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• Agriculture Museum abuzz for World Honeybee Day

  18-08-2018 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Yellow and black stripes were all the rage Saturday as the Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum celebrated World Honeybee Day.
  Hundreds of Ottawa residents came out, many in costume, to learn about honey bees and their importance to the food we buy on grocery store shelves.
  Gosia Otreba and her seven-year-old twin daughters Emily and Sophie were fully decked out in bee costumes for the event. Otreba said she thinks it’s important for her daughters to understand where food comes from and ho
  
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• Law enforcement 'Hoopstars' take on hard-core recreational ballers

  18-08-2018 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some of the city’s top basketball playing police officers have picked up the ball to sustain the annual cops versus recreational ballers challenge at downtown St. Luke’s Park.
  While it is the first year for the event under the “Hoopstar Classic” banner, the competition had been been a fixture among Ottawa’s downtown community for more than a decade.
  In the past, the event was known as the Naqvi Cup tournament and community barbecue and was sponsored by former O
  
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• ICYMI: Former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan has died. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for… https://t.co/oFZ2hbw1nL

  18-08-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan has died. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for… https://t.co/oFZ2hbw1nL
  
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• Four years later and Tina Fontaine's family are healing together ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Igl341l0Us

  18-08-2018 20:15 via twitter.com
  
  Four years later and Tina Fontaine's family are healing togetherottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/Igl341l0Us
  
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• Renfrew OPP locates car sought in investigation

  18-08-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Renfrew OPP said Saturday it had located a 2013 Subaru Impreza, last seen in the Pembroke area.
  The detachment had sent a public appeal Friday to track down the vehicle.
  No information was given about why police were looking for the car.
  LOCATED: Vehicle has been located. #Renfrew #OPP would like to thank the public for their assistance. ^jt
  — OPPCommunicationsER (@OPP_COMM_ER) August 18, 2018
  
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• Thousands attended the funeral service for two fallen officers in Fredericton. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-08-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Thousands attended the funeral service for two fallen officers in Fredericton. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Baines: Going into bye week, Ottawa Redblacks look like they've learned a good lesson - Ottawa Sun

  18-08-2018 18:52 via ottawasun.com
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  Baines: Going into bye week, Ottawa Redblacks look like they've learned a good lesson
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  After taking apart the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night, the Ottawa Redblacks, one by one, marched into the visitors' locker room at Investors Group Field, some taking the time to sarcastically taunt media folks who predict who's going to win each ...
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• If a UFO were to land in Germany... the government would not know how to deal with it. ottawamatters.com/world-news/ger…

  18-08-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  If a UFO were to land in Germany... the government would not know how to deal with it. ottawamatters.com/world-news/ger…
  
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• Kingston Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that happened overnight. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  18-08-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  Kingston Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that happened overnight. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Three arrested in Friday night standoff in Gatineau

  18-08-2018 17:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people face firearms charges following a brief standoff Friday night in Gatineau’s Templeton district.
  Police were called to an address on Schingh Street at about 9 p.m. following reports of shots fired.
  Responders surrounded the home, then set up a perimeter and evacuated some nearby apartment buildings.
  At about 10:30 p.m., a woman and two men surrendered to police.
  The charges are reported to include illegal possession of firearms and possession of a narcotic.
  Police are releasing
  
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• A pride parade will be held in Smiths Falls today for the first time ever.... but not the last time. Plans already… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-08-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  A pride parade will be held in Smiths Falls today for the first time ever.... but not the last time. Plans already… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Fire destroys large hay barn in Vars

  18-08-2018 16:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A large storage barn was destroyed in a fire late Friday at a farm at 6210 Corduroy Rd. in the Vars area.
  Ottawa Fire Services were called to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. and found the 30-feet-by-50-feet structure enveloped in flames.
  The barn contained no animals, just hay and a few work vehicles.
  Portions of the structure had already collapsed and firefighters worked at containing the flames. It was decleared under control by 12:42 a.m.
  A fire services vehicle remained on scene early Saturday
  
