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• Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  03-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Momentum in Ottawa's house sales shifts to the west and south

  03-08-2018 23:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s home buyers showed some resistance in July to prices in popular neighbourhoods from Westboro to New Edinburgh. Instead, they travelled further west and south in search of less expensive houses still within commuting distance.
  That, at least, is the picture that emerges from sales data published Friday by the Ottawa Real Estate Board, which drew on reports from 3,000 realtors who use the multiple listing service.
  The board reported the benchmark price for single family homes across
  
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• Trio of arrests made in Brockville drug investigation ottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr… https://t.co/5ikHwcbjSd

  03-08-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  
  Trio of arrests made in Brockville drug investigationottawamatters.com/police-beat/tr… https://t.co/5ikHwcbjSd
  
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• NAFTA in August? Canada's US envoy says 'aspirational,' but will work for it ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/5hXcy3Py7Z

  03-08-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  NAFTA in August? Canada's US envoy says 'aspirational,' but will work for itottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/5hXcy3Py7Z
  
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• Toronto receives $11M from feds to deal with spike in asylum seekers ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/2iZgMUAUdr

  03-08-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  Toronto receives $11M from feds to deal with spike in asylum seekersottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/2iZgMUAUdr
  
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• Two-day John sweep in Vanier yields 13 arrests

  03-08-2018 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police say community concerns led to 13 arrests in a two-day “John sweep” of Vanier this week.
  The officers were looking for John or prostitutes’ clients in the Montreal Road and Lafontaine Avenue area on Wednesday and Thursday. The investigation stemmed from community and business concerns about ongoing prostitution and men soliciting for that purpose in residential neighbourhoods.
  The round-up resulted in 13 arrests with seven criminal charges laid. Several of the accuse
  
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• 'John sweep' on residential Vanier streets results in 13 arrests ottawamatters.com/police-beat/jo… https://t.co/Bqo8NuCse4

  03-08-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
  'John sweep' on residential Vanier streets results in 13 arrestsottawamatters.com/police-beat/jo… https://t.co/Bqo8NuCse4
  
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• Reevely: Ontario is actually literally on fire, but Toronto politics dominate at Queen's Park

  03-08-2018 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  To judge by the Ontario New Democrats’ performance in question period this week, the thing that matters most in the province is the composition of Toronto’s city council.
  Forest fires are burning barely checked in the north. The Progressive Conservatives have torn up Ontario’s climate-change plan. Nobody knows what’s going on with social assistance and government disability supports. Everything’s waiting for a “line-by-line audit” of government spending
  
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• Armed and dangerous: Warrant issued for man after police find loaded gun

  03-08-2018 20:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a 23-year-old Ottawa man who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
  The warrant was obtained for Ken-Weekenden Tshilombo in relation to a loaded handgun located by police in the Caldwell Avenue area this past week.
  Police said Tshilombo is known to identify himself with various aliases. He is described as a black male, 6-1, 189 pounds, with a heavy build, short hair, and brown eyes.
  He faces a variety of charges, including possession of a fire
  
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• RIMPAC completed – 1,000 Canadian military personnel took part in exercise

  03-08-2018 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Exercise Rim of the Pacific has wrapped up, with more 1,000 Canadian military personnel taking part in the U.S.-led exercise.
  The exercise took place in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. Along with personnel, the Canadian military deployed five ships and a CP-140 Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
  The exercise ran from June 27 to August 2.
  RIMPAC is the world’s largest maritime exercise. Canada, along with Australia and the United States, has participated in every exerci
  
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• OC Transpo wants to buy commemorative O-Train swag before launching LRT

  03-08-2018 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It seems you can’t launch a $2.1-billion LRT line without some commemorative swag to mark the largest capital expense in the City of Ottawa’s history.
  The city is in the market for hundreds of special transit jackets to be part of staff uniforms for the opening of the Confederation Line.
  Billed in tender documents as the “O-Train Launch Commemorative Fleece Jacket,” the swag will be handed out to transit staff dedicated to LRT operations. The city is asking for quotes on
  
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• Arbitrator awards defenceman Cody Ceci $4.3M for 2018-19 season. #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…

  03-08-2018 19:37 via twitter.com
  Arbitrator awards defenceman Cody Ceci $4.3M for 2018-19 season. #ottnews twitter.com/Senators/statu…
  
