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• Human remains found by hikers in Kitchener, regional police confirm. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  26-07-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
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• One man dead in school bus-van crash

  26-07-2018 23:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The driver of a van is dead after crashing into a school bus which was carrying about 20 children at the time.
  Emergency services responded to call at 4:11 p.m. of a collision between the van and the school bus. Ottawa Fire Services were notified that there was “possibly a person trapped” in the van, but said that extrication had been delayed until police were able to take over the scene.
  The crash took place near the intersection of March Valley Road and Klondike Road in Kanata, nea
  
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• Lighthizer calls Canada national security threat in defence of steel tariffs ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/OkodARQT6a

  26-07-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  
  Lighthizer calls Canada national security threat in defence of steel tariffsottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/OkodARQT6a
  
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• What could the PC government’s review of supervised injection sites mean in Ottawa?

  26-07-2018 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Local safe-injection organizations say they trust the science-proven merit of their services will win the day as the Ontario government moves to review its safe-injection policies.
  Ontario health minister Christine Elliott announced this week that the PC government will be reviewing the policy towards supervised injection sites to determine whether or not the programs “have merit” and are worth continuing to fund.
  “We need to take a look at the evidence and understand what the
  
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• UPDATE: @ottawapolice say victim in Shirley's Bay crash involving school bus is a male driver of a van. Children on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 22:57 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: @ottawapolice say victim in Shirley's Bay crash involving school bus is a male driver of a van. Children on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Westbound Highway 401 reopens after cleanup of truck crash; driver charged

  26-07-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  All westbound lanes of Highway 401 near Napanee were reopened Thursday.
  They’d been closed after a tractor-trailer went out of control and damaged about 500 metres of guard rail before landing on its side in the north ditch Wednesday.
  In the original crash, Napanee OPP officers were called to the westbound lanes of the highway just east of Palace Road at 4:11 a.m.
  The trucker was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. James Woolley, 50, of St. Thomas was charged with careles
  
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• BREAKING: Paramedics say one person is dead after a crash between a van and a school bus in Kanata. All the childre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 22:51 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Paramedics say one person is dead after a crash between a van and a school bus in Kanata. All the childre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario formally requests $200-million from feds to deal with asylum seekers ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/BVyCILI78T

  26-07-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario formally requests $200-million from feds to deal with asylum seekersottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/BVyCILI78T
  
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• 'Courage and passion': Twenty female scientists profiled in new museum exhibit

  26-07-2018 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Curator Cindy Stelmackowich gestured to the photographs of trailblazing women surrounding her, each profiling a story of remarkable scientific endeavour found in a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
  “When I first started the research, I didn’t know about the marriage ban,” Stelmackowich said.
  “She was single, she was single, she was single.”
  The Carleton University professor was referencing a Privy Council Office policy instituted in 1920 and maintai
  
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• Ottawa River's big, gross gulp: city's combined sewers dump in 340M litres of diluted sewage

  26-07-2018 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Heavy rain has caused more than 340 million litres of diluted sewage to run into the Ottawa River this week.
  The sewage is from the City of Ottawa’s older combined sewers, which carry both raw sewage and stormwater. When the sewers fill with rain, the overflow goes to the river.
  The city recorded about 320 million litres of overflow during the rainfalls on Wednesday. There was about 22 million litres of overflow on Monday.
  On top of that, the city recorded 274,000 litres of raw sewage spil
  
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• Public school board chair demands 'clarity' from Tories on sex ed

  26-07-2018 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mere weeks before kids return to school, Ottawa’s largest school board has written to the province’s new minister of education demanding “clarity” on the “considerable confusion” around Progressive Conservative plans to scrap the health and physical education curriculum.
  “We urge the government to clarify curriculum expectations for September 2018,”  Ottawa-Carleton District School Board chair Shirley Seward wrote to Lisa Thompson in a le
  
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• Safety concerns prompting city to change Holland Avenue cycling detour ottawamatters.com/local-news/saf… https://t.co/uIFwIF0Tyo

  26-07-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  Safety concerns prompting city to change Holland Avenue cycling detourottawamatters.com/local-news/saf… https://t.co/uIFwIF0Tyo
  
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• Dead Carleton prof's pension case goes to Supreme Court

  26-07-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Can Carleton University reclaim $500,000 in pension money paid to a dead political science professor whose body went undiscovered in the woods for five years? 
  That’s the question that now faces the Supreme Court of Canada after it agreed Thursday to hear the unusual case, which centres on the untimely death of professor George Roseme.
  Canada’s highest court granted leave to appeal to Roseme’s official heir, Lynne Threlfall, who hopes to overturn a Quebec Court of App
  
