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• Antiques: Value lights up with this old cigar chest

  17-05-2018 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q. This chest has been in my family for about four generations. The story is it came over with my great grandfather from Ireland in 1842. It is 51 long x 36 cm wide, and about 15 cm (20 x 14 x 6 inches) off the ground and carved on all sides. Inside there are four heavy glass sections – each one 18 long by 11 cm wide and 5 cm deep (7 x 4.5 2 inches) – contained by a spring- loaded glass partition which lifts up. The brass lock strip is stamped “Patent Double Lever” and a
  
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• Evicted residents demand more time from developer to find new homes

  17-05-2018 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The clangs of progress hammer loud and long across the street from Dalal Ayoob’s Sandalwood Crescent townhouse off of Heron Road, as cranes, trucks and workers move heavy building materials into place. When they’re finished, in June 2019, Timbercreek Communities, the developer, will cut the ribbon and open doors at its HG7 project — three six-storey apartment buildings that will boast nearly 350 units.
  Ayoob may not be around to see the project’s completion, however. She
  
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• Paramedics held hostage by hospitals: 37,000 hours spent waiting to transfer patients to ER

  17-05-2018 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics in Ottawa are being held hostage by hospitals that take way too long to transfer patients who arrive at emergency rooms by ambulance, a senior city bureaucrat charged Thursday.
  “The emergency rooms are a disaster and there’s no excuse,” said Anthony Di Monte, general manager of emergency and protective services.
  His blunt assessment was based on years of frustration as paramedics — and ambulances — are prevented from getting back on the road for hour
  
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• Impressionist Treasures: National Gallery of Canada puts Ordrupgaard Collection front and centre this summer

  17-05-2018 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A little more than a century ago, Danish businessman Wilhelm Hansen made his fortune in insurance and spent it on art.
  In 1892, a year after he and his wife, Henny, were married, they bought their first painting, a small oil study of a cow. By 1918, the couple had collected 140 paintings by 19th century Danish artists and had begun amassing French paintings also from the previous century. Thanks to a burst of buying in Paris between 1916 and 1920, into their hands came works by Manet and Monet,
  
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• Arson Unit investigators are handling the case. The death not considered suspicious. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-05-2018 23:13 via twitter.com
  Arson Unit investigators are handling the case. The death not considered suspicious. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Liberal campaign promises to repay city for costs of event at train yard

  17-05-2018 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Liberal party is covering the extra costs OC Transpo incurred to host leader Kathleen Wynne, several Liberal candidates and journalists for a campaign appearance Thursday morning.
  Leaders and groups of candidates often use public buildings for campaign events when they’re touting promises related to what goes on there. Health announcements are in or near hospitals and clinics, education announcements at schools, and in this case a transit-policy announcement at Ottawa Walkley Y
  
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• 'More than a museum': LGBTQI2+ space coming to LeBreton Flats in 2021

  17-05-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa will host the country’s first museum telling the stories of Canadians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, two-spirit and more with a planned 2021 opening at a prime LeBreton Flats location.
  The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) launched both a $10-million fundraising campaign and year-long consultation “on how folks would like to use the space” at an event Thursday.
  The 15,000-square-foot facility planned as part of a mixed-use d
  
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• Mayor wants clear answers on LRT from provincial party leaders - ottawamatters.com/local-news/may… #ottnews https://t.co/CB8fgCsZxB

  17-05-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
  
  Mayor wants clear answers on LRT from provincial party leaders - ottawamatters.com/local-news/may… #ottnews https://t.co/CB8fgCsZxB
  
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• Humboldt-Pitre drawing to raise money for Jonathan Pitre's charity

  17-05-2018 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Kanata artist Kerry MacGregor sketched a drawing of Jonathan Pitre meeting Humboldt Broncos players in heaven, the sketch went viral on social media.
  Now, the prints are available in 5 X 7-inch form, for $27.99 with all proceeds to DEBRA Canada, Pitre’s charity.
  Pitre, 17, beloved in Ottawa and beyond for his heroic battle against epidermolysis bullosa (EB), died on April 4, just a couple of days before the tragic bus crash in Saskatchewan that took the lives of 16 players and staff o
  
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• Congestion at Ottawa hospitals causing major delays for paramedics ottawamatters.com/local-news/con… https://t.co/vBTOWC5fvQ

  17-05-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  Congestion at Ottawa hospitals causing major delays for paramedicsottawamatters.com/local-news/con… https://t.co/vBTOWC5fvQ
  
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• Cappies review: Talented cast's side-splitting rendition of satirical comedy tackles difficult topics

