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• Renfrew not running from the fire, sticks to decision to can 61-year-old chief

  11-05-2018 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Town of Renfrew is sticking to its guns and forcing its 61-year-old fire chief to retire against his will, saying he’s too old to take command at a fire scene.
  Regular firefighters have to retire by age 60 in Ontario, as the law considers that they may not have the required stamina as they get older.
  But outgoing chief Guy Longtin, a 26-year veteran as Renfrew’s chief, says that rule doesn’t apply to chiefs, whose role is administrative.
  Yes it does, says the town.
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• Ottawa Comiccon returns for seventh year - ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott… #ottnews https://t.co/Xq2vJCJ4qU

  11-05-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  
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• Police seek suspect in sex assault, who posed as an Uber driver. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/fak…

  11-05-2018 23:18 via twitter.com
  Police seek suspect in sex assault, who posed as an Uber driver. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/fak…
  
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• WestJet promises full refunds on flights cancelled by pilot strike - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/reaL59ohfG

  11-05-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Police investigate man found with injuries in Gatineau

  11-05-2018 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are investigating after receiving an emergency call about a man found injured in Gatineau on Friday.
  When Gatineau police arrived on scene, they found a man who had laceration injuries on Rue FX-Bouvier, near Gilbert-Garneau park.
  The man was taken to the Hull Hospital for treatment.
  Police were at the scene investigating.
  
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• Tories want action against self-confessed terror recruit living in Toronto - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/YuLTX2pMZ5

  11-05-2018 22:58 via twitter.com
  
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• A good death: Artist lived under shadow of HIV/AIDS for three decades

  11-05-2018 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  As he prepared to die, Richard Darch walked onto his third-floor balcony for a final cigarette.
  It was just after 6 p.m., and, as was his habit, Darch closed the sliding door to prevent smoke from wafting into his apartment.
  Inside, a doctor, nurse and anesthesiologist were readying to end his remarkable, difficult life.
  At 67, Darch had come of age in a perilous era for gay men and had lived with HIV for more than three decades. He had defeated colorectal cancer. He had survived at least three
  
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• Conservative MPs are calling for action against a Canadian-born, self-described terror recruit reportedly living in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  Conservative MPs are calling for action against a Canadian-born, self-described terror recruit reportedly living in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa police to give public a glimpse of their first two drones

  11-05-2018 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police now have their first two drones in operation, and you can see them Monday morning as part of Police Week.
  These are not crime-busting drones, says Staff Sgt. François D’Aoust. Their job is more related to public safety.
  It's a bird! It's a plane!.. no.. it's the @OttawaPolice newest tool to increase public safety…an unmanned aerial system..(UAS). Come see it on display May 14th st 11am during the #PoliceWeek2018 'launch' 474 Elgin St pic.twitter.com/vzIWMna
  
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• Neighbour's call alerts firefighters to blaze that spread from hedge to home

  11-05-2018 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters battled a blaze that spread from a hedge to a family home on Friday after receiving a call from an alert neighbour.
  The neighbour called 911 at 3:01 p.m. after seeing a fire in a tree in the backyard of 108 Seabrooke Dr. near Gowrie Drive and Barra Avenue. The neighbour later provided updated information that a hedge on fire ignited the side of the house.
  “Luckily this person was able to notify us early and also evacuate the occupants of the home so that no one sustained any i
  
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• Stabbing victim died from massive blood loss, pathologist tells court

  11-05-2018 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Michael Mcrae died from massive blood loss that resulted from two deep stab wounds to his abdomen — and not the “superficial” cut to his neck, a court heard Friday. 
  Forensic pathologist Dr. Alfredo Walker testified that Mcrae’s liver, small intestines and renal vein were all damaged by the path of the knife. 
  The weapon penetrated about 20 centimetres inside his body and left a small cut on the back of his chest wall, Dr. Walker told court.
  “It triggered
  
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• Sheffield Road will be closed until 9 p.m. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  11-05-2018 21:43 via twitter.com
  Sheffield Road will be closed until 9 p.m. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Reevely: In northern-issues debate, Ford turns his sights on NDP's Horwath

  11-05-2018 21:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Andrea Horwath is a two-faced environmentalist nutbar, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford charged Friday, abruptly changing the direction of his campaign to lead Ontario.
  Until now, Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne and her party’s record have been Ford’s target, with Horwath an afterthought. But with polls suggesting Horwath might be the more serious threat to Ford’s ambition, he’s taken fresh aim at her and the New Democrats.
  “Let’s be real honest with ea
  