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• #ottnews #otttraffic Slow down eastbound @ Parkdale - crash in the left lane. Police & fire on the scene. https://t.co/Kqj9xvTdgU

  03-08-2018 19:36 via twitter.com
  
  #ottnews #otttrafficSlow downeastbound @ Parkdale - crash in the left lane. Police & fire on the scene. https://t.co/Kqj9xvTdgU
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 3rd: 1:05: @JohnFraserOS 1:18: @Ian_Holliday 1:30: @ShadQadri &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 3rd: 1:05: @JohnFraserOS 1:18: @Ian_Holliday 1:30: @ShadQadri &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @EricEdCollard & @MikeVlasveld join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@EricEdCollard & @MikeVlasveld join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @BarryDavis_ joins @MarkDayNews to talk @BlueJays: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:@BarryDavis_ joins @MarkDayNews to talk @BlueJays:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa Humane Society bursting with homeless cats, needs adoptive families

  03-08-2018 17:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Humane Society says its feline population has reached a critical level, and that it’s in urgent need of families to adopt homeless cats and kittens.
  “We are in full on kitty crisis mode,” said Bruce Roney, OHS president and CEO, in a press release on Friday. “We need to find homes.”
  The shelter is housing a combined total of nearly 500 cats and kittens.
  “The cats need your help,” said Roney. “We have 122 adult cats and 35 kittens ready t
  
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• Gatineau barbecue fire displaces four

  03-08-2018 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The quintessential summer event — the barbecue — took a dark turn for four people in Gatineau Thursday night.
  They were displaced following a barbecue fire that caused serious damage to a home at 244 rue Jeannine Grégoire Ross, near Highway 148 and Rue Notre Dame in east Gatineau.
  According to the Gatineau fire service, firefighters brought the blaze under control just after 7 p.m. Thanks to their quick action, the damage — estimated at more than $90,000 &m
  
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• Gormley: Toronto secessionists give politics of division new meaning

  03-08-2018 16:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  “This is not a crazy idea.” That is what a Toronto mayoral candidate said last week of an idea that is certifiably, institutionalization-level crazy. Crazy is in fact the kindest word one can use to describe the idea, a word that is kind enough to be inaccurate and inaccurate enough to be kind. Crazy at least sounds like a bit of fun.
  What urban-planner-cum-secessionist-rebellion-leader Jennifer Keesmaat proposed is not fun: Toronto should separate from Ontario as a reaction to Premi
  
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• On today's Ethics Lab with @dk_munro: -Traffic congestion pricing. -Bereavement leave for pet loss. Tune in live… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  On today's Ethics Lab with @dk_munro: -Traffic congestion pricing. -Bereavement leave for pet loss.Tune in live… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:40: 1310 film critic @thordiakow joins @markdaynews with a look at the weekend box office: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:40: 1310 film critic @thordiakow joins @markdaynews with a look at the weekend box office: 📻: 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cat population at @ottawahumane reaches 'critical level' bit.ly/2neufFH #ottnews https://t.co/DmYBv8kl3W

  03-08-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  
  Cat population at @ottawahumane reaches 'critical level'bit.ly/2neufFH #ottnews https://t.co/DmYBv8kl3W
  
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• #ottnews #sens twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  03-08-2018 16:34 via twitter.com
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• Police carrying out long weekend campaigns to ensure drivers, boaters respecting the law

  03-08-2018 16:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  While many Ottawans are preparing to kick back and relax this Civic Holiday long weekend, the OPP and Ottawa police are gearing up for enforcement and awareness campaigns on the highways, lakes and rivers.
  The OPP want you to be particularly cognizant of emergency vehicles and tow trucks that are pulled over on the side of the road when you’re making the cottage commute or driving elsewhere across the province this weekend.
  “Any driver who has had to pull over to the roadside of a bu
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @NCC_scientist joins @MarkDayNews to discuss how humans are helping to spread invasive specie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @NCC_scientist joins @MarkDayNews to discuss how humans are helping to spread invasive specie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @EricEdCollard & @MikeVlasveld join fill-in host @markdaynews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch:@EricEdCollard & @MikeVlasveld 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: @jonathanmcleod & @erin_gee join @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod & @erin_gee join @MarkDayNews live:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ‘It’s not all about cost. It’s about family, home and heart’: Deciding between a home remodel or buying new