  17-05-2018 21:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #21: Urinetown: The Musical
  Where: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School
  Director: Ilona Henkelman
  Jaiden Gales, CriticPhilemon Wright High School
  What if peeing wasn’t free? What if you had to work extra hours to afford to answer nature’s call? Well, A.Y. Jackson Secondary School’s sidesplitting rendition of Urinetown: The Musical certainly served as a reminder to never take that porcelain bowl for granted.
  This satirical comedy first premiered off-Broadway in 2001. Composed by
  
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• Ford accepted candidate resignation after learning of theft of personal info ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/W9a8Kjggjz

  17-05-2018 21:21 via twitter.com
  
  Ford accepted candidate resignation after learning of theft of personal infoottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/W9a8Kjggjz
  
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• Reevely: Cheaper driving or better transit — Ontario parties' transportation pledges starkly different

  17-05-2018 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Despite his vows to give Ottawa $1 billion for the next stage of light rail construction, Doug Ford’s dodgy budget plan means he can’t be trusted to follow through, Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne said in a campaign stop at an OC Transpo train yard Thursday morning.
  All the parties have competed for two days over who will make getting around easiest and cheapest. What they choose to emphasize says a lot about their philosophies.
  On Wednesday, Ford promised his Progressive Conservatives
  
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• Liberal leader talking Ottawa safe injection sites, gun problem and LRT ottawamatters.com/local-news/lib… https://t.co/E4RUX6JDpc

  17-05-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  
  Liberal leader talking Ottawa safe injection sites, gun problem and LRTottawamatters.com/local-news/lib… https://t.co/E4RUX6JDpc
  
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• Ontario fire chiefs back Renfrew colleague forced to retire due to age

  17-05-2018 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Forcing fire chiefs into retirement at age 60 appears to be illegal, says the association representing more than 600 chiefs and their deputies across Ontario.
  “We have talked with our legal counsel on this, and we are of the opinion that the actions to mandate retirement age for a fire chief officer is a contravention” of the Ontario law governing fire services, said Steve Hernen. He is president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, and serves as chief in Huntsville.
  Fire
  
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• The @OttawaHospital is now leading the world's first clinical trial of this approach in humans. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-05-2018 20:36 via twitter.com
  The @OttawaHospital is now leading the world's first clinical trial of this approach in humans. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Body found inside car on fire on Montreal Road

  17-05-2018 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  A body was discovered inside a burning car on Montreal Road just east of Highway 174 Thursday afternoon.
  “We responded at 1:04 (p.m.) for a car fire on Montreal Road just east of (Highway) 174 and confirmed that a body was located inside,” said Const. Al Boucher.
  Montreal Road was closed between Highway 174 and Bearbrook Road while Ottawa police investigated.
  A body was also found inside a burning car near Carp on May 2, although fire services said it had no further information at th
  
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• Arnprior woman, 27, charged with sex assault on boy, drug trafficking

  17-05-2018 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 27-year-old Arnprior woman has been charged with drug trafficking and sexual assault of a boy under the age of 16.
  Provincial police said they opened the file May 9 after reports of a woman trafficking “and sexually assaulting teenaged males.”
  Const. Jodi Burns arrested the suspect Wednesday.
  Stephanie Horst has been charged with sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age, sexual interference, and possession of a schedule 2 drug (cannabis products) for the purpose of traffick
  
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• Police tell @1310NEWS there's no word on the identity of the person whose body has been found in the car fire. #ottnews

  17-05-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  Police tell @1310NEWS there's no word on the identity of the person whose body has been found in the car fire. #ottnews
  
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• BREAKING: A body has been found in a burning car off Montreal Rd. near the 174 #ottnews

  17-05-2018 19:39 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: A body has been found in a burning car off Montreal Rd. near the 174 #ottnews
  
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• Making an impression: National Gallery of Canada puts Ordrupgaard Collection front and centre this summer

  17-05-2018 19:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A little more than a century ago, Danish businessman Wilhelm Hansen made his fortune in insurance and spent it on art.
  In 1892, a year after he and his wife, Henny, were married, they bought their first painting, a small oil study of a cow. By 1918, the couple had collected 140 paintings by 19th century Danish artists and had begun amassing French paintings also from the previous century. Thanks to a burst of buying in Paris between 1916 and 1920, into their hands came works by Manet and Monet,
  
