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• Ottawa Police seek sex assault suspect. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po…

  09-05-2018 23:48 via twitter.com
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• OC Transpo confident it can offset $14M in extra costs for LRT delay

  09-05-2018 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Delaying the LRT opening until November will require a $14-million increase to OC Transpo’s operating expenses this year, but the transit agency says it can be covered by the savings in the LRT contract.
  “The increased operating costs of full regular bus operation until the end of November, the loss of fare revenue resulting from the opening of the (LRT) line in November, and other associated costs … these increased costs will be offset by the reduced maintenance payments and
  
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• Egan: 'I can't believe it' — mountain of ice invades cottage on Round Lake

  09-05-2018 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don Pouliot has seen many things on Round Lake since 1990, in every season. Then came Saturday, when the frozen lake came ashore, and inside.
  As Ottawa was basking in glorious weather, Pouliot, 76, discovered a combination of wind and spring melt had dumped a mountain of ice on his property, breaking through the front window and into the living room in dramatic fashion.
  It looked as though a bulldozer or giant ice machine had poured hundreds of ice blocks indoors, shoving the furniture aside and
  
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• Ottawa mayor calls man tearing down pro-choice posters an "idiot"

  09-05-2018 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he had an interesting encounter with an “idiot” on the street on Tuesday evening.
  As Ottawa prepares to welcome busloads of protesters in a controversial annual pro-life demonstration, the mayor posted on Twitter that he encountered a man on Bank Street tearing down posters advertising the pro-choice counter-protest.
  saw a guy going down Bank street taking down many of these posters and I told him to stop being an idiot and he ran away. pic.twitter.com/PZ
  
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• NCC agrees to plant more trees in Mud Lake trail it 'clear-cut'

  09-05-2018 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission has agreed to return a forest trail it “clear-cut” in Mud Lake to something like its original condition.
  A contractor cut a wide swath along a forest trail in January. On paper, it was a plan to remove dead ash trees that might fall on someone, but neighbours soon found the resulting trail was as wide as a road.
  It was also covered with chipped-up wood from the cut trees — environmentally friendly, the NCC argued, but the neighbours weren’t
  
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• Ontario using electronic voting machines, voters' lists in the June 7 election ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/iKbhBVP21G

  09-05-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa doctor suspended after borrowing $10,000 from elderly patient

  09-05-2018 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa doctor stepped over the line when he borrowed $10,000 from an elderly patient suspected of having dementia to pay his office rent, says the provincial body that regulates physicians. 
  The discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has found that Dr. Peter Diarmuid Davison committed an act of professional misconduct and suspended him for three months as of May 2.
  In the summer  of 2016, Davison, a family doctor who was licensed to practice in 197
  
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• Police investigating alleged assault in Orléans park

  09-05-2018 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are investigating an alleged sexual assault after a woman said she was grabbed by an unknown man at Hiawatha Park in Orléans on Saturday.
  Police said the woman was approached by the man near Hiawatha Park Road at around 2 a.m. The man allegedly grabbed the woman and took off her jacket, which allowed her to escape to a nearby residence where police were contacted.
  The man’s whereabouts are unknown. He is described as a white male, standing between 5-4 and 6-1, with a d
  
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• A new zoning amendment is expected to help @ottawacity in its effort to become a 'music city.'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  A new zoning amendment is expected to help @ottawacity in its effort to become a 'music city.'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Boyle court hearing pushed forward yet again ottawamatters.com/local-news/boy… https://t.co/chtu3lresl

  09-05-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
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• Long-term care spending approved in Ottawa ottawamatters.com/local-news/lon… https://t.co/wEuUqTABIZ

  09-05-2018 21:13 via twitter.com
  
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• Phone cord causes ship to run aground near Morrisburg ottawamatters.com/local-news/pho… https://t.co/2TSdiNtqjf

  09-05-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
  Phone cord causes ship to run aground near Morrisburgottawamatters.com/local-news/pho… https://t.co/2TSdiNtqjf
  
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• Council gives casino expansion thumbs up, but turns down gambling program boost #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/cou… https://t.co/yyw5wWnDXV

  09-05-2018 20:43 via twitter.com
  
  Council gives casino expansion thumbs up, but turns down gambling program boost #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/cou… https://t.co/yyw5wWnDXV
  
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• STORY: Local PC candidate firing back after Liberals accuse her of touting private healthcare… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 20:34 via twitter.com
  STORY: Local PC candidate firing back after Liberals accuse her of touting private healthcare… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Delays expected as March for Life hits Parliament Hill Thursday

