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• Egan: Still 'scarred' 30 years later, death comes to driver of Hill's hijacked bus

  19-06-2018 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Roger Bednarchuk drove the most famous bus to ever stop on Parliament Hill — the one with the hostages, the one that delivered a scary new world.
  It was April 7, 1989. Bednarchuk, then 55, was behind the wheel of a Greyhound bus leaving Montreal for New York City with 10 passengers. One of them, a Lebanese-born radical, Charles Yacoub, 32, approached the driver and pointed a .45 calibre revolver at his head.
  Not yet out of the city, the drama had begun.
  It ended eight hours later on the sl
  
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• US president re-hashes old beefs with NAFTA, Canada's supply management system. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  19-06-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  US president re-hashes old beefs with NAFTA, Canada's supply management system.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Province axes green energy rebate program

  19-06-2018 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  A green energy rebate program launched in 2017 by former premier Kathleen Wynne has been cancelled by her successor Doug Ford.
  The newly-elected conservative premier-designate closed the rebate program under the Green Ontario Fund as of Tuesday.
  The provincial website indicates if you’re already enrolled for a rebate, it will be honoured as long as a work agreement had been signed with a participating contractor for work that will be completed by Aug. 31, 2018.
  The program was initially in
  
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• Scam calls target Chinese community, fraud busters warn

  19-06-2018 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Have you gotten an urgent-sounding message in Mandarin?
  The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has issued a bulletin warning that people in Canada are being targeted with calls claiming to come from the Beijing police, Interpol, the Chinese embassy or a delivery firm with a suspicious package.
  The Chinese embassy in Ottawa issued a similar warning in April that fraudsters were targeting its citizens in Canada, Australia and the United States with claims including that a family member had been kille
  
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• Going out best bets, June 21 to 27

  19-06-2018 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rock 
  The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary edition this weekend (June 21-24) with a series of free concerts at Mooney’s Bay Park, featuring a stellar lineup of Canadian talent.The main-stage fun starts at 6 p.m. Thursday with M.T. Walker, Amos The Transparent, Crown Lands and headliner Sam Roberts Band at 9:30 p.m.
  Between 6 and 11 p.m. Friday, see Broken Social Scene, Dizzy, Ellevator and Gianna Lauren.Indie rockers Wintersleep and Hollerado
  
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• ICYMI: Senators ship Mike Hoffman to San Jose; Sharks flip Hoffman to Panthers for picks ottawamatters.com/local-news/sen… https://t.co/8qZRuvXGKD

  19-06-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Senators ship Mike Hoffman to San Jose; Sharks flip Hoffman to Panthers for picksottawamatters.com/local-news/sen… https://t.co/8qZRuvXGKD
  
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• UPDATE: Provincial police report a suspect in custody. #Napanee twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  19-06-2018 23:03 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Provincial police report a suspect in custody. #Napanee twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• The Uber of sport: Local students developing play app to bring kids together

  19-06-2018 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Josh Lindsay and his friends would like outdoor play to be just a click away.
  Lindsay, a Grade 8 student at Henry Munro Middle School in Beacon Hill, attended a recent enrichment program at Carleton University, where his group was asked to work on a cause that was meaningful to them.
  The four — Nate Contant, Matthew Robertson and Jasper Li are the other Grade 8 students in the group — wanted to do something to make young people in Ottawa more active.
  They settled on the idea of an ap
  
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• One of the largest cargo planes in the world makes a return visit to YOW

  19-06-2018 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Antonov An-124 Ruslan, one of the largest cargo planes in the world, has been frequenting Ottawa’s airport this week.
  Krista Kealey, director of communications for the Ottawa International Airport Authority, said the plane was here all weekend. It leaves Wednesday but returns on Thursday.
  “It’s contracted to do some cargo shipments,” Kealey said. “It happens. It’s very cool looking, and has been generating a lot of interest.”
  The Antonov is a strategi
  
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• Trump assails Canadian tariffs, accuses people of smuggling U.S. goods home ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/diA34Vmr1F

  19-06-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  
  Trump assails Canadian tariffs, accuses people of smuggling U.S. goods homeottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/diA34Vmr1F
  
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• Police conduct south end traffic blitz ottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… https://t.co/OuYKKEYbxO

  19-06-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  
  Police conduct south end traffic blitzottawamatters.com/local-news/pol… https://t.co/OuYKKEYbxO
  
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• Deficits: Should city trash pickup be put out to tender?

