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• OC Transpo tinkers with upcoming changes to Route 12

  10-08-2018 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Facing criticism from transit riders and politicians alike, OC Transpo has tinkered with changes coming soon to a popular east-end bus route.
  Service on Route 12 between downtown and Blair station is often plagued by delays, cancelled trips and overcrowded buses.
  Starting Sept. 2, downtown-bound buses were to end their journeys at Confederation Square instead of Bank and Slater. Buses will also connect with the Rideau station when the new Confederation LRT Line opens.
  But the prospect that
  
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• Senators sign free-agent forward Chase Balisy - Ottawa Sun

  10-08-2018 23:39 via ottawasun.com
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  The Ottawa Senators brought in some more depth for the organization Friday. The Senators announced they signed forward Chase Balisy to a one-year, two-way contract that's worth $650,000 in the NHL and $135,000 if he plays for the club's American ...
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• Off-duty officer charged with impaired driving after multi-vehicle collision. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  10-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• 3D crosswalks coming to Ottawa - CBC.ca

  10-08-2018 23:10 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa's first three-dimensional crosswalks are coming to the city's south end, a pilot project aimed at calming traffic in the area around Elmvale Shopping Centre. The mid-block markings, which appear as raised white blocks on the pavement, will be ...
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• 3D crosswalks coming to Ottawa | CBC News - CBC.ca

  10-08-2018 23:10 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa's first three-dimensional crosswalks are coming to the city's south end, a pilot project aimed at calming traffic in the area around Elmvale Shopping ...and more »
  
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• ICYMI: Greek Fest organizers: 'Don't worry about Prince of Wales Drive construction' ottawamatters.com/local-news/gre… https://t.co/Hqs7Gkrie4

  10-08-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Greek Fest organizers: 'Don't worry about Prince of Wales Drive construction'ottawamatters.com/local-news/gre… https://t.co/Hqs7Gkrie4
  
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• CRA documents detail views of mosque's speakers accused of promoting 'hate and intolerance'

  10-08-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Among the guest speakers at the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque, which has had its charitable status stripped in July for allowing activities that “promote hate and intolerance,” were ones who have in the past justified suicide bomb attacks, said Allah created women with incomplete and deficient intellect, and condemned homosexuals as “filthy and deviant.”
  The information comes from a May 2018 report by the Canada Revenue Agency obtained by this paper that revoke
  
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• Mosque whose charitable status was revoked over 'extremist' speakers to file appeal

  10-08-2018 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The administrator of an east-end mosque whose charitable status was yanked following a Canadian Revenue Agency audit says the organization is appealing the decision.
  In a letter and other supporting documents outlining its reasons for revoking the charity status of the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque, the CRA said the organization “acknowledged that it allowed its premises to be used by individuals and groups with extremist views.”
  Speaking to reporters in front of the
  
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• Melnyk: Senators staying in Ottawa for 'very, very long time ... - Sportsnet.ca

  10-08-2018 22:34 via sportsnet.ca
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  Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk met with reporters on Friday following a meeting with mayor Jim Watson to share an update on the ongoing discussions ...
  Cautious optimism in Ottawa following arena meeting between ...TSN
  Melnyk 'very confident' about reaching deal to redevelop LeBreton FlatsCTV News
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• Ottawa mosque loses charity status for promoting 'hate and ... - CBC - CBC.ca

  10-08-2018 22:17 via cbc.ca
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  The Canada Revenue Agency has revoked the charitable status of the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque in the city's southeast over allegations it ...
  Mosque's charitable status revoked after CRA audit finds 'extremist' speakersOttawa Citizenall 12 news articles »
  
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• City tests '3D' road markings that look like Star Trek symbols

  10-08-2018 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Motorists pumped their brakes Friday afternoon as they approached two odd shapes on a straightaway behind the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre, perhaps giving credibility to a city pilot program for “3D” road markings.
  The markings look like two Star Trek Starfleet logos pressed onto Othello Avenue. They’re designed so that approaching motorists think the markings are speed bumps, slowing down traffic.
  Alta Vista Coun. Jean Cloutier said the thermal plastic markings cost $3,500 to
  
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• Surge in part-time work offsets full-time losses, helps drops unemployment rate ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/ZHAZpbD94X

  10-08-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Section of Merivale Road closing for 10 weeks

  10-08-2018 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A short section of Merivale Road is about to close for 10 weeks. Blame it on widening of the Highway 417 bridge over Merivale.
  Beginning Monday at 6 a.m., Merivale will be closed in both directions between Island Park Drive and Carling Avenue.
  Signed detours will be in place for the duration of the closure. The sidewalk on the east side of Merivale Road will remain open for pedestrians, or for cyclists who walk their bikes.
  Local traffic can continue to use Merivale only in order to access Westg
  
