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• Ottawa cycling infrastructure programs could be delayed as PCs cancel cap-and-trade scheme

  12-07-2018 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Multimillion-dollar cycling plans at Ottawa City Hall could be delayed as the Progressive Conservative provincial government bails from the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade scheme.
  The city received $9.7 million from the Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling Program (OMCCP) this year and has counted on more money flowing from the fund to help pay for future projects. The city learned earlier this month that the PCs are ending the program.
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• Science of summer: A researcher's quest to catch 10,000 fish

  12-07-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Postmedia’s popular Science of Summer series is back, in its usual on-again, off-again way. Today Tom Spears looks at a Carleton University team that is hoping to put identification tags on 10,000 fish in the Rideau system, a long-term project to understand where fish travel.
  It takes only three or four seconds to tag a fish, attaching a tiny blue ID label with a little gun that can also put price tags on clothing.
  But first you have to catch a fish. That takes longer.
  Which is why Steven
  
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• Kingston-area inmate faces child sex charges

  12-07-2018 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 59-year-old prison inmate is facing sex charges involving a child after an investigation by the OPP’s joint force’s penitentiary squad in Loyalist Township.
  Loyalist Township is just west of Kingston.
  The unidentified inmate was to appear in court in Napanee Thursday charged with sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation and sexual assault.
  The OPP confirmed the alleged offences took place inside an unnamed penitentiary. They said that they’re re
  
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• Ottawa cycling infrastructure programs could be delayed as PCs cancel cap-and-trade scheme - Ottawa Citizen

  12-07-2018 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa cycling infrastructure programs could be delayed as PCs cancel cap-and-trade scheme
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  Multimillion-dollar cycling plans at Ottawa City Hall could be delayed as the Progressive Conservative provincial government bails from the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade scheme. The city received $9.7 million from the Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling ...
  
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• .@OttFire crews at the scene of a fire at a townhome on Claridge Drive in Barrhaven. Yield to emergency vehicles. #ottnews

  12-07-2018 23:14 via twitter.com
  .@OttFire crews at the scene of a fire at a townhome on Claridge Drive in Barrhaven. Yield to emergency vehicles. #ottnews
  
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• Reevely: As throne speech calls for unity, Tories face task of leading Ontario, not just their supporters

  12-07-2018 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontarians must unite behind the new Progressive Conservative government’s agenda, Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell said in Thursday’s speech from the throne, because the world is too uncertain for us to risk anything else.
  The ceremonial speech lays out what the government intends to do over the next few months. It’s traditionally an occasion of grandeur, with buglers and big-gun salutes on the legislature grounds. The elected government supplies the speech and the Queen&rsqu
  
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• #ottnews #otttraffic County Rd. 17 between Canaan Road & Carmen Bergeron Street in #ClarenceRockland CLOSED for co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 22:47 via twitter.com
  #ottnews #otttrafficCounty Rd. 17 between Canaan Road & Carmen Bergeron Street in #ClarenceRockland CLOSED for co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• CHEO summer camp offers young adults with disabilities a crash course in independent living

  12-07-2018 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  As far as summer camps go, activities during the week-long Project B.L.O.O.M. are on the more practical end of the spectrum — but that doesn’t mean participants aren’t having fun as they’re learning independent living skills.
  Eighteen-year-old Isaiah Davis disappeared Thursday during an “adulting” scavenger hunt across the Algonquin College campus, where he and seven other young people with disabilities were spending the week, practicing daily life in a more a
  
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• Corporal charged in hit-and-run on water that leaves Ottawa teacher clinging to life - CTV News

  12-07-2018 22:40 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
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  Corporal charged in hit-and-run on water that leaves Ottawa teacher clinging to life
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  A 43-year-old Ottawa man and member of Canada's military has been charged in connection with a tragic Canada Day collision. Corporal Robin Golby faces multiple charges after a crash on the water that left a young woman in a coma. It's been nearly two ...and more »
  
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• FYI: A fighter jet is going to pass over Lansdowne before tonight's Redblacks game ottawamatters.com/local-news/fig… https://t.co/nO3BugFCxG

  12-07-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  FYI: A fighter jet is going to pass over Lansdowne before tonight's Redblacks gameottawamatters.com/local-news/fig… https://t.co/nO3BugFCxG
  
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  12-07-2018 22:13 via twitter.com
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• Poll: So far, how do you rate the Progressive Conservative government?