  09-05-2018 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police warned commuters to plan for road closures and traffic delays around Parliament Hill Thursday, which is when the annual anti-abortion National March for Life is scheduled to take to downtown streets.
  Police didn’t name the event but said a demonstration is expected to start at about noon and continue until about 5 p.m. The event includes a march through downtown streets starting at about 1:30 p.m. with marchers starting to return to the hill at about 3 p.m. Police said the
  
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• Rideau Carleton Raceway casino expansion ready to rock with council backing

  09-05-2018 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hard Rock Casino Ottawa will build a hotel, concert theatre and expand gambling now that city council has backed a $318-million redevelopment of the Rideau Carleton Raceway.
  Wednesday’s 18-5 vote in favour of the necessary land-use rules will let Hard Rock and the raceway begin the multi-year project, which is scheduled to be complete by 2022. Councillors Keith Egli, Catherine McKenney, Diane Deans, Jeff Leiper and Tobi Nussbaum voted against the zoning changes. Coun. Jody Mitic was absent
  
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• Family of dead Petawawa soldier awarded $17 million U.S. in accident lawsuit

  09-05-2018 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A jury in the U.S. has awarded the surviving family of a soldier, his wife and young child killed in a 2015 crash in South Carolina with a $17 million U.S. payment in an accident lawsuit.
  Jeremiah Cross, 34, Crystal Cross, 32, and seven-month old Grayson Cross were all killed in a crash that involved five vehicles. Cross was a private with 2 Service Battalion stationed at Garrison Petawawa.
  The Cross family was in their 2008 Honda SUV, which was in slowed traffic due to road construction. I
  
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• Ottawa-area artist's sketch of Harry and Meghan lands on Royal Wedding coin

  09-05-2018 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  While Joel Kimmel may not be attending the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, the Ottawa-born illustrator’s connection to the soon-to-be royal couple will be forever etched in history.
  The artist was commissioned by the Royal Canadian Mint to sketch the couple’s image for the commemorative coin that was launched Wednesday, 10 days before the much-anticipated wedding, which will be held at St. George’s Chapel inside the grounds of Windsor Castle.
  Joel Kimmel wa
  
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• Dining Out: From barbecue to bulgogi, Alirang's hearty Korean fare packs in customers

  09-05-2018 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alirang1485 Merivale Rd., 613-695-5188, facebook.com/AlirangRestaurant/Open: Monday and Wednesday to Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m., closed TuesdayPrices: main dishes $11.95 to $17.95, barbecue $17.95 to $28.95 per person, minimum two peopleAccess: washrooms downstairs
  On a recent Saturday night at Alirang on Merivale Road, there were almost as many people waiting for tables as there were people eating in the packed, 60-seat Korean restaurant.
  At the three-month-old eatery, an
  
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• Smiths Falls fire victim identified, careless smoking cited as cause

  09-05-2018 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Investigators have identified the victim of a fatal fire in Smiths Falls on Monday as David Buffam, 53.
  Ontario Fire Marshal investigator Jason Williams stated the cause of death as “careless smoking” resulting in “smoke inhalation and burns,” and believes the incident was accidental.
  Williams believed Buffam to have fallen asleep on a mattress in his third-floor apartment on 80 Victoria Avenue, and had awoke soon after to find the mattress on fire.
  He then pulled the mat
  
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• Protect your garages, sheds from break and enters this spring, police say

  09-05-2018 19:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are reminding residents to make sure their locks are secure from thieves this spring.
  As warm weather arrives, the police break and enter unit said it expects an increase to the number of break and enters in garages and sheds across Ottawa.
  Residents are advised to keep garage doors closed when they are left unattended, and to properly record information on their valuable belongings, such as the make, model, serial numbers, and any unique identifiers of property that could be stole
  
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• Burglar steals Kingston mom's locket containing daughter's ashes

  09-05-2018 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Have a heart.
  Kingston police are appealing for the return of a robbery victim’s necklace containing the ashes of her dead daughter.
  The heart-shaped locket with tiny footprints was stolen in a break-in at a midtown home.
  “The recovery of the necklace is a priority,” police said Wednesday.
  “If located the necklace could be returned anonymously to the front desk of Kingston Police Headquarters.”
  Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Nick Gregory at 613-5
  
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• Fred Penner's enduring appeal lasts for generations

