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• US ends Syria stabilization funding, cites more allied cash. ottawamatters.com/world-news/us-…

  17-08-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
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• Vanadals spray-paint Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-08-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  Vanadals spray-paint Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• No changes planned to push Irving out of National Shipbuilding Strategy. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-08-2018 22:45 via twitter.com
  No changes planned to push Irving out of National Shipbuilding Strategy.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Mountain Orchards creates tribute to Jonathan Pitre in cornfield

  17-08-2018 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kemptville-area orchard has carved a tribute to Jonathan Pitre into one of its cornfields.
  Mountain Orchards, a 50-acre pick-your-own apple orchard, has created a cornfield maze to honour Pitre, the Russell teenager who died in April from complications of a stem call transplant that he hoped would halt the advance of his skin disease, epidermolysis bullosa.
  Phil Lyall, co-owner of the orchard, said he has been working on the maze for three months. It features a butterfly and spells out Jonatha
  
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• Relocate, don't germinate: How Ottawa saves trees in the path of the LRT

  17-08-2018 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Most city infrastructure projects are, at first, destruction events: to build anything, you often have to  remove what’s already there. Sometimes this is controversial, as when people are involved; other times, it is as simple as pushing dirt around.
  So as plans for Phase 2 of the city’s major light rail project begin to take shape, a seemingly simple question arose: What do you do with the trees that are in the way of the planned route?
  A host of politicians — Mayor Jim W
  
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• Ontario government commits $182M to fund nine new OPP detachments, including one for Hawkesbury. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  17-08-2018 22:20 via twitter.com
  Ontario government commits $182M to fund nine new OPP detachments, including one for Hawkesbury.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Obituary: Ottawa musician Geoff Johnson was a humble, brilliant force

  17-08-2018 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa musician Geoff Johnson was a brilliant, self-taught guitarist who never hogged the spotlight, instead directing his talent towards supporting other musicians developing their craft.
  The longtime host of the Saturday-afternoon open stage at Irene’s Pub died this week after suffering complications from pneumonia. He was 57.“I remember the first time I saw him play the Joe Satriani and Jeff Beck stuff, it blew me away because he was so technically perfect,” said Scott Amey,
  
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• New guidelines for Ontario hospitals after faulty equipment resulted in under dosing for cancer patients. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  New guidelines for Ontario hospitals after faulty equipment resulted in under dosing for cancer patients. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hundreds of Eastern Ontario patients may not have received full dose of cancer treatment

  17-08-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  As many as 234 late-stage cancer patients from Eastern Ontario may have received lower than intended doses of immunotherapy treatment, according to a review by The Ottawa Hospital.
  The patients were among about 1,000 across the province treated for melanoma, lung cancer, colorectal and other cancers, who were identified as potentially receiving only partial doses of their prescribed cancer drugs.
  At issue is that some of the highly concentrated drugs remained in IV tubing, resulting in a discrep
  
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• Arnprior woman who broke her back during job interview in legal 'grey area'

  17-08-2018 21:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  By the age of 54, Arnprior’s Sharon Lee Armstrong had done some tough jobs: she had worked in a chicken processing plant, managed a cleaning company, owned a sewing business and delivered liquor.
  So when she came close to exhausting her employment insurance benefits in March 2009 — after losing her job as an Extreme Pita restaurant manager — she was willing to try almost anything.
  “I liked to work, and I had a lot of experience in a lot of things,” says Armstrong, n
  
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• NHLer joins Ottawa Police for a ride-along, thinks about becoming officer

  17-08-2018 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  NHL hockey player Ryan Spooner was out on patrol with the Ottawa Police Service earlier this week.
  According to Abdul Abdi, who has served as a police officer with the force for more than 11 years and ran for the Conservative Party in the 2015 federal election, Spooner expressed an interest in policing once his hockey career ends.Today my friend & home town hero @RSpooner2376 joined @OttawaPolice 4 a ride along. Ryan has interest in 🚔 after🏒. During shift he spoke w seniors,
  
