consensus estimates of $202 million.
  However, Shopify Tuesday signalled revenues for the current quarter would be just two to three per cent better than the consensus forecast, prompting a weake
  
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• It's all about the sun and high of 23C (!) today

  01-05-2018 14:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Soak up the sun while you can, Ottawa, we’re in for a string of likely soggy days.
  After a foggy start Tuesday morning, the forecast is for sunny skies with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon, a high of 23 C and a UV index of 6 or high.
  #fog makes me #happy. So glad I made it to downtown #ottawa in time ! #iphone6s pic.twitter.com/8QBJc2JxVG
  — Kanata Dad (@KanataDad) May 1, 2018A thick fog over Ottawa this am. #ottweather @BlacksWeather pic.twitter.com/XCAKcbZAJA
  — Laura (@M
  
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• Woman, 25, critically injured in single-vehicle crash near Metcalfe

  01-05-2018 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 25-year-old woman was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in rural southeast Ottawa Monday night.
  Paramedics reported that they were summoned at 9:40 p.m. and found the female driver of the vehicle without vital signs.They began resuscitating her and transported her to the hospital in critical condition.
  Ottawa police collision investigators closed a number of intersections for the investigation, but they had reopened by early Tuesday.
   
  
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• Police seek assistance locating 15-year-old boy

  01-05-2018 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance to locate Gabriel Bérubé-Nicholas, 15, of Ottawa.
  He was last seen Monday night in the area of St. Laurent Shopping Centre.
  He is described as Caucasian, six feet two inches tall with a slim build, brown hair and brown eyes.
  He was last seen wearing reading glasses, a black leather jacket and blue Nike runners.He is also known to frequent the downtown Rideau centre.
  Police have a concern for his well-being.
  Anyone who has any information
  
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• MISSING: 15-yr-old Gabriel Berube-Nicholas was last seen on April 30 near the St. Laurent Shopping Centre yesterday. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-05-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  MISSING: 15-yr-old Gabriel Berube-Nicholas was last seen on April 30 near the St. Laurent Shopping Centre yesterday. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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