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• A scary sight out near the airport last night as the Ottawa Fire HAZMAT team were called in for a picric acid scare… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-08-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  A scary sight out near the airport last night as the Ottawa Fire HAZMAT team were called in for a picric acid scare… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A barn in Vars was destroyed by a blaze overnight, no injuries reported. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/fir…

  18-08-2018 16:05 via twitter.com
  A barn in Vars was destroyed by a blaze overnight, no injuries reported. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/fir…
  
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• Another beautiful summer day today

  18-08-2018 16:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another beautiful day is in store for the region today. Even fewer clouds than yesterday and a high of 27 C, low 14, humidex 30 and UV high.
  Typical temperatures for mid-August are highs of 25 C and lows of 15 C.
  Monday will be sunny with a high of 28 C and a low of 18 C under increasingly cloudy skies.
  Tuesday is forecast to be cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers and a high of 23 C. There`s a 60 per cent chance of more showers or thunderstorms overnight with a low of 16 C.
  Wednesday is
  
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• It will be a wonderful weekend, weather-wise

  18-08-2018 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s forecast to be a wonderful weekend weather-wise, Saturday has a few clouds in store, but no chance of rain. The high is predicted to be 26 C with an overnight  low of 15 C. The humidex is 32, UV index is 7, or high. For Sunday, even fewer clouds and a high of 27 C, low 14, humidex 30 and UV high.
  Typical temperatures for mid-August are highs of 25 C and lows of 15 C.
  Monday will be sunny with a high of 28 C and a low of 18 C under increasingly cloudy skies.
  Tuesday is forecast to
  
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• STORY: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for… https://t.co/AW2vShmz6X

  18-08-2018 13:24 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for… https://t.co/AW2vShmz6X
  
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• 'MS Bike' simulates debilitating effect of multiple sclerosis

  18-08-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It looks like any other road bike, but there’s nothing normal about this gleaming red and white two-wheeler.
  Why does your foot keep slipping off the pedal? What’s that wobble in the wheel? Are those ball bearings digging into your palm?
  It takes just a few minutes aboard it to know what it’s like to feel betrayed by a machine you think you can trust. It’s called “This Bike Has MS” and its designers have deliberately loosened bearings, misaligned the seat, buc
  
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• Boswell: Sir John A. statue debate shows history isn't carved in stone

  18-08-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s been a lot of polarizing talk in reaction to Victoria city council’s recent decision to remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from the high-profile place it has commanded in front of city hall since 1982.
  The sculptor himself, Montreal artist John Dann, has remarked with regret that “everyone has dug in their heels and taken a position and vilified the so-called opposition.”
  But there’s a middle ground on this controversial issue that remains largely unoc
  
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• Today's letters: Heron Gate, doctor shortages, the Far East campaign

  18-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Other ways to handle housing needs
  Re: Battle lines drawn in Heron Gate, where an evicted community doesn’t plan on leaving, Aug. 15.
  Given the increasingly expensive Ottawa rental market, I am saddened by the dilemma faced by Heron Gate residents who are being displaced to allow redevelopment. The situation points to the larger issue of the conflict between private and public interests and the need for government to intervene when a public good is at stake.
  Housing poorer families is one
  
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• Editorial: Give landlord some credit for helping Heron Gate

  18-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  To listen to some people, the eviction of 105 families from Ottawa’s Heron Gate development is a simple tale of a greedy corporate landlord victimizing low-income tenants, most of whom are visible minorities. Indeed, Leilani Farha, an Ottawa resident and UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has accused landlord Timbercreek of “unscrupulous demographic engineering in search of profits: replacing poor and vulnerable people with those who possess greater purchasing po
  
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• Gardella: A coming-out journey of self-awareness and success

  18-08-2018 12:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  I had a rough childhood. I was raised by a single mother who brought me to Canada when she was 24 and I was one-and-a-half. Growing up, I battled with mental health issues, culminating in an attempted suicide. In the back of my head, I felt different. I wasn’t like other kids.
  I tried to run away from my feelings to university, but they followed me. I was angry, and I failed my courses and had to drop out.
  Things only changed when I found a community of peers that had experienced the same
  
