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• BREAKING: @ottawasenators announce suspended AGM Randy Lee has resigned. #ottnews

  21-08-2018 23:58 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: @ottawasenators announce suspended AGM Randy Lee has resigned. #ottnews
  
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• ICYMI: Hometown Hockey celebration coming to Ottawa ottawamatters.com/local-news/hom…

  21-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• President's Choice to participate in buck-a-beer for limited time ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  21-08-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
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• Going out best bets, Aug. 23 to 29

  21-08-2018 22:42 via ottawacitizen.com
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  CKCU announcer Michael “tic” Houston has been sprucing up the Odditorium, the vintage barn on his property east of Ottawa, in preparation for his annual Barnstorm bash on Saturday. The 19th annual edition of the event features alt-country hero Slo’ Tom and The Handsome Devils in the headlining slot, along with The Reverb Syndicate, Bushpilots, Evil Farm Children, Area Resident and KJ Thomas. The fun includes bonfires, food, free camping, a DJ chill zone and more. Ga
  
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• Local grannies gear up for 260-km ride to help AIDS victims in Africa

  21-08-2018 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Most of them are in their 70s now, having earned the right to sit back and watch the world go by.
  So, why is it that the Grassroot Grannies continue to take up their cause with a high-spirited trek on two wheels?
  The answer is simple. Grandmothers from Ottawa-Gatineau, in concert with others in Canada, the US, Australia and UK, are inspired and motivated by grandmothers in Africa who raise their grandchildren – feed and educate them – when those children lose parents to AIDS-related
  
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• Tim Hortons franchisee settles suit over licence dispute, leaves company ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  21-08-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Man, 21, sentenced to two years after pleading guilty to bloody 2017 attack on parents

  21-08-2018 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 21-year-old Ottawa man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his parents in their Orléans home in March 2017, striking his mother in the head and stabbing his father in the chest with a kitchen knife.
  David Lavictoire, who was 19 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty Tuesday to an assault causing bodily harm against his mother, Lynn Holden, now 55, and aggravated assault against his father, David Lavictoire, now 54.
  Several other charges, in
  
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• Goat found by Ottawa bylaw officer was in ambitious bid for freedom

  21-08-2018 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  A goat that has escaped from its owner in Ottawa has been picked up by bylaw officers — again.
  The as-yet-nameless goat (he’s a male, so Billy seems the obvious, if cliché, choice) was picked up near Kinburn on Monday night. The bylaw office tweeted on Tuesday that they believed the goat had chewed through his rope and, with the courage of a lion, seized the opportunity for a taste of freedom.
  You have goat to be kidding us!
  We picked up another goat last night, this one in th
  
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• Liberals unveil poverty plan with lofty goals, but no new spending programs ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  21-08-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
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• From Ottawa to Kinshasa: Nancy Kondo's journey to leading Congo Fashion Week

  21-08-2018 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nancy Kondo left the Democratic Republic of Congo when she was six years old, and spent much of her childhood growing up in Ottawa. Now the 27-year-old is managing director of Congo Fashion Week — the third-largest fashion event in all of Africa. We caught up with her from Kinshasa, the capital city of Congo, to talk about her journey from growing up in Canada to building a fashion industry in a country that has experienced great challenges in recent decades.
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• Case of truck driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash adjourned until October ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  21-08-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Two teens arrested after shooting BB-gun at bus

  21-08-2018 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two teenagers were arrested after allegedly shooting at an OC Transpo bus with a BB gun on Sunday evening.
  The incident occurred near the intersection of Robertson Road and Moodie Drive around 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 19, said Sgt. Chuck Benoit with the Ottawa Police Service.
  “A bus shelter was hit, and then there was a bus,” said Benoit. He said the bus was damaged by the shots, but the windows were “not shattered completely.”
  Benoit said there were people on the bus at the tim
  
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• Police suspect man found injured in Kanata street was struck by vehicle

  21-08-2018 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are seeking public assistance after a 40-year-old man was found face-down in the street with with serious injuries in the Morgans Grant area of Kanata Tuesday morning.
  Police say they received the call at Second Line Road and Forestbrook Street, near the South March Highlands Conservation Forest, at about 10:30 a.m.
  They found the victim lying face-down in the middle of the street. The injuries were not life-threatening.
  Investigators believe he was a pedestrian struck in a collision betw
  
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• Ontario will move ahead with council cut despite court challenge. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  21-08-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• One dead in multi-vehicle crash in East Hawkesbury

  21-08-2018 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is dead and several were injured in a noon-hour collision in East Hawkesbury Township Tuesday.
  The three-vehicle crash occurred on County Road 17, between Tupper Street and Golf Road, about 110 km east of Ottawa.
  OPP technical officers are assisting in the investigation.
  County Road 17 is closed at Tupper Street and Gourley Road and detours are expected to be in effect for several hours.
   
