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• BREAKING: A tornado warning has been issued for the Ottawa region. #ottnews #ottweather

  01-08-2018 23:38 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: A tornado warning has been issued for the Ottawa region. #ottnews #ottweather
  
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• Opposition MPs blast feds over EpiPen shortage. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• New carbon-tax subsidy rates divide Canadian industries as Ottawa reduces burden - Financial Post

  01-08-2018 23:18 via business.financialpost.com
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  New carbon-tax subsidy rates divide Canadian industries as Ottawa reduces burden
  Financial Post
  CALGARY/OTTAWA – In an attempt to boost competitiveness and protect trade-exposed industries, the federal government will dole out more in carbon-tax subsidies to industrial emitters, as new details emerge on the country-wide carbon tax framework.
  Ottawa to dramatically scale back carbon tax on competitiveness concernsThe Globe and Mail
  Ottawa downplays carbon price plan that giv
  
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• Governor Jerry Brown pledges any resources needed in California's endless summer of fire. ottawamatters.com/world-news/cal…

  01-08-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  Governor Jerry Brown pledges any resources needed in California's endless summer of fire.ottawamatters.com/world-news/cal…
  
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• Lawyer for former Blue Jays closer says his client will plead not guilty in domestic violence case. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-08-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  Lawyer for former Blue Jays closer says his client will plead not guilty in domestic violence case.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• OC Transpo not pursuing new green bus technology as hybrid program runs out of gas

  01-08-2018 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo is monitoring alternative bus technologies tested in other cities but has no plans to pursue new green-fleet initiatives, other than launching an electrified rail line this year.
  Operations director Troy Charter said Wednesday that Transpo is keeping its eye on both Toronto’s experience testing fully electric buses and Calgary’s transit service introducing buses that run on compressed natural gas.
  “Right now, we’re waiting,” Charter said in an interv
  
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• The cloak-and-dagger world of wild orchids

  01-08-2018 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is a story about the discovery of a rare wild orchid in rural Ottawa, and you’ll find a gaping hole in it: There’s no location for the pretty pink flowers.
  The “why not?” is the real point. Not that the discovery of rose pogonia orchids isn’t a strong point itself, but there’s something bigger going on here.
  Wild orchids have enemies. Poachers. Stalkers. Trophy hunters. Even smugglers for the tropical types.
  And they are not alone in the natural world. In
  
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• OC Transpo politely declines Seth Rogen's offer to voice LRT, doesn't rule out future 'creative options'

  01-08-2018 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  His is a voice you’d probably recognize from such cinematic masterpieces as Superbad and Pineapple Express — but actor-comedian Seth Rogen’s fame isn’t enough to land him a gig voicing OC Transpo bus and LRT announcements.
  Ottawa’s public transit service already has a voice guy. And despite a recent Twitter offer from Rogen, it’s not looking to replace local talent Julian Doucet.
  Actor Seth Rogen.
  The Toronto Transit Commission announced Tuesday that Roge
  
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• Ontario government defends move to axe basic income pilot project ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/vgyOoFoDok

  01-08-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Reevely: Tories' summer of dismantling will mean difficult autumn of rebuilding

  01-08-2018 21:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives are setting themselves up for a busy fall of reassembling provincial programs and plans they’ve spent the summer taking apart.
  The social-assistance system that cares for Ontario’s most vulnerable is a horrifying mess and we’re cancelling Liberal plans to repair it, but it can still be sorted out by November, Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod says.
  Ontario’s climate-change policy is blown up but a new one is coming, Environmen
  
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• Fentanyl dominates drugs tested at Ottawa supervised injection site ottawamatters.com/local-news/fen… https://t.co/cbWmcLTTWq

  01-08-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Fentanyl dominates drugs tested at Ottawa supervised injection siteottawamatters.com/local-news/fen… https://t.co/cbWmcLTTWq
  
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• Truck rollover closes Hwy 17 in Deep River ottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr… https://t.co/Lmw9xOvBn5

  01-08-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  Truck rollover closes Hwy 17 in Deep Riverottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr… https://t.co/Lmw9xOvBn5
  
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• New Cyclone helicopter to be on display at Abbotsford airshow

  01-08-2018 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The RCAF’s new helicopter, the Cyclone, will be on display at this year’s Abbotsford Airshow in Abbotsford, BC. The show takes place Aug. 10 to 12.
  There has also been talk about the two Cyclones soon visiting Patricia Bay, BC, the home of 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron at the Victoria airport. 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron is the west coast operational Sea King squadron and will in the future be operating Cyclones. If that happens, Defence Watch will provide an update.
  
