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• Montreal suburb passes summer-long ban on leaf blowers after heated debate ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/AQ5NQG8Dpw

  10-07-2018 23:48 via twitter.com
  
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• 'I might even apply for a job': Neighbours welcome Amazon's arrival on the block

  10-07-2018 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Along a rural two-lane road on the eastern edge of Ottawa, residents are preparing, with anticipation and some trepidation, to welcome a new neighbour to their quaint stretch of country – a one million-square foot distribution centre for e-commerce giant Amazon.
  “I think it’s a good thing. It’s about time something happens to us here in Ottawa besides just … government,” said Ross Sabourin, a retiree who’s lived in Carlsbad Springs for 25 years.
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• Bagnall: What Amazon's expansion really means for the capital region

  10-07-2018 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Given the sheer scale and continuing growth of Amazon, it was only a matter of time before the electronic commerce Leviathan made a serious move into the national capital region.
  This is a $177.9-billion global juggernaut (2017 revenues) that last year spent $25 billion operating its fulfillment and data centres and another $22.6 billion on technology and content. (All figures U.S.) The amounts earmarked for each of these key items were up in excess of 40 per cent year over year.
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• 'What we expected:' Trucker in Humboldt Broncos crash released on $1,000 bail ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/r2js6SCkZN

  10-07-2018 23:28 via twitter.com
  
  'What we expected:' Trucker in Humboldt Broncos crash released on $1,000 bailottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/r2js6SCkZN
  
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• Driver surrenders, charged after cyclist hit and run on Bronson Ave.

  10-07-2018 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A motorist fled after striking a cyclist on Bronson Avenue late Monday night, but turned himself in at the police station hours later.
  The cyclist was struck on southbound Bronson Avenue at Colonel By Drive at 11:13 p.m.
  Paramedics said that the cyclist, a 24-year-old man, suffered a head injury and a fractured femur and was in serious but stable condition on arrival at the trauma centre.
  Nevertheless, police said the man was conscious and able to help police with a statement while at the hospit
  
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• Canada has less than half the number of cops needed to spot high drivers: chiefs. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/ztuG44Hjd2

  10-07-2018 23:03 via twitter.com
  
  Canada has less than half the number of cops needed to spot high drivers: chiefs. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/ztuG44Hjd2
  
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• Some councillors not happy city turned down revenue in deal for massive Amazon 'fulfillment centre'

  10-07-2018 23:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Amazon’s planned distribution centre in Carlsbad Springs would see the building’s landlord get a break from paying interest on stalled development charges, prompting some councillors to slam the city for turning down revenue.
  The shopping and technology behemoth made its plans for an east-Ottawa “fulfillment centre” official on Tuesday, with the massive warehouse to be built at 5371 Boundary Rd. next to Highway 417. The planning application filed at city hall calls f
  
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• Planning committee approves application for Ottawa's tallest high-rise - Globalnews.ca

  10-07-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
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  Planning committee approves application for Ottawa's tallest high-rise
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  The city's planning committee voted 7-2 in favour of a proposal to build what would be Ottawa's tallest high-rise, despite fervent pushback from residents and three downtown councillors about the height and overall design of the 65-storey skyscraper ...
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• Planning committee approves application for Ottawa's tallest high ... - Globalnews.ca

  10-07-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
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  The city's planning committee voted 7-2 in favour of a proposal to build what would be Ottawa's tallest high-rise, despite fervent pushback from residents and ...
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• Reevely: Summer lawmaking will 'send a clear and serious message', Ontario Tories promise

  10-07-2018 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  In a quick summer session, the Ontario legislature will bury the cap-and-trade system for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, order an end to a long strike at York University, and kill a small wind farm in Prince Edward Country, the Progressive Conservatives’ shepherd for Queen’s Park business said Tuesday.
  Todd Smith, the government house leader, said getting through the business will probably take a couple of weeks, after MPPs choose a speaker Wednesday and hear a speech from the th
  
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• #FRA will go on to face #ENG or #CRO in the #WorldCup Final after beating #BEL 1-0 this afternoon.

  10-07-2018 21:57 via twitter.com
  #FRA will go on to face #ENG or #CRO in the #WorldCup Final after beating #BEL 1-0 this afternoon.
  
