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• .@OttawaHospital has three patients from the #Hwy401 bus crash near #Prescott. One in critical condition, two serio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 23:58 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaHospital has three patients from the #Hwy401 bus crash near #Prescott. One in critical condition, two serio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'I didn’t mean to kill him,' Brandon Ethier testifies in second-degree murder trial

  04-06-2018 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Brandon Ethier claimed he only meant to threaten Joshua Briere, to “scare him off” during an argument, telling the jury in his second-degree murder trial he then fatally stabbed his roommate by accident.
  “I wanted to threaten him. I didn’t mean to kill him,” Ethier said on the witness stand Monday, when he gave his account of the booze- and cocaine-fuelled October 2016 birthday party at the Clyde Avenue apartment he shared with Briere.
  Three party guests testified l
  
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• .@BrockvilleGener confirms FIVE patients in critical condition. Hospital has Mandarin translator onsite. #Prescott… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 22:54 via twitter.com
  .@BrockvilleGener confirms FIVE patients in critical condition. Hospital has Mandarin translator onsite. #Prescott… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: OPP say four people have suffered life-threatening injuries, and at least 20 people are in hospital followi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 22:51 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: OPP say four people have suffered life-threatening injuries, and at least 20 people are in hospital followi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Leeds-Grenville paramedics say 20 patients able to move under their own power are being checked out at Kemptville H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 22:36 via twitter.com
  Leeds-Grenville paramedics say 20 patients able to move under their own power are being checked out at Kemptville H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Leeds-Grenville Paramedics reporting "multiple patients without vital signs" in #Prescott bus crash. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 22:25 via twitter.com
  Leeds-Grenville Paramedics reporting "multiple patients without vital signs" in #Prescott bus crash. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Firefighters douse flames at five-unit building in Sarsfield

  04-06-2018 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Quick action by firefighters prevented flames from spreading through a five-unit building in Sarsfield, the Ottawa fire department reported Monday.
  A 911 call reporting smoke from an electrical outlet summoned fire crews to 2870 Colonial Rd. at 10:53 a.m.
  In a “rapid intervention,” firefighters tracked the fire to an electrical panel in one unit and extinguished it while colleagues evacuated the other residents of the building.
  The fire was under control at 11:21 a.m., but crews cont
  
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• Window-washers @ Lyon & Slater rescued. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  04-06-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  Window-washers @ Lyon & Slater rescued. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• Wynne makes last-ditch efforts to warn voters of NDP, Tory majorities ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/vjGSIO0F72

  04-06-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
  Wynne makes last-ditch efforts to warn voters of NDP, Tory majoritiesottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/vjGSIO0F72
  
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• Major bus crash near Prescott leaves dozens injured

  04-06-2018 21:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The westbound lanes of Highway 401 have been closed near Prescott after a bus crashed into a ditch, leaving dozens injured.
  The Ontario Provincial Police said emergency services are on scene at the crash site Monday, just west of Prescott, near Edward Street.
  An air ambulance has also been dispatched to the scene and Ornge officials have warned that as many as 30 people have been hurt, some seriously. Ornge officials were not immediately available Monday to confirm what they’ve found
  
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• Subtone at the National Arts Centre (concert review)

  04-06-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Given that its five members are scattered not just in two Germany cities but also as distantly as New York City and St. John’s, Nfld., when the quintet called Subtone is able to reunite and play a few times each year, it’s a special occasion from the get-go.
  But the band’s music was all the more impressive and lucid in Ottawa last month at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage because of the big run-up that had preceded the performance. By then, the group had the bulk o
  
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• Today's letters: Campaigning, alcohol in corner stores and Zibi

  04-06-2018 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The campaigns, they are a-changin’
  Like everything else in today’s society, it seems the way politicians campaign has also changed.
  I remember when the candidate would come to your front door, ring the doorbell, hand you some literature and have a chat. Or at least one of their campaign representatives.
  As a resident of Barrhaven, I have come after work in the past week to three annoying campaign messages left on my phone. Two from Green party candidate James O’Grady and one fr
  