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• $20M announced to improve rail transportation safety across Canada

  01-08-2018 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Local MP David McGuinty was at the Walkley train yard in Ottawa Wednesday morning, Aug 1, 2018, to announce $20 million from the federal government for 105 new projects and initiatives aimed at keeping Canadians safe at grade crossings and along the 40,000 kms of rail lines that crisscross the country.
   
  
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• Highway 17 near Laurentian Hills closed following truck rollover, spill

  01-08-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A tractor trailer rolled over and spilled its load of powdered nickel onto Highway 17 in Laurentian Hills Wednesday, prompting the highway to close in both directions.
  The driver of the commercial truck was not injured, according to the OPP.
  The force’s Upper Ottawa Valley detachment responded to the single vehicle collision between Brouse and Bass Lake roads shortly after 12:30 p.m.
  Local detours were put in place to allow for spill clean-up and the vehicle’s removal from the r
  
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• Former Ottawa officer appointed new deputy police chief

  01-08-2018 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a new deputy police chief in town, and he’s a familiar face.
  The Ottawa Police Services Board announced Wednesday it had selected Uday Jaswal as the force’s new deputy chief for the Ottawa Police Services.
  The Ottawa native has served as a police officer for 23 years, most recently as deputy chief with the Durham Regional Police Service. Before that, Jaswal spent 21 years with the Ottawa police, where he rose to the rank of superintendent.
  In a statement to officers, po
  
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• So Good to have known you: Longtime restaurateur hangs up his apron

  01-08-2018 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The accumulated aches and pains of running a restaurant for nearly a quarter-century finally caught up with Peter and Kitty So, who last weekend hung up their aprons and handed the keys of their So Good eatery to new owner En Qiang Xue, along with all of their recipes, including such mysterious-sounding dishes as Triple Delight and Eight Treasures in Spicy Sauce.
  Also in the bargain came a handful of long-serving staff members and a solid reputation that has made the Chinatown establishment a fa
  
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• NCC moves to fix unreliable Hog's Back swing bridge

  01-08-2018 19:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Armed with millions in new federal money, the National Capital Commission is swinging into action to fix the banged-up 42-year-old bridge at Hog’s Back.
  The agency is looking for a design and technical consultant to provide advice on the bridge upgrades, which could happen in 2019. The preliminary cost of construction is $2.5 million, according to tender documents.
  Up until recently, the NCC didn’t have a big pot of money for asset rehabilitation. The federal budget announced last Fe
  
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• Glavin: Under Ortega, Nicaragua is imploding

  01-08-2018 19:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  After more than three months of violence and state terror, Nicaraguans are now fleeing their country, showing up by the thousands in neighbouring Costa Rica and Honduras. They’re filing refugee claims in Panama, Mexico and even the United States. Nearly 25,000 Nicaraguans have applied for asylum in Costa Rica since April, when Manuel Ortega’s paramilitaries started shooting student protesters. Costa Rican immigration officials say they can’t keep up; they’re getting
  