  
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• Provincial police confirm one person was killed in a noonhour crash east of Hawkesbury. A section of County Rd 17 r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 19:57 via twitter.com
  Provincial police confirm one person was killed in a noonhour crash east of Hawkesbury. A section of County Rd 17 r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto police the latest to alert citizens about a rash of 'distraction thefts'. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  21-08-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Toronto police the latest to alert citizens about a rash of 'distraction thefts'.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Police hunt for federal parole violator

  21-08-2018 18:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police are on the lookout for a federal prisoner who has breached his parole.
  Ronald Countryman, 57, is described as Caucasian, five-feet-eight-inches (173cm) tall, weighing 198 pounds (90 kg) with a shaved head and hazel eyes.
  Countryman was serving a 10-year, two-month sentence for impaired driving, driving while disqualified, theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property and identity fraud.
  The offender is known to frequent the Brockville, Kingston and Sharbot Lake areas.
  Anyon
  
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• Leader of federal conservatives going to India to 'repair' relationship after 'disastrous' Trudeau trip. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  21-08-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Leader of federal conservatives going to India to 'repair' relationship after 'disastrous' Trudeau trip.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Man arrested after Prescott explosion leaves man seriously injured

  21-08-2018 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  PRESCOTT — An explosion at a former recycling facility late Monday afternoon left one man with serious injuries and led to the arrest of another.
  Provincial police were saying little as of late Monday morning pending further investigation.
  “The scene is being held pending a search warrant,” said Const. Cathy Lindsey of the Ontario Provincial Police’s Grenville detachment.
  Police were called to 205 Churchill Rd. W. at 5:35 p.m. on Monday, said Lindsey.
  “There was an
  
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• Canadian Forces now says helicopter crew to blame for Florida raft incident

  21-08-2018 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Monday the Canadian Forces released a report summary and news release pointing out that investigators hadn’t been able to determine why a raft broke free from a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter earlier this year, smashing through the roof of a Miami-area house and injuring a woman inside.
  The raft had been secured on the seat of a Griffon helicopter when it tumbled out of the aircraft on Feb. 28 and fell a little more than 160 metres, noted the investigation produced by the Departmen
  
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• Ontario freezes some drivers fees ahead of planned September increases. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  21-08-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Ontario freezes some drivers fees ahead of planned September increases.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, August 21st w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @RadWasteAlert 1:17: @benkerteisen 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 18:10 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, August 21st w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @RadWasteAlert 1:17: @benkerteisen 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: How Trump turned Philip Roth into a prophet

  21-08-2018 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Oct. 5, 2004, a month before President George W. Bush was re-elected, Philip Roth published The Plot Against America. On the brown cover was a terrifying image: a one-cent U.S. postage stamp of majestic Yosemite postmarked with a swastika.
  The novel was a sensation. Frank Rich, the literary critic, suggested then that the cover and the story – an alternative history placing Charles Lindberg at the head of isolationist, autocratic, pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic administration – hit a nerv
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @OntarioGreens leader @MikeSchreiner joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@OntarioGreens leader @MikeSchreiner joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Special Weather Statement in effect for Ottawa. We could see 20-40mm of rain and a "few rounds of showers and thund… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 17:11 via twitter.com
  Special Weather Statement in effect for Ottawa. We could see 20-40mm of rain and a "few rounds of showers and thund… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Denley: Amazon's fine, but we can't build a thriving economy on it

  21-08-2018 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  When it comes to foreign-owned megacorps, this is a very friendly town. Build a big warehouse that will employ 600 people at a wage 40 cents an hour over the minimum, and you get the prime minister, a flock of MPs, various provincial cabinet ministers, and sundry city councillors to come out and cheer you on.
  That was the reception we gave Amazon Monday at a sod-turning for its east-end warehouse. A good news announcement always draws politicians like flies, and this is a good news announcement,
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 16:56 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe:📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1📞: 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Driver hits the side of a building in Kanata

  21-08-2018 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  A driver of a car drove into the side of a building in Kanata early Tuesday morning.
  Around 7:15 a.m., calls came in to police and fire that the car had hit a building at 474 Hazeldean Road in Kanata. According to Ottawa Fire Services, the building was a Fairstone Financial branch.
  Beyond “minor injuries,” the damage seems to be mostly cosmetic, said OFS spokesperson Danielle Cardinal.
  “The person was reportedly out (of the car), so we didn’t have to perform an extricatio
  