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• Elfeitori: Why Merrilee Fullerton should apologize for tweets

  04-06-2018 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  To err is human, to forgive divine.
  But you can’t forgive without first being offered an apology.
  Merrilee Fullerton, the Progressive Conservative candidate in Kanata-Carleton, has so far avoided apologizing for a series of stigmatizing tweets against Muslims that were discovered earlier on in the election.
  Other than an accusatory and defensive statement issued a few weeks ago rejecting concerns raised by the Liberal party, Fullerton has yet to publicly distance herself from views that bo
  
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• Morneau says U.S. tariffs not conducive to helping G7 economies

  04-06-2018 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he and five other members of the G7 want the U.S. administration to hear their message of concern over steel and aluminum tariffs. Morneau was in Whistler B.C. for the G7 finance ministers meeting.
  
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• Kassam: The NHL is on the wrong side of history on concussions

  04-06-2018 19:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the Stanley Cup finals well underway, the NHL is celebrating one of the most intriguing storylines in its history.
  The Las Vegas Golden Knights have a chance to become the only expansion team in major professional sports, excluding MLS, to win a championship in its inaugural season. This collection of misfits and throwaways has taken the sports world by storm, despite many hockey fans’ desire to see Alexander Ovechkin finally win a Cup.
  Most believe that this series will be the kind o
  
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• I will stand for Ontario Liberal leader: David Henderson

  04-06-2018 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  BROCKVILLE — If elected MPP in three days, Liberal candidate David Henderson will put his name forward to succeed Kathleen Wynne as leader of the embattled Ontario Liberal Party, Henderson said Monday morning.
  He made the comments in a brief media event convened in the wake of Wynne’s surprise statement on the weekend in which she acknowledged she will not win Thursday’s provincial election.
  Wynne urged voters nonetheless to support local Liberals in order to pre
  
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• Heritage Ottawa pans latest attempt at Chateau Laurier addition

  04-06-2018 18:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Heritage Ottawa has come out swinging against the latest plans for an addition to the venerated Château Laurier, calling the proposal “the most disgraceful act of heritage vandalism of our generation.”
  “The revised design fails to resolve — or even address — the underlying flaw that impaired all of the previous attempts. The angular, blocky massing and style of the proposed addition remains intrinsically incompatible with the romantic sensibility of the histor
  
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• Health Canada recalls thousands of Sens onesies for choking risk

  04-06-2018 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Parents who bought a bright red Ottawa Senators onesie for their babies last fall are being urged to return the garment as it has been deemed a choking risk.
  The metal snaps that close the onesie could be a choking hazard if they fall off, said a Health Canada release on Monday, and the manufacturer has issued a recall.
  So far, there has been one report of a snap that fell off, and no reported injuries. About 5,100 of the onesies were sold. They are red, with a Sens logo on the front and the Can
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @SamLapradeCFRE & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @SamLapradeCFRE & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Early June brings the rain that May didn't

  04-06-2018 17:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Yes, we’re getting plenty of rain. No, it won’t bring back the flood watches.
  Besides, the second half of the week has a forecast of sunshine again, and we’ve been spoiled in recent weeks by unusually warm, dry weather.
  In this flip-flop spring, we had a frigid April but have just finished the 18th-warmest May since records began, back in the 1870s.
  May was dry as well as warm, though there was nothing record-setting about it. We ended the month with 52.2 millimetres of rain, c
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, June 4th: 1:08: @lispop 1:17: @CAANEO 1:30: @Gen_Tellier 1:45: @MaddieDiMuccio 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, June 4th: 1:08: @lispop 1:17: @CAANEO 1:30: @Gen_Tellier 1:45: @MaddieDiMuccio 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @HeritageOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the new Chateau Laurier expansion design: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @HeritageOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the new Chateau Laurier expansion design: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police release new pic, appeal for help finding homicide suspect

