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• Ottawa police charge man with trafficking cocaine

  12-06-2018 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 24-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested on drug trafficking charges after police found just more than $400 worth of cocaine in a Vanier home.
  Leopold St Juste was arrested last Friday after a two-week-long investigation by the guns and gangs unit of the Ottawa police found 4.1 grams of cocaine, which they noted in a press release had a street value of $410 dollars.
  According to the police, the cocaine had been separated into 14 small bags.
  St Juste was also charged with failing to report a lo
  
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• Mike Hoffman's fianceé allegedly behind campaign of harassment against Melinda and Erik Karlsson

  12-06-2018 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Melinda Karlsson has filed an order of protection against the longtime girlfriend of Senators forward Mike Hoffman — alleging a campaign of harassment that plagued the Karlssons after the death of their son and through much of the last NHL season, this newspaper has learned.
  The application for a peace bond, sworn in front of Justice of the Peace Louise Logue on May 4, alleges that Monika Caryk, Hoffman’s partner, had threatened Melinda (neé Currey) and husband Erik Karlsson f
  
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• SIU investigates after police officers, civilian injured in confrontation involving aggressive dog

  12-06-2018 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after two Lanark OPP officers and a civilian were injured during a confrontation involving an aggressive dog in Almonte on Tuesday.
  OPP say two officers were injured after they were confronted by the dog while following up on an investigation at a home just before 10:30 a.m.
  The homeowner also suffered a non-life threatening injury in the confrontation, say OPP.
  The OPP has notified the SIU, an independent civilian police watchd
  
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• Local businesses are expanding and expecting growth, despite the confidence of Ottawa business leaders reaching a n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 23:16 via twitter.com
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• Trudeau on Trump: we support North Korea efforts, won't engage on comments ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Ahq53dUUGH

  12-06-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  
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• Herongate tenants to protest against landlord ottawamatters.com/local-news/her… https://t.co/TagZcnoAKR

  12-06-2018 22:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Murder victim's son bemoans father's fate

  12-06-2018 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The son of murder victim Raymond Collison has called the long-awaited arrest of a suspect in the case “a bitter victory.”
  Tim Collison said his father’s violent death — one in a string of unsolved homicides in and around the small town of Morewood — has caused him enormous pain.
  “I miss my dad with all my heart and soul and the fact that my son never got the chance to meet his grandpa hurts deeply,” Collison, of Cornwall, said in an email exchange with t
  
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• Reevely: Latest plans for Château Laurier finally clear the lowest bar

  12-06-2018 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The latest plans for an addition to the Château Laurier would have been a good starting point. They can’t be the end.
  Two years after throwing up a first proposal that practically everyone panned, Larco Investments finally has a proposal that looks as though it was done up by someone who’s at last seen the Château Laurier before.
  The latest proposal is smaller, so from Major’s Hill Park it looks less like a determined attempt to hide the original hotel. Larco’
  
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• Local business to help paralyzed man with new home ottawamatters.com/local-news/loc… https://t.co/v0sl3RhRAu

  12-06-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  
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• Police continue to search for missing man after more than a month ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po… https://t.co/PyJaY7Psv1

  12-06-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Angry driver runs down skateboarder on sidewalk: Kingston police

  12-06-2018 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Not content with confining his rage to the road, an unlicensed motorist sped through a busy parking lot to run down a skateboarder on a Kingston sidewalk, police allege.
  The 29-year-old is now charged with assault with a weapon: his vehicle.
  Police report that the victim was skateboarding on Weller Avenue near Compton Street about 3 p.m. last Thursday when the motorist drove by and yelled at him. The driver then did a U-turn and pursued the skateboarder, who ditched his board and fled on foot, i
  
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• Council decision on Château Laurier addition will be based on rules, not feelings

  12-06-2018 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa city council’s decision on the controversial Château Laurier addition will come down to how the proposal stacks up against the rules, not the feelings of average citizens.
  Coun. Tobi Nussbaum, chair of the built-heritage subcommittee, said the city’s challenge is making sure the public understands the frame through which the decision-making bodies need to view the application.
  “We’re not judging it on the basis of what we like or not,” Nussbaum said Tue
  
