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• Ottawa's house prices jump, as supply remains tight

  05-07-2018 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Perhaps it was just a matter of time, but some of the steam has gone out of the housing market in Ottawa’s western districts — from Tunney’s Pasture to Britannia.
  While homeowners in these areas still registered year-over-year gains of five per cent to seven per cent for single-family properties sold in June, these were among the smallest increases in the city, according to data published Thursday by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.
  This marks a sharp change from the pattern of th
  
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• No deaths attributed to Ottawa's weeklong heat wave: Coroner

  05-07-2018 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  While Montreal’s death toll from the blistering weeklong heat wave that has gripped Quebec and Eastern Ontario reached 18 on Thursday, health officials in Ottawa say the city hasn’t had a single heat-related death.
  Ottawa paramedics responded to 15 heat-related calls on Wednesday, 11 on Tuesday and 20 on the holiday Monday, but they haven’t had an unusual number of death or “vital signs absent” calls since the heat arrived last weekend, said Ottawa Paramedic Service
  
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• Phoenix Pay backlog down four per cent in June

  05-07-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s tenuous, but it’s definitely a trend: the government’s massive backlog of pay transactions is coming down.
  Public Services and Procurement Canada, the federal department in charge of the $1-billion, decade-long Phoenix Pay project, reported Thursday that it had processed 13,000 more pay transactions than entered the system between May 30 and June 27, the latest pay period.
  This marks the fifth straight federal government pay period with a net decline in transactions awaiti
  
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• Information watchdog says public interest trumps business interests in releasing LRT inspection reports

  05-07-2018 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  An adjudicator for the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has ruled there’s public interest in releasing several LRT inspection reports that the Rideau Transit Group wanted to remain sealed.
  Ken Rubin, an Ottawa access-to-information specialist, has been fighting the city and RTG to get “non-conformance reports” on the Confederation Line. Those documents, which are common in all kinds of construction projects, detail work that’s not up to standard and needs t
  
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• Ottawa woman, 60, ID'd as victim in fatal crash Saturday

  05-07-2018 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police have identified a 60-year-old Ottawa woman as the person killed Saturday when a southbound vehicle went out of control and crashed on Highway 416.
  Beatrice Mubagwa Cinama was pronounced dead at the scene in Edwardsburgh Township north of Spencerville, Grenville County OPP said Thursday.
  Her name had been withheld while police reached her family.
  One other person was airlifted to the hospital and six others taken by ambulance after the 6:53 a.m. crash. Paramedics from Ottawa, St
  
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• Man who lost mind after 18 months in solitary at Innes Road jail settles with province

  05-07-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mutuir Rehman, the young killer who lost his mind on Innes Road after a staggering 18 months in solitary confinement, has won an out-of-court settlement from the province for  failing him.
  Prison staff fed him through a hatch, and beyond the odd 20-minute visit from a relative, Rehman, just 22 at the time, spent his days absent human interaction.
  Rehman was at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder for the 2013 stabbing death of André
  
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• STORY: Senators assistant GM seeks dismissal of harassment charges ottawamatters.com/local-news/sen… https://t.co/6zKeqeGeEW

  05-07-2018 21:31 via twitter.com
  
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• AP reporting Senators Assistant GM Randy Lee will plead not guilty to harassment charges and file for dismissal at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
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• OPP report long weekend fatalities, lay speeding charges

  05-07-2018 21:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a deadly long weekend on Ontario roads this past Canada Day, with the Ontario Provincial Police reporting seven deaths and several drivers charged with speeding and stunt driving.
  The OPP reported that five drivers, one passenger, and one pedestrian are among the victims who died on OPP-patrolled roads. All victims were killed in separate collisions.
  Dangerous incidents also occurred off the road, with three drowning victims and two people who died in marine incidents in OPP jurisdictions
  
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• Crash leads police to nearly 15,000 kg of illicit tobacco

  05-07-2018 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A single-vehicle crash on Highway 401 sparked an investigation that led to the seizure of 14,662 kg of fine-cut tobacco in two rented cube vans and the arrest of three people who appear in court next month.
  The OPP was called to the crash in Morrisburg on May 24 and alerted the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF), which also includes the RCMP, Canada Border Service Agency and province’s Ministry of Finance.
  Jasraj Sandhu, 31, Sartaj Singh, 29, and Sukhraj Amrit Sandhu, 35, all of Brampton,
  
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• Ottawa 39th on list of world's wildest party cities. Really.

