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• Loonie up, stocks retreat. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  28-06-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
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• Blood ties: Two strangers linked through a stem cell donation meet for the first time

  28-06-2018 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  For a leukemia patient hoping to find a stem cell match from a stranger, finding that match can be like winning the lottery.
  But the same is also true of the donor who gets a phone call that they have something desperately needed by another person somewhere in a wide, wide world.
  In 2016, a woman with leukemia was infused with stem cells from a man at The Ottawa Hospital. The pair had been matched through a network of donor registries that spans the globe. The recipient and donor knew nothing ab
  
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• Douglas Coupland unveils new National Portrait at the Ottawa Art Gallery

  28-06-2018 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hidden among the multi-coloured faces comprising Douglas Coupland’s latest work The National Portrait is a practical joke.
  Three years in the making, the piece is made up of 1,000 3D-printed portraits, which the artist and author has arranged in a creative formation inside the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon. Some of the head-and-shoulders busts are placed on small risers; others are stacked in towers six or more high. Still others are so stretched and distorted they look
  
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• POWER OUTAGE: St. Joseph/ Belleterre/Notre Dame/ Belcourt Priory Lane area -- 8562 customers affected. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 23:01 via twitter.com
  POWER OUTAGE: St. Joseph/ Belleterre/Notre Dame/ Belcourt Priory Lane area -- 8562 customers affected. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OCTC principal attends her final graduation ceremony after 28 years in education

  28-06-2018 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Leslie Walker, the retiring principal of the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre School at CHEO, has some advice for all those educators who will teach children with disabilities.
  “Meet the child where they’re at — and acknowledge that the child has a voice,” Walker said in a recent interview to mark the end of her 28 years as a teacher and principal.
  “You have to truly believe that every child has an incredible opportunity to succeed. I know that’s
  
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• Auditor says City spent too much on Mercedes-Benz vans. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/aud… https://t.co/VGFgyr1nvv

  28-06-2018 22:42 via twitter.com
  
  Auditor says City spent too much on Mercedes-Benz vans. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/aud… https://t.co/VGFgyr1nvv
  
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• Long weekend forecast: Sweltering, sticky, and hot. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/lon… https://t.co/xZ7TeW1Qgi

  28-06-2018 22:24 via twitter.com
  
  Long weekend forecast: Sweltering, sticky, and hot. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/lon… https://t.co/xZ7TeW1Qgi
  
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• Four people reported killed, several wounded in shooting at newspaper offices in Maryland. Suspect in custody. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sho…

  28-06-2018 22:20 via twitter.com
  Four people reported killed, several wounded in shooting at newspaper offices in Maryland. Suspect in custody.ottawamatters.com/world-news/sho…
  
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• Tariffs could trigger rise in food prices. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  28-06-2018 22:02 via twitter.com
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• AG releases annual greatest hits of fraud and waste at city hall

  28-06-2018 21:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A city employee who profited from selling City of Ottawa-branded swag and another who ditched work early and fudged data reports made the auditor general’s list of featured cases in his latest fraud and waste report.
  There was a worker who was receiving long-term disability benefits that didn’t line up with the medical condition, a worker who hung out at home during a shift (with the city vehicle parked in the driveway), and a family member who didn’t tell the city about a pens
  
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• Man arrested for unpaid tickets hit with gun charges

  28-06-2018 21:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 29-year-old Napanee man is facing a string of gun charges after being arrested for having unpaid tickets.
  The man was arrested on Palace Road in Greater Napanee at 1:28 p.m. Wednesday because he was wanted on a provincial offences committal warrant for unpaid fines.
  Simultaneously, officers learned that a 911 call had been placed summoning police to a domestic disturbance at an address on Palace Road in Greater Napanee.
  The woman who was the victim had fled but awaited police in a safe spot.
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• Adopt Me: Maya has lots of personality. #ottnews #ottmews ottawamatters.com/adopt-me/adopt… https://t.co/0KTWYNelvn

  28-06-2018 20:56 via twitter.com
  
  Adopt Me: Maya has lots of personality. #ottnews #ottmewsottawamatters.com/adopt-me/adopt… https://t.co/0KTWYNelvn
  
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• What is open and closed on Canada Day