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• Ottawa's municipal races shaping up

  12-06-2018 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the provincial election firmly in the rear-view mirror, attention now shifts to October’s municipal race.
  Mayor Jim Watson and two-thirds of the 23-member council have already filed the necessary paperwork to stand for re-election, while several others have confirmed they intend to run and will register soon.
  Veteran councillors who chair the city’s planning, transit, transportation, and community and protective services committees have all thrown their hats in the ring. So too
  
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• Update: PM among diners scrambling to food producers' pop-up 'diner' on Sparks Street

  12-06-2018 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau popped in Tuesday afternoon to a pop-up “diner” set up on Sparks Street by Canadian food producers touting the benefits of supply management systems in agriculture.The PM sat down at a table with a number of farmers’ representatives to discuss farm support policies that incensed U.S. President Donald Trump at the weekend’s G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Que.Thank you @JustinTrudeau for stopping by our #OttawaDiner and for supporting the Canad
  
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• It’s raining generals – two public affairs Brigadier Generals each costing up to $173,000 a year

  12-06-2018 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is a time of growth in the Canadian Forces’ senior officer corps and no where is that more evident than in the Canadian military’s public affairs branch.
  There are now two brigadier-generals from the public affairs world.
  Col. Jay Janzen is being promoted to brigadier general to take over from Brig.-Gen. Marc Thériault, the former head of Canadian Forces Public Affairs.
  Thériault was in charge of 60 personnel, give or take, according to the Canadian Forces.
  The cost
  
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• BREAKING: @CanadasNAC has announced their new CEO: Christopher Deacon. He has been with the #NAC since 1987.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: @CanadasNAC has announced their new CEO: Christopher Deacon. He has been with the #NAC since 1987.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The National Arts Centre picks its new CEO: Christopher Deacon

  12-06-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre has found its new leader in-house, appointing Christopher Deacon, the NACO’s managing director, as the NAC’s president and CEO.
  Deacon, a 59-year-old who has managed the orchestra for 22 years, replaces the NAC’s outgoing boss, Peter Herrndorf, 77, who spent almost 19 years at the helm.
  The Montreal-born Deacon is the first person in the NAC’s 49-year history to be promoted from within the organization to become its leader. Deacon was ch
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, June 12th: 1:08: @herongatetc 1:17: @BenLeikin 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, June 12th: 1:08: @herongatetc 1:17: @BenLeikin 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: Against Trump, Canada never had a chance

  12-06-2018 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON – It had to come to this. Given the man and his methods, is it any surprise?
  We hoped otherwise, that with goodwill, generosity and forbearance – as well as commerce, history and geography – we could come to an understanding with Donald J. Trump.
  We tolerated his fears and his facts. We ignored his assault on the liberal international order: his resentment of NATO, his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Iranian nuclear deal. We
  
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• Gordon Ritchie: The world can still defend free trade – but it won't be easy

  12-06-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  It would be a mistake to dismiss the latest protectionist actions by the Trump administration as cheap bullying tactics and wait for common sense to prevail. Setting aside the buffoonery, in less than 18 months Trump and the like-minded team he has painfully assembled have made substantial strides toward dismantling the world liberal economic order his predecessors painstakingly built over the past 70 years.
  Looking back, it is quite remarkable that amid the ruins of the Second World war a group
  
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• 'Where do they go?': Napanee landowner fights to house homeless on property

  12-06-2018 17:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  NAPANEE — A Napanee resident is housing nearly a dozen homeless people in five trailers on his four-acre property, located in an industrial area in the growing Seaway town.
  Scott Drader has found himself providing housing for several individuals and families who face housing challenges in Greater Napanee, but he’s been told that he will need to remove the trailers to comply with a zoning bylaw.
  Drader said that another 10 people are living in tents in the woods behind his property, a
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @JohnFraserOS joins @_marksutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @JohnFraserOS joins @_marksutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Hangry' customer calls 911 on tardy pizza order

  12-06-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  You’re not your best self when you’re hungry, we can only hope.
  Leeds OPP reports that a 32-year-old woman called 911 from an Elgin pizza parlour Monday night when her order wasn’t ready.
  The “hangry” woman was waiting with her son in her car to “explain her dissatisfaction with the restaurant” after calling police to the village about 100 km southwest of Ottawa at about 9 p.m.
  Officers arrived and “educated her on the proper use of the 911 system.
  