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• Way to go Hollywood: No summer movie bombs-so far-this year. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-08-2018 21:50 via twitter.com
  Way to go Hollywood: No summer movie bombs-so far-this year.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• STORY: Ottawa Police charge a 26 year old woman with assault of children in her care. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-08-2018 20:54 via twitter.com
  STORY: Ottawa Police charge a 26 year old woman with assault of children in her care. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ottawa nanny charged with assaulting two children under age two

  17-08-2018 20:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa nanny is accused of assaulting two children under the age of two under her care.
  The sexual assault and child abuse unit launched an investigation after receiving a complaint last month. Police would not specify the age of the children.
  Kaylee Lewis, 26, is charged with two counts of assault and two counts of failing to provide the necessaries of life.
  Detectives are concerned there could be more victims because Lewis has worked with children as a nanny “for many years” and
  
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• New contracts will improve capabilities on Royal Canadian Navy frigates

  17-08-2018 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government announced two contracts Friday for improvements to the Halifax-class frigates. The contracts are related to the Reprogrammable Advance Multimode Shipboard Electronic Countermeasures System (RAMSES), an electronic attack system that protects the modernized Halifax-class frigates against radio frequency guided missiles, and MASS, an integral part of the anti-ship missile defence suite.
  RAMSES employs jamming signals to track and distract anti-ship missiles from hitting the
  
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• A 26 y.o. Ottawa woman faces charges in an investigation of assaults of two children under the age of two while in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 19:18 via twitter.com
  A 26 y.o. Ottawa woman faces charges in an investigation ofassaults of two children under the age of two while in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Obit: Ottawa musician Geoff Johnson was a humble, brilliant force

  17-08-2018 19:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa musician Geoff Johnson was a brilliant, self-taught guitarist who never hogged the spotlight, instead directing his talent towards supporting other musicians developing their craft.
  The longtime host of the Saturday-afternoon open stage at Irene’s Pub died this week after suffering complications from pneumonia. He was 57.“I remember the first time I saw him play the Joe Satriani and Jeff Beck stuff, it blew me away because he was so technically perfect,” said Scott Amey,
  
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• Person suffers life-threatening injuries, two others seriously hurt in ATV crash

  17-08-2018 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, while two others were seriously hurt early Friday when an ATV flipped into a ditch in South Dundas Township.
  Police were called to the crash on Broken Second Road, between Marine Station Road and County Road 1, about 100 km south of Ottawa, shortly after midnight.
  Officers determined that the ATVm travelling east on Broken Second, left the road and flipped into a ditch.
  The three riders on the vehicle were ejected.
  The thr
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, August 16th w/ @SamLapradeCFRE: 1:08: @KhadijaCutcher 1:17: @KinVineyards 1:30… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, August 16th w/ @SamLapradeCFRE: 1:08: @KhadijaCutcher 1:17: @KinVineyards 1:30… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @KatlynHarrison & @SamLapradeCFRE join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@KatlynHarrison & @SamLapradeCFRE join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa stars as itself in film office's 'sizzle reel'

  17-08-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spot the celebs and capital locations in the Ottawa Film Office’s newly-updated ‘sizzle reel’ posted Friday.
  It features some of the film and television productions that have been shot in the capital in recent years and includes the likes of Ed Asner, Michael Keaton and Jennifer Lawrence.
  Those films include House at the End of the Street starring Lawrence and Elizabeth Shue, Penthouse North with Keaton and Michelle Monaghan, Blackcoat’s Daughter featuring Emma Rober
  
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• Coming up on the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: 1. Sports promos that give fans freebies when visiti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe:1. Sports promos that give fans freebies when visiti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Create a smart student study space for your home (without breaking the bank)

