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• Indigenous elders protesting Muskrat Falls detained on Parliament Hill

  07-05-2018 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  OTTAWA — A number of Indigenous elders and demonstrators were arrested for trespassing Monday on Parliament Hill after breaching a designated perimeter for protests during a rally against the Muskrat Falls project in Labrador.“The point we made here today is that it’s poisonous; we’re drowning,” said Jim Learning, an Inuit elder from Cartwright, N.L.
  Almost 20 protesters were escorted from outside of Centre Block to the East Block courtyard, where they were held for
  
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• Russian scientist says she faces grave danger if Canada denies refugee bid

  07-05-2018 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Elena Musikhina and her husband, Mikhail Musikhin, who have lived in Gatineau since December 2015, say they face grave danger if they are forced to return to Russia. A random bullet, a pedestrian shoved onto the road in the path of an oncoming car. It happens all the time, Musikhina says.
  Elana Musikhina is a scientist seeking asylum in Canada. She has collected evidence of environmental disaster in Siberia and says she has secret documents related to military and ecological data in Russia. She&
  
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• Ottawa police consider making volunteers pay for background checks

  07-05-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Coaches, festival assistants, scout leaders and other volunteers could be forced to pay for background checks if the Ottawa Police Service decides they need to help shoulder the $4.7-million cost of providing the documents.
  Public consultations are scheduled to begin in June on options for restructuring the fees for police background checks. The options, revealed Monday during a meeting of the police services board’s finance committee, include charging volunteers for the search results, wh
  
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• We'll have the debate LIVE on @1310News starting at 6:11 p.m. #ONleadersdebate #onpoli twitter.com/CityCynthia/st…

  07-05-2018 23:12 via twitter.com
  We'll have the debate LIVE on @1310News starting at 6:11 p.m. #ONleadersdebate #onpoli twitter.com/CityCynthia/st…
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly making threats at former workplace, ramming police car

  07-05-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man has been arrested after allegedly making threats at his former workplace, then fleeing the scene and ramming a police car.
  Police were called on Sunday afternoon after a man entered a building on the 500 block of West Hunt Club Road in Nepean and allegedly made threats to his former colleagues before fleeing in his vehicle.
  An officer later found the vehicle at the dead end of Bentley Avenue and made a traffic stop.
  As the officer entered information about the stop while in his cru
  
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• Ottawa homicide victim was 'funny' and 'quiet,' friends and family say

  07-05-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Family and friends of Opiny P’Ochieng say they are shocked to hear about the violent death of the 49-year-old, who they remember as “funny” and “quiet.”
  P’Ochieng was found dead of a gunshot wound near Russell Road and Southvale Crescent in the city’s south end on Saturday around 3:30 a.m. 
  Police said Monday they’re looking for any information from the public about P’Ochieng, the city’s 12th homicide victim, who was last
  
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• Tensions rise between Carleton University professors and management in contract talks

  07-05-2018 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The association representing professors at Carleton University says it fears management is planning a lockout, a charge the administration denies.
  The university asked on May 2 for a conciliator to be appointed, according to a statement posted on the website of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association.
  The faculty association accuses management of a “procedural ambush” and trying to rush a deal. “Based on the employer’s behaviour, your team has reason to be
  
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• Ministers warn 'no free ticket' for Nigerian asylum seekers crossing into Quebec ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/AGla9Q50dH

  07-05-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Country music artist Kira Isabella to perform free show in Nepean

  07-05-2018 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian country music star Kira Isabella will perform a live concert — for free — in Nepean on May 17.
  The event will start at 7 p.m. at Montana’s Restaurant at 1711 Merivale Rd.
  The concert is being thrown to promote a contest by brewing company Coors, which wants to name a small Canadian town “Canada’s top One Horse Town.”
  The winner gets a free country music concert, which will include Isabella, country music star Dallas Smith and Juno award-nominee T
  
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• Ontario chipping in to upgrade Blackburn Arena ottawamatters.com/local-news/ont… https://t.co/dqr5oKLdok

  07-05-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Construction worker injures leg falling from site

  07-05-2018 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A construction worker suffered “significant lacerations” to his leg Monday after he fell six feet from a construction site and caught his leg on a piece of steel reinforcement bar.
  Ottawa paramedics said the incident occurred near Earl Armstrong and Spratt roads near Riverside South at 12:44 p.m. 
  Spokesman Marc Deschamps said the worker’s colleagues were quick to control the bleeding with a first-aid kit, and had to guide the ambulance through a new construction developme
  