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• MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Jaedon Thibault, 14. Last seen July 28 in the Place d’Orléans Dr./St. Joseph Blv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  MISSING: @OttawaPolice looking for Jaedon Thibault, 14. Last seen July 28 in the Place d’Orléans Dr./St. Joseph Blv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, August 1st: 1:08: @keithdbrooks 1:17: @cassmos 1:30: @jeffawa 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, August 1st: 1:08: @keithdbrooks 1:17: @cassmos 1:30: @jeffawa 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @hollyanndoan & @SocialKeenan join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @hollyanndoan & @SocialKeenan join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• .@ChiefBordeleau on the hiring of @USJaswal as Deputy Chief of @OttawaPolice "I am very much looking forward to h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  .@ChiefBordeleauon the hiring of @USJaswalas Deputy Chief of @OttawaPolice "I am very much looking forward to h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bob Runciman signs on to help rebuild lighthouse destroyed by fire

  01-08-2018 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Former senator and MPP Bob Runciman will chair the newly formed Re-Build Five Mile Light committee.
  The committee has been formed to “explore the possibility and feasibility” of rebuilding the Cole Shoal Lighthouse destroyed by a fire following a lightning strike last week.
  Runciman, a self-described “river rat,” was asked to join the committee and said he could not pass up the opportunity to do something about the loss of the historic structure.
  “It’s a signi
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm watch in effect for Ottawa & Gatineau. #ottnews #ottweather https://t.co/goVtOMfmNM

  01-08-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
  
  Severe Thunderstorm watch in effect for Ottawa & Gatineau. #ottnews #ottweather https://t.co/goVtOMfmNM
  
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• Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @MarkDayNews live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:Professor Elliot Tepper joins @MarkDayNews live in-studio:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police seeking male suspect after handgun, drug dump-and-run

  01-08-2018 16:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police were looking for a male suspect after he dumped drugs and a loaded handgun and fled from officers in the Carlington neighbourhood Tuesday night.
  In a Wednesday morning news release, police said that during an investigation in the Caldwell Avenue area around midnight, officers were speaking with a male when they saw him discard a bag of illegal drugs. “As the officers retrieved the drugs, the male ran away and threw an object into some bushes.”
  That object, found and sei
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @DerickFage, @1310Andrew & @MikeVlasveld join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @DerickFage, @1310Andrew & @MikeVlasveld join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up NEXT: @harrisonj_brown of @HeadCheckHealth joins @MarkDayNews on new concussion guidelines in the provi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT: @harrisonj_brown of @HeadCheckHealth joins @MarkDayNews on new concussion guidelines in the provi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30:@mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @MarkDayNews live:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NOW: @Phil4Brant joins @MarkDayNews on the gaps that remain in the financial security promised to our Veterans:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-08-2018 15:19 via twitter.com
  NOW:@Phil4Brant joins @MarkDayNews on the gaps that remain in the financial security promised to our Veterans:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Would you try a cannabis-infused beverage?

  01-08-2018 14:58 via twitter.com
  Would you try a cannabis-infused beverage?
  
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• Brookfield Infrastructure buying Enercare in friendly deal valued at $4.3 billion: bit.ly/2AwJJ14 https://t.co/UcVovxXAky

  01-08-2018 14:55 via twitter.com
  
  Brookfield Infrastructure buying Enercare in friendly deal valued at $4.3 billion: bit.ly/2AwJJ14 https://t.co/UcVovxXAky
  
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• POLL: Would you try a cannabis infused beverage? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  01-08-2018 14:48 via twitter.com
  POLL: Would you try a cannabis infused beverage? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Residents leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn near Trans-Canada: bit.ly/2LTyXpZ https://t.co/snVnB0GFvK

  01-08-2018 14:28 via twitter.com
  
  Residents leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn near Trans-Canada: bit.ly/2LTyXpZ https://t.co/snVnB0GFvK
  
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• Weather: A gloomy Wednesday full of clouds, chance of showers and thunderstorm risk

  01-08-2018 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clouds and a risk of thunderstorms dominate Wednesday’s weather forecast for Ottawa, according to Environment Canada.
  Overcast skies and a 60 to 70 per cent chance of rain are forecast to persist throughout the day, with a thunderstorm risk early Wednesday morning and again in the early afternoon until the day’s end.
  The mercury is predicted to reach a high of 26 C in the afternoon, and the humidex forecast at 34. A UV index of six, or moderate, is expected.
  Overnight, the temperatur
  
