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• Pakistan army chief confirms death sentences for 11 Taliban. ottawamatters.com/world-news/pak…

  05-05-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• UK fugitive captured in Spain in joint operation. ottawamatters.com/world-news/uk-… https://t.co/H1uRLvUfsk

  05-05-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  UK fugitive captured in Spain in joint operation.ottawamatters.com/world-news/uk-… https://t.co/H1uRLvUfsk
  
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• CN Rail freight train jumps track, derailing 19 cars. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  05-05-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
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• Indian-held Kashmir erupts in deadly violence, killing 7. ottawamatters.com/world-news/ind…

  05-05-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Indian-held Kashmir erupts in deadly violence, killing 7.ottawamatters.com/world-news/ind…
  
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• Detectives report progress in probe of Ottawa's 12th homicide

  05-05-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a turbulent night on typically tranquil Dwight Crescent.
  First neighbours were kept awake by raging winds that bent and broke fences separating their backyards from busy Russell Road.
  Then they were awoken in the wee hours of Saturday morning by the strobe of lights as police arrived at the scene of a homicide.
  A pool of dried blood was on the west shoulder of highrise-lined Russell Road near Southvale Crescent just outside one family’s back gate in the city’s southe
  
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• Trump says he won't let right to bear arms 'be under siege'. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/99lpYpZ5ks

  05-05-2018 19:26 via twitter.com
  
  Trump says he won't let right to bear arms 'be under siege'.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/99lpYpZ5ks
  
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• Wind storm leaves thousands without power in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  05-05-2018 18:52 via cbc.ca
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  Wind storm leaves thousands without power in Ottawa
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  A severe wind storm that blew through the Ottawa-Gatineau region Friday night caused flight delays, damaged trees, roofs and vehicles, and left thousands in the dark. As of Saturday morning, roughly 2,000 people in Ottawa and nearly 20,000 in the ...
  Lights back on to 98 per cent of customers: Hydro OttawaOttawa Citizenall 8 news articles »
  
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• 7 miners missing in Poland after tremor hits coal mine. ottawamatters.com/world-news/7-m…

  05-05-2018 18:48 via twitter.com
  7 miners missing in Poland after tremor hits coal mine.ottawamatters.com/world-news/7-m…
  
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• Province announces $1M injection into $3.7M Blackburn Arena upgrade

  05-05-2018 18:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province is throwing $1 million into the kitty for a $3.7-million upgrade to the Blackburn Arena.
  The upgrades to the arena and community hub area will include a 6,700-square-foot expansion, new multipurpose space for community use, enlargement of the main lobby and shared space for recreational and cultural events, said Marie-France Lalonde, MPP for Ottawa-Orléans.
  First revealed at city budget discussions last year, the improvements also change rooms, fully
  
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• Gatineau police probe suspicious fire in Aylmer apartment building

  05-05-2018 18:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are investigating after a suspicious fire Saturday morning forced the evacuation of about 40 people from their homes in an Aylmer apartment building.
  Responders were called to the 68-unit, four-storey building at 78 Pearson St. shortly before 9 a.m.
  Firefighters tracked down the fire in a hallway and quickly brought it under control.
  There were no injuries and most residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
  Firefighters set the damage estimate at $5,000.
   
  
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• Impaired driver hits cars, pedestrians near Toronto's Union Station. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-05-2018 18:18 via twitter.com
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• Watch the beautiful trailer for The Butterfly Child – a documentary about Jonathan Pitre

  05-05-2018 18:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  “A wave gets bigger and bigger. I want to make sure that… when I leave, the wave is big enough to keep going on its own.”
  Jonathan Pitre, even though he suffered through the pain of epidermolysis bullosa, wanted nothing more than to make a difference.
  To inspire others.
  Even though he passed away nearly a month ago, Jonathan is not finished setting an example.
  Tina Boileau, Jonathan’s strong, loving and devoted mother, tweeted earlier this week that the first traile
  
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• Two dead, thousands in the dark after strong winds hit Ontario, Quebec. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
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• Erik Karlsson weighs in on NHL licking controversy

  05-05-2018 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Boston’s Brad Marchand, one of the best forwards in the NHL, has an unfortunate penchant for licking opposing players during games.
  He did it again on Friday night against Tampa Bay:
  Brad Marchand gives Ryan Callahan a lick pic.twitter.com/b2th9vdOwO
  — Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) May 5, 2018In the clip you can clearly see him licking the Lightning’s Ryan Callahan.
  There’s no question about it.
  The lick sparked a huge debate online on whether or not he should be suspend
  