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• Ottawa police need to hire up to 500 cops over five years

  07-05-2018 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  If there was ever a good time for qualified young workers to be hired as cops, now might be it.
  Faced with the daunting requirement of hiring up to 500 cops over the next five years, the Ottawa Police Service is assigning more officers to find candidates in a highly competitive field for police recruits.
  Because one out of every three prospects make it through the application process, the force actually has to find 1,500 people — reflective of this community in gender, race, language and s
  
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• Christy Natsis loses appeal, ending seven-year legal battle over drunk driving death

  07-05-2018 19:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Pembroke dentist who struck and killed a father of three while driving drunk more than seven years ago has lost an appeal of her conviction.
  Christy Natsis was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in 2015 for the death of Bryan Casey on Highway 17 near Arnprior. In a decision released Monday, Ontario’s Court of Appeal dismissed Natsis’ appeal, bringing to an end one of the longest impaired driving cases in Canadian legal history. The trial continued on and off
  
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• One dead after house fire in Smiths Falls

  07-05-2018 18:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is dead following a fire at a house in Smiths Falls early Monday morning.
  Smiths Falls firefighters responded at approximately 1:35 a.m. to a fire at 80–82 Victoria Ave., fire officials reported Monday.
  Firefighters called in mutual aid from the Montague Township and Perth Fire departments, while town police also responded.
  “Sadly, there was one fatality,” fire officials said in a media release.
  The property housed six apartments.
  “All other residents are accou
  
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• Today's letters: A better way on bilingualism, farewell to Ernesto

  07-05-2018 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Letter writers have views on official bilingualism, and a writer says a fond farewell to Ernesto, the iconic barber, who has retired. Write to us at [email protected]
  Forget language training – there’s a better wayRe: VP bids NRC adieu after pricey French stint, May 4
  When I was in the public service in Ottawa many years ago I came across an even more indecent example of waste. A senior public servant persuaded his deputy minister that he should take a year’s leave of a
  
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• Gatineau fire damages eight condo units, displaces at least 20 people

  07-05-2018 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fire burned through the roof of an eight-unit condo building in central Gatineau early Monday and torched the building next door as well, causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
  No one was hurt, but as many as 60 people had to be evacuated from the burning building and from nearby homes around 3 a.m.
  At least 20 people live in units that are now uninhabitable.
  Gatineau’s fire department sent 17 trucks and 52 firefighters to fight the blaze, which was under control a little before 9 a.m.
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, May 7th: 1:07: @cityfrancis 1:17: #BarryWiszniowski 1:30: #DavidHarris 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, May 7th: 1:07: @cityfrancis 1:17: #BarryWiszniowski 1:30: #DavidHarris 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch: @GryphonReport & @rick_gibbons join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch: @GryphonReport& @rick_gibbons join @_marksutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @WeTheParentsCAN Sean O'Leary joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how we can teach kids about dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @WeTheParentsCAN Sean O'Leary joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how we can teach kids about dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UPDATE: Over 20 displaced, $1 million in damage after Gatineau apartment fire - ottawamatters.com/local-news/cre… #ottnews https://t.co/w45j3if8a1

  07-05-2018 17:12 via twitter.com
  
  UPDATE: Over 20 displaced, $1 million in damage after Gatineau apartment fire - ottawamatters.com/local-news/cre… #ottnews https://t.co/w45j3if8a1
  
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• Coming up at 11: @mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:@mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live:Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Retired Major-General David Fraser joins @_marksutcliffe on Operation Medusa: The Furious Bat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Retired Major-General David Fraser joins @_marksutcliffe on Operation Medusa: The Furious Bat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian government seeks to hire ocean research vessel

  07-05-2018 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada is looking into the availability of a capable non-Canadian Coast Guard Oceanographic Research Vessel to conduct its spring 2019 Atlantic Zonal Offshore Monitoring Program. Specifically, an Oceanographic Research Vessel is required for a period of 30 continuous days within the time period of May 1, 2019 up to June 15, 2019 at the latest, according to the information issued to industry.
  The move comes as Seaspan continues its work on the first Offshore Fisheries Science
  
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• Music-industry organization protests Canadian Music Week panel

  07-05-2018 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The executive director of an organization that advocates for women in the music industry will step down from a panel discussion at Canadian Music Week to protest the lack of diversity on the panel.Tiffany Ferguson, executive director of Women in Music Canada, will not participate in next week’s panel discussion, titled The Future Is Female: Leading Women Tackle #MeToo, #TimesUp and Equality in the Workplace. In a statement, the Women in Music organization said the panel did not align with
  