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• Two police officers among four people dead in New Brunswick shooting ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/lGi2BsSCbI

  10-08-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Part of Merivale Road will be shut down for about ten weeks. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  10-08-2018 21:08 via twitter.com
  Part of Merivale Road will be shut down for about ten weeks. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• OPP ask for public's assistance to identify suspect in Russell County hit-and-run

  10-08-2018 21:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police officers with the Russell County detachment are asking for the public’s help to identify a man they believe was involved in a hit-and-run in a Tim Horton’s parking lot on Tuesday.
  Details about the incident, which occurred in Russell, are scarce.
  However, police said a man driving a black Ford Mustang struck a 71-year-old man outside the coffee shop.
  The man received minor injuries as a result of the incident.
  Police are asking anyone who can identify the dr
  
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• Ottawa police make arrest in Overbrook armed robbery ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot… https://t.co/CWeVngFWxH

  10-08-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Ottawa hospitals face exodus of Saudi doctors and medical trainees - Ottawa Citizen

  10-08-2018 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa hospitals face exodus of Saudi doctors and medical trainees
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  Teaching Saudi medical trainees in Canada is one of the best ways to export Canadian values and their loss would have a negative impact on patient care, says the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. More than 1,000 Saudis are studying medicine in ...
  Morneau: Ottawa not considering retaliation against SaudisBNNBloomberg.ca
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• The Jazz Standard beckons (or, 20 or so great reasons to make a jazz journey to New York this fall)

  10-08-2018 20:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  I’m just a few days back from the jazz-saturated end of my summer vacation and I’m already thinking of taking a jazz-centric getaway in the fall.
  The reason: I received a listing for this fall’s bookings at the Jazz Standard in New York.
  If that club isn’t among your favourites, it should be. I’ve been a big fan of it for almost two decades, ever since I caught gigs there by the guitarist Peter Bernstein’s quartet with Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier and Bill St
  
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• Positive vibes come out of Mayor Watson's meeting with Melnyk and Ruddy

  10-08-2018 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson on Friday stood outside his office shoulder-to-shoulder with the bigwigs of the RendezVous LeBreton Group to spread positive vibes about the LeBreton Flats redevelopment.
  Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk and Trinity executive chair John Ruddy were at city hall discussing the massive project, and while they wouldn’t share their conversations about finances in the 90-minute meeting, the hockey tycoon assured reporters that he has the dough to follow through with RendezVou
  
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• Three Millhaven inmates charged in prison murder attempt

  10-08-2018 19:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three Millhaven Institution inmates are facing charges in the attempted murder of a 21-year-old fellow prisoner last Friday.
  The joint forces penitentiary squad, which teams up provincial and Kingston police with the help of prison officials, laid the charges in the Aug. 3 incident at the maximum security Loyalist Township institution.
  Don Johnson, 24, is charged with attempted murder, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
  Jerry Lewis, 21, and Manpr
  
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• 35 high-end vehicles stolen in Ottawa so far this year | CTV News - CTV News

  10-08-2018 19:05 via ctvnews.ca
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  Ottawa police say 35 high-end vehicles have been stolen in the city so far this year, many likely nabbed using a high-tech device called a “relay box.”
  Ottawa sees luxury car theft spike, especially among Lexuses | DrivingDrivingall 5 news articles »
  
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• 35 high-end vehicles stolen in Ottawa so far this year - CTV News

  10-08-2018 19:05 via ctvnews.ca
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  35 high-end vehicles stolen in Ottawa so far this year
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  Nearly three dozen high-end vehicles have been stolen in Ottawa so far this year, with many likely being nabbed through the use of a high-tech device called a “relay box.” Peter Volkes woke up Thursday morning to find his Lexus missing. He and his wife ...
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• Proposed Hilton hotel in ByWard Market would add more downtown guest rooms

  10-08-2018 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hundreds of more hotel rooms could being added to Ottawa’s central area, once criticized for not having enough guest accommodations for a bustling tourist city.
  Bayview Ottawa Holdings, a hotel development and management company, is proposing to build at 17-storey hotel at 116 York St. in the ByWard Market. The hotel would be branded as a Hampton Inn by Hilton, according to a planning application submitted to the city.
  The 224-room hotel would take the place of a surface parking lot. The h
  
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• Senators add Chase Balisy as depth forward - Ottawa Sun

