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• Girl, 17, in critical condition after T-bone collision at Kinburn-John Shaw intersection

  12-05-2018 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 17-year-old girl was in critical condition with a head injury following a T-bone collision at the intersection of Kinburn Side Road and John Shaw Road on Saturday afternoon.
  Ottawa paramedics treated three patients for traumatic injuries. A 51-year-old man was in serious condition with chest injuries while a 21-year-old man had a serious head injury.
  A call about the two-vehicle crash was received at 3:02, and three Ottawa paramedic units, along with one from Renfrew County, worked in co-ordin
  
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• Egan: They come home from Florida to find hills are alive in backyard

  12-05-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  In April, Lorraine and Larry St. Denis returned from wintering in Florida to find something new in the backyard — a grey mountain range where creeks and trees once stood.
  “It was a shocker,” said Lorraine, 71.
  Turns out, indeed, the earth moved, tons and tons of it, into a U-shaped pile about 10 metres high and in excess of 100 metres long. When they left for the south in November, the pile was as high as a snowbank — when they returned, it was as high as a house.
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• Survivor of gun violence in Afghanistan says she wants to be 'voice of women'. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/6L3XuYJdhZ

  12-05-2018 23:25 via twitter.com
  
  Survivor of gun violence in Afghanistan says she wants to be 'voice of women'.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/6L3XuYJdhZ
  
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• Texters who distract drivers could be held liable in accidents: insurance expert. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/ykK1ZPX7uY

  12-05-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
  
  Texters who distract drivers could be held liable in accidents: insurance expert.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/ykK1ZPX7uY
  
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• Infectious video shows laughter amid disaster of New Brunswick's floods. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/lVnJ3Dnjb8

  12-05-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  
  Infectious video shows laughter amid disaster of New Brunswick's floods.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/lVnJ3Dnjb8
  
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• Vigil to mark two-month anniversary of 10-year-old Montreal boy's disappearance. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/HOYChgG6vV

  12-05-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  
  Vigil to mark two-month anniversary of 10-year-old Montreal boy's disappearance.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/HOYChgG6vV
  
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• Duclos hosts OECD meeting to swap tips on keeping social anxiety at bay. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/axjzl2M172

  12-05-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  
  Duclos hosts OECD meeting to swap tips on keeping social anxiety at bay.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/axjzl2M172
  
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• Justin Trudeau to participate in reopening of Quebec City armoury today ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  12-05-2018 18:48 via twitter.com
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• Kathleen Wynne slams Doug Ford's 'take care of our own' comment on immigration. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-05-2018 18:26 via twitter.com
  Kathleen Wynne slams Doug Ford's 'take care of our own' comment on immigration.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Rooftop fire quickly extinguished in Nepean industrial area

  12-05-2018 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters made quick work of a rooftop fire at a Nepean concrete manufacturer’s building Saturday.
  Firefighters got a 911 call from Central Precast on 25 Bonguard Ave. at 10:48 a.m. It took less than 15 minutes to control the fire, which was in a rooftop compressor unit and was sending thick black smoke into the air.
  There were no injuries.
  Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the blaze.
  Bonguard Avenue is in an industrial area south of the intersection of Mer
  
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• Fire crews tackle commercial building blaze in Nepean. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/fir… https://t.co/t6k0hWNh8r

  12-05-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  
  Fire crews tackle commercial building blaze in Nepean. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/fir… https://t.co/t6k0hWNh8r
  
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• President Donald Trump's long-promised plan to bring down drug prices, unveiled Friday, would mostly spare the phar… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-05-2018 16:41 via twitter.com
  President Donald Trump's long-promised plan to bring down drug prices, unveiled Friday, would mostly spare the phar… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Silver lining: Craftsman Laurent Amiot celebrated in new exhibition at National Gallery

  12-05-2018 16:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 1778, Laurent Amiot, the ninth of 10 children born to Quebec City caterer and innkeeper Jean Amiot and his wife Marie-Louise Chrestien, turned 14 — which meant that he was old enough to apprentice in the art form that this week, 240 years later, has earned him a new and comprehensive exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
  Entering his teen years, Amiot began his training as a silversmith. He showed so much promise that, when he was 18, he became the first Canadian-born silversmit
  
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• Eurovision 2018 to focus on the music, not the glitz. ottawamatters.com/world-news/eur… https://t.co/Q9aWhUD9QF

  12-05-2018 16:24 via twitter.com
  
  Eurovision 2018 to focus on the music, not the glitz.ottawamatters.com/world-news/eur… https://t.co/Q9aWhUD9QF
  
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• Dawson: Honk if you love silence

  12-05-2018 16:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A civilized and peaceful society requires some ground rules beyond just laws – unwritten codes of conduct that make the day hum along smoothly and, as with the pirate’s code, are really more guidelines than rules, justifiably broken on occasion.
  But they should be adhered to in most instances, in order to be a good citizen, neighbour and all-around nice human being.
  As an example: One doesn’t put a backpack on a bus seat. One tries to hold the door for the person behind. One wa
  