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• Developer pulls application to turn part of Stonebridge Golf Course into subdivision

  26-07-2018 21:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A developer has dropped its plan to dig up part of a Barrhaven golf course for a new subdivision.
  Mattamy Homes had filed an application at city hall to build its Phase 16 subdivision. It proposed using 9.4 hectares of the 73-hectare golf course for 158 homes. The developer would have redesigned some of the course, which would become a Par 68 instead of the current Par 71. Mattamy owns the golf course.
  The application has been controversial in the Stonebridge community, whose residents have paid
  
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• Mayor Watson intervenes in Holland Avenue bike detour resulting in new lanes and flex posts

  26-07-2018 20:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson’s intervention in a controversial bike detour on Holland Avenue has convinced the city to paint bike lanes and install flexible posts to create a safer route for cyclists for the next two years.
  The portion of Holland Avenue between Kenilworth and Tyndall streets has been identified as the detour for cyclists and pedestrians impacted by the closing of a footbridge over Highway 417 at Harmer Avenue. The city is demolishing the bridge this weekend before starting work o
  
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• Truck collision on eastbound Queensway causes traffic chaos

  26-07-2018 20:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic along the eastbound Queensway was a mess Thursday afternoon after a heavy truck was in a collision between O’Connor and Metcalfe streets.
  According to the OPP, a tractor-trailer went out of control at about 12:41 p.m. The trailer detached and lost its load.
  The trailer flipped on its side and skidded some distance, leaving “significant” damages to the roadway.
  Debris was thrown over the side onto the Queen Elizabeth Driveway below.
  EB 417 parked due to #Truck #rollover
  
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• Three people displaced as Aylmer dryer fire spins out of control

  26-07-2018 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  An apparent electrical problem in a clothes dryer spiralled out of control in Aylmer Thursday, leading to an hour-long fire that caused extensive damages to a home at 337 Des Framboisiers St.
  Gatineau firefighters were called to the single-family home by the homeowner at about 9:40 a.m.
  Some two dozen firefighters worked on the fire before declaring it under control an hour later.
  Three people were displaced. There were no injuries, but damages were estimated at more than $58,000.
  The fire remai
  
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• Chamberfest Preview: Friendship (and even the occasional fight) gird Ariel Quartet's passionate playing

  26-07-2018 18:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  When violist Jan Grüning auditioned to join the Ariel Quartet in 2011, socializing came before setting bows on strings.
  “I came the night before and we started by having dinner and hanging out and playing board games and starting to get to know each other,” Grüning says. “The next morning we started reading music.
  “So it started from a social component. It kind of took the pressure off,” he says. “You see that there’s stuff to talk about,
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Astrophysics professor @DrRob_Thacker joins @MarkDayNews for his weekly science segment: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: Astrophysics professor @DrRob_Thacker joins@MarkDayNews for his weekly science segment:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: #gasleak #Gloucester no evacuation/road closures needed. Fire crews leaving the scene shortly. Enbridge Gas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: #gasleak #Gloucester no evacuation/road closures needed. Fire crews leaving the scene shortly. Enbridge Gas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• REMINDER: Traffic impacts on highways & roads around the capital, starting tomorrow. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/1tFjiXhrns

  26-07-2018 18:10 via twitter.com
  
  REMINDER: Traffic impacts on highways & roads around the capital, starting tomorrow. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/1tFjiXhrns
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 26th: 1:17: @JonathanWilling 1:30: @nutpetten 1:45: @MJ_Bryant 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, July 26th: 1:17: @JonathanWilling 1:30: @nutpetten 1:45: @MJ_Bryant 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @SamLapradeCFRE & @SyntaxStrategic President & CEO Jennifer Stewart join fill-in host… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @SamLapradeCFRE & @SyntaxStrategic President & CEO Jennifer Stewart join fill-in host… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @OatleyVigmond lawyer Kevin Henderson joins @markdaynews on liability risks when cottaging:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @OatleyVigmond lawyer Kevin Henderson joins @markdaynews on liability risks when cottaging:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watches up to the west of us. @environmentca. Scattered T-Storms to track east this afternoon &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Severe thunderstorm watches up to the west of us. @environmentca. Scattered T-Storms to track east this afternoon &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @SprottSchool Ian Lee joins @markdaynews on Air Canada's bid to buy back Aeroplan: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15: @SprottSchool Ian Lee joins @markdaynews on Air Canada's bid to buy back Aeroplan:📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Residents allowed to return as Enbridge takes over Gladstone gas leak repairs