  10-08-2018 18:39 via ottawasun.com
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  Senators add Chase Balisy as depth forward
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  The Ottawa Senators brought in some more depth for the organization Friday. The Senators announced they signed forward Chase Balisy to a one-year, two-way contract that's worth $650,000 in the NHL and $135,000 if he plays for the club's AHL affiliate ...
  Ottawa signs Balisy to one-year dealAmerican Hockey Leagueall 18 news articles »
  
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• Liew: Why Crazy Rich Asians is a bigger deal than you think

  10-08-2018 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Why is an all-Asian cast rom-com getting so much buzz this summer?
  Crazy Rich Asians opens on August 15 and people are calling it a watershed moment in Hollywood. Based on Kevin Kwan’s novel, the movie is about a Chinese-American economics professor who falls in love with a Chinese history professor who, unbeknownst to her, is from one of the wealthiest families in Singapore. The story has all the trappings of a good Hollywood chick flick – drama on the backdrop of a flashy wedd
  
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• Witnesses describe hearing gunshots during deadly Fredericton shooting

  10-08-2018 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four people were killed in a shooting in Fredericton on Friday morning including two police officers. One witness says she thought the gunshots were fireworks at first.
  One person was in custody, and being treated for serious injuries, police said — and added there was no further threat to the public.
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 10th: 1:08: @ianmla 1:17: @TimCBaines 1:30: @MathieuFleury &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 10th: 1:08: @ianmla 1:17: @TimCBaines 1:30: @MathieuFleury &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @caitlinkealey & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @caitlinkealey & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chef René Rodriguez leaves Orto Trattoria, will helm new French restaurant on Elgin

  10-08-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Veteran Ottawa chef René Rodriguez’s Italian cooking phase has ended. This fall, he’ll turn his attention to French fare.
  Rodriguez said Friday that he has left the kitchen at Orto Trattoria in the Glebe, which opened last fall. Promoted to become Orto’s chef was sous-chef Razmon Poisson. Pastry chef Marie Ford also remains at Orto.
  L to R: Razmon Poisson, sous-chef, Rene Rodriguez, chef, and Marie Ford, pastry chef at Orto Trattoria in the Glebe in Ottawa.
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• City needs more money to keep paint on the roads

  10-08-2018 17:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city says it needs more money in its annual $2.95-million road painting budget to keep the standard markings from vanishing.
  More people have been complaining about the quality of road markings in Ottawa since the federal government forced changes to the composition of the paint, a city analysis shows.
  Coun. Diane Deans asked staff to explain in writing how federal regulations on road paint have impacted the city’s operations. The response was released publicly this week.
  The city used
  
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• Gormley: Social media limits on free speech necessary, but murky

  10-08-2018 17:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  However universal we claim them to be, every democracy sets limits on the very rights that its constitution declares inalienable.
  Many of these limits on democratic rights seem arbitrary. Boundaries often do; still, we largely respect them. We know, for example, that an ill-informed 18-year-old may have a lesser ability to vote than a well-informed 17 1/2-year-old, yet we understand it is sensible to have a voting age limit. So while we bicker about precisely which age limit is most appropriate,
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @lewiseisen joins @markdaynews on the Sir John A. Macdonald statue controversy: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 16:41 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @lewiseisen joins @markdaynews on the Sir John A. Macdonald statue controversy: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @DownGoesBrown joins @markdaynews on the five ways the Ottawa Senators’ season could play out:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:@DownGoesBrown joins @markdaynews on the five ways the Ottawa Senators’ season could play out:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @caitlinkealey & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 16:23 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @caitlinkealey & Ottawa Lawyer John MacDonell join fill-in host @MarkDayNews in-studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Volunteers, OPP mobilize to rescue dog from forest rock crevice

  10-08-2018 16:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A doggie named Dobbie is safe and sound after rescuers teamed up with the OPP to free him from a deep crevice of rock in a Lansdowne-area forest.
  According to an OPP East Region Facebook post Wednesday, the Weimaraner went missing July 20 from Reynolds Road in the community about 150 km southwest of Ottawa where his worried family had recently moved.
  The owners could hear faint barks but found no trace of their dog.
  Kim Vastino of Thousand Island Pet Search (TIPS) and OPP civilian member Stephan
  
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• Timeless or trendy, wallpaper is back and making a statement

  10-08-2018 16:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Wallpaper” and “sophisticated” are not words you’d traditionally pair together when it comes to interior decorating. But today’s wallpaper is anything but the tacky florals once found at Grandma’s house and it’s become a popular option for today’s designers.
  “Like it or not, wallpaper is back with a vengeance,” says designer Luc Crawford. “Gone are the rooms swallowed by large prints and dark hues and colours. Designers tod
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @SprottSchool Ian Lee & @johnsonthree join @MarkDayNews live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @SprottSchool Ian Lee & @johnsonthree join @MarkDayNews live:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• National Capital jobless rate ticks upward in July

