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• Heat wave in BC could see temperatures of 40C. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  07-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• Local Buddhist society planning grand temple near Richmond

  07-08-2018 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  A local Buddhist society is leaving urban Ottawa to build a unique grand temple in a more peaceful area near the village of Richmond, hoping the ornate facility will also be a draw for worshipers from across eastern Ontario and Quebec.
  The International Buddhist Progress Society of Ottawa-Carleton has applied to the City of Ottawa for land-use permission to carve out a piece of forested land for a temporary worship facility and traditional Chinese-style temple at 6688 Franktown Rd.
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• Towed last month in the Glebe, Yakko Takko food truck reopened Tuesday in Hintonburg

  07-08-2018 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Yakko Takko, a Mexican food truck that was towed from its location in the Glebe last month after it violated city bylaws, has found a new home in Hintonburg.
  Roberto Reyes, the food truck’s owner, said Tuesday that his business reopened at 1195 Wellington St. W., near Hamilton Avenue, where a gelato stand had been.
  “It’s a better vibe now,” Reyes said Tuesday.
  In early July, after a slew of complaints from neighbouring businesses, Ottawa bylaw officers towed Reyes Truck f
  
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• Saudi Arabian crude oil imports to Canada easy to replace, says energy economist ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/QZynEexmLc

  07-08-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Saudi Arabian crude oil imports to Canada easy to replace, says energy economistottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/QZynEexmLc
  
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• UPDATED: Police recover body of Ottawa teen drowned at Cobden-area resort

  07-08-2018 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP divers on Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of an 18-year-old Ottawa woman who drowned at the Logos Land Resort near Cobden.
  Maria Jessah Paned was swimming with family members at the resort on Astrolabe Lake Monday around 2:30 p.m. when she failed to surface.
  Lifeguards searched for the unidentified young woman, who was not a strong swimmer, after she vanished during a swim with family members but were unable to find her.
  Renfrew OPP said in a news release that a post mortem examina
  
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• Cocaine and ammunition seized on Manotick Station Road ottawamatters.com/police-beat/co… https://t.co/pq1pUEnNb7

  07-08-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Alcohol suspected factor in rollover near Hwy 17 ottawamatters.com/police-beat/al… https://t.co/mSLlXiBfpF

  07-08-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Vandals scorch monument to staff of former City of Kanata

  07-08-2018 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are without leads – including exactly when it happened – in a case of vandalism to a granite monument commemorating pre-amalgamation employees of the former City of Kanata.
  The local councillor, the first mayor of Kanata, vowed Tuesday on Twitter to have the area cleaned up.
  Coun. Marianne Wilkinson reported the arson at the monument on Maritime Way at Canadian Shield Avenue on Aug. 1, police said. Vandals appear to have tried to set the monument on fire leaving the platf
  
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• Iris Street closed after townhouse fire

  07-08-2018 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters have closed Iris St. in Nepean after a fire broke out in a townhouse unit.
  Neighbours called the fire department around 2:38 p.m. after smoke was visible inside a second-floor bedroom, said Ottawa Fire Services spokesperson Danielle Cardinal. The fire was small, and was declared under control by 3:01 p.m.
  No injuries have been reported, and firefighters were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading to the attic.
  IRIS FIRE: Under Control 3:01 p.m. Fire located on 2n
  
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• Remember This? The Heron Road bridge disaster ottawamatters.com/remember-this/… https://t.co/FJJgg76ncB

  07-08-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Tree topples, unseating Mary at St. Patrick Basilica

  07-08-2018 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday’s punishing storm winds appear to have felled part of a majestic maple that in turn levelled the column supporting a statue of the Virgin Mary outside St. Patrick Basilica.
  Mary looked serene through photographer Wayne Cuddington’s lens, but she’s surrounded by pieces of her toppled pedestal and caged by broken branches on the lawn of the basilica at the corner of Kent and Nepean streets.
  There’s no word on the age of the statue or tree – a neighbour estimate
  
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• Two collared after shots fired into Heatherington home

  07-08-2018 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two men were arrested and a loaded 9 mm handgun seized Sunday as police investigated “numerous” shots fired into a Heatherington Road home.
  A man fired into a unit on the south-end street at around 10 a.m. Saturday then drove off, police said in a release issued Tuesday. Responding officers found shell casings and bullet holes in the windows and walls. No one was injured.
  At around 1 a.m. Sunday, officers located a vehicle they believe was involved in the shooting. A search turned up
  
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• High level NAFTA preparation meetings set for Ottawa on Wednesday - CBC.ca

