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• Development controversy continues as vote goes against plan for former Westboro convent

  02-08-2018 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The old Westboro convent is still at the centre of a development controversy, with the owner on Thursday failing to win approval from the city’s heritage panel for a repair-and-redevelopment scheme.
  Ashcroft Homes’ proposal to tear down part of the convent, fix up the rest and connect into a new nine-storey residential complex has heritage advocates decrying the loss of history and the community association skeptical that commercial tenants will be viable in a boxed-in location at 11
  
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• Ottawa's most accomplished barefoot water-skier (who's also a dentist) - Ottawa Citizen

  02-08-2018 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa's most accomplished barefoot water-skier (who's also a dentist)
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  It's 8 a.m. on a sunny Monday morning, and Ottawa dentist Marcel Brunet is lying face down in the Rideau River. Behind his back, he's holding a tow line that snaps taut when driver Steve Dunbar opens the throttle of his specially designed Sanger speedboat.
  
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• Veterinarian warns dog owners on cannabis risks, report increase in cases of 'cannabis toxicity' in dogs. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  02-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  Veterinarian warns dog owners on cannabis risks, report increase in cases of 'cannabis toxicity' in dogs.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Missing 78-year-old man located safe, sound

  02-08-2018 23:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police’s search for a 78-year-old man who had been missing since about noon Thursday didn’t last long.
  André Labreche, who had last been seen heading west on Montreal Road toward Codd’s/Carsons Road, was located safe and sound, police reported in a news release at 5 p.m.
  Labreche’s family had said they feared for his safety because he suffers from dementia.
  
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• Legend (wait for it) dary. Geddy Lee tells stories of his extensive bass guitar collection in upcoming book. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  02-08-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  Legend (wait for it) dary. Geddy Lee tells stories of his extensive bass guitar collection in upcoming book.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Scanlan: Woman with cerebral palsy struggles to find consistent home care

  02-08-2018 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Janet Timpson is a woman about town. Catch her if you can.
  For 39 years, she had season’s tickets to her beloved Ottawa 67’s, still gets to a lot of hockey games, and loves to tell the story of legendary coach and GM Brian Kilrea visiting her table at the Chances R Restaurant.
  “He was so nice,” Timpson says.
  Part of the vast Ottawa area Timpson clan (Janet’s father, Bill, is one of 18 children), Timpson was born with cerebral palsy, but was able to walk for most of
  
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• Ottawa lawyer downplays danger from 3D-printed guns - CBC.ca

  02-08-2018 22:52 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa lawyer downplays danger from 3D-printed guns
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  A criminal defence lawyer and firearms advocate in Ottawa says criminals likely won't rush to produce 3D-printed guns, because the weapons are expensive to produce and don't last long. Concerns about the ability for people to create illicit weapons ...
  
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• Apple becomes 1st trillion-dollar company ottawamatters.com/world-news/fin… https://t.co/oVIWdcLdFG

  02-08-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  
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• Crumbling Hintonburg heritage building is a 'house of cards,' expert says

  02-08-2018 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was virtually no mortar holding the stones together on a wall that crumbled off a Hintonburg heritage building last week, according to the engineer hired by the city to assess the structure.
  “It’s basically a house of cards, this building right now,” John Cooke said of the Magee House during a built-heritage subcommittee meeting at city hall on Thursday.
  The western wall of the 144-year-old building at 1119 Wellington St. W. collapsed on July 24, forcing a temporary road
  
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• Off-duty Ottawa cops won't wear uniforms to Pride - Ottawa Citizen

  02-08-2018 22:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Off-duty Ottawa cops won't wear uniforms to Pride
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  Off-duty Ottawa police officers will attend the Capital Pride parade wearing ordinary clothes rather than their uniforms. For the second year in a row, the week's organizers requested that off-duty officers leave their uniforms at home so that ...
  