  10-08-2018 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Capital Region’s jobless rate ticked up slighting to 4.5 per cent in July, from the 4.4 per cent it stood at in June, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
  July’s unemployment rate marked a minimal increase to what has been the lowest unemployment rate in at least 31 years and suggests that the region’s economy is continuing to hold strong and finally recovering from the effects of the 2008-2009 recession. Data compiled prior to 1987 reflects different metropolitan boundaries
  
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• UPDATE: One suspect is in custody in the #Fredericton shooting. The lockdown continues. twitter.com/CityFredPolice…

  10-08-2018 14:49 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: One suspect is in custody in the #Fredericton shooting. The lockdown continues. twitter.com/CityFredPolice…
  
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• At least 4 dead in New Brunswick shooting: bit.ly/2OnG6g2 https://t.co/UeH7jgKMdL

  10-08-2018 14:15 via twitter.com
  
  At least 4 dead in New Brunswick shooting: bit.ly/2OnG6g2 https://t.co/UeH7jgKMdL
  
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• Patrol officers nab suspect linked to four robberies

  10-08-2018 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrol officers called to an armed robbery at an east end electronics store Wednesday nabbed a suspect police say is linked to three other heists in recent days.
  An employee of the store on Coventry Road just east of the Vanier Parkway approached a customer to offer help at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. But the man got angry, pulled a knife and grabbed an item then fled the store, police said.
  The employee called 911. Officers nabbed a suspect on Coventry Road and recovered the item, police said.
  The
  
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• Get outdoors! This weekend's weather is what we waited all winter for

  10-08-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cool nights, warm days and sunshine add up to a glorious summer weekend.
  Enjoy it while it lasts. The sticky days are expected to return Monday.
  Friday looks perfect: Sunny with a few clouds creeping in by afternoon with a high of 25 C — which is spot-on seasonal for early August — and humidex of just 28. The UV index is 8 or very high.
  Skies clear overnight as the mercury drops to 15 C.
  Expect sunny and then mixed skies Saturday with a high of 28 C that will feel like 31 and a
  
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• BREAKING: Police confirm at least 4 people have been killed in the Fredericton shooting. twitter.com/CityFredPolice…

  10-08-2018 13:36 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Police confirm at least 4 people have been killed in the Fredericton shooting. twitter.com/CityFredPolice…
  
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• #BREAKING: 'Multiple' fatalities in Fredericton, NB shooting. Police asking people to stay inside their homes with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-08-2018 13:31 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: 'Multiple' fatalities in Fredericton, NB shooting. Police asking people to stay inside their homes with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Meadowlands apartment fire brought under control

  10-08-2018 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters were called to put out a stubborn fire early Friday in an end unit apartment in a rowhouse complex at 1149 Meadowlands Dr., near Fisher Avenue.
  The service was alerted shortly after 4 a.m. by 911 callers, who told of heavy smoke and flames shooting from the apartment’s kitchen.
  Firefighters employed a fast attack technique, both to extinguish the flames and to prevent it from spreading to connected units.
  The unit was vacant and no injuries were reported. A fi
  
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• POLL: Do you think the '3D Road Markings Pilot Project' will make city roads safer? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  10-08-2018 13:08 via twitter.com
  POLL: Do you think the '3D Road Markings Pilot Project' will make city roads safer? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• 'It's not NIMBY, it's nowhere': Opposition to Salvation Army shelter complex remains strong in Vanier

  10-08-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 1992 Chevrolet van rumbles up to a home on Richelieu Avenue.
  Out springs Bruce McConville, his shirt already a darker shade of blue thanks to the sweat seeping through it on this muggy, grey morning. He’s here to collect some furniture for an upcoming garage sale intended to raise money for SOS Vanier’s legal fight.
  The community group needs $200,000 to cover the cost of appealing to the Ontario Municipal Board to prevent a 350-bed Salvation Army homeless shelter complex from openi
  
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• Armchair mayor: Photo radar will save lives in Ottawa

  10-08-2018 12:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  This fall, citizens of Ottawa elect a new city council. To foster debate during the campaign, we’ve asked people for ONE idea that would make the city a better place – without necessarily breaking the bank. Today, safety advocate Emile Therien brings us up to speed on his proposal.
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  The biggest improvement our city could make would be introducing photo radar.
  I and many other safety advocates were disappointed in 1995 when the Ontario government rescinded its ph
  
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