  28-06-2018 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you are in Ottawa on Canada Day, you will want to know what’s open and closed on the country’s 151st birthday.  This year is tricky because the big day falls on Sunday, which means Monday will be a Statutory holiday.
  • This paper will not publish a print edition Monday.
  • OC Transpo and Para Transpo are operating free-of-charge on July 1 until the end of the service day at 5 a.m. on Monday, July 2, with extra service on many routes to get people downtown for Ca
  
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• OPP finds body of missing soldier in Ottawa river. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/opp… https://t.co/U69gx1aFvv

  28-06-2018 19:42 via twitter.com
  
  OPP finds body of missing soldier in Ottawa river. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/opp… https://t.co/U69gx1aFvv
  
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• Canadians dodged paying Ottawa somewhere between $800 million and $3 billion worth of taxes on foreign personal inc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 19:25 via twitter.com
  Canadians dodged paying Ottawa somewhere between $800 million and $3 billion worth of taxes on foreign personal inc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Knife, pepper spray used on victim of home invasion

  28-06-2018 19:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  One suspect is facing charges and a second is sought in a violent home invasion in which police allege that two women used a knife and pepper spray on a victim after forcing their way into a west-end house.
  The woman was seriously hurt.
  It happened at about 3 p.m. Monday on Greenwood Avenue near the intersection of Churchill and Dovercourt avenues.
  The suspects fled before police arrived along with paramedics, who took the woman to the hospital with injuries that were considered serious, but not
  
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• Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he has "politely declined" Kelly Craft's Fourth of July party invitation. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/may…

  28-06-2018 19:09 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he has "politely declined" Kelly Craft's Fourth of July party invitation. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/may…
  
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• Holiday, heatwave a threat to dogs' lives, Humane Society warns

  28-06-2018 18:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The combination of scorching heat forecast for the busiest day of the Ottawa Humane Society’s year and a human quarrel could mean devastation and even death to dogs, the Ottawa Humane Society warns.
  “Runaway canines, extreme heat, dogs left in cars with no effective community response: the perfect storm,” Brune Roney argued in a post to the agency’s website Thursday.
  First, the society is always swamped on July 1 because “most dogs are terrified of firewor
  
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• One woman charged in Monday stabbing, police looking for second suspect. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/one… https://t.co/Mo9IgxNM1W

  28-06-2018 18:54 via twitter.com
  
  One woman charged in Monday stabbing, police looking for second suspect. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/one… https://t.co/Mo9IgxNM1W
  
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• 'Bluesnester' immortalized in art to benefit other birds

  28-06-2018 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa artist is auctioning off his sketch of the killdeer who famously slowed the Bluesfest beat to raise money for Safe Wings Ottawa.
  Andrew King dashed off the sketch Wednesday, captioning it “good luck ‘lil gal” and noting “the city is rooting for you!”
  But interest from fans soon had him hatch a plan to benefit the program of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club aimed at saving birds from dangers including window collisions through research, pr
  
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• Shaver: Canada's health benefits should be for everyone

  28-06-2018 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Many Quebecers will come to Ottawa for Canada Day celebrations. This summer, many also will vacation in other provinces. But if they need access to health care outside Quebec, they won’t be treated equitably.
  Why not? In 1984, the Canada Health Act was passed unanimously; all Quebec MPs voted for it. However, Quebec has refused to comply with Section 11b of the act, which holds that if a person has to receive health benefits in a different province from the one they live in, their home pro
  
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• Canada Day: What's open and closed in Ottawa. ottawamatters.com/local-news/can… https://t.co/a9wYZrMFNk

  28-06-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  
  Canada Day: What's open and closed in Ottawa.ottawamatters.com/local-news/can… https://t.co/a9wYZrMFNk
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, June 28th: 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: #KenHughes 1:45: @bdauzac 2:05: @Ian_Holliday… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, June 28th: 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: #KenHughes 1:45: @bdauzac 2:05: @Ian_Holliday… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Report highlights 'daycare deserts' in Canada. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  28-06-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
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• Local man pledges to pedal 3,000 kilometres for cancer research. @DoTheRide #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/loc… https://t.co/H5ZyL95bQp

