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• Ottawa geochemist says El Fuego volcano too 'nasty' to run from

  05-06-2018 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two global volcanoes erupt one month apart — El Fuego in Guatemala kills dozens of people in a single day, while in Hawaii there are zero casualties after weeks of spectacular lava flow.
  What’s the difference?
  Keith Bell, a geochemist and professor emeritus from Carleton University, has a simple explanation for it.
  Hawaiian volcanoes are considered “some of the friendliest on earth.” They are “shield” volcanoes that are wide, and shallow, like a warrior’
  
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• Man revived by first responders after overdose, purple heroin suspected

  05-06-2018 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say they used naloxone Tuesday morning to revive a man who they suspect had overdosed on “purple heroin,” a combination of heroin, fentanyl, and other opioids like morphine that has become increasingly common in Ontario over the past year.
  “This morning, several Ottawa police officers were able to revive a man in a suspected drug overdose after using their service-issued naloxone,” said police in a press release.
  Around 11 a.m., police and paramedics respond
  
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• Passenger in 401 tourist bus crash dies; four others fighting for lives in hospital

  05-06-2018 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 54-year-old passenger on a bus loaded with Chinese tourists that crashed on Highway 401 has died of his injuries, the OPP said Tuesday morning.
  Four other passengers remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
  Minister Counselor Heng Xiaojun went to the hospital tonight to see the Chinese tourists injured in the bus crash on Highway 401 near Prescott, Ont. this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/tiZX5gS1aw
  — ChineseEmbassyOttawa (@ChinaEmbOttawa) June 5, 2018They continue to
  
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• Senators organization 'relieved' no injuries reported after onesie recall

  05-06-2018 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Senators organization says it is “relieved that there have been no reports of injury” after Health Canada issued a product recall of a promotional baby onesie that they say posed a choking hazard to children.
  “Consumers should immediately stop using the affected onesie,” said the Senators, in a statement. “While the Senators did not manufacture this product, we are working diligently with our partners at Canadian Tire to inform those with the products.&rd
  
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• Doug Ford floored by lawsuit from Rob Ford's widow

  05-06-2018 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is denying allegations from Renata Ford, the widow of Rob Ford, that he mishandled his brothers estate and destroyed the value of the family business.Video provided by The Canadian Press
  
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• Tour bus company in 401 crash has good safety record

  05-06-2018 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The bus involved in a traumatic crash on Highway 401 Monday belongs to a tour company with a good safety history, according to a public records search, with no previous collisions reported.
  Union Tour Express Inc., based outside Boston, operates 15 vehicles and employs 28 drivers, according to the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
  The company has been inspected 112 times during the last 12 months. Of those, 96 found no violation while 16 others found relatively minor problems.
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• Reevely: Lawsuit by brother Rob's widow is attempted extortion, Doug Ford suggests

  05-06-2018 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford suggested Tuesday his brother’s widow is accusing him of ripping off an estate that rightly belongs to her and her children as part of a blackmail plot.
  “These statements are false, they’re without merit, it’ll be proven in court, and we just can’t figure out where this came from,” he said in a Toronto news conference, planned to show off local Tory candidates before Thursday’s election. “We just can’
  
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• Wynne fights for Liberals' survival after admitting party has lost race ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/MQI575RpCi

  05-06-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  
  Wynne fights for Liberals' survival after admitting party has lost raceottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/MQI575RpCi
  
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• Finance committee backs central library plan, $60M brownfields grant for Zibi

  05-06-2018 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city has turned another page in its effort to build a new central library, with the finance committee Tuesday approving a financing plan to build the $175-million facility on LeBreton Flats.
  The city will need to borrow $80 million to help cover its end of the development deal with Library and Archives Canada.
  Selling the current flagship Ottawa Public Library property at the corner of Laurier Avenue and Metcalfe Street to Slate Properties will generate $20 million. The city will also take $
  
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• Updated: Arboretum Festival director responds to poster campaign calling him 'bad date'

  05-06-2018 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rolf Klausener, the organizer of Ottawa’s annual Arboretum Festival and leader of the indie folk band The Acorn, is defending himself against an anonymous poster campaign that labels him a “bad date.”
  Posters with Klausener’s photo were plastered around the downtown area over the weekend, identifying him as Rolf Carlos (his middle name), Creative Director of Arboretum Festival. The posters say they are “brought to you by Ottawa’s local women & allies who h
  