  03-08-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
   When does a home renovation stop making sense and start wasting money?
  For veteran renovator Roy Nandram, president of RND Construction, the $500,000 mark should be a red flag to homeowners that building a new home or buying a resale might be a better choice— but there’s no hard and fast rule.
  While homeowners Andrew Cameron and Susan D’Antoni didn’t expect to spend over half a million dollars for their Glebe remodel, it’s not something they regret.
  “The
  
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• Watch out for cyclist inappropriately touching women in the east end, police warn

  03-08-2018 15:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police warned east-end residents to be on guard Friday after receiving multiple reports about a man “inappropriately touching” women as he rode past on his bicycle in the area.
  Police fielded a total of four reports about a similarly-described suspect between June 7 and July 31.
  The alleged inappropriate touching happened between the Aviation Parkway and Orleans, according to police.
  The suspect was described as a white or Middle-Eastern man between 16 and 26 years-old, with a
  
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• Back to rubble, some 'lost everything' in California fire: bit.ly/2vzldqn https://t.co/CsML1Frgvg

  03-08-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  Back to rubble, some 'lost everything' in California fire: bit.ly/2vzldqn https://t.co/CsML1Frgvg
  
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• Aimia, Porter Airlines form new Aeroplan points partnership for post-Air Canada era: bit.ly/2OHaYsD https://t.co/2pa2s8F4y2

  03-08-2018 13:46 via twitter.com
  
  Aimia, Porter Airlines form new Aeroplan points partnership for post-Air Canada era: bit.ly/2OHaYsD https://t.co/2pa2s8F4y2
  
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• Montreal model known as Zombie Boy dead at 32, talent agency confirms: bit.ly/2AAWOGy https://t.co/Hy0b7cz5dP

  03-08-2018 13:37 via twitter.com
  
  Montreal model known as Zombie Boy dead at 32, talent agency confirms: bit.ly/2AAWOGy https://t.co/Hy0b7cz5dP
  
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• Hot and humid Friday, mercury expected to keep rising over the long weekend

  03-08-2018 13:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  With a forecast high of 28 C, Friday is slated to be the coolest it’s going to get for a little while, heading into what Environment Canada says should be a sweltering long weekend.
  Expect a mix of sun and cloud Friday with a humidex of 35 and a UV index or eight or very high.
  There’s no chance of precipitation until the evening, but even then, it’s only a low chance. The overnight low is forecast to be 17 C.
  Saturday is expected to see a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of s
  
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• Historic building that collapsed a 'house of cards' bit.ly/2OCHgFc #ottnews https://t.co/3kMOWxrGtV

  03-08-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  
  Historic building that collapsed a 'house of cards' bit.ly/2OCHgFc#ottnews https://t.co/3kMOWxrGtV
  
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• MacDougall: Things are looking very ugly for the NDP and Jagmeet Singh

  03-08-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Things are getting dark for the federal NDP.
  How dark?
  We’re talking Sylvia Plath reading Friedrich Nietzsche in a black hole with Radiohead playing on the radio. Or, if you want that translated into politics, it’s 1993 and the NDP are the Progressive Conservatives, on track to have their federal caucus fit into a phone booth. No, make that a coffin.
  A recent poll puts NDP support at a miserly 11.8 per cent. The last time the Dippers came in at 11 per cent was the 1997 federal electi
  
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• Civic Holiday: What's open and closed in Ottawa

  03-08-2018 13:00 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, what’s closed, and what hours of operation are altered across the city. 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, Que
  
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• Fox exec: Up to 'Simpsons' creators to handle Apu criticism: bit.ly/2KqgX1Q https://t.co/LJI1E533M6

  03-08-2018 12:35 via twitter.com
  
  Fox exec: Up to 'Simpsons' creators to handle Apu criticism: bit.ly/2KqgX1Q https://t.co/LJI1E533M6
  
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• Today's letters: What's the Tory plan for jobs in Ontario?