  28-06-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
  
  Local man pledges to pedal 3,000 kilometres for cancer research. @DoTheRide #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/loc… https://t.co/H5ZyL95bQp
  
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• Loblaws gift cards worth $7,900 to food bank

  28-06-2018 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Those gift cards Loblaws offered to butter up customers after a price-fixing scam has turned into lots of bread for the Ottawa Food Bank.
  The agency has received 316 gift cards, with a total value of $7,900, the agency tweeted Thursday.
  “Thank you to everyone who donated their cards to the Ottawa Food Bank,” said the agency, which helps 114 member agencies and nearly 40,000 people a month.
  “We appreciate your generosity.”
  Loblaw Companies Ltd. offered customers a $25
  
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• Adam: Time to challenge Jim Watson's two-per-cent cap on tax increases

  28-06-2018 17:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The result of the October municipal election may be a foregone conclusion, with Mayor Jim Watson and those councillors who are seeking re-election expected to sail through comfortably. But that does not mean a lack of important issues to debate in the coming months.
  There are several to consider, but what should be a big ballot issue is whether the city’s two per cent cap on property taxes is not only good fiscal policy but good public policy.
  No question, property taxes are the heartbeat
  
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• NHL denies report suggesting that Sens owner is trying to sell team

  28-06-2018 17:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says Sens owner Eugene Melnyk is not trying to sell the team.
  Less than 24 hours after the Senators and their parent company Capital Holdings Inc. announced a $135 million financing of a “six-year senior term debt with a syndicate of financial institutions,” an online report claimed Melnyk recently turned down an offer to sell the franchise.
  The report, by David Pagnotta of Thefourthperiod.com, maintains Melnyk is still in negotiations to sell t
  
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• Local artist immortalizes Kildeer Bluesfest bird with sketch. It's being auctioned off to raise money for Safe Wing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
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• Gas prices on the way up for long weekend - ottawamatters.com/local-news/gas… #ottnews https://t.co/keVgPocsMR

  28-06-2018 16:32 via twitter.com
  
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• Passing the torch: Meet Jason Burggraaf, GOHBA's new executive director

  28-06-2018 16:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The torch at the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association has been passed to a new executive director who has the policy and government relations acumen to help members working in the building, land development, and professional renovation industry improve the way they do business.
  Jason Burggraaf, 39, is replacing long-time executive director John Herbert, who enjoyed 15 successful years overseeing GOHBA.
  Burggraaf worked at the Canadian Home Builders’ Association before landi
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat politics. 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 https://t.co/QNmGnvsRgX

  28-06-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat politics.📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 https://t.co/QNmGnvsRgX
  
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• Conley defence to argue unreasonable delay in cyclist death trial

  28-06-2018 16:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A judge will hear Charter rights arguments to dismiss charges against Steven Conley this week on grounds his dangerous driving case took too long to come to trial.
  His trial began Monday as Conley, 40, pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving and criminal negligence causing death in the Sept. 1, 2016 collision that killed 23-year-old cyclist Nusrat Jahan.
  The defence tandem of Dominic Lamb and Fady Mansour will argue its motion under Section 11b of the Charter, commonly known as a Jordan applicat
  
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• Updated: Police recover body of missing soldier from Ottawa River

  28-06-2018 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family of Garrison Petawa soldier whose body was pulled from the Ottawa River Wednesday are expressing gratitude to their community and asking for privacy as they mourn.
  Ontario Provincial Police recovered the body of the 20-year-old, who had been missing since June 22, near Grants Settlement Road in Whitewater Region Township.
  Hydro-Québec had adjusted dam controls to temporarily lower water levels to aid the search for the man, who failed to return to shore after a swim near rapids
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @David_Moscrop, @janicedickson and @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe to go over… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 15:58 via twitter.com
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• Damage in east-end commercial fire pegged at more than $1 million

  28-06-2018 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fire crews contended with dangers including arcing power transformers, live wires and a collapsing roof while battling a three-alarm blaze at a Star Top Road commercial complex Wednesday evening.
  Three businesses operating out of 1475 Star Top Road are affected. Damage is estimated at more than $1 million. No one was injured.
  Multiple 911 calls started coming at 7:37 p.m. reporting black smoke coming from the property near Cyrville Road. Crews could see it billowing in the distance even as they
  