  12-07-2018 22:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government vowed Thursday to bring in sweeping changes meant to restore public trust in the province in a throne speech that played up promises made by Premier Doug Ford during the spring election campaign.
  The government has been given “a clear mandate from Ontarians” to carry out its vision at a pivotal time for the province, the speech said.
  “The fact is that Ontario is at a critical juncture. We face mounting challenges at home a
  
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• Large amount of heroin destined for Outaouais, seized by Gatineau police ottawamatters.com/police-beat/la… https://t.co/G4CCvkBY70

  12-07-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
  Large amount of heroin destined for Outaouais, seized by Gatineau policeottawamatters.com/police-beat/la… https://t.co/G4CCvkBY70
  
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• The @OntarioPCParty government vowed to bring in sweeping changes, meant to restore public trust in the province, i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  The @OntarioPCParty government vowed to bring in sweeping changes, meant to restore public trust in the province, i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tips on tackling debt as interest rates rise. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  12-07-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Tips on tackling debt as interest rates rise.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ottawa cycling programs could be delayed as PCs cancel cap-and-trade scheme

  12-07-2018 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Multimillion-dollar cycling plans at Ottawa City Hall could be delayed as the Progressive Conservative provincial government bails from the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade scheme.
  The city received $9.7 million from the Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling Program (OMCCP) this year and has counted on more money flowing from the fund to help pay for future projects. The city learned earlier this month that the PCs are ending the program.
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• Ottawa and other municipalities struggle to staff public pools during heat waves. The Lifesaving Society has a few… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 20:58 via twitter.com
  Ottawa and other municipalities struggle to staff public pools during heat waves. The Lifesaving Society has a few… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• BREAKING: Internal Toronto Police Service memo warned of potential "vehicle ramming attack" near the CN Tower. twitter.com/CityNews/statu…

  12-07-2018 20:39 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Internal Toronto Police Service memo warned of potential "vehicle ramming attack" near the CN Tower. twitter.com/CityNews/statu…
  
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• IndyCar needs more "bad boy" drivers, according to former driver Paul Tracy. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-07-2018 20:25 via twitter.com
  IndyCar needs more "bad boy" drivers, according to former driver Paul Tracy.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• UPDATE: Soldier charged in Canada Day watercraft hit-and-run that critically injured woman

  12-07-2018 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces was arrested Wednesday in connection with a personal watercraft hit-and-run on Canada Day that left a kindergarten teacher in critical condition.
  Robin James Golby, 43, of Orléans, appeared in Gatineau court Thursday. He was charged with dangerous driving, hit and run and criminal negligence, all causing bodily harm, in the incident on the Gatineau River.
  Golby, a tanned and muscular man, stood mostly silently as the judge read out conditions f
  
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• Study finds 81% of Lyme disease cases involving kids and youth over a three-year study period were in Nova Scotia a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Study finds 81% of Lyme disease cases involving kids and youth over a three-year study period were in Nova Scotia a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canadians nominated for Emmys. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-07-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  Canadians nominated for Emmys.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• UPDATE: Orléans man charged in Canada Day watercraft hit-and-run that critically injured woman

  12-07-2018 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Orléans man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a personal watercraft hit-and-run on Canada Day that left a kindergarten teacher in critical condition.
  Robin James Golby, 43, of Orléans, appeared in Gatineau court Thursday. He was charged with dangerous driving, hit and run and criminal negligence, all causing bodily harm, in the incident on the Gatineau River.
  Casey Delaney, 26, had to undergo brain surgery and was in an induced coma at the Ottawa Hospital’s Ci
  
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• Kaplan: Trudeau groping affair shows overbaked moralizing hurts debate

  12-07-2018 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  It would perhaps be an understatement to say that the Justin Trudeau groping incident has highlighted the dangers of building a political brand based on excessive moralizing.
  For that is the real lesson behind this mini-scandal. What should anger everyone – regardless of political affiliation – is the cynical and domineering weaponization of morality by the Trudeau government. It is a type of political warfare which, until now, the federal Liberals seemed to have perfected like no ot
  
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• Police track down erratic driver, passenger packing drugs with baby on board

