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  15-05-2018 23:43 via twitter.com
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• Police make arrest in Gatineau's second homicide of the year

  15-05-2018 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have arrested a 28-year-old man for the murder of Joey Morin, a Gatineau man who was found dead in his home on April 21.
  The man, who police say was a close friend of Morin’s, was arrested in Rouyn-Noranda, more than 500 kilometres away from Gatineau. 
  Morin, 23, was found dead in the basement of a home in the Lac-Beauchamp neighbourhood of Gatineau. While police had not previously released the cause of death, they said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that Morin was kille
  
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• Husband charged in Mother's Day stabbing of wife, remains in hospital after daughter stabbed him

  15-05-2018 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have charged a husband with stabbing his wife in a violent Mother’s Day outburst in Navan that ended after he was stabbed by the couple’s daughter.
  Jeff Lambert, 58, remains in hospital but has been charged with six counts of aggravated assault and assault for the attack on his family.
  Police responded to a 911 emergency call to Kentucky Lane in the city’s southeast end on Sunday after Lambert’s son reported that his sister had stabbed their father.
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• A peek at some of Canada's new pot shops: They look like any other boutique at the mall

  15-05-2018 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa company that plans to convert some Second Cup coffee stores into pot shops has provided a peek at what customers in western Canada can expect when they stroll in to buy their legal weed.
  An artist rendering of the shops depicts a cool, uncluttered space decorated in white with magenta accents and splashes of hot pink. Meta Cannabis Supply Co. looks like any other boutique at the mall. 
  The store motto — “Life Uplifted” — is typical of the language bei
  
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• Reevely: Local Liberals warm over decade-old tax tweaks as new pro-business policies

  15-05-2018 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Liberals will boost Ottawa’s already booming economy by, er, doing a bunch of things they’ve already done, a batch of Liberal candidates announced Tuesday.
  Ottawa Centre incumbent Yasir Naqvi and fellow candidates John Fraser (Ottawa South), Stephanie Maghnam (Kanata-Carleton) and Nathalie Des Rosiers (Ottawa-Vanier) stood up with a microphone outside Invest Ottawa’s Bayview Yards headquarters and talked about this stuff in very serious voices, with very serious loo
  
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• Woman dies, police seek witnesses to south-end dump truck crash

  15-05-2018 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian died Tuesday in a collision with a dump truck.
  The 63-year-old woman was badly hurt when she was struck by the commercial truck at the intersection of Cedar Creek and Findlay Creek drives at about 1:20 p.m. Monday.
  Paramedics said she suffered life-threatening injuries to her legs, pelvis and chest. She died Tuesday morning, police said.
  Collision investigators are seeking witnesses, some of whom spoke to police at the scene but did
  
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• Gas prices see weekend hike, with more to come - ottawamatters.com/local-news/gas… #ottnews https://t.co/CiDLu65LW6

  15-05-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa Police still looking to talk to witnesses in this crash. The pedestrian succumbed to her injuries at hospita… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 21:51 via twitter.com
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• Witnesses needed in serious south Ottawa crash ottawamatters.com/police-beat/wi… https://t.co/0W4tqUqGeo

  15-05-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa neighbourhood achieves environmental first ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott… https://t.co/zjbsOFGbhq

  15-05-2018 21:21 via twitter.com
  
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• Recycling project coming soon to an Ottawa park near you

  15-05-2018 19:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  The constant sight of garbage cans overflowing with plastic bottles and pop cans at Mooney’s Bay prompted River Coun. Riley Brockington to demand something he says is long overdue — recycling bins in city parks.
  “There’s no excuse in 2018 to not have recycling,” he said after Tuesday’s environment and climate protection committee meeting.
  Although Brockington questioned why garbage cans are more prevalent than blue bins at most parks, he also acknowledged a pi
  
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• Almost half of 48 motorcyclists killed in crashes in 2017 were not at fault: OPP