  03-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s not easy to hit the ‘pause’ button
  Re: Tories press pause on welfare ‘mess’, Aug. 1.
  Reading Minister Lisa MacLeod’s comment that the social assistance system in Ontario “needs a pause,” I am left to wonder if those who rely on the system are expected to simply “pause” their lives over the next three months while they await a new and improved plan from the government.
  As a retired physical education department head and former schoo
  
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• OPP launch 'Move Over' long weekend blitz: bit.ly/2LXGyUs https://t.co/vzplYZflCL

  03-08-2018 12:15 via twitter.com
  
  OPP launch 'Move Over' long weekend blitz: bit.ly/2LXGyUs https://t.co/vzplYZflCL
  
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• 'Beat it!' 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman tells bear who got into sugar bin: bit.ly/2KolMc6 https://t.co/B26PEfemwm

  03-08-2018 11:59 via twitter.com
  
  'Beat it!' 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman tells bear who got into sugar bin: bit.ly/2KolMc6 https://t.co/B26PEfemwm
  
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• Scientists use whale call recordings to coax male orca from Comox, B.C. harbour: bit.ly/2O7u9L9 https://t.co/hqIkyD5eYW

  03-08-2018 11:45 via twitter.com
  
  Scientists use whale call recordings to coax male orca from Comox, B.C. harbour: bit.ly/2O7u9L9 https://t.co/hqIkyD5eYW
  
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• Police to continue long weekend community safety initiatives: bit.ly/2ACPtpV #ottnews https://t.co/vFJYWcw7N6

  03-08-2018 11:38 via twitter.com
  
  Police to continue long weekend community safety initiatives: bit.ly/2ACPtpV#ottnews https://t.co/vFJYWcw7N6
  
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• Ottawa Police prepare for busy weekend - CTV News

  03-08-2018 08:50 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
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  Ottawa Police prepare for busy weekend
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  Ottawa Police will be keeping an eye on long weekend visitors to the ByWard Market and Montreal Road areas. As part of their ongoing community safety initiatives this summer, police will be conducting enforcement activities in the two popular districts.
  
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• Recap: Toronto 42, Ottawa 41 - CFL.ca

  03-08-2018 06:09 via cfl.ca
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  Recap: Toronto 42, Ottawa 41
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  The McLeod Bethel-Thompson led Argonauts erased a 24 point, second half deficit en route to their 2nd win of the season. Show Comments. Comments. Popular. 0:30 · Walker Out Muscles Gainey For Spectacular TD · All Videos · 0:40 · Collaros Airs It Out To ...
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks lose heartbreaker to Toronto Argos - Ottawa Sun

  03-08-2018 04:35 via ottawasun.com
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  Ottawa Redblacks lose heartbreaker to Toronto Argos
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  TORONTO — It was absolutely crushing, gut-wrenching — a game that somehow, some way got away — a game the Ottawa Redblacks never should have lost. But they did. With one second left, the Toronto Argos got a touchdown pass to Armanti Edwards ...
  Bethel-Thompson rallies Argos to thrilling 42-41 victory over Ottawa RedblacksYorkton This Weekall 17 news articles »
  
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• Ford government's media tactics draw ire of journalists and opposition parties. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-08-2018 03:10 via twitter.com
  Ford government's media tactics draw ire of journalists and opposition parties.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Paul Manafort's bookkeeper testified Thursday that the former Trump campaign chairman kept her in the dark about th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 02:40 via twitter.com
  Paul Manafort's bookkeeper testified Thursday that the former Trump campaign chairman kept her in the dark about th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says it is looking to sell a portion of its investment in the 407 toll highway. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  03-08-2018 02:05 via twitter.com
  SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says it is looking to sell a portion of its investment in the 407 toll highway.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Squirrel rolls around with stuffed dog toy, or the cutest thing you've seen all day

  03-08-2018 02:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dawna Ramsay gazed out into her Alta Vista backyard on Wednesday.
  There, she glimpsed animal behaviour unlike anything she’d ever seen – from a squirrel.
  The playful rodent had co-opted her dog’s stuffed pony toy.
  Undaunted by the fact the stuffed animal was the same size as it was – or perhaps, made more intrigued – the squirrel rolled around with the toy.
  It soon ran off, but luckily, Ramsay caught the moment on video.
  
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• Court tosses retroactive Harper-era change to 'faint-hope' rule for killers. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-08-2018 01:35 via twitter.com
  Court tosses retroactive Harper-era change to 'faint-hope' rule for killers.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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