  12-07-2018 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thanks to alerts of erratic driving including almost driving into the back of a tractor-trailer, police arrested a man and a woman on drug charges at a Highway 401 rest stop early Wednesday morning.
  Worried callers had said they had a baby in the back seat.
  The calls that came in at about 6:45 a.m. included a description of the vehicle and its location.
  Leeds OPP officers tracked it to the ONroute service station in Mallorytown.
  A 20-year-old woman from Oshawa and a 27-year-old man from Whitby w
  
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• More traffic impacts on Elgin Street beginning July 16

  12-07-2018 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Commuters who take Elgin Street will have to find alternate routes for a few months as work begins next week on the latest phase of renewal on the throughfare.
  Starting Monday, Bell Canada will begin its preparatory work underground needed before the city takes on the underground infrastructure renewal project, which is scheduled to begin in early 2019.
  The work will be staged so that lane reductions and on-street parking impacts are limited to the area where the work is taking place, and will n
  
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• Man, 29, in one of 'largest ever' heroin busts in Gatineau

  12-07-2018 18:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 29-year-old Gatineau man faces an assortment of drug trafficking charges in what Gatineau police describe as “one of the largest heroin seizures” ever in the community.
  Police said they seized a total of 658 grams of “purple heroin” in the raids.
  Health Canada lab tests are being conducted to determine whether the heroin contains fentanyl, carfentanil or other substances.
  The first raid occurred July 3 at 44 Claire St., in old Gatineau district.
  That raid led to raids a
  
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• Man, 29, in one of 'largest ever' heroin busts in Gatineau - Ottawa Citizen

  12-07-2018 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Man, 29, in one of 'largest ever' heroin busts in Gatineau
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  A 29-year-old Gatineau man faces an assortment of drug trafficking charges in what Gatineau police describe as “one of the largest heroin seizures” ever in the community. Police said they seized a total of 634 grams of “purple heroin” in the raids.and more »
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 12th w/@cmaconthehill: 1:08: @lifesavingbyers 1:17: @mspratt 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 12th w/@cmaconthehill: 1:08: @lifesavingbyers 1:17: @mspratt 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Next on the Power Lunch: @MeehanCarolAnne & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  Next on the Power Lunch: @MeehanCarolAnne & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Adam: Can we please deal with the refugee issue like adults?

  12-07-2018 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  After days of name-calling and one-upmanship between the Ontario and federal governments over asylum-seekers flooding into Canada, it’s good to see that calmer heads have now prevailed. We need our leaders, irrespective of political persuasion, to work together – not fire volleys at each other.
  What’s happening on our borders and in cities is a humanitarian crisis too important to be turned into political football. This should not become a wedge issue exploited for political ga
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @ottawabluesfest spokesperson Joe Reilly joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on the festival… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @ottawabluesfest spokesperson Joe Reilly joins @_MarkSutcliffe with an update on the festival… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gas pains: Drivers fume about mystery fuel shortage in Ottawa - CTV News

  12-07-2018 17:38 via ctvnews.ca
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  Gas pains: Drivers fume about mystery fuel shortage in Ottawa
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  Ottawa drivers are baffled by an apparent gasoline shortage, with a number of filling stations in the city claiming to have not received fuel shipments for days. Several Ottawa stations were running dry on Wednesday, including two Shell locations in ...
  
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• Canada to provide up to 25 personnel for NATO AWACS program

  12-07-2018 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada will provide up to 25 personnel over the next five years to NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at the NATO summit.
  In February, the Liberal government announced it was reversing a 2011 decision by the previous Conservative government that saw Canada withdraw from NATO’s AWACS program.
  The Conservative government decided at that time to end participation in the airborne early warning plane program to save money. Canada&rs
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe live: : 1310 :… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe live: : 1310 :… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NOW: @cmckenney joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the 65-story tower planned for Albert Street: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  NOW:@cmckenney joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the 65-story tower planned for Albert Street:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Loyalist Township prison inmate faces child sex charges

  12-07-2018 17:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 59-year-old prison inmate is facing sex charges involving a child after an investigation by the OPP’s joint force’s penitentiary squad in Loyalist Township.
  Loyalist Township is just west of Kingston.
  The unidentified inmate was to appear in court in Napanee Thursday charged with sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation and sexual assault.
  The OPP confirmed the alleged offences took place inside an unnamed penitentiary. They said that they’re re
  