  07-08-2018 19:42 via cbc.ca
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  High level NAFTA preparation meetings set for Ottawa on Wednesday
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  Canada's ambassador to Washington will be spending Wednesday in Ottawa for a series of high level NAFTA preparation meetings. David MacNaughton is expected to sit down with members of the Prime Minister's Office and trade officials ahead of what ...and more »
  
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• Alexandria residents win $1.4 million Lottario jackpot

  07-08-2018 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Alexandria couple had luck on their side July 28 when they became the latest Lottario winners.
  Maurice and Suzanne Seguin of Alexandria won $1,400,262.20 in the July 28 draw. There were no winners in the Aug. 4 draw.
  The couple — who picked up their winnings two days later at OLG prize centre in Toronto — was not immediately available for comment.
  The winning ticket, which was a quick pick, was purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart on Main Street in Alexandria. It was one of two tickets
  
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• Going out best bets, Aug. 9 to 15

  07-08-2018 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Kathleen Edwards, Midnight Vesta, Braden Foulkes and other musicians play an outdoor concert Saturday afternoon and evening in Pakenham in support of the Canadian Golden Retriever Adoption Service and Ottawa Dog Rescue. The fundraiser is to be held at 1943 Blakeney Rd. in Pakenham, a half-hour’s drive west of Ottawa, and tickets are $35 a person (free for children under 12). To reserve, send an e-transfer to [email protected] — and all proceeds will go to the causes. A
  
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• Jazz on a summer's day at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival

  07-08-2018 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  My summer vacation ended last week on a high note — or more precisely, innumerable beautiful notes played during the opening day of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival.
  The premier American outdoor jazz festival’s latest edition, presented by Natixis Investment Managers, kicked off Friday morning at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, with prodigiously talented teenagers playing Salt Peanuts and Senor Blues. Ten sweltering hours later, the day’s music ended at the Intern
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, August 7th: 1:08: @VictorFedeli 1:17: @RexBrynen 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 18:12 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, August 7th: 1:08: @VictorFedeli 1:17: @RexBrynen 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @MrsLoulou join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @MrsLoulou join fill-in host@MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cocaine seized in Manotick Station Road bust

  07-08-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officers from the guns and gangs and tactical units seized 735 g of cocaine when they raided a residence on Manotick Station Road Friday.
  They also found a small amount of codeine, gas masks, a cocaine press, brass knuckles, 22 calibre ammunition and an undisclosed amount of Canadian cash, Ottawa police said in a release Tuesday.
  “Other unknown substances were discovered and are being analyzed,” they added.
  No one was at home when officers executed the search warrant.
  Police did not
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @OntCraftBrewers Scott Simmons joins @MarkDayNews on the PC government's buck a beer plan:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @OntCraftBrewers Scott Simmons joins @MarkDayNews on the PC government's buck a beer plan:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  07-08-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
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• OPP have identified the victim in this morning's crash on Hwy15 as Monica Chant, 29, of Smiths Falls. A 58 year old… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  OPP have identified the victim in this morning's crash on Hwy15 as Monica Chant, 29, of Smiths Falls. A 58 year old… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: If we really care about progress in Saudi Arabia, call it the medieval absolute monarchy it is

  07-08-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pity Saudi Arabia, the world’s most fragile flower. It is feeling aggrieved. It is wilting under Canada’s withering gaze. Oh, the shame of it all.
  It took only two terse statements to set off the poor, put-upon Saudis. Now this has become a casus belli with Canada worthy of the Zimmerman Telegram.
  The great offence? Chrystia Freeland tweeted that she was “very alarmed” to learn that Samar Badawi, the sister of imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi, has also been jailed in Saudi
  
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• Cocaine seized in Manotick Station Road bust - Ottawa Citizen

  07-08-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Cocaine seized in Manotick Station Road bust
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  Officers from the guns and gangs and tactical units seized 735 g of cocaine when they raided a residence on Manotick Station Road Friday. They also found a small amount of codeine, gas masks, a cocaine press, brass knuckles, 22 calibre ammunition and ...
  Ottawa police seize drugs, ammunition from Manotick homeGlobalnews.ca
  Police find cocaine, weapons after searching Manotick Station homeCTV Newsall 7 news articles&
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @MarkDayNews live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Fire destroys home in Ottawa's south end - CBC.ca