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• Trump chides Giuliani to 'get his facts straight' on Stormy. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/BYYRysn5ys

  05-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  
  Trump chides Giuliani to 'get his facts straight' on Stormy.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru… https://t.co/BYYRysn5ys
  
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• The secret to getting out of a ticket in Ottawa? Let a tree fall on your car

  05-05-2018 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro crews and homeowners are still working to clean up after yesterday’s major windstorm. 
  For others, like by-law enforcement officers, it’s life-as-normal.
  Or close to it.
  Kitchissippi ward’s Jeff Leiper tweeted out this photo on Saturday morning:
  Chatted with by-law attending at Parkdale/Burnside. No parking, but the officer has opted not to ticket. I’m ok with that. pic.twitter.com/RHs2oSllPg
  — Jeff Leiper (@JLeiper) May 5, 2018The good news? The owner of
  
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• NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep. ottawamatters.com/world-news/nas… https://t.co/8HZrgNFITL

  05-05-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  
  NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep.ottawamatters.com/world-news/nas… https://t.co/8HZrgNFITL
  
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• Indian police arrest 14 in rape, killing of girl. ottawamatters.com/world-news/ind… https://t.co/kEV55ssbS9

  05-05-2018 16:34 via twitter.com
  
  Indian police arrest 14 in rape, killing of girl.ottawamatters.com/world-news/ind… https://t.co/kEV55ssbS9
  
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• Starbucks stores and offices across Canada will close for part of an afternoon next month to provide training about… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-05-2018 16:18 via twitter.com
  Starbucks stores and offices across Canada will close for part of an afternoon next month to provide training about… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hydro suppliers preach patience as windstorm leaves thousands in region powerless

  05-05-2018 16:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro officials on both sides of the Ottawa River continued to preach patience Saturday as thousands of clients remained without power following Friday night’s massive windstorm.
  At the height of the storm, between 40,000 and 50,000 clients were without power, Hydro Ottawa said.
  By about 10 a.m., a few thousand remained powerless in Ottawa, predominantly in the Bells Corners and West Kanata/Stittsville areas. 
  There were pockets elsewhere throughout the city and, in many cases, there
  
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• More than 200,000 without power following disastrous Ontario wind storm. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-05-2018 15:42 via twitter.com
  More than 200,000 without power following disastrous Ontario wind storm.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Ottawa police are investigating a murder in Ottawa's south-end. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… https://t.co/ApL5ElxGOZ

  05-05-2018 15:09 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa police are investigating a murder in Ottawa's south-end. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… https://t.co/ApL5ElxGOZ
  
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• Piché and Doyle: There are many alternatives to a bigger jail

  05-05-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A year ago, without consulting the public, the Ontario government announced a new jail will replace the 585-bed Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
  At 725-beds, the new facility will cost $500 million to $1 billion to design, build, finance and maintain. This new jail will be 25 per cent bigger and will also cost approximately $30,000 a day – $11 million a year – more to operate than OCDC.
  The Innes Road jail warehouses hundreds of marginalized people. Both Ontario Corrections Minister
  
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• Cappies review: St. Francis Xavier High School presents Alice in Wonderland

  05-05-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #18: Alice in Wonderland
  Where: St. Francis Xavier High School
  Directors: Teachers: Tamara Capyk, Elizabeth Cloutier and Jennifer Divell
  Evelyn Ashworth, Lead CriticAll Saints High School
  In a psychedelic land of talking playing cards, the power of understanding supersedes the need to escape. St. Francis Xavier High School’s Alice in Wonderland captured the essence of this fantastical story with commendable artistry.
  Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, published h
  
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• Ottawa Police are investigating a homicide in the area of Russell Rd., and Southvale Cres. Man was found dead early… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-05-2018 14:26 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Police are investigating a homicide in the area of Russell Rd., and Southvale Cres. Man was found dead early… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa police investigating early morning homicide

  05-05-2018 13:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating a homicide near Russell Road and Southvale Crescent.
  Police report that a man was found dead at approximately 3:40 a.m.
  The major crime unit is an the scene as the investigation continues.
  Russell road is closed between Tupper Avenue and Southvale Crescent.
  More to come.
  