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• Risk of showers and sticky 26 C before 'heat event' is here

  28-06-2018 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thursday is the last, soggy gasp before the heat wave is here for the long weekend.
  After Wednesday night’s drizzle, there’s a 60 per cent chance of more showers and a high of 26 C that will feel like 33 C. The UV index is 4 or moderate. Throw open your windows as skies clear and the mercury dips to 17 C overnight.
  Friday’s forecast is for mainly sunny skies with a high of 31 C and Humidex of 35 C and a UV index of 9 or very high. Overnight, expect cloudy skies and a low of 18
  
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• Sale of Rockcliffe Boathouse stuck on shoals of legal dispute with NCC, province

  28-06-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A longtime owner of the historic Rockcliffe Boathouse says she feels as though she’s locked in a “David and Goliath” legal battle that’s forced her to postpone her retirement and clean houses to make ends meet.
  Shirley Kent is still fighting for official title to the parking lot that serves the floating restaurant four years after she sold the property.
  Kent said she needs the title to complete the sale of the Ottawa River restaurant, which was to fund her retirement
  
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• OPP locates body of missing Petawawa swimmer. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  28-06-2018 11:59 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa fire crews battle a 3-alarm blaze on Star Top Road. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  28-06-2018 11:12 via twitter.com
  Ottawa fire crews battle a 3-alarm blaze on Star Top Road. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Oh the times the birds flipped us

  28-06-2018 04:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Through the ages, let’s face it, birds have a lot to answer for. We recall their flights of fancy, mostly winging it:In 2013, work on a $24-million bridge over the Jockvale Road was halted, then reconfigured, after evidence was found for nesting barn swallows, an endangered species. Though two nests were located in a section of the bridge to be demolished and replaced, a couple of Citizen writers and a bird expert couldn’t see a single swallow in flight. However, the Ministry of Natu
  
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• Parody accounts: Fake news or nah? ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  28-06-2018 03:26 via twitter.com
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• Courts say Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine owe former partner $25.2M in royalties from Beats. ottawamatters.com/world-news/jur…

  28-06-2018 03:02 via twitter.com
  Courts say Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine owe former partner $25.2M in royalties from Beats.ottawamatters.com/world-news/jur…
  
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• Not-so-fabulous Fourth: Trade war prompts Watson to decline U.S. ambassador's party invitation

  28-06-2018 02:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  With previous themes like Summer Picnic in the American Tradition, Road Trip USA, and Motor City Rising, the U.S. ambassador’s annual Fourth of July garden party encourages Canadian VIPs to celebrate all things red, white and blue.
  This year, though, Mayor Jim Watson’s not really in the mood.
  Given the recent tension between Canucks and their neighbours to the south, it’s not entirely surprising that at least one big Ottawa name has declined his invitation to the 2018 Independe
  
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• Past pot convictions won't automatically bar people from working in the legal cannabis market. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  28-06-2018 02:43 via twitter.com
  Past pot convictions won't automatically bar people from working in the legal cannabis market.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Police recover body of missing swimmer from Ottawa River

  28-06-2018 02:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police say they have recovered the body of a missing 20-year-old Petawawa man from the Ottawa River near Grants Settlement Road in Whitewater Region Township.
  Hydro-Québec had adjusted dam controls to temporarily lower water levels Wednesday to aid the search for the man, who failed to return to shore after a swim near rapids on June 22, according to provincial police.
  The man, identified as Samuel Patrick Eli Christiansen, was swimming with another man from Petawawa wh
  
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• Senate lawyers call Duffy suit 'overreach.' ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  28-06-2018 02:13 via twitter.com
  Senate lawyers call Duffy suit 'overreach.' ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Police raid mall north of Toronto, seize thousands of suspected counterfeit goods. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  28-06-2018 02:12 via twitter.com
  Police raid mall north of Toronto, seize thousands of suspected counterfeit goods.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• That's a hard nyet. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  28-06-2018 01:55 via twitter.com
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• Roster chaos could mean opportunity for @senators prospects. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  28-06-2018 01:25 via twitter.com
  Roster chaos could mean opportunity for @senators prospects.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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