  07-08-2018 17:24 via cbc.ca
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  Fire destroys home in Ottawa's south end
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  A home was destroyed by a fire in Ottawa's south end early Monday morning. Ottawa Fire Services received a call at 4:36 a.m. about a home on 2055 Baffin Ave. that was engulfed in flames. Due to the fire conditions, firefighters used a defensive attack ...
  Flames consume Ottawa home in two-alarm fireOttawa Citizen
  Ottawa Arson Unit investigates house fire that engulfs Alta Vista homeCTV Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Thieves make off with municipal dock in Quinte West

  07-08-2018 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Merely paddling off with a kayak or canoe is clearly for landlubbers, but these thieves pirated the whole dock.
  Quinte West OPP are hunting for the paddle craft dock which was stolen from a fuelling area at the Trent Port Marina last month. The wooden dock valued at more than $3,200 went missing some time between July 9 and July 19.
  The hardware was all intact, suggesting the dock was stolen and not swept away, although there’s no evidence of whether it was taken by land or water.
  Anyone w
  
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• Down Goes Brown: Five ways Ottawa Senators' season could play out - Sportsnet.ca

  07-08-2018 16:59 via sportsnet.ca
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  Down Goes Brown: Five ways Ottawa Senators' season could play out
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  Sportsnet's Steve Dangle joins The Good Show to discuss the dysfunction of the Ottawa Senators and the organization's uncertain outlook going forward. Sean McIndoe | @DownGoesBrown August 7, 2018, 10:56 AM. Sean McIndoe @DownGoesBrown ...
  NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, and the Carolina ...MyNHLTradeRumors.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @MarkDayNews: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @MarkDayNews: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750-1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• House Works: Musty carpets a summertime problem

  07-08-2018 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some home ownership challenges are easy to understand and others are mysterious. Summertime mustiness is one of the mysterious kind. I was reminded of this when I got a message from a puzzled man growing weary of battling mustiness rising from his carpet. “If I don’t run the dehumidifier all the time during hot weather”, he explained, “the carpet on the concrete main floor of our home smells strongly of mould. What can I do?”
  The first step to solving any problem is
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @MarkDayNews Listen: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @MarkDayNewsListen:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @MrsLoulou join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @MrsLoulou join fill-in host@MarkDayNews in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This week, back in 1966. #history #ottawa #ottnews #rememberthis twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  07-08-2018 16:08 via twitter.com
  This week, back in 1966. #history #ottawa #ottnews #rememberthis twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Reserve officers from around world meet in Quebec

  07-08-2018 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Reserve officers from 23 countries are meeting in Quebec City to discuss training and other issues related to the use of part-time soldiers.
  The Summer Congress of Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) and Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR) started Aug. 3 and runs until Aug. 10.
  “More than 23 nations are participating in discussions on prominent issues related to military reserves including the contribution of reserve forces to international operat
  
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• Police search for woman feared drowned at Cobden-area resort

  07-08-2018 15:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP divers are on their way to the Logos Land Resort near Cobden Tuesday morning to search for an 18-year-old woman who failed to surface during a swim.
  Police say they’re investigating a drowning after being called to the resort on Astrolabe Lake at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.
  Lifeguards had searched for the unidentified young woman, who was not a strong swimmer, after she vanished during a swim with family members but were unable to find her.
  Her family is now waiting for news at Logos Land,
  
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• Woman dead in early-morning crash on Highway 15

  07-08-2018 15:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  An unidentified woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash at about 3:45 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 15, just north of Portland, On.
  A second driver was taken to Kingston with injuries.
  Rideau Lakes OPP officers were called to the scene where the north and southbound vehicles collided.
  Highway 15 remained closed between County Road 5 and Cedar Valley Road while the OPP’s technical traffic collision investigators examined the scene.
  
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• Modernization program could see Cormorant helicopters return to Trenton

  07-08-2018 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government’s plan to move ahead with the modernization of Cormorant search and rescue helicopters could see the return of Cormorants on the flight line at Trenton, Ont., says the Canadian Forces. The RCAF is hoping for “the potential re-introduction of the CH-149 Cormorant helicopter to Trenton” once the Cormorant modernization program is finished, it added. If that happens the Griffon helicopters currently assigned to 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron, would be ret
  
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• Body found in Frank Street apartment not suspicious, police say

  07-08-2018 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police discovered a body when they were called to a Golden Triangle apartment building Monday but have determined the death was not suspicious.
  Officers were asked to check on an individual at a building on Frank Street near Elgin Street at 5:30 p.m.
   