  17-08-2018 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summer will soon be over, which means it’s time to think about how and where your children will get their school work done. Whether it’s a space in their bedroom, in a loft, on a landing, at the kitchen island, or a desk set up in another room, how can you make it conducive to studying and homework?
  Decorator Kristi Blok took on the task last summer of turning an extra-wide section of her hallway that had become a dumping ground for all things child-related into the perfect work spot
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @KPateontheHill joins @_MarkSutcliffe on mandatory minimum penalties: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @KPateontheHill joins @_MarkSutcliffe on mandatory minimum penalties: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @ChiefBordeleau joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ottawa contingent that's headed to #Fredericton:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @ChiefBordeleau joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ottawa contingent that's headed to #Fredericton:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @KatlynHarrison & @SamLapradeCFRE join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 16:17 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @KatlynHarrison & @SamLapradeCFRE join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kurl: Sorry, Maxime Bernier, I'm not part of a diversity 'cult'

  17-08-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a photograph in a small gold frame nestled in a large wall unit at my parents’ house. In it, two people stand. There’s a formal distance between them, yet the smiles, one moustachioed, one toothy, show warmth. The colours are faded. But you can still make out the scarlet of a Mountie’s serge and the pink of a little girl’s lengha.
  The subjects of the photo are a real-life RCMP officer – I can’t remember his name – and me, seven years old. I
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod, @erin_gee & @1310JasonWhite join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @ckmarie joins @_marksutcliffe with the latest on the Paul Manafort trial: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @ckmarie joins @_marksutcliffe with the latest on the Paul Manafort trial: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pedestrian injured in three-vehicle crash at Ogilvie and Blair

  17-08-2018 15:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 30s was taken to the hospital with injuries including a broken wrist Friday morning after he was struck by one of three cars that collided at Blair and Ogilvie roads.
  Minutes later, three other cars got into a fender-bender at the same spot.
  The first crash was at 7:17 a.m. Paramedics stabilized the pedestrian, splinted his arm and giving him medication for pain and took him to the hospital in stable condition. Two motorists were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
  Polic
  
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• Three injured in east end crash: bit.ly/2L1gRxZ https://t.co/Bv99dh1aDM

  17-08-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  
  Three injured in east end crash: bit.ly/2L1gRxZ https://t.co/Bv99dh1aDM
  
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• Urban mysteries: Bunnies on the Rideau Centre roof

  17-08-2018 14:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  How DID those rabbits get on the Rideau Centre roof?
  “By hareplane,” quipped one Reddit user in a Thursday thread discussing the bunnies that call the hidden garden home.
  “It started with a mommy bunny and a daddy bunny … ” explained a second patiently.
  Veterans of the mall circa 1983 might recall that wildlife, human and otherwise, has long been a feature of the rooftop oasis long before these cute critters hopped onto social media.
  Nor is it much a mystery how th
  
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• Up to 35 mm of rain for Friday, ahead of gorgeous weekend

  17-08-2018 14:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Friday’s forecast is for rain and lots of it but stay tuned for a dry and sunnier weekend.
  Showers totalling 15 to 25 mm begins in the morning with the risk of a thunderstorm, northerly winds at 20 km/h and a lowish high of 22 C, that will nevertheless feel like 30 due to the humidex.
  As usual, conditions are worse south of Ottawa and OPP are already reporting collisions on the slippery pavement.
  Not a great day on #HWY401 in Quinte/Napanee area. Two separate transport truck collisions and
  
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• Correctional Services investigating death of Joyceville inmate, 25

  17-08-2018 14:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Correctional Services Canada is investigating the death Wednesday of a 25-year-old inmate who died at Joyceville Institution near Kingston.
  Witton Luu, 25, originally of Toronto, had been serving a three-year, nine-month sentence for drug trafficking since May 17, CSC said in a news release.
  He was one of nine people arrested in an inter-agency sweep in Toronto in 2017 which police described at the time as an organized ring trafficking drugs including fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin, cocaine,
  