  15-05-2018 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP says it’s raising “red flags” about last year’s death toll as motorcycles and off-road vehicles get into gear for the Victoria Day weekend.
  Ahead of a series of weekend safety initiatives, they’re warning all Ontario road users about what was a “historically tragic motorcycle season” in 2017, with the 48 deaths marking a 10-year high.
  Almost half of the victims were not the at-fault driver.
  “Over and above marking a 10-year high, what
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @CarolinePhil, social columnist with the @obj_news joins @_MarkSutcliffe Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @CarolinePhil, social columnist with the @obj_news joins @_MarkSutcliffe Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek witnesses to south-end dump truck crash that left woman in critical condition

  15-05-2018 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian remained in critical condition Tuesday morning as police appealed for anyone who witnessed her being struck by a dump truck to come forward.
  The 63-year-old woman was badly hurt when she was struck by the commercial truck at the intersection of Cedar Creek Drive and Findlay Creek Drive at about 1:20 p.m. Monday.
  Paramedics said she suffered life-threatening injuries to her legs, pelvis and chest. 
  Collision investigators are seeking witnesses, some of whom spoke to police
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, May 15th: 1:08: @CityMelanie 1:17: @Gvaliante 1:24: @CREA_ACI 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 18:10 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, May 15th: 1:08: @CityMelanie 1:17: @Gvaliante 1:24: @CREA_ACI 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today's letters: Trudeau's apology, filthy canal and the fire chief

  15-05-2018 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Trudeau right to apologize for St. LouisRe: Sorry state of affairs, May 10
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is absolutely right in apologizing for Canada’s refusal to accept the refugees aboard the St. Louis in 1939, and to often repeat such an apology into the future if he chooses.
  The blame for that terrible tragedy is on the prime minister of the time, William Lyon Mackenzie King. He could have refused to take the advice of one immigration official and given those desperate people safety i
  
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• Coming up on today's Power Lunch: @MeehanCarolAnne & John MacDonnell join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  Coming up on today's Power Lunch: @MeehanCarolAnne & John MacDonnelljoin @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Editor-at-large for Maclean's magazine, @PeterShawnTayl1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk plastic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 17:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:Editor-at-large for Maclean's magazine, @PeterShawnTayl1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk plastic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NDP pull into second place; seen as the "anti-Ford" party ottawamatters.com/local-news/ndp… #ottnews #onpoli https://t.co/jdjCvuiaTq

  15-05-2018 17:42 via twitter.com
  
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• Cohen: The consequences of the American embassy move

  15-05-2018 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON – The split-screen images from Gaza and Jerusalem on Monday were surely painted by Salvador Dali. Only a classic surrealist could render this portrait of absurdity.
  In Gaza, the first of two days of mass protests set to culminate Tuesday, 58 were killed and hundreds injured. Protesters hurled rocks, burned car tires and sent flaming kites aloft.
  When they charged the fence, the Israelis soldiers fired tear gas, then bullets. It was the worst violence in Gaza since the war in 201
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 16:56 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Suspicious' blaze engulfs abandoned Saab in Arnprior: OPP

  15-05-2018 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are seeking witnesses after a black Saab was found engulfed in flames in Arnprior early Tuesday morning.
  The car was a 2006 model, the OPP said, using the past tense because it was “completely destroyed” in an incident they’re treating as suspicious.
  Town firefighters and OPP officers were called to the intersection of Riverview Road and Leo Lavoie Lane at 1:25 a.m. 
  Const. Dallas MacLeod is investigating.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the OPP at 1-8
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Paul Thomas - an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science dept @Carleton_U joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:Paul Thomas - an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science dept @Carleton_U joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Moneo: This summer, treat wild animals with respect, please

  15-05-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  When will we stop turning wildlife sightings into Disney moments where we treat an animal like a plaything, or pull out smartphone cameras, eager to get a YouTube-worthy video that just might go viral?
  Earlier this month, on a Victoria-area beach, a moulting elephant seal was harassed by a variety of creatures. Humans, who came by busloads, threw watermelon and bread atthe fasting animal. Some dumped water on her. And others let their dogs run up to torment the seal.
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• Fundraiser for Vice Admiral Mark Norman collects almost $122,000 so far