  
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• 100 days, 100 posts as war museum marks WWI centenary

  07-08-2018 14:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian War Museum is marking the centenary of the Hundred Days campaign that ended the First World War with 100 social media posts starting Wednesday sharing “stories of courage, sacrifice and perseverance.”
  The social media project memorializes the series of decisive battles in which Canadians fought, “greatly contributing” to the November 1918 Allied victory.
  It kicks off with a lecture by historians Jack Granatstein and Tim Cook at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and leads i
  
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• Largest wildfire in California history still growing: bit.ly/2M16gbO https://t.co/06TcCtXcca

  07-08-2018 13:58 via twitter.com
  
  Largest wildfire in California history still growing: bit.ly/2M16gbO https://t.co/06TcCtXcca
  
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• Hot and humid with a chance of more thunderstorms today but cooler nights ahead

  07-08-2018 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s still sticky despite the longest thunderstorm in a decade capping off the holiday weekend with a bang but watch for steadily cooler lows this week that may at least bring a breath of breeze.
  Tuesday’s forecast is for more showers ending near noon, a high of 28 C that will feel like 36, more showers ending near noon and the risk of more thunderstorms.
  The overnight low at least drops into the teens with a forecast 18 C.
  For Wednesday, there’s a 30 per cent chance of afterno
  
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• Crews to remove oil from decades-old shipwreck off Newfoundland coast: bit.ly/2M3rLIb https://t.co/SdCMbPeaFO

  07-08-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  
  Crews to remove oil from decades-old shipwreck off Newfoundland coast: bit.ly/2M3rLIb https://t.co/SdCMbPeaFO
  
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• An evening of thunder and lightning across the capital capped off the August long weekend with minor flooding and p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-08-2018 13:21 via twitter.com
  An evening of thunder and lightning across the capital capped off the August long weekend with minor flooding and p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Plastic degrading in the ocean produces greenhouse gas, new study says: bit.ly/2KzOhUi https://t.co/RG9dpv1Q33

  07-08-2018 13:20 via twitter.com
  
  Plastic degrading in the ocean produces greenhouse gas, new study says: bit.ly/2KzOhUi https://t.co/RG9dpv1Q33
  
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• Ottawa court delays slow to budge despite Jordan ruling, numbers show - CBC.ca

  07-08-2018 12:56 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa court delays slow to budge despite Jordan ruling, numbers show
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  Among large Ontario cities, Ottawa has the highest percentage of court cases at risk of being thrown out because they are venturing precariously close to the 18-month ceiling set by the Supreme Court of Canada in its landmark Jordan decision ...
  
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• Editorial: Delicate dance of diplomacy too important to stage on Twitter

  07-08-2018 12:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  International affairs can be a delicate, and sometimes dangerous, dance for world leaders.
  The steps and missteps come with the most serious of stakes – from security, to the economy, to matters of life and death.
  As such, this weekend’s blowup between Canada and Saudi Arabia should be viewed with concern.
  While most Canadians were enjoying a holiday long weekend, a days-old tweet from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland escalated into a major diplomatic row with the King
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends B.C. Day at picnic in Penticton, B.C. bit.ly/2M9ZMq0 https://t.co/jcxc6XIzp6

  07-08-2018 12:48 via twitter.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends B.C. Day at picnic in Penticton, B.C. bit.ly/2M9ZMq0 https://t.co/jcxc6XIzp6
  
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• Man killed by fallen tree at Lac Phillipe campsite: bit.ly/2vphvQH https://t.co/9JnjPq5KO9

  07-08-2018 12:41 via twitter.com
  
  Man killed by fallen tree at Lac Phillipe campsite: bit.ly/2vphvQH https://t.co/9JnjPq5KO9
  
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• Today's letters: An idea to bring generations together

  07-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  An inspiring ‘armchair mayor’
  Re: Armchair mayor – make Ottawa a real learning hub, July 31.
  One of the ways I stay connected to what people in Ottawa think is by reading the letters to the editor. Charlie Lowthian-Rickert’s letter caught my eye, and my heart.
  What an inspirational young person, already making a difference in our community! Not only are her thirst for learning and pursuit of knowledge and discovery notable, her inter-generational idea of “Rent-a-Gra
  
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• Rubin: Government silence on Hassan Diab shows full inquiry is needed

  07-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa academic Hassan Diab, held for three years in France without charge over accusations of terrorism, had little choice but to boycott the limited external review of his extradition case that Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has set up under former Ontario deputy attorney general Murray Segal.
  Segal’s review, with its narrow scope and powers, could end up hitting the same roadblocks and secrecy – and falling short of needed answers – that I am experiencing in my i
  
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