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• Driver escapes injury as vehicle slices through hydro pole

  11-05-2018 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  An unidentified motorist miraculously escaped injury after a vehicle sliced through a Hydro Ottawa pole on Sheffield Road Friday afternoon.
  The crash severed the pole at its base and left it suspended in mid-air by power lines.
  A hydro pole dangles from power lines after a collision on Sheffield Road Friday afternoon.
  Hydro Ottawa, Ottawa Fire Services and Ottawa Police Service all attended the scene.
  Sheffield Road was closed between Bantree Street and Leeds Avenue as Hydro Ottawa repairs
  
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• Ottawa firefighters receive surprise as fireworks go off at North Gower fire site

  11-05-2018 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters received an unpleasant surprise Friday afternoon after fireworks began exploding at the site of a mobile home fire in North Gower.
  Firefighters were called to lot on Mackey Road at around 1 p.m. and found two mobile homes on the site engulfed in flames.
  As they battled, small explosions were heard. A few minutes later it was determined that a truck trailer on the site contained several boxes of commercial grade fireworks.
  Firefighters was hampered because there was no hydrant
  
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• Mackey Rd. CLOSED btwn Malakoff & McCordick for fire. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/WHXxTUv66o

  11-05-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  
  Mackey Rd. CLOSED btwn Malakoff & McCordick for fire. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/WHXxTUv66o
  
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• Gatineau police close downtown street after man found injured

  11-05-2018 18:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A long section of Eddy Street has been closed after Gatineau police were called for a report of a man who had been injured.
  Police are still determining the cause of the injury, but a spokesperson said the man was taken to hospital and his life was “not in danger.”
  A large number of squad cars, as well as the police canine unit were at the scene.
  Eddy will remain closed Garneau and Papineau streets to all vehicles and pedestrians as officers investigate.
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• Kingston man blows 2.5 times legal limit after arrest for driving on blown-out tire

  11-05-2018 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston man whose licence was already suspended faces new impaired driving charges after he was arrested Thursday while driving slowly on a major boulevard on a blown-out rear tire.
  A breathalyzer test later indicated he had more than 2.5 times the legal limit of alcohol in his system, police said.
  Police said the 25-year-old, whose identity was not released, had driven off the road, scratching the side of his vehicle and blowing out the tire.
  Patrol officers responding to the call spott
  
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• Chiarelli boasts of Liberal R&D investment in Ottawa

  11-05-2018 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli visited the heart of North Kanata’s technology neighbourhood Friday to argue that Liberal investment in research and development has helped to build the sector.
  Chiarelli, seeking re-election in Ottawa West-Nepean riding, listed a string of major employers including IBM, Nokia, Mitel, Huawei and Shopify, “most all of whom have received job-creating funding for R&D right here in Ottawa.”
  He said the provincial Jobs and Prosperity Fund has invested $
  
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• Editorial: Ontario's election – remember, all politics is local

  11-05-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s election campaign is about more than who has the best slogan or is the most skilled debater. It’s about more than change or personality. It’s about the power individual voters have. We can use our ballots better than we sometimes have.
  Each of us needs to identify what we think the priorities are – in Ottawa as well as provincially – and demand specifics from local candidates. Then, we must figure out which local candidate, moreso than which party,&nb
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, May 10th: 1:08: @CdnTulipfest 1:17: @ChrisAReynolds 1:30: @monarchist 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, May 10th: 1:08: @CdnTulipfest 1:17: @ChrisAReynolds 1:30: @monarchist 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @OttawaHospital @ShelleyMcLean_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe on 'Running for a Reason' 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30:@OttawaHospital @ShelleyMcLean_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe on 'Running for a Reason'📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 6,000 soldiers from Canada, U.S., other nations to take part in major exercise in Alberta

  11-05-2018 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Approximately 6,000 soldiers will take part in Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 2018 which takes place from May 13 -24 in Wainwright, Alberta. The exercise is seen as the most comprehensive Canadian Army training event of the year. A large number of the soldiers are coming from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group based in Valcartier, Quebec. Of those taking part, some 1,500 are from other nations including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and France. In addition, there are 130 reser
  
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• Tiny homes a big problem for city living

  11-05-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Every night, Christine McIntosh goes to sleep under the stars.
  The glowing night sky is visible through the windows in her cozy upstairs loft – one that only stretches four feet in height. In fact, her entire home is only 12 feet tall.
  McIntosh lives in a tiny house just outside of Ottawa. It’s only 200 square feet and, while some may find it hard to believe, includes a fully-equipped kitchen, living area, bathroom and bedroom.
  She said many homeowners name their mini dwellings. She&
  