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• A year-long consultation and fundraising campaign has launched to see a 15,000 sq ft LGBTQI2+ facility open in 2021… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  A year-long consultation and fundraising campaign has launched to see a 15,000 sq ft LGBTQI2+ facility open in 2021… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• More OPS bike cops & foot patrol in the ByWard Market starting this weekend. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-05-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  More OPS bike cops & foot patrol in the ByWard Market starting this weekend. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Runway work will mean quieter times for those north and south of airport

  17-05-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Things should get quieter over the next couple of months for people living under the main north-south flight paths for Ottawa International Airport.
  As part of the airport’s taxiway reconstruction project, north-south runway 14/32 will be closed between May 22 and early August.
  Almost all commercial aviation will be diverted to the east-west 07/25 runway, meaning “communities to the north and south of the airport will have virtually no traffic during the construction.”
  An excep
  
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• Making an impression: National Art Gallery puts Ordrupgaard Collection front and centre this summer

  17-05-2018 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  A little more than a century ago, Danish businessman Wilhelm Hansen made his fortune in insurance and spent it on art.
  In 1892, a year after he and his wife, Henny, were married, they bought their first painting, a small oil study of a cow. By 1918, the couple had collected 140 paintings by 19th century Danish artists and had begun amassing French paintings also from the previous century. Thanks to a burst of buying in Paris between 1916 and 1920, into their hands came works by Manet and Monet,
  
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• Adam: Why high-density living isn't the answer to urban sprawl

  17-05-2018 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in condo towers in Ottawa as the city made urban high-rise development a key element of its vision for sustainable planning.
  The idea is that high-rise intensification ensures the kind of high density cities need to build more compact, sustainable, livable communities. As urban centres become denser and denser, with more people living in smaller spaces, the thinking goes, the less pressure there is to sprawl. Ottawa has certainly taken the idea to
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, May 17th: 1:08: @cupe5734 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @Kathleen_Wynne 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, May 17th: 1:08: @cupe5734 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @Kathleen_Wynne 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: The @OttawaCitizen reporter @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Ontario candidat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 17:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: The @OttawaCitizen reporter @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Ontario candidat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'What a novel idea': Doug Ford finds a huge, winning issue in Ontario

  17-05-2018 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Has Doug Ford found a campaign issue that can push him to the promised land?
  The idea that people might care about good schools more than gender and identity politics could just change everything, argues Stephen Ledrew.
  Watch the video to get the full story.
  
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• Why are gas prices going through the roof?

  17-05-2018 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the rising cost of oil, gas prices have been climbing sharply in recent weeks.
  But there’s more to it than that.
  Watch the video to get the full story.
  
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• What questions should I ask if I plan to buy a newly-built condo?

  17-05-2018 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Should I look into condo insurance for my unit?
  What questions should I ask if I plan to buy an older unit?
  After recent stories of condo woes in the National Capital Region, including large, unexpected fees and move-in delays, potential buyers may be wondering how they can protect themselves from similar situations.
  Watch the video to find out everything you need to know before buying a condo in Ottawa.
  
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• Kerry MacGregor wants to become part of the 'wave of change' for EB patients that Jonathan Pitre talked about befor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  Kerry MacGregor wants to become part of the 'wave of change' for EB patients that Jonathan Pitre talked about befor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:00: @cwaddell27 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Ontario politics. Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:00:@cwaddell27 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk Ontario politics.Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ottawa home-invasion convictions overturned after appeal court rules judge was biased

  17-05-2018 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Five Ottawa men who were found guilty of a violent and bloody 2012 home invasion at gunpoint have had their convictions overturned and won new trials after an appeal court ruled that the trial judge’s lengthy questioning of defence witnesses and his instructions to the jury revealed that he was so biased against the defendants that it prejudiced their right to a fair trial.
  “The record shows that the trial judge questioned defence witnesses and charged the jury in a manner that evinc
  
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• Cyclist in his 30s struck by vehicle, tossed into street

  17-05-2018 15:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  A cyclist in his 30s was struck by a vehicle and tossed into the middle of a Mechanicsville street Thursday morning but escaped serious injury, likely because wearing a helmet, paramedics said.
  The call came in just before 8 a.m. from Scott Street near Garland Street. 
  The cyclist suffered injuries to his legs and hips but didn’t lose consciousness or suffer a head injury, paramedics said. He  was treated by paramedics at the scene and released.
  Ottawa police said they are&n
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: Gas price expert @GasBuddyDan joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @fordnation's promise to cut gas p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: Gas price expert @GasBuddyDan joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk @fordnation's promise to cut gas p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Crews battle fire in construction trailer in Manotick

  17-05-2018 14:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fire crews were on the scene of a fire in a large office trailer Thursday morning on William McEwan Drive north of Brophy Drive in the Manotick area.
  The structure had collapsed but no one was hurt.
  Firefighters were called to the scene at 7:58 a.m.
  The fire department asked motorists to avoid the area.
  