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• #BREAKING: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. twitter.com/KofiAnnan/stat…

  18-08-2018 12:03 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. twitter.com/KofiAnnan/stat…
  
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• Bomb squad, hazmat team respond to discovery of potentially explosive acid in TSB lab

  18-08-2018 05:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A bomb squad and hazmat units were deployed to a Transportation Safety Board laboratory in the city’s south end Friday night after traces of potentially explosive picric acid were discovered during a routine inspection.
  “Someone noticed traces of dry residue on a container lid,” TSB spokeswoman Josée Coallier said.
  “Our guys know better than to take any chances.”
  Ottawa Fire Services hazmat units and the Ottawa police bomb squad were deployed to a TSB enginee
  
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• Canopy Growth, Constellation $5-billion deal to be reviewed by federal government. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  18-08-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Canopy Growth, Constellation $5-billion deal to be reviewed by federal government.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Bomb squad, hazmat team respond to discovery of potentially explosive acid in NRC building

  18-08-2018 03:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A bomb squad and hazmat units were deployed to a National Research Council building in the city’s south end Friday night to investigate a container of picric acid, which “could become explosive,” according to Ottawa Fire Services.
  At about 5:20 p.m., OFS received a call from Building U-100 at 1901 Research Private, near the Ottawa airport, reporting that picric acid had been left in a container and crystallized.
  An article posted on the Transport Canada website called picric ac
  
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• Toronto's mayor says the city must convey its "strong dissatisfaction" over the Ontario government's move to slash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-08-2018 02:35 via twitter.com
  Toronto's mayor says the city must convey its "strong dissatisfaction" over the Ontario government's move to slash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Folk singer Ian Tyson cancels show due to 'serious medical situation'. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  18-08-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  Folk singer Ian Tyson cancels show due to 'serious medical situation'.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Renfrew OPP ask for public's help in finding a blue Subaru

  18-08-2018 01:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Renfrew OPP called on the public Friday night to help locate a 2013 Subaru Impreza, last seen in the Pembroke area.
  Police said in a tweet the car had a Quebec licence plate, E25PEE.
  If sighted, members of the public were directed to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
  No information was given about why police were looking for the car.
  
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• Quebec announces plan to compensate taxi drivers after Uber's arrival. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-08-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Quebec announces plan to compensate taxi drivers after Uber's arrival.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Baby boom: 16 nurses at Arizona hospital IC Unit pregnant at the same time. ottawamatters.com/world-news/bab…

  18-08-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Baby boom: 16 nurses at Arizona hospital IC Unit pregnant at the same time.ottawamatters.com/world-news/bab…
  
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• Egan: Will pot shops wreck the vibe of small-town Ontario?

  18-08-2018 00:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pot shops are coming to small-town Ontario, where the pace is slower and the pie is better. But don’t expect a parade.
  A number of Ottawa Valley mayors said Friday they’d like a good deal more information before taking a position on whether their municipalities should opt in or out of Ontario’s new marijuana sales system, to be run by private retailers.
  “I’d like to thank Premier (Doug) Ford for potentially turning Perth into a Wild West pot emporium in one of the p
  
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• Volunteers step up to help as Fredericton prepares for an influx of police for regimental funeral for two slain off… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-08-2018 00:35 via twitter.com
  Volunteers step up to help as Fredericton prepares for an influx of police for regimental funeral for two slain off… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canadian National Exhibition opens in Toronto amid labour dispute. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-08-2018 00:10 via twitter.com
  Canadian National Exhibition opens in Toronto amid labour dispute.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Bagnall: The sixth time the charm for Canopy Growth's Bruce Linton

  18-08-2018 00:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Long before he launched the medical marijuana company now known as Canopy Growth, Bruce Linton took at least 16 business trips to India. Most times, he planned to visit the Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra, one of that country’s most famous tourist sites.
  “I never got there,” he said. “Business,” he said somewhat ruefully by way of explanation.
  It’s scarcely any different now.
  His last few months running Canopy Growth have been a blur of hotel rooms, taxicabs and a
  
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