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• Ottawa Fire Services lifts the ban on open-air fires

  07-05-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services has lifted its ban on open-air fires.
  People with permits can resume their burning activities, Fire Services tweeted on Monday.
  The ban was imposed on April 20 to prevent fires spreading in dry grass and brush. The day after the ban, firefighters put  out two brush/grass fires in rural areas. One began after a homeowner burned material in an open barrel and the other apparently was ignited from an unattended brush pile burn.
  Fire bans are imposed until fresh green growt
  
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• Ford's PCs lead in new Ontario election poll, Wynne's Liberals in 3rd place: bit.ly/2rp7jpu https://t.co/tsDkTbGtOG

  07-05-2018 14:05 via twitter.com
  
  Ford's PCs lead in new Ontario election poll, Wynne's Liberals in 3rd place: bit.ly/2rp7jpu https://t.co/tsDkTbGtOG
  
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• Ottawa will bask in sunshine and summery weather until mid-week

  07-05-2018 14:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday’s sunshine and seasonable temperatures will give way to a glorious couple of days to remind us that summer is just around the corner.
  Environment Canada is predicting it will climb to 24 C in the sunshine by Wednesday before showers head in Thursday.
  Monday’s high is expected to be 15 C, with mainly sunny skies. The UV index, though, shoots up to seven, which is high. The temperature will dip down to 3 C at night, with a risk of frost. The average high this time of year is 17.
  
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• In Ottawa, the tests alerts are set for 1:55 p.m. Monday, while on the Quebec side, the alerts are set for 9:55 a.m. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  07-05-2018 13:56 via twitter.com
  In Ottawa, the tests alerts are set for 1:55 p.m. Monday, while on the Quebec side, the alerts are set for 9:55 a.m. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Who has the most at stake in tonight's Ontario leadership debate? ottawamatters.com/polls/who-has-… via @ottawamatters

  07-05-2018 13:34 via twitter.com
  Who has the most at stake in tonight's Ontario leadership debate? ottawamatters.com/polls/who-has-… via @ottawamatters
  
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• Happening now: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  07-05-2018 13:22 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa was officially designated as an "at risk" area for the disease last year when 20 per cent of tested ticks we… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-05-2018 13:02 via twitter.com
  Ottawa was officially designated as an "at risk" area for the disease last year when 20 per cent of tested ticks we… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa buyer frustrated by 15-month delay in condo move-in date

  07-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa retiree is furious that a Stittsville condo she purchased and was supposed to have moved into last July is still not built and likely won’t be finished until September.
  In the meantime, Susan Tomac-Brennan is renting a room in a friend’s basement and has been unable sign a lease for better accommodation. All the while, the cost of her storage locker keeps mounting.
  But while the builder has made and then broken promises, Phoenix Homes hasn’t broke any rules. Despite 1
  
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• Kurl: Canadians are now confronting how generous we really are

  07-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is soon to be our summer of our discontent, disagreement and discomfort, as Canadians watch increasing numbers of people claiming asylum try their luck at undesignated border crossings
  Discontent over Justin Trudeau’s government’s handling of the file. Disagreement over how it should be handled, and discomfort over the realization that despite the often-proffered narrative of Canada’s endless, unconditional welcome of newcomers, we’re wary to say the least, abou
  
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• Today's letters: The cycling debate begins for another season

  07-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drivers owe cyclists some respect
  It is early in the season but I cannot help it. Again, another vehicle-bicycle conflict. What I would really like to see changed, however, is the approach that vehicle drivers take to bicycle drivers.
  The incident (among a sad and enormous number) that encouraged this letter was an encounter with a pick-up truck driven by a young man on April 29 at the corner of Pleasant Park and Lynda Lane where I was cycling towards Alta Vista. The pick-up and I stopped at the
  
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• Orchard: Why are we doing the Kinder Morgan kowtow?