  15-05-2018 16:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lawyers for Vice Admiral Mark Norman are back in court today.
  My article can be found here:
  As Mark Norman returns to court, potential trial could come in the middle of election year for Liberals
  The RCMP charged Norman in March with one count of breach of trust in relation to the alleged leak of information in the fall of 2015 about the then newly-elected Liberal government’s plan to derail the supply ship project. Norman has said he has done nothing wrong and is looking forward to cleari
  
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• 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' touches down in Cannes. #CannesFilmFestival bit.ly/2jZtrTq https://t.co/TcEVCa4hM8

  15-05-2018 15:52 via twitter.com
  
  'Solo: A Star Wars Story' touches down in Cannes. #CannesFilmFestivalbit.ly/2jZtrTq https://t.co/TcEVCa4hM8
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @royalhistorian - Carolyn Harris joins @_MarkSutcliffe with a royal wedding preview. Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45:@royalhistorian - Carolyn Harris joins @_MarkSutcliffe with a royal wedding preview. Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek witnesses to truck crash that left woman in critical condition

  15-05-2018 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian remained in critical condition Tuesday morning as police appealed for anyone who witnessed her being struck by a dump truck to come forward.
  The 63-year-old woman was badly hurt when she was struck by the commercial truck at the intersection of Cedar Creek Drive and Findlay Creek Drive at about 1:20 p.m. Monday.
  Paramedics said she suffered life-threatening injuries to her legs, pelvis and chest. 
  Collision investigators are seeking witnesses, some of whom spoke to police
  
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• Fraudsters 'spoof' RCMP's phone number in tax scam

  15-05-2018 15:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The RCMP isn’t making calls claiming taxpayers owe big and will be under arrest if they don’t pay up via money transfer, the force is warning.
  It’s a scam and the calls, in which fraudsters impersonate police officers, are using caller ID spoofing to make it look like they coming from the Mounties/
  The callers tell their marks that there is a large amount of money owing on their personal taxes and that an arrest warrant has been issued in their name. The only way to m
  
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• Meghan's sibling says their dad stressed out by press pack. #RoyalWedding bit.ly/2rPNQxR https://t.co/rhyxjQ6dR6

  15-05-2018 15:19 via twitter.com
  
  Meghan's sibling says their dad stressed out by press pack. #RoyalWeddingbit.ly/2rPNQxR https://t.co/rhyxjQ6dR6
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @darrellbricker - CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the 'Anti-Ford'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
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• Get ready for rain, then sun, then more rain (but hey, at least it's a long weekend)

  15-05-2018 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Showers are on tap for Tuesday but the sun is back for Wednesday, bringing a string of beautiful days.
  Fingers crossed, but they’re only forecast to last just until the Victoria Day long weekend.
  For Tuesday, Environment Canada predicts increasing cloudiness, showers beginning in the early morning and ending in the afternoon, northwest winds at 20 km/h and a high of 20 C. Skies clear overnight as the temperature drops to 5 C.
  Wednesday’s outlook is for sunshine, a high of 23 C a
  
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• Week-long traffic blitz aims to 'take the D's out of driving'

  15-05-2018 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drunk, drugged, drowsy, distracted, dangerously and detached.
  They’re the dirty half-dozen that city police aim to get off the road during Canada Road Safety Week, which runs from Tuesday through Victoria Day Monday.
  “This years’ theme will focus on taking the D’s out of driving,” Staff Sgt. François D’Aoust said Tuesday morning via Twitter.
  And “after 6 collisions with injuries in 2 days, two of them serious enough to have @OP
  
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• QUESTION OF THE DAY: The Quebec government says there could be as many as 400 illegal border crossings per day this… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 13:08 via twitter.com
  QUESTION OF THE DAY: The Quebec government says there could be as many as 400 illegal border crossings per day this… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UPDATE: Power has been restored in Orleans. #ottnews

  15-05-2018 12:38 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Power has been restored in Orleans. #ottnews
  