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• Big, bad wind blows itself out of town, warm weather and sunny skies stick around

  05-05-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The bad weather has moved on.
  Last night’s wind swung from impressive to scary to dangerous.
  There is plenty of evidence around town this morning of last night’s storm but so far there haven’t been any reports of injuries or any major damage.
  Well, except for this:
  When Ottawa gets wind, we get WIND. #ottnews #ottweather #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/m3Y3h70gxQ
  — Elizabeth L-K (@elizabethlk) May 5, 2018And this:
  The wind storm begins. The tree at work fell down #ottnews #ottwea
  
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• O'Leary: Here's the way forward in teaching kids about drugs

  05-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The first order of business in confronting the opioid crisis is to accept that it’s not going away.
  As parents and adults, we cannot bury our heads in the sand. It is real and it affects everyone, rich or poor, young or old.
  I challenge you to ask around – your friends, co-workers, family. The odds are high someone you speak with knows someone who has had to deal with this crisis on a personal level.
  Fentanyl is here to stay; it is our new reality. Every family with children will hav
  
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• Adam: Why Doug Ford might not need to pitch a platform

  05-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Several commentators have taken Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford to task – as they should –  for not releasing a fully costed platform, even as what could well be a seminal provincial election gets closer and closer.
  Party platforms are important because they define vision and direction – and give voters a road map to the future. When competing parties lay out their platforms and vision, and explain in detail what they’ll do in government, they give voters a
  
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• Today's letters: John A. Macdonald's birth place

  05-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A proper tribute for Sir John A.
  Re: Sir John A.’s birthplace razed for condos, retail, May 2.
  Your coverage of the demolition of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birthplace in Glasgow performed a valuable public service. Combined with Randy Boswell’s excellent article in the same edition, it focused our attention on what must happen next: ensuring that Glasgow City Council fulfils its promise to erect an “appropriate tribute” on the site to Canada’s founding prime min
  
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• Citizen's Christina Spencer wins National Newspaper Award for editorial writing

  05-05-2018 04:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Postmedia journalists, including the Citizen’s Christina Spencer, won four National Newspaper Awards on Friday in recognition of their achievements in investigative reporting and opinion writing.
  Spencer won the Claude Ryan Award for editorial writing for pieces about Ontario’s long-term care facilities, federal tax changes for corporations and a proposed Ottawa homeless shelter.
  It’s the first time the Citizen has won for its editorial writing.
  “I am so pleased that Chri
  
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  05-05-2018 03:40 via twitter.com
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• Ernesto Falbo puts away the clippers: 'I would say he's the best barber in town'

  05-05-2018 03:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Business will carry on at Ernesto’s Barber Shop, but will do so without the man it was named after. Ernesto Falbo hung up his clippers on Friday after keeping heads neat and tidy in the Glebe for nearly 50 years.
  “We’ve been like a family here for 48 years, but soon or later you have to do it,” Falbo said.  
  Falbo, 75, became the owner of Martella Barber Shop in 1970, renaming it Ernesto’s in short order. Over the years, Falbo said he’s had customers
  
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• Ottawa residents warned of severe thunderstorms, strong winds

  05-05-2018 02:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa is on storm watch.
  Environment Canada has issued a watch for severe thunderstorms Friday afternoon or early evening with “damaging wind gusts” of up to 110 km/h.
  According to the advisory, “very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow vehicles off the road.” The agency also warns that a severe thunderstorm could produce a tornado.
  The weather agency warns Ottawa residents to take cover and stay indoors if severe weather occurs.
  The agency had pr
  
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• Renfrew County residents warned of rising flood waters

  05-05-2018 02:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A flood warning is in effect for areas around the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in Renfrew County after water levels and flows rose rapidly because of accelerated snowmelt and rainfall.
  The warning, issued Friday by the Pembroke district Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, upgrades the condition from the “watch” issued on Wednesday.
  The ministry says water levels downstream of Deep River have exceeded minor flooding levels due to a combination of warmer weather melting
  
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• Old Ottawa East residents 'perplexed' by offensive vandalism

  05-05-2018 01:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Residents in Old Ottawa East say they are are still in shock after vandals rampaged through the neighbourhood early Sunday morning.
  The windshields of multiple vehicles were smashed and racist slurs were spray-painted on a children’s playground in Springhurst Park and two adjacent houses on Chestnut Street around 1 a.m. Sunday.
  “People are just perplexed as to why our little neighbourhood was targeted in an attack like that,” said Phyllis Sutton, president of the Old Ottawa Eas
  
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• Provincial ministry investigates Ottawa nursing home after elderly woman found dead

  05-05-2018 00:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are investigating after an elderly woman was found dead outside a Carling Avenue nursing home on April 17.
  According to paramedics, emergency responders found the woman outside Carlingview Manor at 2330 Carling Ave. at around 9 a.m. that day. It appeared she had suffered severe trauma as a result of a fall from a great height. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Ottawa police said they are investigating, and a spokesman for the Min
  
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