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• Seaway mayors optimistic new Ontario government takes Hwy 401 safety seriously

  21-08-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eastern Ontario mayors have a new optimism that the provincial government takes the safety problems on Highway 401 seriously following a meeting with the new transportation minister on the weekend, according to Prescott Mayor Brett Todd.
  Todd said that he and other mayors were encouraged by the attitude of Transportation Minister John Yakabuski when they met with him on the weekend to discuss safety concerns about trucks carrying hazardous goods on highways 401 and 417.
  The minister was well-pre
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @ShelleyMcLean_ & @liannelaing join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 16:13 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch:@ShelleyMcLean_ & @liannelaing join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• From the archives: Boyne Johnston recalls days long ago when he stole $260Gs, drank with coppers who caught him

  21-08-2018 16:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Originally published on October 11, 2013
  In 1958, Boyne Johnston was the most famous bank robber in town, maybe in the country, our own scaled-down Dillinger.
  People were taken by his daring – the dapper chief teller, only 25, who slipped out the bank’s back door with $260,000 cash stuffed in a bag, the quick getaway across the U.S. border, the trail of booze and nightclubs and sports cars.
  It was 55 years ago this month. But amazing stories never get old.
  He ought to be dead really,
  
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• Canadian Forces dealing with more cases of streptococcal infections but it won’t provide numbers

  21-08-2018 15:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian military is dealing with more streptococcal infections at its facilities in Saint-Jean, Quebec.
  In early April, Defence Watch reported that more than 1,800 military personnel had been given antibiotics after an outbreak of streptococcal infections at the military facility in Quebec. Six recruits from the Saint-Jean Garrison were hospitalized earlier this year, the Canadian military confirmed at the time. Of those there was one confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) case and
  
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• What are fights about ‘erasing’ history really about? @muradhem joins @_marksutcliffe at 9:45: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  What are fights about ‘erasing’ history really about?@muradhem joins @_marksutcliffe at 9:45: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Erik and Melinda Karlsson kick-start organization that aims to end bullying

  21-08-2018 15:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda have announced the creation of a charitable organization that aims to support initiatives to raise awareness to the effects of bullying and cyber-bullying.
  Earlier this year, the Karlssons alleged they had been victims of harassment and cyberbullying going back to last fall. The situation escalated after the loss of their unborn child in the spring, with someone under the handle @sandydandy posting a comment that prompted Erik Karlsson t
  
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• Kingston crash injures seven teens, one in critical condition

  21-08-2018 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics in Kingston responded to an early morning crash involving an automobile carrying seven teenagers which apparently slammed into a hydro pole.
  The crash occurred on Princess Street between John Counter Boulevard and Portsmouth Avenue at around 3 a.m.
  Five of the teens were taken to area hospital, one was suffering from life threatening injuries. The remaining two were treated at the scene by Frontenac County paramedics.
  No cause for the crash has been released, however a police investig
  
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• Police dogs track down two suspects in Hydro One break-in

  21-08-2018 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa patrol officers, assisted by police dogs, tracked down two suspects shortly after they alleged broke into a Hydro One storage facility in Nepean on the weekend.
  Police say Hydro One notified them Saturday night to say that surveillance video had spotted the two suspects at a facility on Woodfield Drive in the Tanglewood neighbourhood.
  The suspects were arrested after a short track by police dogs.
  John Collins, 55, of Ottawa, was charged with break and enter, possession of break-in tools a
  
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• Bad bacteria? Higher than average catfish deaths reported in Ottawa River

  21-08-2018 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  More dead catfish than usual are washing up on the banks of the Ottawa River east of the city, prompting the Ottawa Riverkeepers to monitor what it believes is higher bacteria levels in some parts of the river.
  Reports have been coming in to the Ottawa Riverkeeper from around Hawkesbury, 110 kilometres east of Ottawa, that there have been more dead fish than in an average year. Mike Gasher, whose house backs on to the river near Hawkesbury, said that he returned home after some time away and fou
  
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• Prison lifer's day passes anger Kingston detective

  21-08-2018 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man serving life in prison for four counts of attempted murder — including two on police officers responding to a bank holdup call in 1994 — and who is a person of interest in two 1980s murders in the Kingston area, has been granted unescorted temporary absences from federal custody by the Parole Board of Canada for the second time.
  Mitchell “Micky” McArthur, who has changed his name to Michiel Hollinger, 65, is currently serving his sentence at an unnamed Aborigin
  
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• Gatineau liquor store workers to tour MNAs' offices on one-day strike Wednesday