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• Coming up NEXT on the Power Lunch: @stephegan613 & @KatlynHarrison join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT on the Power Lunch: @stephegan613 & @KatlynHarrison join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa youth, 15, charged with child porn offences

  11-05-2018 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 15-year-old Ottawa youth was charged Friday with two counts of possession of child pornography.
  Ottawa police said they received a report last October from the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre, that identified the IP address of an Ottawa suspect who allegedly uploaded videos of child porn.
  A production order was then served to the suspect’s internet service provider, which allowed investigators to confirm the criminal activities.
  Ottawa police said they executed a search w
  
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• Could Uber be used to solve transit issues in some towns/cities? Peter Shawn Taylor of @macleans joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Could Uber be used to solve transit issues in some towns/cities?Peter Shawn Taylor of @macleans joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• On the Ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: -The ethics of lawns (yes, lawns), -@elonmusk’s election as Fe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  On the Ethics Lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe:-The ethics of lawns (yes, lawns), -@elonmusk’s election as Fe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Region's jobless rate tumbles to levels not seen in more than a generation

  11-05-2018 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  An unexpected surge in new jobs in April pushed the capital region’s jobless rate down to 4.4 per cent, a level not seen in more than 30 years. This was down sharply from 4.8 per cent in March, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
  The drop in the rate reflected the addition of 8,000 net new jobs while the labour force, which includes people looking for work, increased by a comparatively modest 4,500. These numbers, which reflect the average estimate for the three most recent months, were adj
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_marksutcliffe on the provincial election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Shawn_Jeffords joins @_marksutcliffe on the provincial election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Retired @globeandmail columnist Jeffrey Simpson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the Winnipeg J… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 16:27 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Retired @globeandmail columnist Jeffrey Simpson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the Winnipeg J… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This year's guests of honour are Jason Momoa of Game of Thrones and Justice League, Karl Urban of Star Trek and Mat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 16:01 via twitter.com
  This year's guests of honour are Jason Momoa of Game of Thrones and Justice League, Karl Urban of Star Trek and Mat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gormley: The messy world of suicide tourism

  11-05-2018 15:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  If any political issue is more morally fraught than legalizing doctor-assisted suicide, it is travelling in search of legalized doctor-assisted suicide. That a 104-year-old Australian took his life last week, some consider troubling; that he did so not in his home country but in another, many consider most troubling of all.
  Going to Mexico to purchase a drug from pet shops that is normally meant to euthanize cats, or to Switzerland to carry out a suicide pact in a rented apartment with the help
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @Randall_Denley & @erin_gee join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @Randall_Denley & @erin_geejoin @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Renovation transformation: Amsted Design co-owners complete project close to home and hearts

  11-05-2018 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  When his son was three months old, Kirk Haw knew he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. For the first few years, carrying his son up and down the stairs of their two-storey house was an easy task, but one that grew more difficult with time.
  When Haw’s son was about eight years old, it was clear something had to change. The family home had to be made accessible.
  His son has cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination.
  “It&r
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @WFPJasonBell joins @_marksutcliffe on the Winnipeg Jets advancing to the Western Conference F… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-05-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @WFPJasonBell joins @_marksutcliffe on the Winnipeg Jets advancing to the Western Conference F… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Capital region jobless rate plummets to 4.4% in April

  11-05-2018 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The national capital region’s jobless rate plummeted in April to 4.4 per cent from 4.8 per cent in March, courtesy of 8,000 net new jobs while the labour force increased just 4,500.
  It was the lowest unemployment rate since before 2001.
  The dramatic drop in April’s jobless rate in the capital region took place entirely on the Ottawa side where the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 per cent from 4.9 per cent in March.
  In Gatineau, the jobless rate edged up to 4.8 per cent from 4.7 per cen
  
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• Incredible new blood test designed to detect 8 most common forms of cancer

  11-05-2018 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  How many  lives could be saved if cancer could  be detected early and consistently?
  Researchers are close to perfecting a new blood test that can screen for eight of the most common types of cancer.
  Watch the video to learn more.
  
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• Chernobyl's nuclear disaster site is generating power again. Here's how

  11-05-2018 14:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even more than 30 years after a devastating nuclear accident, Chernobyl is still one of the most radioactive places on Earth.
  A large swath of land won’t be habitable for an astonishing 24,000 years.
  That, however, isn’t stopping thousands of homes from getting power from the site.
  Watch the video above to learn the full story.
  