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• Diners scramble to food producers' pop-up 'diner' on Sparks Street

  12-06-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian food producers are dishing up the benefits of supply management along with free nosh at a pop-up “diner” on Sparks Street Tuesday.And perhaps thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s bitter attacks on the system, #Ottawadiner is trending on Twitter and drawing visitors including MPs.The Egg Farmers of Canada issued an open invitation for Ottawans to meet the country’s egg, dairy, chicken and turkey farmers from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the National Press Buildi
  
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• Coming up at 11: @PaulDewar will join @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his terminal brain cancer diagnosis & grassroots… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 16:12 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @PaulDewar will join @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his terminal brain cancer diagnosis & grassroots… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @LauraPeck6 join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @sarahboesveld joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her recent article: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @sarahboesveld joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her recent article: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: O-Train fare gates are back to normal. twitter.com/OC_Transpo/sta…

  12-06-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: O-Train fare gates are back to normal. twitter.com/OC_Transpo/sta…
  
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• What did the Trump-Kim summit accomplish? @nvanderklippe joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:15: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  What did the Trump-Kim summit accomplish?@nvanderklippe joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 9:15:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POLL: Are you confident that North Korea will follow through on its commitment to complete denuclearization?

  12-06-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  POLL: Are you confident that North Korea will follow through on its commitment to complete denuclearization?
  
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• Today's going to get hot and humid, possible T-storms Wednesday

  12-06-2018 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tuesday is looking like it will be a scorcher and Wednesday looks sticky with showers and maybe thunderstorms in the mix.
  But it looks as though we’ll be back to plain warm and sunny by the weekend.
  Up first for Tuesday is mainly sunny skies with southwest winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 by late in the late morning, a high of 26 C that will feel like 28 and a UV index of 9 or very high. The low is 16 C.
  Wednesday looks mainly cloudy with a few showers beginning in late morning, the risk of
  
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• Cornwall strikers expected to return to work Tuesday

  12-06-2018 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  CORNWALL — The municipal workers’ strike that has kept much of the City of Cornwall at a standstill for four weeks is over.
  Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy told council Monday the city and its four Canadian Union of Public Employees had ratified a tentative agreement reached on June 8.
  Municipal workers, paramedics and library staff are to start returning to work by Tuesday morning. O’Shaughnessy said some city services may be delayed, depending on what needed to be done befor
  
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• Kingston, Queen's U to crack down on rowdy university district partiers

  12-06-2018 13:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  KINGSTON — People charged with alcohol, noise or other nuisance offences during homecoming and two other party times will have to answer to the courts.
  The city and Queen’s University announced Monday a pilot project that will see court summons issued to people charged during move-in week, homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day.
  “Individuals will be required to appear before a justice of the peace in Kingston, regardless of where they live and will not have the option to pay th
  
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• Stricken with terminal brain cancer, former MP Paul Dewar launches new youth initiative

  12-06-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Terminal brain cancer has given Paul Dewar a chance to revisit the existential questions he asked himself in his 20s about the meaning of life.
  Only now, it isn’t a theoretical exercise.
  “It’s real,” the former member of parliament said Monday in his first sit-down interview since he was diagnosed on Feb. 8 with Grade 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer.
  “This is a moment you don’t ask for. I certainly didn’t, but I have realize
  
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• Today's letters: Americans apologize for Donald Trump

  12-06-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sorry about our president, Canada
  Re: Trump slams ‘dishonest & weak’ Trudeau, backs out of G7 consensus, June 9.
  As an American citizen, this is a sincere apology on my part and that of my other American colleagues who are embarrassed by President Donald Trump’s behaviour as a guest during the recent G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que.
  Not all Americans subscribe to boorish and bullying behaviour as a way to influence or negotiate, regardless of political or economic biases or co
  
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• Elizabeth May: Why we need a public inquiry into the Hassan Diab case