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• Off-duty Ottawa cops won't wear uniforms to Pride

  02-08-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Off-duty Ottawa police officers will attend the Capital Pride parade wearing ordinary clothes rather than their uniforms.
  For the second year in a row, the week’s organizers requested that off-duty officers leave their uniforms at home so that “everyone feels safe at Pride, particularly LGBTQ2 youth, and racialized and Indigenous community members.”
  Last year, Chief Charles Bordeleau initially said he wanted to wear his uniform, but in the end wore a golf shirt with a small pol
  
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• In Maxville, the pipes — and cabers, sheafs, mushy peas and a ceilidh — are calling

  02-08-2018 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 1948, a group of Maxville businessmen, fearing Scottish traditions were being lost to younger generations, organized the first Glengarry Highland Games. It was an instant success, as Maxville, according to the Ottawa Citizen, “assumed city-like proportions as thousands overflowed the town to witness the … games.
  “The visitors began arriving as early as Friday morning and within a matter of hours every available bit of lodging space was occupied within the town and farmers w
  
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• Tim Hortons franchisees say company won't meet with them to mend fences. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  02-08-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  Tim Hortons franchisees say company won't meet with them to mend fences.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Meet Bruce, the moose who thinks he's a horse (of course)

  02-08-2018 21:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Bourget-area farm has a new addition to its herd of Arabian horses, and it’s a moose.
  “He just thinks he’s a horse so he watches the horses and does what they do,” said the clearly charmed Kelsa Staffa of Wildfire Arabians who has made the muddled moose Facebook famous.
  
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• Police in Whitby investigate after a man allegedly confronted a woman in a hijab. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  02-08-2018 20:53 via twitter.com
  Police in Whitby investigate after a man allegedly confronted a woman in a hijab.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Reevely: Ontario's new carbon-tax challenge opens new front in Tory fight against federal Liberals

  02-08-2018 20:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is launching its own legal fight against the federal government’s plan to impose carbon taxes on provinces that don’t already have them, following a case Saskatchewan filed earlier this year.
  “Our government will be launching our own challenge of the Trudeau Liberal carbon tax at the Ontario Court of Appeal,” Attorney General Caroline Mulroney said in a Thursday news conference with Environment Minister Rod Phillips. In fact, she later clarified, it had already fi
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Foodie designer creates dream kitchen for trained chef

  02-08-2018 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  You’ve probably heard the phrase you eat to live or live to eat. Self-proclaimed foodie Deirdre Jorssen identifies with the latter.
  Jorssen is a designer at OakWood Design Centre, an award-winning custom home builder and renovation firm in Ottawa. Her passion for food influences her work and was the driving force behind a recent full-scale kitchen renovation in a family home near Elgin Street.
  “To be a kitchen designer and to love food goes hand in hand,” says Jorssen. “I
  
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• Civic holiday on Monday: What's open and closed in Ottawa

  02-08-2018 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Before heading out on the town or running errands this civic holiday Monday — celebrated in Ottawa as Colonel By Day — here’s what you need to know about what’s open and closed.
  Keep in mind, Monday isn’t an official statutory holiday, so there are fewer closures than you might expect. When in doubt, or if your business/facility/service of choice isn’t listed here, call ahead.
  And remember: Quebec doesn’t observe the civic holiday so it’s business
  
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• Jim Watson disavows earlier wish for smaller city council

  02-08-2018 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson says he no longer wishes for a smaller city council in Ottawa — a position he previously campaigned on.
  Watson’s change of tune, which he attributes to lessons gleaned from eight years on the job, comes in the wake of a proposed shake-up at Toronto City Hall. There, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new government wants to drastically cut the size of city council from 47 to 25 seats ahead of the Oct. 22 municipal election.
  “What’s happening with the elect
  
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• Adam: Mayoral candidate Clive Doucet wants a city council unafraid 'to express itself'

  02-08-2018 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clive Doucet is not a man for grand gestures, however noble, and he wants you to know that he is in the mayor’s race to win – not just to elevate the debate or shake things up. But over coffee at a Glebe café, Doucet said he’ll quit the race if he doesn’t find broad support across the city, especially in the suburbs. He’s not running just for the sake of it.
  “I am running to win and if I sense after two or three weeks that I’m not going to win, I
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, August 2nd: 1:08: @StormhunterTWN 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @Citizenkwarren 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, August 2nd: 1:08: @StormhunterTWN 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @Citizenkwarren 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canadian troops headed for Iraq to provide training to deal with IEDs

  02-08-2018 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A small contingent of soldiers from the Canadian Army’s 4 Engineer Support Regiment in New Brunswick left for Iraq Wednesday to provide training for Iraqi forces.
  The troops specialize in what the military calls expedited route opening capability or EROC. They are the first of two small groups from the regiment that will go to Iraq. EROC is the process of detecting and investigating improvised explosive devices (IED) that pose threats to military forces and equipment and are typically foun
  