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• No drought yet, but be vigilant during dry spell, city and fire officials warn

  10-07-2018 20:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one’s saying we’re having a drought in the Ottawa region, but below average rainfall and scorching temperatures have created the perfect storm for grassfires, and the city is asking residents to be on high alert.
  The National Capital Commission announced Tuesday that open fires are now banned in Gatineau Park, including the campgrounds, picnic fields and beaches, until further notice. The restriction includes charcoal BBQs, but not gas BBQs, the federal agency said.
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• City Hall, including parking garage, closed this weekend

  10-07-2018 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa City Hall and its parking garage will be closed all weekend for electrical maintenance.
  From Friday at 11 p.m. until Monday at 6 a.m., the public will not be allowed access to the building and will not be allowed in or out of the parking garage or the secure bicycle parking facility.
  Users of these facilities are asked to remove their bicycles and vehicles by 11 p.m. Friday.
  During the closure, residents can park at nearby city parking lots, located in the ByWard Market and the Glebe.
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• Pembroke man faces drug, weapons charges following OPP raid

  10-07-2018 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A slew of weapons and drugs charges have been laid against a Pembroke man after the OPP executed a search warrant at his home.
  Several OPP area crime units, along with tactical unit members, executed a raid at a Pembroke home on Friday, seizing drugs and a large quantity of recovered stolen property was seized.
  Kyle Peplinskie, 31 of Pembroke, is charged with 15 counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of possessing prohibited weapons and ammunition, two counts o
  
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• Ottawa man acquitted in vicious beating case of drug-dealing paraplegic

  10-07-2018 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sometimes a police case can have all the markings of a solid investigation only for it to fall apart in court.
  In the case against Tyler Brazeau — tried for a vicious July 1, 2015 home invasion of a paraplegic who was beaten within inches of life — Ottawa police had plenty of evidence, circumstantial and real, right down to his prints in an apartment he said he’d never been inside.
  Brazeau even admitted that he lied to police twice, saying he didn’t know the victim. The j
  
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• Drunk driver busted en route to truck-driving job, MRC des Collines police say

  10-07-2018 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  A repeat drunk driver pulled over in La Pêche Tuesday morning was heading to his job driving a construction truck while registering triple the legal limit for blood alcohol.
  No wonder police in MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais thanked the motorist who called 911 after spotting an erratic driver in front of him on southbound Highway 105 at 7:30 a.m.
  “Note that the man was dressed in his work uniform,” police said. “He was on his way to a construction site wh
  
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• Carelessly discarded cigarette blamed in dramatic Lowertown fire

  10-07-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa fire investigators have determined that a dramatic three-alarm fire in Lowertown Monday night was was caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette.
  “Evidence found indicates that the fire can be attributed to the improper disposal of smoking materials in a planter,” Ottawa Fire Services said in a release
  Firefighters were called to the mixed commercial-residential building at 304 Cumberland St., between Murray and Clarence streets, shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday.
  The fire was l
  
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• Tsai: The Mike Duffy lawsuit provides a chance to make the Senate more accountable

  10-07-2018 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justice Sally Gomery has a pivotal opportunity to reform and make the Senate an accountable institution to Canadians. Appointed in July 2017, Justice Gomery is a former insurance and medical malpractice litigator and the daughter of retired Justice John Gomery, who led the commission into the Liberal expenses scandal that shone a spotlight on political payoffs and contributed to the federal Liberal Party’s defeat in 2006.
  Sally Gomery now has a chance to make her own significant mark on a
  
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• Planning committee decides Ottawa is a 65-storey city

  10-07-2018 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa is a 65-storey city, no matter what a community plan says.
  That’s the view of the majority of planning committee members who voted Tuesday to recommend allowing a giant three-tower complex at 900 Albert St., near the Bayview O-Train station.
  Councillors Jan Harder, Tim Tierney, Stephen Blais, Rick Chiarelli, Jean Cloutier, Allan Hubley and Shad Qadri voted in favour of planning amendments that would allow the development, while Jeff Leiper and Tobi Nussbaum opposed. Council will cas
  
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• Editorial: Where have all the public school trustees gone?

  10-07-2018 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s school board elections have long been known for voter indifference. Now, a potential candidate shortage takes local apathy to a whole new level.
  As it stands, the public school board will have contested races in only four of its 12 zones. In Zone 1, which covers Stittsville and the rural western parts of the city, no one has offered to run. The English Catholic board isn’t doing any better, with races in only three of its 10 zones. The deadline to register is July 27.
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• Ottawa's Maya Farrell lost both her mother and grandfather earlier this year, while training to swim across the wid… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 19:07 via twitter.com
  Ottawa's Maya Farrell lost both her mother and grandfather earlier this year, while training to swim across the wid… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Indigenous leaders concerned after Ontario's new Tory government suddenly cancelled curriculum writing sessions. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  10-07-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
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• Dramatic Lowertown fire deemed accidental, four displaced

  10-07-2018 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa fire investigators have determined that a dramatic three-alarm fire in Lowertown Monday night was accidental in origin.
  Firefighters were called to the mixed commercial-residential building at 304 Cumberland St., between Murray and Clarence streets, shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday.
  The fire was located on a wooden patio deck on the roof of a three-storey building, according to Ottawa Fire Services.
  Four people have been displaced by the fire, OFS said. Damages were estimated at about $150
  