  05-07-2018 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital ranks in the Top 50 of the world’s wildest cities according to a relocation site ranking which crunched the numbers on nightlife, booze and drugs for 112 world cities.
  MoveHub claims that Ottawa (No. 39) is behind Vancouver (27) but ahead of Montreal (42) and Toronto (45).
  The less-than-scientific ranking tallied what it calls the “not-so-holy-trinity.” Rankers used Yelp and TripAdvisor to work out the number of nightlife venues per 100,000 people. They took cannabi
  
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• Ticks, Lyme disease and pets: Prevention, removal and symptoms

  05-07-2018 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just like you, your pet can make a tempting target for a hungry tick — potentially one of the black-legged variety, which can carry and transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease when it bites.
  Armed with advice from its chief veterinarian, the Ottawa Humane Society reminded pet owners that Lyme disease can cause potentially life-threatening illness in dogs.
  About one in 10 canines infected with Lyme will demonstrate “this kind of shifting, limping, lameness that usually will res
  
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• Ticks and Lyme disease: What is it and how can I protect myself?

  05-07-2018 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the warm weather lures Ottawans into the great outdoors, protecting against Lyme disease and the tiny creatures that carry it might not be top of mind. But in 2017, there were 186 confirmed or probable cases of the disease in Ottawa, nearly double what was reported by Ottawa Public Health the year before.
  Because awareness is key to preventing what can develop into serious illness, here’s what you need to know about ticks and Lyme disease before you head into the wild — or yo
  
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• Boil-water order for part of Gatineau, just in case

  05-07-2018 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau has issued a notice that some residents of the Limbour neighbour should boil their drinking water for one minute, just in case it becomes contaminated during replacement of a watermain serving the area.
  The construction is part of the larger project to repave a section of Highway 307.
  The affected area is bounded by Saint-Louis, Pointe-Pêlée and de la Tire streets and Érables Road.
  The notice takes affect at 10 p.m. Thursday. The city hasn’t yet fixed a time wh
  
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• Ottawa woman, 60, IDed as victim in fatal crash Saturday

  05-07-2018 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police have identified a 60-year-old Ottawa woman as the person killed Saturday when a southbound vehicle went out of control and crashed on Highway 416 early saturday.
  Beatrice Mubagwa Cinama was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Edwardsburgh Township north of Spencerville, Grenville County OPP said Thursday.
  Her name was withheld while police reached her family.
  One other person was helicoptered to the hospital and six others taken by ambulance after the 6:53 a.m. crash.
  
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• Adam: Château Laurier delay isn't Ottawa Council's finest hour

  05-07-2018 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wherever you stand on the proposed extension of Château Laurier hotel, there’s no sugar-coating what Ottawa councillors did recently. Faced with a tough decision, they chickened out.
  We elect councillors to weigh issues that come before them, have a vigorous debate, then make decisions on our behalf. In the end, we may not all agree with this or that decision, but we will appreciate the effort that went into it and accept that we cannot always win the argument. Win some, lose some. T
  
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• Spratt: On gun violence, Jim Watson and John Tory shoot from the lip

  05-07-2018 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  If a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, it seems that the mayors of Ontario’s largest cities have been very, very consistent — at least when it comes to gun crime.
  The problems in Toronto and Ottawa are similar: an increase in shootings. And like moths to a flame, John Tory and Jim Watson took to their bully pulpits recently to spitball solutions. Unfortunately, those solutions relied on the same tired trope that has failed our communities again and again: It’
  