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• Carlingwood duplex fire brought under control early Thursday thanks to vigilant neighbours

  02-08-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thanks to quick action by a neighbour, Ottawa firefighters were able to quickly bring a duplex fire in the Carlingwood neighbourhood under control Thursday morning.
  The neighbour called 911 just after 7:20 a.m. to report black smoke coming from a duplex at 402 Ancaster Ave. near Midway Avenue.
  Bystanders said people in the building were leaving, according to Ottawa Fire Services.
  Firefighters arrived on the scene by 7:30 a.m. to find smoke billowing from the eaves and roof of the house. The
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @liannelaing & @peter_tilley join fill-in host @markdaynews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @liannelaing & @peter_tilley join fill-in host @markdaynews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa fire commends neighbours who provided vital information in Ottawa west fire - Globalnews.ca

  02-08-2018 17:48 via globalnews.ca
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  Ottawa fire commends neighbours who provided vital information in Ottawa west fire
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  Ottawa Fire Services is commending neighbours for providing vital information to help fight the blaze that occurred Thursday morning. Ottawa says it received a 911 call from a neighbour at 7:22 a.m. reporting black smoke visible from a duplex at 402 ...and more »
  
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• Garden party at Mackenzie King estate returns August 4-6

  02-08-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Everyone is invited to “The Estate in Bloom” annual garden party to be held at the Mackenzie King Estate on Saturday, August 4 to Monday, August 6 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  You’re encouraged to wear your floral-themed clothing.
  This 231-hectare country estate in Gatineau Park belonged to Canada’s 10th and longest-serving prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and was bequeathed to all Canadians on his death. 
  There’s an exhibition of King’s garden (12:
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @CityPamS joins @MarkDayNews with an update on #ParrySound33: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15: @CityPamS joins @MarkDayNews with an update on #ParrySound33: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11: @envirodefence @CCDale joins @markdaynews ton carbon tax scale back concerns: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @envirodefence @CCDale joins @markdaynews ton carbon tax scale back concerns: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vance’s plan to buy U.S.-made uniforms for Canadian military raises issues

  02-08-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  My Postmedia colleague Christie Blatchford reports the Canadian military is looking for a new camouflage uniform for its 95,000 regular and reserve force members – potentially at a cost of as much as $500 million to taxpayers.
  Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance favours one originally developed for the U.S. military, according to documents obtained by Blatchford.
  In a seven-page briefing note on Vance’s recent visit to Halifax, the general’s senior staff officers last mon
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Golf writer @adam_stanley joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Golf writer @adam_stanley joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews on the Patrick Brown scandal: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @MarkDayNews on the Patrick Brown scandal: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @liannelaing & @peter_tilley join fill-in host @markdaynews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @liannelaing & @peter_tilley join fill-in host @markdaynews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @johnstall_radio, @David_Moscrop & @LMartinWashDC join @markdaynews live: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @johnstall_radio, @David_Moscrop & @LMartinWashDC join @markdaynews live: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @ckmarie joins @markdaynews on the Mueller investigation / Trump attacks: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @ckmarie joins @markdaynews on the Mueller investigation / Trump attacks:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Montreal man facing charges after truck rollover, nickel spill on Highway 17

  02-08-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP have charged a Montreal man with careless driving following a tractor trailer rollover in Laurentian Hills that spilled powdered nickel onto Highway 17 and closed the roadway for nearly 12 hours Wednesday.
  According to police, the nickel was removed with the help of a vacuum truck. The highway reopened overnight.
  The driver and commercial truck’s lone occupant was not hurt in the single vehicle collision.
  Jean Francois Gagnon, 39, of Montreal, was charged with careless driving
  
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• Tesla burns $739.5 million in cash on way to record 2Q loss: bit.ly/2O5UZnb https://t.co/Ee0QDEc0Hn

  02-08-2018 14:39 via twitter.com
  
  Tesla burns $739.5 million in cash on way to record 2Q loss: bit.ly/2O5UZnb https://t.co/Ee0QDEc0Hn
  
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• Herongate tenants ramp up pressure on landlord: bit.ly/2LMkJbs https://t.co/JZ02OTrnQh

  02-08-2018 14:25 via twitter.com
  
  Herongate tenants ramp up pressure on landlord: bit.ly/2LMkJbs https://t.co/JZ02OTrnQh
  
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• Police charge Ottawa Valley man following robbery, threats against victims and pet