  04-06-2018 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police issued a new appeal Monday in the week-long hunt for a suspect in a shooting that left a Greenboro father of two dead and a woman hurt.
  “We are asking for your help,” the force tweeted Monday, including a new picture of Tristan Campbell, 34.
  A Canada-wide warrant was obtained for Campbell’s arrest after Abdifatah Osman, 31, was gunned down on Patola Private May 27. A 23 year old also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
  Campbell is considered armed and dangerou
  
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• First 2 Australian fighter jets to be in Canada next year but no word yet on final cost

  04-06-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Procurement minister Carla Qualtrough said at the CANSEC military equipment trade show last week that she expects the first two used Australian F-18s to be delivered in 2019.
  But she told journalists that she still doesn’t have a final cost for taxpayers for the deal of the 18 used aircraft, spares, weapons and other related equipment. The Liberal government has set aside up to $500 million for the purchase.
  Qualtrough said negotiations are still ongoing so she won’t have a final tal
  
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• Wet and windy start of week will give way to warm and sunny by the weekend

  04-06-2018 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s a wet and windy start to the week but we’ll be back to sunshine and temperatures in the 20s just in time for next weekend.
  More than 20 mm of rain fell Sunday night and more showers are forecast for Monday along with southwest wind at 20 km/h gusting to 40 by late morning with a high of just 17 C. There’s a 40 per cent chance of more rain overnight and a low of 10 C.
  Tuesday is mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers during the day and 30 per cent overnight, a h
  
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• Chem Norma finally freed from seaway

  04-06-2018 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The tanker Chem Norma was finally pulled free Sunday afternoon from the edge of the St. Lawrence Seaway and was being inspected to make sure it could safely make its way to Sarnia with a cargo of refined petroleum.
  The 145-metre vessel ran aground early Tuesday after having trouble with its rudder.
  The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said Sunday that the Chem Norma came to rest against the edge of a designated anchorage area so other traffic wasn’t affected and no pollution was s
  
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• Coming up at 11: @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why Kathleen Wynne’s early concession was a fitting final a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @aradwanski joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why Kathleen Wynne’s early concession was a fitting final a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @craigworden joins @_marksutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @craigworden joins @_marksutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look ahead at the week in Canadian politics: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_marksutcliffe with a look ahead at the week in Canadian politics:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Philippine President hopes to replace Canadian helicopters with South Korean aircraft

  04-06-2018 15:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in South Korea where he is looking to cut a deal on the purchase of new helicopters to replace those Canadian-built aircraft he rejected earlier this year.
  The Liberal government ordered a review of the original contract involving Bell Helicopter Canada after human rights concerns were raised in February about aircraft it was selling to the Philippine military being used on the front lines of the country’s various conflicts.
  But that review angered D
  
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• Wet and windy start to the week should give way to warm sunny weather by the weekend

  04-06-2018 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s a wet and windy start to the week but we should be back to sunshine and temperatures in the 20s just in time for next weekend.
  More than 20 mm of rain fell Sunday night and more showers are forecast for Monday along with southwest wind at 20 km/h gusting to 40 by late morning, with a high of just 17 C. There’s a 40 per cent chance of more rain overnight and a low of 10 C.
  Tuesday is mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers during the day and 30 per cent overnight, a hi
  
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• Partially blind woman stranded by side of road calls on OC Transpo to expand safe-stop program

  04-06-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman who is partially blind and chronically ill wants OC Transpo to reconsider when it allows passengers to request special stops after she says she was left stranded by the side of a road.
  A transit program called Safe Stop allows passengers to ask drivers to stop at safe spot along their route, but closer to their destination, after 7 p.m.
  When Sophie Levesque asked a driver to let her off the bus closer to her Beacon Hill townhouse at around 6:20 p.m. on May 11, she said, the driver refuse
  