  21-08-2018 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unionized employees of the Société des alcoöls du Québec have decided to use their next strike day on Wednesday.
  In a news release on their website, the union that represents SAQ employees said that for this strike they will be targeting the government, not the employer.
  “The message will be clear: we want the government to give the mandate to the SAQ to settle the negotiations with its employees,” the union said.
  Quebec’s provincial election officiall
  
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• Toronto votes to challenge Ford government's council-cutting plans in court: bit.ly/2OUnd4E https://t.co/2JIiHlwZoP

  21-08-2018 13:12 via twitter.com
  
  Toronto votes to challenge Ford government's council-cutting plans in court: bit.ly/2OUnd4E https://t.co/2JIiHlwZoP
  
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• Kilgour: Without a free press, the future of good governance is grim

  21-08-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Albert Speer, Adolf Hitler’s minister of armaments, was asked on his release from prison in 1966 what lessons he drew from the Second World War and the related deaths of an estimated 50 million people. He replied that the catastrophe was primarily the result of Germans losing their independent press during the 1930s.
  Abraham Lincoln, meanwhile, believed so strongly in newspapers and their role in public debate that he owned one in Illinois the year he was elected president in 1860.
  Indepen
  
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• Murphy the snake found safe at home: bit.ly/2BDPs5Y #ottnews https://t.co/4rJQBBmGlY

  21-08-2018 12:58 via twitter.com
  
  Murphy the snake found safe at home: bit.ly/2BDPs5Y #ottnews https://t.co/4rJQBBmGlY
  
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• Thunderstorms, humidity and lots and lots of rain

  21-08-2018 12:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Keys, wallet, phone? Check.
  Oh, and don’t forget your umbrella. That’s going to come in pretty handy today.
  Clouds will be rolling in this morning and they will be accompanied by rain this afternoon – expect about 5 mm of the wet stuff.
  Today’s high should reach 24 C but will feel very hot and sticky with the humidex pushing that closer to 30.
  Thunderstorms are also expected this afternoon and the weather may really intensify this evening as Environment Canada is predicti
  
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• Stormy day on tap for Ottawa: bit.ly/2Bt84Wb #ottnews @jilltaylor680 https://t.co/5keMTHOugf

  21-08-2018 12:36 via twitter.com
  
  Stormy day on tap for Ottawa: bit.ly/2Bt84Wb #ottnews @jilltaylor680 https://t.co/5keMTHOugf
  
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• Today's letters: Crossing guards, transit and traffic safety

  21-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dangerous corner need crossing guards
  Come September, many little children walking to school all over Ottawa will find crossing guards to see them safely across the street. When the crossing guard signals, motorists know they must stop, and they do.
  Come September, however, there will be no crossing guard at the corner of Delmar Street and Pleasant Park Road. Children will cross by themselves if they are students at Pleasant Park School.
  Should there be one? Yes. Delmar and Pleasant Park is a da
  
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: Why Ottawa needs a 'River School'

  21-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Oct. 22, citizens of Ottawa elect a new city council. To help local candidates as they campaign, the Citizen asked people for ONE idea that would make the city a better place. Today, Meredith Brown takes the plunge.
  Canada is a nation not just of lakes and oceans but of rivers. Ottawa is built at the confluence of three, the Rideau, Gatineau and Ottawa, and lies within the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem. In our nation’s capital, diverse minds come together and make decisions
  
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• Ontario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with 26 licensed producers: bit.ly/2vZYrJj https://t.co/3v5TQLG6AT

  21-08-2018 12:17 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with 26 licensed producers: bit.ly/2vZYrJj https://t.co/3v5TQLG6AT
  
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• Inspectors found problems with concrete work at LRT sites, new reports show

  21-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Inspectors have found a range of problems with concrete work at the city’s LRT sites, according to newly released inspection reports that offer a behind-the-scenes look at Ottawa’s biggest infrastructure project.
  The problems relate to concrete pours at worksites such as unacceptable temperatures and missed durability tests, and have forced contractors to sometimes redo work or come up with workarounds.
  The city finally released the 63 reports to Ken Rubin after he successfully convi
  
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• High-quality concrete work at big infrastructure projects save money in long-term, expert says

  21-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Getting the concrete right at the beginning of a major project such as Ottawa’s light rail transit system will pay off in the maintenance of the infrastructure over the long-term, an expert says.
  Moncef Nehdi, a Western University engineering professor with expertise in concrete technology, said the proper production and placement of concrete during construction can help to avoid expensive fix-ups.
  “If you want to avoid all these headaches of repair and rehabilitation, they should pr
  
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