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• Coming up at 11: @Peter_Tabuns joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the departure of the CEO of Hydro One: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:@Peter_Tabuns joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the departure of the CEO of Hydro One: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Baileymariereid joins @_MarkSutcliffe with her take on the Trudeau groping allegations: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Baileymariereid joins @_MarkSutcliffe with her take on the Trudeau groping allegations:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe live:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mixed reaction in Ottawa to sex-ed rollback - CBC.ca

  12-07-2018 16:24 via cbc.ca
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  Mixed reaction in Ottawa to sex-ed rollback
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  Ottawa parents, students and teachers are keeping a close eye on changes being made to Ontario's sexual-education curriculum. MPP Lisa Thompson, Ontario's new education minister, said Wednesday that ministry staff are telling school boards to revert to ...
  Ottawa and Ontario are waging a phony war over carbon pricingThe Globe and Mail
  Ontario positions itself early for battle with Ottawa - iPoliticsiPolitics.caall 138 news articles&
  
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• Ottawa's CannaRoyalty snags stake in Aurora Cannabis through licence deal - Ottawa Business Journal

  12-07-2018 15:57 via obj.ca
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  Ottawa's CannaRoyalty snags stake in Aurora Cannabis through licence deal
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  Ottawa-based cannabis investment firm CannaRoyalty (CNSX:CRZ) has sold off a valuable license to Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB), giving the local company a stake in one of Canada's largest pot producers. CannaRoyalty announced Wednesday it will sell its ...and more »
  
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• Antiques: Dining room suite holds sweet value

  12-07-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: Originally my grandmother’s, this is the china cabinet of my mother’s dining room suite that includes a draw table with leaves that pull out from each end, four regular chairs, two armchairs and a sideboard.
  The family celebrated every Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas using this suite for at least 63 years.
  I found an impressed number ‘838’ and a decal reading ‘The H. Krug Furniture Co. Ltd., Kitchener, Ont.’ Do you know the name of this design and when w
  
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• Orléans man charged in Canada Day watercraft hit-and-run that critically injured woman

  12-07-2018 15:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Orléans man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a personal watercraft hit-and-run on Canada Day that left a kindergarten teacher in critical condition.
  The 43-year-old man, whom the Sûreté du Québec will not name pending a Thursday court appearance is charged with dangerous driving, hit and run and criminal negligence, all causing bodily harm, in the incident on the Gatineau River.
  Casey Delaney, 26, had to undergo brain surgery and was in an induced coma
  
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• Hurricane Chris to make landfall in Newfoundland as post-tropical storm: bit.ly/2ut06pf

  12-07-2018 14:09 via twitter.com
  Hurricane Chris to make landfall in Newfoundland as post-tropical storm: bit.ly/2ut06pf
  
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• POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government's decision to revert back to the old sex-ed curriculum?

  12-07-2018 14:01 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government's decision to revert back to the old sex-ed curriculum?
  
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• 'Miracle' cat Delilah found 'near death' month after owners moved

  12-07-2018 13:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  A cat discovered “near death” in an empty apartment a month after her owners had moved out is recovering from starvation and dehydration at the Ottawa Humane Society.
  “Delilah had been alone without food, water and love for approximately 30 days,” the society reported in a social media drive to raise money for her care.
  “It was a miracle she did not die.”
  The two-year-old Himalayan was rescued by the building’s superintendent and brought to the society.
  
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• Trump says Putin is neither friend nor foe: bit.ly/2m8NAay https://t.co/hAuWKVDPxV

  12-07-2018 13:47 via twitter.com
  
  Trump says Putin is neither friend nor foe: bit.ly/2m8NAay https://t.co/hAuWKVDPxV
  
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• Is it getting hot in here? High of 33 C by Sunday

  12-07-2018 13:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sunshine and smidge-above-seasonal highs are on tap through Friday then watch for the risk of rain and sticky days that will hit 33 C.
  Thursday and Friday’s forecasts feature sunshine with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon, highs of 29 C that will feel like 32 and lows of 16 C and 18 C respectively.
  There’s a 40 per cent chance of showers Friday night turning to 30 per cent Saturday when the high is 30 C under mixed skies and the low 19 C.
  For Sunday and Monday, expect mixed skie
  
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• 'It was a miracle she did not die:' Cat abandoned for a month without food: bit.ly/2ucMQWy #ottnews https://t.co/HTUoHCp1LM

  12-07-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  
  'It was a miracle she did not die:' Cat abandoned for a month without food: bit.ly/2ucMQWy#ottnews https://t.co/HTUoHCp1LM
  
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