  09-05-2018 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  After more than four decades in the business of entertaining children, Fred Penner admits with a laugh that his beard’s grown longer and whiter.
  “That’s what happens. Time goes by,” says Penner, 71.
  And yet, the Winnipeg-based multiple Juno Award winner is busier than ever, and playing a wider range of venues and events given that his fan base now spans three generations.
  In advance of his daily sets as a headliner at the Ottawa Children’s Festival, which begins Thu
  
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• Kanata Tory called for privatized health care, Liberals charge

  09-05-2018 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Progressive Conservatives would cut public health care in Ontario in favour of a two-tier system that would give better care to people who could pay for it themselves, the provincial Liberals charged Wednesday, citing extensive tweets from the Tory candidate in Kanata-Carleton.
  “Protecting our publicly funded health care system is about protecting the people it serves and the idea that underpins it,” Ottawa South Liberal incumbent John Fraser said, in a news conference on a pathw
  
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• Glavin: The Iran deal didn't make the world safer

  09-05-2018 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  As President Donald Trump made good on his threat to pull the United States out of the 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear weapons program on Tuesday, life in Iran trundled on in its usual, dreary way. The price of bread, eggs and meat did not stop rising. As the sun rose, you needed 60,000 rials to buy a single American dollar on the black market. At sunset, the price was the same.
  In January, 2016, more than two years into the deal that former president Barack Obama
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @_kevindonovan joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on the Honey & Barry Sherman case: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @_kevindonovan joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on the Honey & Barry Sherman case:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, May 9th: 1:08: @Randall_Denley 1:17: @EmmMacfarlane 1:30: @JohnFraserOS 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, May 9th: 1:08: @Randall_Denley 1:17: @EmmMacfarlane 1:30: @JohnFraserOS 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Impaired cyclist spitting mad over drunk tank trip: Kingston police

  09-05-2018 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston police officer is nursing a sore forehead after being punched by an allegedly drunk cyclist Monday evening.
  Police were called at about 7 p.m. for a report of a man who’d fallen off his bike. When they arrived, they found the man riding his bicycle erratically on a downtown sidewalk.
  Officers determined the cyclist was a risk to himself and others, but when when officers told the man that he was being arrested for public intoxication, he started to yell and attempted to resist a
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @cwaddell27 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on La Presse going non-profit: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @cwaddell27 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on La Presse going non-profit:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Yasir_Naqvi joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Yasir_Naqvi joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• US Coast Guard requests proposals for new Polar icebreaker

  09-05-2018 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. Coast Guard has released a request for proposals for advance procurement and design of a heavy polar icebreaker. The coast guard wants three such ships.
  A contract is to be awarded in 2019.
  The Congressional Research Service reports that the Coast Guard wants to begin construction of the first new heavy polar icebreaker in FY2019 and have it enter service in 2023. “The acquisition cost of a new heavy polar icebreaker had earlier been estimated informally at roughly $1 billion (U.S
  
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• Ottawa-area artist 'excited' by his sketch of Harry and Meghan on Royal Wedding coin

  09-05-2018 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  While Joel Kimmel may not be attending the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, the Ottawa-born illustrator’s connection to the soon-to-be royal couple will be forever etched in history.
  The artist was commissioned by the Royal Canadian Mint to sketch the couple’s image for the commemorative coin that was launched on May 9, 10 days before the much-anticipated wedding, which will be held at St. George’s Chapel inside the grounds of Windsor Castle.
  Joel Kimmel&nbs
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @AndreaHorwath will join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 16:33 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @AndreaHorwath will join @_MarkSutcliffe live: Listen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Executive coach/author Helen Antoniou joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her new book 'Back to Beer...a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Executive coach/author Helen Antoniou joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her new book 'Back to Beer...a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on today's Power Lunch: @sherrilynne & @ @TerryLake16 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 16:09 via twitter.com
  Coming up on today's Power Lunch: @sherrilynne & @ @TerryLake16 join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: Listen:📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Follow @JennnPritchard for the latest from city hall: twitter.com/JennnPritchard…

  09-05-2018 16:04 via twitter.com
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @DerickFage & @AGMacDougall join @_marksutcliffe LIVE: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @1310glennis, @DerickFage & @AGMacDougall join @_marksutcliffe LIVE: Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @morrisonSNET joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #NHLPLAYOFFS: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @morrisonSNET joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #NHLPLAYOFFS: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Later: @AndreaHorwath will join @_MarkSutcliffe this morning at 10:45: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-05-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Later: @AndreaHorwath will join @_MarkSutcliffe this morning at 10:45: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Truck fire closes westbound Hwy. 401 near Mallorytown