  02-08-2018 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP charged a man from Whitewater Region Township following an alleged violent robbery and series of threats against three adult victims and a pet in Pembroke last week.
  On the evening of July 24, the OPP’s Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment responded to a reported robbery “involving violence with an edged weapon,” in the parking lot of a Pembroke Street East business. The suspect fled before police arrived with property stolen from a victim.
  Police identified three victim
  
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• Bernier touts himself as the only politician to want truly free trade with U.S. bit.ly/2AyXrRf https://t.co/NBSS91CdIR

  02-08-2018 14:15 via twitter.com
  
  Bernier touts himself as the only politician to want truly free trade with U.S. bit.ly/2AyXrRf https://t.co/NBSS91CdIR
  
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• Fire on Ancaster now under control. Crews remain on scene. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…

  02-08-2018 14:03 via twitter.com
  Fire on Ancaster now under control. Crews remain on scene. #ottnews twitter.com/OFSFirePhoto/s…
  
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• Police seek public's help to find missing Ottawa boy - Ottawa Citizen

  02-08-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Police seek public's help to find missing Ottawa boy
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  Ottawa police appealed for the public's help Wednesday to locate a missing 14-year-old Ottawa boy, whose family was concerned for his safety. Jaedon Thibeault was described as a white male standing at five feet four inches tall, weighing 130 pounds ...
  
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• POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government's decision to scrap the basic income pilot project?

  02-08-2018 13:59 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you agree with the provincial government's decision to scrap the basic income pilot project?
  
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• Police seek public's help to find missing Ottawa boy

  02-08-2018 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police appealed for the public’s help Wednesday to locate a missing 14-year-old Ottawa boy, whose family was concerned for his safety.
  Jaedon Thibeault was described as a white male standing at five feet four inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with medium-length blond hair and hazel eyes.
  He was last seen on Saturday in the area of Place d’Orléans Drive and St. Joseph Boulevard in Orléans, wearing a green sweater, black t-shirt and black sweatpants.
  Anyone who has
  
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• Did bonuses fuel the Phoenix fire?

  02-08-2018 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The question has been following Marie Lemay for years: Did the prospect of pay bonuses induce her public service executives to launch the Phoenix Pay system before it was ready?
  The deputy minister for Public Services and Procurement Canada — the department in charge of federal public service’s hated and problem-plagued pay system — rejected the notion late in 2016, noting, “There was no speed target for executives to implement Phoenix so they could get their bonus.&
  
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• Fire crews battling a blaze at a Carlingwood area duplex. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  02-08-2018 13:48 via twitter.com
  Fire crews battling a blaze at a Carlingwood area duplex. #ottnews twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• Happening now: twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  02-08-2018 13:41 via twitter.com
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• After yesterday's tornado warning, we're back to mainly clear skies and hot temperatures

  02-08-2018 13:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The skies have cleared following Wednesday’s tornado warnings and thunderstorms.
  Environment Canada is calling for a hot, sunny Thursday with a low chance of precipitation.
  Expect a mix of sun and cloud until 6 p.m. when clouds are slated to take over.
  The temperature is expected to reach a high of 28 C in the afternoon, and drop down to 19 C at night.
  The humidex was set to be 34 and the UV index eight or very high.
  Friday looks just as hot, with a high of 28C.
  Some rain could fall on Fri
  
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• The corporate climb: women locked out of old boys' club in misguided Me Too backlash: bit.ly/2Kq2KSI https://t.co/45wloc7MDx

  02-08-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  
  The corporate climb: women locked out of old boys' club in misguided Me Too backlash: bit.ly/2Kq2KSI https://t.co/45wloc7MDx
  
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• Ottawa teacher says there's much to gain from outdoor trips - CBC.ca

  02-08-2018 13:22 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa teacher says there's much to gain from outdoor trips
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  An Ottawa teacher who took students on rafting trips for over a decade said he hopes school boards continue to invest in outdoor trips even after a tragedy in Algonquin Park last year. Toronto student Jeremiah Perry, 15, died last summer while on a ...
  
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• Ontario government defends move to axe basic income pilot project: bit.ly/2Kk6FQT #ONpoli https://t.co/vGqyGbfBqZ

  02-08-2018 13:19 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario government defends move to axe basic income pilot project: bit.ly/2Kk6FQT #ONpoli https://t.co/vGqyGbfBqZ
  
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