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• Where are Ontario's party leaders are campaigning on May 12? Here's what their schedules look like. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-05-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Where are Ontario's party leaders are campaigning on May 12? Here's what their schedules look like.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• For his next act, Paul Anka is collaborating with Drake

  12-05-2018 15:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO —  Former prime minister Jean Chrétien and multimillion-selling crooner Michael Bublé were among the special guests who showed up at a music-industry gala Thursday to honour their dear friend, the legendary Ottawa-born singer-songwriter Paul Anka.Along with hundreds of music-industry delegates in town for the 36th annual edition of Canadian Music Week, they were celebrating Anka’s lifetime achievement award bestowed by the Canadian Music and Broadcast
  
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• As lava oozes, Hawaii officials say rest of island is open. ottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/gYCl3v8gCI

  12-05-2018 15:12 via twitter.com
  
  As lava oozes, Hawaii officials say rest of island is open.ottawamatters.com/national-busin… https://t.co/gYCl3v8gCI
  
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• Cappies reivew: Merivale High School presents Disenchanted!

  12-05-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #20: Disenchanted!
  Where: Merivale High School
  Director: Cynthia Wood
  Jagnoor Saran, Lead CriticElmwood School
  It can be difficult to poke holes at an icon – especially one as revered as Walt Disney – but in order to tell the truth it is sometimes necessary. In their rendition of Disenchanted! Merivale High School proved that there are always two sides to every story.
  Written by Dennis T. Giacino, this cabaret-style musical unconventionally follows our favourite Disney princess.
  
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• Egan: 'My house stinks' — new owner tries to clear air on smelly septic system

  12-05-2018 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  In December 2015, Janet St-Pierre, a yoga instructor, bought a century-old brick house in the hamlet of Dunbar, about 70 kilometres south of Ottawa, and dreamed tranquil possibilities.
  On a half-acre beside a converted church, the lovely old place had just been renovated: new walls and floors, updated kitchen and bath, big wraparound deck overlooking a yard and fertile farm field. Then came the spring of 2016 and a ripe awakening.
  The old manse, where a minister once lived, stank to high he
  
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• Ford, Wynne and Horwarth back on campaign trail after northern debate. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-05-2018 14:44 via twitter.com
  Ford, Wynne and Horwarth back on campaign trail after northern debate.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Federal judge approves $875 million '60s Scoop settlement after hearings. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/2cuhucCSRZ

  12-05-2018 14:18 via twitter.com
  
  Federal judge approves $875 million '60s Scoop settlement after hearings.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/2cuhucCSRZ
  
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• This just in: Sunny skies all weekend, tulips happy

  12-05-2018 13:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  There will be chilly mornings to start the next few days, but other than that, the news is all good.
  Short and sweet, Environment Canada is predicting sunny skies through Tuesday.
  Saturday’s high should be 18 C with highs of 21, 25 and 26 on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The low on Saturday night is predicted to be 2 C with a chance of frost. 
  It’s a great weekend to get out and take in the tulip festival, or just enjoy the spring after a punishing winter. 
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• Doug Ford ventures into unlamented Patrick Brown turf for rally. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-05-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  Doug Ford ventures into unlamented Patrick Brown turf for rally.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• US Embassy issues security alert for Americans traveling in Canada. ottawamatters.com/local-news/us-…

  12-05-2018 13:22 via twitter.com
  US Embassy issues security alert for Americans traveling in Canada.ottawamatters.com/local-news/us-…
  
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• Will protective shields for Transpo drivers improve driver safety?

  12-05-2018 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Citing a spike in both verbal and physical assaults against its bus drivers over the past year, the union representing OC Transpo drivers is applauding a pilot project that will equip a number of city buses with protective barriers for its operators.
  Clint Crabtree, president of ATU Local 279, said the union has been pushing for protective barriers for more than 10 years, and has since been monitoring policies in other major urban centres.
  The transit authority at that time explored the idea of
  
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• Today's letters: Volunteerism, the Ontario election, and bilingualism

  12-05-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Charging a fee will deter volunteers
  Re: Ottawa police consider making volunteers pay for background checks, May 7.
  Volunteering is at the heart of caring and thriving communities. Every day, volunteers in Ottawa improve the wellbeing of our community by supporting the successful operation of shelters, service organizations and food banks. They help children participate in sports and musical activities; seniors deal with social isolation; and, new Canadians learn a second language. For non-profi
  
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• Wynne says she isn't sure why Doug Ford has twice commented on her smile - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/5oMCDXhg5h

  12-05-2018 04:15 via twitter.com
  
  Wynne says she isn't sure why Doug Ford has twice commented on her smile - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/5oMCDXhg5h
  
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• NAFTA: Ministers part ways before all-important session next week - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/DC5GJxMRwq