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• WCSS breaks school record, fundraising six figures for Relay for Life ottawamatters.com/local-news/wcs… https://t.co/pX42zfJE6H

  05-06-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  WCSS breaks school record, fundraising six figures for Relay for Lifeottawamatters.com/local-news/wcs… https://t.co/pX42zfJE6H
  
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• Highrise fire under control on Laurier ottawamatters.com/local-news/hig… https://t.co/pR4afKJzvw

  05-06-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  Highrise fire under control on Laurierottawamatters.com/local-news/hig… https://t.co/pR4afKJzvw
  
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• Prescott Mayor hopeful new government will expand deadly stretch of Hwy 401 ottawamatters.com/local-news/pre… https://t.co/FcDphNzRZt

  05-06-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
  Prescott Mayor hopeful new government will expand deadly stretch of Hwy 401ottawamatters.com/local-news/pre… https://t.co/FcDphNzRZt
  
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• City growing confident about LRT deadline as test results come in ottawamatters.com/local-news/cit… https://t.co/yMS0YC3deq

  05-06-2018 21:02 via twitter.com
  
  City growing confident about LRT deadline as test results come inottawamatters.com/local-news/cit… https://t.co/yMS0YC3deq
  
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• Police lay charges in weekend Market safety initiative

  05-06-2018 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man was arrested on a charge of assault with a weapon as Ottawa police officers teamed up with Ottawa bylaw officers June 1-2 for a safety initiative targeting disorderly behaviour in the ByWard Market, Rideau Street and along Montreal Road.
  “There was a strong police presence in these areas, which included ongoing foot patrols, proactive bar and restaurant checks, monitoring of parking garages, as well as response to calls for service,” said Ottawa police Supt. Mark Ford in a re
  
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• Second straight year in the French Open mixed doubles final for Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski. ottawamatters.com/local-news/dab…

  05-06-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Second straight year in the French Open mixed doubles final for Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski.ottawamatters.com/local-news/dab…
  
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• Four teens injured in single-vehicle crash in Gatineau Park

  05-06-2018 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle crash on Champlain Parkway near Kingsmere Lake in Gatineau Park Monday evening.
  Responders said they were called shortly before 6 p.m. and found the vehicle had left the road and crashed into the trees.
  The victims, two 17-year-old females and two 18-year-old males were taken to the Hull Hospital’s trauma unit with multiple minor injuries.
  The injuries were not considered life-threatening. The RCMP is investigating the crash.
  Last week, a man
  
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• Arboretum Festival director responds to poster campaign calling him 'bad date'

  05-06-2018 18:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rolf Klausener, the organizer of Ottawa’s annual Arboretum Festival and leader of the indie folk band The Acorn, is defending himself against an anonymous poster campaign that labels him a “bad date.”
  Posters with Klausener’s photo were plastered around the downtown area over the weekend, identifying him as Rolf Carlos (his middle name), Creative Director of Arboretum Festival. The posters say they are “brought to you by Ottawa’s local women & allies
  
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• A heap of hope: Kitchen reno aids mental health recovery at The Royal Ottawa

  05-06-2018 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
   When Ed Pollitt’s wife died there were many aspects of his life that changed drastically. At 81 years old, he didn’t imagine he would have to learn new skills like cooking for himself.
  “Being an old-school man, we never cooked. I was terrified of cooking. I saw it as a magic ritual only women understood,” said Pollitt, who joked that without the help of The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre he would have become a Kraft Dinner advocate.
  Royal Ottawa clients Ed Pollit
  
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• Passenger in 401 tourist bus crash dies of his injuries; four others in life-threatening

  05-06-2018 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 54-year-old passenger on a bus loaded with Chinese tourists that crashed on Highway 401 has died of his injuries, the OPP said Tuesday morning.
  Four other passengers remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
  Minister Counselor Heng Xiaojun went to the hospital tonight to see the Chinese tourists injured in the bus crash on Highway 401 near Prescott, Ont. this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/tiZX5gS1aw
  — ChineseEmbassyOttawa (@ChinaEmbOttawa) June 5, 2018They continue to
  
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• Man charged after OPP confiscates guns, drugs in raid