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• HAPPENING NOW: Ottawa Fire crews battling a blaze just south of Manotick. No injuries reported. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  17-05-2018 14:27 via twitter.com
  HAPPENING NOW: Ottawa Fire crews battling a blaze just south of Manotick. No injuries reported. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Services including paramedics affected as Cornwall workers strike

  17-05-2018 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three of four union locals representing City of Cornwall workers walked off the job as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday affecting services including ambulances in the community of 47,000 people.
  Pickets were outside the city hall, libraries, the public works garage and wastewater plant early Thursday morning, Canadian Union of Public Employees national representative Keith Sandford said. 
  They’re “slightly disappointed” because while the union was ready to bargain “around the
  
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• QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Merrilee Fullerton be removed as a Progressive Conservative candidate in #Kanata-Carlet… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 13:54 via twitter.com
  QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Merrilee Fullerton be removed as a Progressive Conservative candidate in #Kanata-Carlet… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Former doctor accused of sex assault and voyeurism back in court today seeking bail. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 13:36 via twitter.com
  Former doctor accused of sex assault and voyeurism back in court today seeking bail. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Break out the sunblock: 'Very high' UV index accompanies sunny skies

  17-05-2018 13:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  You haven’t heard this in a while.
  Break out the sunblock: The capital’s UV index is expected to hit 8 or “very high” Thursday.
  It’s spot-on seasonal mid-May forecast with a high of 19 C, a northerly breeze at 20 km/h, becoming lighter by evening and a low of 5 C.
  Friday is expected to be mainly sunny with a high of 18 C and a low of 9 C.
  The weekend still looks like cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers and highs of 17 C Saturday and 23 C Sunday.
  The sun
  
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• The candidates staked out their party's positions on things like the province's finances, the economy and hydro.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 13:29 via twitter.com
  The candidates staked out their party's positions on things like the province's finances, the economy and hydro.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #Ottawa and neighbouring counties' ambulances will likely be asked to cover calls in areas near the borders during… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 13:05 via twitter.com
  #Ottawa and neighbouring counties' ambulances will likely be asked to cover calls in areas near the borders during… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'I don't see that world that rigidly': Kathleen Wynne talks about how she differs from Andrea Horwath

  17-05-2018 12:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Political reporter David Reevely recently sat down for a one-on-one interview with Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne.
  In this, the second video segment from the interview, Wynne talks about Andrea Horwath and the differences between the Liberal and the NDP.
  
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• Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne will be making an announcement at Walkley Yard here in Ottawa at 9:00 a.m.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-05-2018 11:57 via twitter.com
  Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynnewill be makingan announcement atWalkley Yard here in Ottawa at 9:00 a.m.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fire crews battle stubborn blaze on Prince of Wales Drive yesterday afternoon. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-05-2018 11:13 via twitter.com
  Fire crews battle stubborn blaze on Prince of Wales Drive yesterday afternoon. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Canadian government comes to the defence of Nazi SS and Nazi collaborators but why?

  17-05-2018 06:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  In late April more than 50 members of the U.S. Congress condemned the government of Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to glorify “Nazi collaborators.”
  The letter, signed by both Republicans and Democrats, outlined concerns about ongoing ceremonies to glorify leaders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as well as 14th SS Galizien Division (aka 1stGalician/Galizien or the 1st Ukrainian Division). “It’s particularly troubling that much of the Nazi glorification in Ukrain
  
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• Two charged with stunt driving on Day 2 of road safety week campaign

  17-05-2018 04:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Day 2 of the Canada Road Safety Week campaign, two drivers in the Upper Ottawa Valley were charged after allegedly driving a combined 132 km/h over the posted speed limits in separate incidents.
  An 18-year-old man from Pembroke was stopped on Highway 17 in Laurentian Valley Township on Wednesday afternoon after his vehicle was clocked at 142 km/h in a 90 zone, the OPP said in a news release.
  About an hour later, a 60-year-old man from the Whitewater Region was pulled over on Highway 17 in the
  
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• Something didn't look right: Two OC Transpo drivers stop teen trying to jump from Mackenzie King Bridge. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/oc-…

  17-05-2018 04:03 via twitter.com
  Something didn't look right: Two OC Transpo drivers stop teen trying to jump from Mackenzie King Bridge. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/oc-…
  
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