  19-06-2018 21:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another deficit in city-run garbage pickup has some councillors questioning if the city should stop automatically giving municipal public servants the work without having a contract competition.
  “I don’t think the city should automatically do much of anything, especially when the results haven’t achieved what was hoped for, so no, we shouldn’t automatically do that. We should be giving careful scrutiny to it,” Coun. David Chernushenko said Tuesday after an environme
  
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• ICYMI: OC Transpo says summer schedule changes are on the way. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/sum…

  19-06-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: OC Transpo says summer schedule changes are on the way. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/sum…
  
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• Top pizza places to check out in Ottawa

  19-06-2018 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  With summer comes patio weather, and there’s nothing like sinking your teeth into the gooey goodness of a delicious pizza at an outdoor restaurant or in your own backyard. There are pizzerias all over Ottawa, but there are a few notable locations that top the list.
  Name: Louis’ Restaurant & Pizzeria
  Location: 181 McArthur Ave. in Vanier
  What they’re known for: If you are looking for a good old-style pizza, look no further. Louis, which has been in business for dec
  
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• Mike Hoffman issues a statement on being traded from the #Sens today. He was dealt to the San Jose Sharks, before t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  Mike Hoffman issues a statement on being traded from the #Sens today. He was dealt to the San Jose Sharks, before t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Rockfest event relatively trouble-free, police say in final report

  19-06-2018 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Although a 25-year-old man from Ontario died at last weekend’s Rockfest event in Montebello, police said the festival was largely free of serious problems.
  Quebec police are still investigating the death of the young man found unconscious in his tent, but they don’t believe for the moment that there was any crime involved.
  The rest of the event went pretty smoothly, the Sûreté du Québec reported Tuesday.
  Their involvement was limited to:
  • Handing out 36 traf
  
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• OPP in #Napanee looking for armed robbery suspect. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…

  19-06-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  OPP in #Napanee looking for armed robbery suspect.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…
  
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• Canadian submarine ends five-month mission

  19-06-2018 19:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  HMCS Windsor returns to Halifax after completing a 5-month deployment in the Euro-Atlantic region. The submarine will dock in Halifax Wednesday.
  HMCS Windsor, a Victoria-class submarine, was on patrol on Operation PROJECTION, a Canadian Forces deployment that “demonstrates the strategic significance of the Euro-Atlantic region to Canada” while reinforcing Canada’s commitment to NATO, according to the Royal Canadian Navy.
   
  
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• Editorial: Do some homework before hiring these teachers

  19-06-2018 19:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa school boards are hiring 500 new teachers for the next school year. Most of that number is due to expanding student numbers locally, or replacements for retiring teachers. But the hires are also troubling reminders of the disconnect that sometimes occurs between spending and results in Ontario public education.
  The outgoing Liberal government decided that Ontario schools required a near-doubling of the number of guidance councillors helping students in grades 7 and 8. Locally, that means
  
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• Cohen: Trump personifies how to lose both friends and influence

  19-06-2018 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON – When the Communists won control of China in 1949, critics said that U.S. President Harry Truman had “lost” China. Their argument was this: Had the United States more strongly supported the Nationalists, China would have remained aligned to the West.
  And so was born the loss of China, which has come to mean any ally who has slipped from the U.S. sphere of influence into another, such as Vietnam’s subsequent fall to the Communists.
  There is a lot of loss and lo
  
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• Chu and Simons: We need prison needle programs but they must be done right

  19-06-2018 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prison health is public health.
  For 25 years, prisoners, prison and public health doctors, nurses and advocates have been shouting this refrain, trying to convince successive federal governments of the critical need for prison needle and syringe programs (PNSPs) in Canada. Until recently, the government and Correctional Service Canada (CSC) failed to act, despite clear and mounting evidence supporting such needle programs and their ability to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C infections
  
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• Kingston student tried to ransom himself to parents: Police

  19-06-2018 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A college student is facing a public mischief charge for trying to convince his worried parents that he had been taken hostage, police in Kingston allege.
  Officers were called to St. Lawrence College June 14 to check on the 24-year-old student whose parents had reported him missing after receiving a text demanding a large sum of cash if they wanted to see him again.
  When police didn’t find the student at the school, they tracked him down – “alone and well” – at
  