  12-06-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A grave injustice was visited upon Hassan Diab, a Lebanese-born sociology professor from Ottawa. It stemmed in part from his own government’s laws and actions. As a Canadian lawmaker, I am compelled to speak out and demand that we find out why he was subjected to such appalling treatment.
  In 2008, the French government applied to extradite Diab, a Canadian citizen and father to a young family, on the basis of evidence described by the Canadian judge as “weak, convoluted and confusing
  
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• U.S. President Donald Trump & North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a joint document in which they commit to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 11:20 via twitter.com
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• "It's always a relief and comforting to see that discussion happening, and the fact that it's happening from the fe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 11:14 via twitter.com
  "It's always a relief and comforting to see that discussion happening, and the fact that it's happening from the fe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Live from 5-9 a.m. Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather with @1310Alexblack & @1310Andrew: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 10:55 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa fire fighters have a busy Monday

  12-06-2018 05:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a busy start to the week for Ottawa fire fighters — they spent Monday evening battling three blazes across the city, one of which resulted in several non-critical civilian injuries and a precautionary trip to hospital.
  Just before 6:30 p.m., a neighbour called 911 to report smoke at 4586 Anderson Rd. in Carlsbad Springs. 
  “The caller was instrumental in assisting the people in the house to exit and stay out until firefighters arrived on scene,” Ottawa Fire
  
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• Controversial Château Laurier design advances to next level of public scrutiny

  12-06-2018 04:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  In one of Ottawa’s most controversial development files in the past two years, city heritage planners have decided they can get behind the Château Laurier’s proposed design for its glassy seven-storey addition.
  City staff published their recommendations in a report Monday evening ahead of a built-heritage subcommittee meeting, which is scheduled for next Monday. Ultimately, it’s a political decision, since city council will have the final say on the design in potenti
  
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• Police seize long guns, side arms from North Stormont residence

  12-06-2018 04:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have seized multiple firearms from a property in North Stormont Township and laid weapons charges against a 26-year-old man.
  Members of the Stormont Dundas and Glengarry crime unit, emergency response team and OPP officers searched a residence on Roxborough Gardens Road on June 8, resulting in the seizure of long guns and side arms, provincial police said Monday.
  Police alleged Julian Villeneuve of North Stormont discharged a firearm inside the residence. Police said there were
  
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• Nephew of late Gord Brown seeks MP role

  12-06-2018 03:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The nephew of the late Gord Brown wants to step into his uncle’s shoes as local member of Parliament.
  Colin Brown, 25, announced on Monday that he intends to seek the Conservative nomination for the riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, which became vacant with the untimely death of Gord Brown on May 2.
  In a video filmed in his late uncle’s office, Colin Brown said he wants to continue the work started by his uncle who was MP for 14 years.
  “I want to buil
  
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• We have "trust issues" with tech giants. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  12-06-2018 03:08 via twitter.com
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• City hall heritage experts recommend approving the controversial Château Laurier addition

  12-06-2018 02:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  City heritage planners support the Château Laurier’s proposed design for its glassy seven-storey addition, despite hearing strong opposition from the volunteer advocacy group concerned with preserving the integrity of Ottawa’s historic sites.
  In one of Ottawa’s most controversial development files in the past two years, the city’s experts have decided they can get behind the proposed design for an addition to a capital landmark.
  City staff published their recommenda
  
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• Canada's dairy farmers wade into trade tiff with US. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  12-06-2018 02:55 via twitter.com
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• Expect to feel effect of 'Net neutrality' repeal. ottawamatters.com/world-news/you…

  12-06-2018 02:27 via twitter.com
  Expect to feel effect of 'Net neutrality' repeal.ottawamatters.com/world-news/you…
  
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• US mayors want pot dropped from illegal drugs list. ottawamatters.com/world-news/6-m…

  12-06-2018 02:10 via twitter.com
  US mayors want pot dropped from illegal drugs list. ottawamatters.com/world-news/6-m…
  
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• Mother from Beaverton, ON., faces charges after speeding car observed with toddler steering. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-06-2018 01:48 via twitter.com
  Mother from Beaverton, ON., faces charges after speeding car observed with toddler steering. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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