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• Greystone Village awarded LEED® Neighborhood Development certification

  05-07-2018 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Regional Group’s Greystone Village has been awarded LEED® ND v4 SILVER, the first project in Ontario to be achieve this designation. LEED® ND v4 SILVER has been achieved to date by only eight projects in North America, three of them in Canada.
  LEED designation
  The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council is the leading program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, ma
  
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• Scam calls targeting Mandarin speakers arrives in Ottawa, police warn

  05-07-2018 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Automated calls that appear to come from the Chinese embassy but are really from fraudsters targeting the Chinese community have arrived in the capital, police warn.
  The scams include making the victim believe they’ve been implicated in a crime and have to go into hiding, then telling their loved ones they’ve been kidnapped for ransom.
  “This crime has previously been reported in British Columbia in late 2017 and early 2018 but it is fairly new to Ottawa,” said Acting Staf
  
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• Driver, 69, in critical condition after Cornwall-area Hwy. 401 crash

  05-07-2018 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 69-year-old man was in critical condition after his westbound truck crossed onto the eastbound Highway 401 and hit an oncoming van in South Glengarry Township Wednesday afternoon.
  The 49-year-old man driving the eastbound van suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
  The crash at distance marker just after 1 p.m. Wednesday is still under investigation, reported Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP.
  South Glengarry Township is about 110 kilometres from Ottawa.
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• Reevely: Rebel populist Randy Hillier makes a run for Speaker of the Ontario legislature

  05-07-2018 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Former rural revolutionary Randy Hillier, who made his name leading tractor protests and organizing illegal deer culls as a founder of the populist landowners’ movement, wants to be the Speaker of Ontario’s legislature.
  He’d had senior critic assignments in the Progressive Conservative shadow cabinet, including justice. But after 11 years as an Opposition legislator at Queen’s Park, he asked Premier Doug Ford to leave him out of cabinet consideration when his party finall
  
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• .@ottawahealth has issued a no-swim advisory for Britannia Beach today. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  05-07-2018 18:10 via twitter.com
  .@ottawahealth has issued a no-swim advisory for Britannia Beach today. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 5th w/ @cmaconthehill: 1:08: @OttawaACORN 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @daveko12… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 5th w/ @cmaconthehill: 1:08: @OttawaACORN 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @daveko12… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @peter_tilley & @SamLapradeCFRE joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @peter_tilley & @SamLapradeCFRE joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @roughchopottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe with his story of almost being hit by lightening this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @roughchopottawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe with his story of almost being hit by lightening this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Britannia closed for swimmers due to high E. coli counts, Westboro, Petrie Island River reopen

  05-07-2018 17:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Heat-suffering Ottawans have been advised not to head to popular Britannia Beach Thursday.
  Ottawa public health advises the beach registered elevated levels of E. coli bacteria in the latest readings and will be closed for swimming for the time being.
  Residents are encouraged to stay out of the water.
  The good news is that two beaches closed Wednesday — Westboro and Petrie Island River beaches — have reopened for business.
  Mooney’s Bay and Petrie Island East Bay
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @Momin680NEWS joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest on the Bruce McArthur investigation: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
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• Woman injured in car-bicycle collision on Aviation Parkway

  05-07-2018 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman suffered arm and leg injuries Thursday when her bicycle collided with a car on the Aviation Parkway at 6:46 a.m. Thursday.
  The collision occurred near the intersection of Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway.
  Ottawa paramedics said the victim was taken to hospital, although her injuries did not require the services of the Ottawa Hospital trauma centre.
  The RCMP are investigating the collision.
   