  09-05-2018 15:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is warning motorists to avoid a stretch of westbound Highway 401 west of Brockville Wednesday morning as first responders tackle a dramatic tractor trailer fire.
  Several Twitters user shared images of the burning transport on the highway between the Thousand Islands Parkway and County Road 5 Mallorytown minutes after police reported the road closure. 
  There were no immediate reports of injuries.
  TRAFFIC HAZARD: #Hwy401 WB b/t Thousand Islands Pkwy and County Rd 5 #Mallorytown &ndash
  
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• Two injured in two-vehicle crash near South Stormont

  09-05-2018 14:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A section of Highway 138 was closed for several hours Tuesday to allow police to investigate a two-vehicle crash that left two drivers seriously injured.
  Ontario Provincial Police said a northbound passenger vehicle crossed into the southbound lane near South Stormont just after 10 a.m. and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.
  Both drivers were taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
  Police were are asking any witnesses to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crim
  
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• Woman homeless following early morning blaze at Bell Street apartment

  09-05-2018 13:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman lost her home but everyone was able to safely escape an early-morning fire at a Centretown West building.
  Fire crews were alerted at 3:24 a.m. Wednesday by several 911 calls reporting flames on the roof of 240 Bell St. N.
  They were on the scene minutes later and immediately called a second alarm to draw more firefighters and equipment to the two-storey building which housed two apartment units. 
  A fire investigator had been dispatched to the scene to determine the cause.
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• Should the Ontario sex-education curriculum be scrapped? ottawamatters.com/polls/d-7683 via @ottawamatters

  09-05-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  Should the Ontario sex-education curriculum be scrapped? ottawamatters.com/polls/d-7683 via @ottawamatters
  
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• Glorious day for yoga sun salutations at City Hall before the rain returns

  09-05-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  In a sure sign that summer is on the way, Parliament Hill Yoga is back – even if it has moved to Ottawa City Hall for the day.
  And there’s plenty of sunshine to salute along with a high of 25 C and a low of 14 C. 
  “All you need to bring is a mat, water, and a great attitude!” say organizers of the Wednesday yoga sessions from noon to 1 p.m. Throw in some sunscreen, too, with a UV index of 7 or high.
  The clouds are expected roll back in Thursday with showers beginning
  
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• Ford moves to appease social conservatives, vows to replace sex-ed curriculum: bit.ly/2Ir6ypC https://t.co/0yVMkh1EVl

  09-05-2018 13:29 via twitter.com
  
  Ford moves to appease social conservatives, vows to replace sex-ed curriculum: bit.ly/2Ir6ypC https://t.co/0yVMkh1EVl
  
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• Careless smoking blamed for fatal Smiths Falls fire

  09-05-2018 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Careless smoking is to blame for a fire Monday at a Victoria Avenue home in Smiths Falls that claimed the life of a man in his 50s.
  The town’s fire department issued a statement Tuesday afternoon noting its investigators, along with the Smiths Falls Police Service and the Office of the Fire Marshal, have concluded the cause to be “accidental due to careless smoking.”
  Officials released few details, other than to confirm the victim, whose identity was not released, was in his ea
  
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• Demolitions to force out more than 100 Heron Gate households ottawamatters.com/local-news/dem… #ottnews https://t.co/AIGQ70mjUd

  09-05-2018 12:36 via twitter.com
  
  Demolitions to force out more than 100 Heron Gate householdsottawamatters.com/local-news/dem…#ottnews https://t.co/AIGQ70mjUd
  
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• Lingering residents forced to evacuate as lava cracks spread: bit.ly/2I7XwKT https://t.co/vgyQTPE3CF

  09-05-2018 12:34 via twitter.com
  
  Lingering residents forced to evacuate as lava cracks spread: bit.ly/2I7XwKT https://t.co/vgyQTPE3CF
  
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• Today's letters: Gord Brown, check-out cheaters, language training woes

  09-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gord Brown a pleasure to work with
  Re: Federal Conservative MP Gord Brown dead at 57, May 2.
  As a volunteer who worked in Gord Brown’s election office on many of his campaigns, I would like to say it was a pleasure working with Gord. He showed up on several occasions with a box of Timbits and his usual smile and personality to thank everyone for helping him out.
  He will be missed.
  Ron Harley, Brockville
  Tell us more about Lyme disease
  Re: Local woman launches trek for Lyme disease awarenes
  
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• One person was trapped inside the vehicle when crews arrived on the scene. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  09-05-2018 12:24 via twitter.com
  One person was trapped inside the vehicle when crews arrived on the scene. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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