  12-05-2018 03:30 via twitter.com
  
  NAFTA: Ministers part ways before all-important session next week - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/DC5GJxMRwq
  
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• UN review calls out Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/dSQtfTfQEj

  12-05-2018 02:50 via twitter.com
  
  UN review calls out Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/dSQtfTfQEj
  
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• Ford, Horwath spar in northern debate as Wynne defends her record - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/rxouzy3mEX

  12-05-2018 02:13 via twitter.com
  
  Ford, Horwath spar in northern debate as Wynne defends her record - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… #ottnews https://t.co/rxouzy3mEX
  
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• Egan: 'My house stinks' — new owner tries to clear air on septic shock

  12-05-2018 02:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  In December 2015, Janet St-Pierre, a yoga instructor, bought a century-old brick house in the hamlet of Dunbar, about 70 kilometres south of Ottawa, and dreamed tranquil possibilities.
  On a half-acre beside a converted church, the lovely old place had just been renovated: new walls and floors, updated kitchen and bath, big wraparound deck overlooking a yard and fertile farm field. Then came the spring of 2016 and a ripe awakening.
  The old manse, where a minister once lived, stank to high he
  
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• No curtain for lifetime-achievement winner Anka; now he's collaborating with Drake

  12-05-2018 01:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO —  Former prime minister Jean Chrétien and multimillion-selling crooner Michael Bublé were among the special guests who showed up at a music-industry gala Thursday to honour their dear friend, the legendary Ottawa-born singer-songwriter Paul Anka.Along with hundreds of music-industry delegates in town for the 36th annual edition of Canadian Music Week, they were celebrating Anka’s lifetime achievement award bestowed by the Canadian Music and Broadcast
  
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• Cop who arrested Toronto van attack suspect receives gift from Reds star Votto - ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… #ottnews https://t.co/stIX0bCSxZ

  12-05-2018 01:45 via twitter.com
  
  Cop who arrested Toronto van attack suspect receives gift from Reds star Votto - ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… #ottnews https://t.co/stIX0bCSxZ
  
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• Police looking for missing teen girl, whose family 'greatly concerned'

  12-05-2018 01:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are searching for a missing teenage girl whose family says it is “greatly concerned” for her safety.
  The Ottawa Police Service missing persons unit is appealing to the public for help in finding 16-year-old Makayla Wilk.
  She is described as a white female, standing 5-5, with a slim build and long brown hair with red highlights. Police released photos of the missing girl Friday.
  She was last seen in the Ottawa area on Wednesday, May 2. At the time, according to police, she was
  
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• Police warn that fake Uber driver may be targeting intoxicated women in ByWard Market

  12-05-2018 00:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police issued a warning to watch out for a man posing as an Uber driver and possibly targeting intoxicated women after a woman was offered a ride, then allegedly sexually assaulted.
  Police are searching for the male suspect after a woman in her late 20s was picked up in the ByWard Market in the early morning hours Wednesday.
  Police said the woman was sexually assaulted as the man was driving. The suspect, still posing as an Uber driver, then told her to go to a nearby ATM to pay for the ride in
  
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• Police seize purple putty-like substance in drug raid - ottawamatters.com/police-beat/pi… #ottnews https://t.co/xwbCElEgqb

  12-05-2018 00:45 via twitter.com
  
  Police seize purple putty-like substance in drug raid - ottawamatters.com/police-beat/pi… #ottnews https://t.co/xwbCElEgqb
  
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• Ottawa curator's cross-Canada billboard project celebrates Indigenous women's 'Resilience'

  12-05-2018 00:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  In Mary Anne Barkhouse’s arresting photograph, a wolf pack’s matriarch strides forward, serenely belying the superimposed bible verse declaring man’s dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
  It’s emblematic of Resilience, an exhibit that, beginning June 1, brings works of contemporary art by 50 Indigenous women not to a hushed gallery but to 167 digital billboards from coast to coast. Three are in Ottawa.
  “This female wolf, looking at that image a
  
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• 66th Canadian Tulip Festival kicks off - ottawamatters.com/local-news/66t… #ottnews https://t.co/BVg5RRQQVj

  12-05-2018 00:25 via twitter.com
  
  66th Canadian Tulip Festival kicks off - ottawamatters.com/local-news/66t… #ottnews https://t.co/BVg5RRQQVj
  
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• Hydro pole left floating in mid-air after crash - ottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… #ottnews https://t.co/4O2UrBIlSY

  12-05-2018 00:05 via twitter.com
  
  Hydro pole left floating in mid-air after crash - ottawamatters.com/local-news/hyd… #ottnews https://t.co/4O2UrBIlSY
  
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• MISSING: 16 y.o. Makayla Wilk, last seen May 2nd. May be in Toronto. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol…

  12-05-2018 00:01 via twitter.com
  MISSING: 16 y.o. Makayla Wilk, last seen May 2nd. May be in Toronto. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/pol…
  
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