  
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• Coming up at 11: @OPA_President joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Doug Ford putting a hold on new police oversight… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @OPA_President joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss Doug Ford putting a hold on new police oversight… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe on a proposed 65-storey tower for Ottawa: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe on a proposed 65-storey tower for Ottawa:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hungry in H-town: Houston woos visitors with a red-hot restaurant scene

  05-07-2018 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  You’d think that TV super-chef and international restaurateur David Chang would have some good suggestions regarding cities that a foodie should visit.
  Chang, the man behind the renowned Momofuku empire of restaurants, has haute-cuisine outposts and more wallet-friendly eateries in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Toronto and Sydney, Australia. On his trending Netflix show Ugly Delicious, he’s a globetrotter in search of great eats.
  What’s one of Chang’s hott
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Amsted's remodel wins prestigious award with 'that extra little something'

  05-07-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Local renovation company Amsted Design-Build is no stranger to taking home first place.
  They have been nominated over a dozen times for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association national awards for housing excellence and took home their twelfth win this March for a full home makeover in Barrhaven.
  “It is so great to be recognized for both our hard work and creativity,” says Steve Barkhouse, owner of Amsted. “I’m very excited for the team that worked so hard on this pr
  
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• Man slicked with 'blood, sweat and washer fluid' in meth-fueled incident

  05-07-2018 15:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A civic-minded man police believe was high on crystal meth helpfully told a gas bar clerk to call 911 before a violent outburst in Kingston early Tuesday morning.
  Then, “covered in blood, sweat and washer fluid,” the 25-year-old immediately put his hands behind his back when police arrive.
  The incident happened at about 3 a.m. Tuesday at a gas station store on Bath Road. The man started kicking and banging on the door of the store then flinging jugs of windshield washer fluid.
  As pol
  
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• Car-bicycle collision on Aviation Parkway

  05-07-2018 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  An investigation is underway after a cyclist and a car collided on the Aviation Parkway at 6:46 a.m. Thursday.
  The collision occurred near the intersection of Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway.
  Ottawa Paramedic Service officials were not available to comment on the condition of the cyclist.
  The RCMP have taken over the investigation of the collision on the federal roadway.
   
  
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• The sweltering continues, but a cold front is finally heading this way

  05-07-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The end is near, for the heat wave, that is.
  Thursday’s high is forecast to be a sultry 35 C but watch for the mercury to top out at just 22 C Friday.
  “A cool down is expected by Friday with the passage of a cold front,” Environment Canada says in its heat warning.
  Up first, Thursday features sunny skies turning into a mix of sun and cloud by late afternoon with a 30 per cent chance of showers and, for Bluesfest fans, the risk of a thunderstorm. No doubt oven-hot southwest wind
  
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• Fire services tow stranded fishing boat to safety

  05-07-2018 13:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services came to the rescue of some Shirley’s Bay boaters late Wednesday after an evening fishing trip apparently went awry.
  Emergency services were at about 11 p.m. by a man and his passenger who had apparently been stranded for several hours.
  A fire services craft was launched to tow the boat in.
  There were no injuries.
   
  
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• Is Ottawa hot enough to cook an egg on a car?

  05-07-2018 13:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  A hot summer day is a fine time to test out an old urban legend: That you can cook food on hot pavement.
  Well, it turns out pavement doesn’t get all that hot. But cars? All that sheet metal gets much hotter, so this seemed like a possibility.
  We trundled out a couple of parking-lot science trials, with our resident science guy, Tom Spears.
  First, an easy one: How long does it take an ice cream cone to melt when it’s 34 C?
  Equipment: A 75-cent cone from IKEA — same price with or
  
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• Today's letters: Lessons about Canada Day

  05-07-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Indigenous message was exactly right
  Re: The land was here before they called it ‘Canada,’ June 30.
  Jay Odjick’s article was excellent. It’s always been a mystery to me that someone landed on a shore, perhaps met by different-looking and speaking individuals and, because they couldn’t be understood, proclaimed them inferior so the land could be claimed for a king or queen across the ocean. What arrogance!
  It’s taken centuries of segregation and abuse, so let&r
  
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• Russian scientist who fears for her life won't get judicial review of refugee claim