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• ICYMI: A 22-year-old female waiting for a bus was dragged into bushes, two people passing by intervened. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  04-06-2018 12:42 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: A 22-year-old female waiting for a bus was dragged into bushes, two people passing by intervened. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Demonstrators are expected to rally outside the office of #Ottawa Centre MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-06-2018 12:34 via twitter.com
  Demonstrators are expected to rally outside the office of #Ottawa Centre MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Where the leaders are for Monday, June 4: bit.ly/2LTyOA2 https://t.co/u5i3Dv9UL5

  04-06-2018 12:33 via twitter.com
  
  Where the leaders are for Monday, June 4: bit.ly/2LTyOA2 https://t.co/u5i3Dv9UL5
  
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• Guatemala volcanic eruption sends lava into homes, kills 25: bit.ly/2kNrKbO https://t.co/4wAdfh9T4Z

  04-06-2018 12:12 via twitter.com
  
  Guatemala volcanic eruption sends lava into homes, kills 25: bit.ly/2kNrKbO https://t.co/4wAdfh9T4Z
  
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• Khan: The G7 shows scant progress on tackling gender equality

  04-06-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  On June 8 and 9, five themes will dominate Canada’s G7 presidency in Charlevoix, Que.: investing in growth; jobs of the future; advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment; climate change, oceans and clean energy; and a more peaceful and secure world.
  Gender equality anchors them all. So much so, that a G7 Gender Advisory Council, whose mandate is “ensuring that gender equality and gender-based analysis are integrated across all themes, activities and outcomes of Canada&r
  
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• Lee faces a fine and up to 15 days in jail. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  04-06-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  Lee faces a fine and up to 15 days in jail. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Trudeau says U.S. steel, tariffs on national security grounds are insulting: bit.ly/2Lk9X7z https://t.co/y7aBzRScQt

  04-06-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau says U.S. steel, tariffs on national security grounds are insulting: bit.ly/2Lk9X7z https://t.co/y7aBzRScQt
  
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• The annual list will be released at 8:30 this morning. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  04-06-2018 11:30 via twitter.com
  The annual list will be released at 8:30 this morning. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Canada should aim to recycle 85 per cent of plastics by 2025, groups say: bit.ly/2kLhRvj https://t.co/uKPHkAaRPF

  04-06-2018 11:18 via twitter.com
  
  Canada should aim to recycle 85 per cent of plastics by 2025, groups say: bit.ly/2kLhRvj https://t.co/uKPHkAaRPF
  
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• Wynne, Horwath have packed schedules as Ontario election day draws near: bit.ly/2JbDsYE https://t.co/vQNGmAVhws

  04-06-2018 11:05 via twitter.com
  
  Wynne, Horwath have packed schedules as Ontario election day draws near: bit.ly/2JbDsYE https://t.co/vQNGmAVhws
  
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• Breakdancing to Bach: More women than men fêted at Governor General's Performing Arts awards

  04-06-2018 01:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the first time in the 26-year history of the Governor General’s Performing Arts awards, more women than men were honoured with the pomp and pageantry of the nation’s highest honour for the arts.  
  Pop stars Tegan and Sara, choreographer Ginette Laurin, actor Geneviève Bujold, pianist Angela Hewitt and arts supporter Florence Junca Adenot tipped the 2018 laureates’ gender balance towards female, while singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan, comedy impresario Andrew
  
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• Outgoing director of Ottawa's largest school board says students need 'soft skills' to succeed

  04-06-2018 00:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The director of Ottawa’s largest public school board says she sees signs of what she considers her proudest accomplishment every time she visits a school and watches kids huddled in hallways and corners, working intently on group projects.
  Jennifer Adams, who will leave her position as director of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board at the end of the year, said she worked hard during seven years in the top job to reinforce the importance of “soft skills” such as working w
  
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