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• Hwy 401 safety a key goal for new Napanee OPP boss

  19-06-2018 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Provincial Police’s new commander in Napanee, Insp. Scott Semple, is a local guy and he says he knows well one issue close to his clients’ heart.
  With Highway 401 in Napanee’s backyard, and the Napanee OPP holding policing jurisdiction on a long, local stretch of that road, Semple would like to see traffic safety become an increasing priority.
  “I know from talking to people that people feel the everyday person doesn’t feel much affected by crime, but the
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, June 19th: 1:08: @trevorhache 1:17: @UQAM 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, June 19th: 1:08: @trevorhache 1:17: @UQAM 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_marksutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_marksutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police issue 26 tickets in 90 minutes along Leitrim Road

  19-06-2018 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police issued 26 tickets in 90 minutes in a traffic blitz during Tuesday morning’s rush hour on Leitrim Road.
  According to police, they caught one unlicensed driver and 12 vehicles with expired plate stickers. They also caught four vehicles with heavily tinted plate covers. While they were scanning the vehicles passing by, police officers also noticed five drivers using their cellular phones, leading to distracted driving tickets being issued.
  Police said they also laid four additio
  
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  "Are the unknown victims of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur hidden among these 22 cold cases?"@VicF77 of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  

• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe for her weekly international affairs segment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:@StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe for her weekly international affairs segment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Talbot and Ashford: Sanctions against North Korea work against peace

  19-06-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a historic moment and new day for world peace and for peace on the Korean peninsula when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Singapore last week. Unfortunately, Canada’s reaction to the summit is lining us up to be on the wrong side of history.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, in her response to the June 12 Summit, re-affirmed Canada’s continued support for the out-dated strategy of global sanctions against North Korea. By using sa
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @REDBLACKSHC (Rick Campbell) joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the @REDBLACKS season kicking off this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @REDBLACKSHC (Rick Campbell) joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the @REDBLACKS season kicking off this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_marksutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_marksutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hoffman on the move again! After being traded from the Senators to the San Jose Sharks, the Sharks have traded Mik… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 16:20 via twitter.com
  Hoffman on the move again!After being traded from the Senators to the San Jose Sharks, the Sharks have traded Mik… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Sens trading Mike Hoffman: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 15:08 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Sens trading Mike Hoffman:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POLL: Should Justin Trudeau speak out against Donald Trump's policy of separating children from their parents when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Justin Trudeau speak out against Donald Trump's policy of separating children from their parents when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Embattled Senators forward Mike Hoffman and Cody Donaghey go to the Sharks in exchange for Mikkel Boedker, Julius B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 14:32 via twitter.com
  Embattled Senators forward Mike Hoffman and Cody Donaghey go to the Sharks in exchange for Mikkel Boedker, Julius B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Arson squad probes Monday's two-alarm fire near Ashton

  19-06-2018 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arson investigators are probing a two-alarm fire that broke out in an agricultural silo near Ashton Monday.
  The Ottawa Police Services unit reported that the fire is suspicious.
  Firefighters got multiple 911 calls reporting the structure at 1525 Ashton Station Rd. was in flames, Ottawa Fire Services said at 6 a.m. Monday as they were still fighting the flames.
  Spotting smoke as they traveled to the scene, crews from Station 46 had declared a working fire and broadcast a second alarm
  
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• Sudden highway stop for ducks leaves dad, 10-year-old son hurt

  19-06-2018 14:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is seeking witnesses after two people were injured Sunday when a family of ducks crossing busy Highway 401 caused a chained reaction sudden stop that forced a minivan into the ditch.
  A man and his 10-year-old son suffered injuries that aren’t considered life-threatening in the incident.
  It happened at about 8:50 a.m. in the eastbound lanes about three kilometres west of Joyceville Road.
  A white vehicle, possibly a Kia, suddenly stopped to let the fowl go first.
  The family’s g
  