  26-07-2018 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The residents of six to eight homes around a gas leak on Gladstone Avenue near Fairmont Avenue have been allowed to return home.
  Enbridge has taken over the scene, the fire department reported at about 10:45 a.m.
  The residents were evacuated and Gladstone closed between Irving and St. Francis streets Thursday morning as fire crews monitored air quality and secured the scene until gas company crews arrived.
  Firefighters were also alerting residents to close windows and turn off air conditioning u
  
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• Chamberfest Preview: Transylvanian singer Koszika remakes folk tunes for the 21st century

  26-07-2018 16:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chamberfest’s musical embrace widens during its late-night Chamberfringe series, which this year is dotted with concerts keen to fuse classical, world and jazz music.
  Among them is Wednesday’s concert that’s been dubbed Transcontinental Drift, a one-time meeting of musicians from Canada and the Transylvanian region of Romania. The concert will unite instrumentalists James Campbell on clarinet, guitarist Graham Campbell, pianist Jamie Parker, Ottawa bassist John Geggie and
  
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• Westbound Hwy. 401 reopens after cleanup of truck crash, driver charged

  26-07-2018 16:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  All westbound lanes of Highway 401 near Napanee reopened Thursday.
  They’d been closed after a tractor-trailer went out of control and damaged about 500 metres of guard rail before landing on its side in the north ditch Wednesday.
  In the original crash, Napanee OPP officers were called to the westbound highway just east of Palace Road at 4:11 a.m. Wednesday.
  The trucker was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. James Woolley, 50, of St. Thomas was charged with careless drivi
  
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• Sobiesiak: Perils of step-parenting don't come with much protection

  26-07-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the last year, I’ve had profanities screamed at me in public, and also behind closed doors. I’ve been ostracized, dismissed, and belittled simply because of who I am. I am hated simply for existing. Last time I checked, that sort of behaviour was in violation of any zero tolerance policy I’ve ever come across, most importantly, the Canadian Human Rights Act.
  So why is this happening to me? There are many unique characteristics that define an individual. One, which seems to b
  
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• Antiques: Value of field geology laboratory kit is rock solid

  26-07-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: Today whilst sorting through my late father’s monumental accumulation, I came across this Letcher blowpipe set that has me flummoxed as to what to do with it. It came from my great-uncle’s, housed in the original wooden box 27 x 12 x 8 cm (10.75 x 4.75 x 3.25 inches). Inside there appears to be all the wee tools and some damage to the label. I’d like to pass it on to someone who would appreciate it. Such a fascinating example of the ingenuity and solid basic science training
  
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• Frantic relatives search for missing in Athens' morgue: bit.ly/2uS8Cz4 https://t.co/CCMqAEi0n1

  26-07-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  
  Frantic relatives search for missing in Athens' morgue: bit.ly/2uS8Cz4 https://t.co/CCMqAEi0n1
  
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• After the deluge, burn ban lifted in Ottawa

  26-07-2018 14:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services has lifted the open-air fire ban after days of rain on what were tinder-dry conditions.
  But they’re reminding people that they need a burn permit for any such fire in Ottawa.
  Burn bans may also still be in effect in other areas so “always check with local fire department before lighting a fire.”
   
   
  OPEN AIR FIRE BAN LIFTEDhttps://t.co/05VS8cVmIc
  REMINDER: Ottawa residents must obtain an Open Air Fire Permit (Burn Permit) to have an open air fire.
  
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• Charges laid in drowning of student at Algonquin Park: bit.ly/2JWlM2P https://t.co/5gapxBq09f

  26-07-2018 14:37 via twitter.com
  
  Charges laid in drowning of student at Algonquin Park: bit.ly/2JWlM2P https://t.co/5gapxBq09f
  
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• POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government scrapping the cap and trade program? bit.ly/2OjFxEM

  26-07-2018 14:19 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government scrapping the cap and trade program? bit.ly/2OjFxEM
  
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• Hwy. 401 detour at Napanee after truck hits guardrail, driver charged

  26-07-2018 14:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Westbound lanes of Highway 401 will be closed for repairs near Napanee for several hours Thursday after a tractor trailer went out of control Wednesday and damaged about 500 metres of guard rail before landing on its side in the north ditch.
  Napanee OPP officers were called to the highway just east of Palace Road at 4:11 a.m.
  The trucker was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. James Woolley, 50, of St. Thomas was charged with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act.
  One
  
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• A Greek classic about a sex strike, recast and reconsidered in the age of #metoo