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• POWER OUTAGE: 1181 Hydro Ottawa customers without power in the Orleans area this morning. In the Boyer, Jean D'Arc,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 12:36 via twitter.com
  POWER OUTAGE: 1181 Hydro Ottawa customers without power in the Orleans area this morning. In the Boyer, Jean D'Arc,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The meeting was scheduled after three shootings in one week in Heron Gate and Banff-Ledbury. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  15-05-2018 12:19 via twitter.com
  The meeting was scheduled after three shootings in one week in Heron Gate and Banff-Ledbury.#ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ottawa fire crews battle grass fire in Carp yesterday. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  15-05-2018 10:50 via twitter.com
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• Dozen homes evacuated while crews battle brush fire

  15-05-2018 04:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A dozen homes near La Pêche were evacuated as a precaution Monday while fire crews battled an “out of control” brush fire nearby.
  According to Josée Forest of MRC des Collines, two police officers on patrol spotted a “significant” amount of smoke while en route to Edelweiss around 1 p.m. The officers changed course and discovered the source of the smoke was a large brush fire on Beech Road.
  The officers called in the fire department and assisted with preventi
  
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• Police chief stresses need for community role in battle against gun violence

  15-05-2018 03:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The police chief didn’t mince words on Monday night as he addressed about 100 residents who fear rising gun violence in the city’s south end.
  “Too many young men are being killed by this (gang) life. They either end up in jail or dead,” Chief Charles Bordeleau told the crowd at the Jim Durrell arena on Walkley Road.
  The young drug criminals behind this year’s 37 shootings so far — five of them fatal — weren’t at the meeting,  but the residents
  
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• Police warning about suspected fake Uber driver results in man being charged

  15-05-2018 02:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man has been charged with two counts of sexual assault after police circulated a photo of a suspected fake Uber driver.
  Ottawa police warned on the weekend that a man appeared to be posing as an Uber driver, and that he was trying to pick up intoxicated women in the ByWard Market.
  Police said one woman alleged that she 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 cash, police sa
  
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• ICYMI: Iconic children's entertainer, Fred Penner, headlines Ottawa Children's Festival. ottawamatters.com/local-news/fre…

  15-05-2018 01:39 via twitter.com
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• Canopy Growth's position as top global cannabis company shaken by merger of two rivals

  15-05-2018 01:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Who’s the largest pot producer of them all?
  Canopy Growth Corp., the company headquartered in an old chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, had its perch at the top of the global cannabis trade shaken on Monday by two rivals who merged to form a formidable new competitor.
  Aurora Cannabis swallowed up MedReleaf Corp. in an all-share stock transaction valued at a cool $3.2 billion.
  It’s the largest pot deal ever as the fast-growing Canadian industry continues to consolidate into fewer, lar
  
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• Henry Larsen Elementary band, fresh from Comiccon appearance, gears up for nationals

  15-05-2018 00:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Kieran Delamont
  The prospect of a long trip with 40 or so kids adept at making loud noises with wind instruments might be a little stressful.
  But Rob Pretty, the conductor of the Henry Larsen Elementary School concert band, seemed fairly composed on Monday afternoon, the day before his band was set to travel to Toronto to participate in MusicFest 2018. (Or “nationals,” as it’s known.)The band earned its spot by recently winning gold at a regional festival in Ottawa, and has
  
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• Palestinian supporters demonstrate at U.S. embassy in Ottawa as protests erupt in Gaza

  15-05-2018 00:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the U.S. officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Monday, tensions rose along the Gaza Strip, spurring protests in Ottawa and around the world.
  Palestinian supporters gathered on the steps of the U.S. Embassy on Sussex Drive to send a message to U.S. President Donald Trump — and to other leaders around the world — that the decision to allow the Americans to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem contravenes international law.
  For Israelis, it marked the f
  
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• Annual gas price pinch more like a punch at the pumps

  15-05-2018 00:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa drivers should expect to keep feeling a pinch at the pumps, with gas prices set to creep higher on Tuesday than they’ve been all year. 
  The average price of a litre of gasoline ticked up to $1.34.1 per litre on Monday, up from the previous 2018 high of $1.31.3 per litre on May 1, according to gas-price tracking website GasBuddy.com. At some stations, a litre of gas was selling for as much as $1.37.6.
  “Right now we’re seeing what is a fairly typical run-up in prices
  
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