  05-06-2018 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have arrested a 29-year-old North Dundas man following a raid last week that netted a number of firearms and illicit drugs.
  A number of different OPP units were involved in the raid on a property on County Road 7, including the community street crime unit, the emergency response team, the tactical rescue unit and Stormont Dundas and Glengarry OPP officers.
  Police seized marijuana, marijuana plants, methamphetamine, speed pills, cocaine and cash.
  Also seized were se
  
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• BREAKING: Designer Kate Spade found dead in apparent suicide. twitter.com/ABC/status/100…

  05-06-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Designer Kate Spade found dead in apparent suicide. twitter.com/ABC/status/100…
  
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• The large, yellow signs encourage voters to stop the PC leader by voting Liberal. #ottnews #onpoli twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-06-2018 18:06 via twitter.com
  The large, yellow signs encourage voters to stop the PC leader by voting Liberal. #ottnews #onpoli twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @RadioNewsGuy & @SaraBuchan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@RadioNewsGuy & @SaraBuchan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for 6/5/18: 1:08: @OnTruck 1:17: @MayorBrettTodd 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45: @joe_warmington… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for 6/5/18: 1:08: @OnTruck 1:17: @MayorBrettTodd 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45: @joe_warmington… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: How Robert Kennedy became Robert Kennedy

  05-06-2018 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON – A half-century after his death, Robert Francis Kennedy is remembered as a rebel, a reformer and an idealist who became an emblem of the 1960s.
  When he died of an assassin’s bullet on June 6, 1968 in Los Angeles, it ended a surging presidential campaign that had become a crusade for African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, the poor and the white working class. Kennedy was an unlikely folk hero, a tribune of the forgotten and the dispossessed.
  Today it is easy to th
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @JR_Ottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @JR_Ottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Some downtown streets remain closed as work continues on watermain break

  05-06-2018 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Downtown traffic was slow Tuesday as after a broken watermain flooded the intersection of O’Connor and Nepean streets.
  Southbound O’Connor Street between Gloucester and Lisgar streets and Nepean Street between Bank and Metcalfe streets are closed to both vehicles and pedestrians for their own safety, police said.
  Carol Hall, the city’s manager of water distribution, said that the break is on a 16-inch watermain and “until we excavate and assess the damage, it is not possi
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #StanleyCupFinal: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #StanleyCupFinal: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @EleanorFastONDP joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15: @EleanorFastONDP joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa hospital set up extra triage space for bus crash patients

  05-06-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police say a bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed in eastern Ontario on Monday sending at least 24 people to hospital. The emergency room chief at an Ottawa hospital explains their response in receiving some of the patients.
  
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• Gatineau police increase patrols after luring attempt on schoolboy

  05-06-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police will maintain an increased presence for the foreseeable future in the area of Clément and Sabourin streets after a young schoolboy was allegedly approached by a suspicious man Monday morning.
  Police say the incident occurred at about 8:15 a.m. when the boy, who attends La Traversée school, was waiting for a bus.
  A man, estimated to be 50-60 years, allegedly approached the child and tried to lure him into his vehicle.
  The boy fled to a car driven by an adult he knew.
  
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• "Doug Ford sued by brother's widow, accused of siphoning inheritance" @davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  "Doug Ford sued by brother's widow, accused of siphoning inheritance"@davidreevely joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @AbacusDataCa @RobMacLachlan joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @AbacusDataCa @RobMacLachlan joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @RadioNewsGuy & @SaraBuchan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 15:51 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch:@RadioNewsGuy & @SaraBuchan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @KimothyWalker, @SusanSherring and @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@KimothyWalker, @SusanSherring and @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @JohnFraserOS joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-06-2018 15:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @JohnFraserOS joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ontario election: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Passenger in 401 tourist bus crash dies of his injuries; four others critical

  05-06-2018 15:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 54-year-old passenger on a bus loaded with Chinese tourists that crashed on Highway 401 has died of his injuries, the OPP said Tuesday morning.
  Four other passengers remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
  Minister Counselor Heng Xiaojun went to the hospital tonight to see the Chinese tourists injured in the bus crash on Highway 401 near Prescott, Ont. this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/tiZX5gS1aw
  — ChineseEmbassyOttawa (@ChinaEmbOttawa) June 5, 2018They continue to
  