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• Molson enters into joint venture to develop cannabis-infused beverages: bit.ly/2v62VO2 https://t.co/Wj1asSj5pt

  01-08-2018 12:31 via twitter.com
  
  Molson enters into joint venture to develop cannabis-infused beverages: bit.ly/2v62VO2 https://t.co/Wj1asSj5pt
  
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• Today's letters: How to choose your municipal councillor

  01-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Choose those who will look after the entire city
  After 36 years living in this city, I have serious concerns about the representation that established citizens get.
  I don’t elect my councillors to grab every photo op they can, grinning at any camera that they see. I’m pleased to see an upgraded transit system (which will still be eons behind the modern world), or splendid skyscrapers, factories in the fields, new sports facilities, et cetera. What disappoints me is the way the origin
  
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• Bagnall: There were lessons that might have prevented the Phoenix Pay disaster. No one listened

  01-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  After the government failed in its first attempt to build a new compensation system in the 1990s, Public Services commissioned a series of reports to analyze what went wrong and how to avoid similar mistakes. Too bad few bothered to read them.
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  The failed launch of the Phoenix Pay system has spawned a lively cottage industry devoted to figuring out what went wrong.
  Auditor General Michael Ferguson has weighed in twice, excoriating the unwillingness of the department responsible — Pub
  
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• Food experts debate origin of Key lime pie: bit.ly/2v5O7z2 https://t.co/HjBao6VTQv

  01-08-2018 12:20 via twitter.com
  
  Food experts debate origin of Key lime pie: bit.ly/2v5O7z2 https://t.co/HjBao6VTQv
  
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• Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive: bit.ly/2v5WWJ4 https://t.co/5sg0HLFUjl

  01-08-2018 12:08 via twitter.com
  
  Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive: bit.ly/2v5WWJ4 https://t.co/5sg0HLFUjl
  
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• New fires erupt in Northern California; homes threatened: bit.ly/2n03rsv https://t.co/KXuZBIrTg6

  01-08-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  
  New fires erupt in Northern California; homes threatened:bit.ly/2n03rsv https://t.co/KXuZBIrTg6
  
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• Arrest made in Wellington West break in: bit.ly/2KglL9S #ottnews https://t.co/UpqvcoZYKr

  01-08-2018 11:55 via twitter.com
  
  Arrest made in Wellington West break in: bit.ly/2KglL9S #ottnews https://t.co/UpqvcoZYKr
  
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• Starting today, anyone renting an Airbnb in Ottawa must pay a hotel tax: bit.ly/2KgHzlY #ottnews https://t.co/Eo3c4D25xp

  01-08-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  
  Starting today, anyone renting an Airbnb in Ottawa must pay a hotel tax: bit.ly/2KgHzlY#ottnews https://t.co/Eo3c4D25xp
  
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• US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they're encouraged: bit.ly/2KlTP4I https://t.co/SGxFIU5mpe

  01-08-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  
  US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they're encouraged: bit.ly/2KlTP4I https://t.co/SGxFIU5mpe
  
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• Wellington Street West reopens to traffic following building collapse: bit.ly/2O0Ax6T #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/XioF8Mkajr

  01-08-2018 11:23 via twitter.com
  
  Wellington Street West reopens to traffic following building collapse: bit.ly/2O0Ax6T #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/XioF8Mkajr
  
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• US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  01-08-2018 04:00 via twitter.com
  US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Clash of GOP titans as Trump v Kochs feud escalates. ottawamatters.com/world-news/cla…

  01-08-2018 03:35 via twitter.com
  Clash of GOP titans as Trump v Kochs feud escalates.ottawamatters.com/world-news/cla…
  
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• US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they're encouraged. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-08-2018 03:05 via twitter.com
  US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they're encouraged.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• WH Chief of Staff John Kelly sticking around for now. ottawamatters.com/world-news/whi…

  01-08-2018 02:40 via twitter.com
  WH Chief of Staff John Kelly sticking around for now.ottawamatters.com/world-news/whi…
  
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