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• Scientists discover hidden Mayan megacity – home to an estimated 10 million people

  11-05-2018 14:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A massive city hidden in plain sight?
  Researchers using advanced scanning techniques believe that they have discovered a secret Mayan megacity.
  Some estimates put the population of the city, buried in the Guatemalan jungle for 1,200 years, near 10 million people.
  That’s more populous than many modern cities including New York, London and Bangkok.
  Watch the above video to find out more.
  
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• Friday's cool (not in a good way), but expect a sunny 19 C for Mom by Sunday

  11-05-2018 13:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa awoke to a mere 1 C Friday and the high is just 13 C but we’ll fête moms everywhere with sunshine and seasonal temperatures by Sunday and hit the 20s by next week.
  Friday’s forecast is for mainly sunny skies with increasing cloudiness overnight and a low of 2 C with the risk of frost.
  Saturday starts out mainly cloudy but starts clearing in the afternoon with a high of 16 C and a low of 3 C.
  The Mother’s Day forecast is sunshine and 19 C — which is spot on se
  
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• Charges against Ottawa doctor reignite questions over patient protections

  11-05-2018 13:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Charges against a local doctor accused of voyeurism and sexual assault involving more than 50 people over three decades have reignited questions about the policies and legislation that are meant to protect patients.
  Meanwhile, the medical clinic where Dr. Vincent Nadon worked has put up posters in all of its examination rooms advising patients that they can have another person present during a medical exam. 
  Nadon, 56, a physician with the University of Ottawa Health Services (UOHS) wa
  
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• Menard: Ottawa's public school board needs renewal

  11-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When I started as a school board trustee three-and-a-half years ago, I had much hope and optimism. My view of the potential of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board hasn’t changed, but my cynicism about how decisions are made has grown.
  It may sound strange for a sitting trustee to call for renewal at the board, but it is needed, and change will only be ushered in by identifying problems truthfully and seeking solutions.
  The OCDSB does some things very well, including its wide spectrum
  
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• MacDougall: Tories missing chance to play hero — for the environment and taxpayers

  11-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hey, have you heard the latest from the Conservatives about Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax?
  I’m kidding. Of course you have. By this point, anyone could parrot the Tory talking points. (To save you a Google: They’re against it.)
  Not a day goes by without a jeremiad against Trudeau’s l-o-v-e of carbon taxation. This week, to give the usual the feel of the exotic, the conservative cause loosed its most effective communicator, Jason Kenney, on the federal committee studyin
  
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• Cruel and unusual? Perth court case to challenge validity of Ontario SPCA

  11-05-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s animal protection laws are outdated, unconstitutional and violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  That’s the argument being put forward by a pair of “strange bedfellows” who are teaming up on a legal challenge that questions the oversight of, and the powers currently held by, this province’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
  More specifically, Jeffrey Bogaerts of the Ontario Landowners Association is alleging the law that gives the OSPC
  
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• Spotify cuts R. Kelly music from playlists, cites new policy: bit.ly/2wxrjuX https://t.co/C8Xj8MQukL

  11-05-2018 12:52 via twitter.com
  
  Spotify cuts R. Kelly music from playlists, cites new policy: bit.ly/2wxrjuX https://t.co/C8Xj8MQukL
  
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• Heads up! #otttraffic twitter.com/1310traffic/st…

  11-05-2018 12:42 via twitter.com
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• The group thinks a mobile supervised injection site would help prevent the deaths. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  11-05-2018 12:40 via twitter.com
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• Today's letters: How we're neglecting our heritage

  11-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Founders of G7 nations get no respect
  Re: Did Global Affairs Shrug off History? May 7.
  Andrew Duffy quotes Sen. Serge Joyal with respect to razing the Glasgow rowhouse where Sir John A. Macdonald may have been born: “We are probably the only country among the G7 that treats their founders this way.”
  In fact, Canada is remarkably good company among the G7 countries, if we look at the fates of the birth places of those who may be considered their founders.
  France’s founding
  
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• Northern debate kicks off Day 3 of Ontario election campaign: bit.ly/2rAywpo https://t.co/wvdfX22Dt2

  11-05-2018 11:47 via twitter.com
  
  Northern debate kicks off Day 3 of Ontario election campaign: bit.ly/2rAywpo https://t.co/wvdfX22Dt2
  
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