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• Joint Support Ship cost up by $1.1 billion – taxpayers will now spend $3.4 billion on project

  05-06-2018 14:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Taxpayers will have to spend $1.1 billion extra on new navy supply ships that are going to be built starting this summer, the Liberal government now acknowledges.
  Previously the cost of building the two ships at Seaspan shipyards in Vancouver, BC had been pegged at $2.3 billion.
  But the government ordered a review of that cost figure and in an email to Postmedia, Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough’s office now confirms the cost for the Joint Support Ships, or JSS, is set at $3.4 billion
  
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• OPP officer 'very, very sorry' for theft of drugs, cash from crime suspects

  05-06-2018 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Leeds County OPP officer who stole drugs and money from suspects, including $10,000 he stashed in the rafters of his Maitland home, will be sentenced Sept. 27.
  George Duke, who pleaded guilty to six theft, drug and firearms charges last January, was contrite and apologetic when he appeared at his sentencing hearing on Monday.
  “I am very, very sorry — I cannot express my sorrow enough,” the 55-year-old Duke told the Ontario Court of Justice, adding that his “embarrassmen
  
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• Watermain break floods part of downtown streets

  05-06-2018 14:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Downtown traffic was slow Tuesday as after a broken watermain flooded the intersection of O’Connor and Nepean streets.
  Southbound O’Connor Street between Gloucester and Lisgar streets and Nepean Street between Bank and Metcalfe streets are closed to both vehicles and pedestrians for their own safety, police said.
  The city had no immediate information on the cause of the break or the estimated repair time.
  Situation is definitely not under control yet.. #ottnews #ottawa #downtownflood
  
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• Cornwall strike continues as municipal workers reject contract offer

  05-06-2018 13:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Striking City of Cornwall employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees rejected city contract offers in a Monday vote.
  CUPE said the staffers, whose four locals include inside and outside workers, Cornwall pulbic library staff, and Cornwall / SDG paramedics, rejected the offers by an average of 92.5 per cent. Each local’s offer was voted on separately after CUPE agreed late last week to have its members vote on what the city had called its final offer.
  CUPE had initially
  
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• Cool temps and risk of showers through Thursday, but then sunshine

  05-06-2018 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The wet stuff just won’t stop.
  Tuesday’s weather forecast starts with just a 30 per cent chance of morning showers then a few showers begin near noon and linger until late evening. Then there’s a 40 per cent chance of more showers overnight.
  The high is 15 C — a typical high would be 22 C —and the low 10 C.
  Wednesday is cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers, a high of 17 C and a low of 10 C.
  For Thursday, expect a mix of sun and cloud and a 30 per cent chance
  
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• Reevely: What happens if nobody wins the election?

  05-06-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  If none of Ontario’s parties wins a majority of seats Thursday, the first thing their leaders will have to do is try to work out governing deals with people they’ve spent the last month calling lunatics, wastrels and radicals.
  No matter how messy a legislature we elect, it’s their problem to try to sort out.
  “The Governor General (or Lieutenant-Governor) has the conventional duty to let, to the extent possible, the political parties and their leaders determine among thems
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: twitter.com/1310traffic/st…

  05-06-2018 11:55 via twitter.com
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• Harvey Weinstein due back in court in sex crimes case: bit.ly/2JtM2Fy https://t.co/titP20ljr5

  05-06-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein due back in court in sex crimes case: bit.ly/2JtM2Fy https://t.co/titP20ljr5
  
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• Injured quarterback Harris says he'll be ready for @REDBLACKS opener: bit.ly/2HkiDIE https://t.co/ZxH48JUG4t

  05-06-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  
  Injured quarterback Harris says he'll be ready for @REDBLACKS opener: bit.ly/2HkiDIE https://t.co/ZxH48JUG4t
  
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• Cupe has invited the city back to the bargaining table and negotiations could begin as early as today: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-06-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  Cupe has invited the city back to the bargaining table and negotiations could begin as early as today: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Two dozen people injured in tour bus crash on the 401 near Prescott ottawamatters.com/local-news/two… #ottnews https://t.co/7E8vFuwVpg

  05-06-2018 11:27 via twitter.com
  
  Two dozen people injured in tour bus crash on the 401 near Prescottottawamatters.com/local-news/two…#ottnews https://t.co/7E8vFuwVpg
  
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