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• BREAKING: The Ottawa Senators have traded Mike Hoffman to San Jose. He and Cody Donaghey go to the Sharks in exchan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 14:03 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: The Ottawa Senators have traded Mike Hoffman to San Jose. He and Cody Donaghey go to the Sharks in exchan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POLL: Should Justin Trudeau speak out against Donald Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 13:52 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Justin Trudeau speak out against Donald Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Trudeau says he won't 'play politics' on U.S. migrant children policy: bit.ly/2M2mYTv https://t.co/d2v6zbwf0u

  19-06-2018 13:48 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau says he won't 'play politics' on U.S. migrant children policy: bit.ly/2M2mYTv https://t.co/d2v6zbwf0u
  
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• Boil-water advisory still in effect in Renfrew north of Bonnechere

  19-06-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Town of Renfrew has issued a boil-water advisory to residents who live north of the Bonnechere River after the water distribution system lost pressure during a “major” water main break Monday.
  It’s in effect until further notice, according to town officials who consulted with the Renfrew County district health unit.
  Untreated tap water should not be used for drinking, making infant formula or juices, making ice, washing fruits, vegetables or brushing teeth. For these purpos
  
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• Toronto police allege 57-year-old man pushed another man to his death: bit.ly/2ME7juY https://t.co/yLCO6ZcCbJ

  19-06-2018 13:34 via twitter.com
  
  Toronto police allege 57-year-old man pushed another man to his death: bit.ly/2ME7juY https://t.co/yLCO6ZcCbJ
  
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• Muggy weather begone: Sunny skies with cooler temps in the forecast

  19-06-2018 13:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a sweltering, soggy start to the week, Tuesday’s the tonic with a cool morning headed to a mainly-sunny high of just 23 C.
  Monday was Ottawa’s fourth muggiest June 18 on record with a humidex rating of 39.3, according to Rolf Campbell who tweets as @YOW_Weather .
  Today is #Ottawa's 4th muggiest June 18th on record. Oddly enough, we are just behind June 18th of last year. #OttWx pic.twitter.com/WyS7SZ988w
  — YOW Weather Records (@YOW_Weather) June 18, 2018A cold front broug
  
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• Kim Jong Un visiting China, expected to discuss his nukes: bit.ly/2LZEbx1 https://t.co/R4p8zecGzL

  19-06-2018 13:14 via twitter.com
  
  Kim Jong Un visiting China, expected to discuss his nukes: bit.ly/2LZEbx1 https://t.co/R4p8zecGzL
  
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• The spending comes as the city-owned utility carries about $800 million in debt. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  19-06-2018 12:46 via twitter.com
  The spending comes as the city-owned utility carries about $800 million in debt. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Today's letters: Author Stephen Reid, playing the anthem, green energy

  19-06-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Outlaw-author will be missed
  Re: Obituary, Stephen Reid rose to notoriety in Stopwatch Gang, won acclaim as author, June 13.
  I was really saddened to learn of the death of Stephen Reid. He would not want mythologizing as an outlaw, nor sentimentality for the choices he made. He was a complex man, full of life and compassion for others. His writing was brilliant, and anyone who wants to understand him or simply enjoy terrific writing could do no better than to read his collection of essays entitl
  
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• Trump’s tariffs a reminder of need to source military equipment in Canada, says defence association

  19-06-2018 06:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be moving full-speed ahead with his trade war against China. He is now threatening to hit China with tariffs on $200 billion in various goods, according to reports Monday.
  Trump is hitting Canada and others with tariffs on aluminum and steel. He has also promised to punish Canadians with more economic action.
  Christyn Cianfarani, president of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, told Defence Watch that while tariffs were never good f
  
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• Chateau Laurier expansion up for more changes. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/mor…

  19-06-2018 03:46 via twitter.com
  Chateau Laurier expansion up for more changes. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/mor…
  
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• Long-delayed terror trial of alleged ISIL recruiter Awso Peshdary underway

  19-06-2018 03:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The terrorism trial of Ottawa’s Awso Peshdary, alleged Islamic State recruiter and financier, is finally underway after years of legal and law enforcement delays.
  Peshdary was formally arraigned Monday in an Ottawa courtroom on charges of participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating an activity for a terrorist group, and two counts of conspiring to participate or contribute to an activity of a terrorist group with local men John Maguire and Khadar Khalib — both of
  
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• Landmark deal to compensate members of the military and other agencies who were investigated and sometimes fired be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-06-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Landmark deal to compensate members of the military and other agencies who were investigated and sometimes fired be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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