  26-07-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Odyssey Theatre presents:
  Lysistrata and the Temple of Gaia
  Written and directed by David S. Craig
  Theatre Under the Stars
  When & where: 8 p.m. nightly July 26-Aug. 26, Strathcona Park (no performances Mondays. 2 p.m. matinee on Sundays).
  Tickets: Adults $27, students and seniors, $25, children under 12, $11, at eventbrite.ca. Two-for-one tickets on opening weekend, July 27-29. Fees extra.
  Details: odysseytheatre.ca
  When Odyssey Theatre’s artistic director, Laurie Steven, sent a select
  
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• Mutated strains of HIV in Saskatchewan causing illness quicker: Study: bit.ly/2v8tTnc

  26-07-2018 13:58 via twitter.com
  Mutated strains of HIV in Saskatchewan causing illness quicker: Study: bit.ly/2v8tTnc
  
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• Brockville and Perth named among Canada's most active cities: bit.ly/2On6uaK https://t.co/lBdVCDLe8W

  26-07-2018 13:47 via twitter.com
  
  Brockville and Perth named among Canada's most active cities: bit.ly/2On6uaK https://t.co/lBdVCDLe8W
  
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• Dry today, then showers threaten through much of next week

  26-07-2018 13:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  After Wednesday’s torrent, we get a dry day but the risk of showers returns by evening and hangs around for about a week.
  Thursday began under fairly heavy fog in the region, and the forecast is for a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 29 C and sticky humidex of 35 under a UV index of 8 or very high.
  Skies turn mainly cloudy by evening with a 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms that will clear by morning. The low is 17 C.
  How could he resist? 💦💦💦#ottweat
  
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• Arson wildfire forces entire California town to evacuate: bit.ly/2uQrdeX https://t.co/9Da7dvlpwK

  26-07-2018 12:57 via twitter.com
  
  Arson wildfire forces entire California town to evacuate: bit.ly/2uQrdeX https://t.co/9Da7dvlpwK
  
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• Today provides a brief break from a long stretch of much-needed rain -- which was enough to break #Ottawa weather r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 12:44 via twitter.com
  Today provides a brief break from a long stretch of much-needed rain -- which was enough to break #Ottawa weather r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver man banned from U.S. for pot investments seeks waiver to cross border: bit.ly/2uRL0KN https://t.co/t8B8T7gqdO

  26-07-2018 12:35 via twitter.com
  
  Vancouver man banned from U.S. for pot investments seeks waiver to cross border: bit.ly/2uRL0KN https://t.co/t8B8T7gqdO
  
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• Today's letters: Great writing and level-headed journalism

  26-07-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bravo to Janice Kennedy for mature writing
  Re: Early Edition – Greer and Grey and an open mind, July 23.
  What a pleasant surprise as I turned to page A9 of Monday’s Citizen. Janice Kennedy is back!
  I can’t begin to say how much I enjoyed her article on two of my favourite persons, namely, Germaine Greer and Deborah Grey. Well, let me rephrase that – ONE of my favourite persons, Deb Grey. Forget Germaine Greer as of today and, although I never shared Conservative Deb Grey&
  
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• The OPP will have both westbound lanes of Hwy 401 closed near Napanee, starting at 6 a.m. today. #OttTraffic twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  26-07-2018 10:55 via twitter.com
  The OPP will have both westbound lanes of Hwy 401 closed near Napanee, starting at 6 a.m. today.#OttTraffic twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Trump says – once again – that the F-35 is invisible

  26-07-2018 06:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump has spent part of the week touting Lockheed Martin’s F-35.
  On Monday the aircraft was drafted into Trump’s trade war with America’s key allies. The F-35 was parked on the White House driveway as Trump touted “Made in America” products.
  The campaign is part of the Trump administration’s pushing back aggressively against critics who say his punishing tariffs on imported goods threaten to harm the U.S. economy.
  Trump has vowed to force
  
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• Hedley fans consider impact of sex-assaults charges against the lead singer on their devotion to the band. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  26-07-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Hedley fans consider impact of sex-assaults charges against the lead singer on their devotion to the band.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Dollar up, markets close strong. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  26-07-2018 02:30 via twitter.com
  Dollar up, markets close strong.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Gatineau man arrested on child-porn charges

  26-07-2018 02:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Gatineau man was arrested on multiple child porn-related charges on Wednesday.
  Ottawa police said that Patrick Clement, 36, was arrested after an investigation, started and conducted primarily by an American Homeland Security undercover officer based in Tampa, Fla., in which he allegedly communicated with officers posing as a 12-year-old girl.
  When it was determined that the man was in the Ottawa area, the investigation was turned over to Ottawa police, who continued their undercover communica
  
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