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• Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry sets up base camp to battle raging Ontario wildfires

  10-07-2018 18:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is setting up a base camp at the River Valley outdoor rink in West Nipissing.
  Fire crews will be stationed there to help gain control of two area forest fires, according to West Nipissing Emergency Services.
  In addition to a forest fire in Temagami being as close as 35 kilometres away, Fire Chief Richard Maranda said there is a fire 15 to 20 kilometres north of River Valley.
  “If the winds don’t switch, these fires should keep away from R
  
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• CF-18 flypast on tap for Thursday's Redblacks game

  10-07-2018 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Once again, we are alerting our friends in the Glebe not to fear the worst if they hear an unusual roar from the skies Thursday night.
  It’s Canadian Armed Forces appreciation night for the Ottawa Redblacks football club and a RCAF CF-18 is scheduled for a flypast (weather permitting) at about 7:30 p.m.
  The CF-18 is scheduled to fly from east to west over the field at TD Place stadium just prior to kickoff against the Calgary Stampeders.
   
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, July 10th w/ @cmaconthehill: 1:08: @AlyssaMeetsWrld 1:17: @StephenBlais 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, July 10th w/ @cmaconthehill: 1:08: @AlyssaMeetsWrld 1:17: @StephenBlais 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Two charged in carjacking, crash that left passenger injured

  10-07-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two men were to appear in court Tuesday to face charges in a carjacking that ended with the vehicle crashing in Kanata South and catching fire before the suspects fled on foot.
  A 26-year-old woman, who was a passenger when the car was taken in the west end at 8:52 a.m. Monday, was badly hurt.
  The fire department first alerted commuters to avoid Old Richmond Road and Hope Side Road at about 9 a.m. because of a vehicle fire, noting that no one was trapped. Passersby noted a large police presence i
  
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• UPDATE: 14-year-old Emma Jodoin has been found. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  10-07-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: 14-year-old Emma Jodoin has been found. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Conflicting reports indicate Stars and Lightning still jousting to land Karlsson

  10-07-2018 17:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Erik Karlsson is still an Ottawa Senator.
  He was yesterday, he is today.
  Tomorrow?
  Like the star defenseman, we’ll have to wait and see.
  Two new reports indicate that both the Dallas Stars and the Tampa Bay Lightning are still vying to get their hands on Karlsson.
  Many had assumed that the Tampa Bay Lightning were the frontrunners – some still do – but Larry Brooks of the New York Post is reporting that the Stars aren’t done yet.
  In fact, Brooks believes Dallas is now the
  
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• Crews set up base camp in West Nipissing to battle fires

  10-07-2018 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is setting up a base camp at the River Valley outdoor rink in West Nipissing.
  Fire crews will be stationed there to help gain control of two area forest fires, according to West Nipissing Emergency Services.
  In addition to a forest fire in Temagami being as close as 35 kilometres away, Fire Chief Richard Maranda said there is a fire 15 to 20 kilometres north of River Valley.
  “If the winds don’t switch, these fires should keep away from R
  
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• Watch: Ottawa MC a killah onstage with Ghostface at Bluesfest

  10-07-2018 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Warning: Salty language ahead.
  When local MC Newsince was pulled on stage to join Ghostface Killah, one of the original members of the ’90s rap crew the Wu-Tang Clan, at Bluesfest Saturday, he was under just a bit of pressure.
  Ghostface told the packed bowl to boo him off stage if he screwed up the lyrics made famous by the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard on Wu’s classic Protect Ya Neck.
  Instead, an “awestruck” Ghostface declared, “that s- was beautiful.”
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• Coming up at 11:30: @JimWatsonOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @JimWatsonOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: Trump's Supreme Court pick may be his last big conservative act

  10-07-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  PORTLAND, Maine – Power – who yields it, who wants it – is the oxygen of politics everywhere. In Washington, power now rests firmly in the hands of the Republicans, who control the presidency, Congress and now, finally, the U.S. Supreme Court.
  When historians write the history of Donald Trump’s presidency, July 9, 2018 may well be its zenith. It’s the day that the president nominated (with the Senate expected to confirm) a fifth conservative justice to the court, ma
  
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• 'Get out of here': Catastrophic blaze claims one life near Pembroke

  10-07-2018 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  LAURENTIAN VALLEY – Good Samaritans broke down a door to rescue an elderly couple from a catastrophic fire that destroyed two homes and claimed one life Friday night.
  Fire officials confirmed Monday that one person was killed in the conflagration which razed a garage and a residential dwelling and severely scorched a second house. The name of the victim has not been released, however, eyewitnesses say a woman died in the blaze which broke out on Round Lake Road west of Pembroke.
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613-750-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @ShannonGormley joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Thai cave rescue: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @ShannonGormley joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Thai cave rescue: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• House Works: Kill mould stains with oxygen