  07-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A thousand years ago, the Chinese Middle Kingdom regarded the regions around it as being made up of barbarians. These areas were either controlled by Chinese military power or regarded as satellites. The custom, and the rule, was that the barbarians had to recognize the imperial supremacy of China. This was done by performing the kowtow (three kneelings and nine prostrations) or by paying tribute.
  Faced with the Kinder Morgan pipeline company, Canada is doing both, allowing itself to be given de
  
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• Opiny P'Ochieng, 49, of Ottawa, has been identified as the man killed. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  07-05-2018 12:20 via twitter.com
  Opiny P'Ochieng, 49, of Ottawa, has been identified as the man killed. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• HAPPENING NOW: Massive apartment fire in Gatineau. Follow @1310JasonWhite for the latest developments. twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  07-05-2018 12:13 via twitter.com
  HAPPENING NOW: Massive apartment fire in Gatineau.Follow @1310JasonWhite for the latest developments. twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Ottawa Public Library in need of instrument donations: bit.ly/2FRaEC7 @opl_bpo https://t.co/dHUI94EP2b

  07-05-2018 11:55 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa Public Library in need of instrument donations: bit.ly/2FRaEC7 @opl_bpo https://t.co/dHUI94EP2b
  
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• 'Avengers: Infinity War' scores second best weekend 2 ever: bit.ly/2I0Mebo https://t.co/Kwc2CZ0Y3T

  07-05-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  
  'Avengers: Infinity War' scores second best weekend 2 ever: bit.ly/2I0Mebo https://t.co/Kwc2CZ0Y3T
  
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• North Korea says US ruining mood of detente ahead of summit. ottawamatters.com/world-news/nor… https://t.co/472ba6bJyW

  07-05-2018 05:59 via twitter.com
  
  North Korea says US ruining mood of detente ahead of summit.ottawamatters.com/world-news/nor… https://t.co/472ba6bJyW
  
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• Web of familiar faces connects government with online giants

  07-05-2018 05:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  As conversations unfold in this country about internet privacy and the taxation of online corporations, there is a web of current and former federal Liberals in influential positions.
  A review by this newspaper has highlighted several human connections between the governing party of Canada and the internet giants that are steadily lobbying it. The analysis shows no wrongdoing, but may point to the nature of lobbying for governments and industry on hot-button files across all political spect
  
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• Theatre review: Up to Low has universal appeal

  07-05-2018 05:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Up To Low
  By Brian Doyle, adapted and directed by Janet Irwin
  NAC English Theatre production
  To May 19, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca
  For Ottawa-area audiences, part of the charm of the theatrical adaptation of Up to Low, by Ottawa author Brian Doyle, is that it’s based on a road trip in our own backyard. Set in 1950, the tale takes us from the city’s Lowertown neighbourhood to a family cabin in Low, a classic example of the time-honoured Cana
  
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• 'A warrior by heart:' Indigenous people enlisted to monitor pipelines. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Fq1XM5NapM

  07-05-2018 05:16 via twitter.com
  
  'A warrior by heart:' Indigenous people enlisted to monitor pipelines.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Fq1XM5NapM
  
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• Parents of YouTube stars on dealing with kids who want to skip school to stream. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/WO00rX8phI

  07-05-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  
  Parents of YouTube stars on dealing with kids who want to skip school to stream.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/WO00rX8phI
  
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• Family of injured Humboldt Broncos player says GoFundMe should be split evenly. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/j2H0jJ9uTU

  07-05-2018 03:14 via twitter.com
  
  Family of injured Humboldt Broncos player says GoFundMe should be split evenly.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/j2H0jJ9uTU
  
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• Police identify Ottawa shooting victim

  07-05-2018 02:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have identified the man who was found in a pool of blood on the shoulder of Russell Road.
  An autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was a gunshot wound but “no clear motive has been established,” Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt of the major crime unit reported. 
  Police have not determined whether there’s a gang element to the shooting that took the life of Opiny P’Ochieng, 49, Pirt said.
  Gunfire that was later reported on nearby St. Laurent Boulevard a
  
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• Israeli PM steps up calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal. ottawamatters.com/world-news/isr… https://t.co/HeDh27kCk9

  07-05-2018 02:25 via twitter.com
  
  Israeli PM steps up calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal.ottawamatters.com/world-news/isr… https://t.co/HeDh27kCk9
  
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• New York partner powers software firm's drive to make charity more efficient. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/DX7Rsn8994

  07-05-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  New York partner powers software firm's drive to make charity more efficient.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/DX7Rsn8994
  
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• MacLeod praises Ford, pledges 'one Nepean' at campaign launch

  07-05-2018 00:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Conservative incumbent MPP Lisa MacLeod kicked off her fifth campaign Sunday, packing a former Barrhaven pub for a celebrity-studded rally where she declared that “we are one Nepean” even as her party weathered a weekend bombshell.
  Before hundreds of people jammed her strip mall headquarters she praised leader Doug Ford’s “strong leadership” and “decisive action” in ditching social conservative former leadership hopeful Tanya Granic Allen as a candidate.
  
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