  05-07-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Federal Court has declined a Russian scientist’s request for a leave for judicial review of her rejected refugee claim
  Elena Musikhina says her life is in grave danger if she returns to Russia. She was a professor at Irkutsk State Techncial University in Siberia and says she has sensitive information about chemical and biological weapons factories around Lake Baikal.
  Musikhina says 23 other people who had information about the environmental risks have died under suspicious circumstance
  
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• A 19yr-old is facing charges. Two other males were released without charges. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-07-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  A 19yr-old is facing charges. Two other males were released without charges. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• In a release, shelter officials say there are "no words to describe the loss." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-07-2018 11:25 via twitter.com
  In a release, shelter officials say there are "no words to describe the loss." twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• At least 17 deaths in Quebec attributed to heat: bit.ly/2KzMSSn https://t.co/pQyfDXCwyn

  05-07-2018 11:03 via twitter.com
  
  At least 17 deaths in Quebec attributed to heat: bit.ly/2KzMSSn https://t.co/pQyfDXCwyn
  
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• Class-action suit launched against doctor charged with sexual assault and the University of Ottawa

  05-07-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former University of Ottawa student’s story of how she was treated in an examination room by Dr. Vincent Nadon is at the heart of a civil lawsuit filed against the suspended Chelsea doctor and the university.
  A Toronto law firm has launched a class-action suit against Nadon and the University of Ottawa on behalf of the student and any other patients who allege they were abused by Nadon while he worked at the University of Ottawa Health Services clinic over the past 20 years.
  Nadon is fac
  
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• London man charged with possession, trafficking after police respond to cannabis smoking complaint

  05-07-2018 01:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 19-year-old London, Ont., man was facing drug charges Wednesday after Ottawa police, pursuing a complaint about cannabis smoking near the Greyhound bus station, said they discovered he was carrying marijuana, cocaine and a large sum of money.
  According to police, members of the Direct Action Response Team were conducting proactive patrols when they received a complaint about three men smoking marijuana on a private property in the 500 block of Lyon Street.
  Officers caught up to the men at the
  
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• Rowdy teens won't prevent Barrhaven from staging annual Canada Day party, organizer vows

  05-07-2018 01:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  There may be a fence around the park and security guards checking backpacks at the entrance next year, but Barrhaven’s Canada Day celebration will continue, vows volunteer organizer Darrell Bartraw.
  The community can’t allow a bunch of teenage hooligans who threw firecrackers into the crowd this year to scare people away, says the president of Canada Day Barrhaven Inc.
  “They are not going to beat me.”
  Organizers will meet next week to discuss what security measures will b
  
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• Egan: 'I could have died,' mom says after bullet grazes her head

  05-07-2018 00:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Oni Joseph dodged a bullet Tuesday evening, and not in the poetic sense.
  Better known as Oni The Haitian Sensation, the “slam poetry” champ was in her bedroom in the south end of Ottawa when a .45-calibre bullet flew by her head — so close, she said it left a powdered, “iridescent” residue on her forehead and grazed her son’s lower leg.
  The bullet then deflected off a door frame, dented a piece of drywall and came to rest at the top of the carpeted stairs, bel
  
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• Cooling off at Lansdowne Park

  05-07-2018 00:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wednesday was hot and Thursday will be hotter but hang in there for some sweet relief before a beautiful — and finally seasonal — July weekend.
  Environment Canada’s heat warning is still in effect but promises that “a cool down is expected by Friday with the passage of a cold front.”
  In the meantime, the agency reiterated that pets and people should never be left in parked vehicles and that young children, pregnant women, seniors, the sick, athletes and outdoor
  
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• 5 things we love about Bryan Adams

  05-07-2018 00:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Superstar rocker Bryan Adams brings his band back to Ottawa tonight to kick off the 2018 edition of RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. He plays the main stage at 9 p.m. Here are five reasons we love Adams.
  Can-rock hero
  With more than 75 million albums sold, Adams is the best-selling male singer-songwriter that Canada has ever produced. Although he’s also pursued photography, philanthropy and activism, the 58-year-old vegan guitarist always returns to music. His most recent album is a 2017 greatest-hit
  
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