  10-07-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sooner or later every deck, shed, fence and outdoor wood surface gets mouldy or weathered in time. Even non-wood surfaces such as composite decks, plastic lumber and vinyl siding start to grow things as the forces of nature have their way.
  Entire lawsuits have even been launched over the growth of mould and fungus on outdoor building materials. For years, chlorine bleach as been the go-to option for removing stains like these, but in some ways this is a case of the medicine being worse than the
  
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• Canadian Forces to stay in Latvia until 2023

  10-07-2018 16:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will renew its contribution to NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroup through Operation REASSURANCE for another four years, from April 2019 to March 2023. Canada will continue to lead NATO’s eFP battlegroup Latvia and will also increase the number of Canadian military personnel deployed to Latvia from 455 to 540.No price-tag has been released yet on what the extension will cost taxpayers.
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @cmaconthehill & @JLMadigan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch:@cmaconthehill & @JLMadigan join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @KimothyWalker join @_marksutcilffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @Justin_Ling, @SusanSherring & @KimothyWalker join @_marksutcilffe live: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Will Pimisi LRT station be overwhelmed by the nightly Bluesfest exodus?

  10-07-2018 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The nightly Bluesfest exodus to public transit — one that has seen the Booth Street bridge jammed with people heading for buses — will look different in 2019 when the LRT line is open.
  In an ideal scenario, two-car trains would fill up with up to 600 passengers from Pimisi station below the bridge. As people board the trains, the long platform would fill up again with passengers and the queue on the bridge would form an orderly line at the top of the stairs or elevator. A train would
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @TaraShannonSW joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her tribute song for Jonathan Pitre: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-07-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @TaraShannonSW joins @_MarkSutcliffe on her tribute song for Jonathan Pitre: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Significant employment opportunities': Amazon to set up massive distribution centre in Ottawa

  10-07-2018 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s official. Amazon is setting up shop in the capital.
  After weeks of speculation, Amazon announced in a news release Tuesday morning it would open a behemoth distribution centre in Ottawa.
  “Ontario continues to be a great place for Amazon to do business and we look forward to adding a fulfillment centre in the National Capital Region,” said Glenn Sommerville, director of Amazon operations in Canada.
  “Our ability to expand in Ontario and create
  
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• What's Erik Karlsson doing today? Playing golf at Trump International

  10-07-2018 14:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  As we enter the 78th week of #KarlssonWatch (at least it feels like the 78th week), we continue to pore over social media for clues about the star’s future.
  Are the Lightning any closer to clearing much needed cap space to land the valuable defenseman?
  The @TBLightning continue their trade talks with the @Senators for Erik Karlsson. Tampa looks to clear cap room to accommodate the all star defenseman. #NHLNews
  — Kathryn Tappen (@KathrynTappen) July 9, 2018Have the Stars or the Golden
  
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• Driver surrenders overnight after cyclist hit and run

  10-07-2018 13:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A motorist fled after striking a cyclist on Bronson Avenue late Monday night but turned himself in at the police station hours later.
  The cyclist was struck on southbound Bronson Avenue at Colonel By Drive at 11:13 p.m.
  The cyclist suffered injuries that police said were serious but not life-threatening and was conscious and helping police with a statement while at the hospital.
  The motorist turned himself in at 1:30 a.m. at 474 Elgin St.
  Southbound Bronson Avenue was closed until about 1:45 a.m
  
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• Risk of showers but we need 'significant' rainfall, say watershed watchers

  10-07-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a slim chance of showers Tuesday morning but with so little rain in the last month — and more highs in the 30s on the way — it will take “significant” rainfall to get back to normal.
  Fingers crossed for parched fields and gardens.
  Stewards of the Mississippi Valley watershed are warning that flows through streams and rivers have been dropping for the past month due to hot, dry weather. Conditions are below average and evaporation becomes a concern if high te
  
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• Today's letters: Iran and state sponsorship of terrorism

  10-07-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Iran isn’t worst sponsor of terror
  Re: Why Harper was right to speak out on Iran, July 7.
  There is exactly one sentence that I object to in the otherwise excellent opinion piece by David Kilgour, but it is an important one: “The Iranian regime has earned the title of the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism.” This statement is wrong and diverts attention from the true forces that inspire terrorism the way Canada, but also the U.S., Europe and other countries such as I
  
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: Public ride-alongs with the police would boost trust and safety

  10-07-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This fall, Ottawa elects a new city council. To help local candidates as they campaign, the Citizen asked people for ONE idea that would make the city a better place – without necessarily breaking the bank. Today, educator and writer Aisha Sherazi suggests a formal police ride-along program for the public. 
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  Growing up in a busy suburb in London (United Kingdom), we knew our local police officer well. He interacted with the locals. He also walked the beat, and we would see him
  
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