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• OUTAGE: Power out for 2005 customers in the Baseline, Woodroffe, Queensway, Maitland area. Crews are responding. ETR: 1PM @hydroottawa

  17-08-2018 13:01 via twitter.com
  OUTAGE: Power out for 2005 customers in the Baseline, Woodroffe, Queensway, Maitland area. Crews are responding.ETR: 1PM@hydroottawa
  
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• Trump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest #NAFTA negotiations: bit.ly/2vSdGnA https://t.co/up7t12pFFp

  17-08-2018 12:47 via twitter.com
  
  Trump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest #NAFTA negotiations: bit.ly/2vSdGnA https://t.co/up7t12pFFp
  
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• Tesla Motors Canada takes Ontario government to court over vehicle rebates: bit.ly/2OLdY6N https://t.co/xJ74CikMsV

  17-08-2018 11:56 via twitter.com
  
  Tesla Motors Canada takes Ontario government to court over vehicle rebates: bit.ly/2OLdY6N https://t.co/xJ74CikMsV
  
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• Airbnb's federal budget proposal tells Liberals, 'We want to be regulated' ottawamatters.com/national-news/… @1310NEWS… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-08-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  Airbnb's federal budget proposal tells Liberals, 'We want to be regulated'ottawamatters.com/national-news/…@1310NEWS… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Stun guns found inside Pembroke home: bit.ly/2vQB6tl https://t.co/tgJpTlCcBt

  17-08-2018 11:47 via twitter.com
  
  Stun guns found inside Pembroke home: bit.ly/2vQB6tl https://t.co/tgJpTlCcBt
  
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• Mayor wants better funding and less privatization when it comes to legal pot: bit.ly/2MCe7fu #ottnews https://t.co/mRKXr2J2U0

  17-08-2018 11:23 via twitter.com
  
  Mayor wants better funding and less privatization when it comes to legal pot: bit.ly/2MCe7fu #ottnews https://t.co/mRKXr2J2U0
  
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• ICYMI: Local mom dedicating her Gobi Desert Cup ride to CHEO, and is collecting pledges for each kilometre. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-08-2018 03:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Local mom dedicating her Gobi Desert Cup ride to CHEO, and is collecting pledges for each kilometre. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Canopy Growth head talks U.S. expansion plans after $5B investment. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-08-2018 03:20 via twitter.com
  Canopy Growth head talks U.S. expansion plans after $5B investment.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Vatican condemns reported sex abuse by Pennsylvania priests. ottawamatters.com/world-news/vat…

  17-08-2018 02:45 via twitter.com
  Vatican condemns reported sex abuse by Pennsylvania priests.ottawamatters.com/world-news/vat…
  
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• Bounce back day for the markets but the Loonie dips. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-08-2018 02:10 via twitter.com
  Bounce back day for the markets but the Loonie dips.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• 'Hot and dirty work:' Commander describes fighting massive Ontario wildfire. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-08-2018 01:45 via twitter.com
  'Hot and dirty work:' Commander describes fighting massive Ontario wildfire.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques preparing for mission. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-08-2018 01:15 via twitter.com
  Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques preparing for mission.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Fredericton widow says she swore at Trudeau during condolence call. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-08-2018 00:45 via twitter.com
  Fredericton widow says she swore at Trudeau during condolence call.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Trump lashes out after newspapers respond to his attacks. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  17-08-2018 00:15 via twitter.com
  Trump lashes out after newspapers respond to his attacks.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…
  
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• Thieves make off with firearms, hunting bows in string of Bancroft-area break-ins

  17-08-2018 00:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP in Bancroft responded to four break-and-enter reports in five days last week, some involving the theft of multiple firearms and hunting bows.
  Between July 29 and Aug. 7, a seasonal residence on Millionaires Walk in Hastings Highlands was broken into through a window, and the suspect or suspects stole a set of keys, police said.
  Police also responded to a break-and-enter complaint from a residence on Woodview Lane in Bancroft, where suspects entered an apartment and made off wit
  
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