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• Teenage woman arrested after near-naked run through Kingston hospital

  24-08-2018 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 19-year-old woman has been charged after running nearly naked through Kingston General Hospital, police report.
  Police said in a new release that on Wednesday at about 10 a.m., a woman went to KGH, where she got undressed and put on only a lab coat.
  When confronted by security, the woman began running through the hospital, exposing herself as the lab coat was not done up.
  The woman eventually fled the hospital but was apprehended by security near King and Barrie streets, where she was arrested
  
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• Smoked out: How Canada's pot producers could overshoot demand

  24-08-2018 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  In all the great songs written about pot, from Bob Marley’s Kaya to John Prine’s Illegal Smile, none have ever dealt with the problem of there being too much weed.
  As legalization looms on the Canadian horizon, suppliers concerned about not being able to meet initial demand are ramping up production capacity ahead of Oct. 17. (On a corporate earnings call this spring, Aphria CEO Vic Neufeld noted that “unless someone’s out there hiding 100,000 kilograms, we’re looki
  
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• McCain stopping medical treatment for his brain cancer ottawamatters.com/world-news/mcc…

  24-08-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• Despite two burglaries in two days, The Soca Kitchen is back up and running

  24-08-2018 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just hours after being burgled for the second time in two days, west-end restaurant The Soca Kitchen bounced back to host a wedding Thursday night.
  “Little by little, we’re rebuilding everything,” said the Spanish eatery’s chef and owner, Daniela Manrique. “Everybody was here helping; family members, friends were running to the LCBO and buying all the liquor for the restaurant because we didn’t have anything. They (the thieves) left us with three bottles.&rdqu
  
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• Robin Leach, whose voice crystalized the opulent 1980s on TV's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," has died ottawamatters.com/world-news/new…

  24-08-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  Robin Leach, whose voice crystalized the opulent 1980s on TV's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," has diedottawamatters.com/world-news/new…
  
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• New sex-abuse lawsuit filed against Scouts Canada in Ottawa

  24-08-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A $4.5-million negligence suit has been launched against Scouts Canada in connection with the sexual abuse that a Brockville man allegedly suffered as a child at the hands of a notorious troop leader.
  The 55-year-old man, identified only as C.A., filed a lawsuit this month in which he alleges he was repeatedly abused in the mid-1970s by John Allan Brown, then leader of Brockville’s 8th District Scout Troop.
  It is the second abuse lawsuit filed this year in Ottawa that names Brown.
  A total
  
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• Five lawsuits now filed against Scouts Canada in Ottawa

  24-08-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A $4.5-million negligence suit has been launched against Scouts Canada in connection with the sexual abuse that a Brockville man allegedly suffered as a child at the hands of a notorious troop leader.
  The 55-year-old man, identified only as C.A., filed a lawsuit earlier this month in which he claims he was repeatedly abused in the mid-1970s by John Allan Brown, then leader of Brockville’s 8th District Scout Troop.
  It is the second abuse lawsuit filed this year in Ottawa that names Brown.
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• Ex-CDC director Thomas Frieden denies groping allegation ottawamatters.com/world-news/ex-…

  24-08-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• 'We thought we'd bring Stanley to them': Cup taken to Broncos crash site ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  24-08-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash with transport on Hwy 17 in Cobden ottawamatters.com/police-beat/mo…

  24-08-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Back to back 66s have @BrookeHenderson one swing off the lead at the CP Women's Open in Regina. Brooke is -12, one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 21:34 via twitter.com
  Back to back 66s have @BrookeHenderson one swing off the lead at the CP Women's Open in Regina. Brooke is -12, one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OPP release artist rendering of victim in 417 bike crash

  24-08-2018 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police have released an artist rendering of a man who died after his bicycle was struck by a car at around 10 a.m. on Aug. 12 while he was riding on Highway 417.
  Police are hoping the rendering will help them to identify the man.
  The victim is described as a Caucasian, age 25-35, six feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds.
  He has short, reddish brown hair and a goatee. He was wearing a T-shirt, blue and red shorts with white stripes and black shoes.
  He was riding a black/silv
  
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• Former fire chief sues Renfrew for $1.35 million

  24-08-2018 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Renfrew’s former fire chief is has filed a lawsuit demanding $1 million or his job back while blaming “small town political considerations” for his forced retirement at age 61.
  With other damages, Guy Longtin is seeking $1.35 million in the suit filed Thursday in Superior Court in Ottawa.
  He also wants damages for the town’s refusal to extend benefits that cover costly drugs for a family member with a life-threatening illness and for the town officials to take “mand
  
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• Firefighters call for assistance to fight flaming generator at their own station

  24-08-2018 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  East-end firefighters had to call their colleagues for help over the noon hour Friday when a generator caught fire while it was being tested at Station 56.
  There were visible flames when firefighters at the Coventry Road station, near the Vanier Parkway, called for help at 12:34 p.m.
  Crews from stations 57 and 36 and a ladder from station 11 arrived to douse the generator, which sits on a concrete pad outside the station.
  The fire was under control at 12:41 p.m. and losses stopped at 12:52 p.m.
  
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• Ottawa @OPP_ER say an unidentified cyclist who was found Aug.12 on the Queensway near Pinecrest has died of his in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 19:38 via twitter.com
  Ottawa @OPP_ERsay an unidentified cyclist who was found Aug.12 on the Queensway near Pinecrest has died of his in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Time to get bike lights': Shaken cyclist shares terrifying close call

  24-08-2018 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  When cyclist Nick Matchem got a GoPro camera for Christmas, he started sharing the dumb moves by motorists he filmed on the road.
  So when he had his own close call — while riding his bike in the dark with no lights — the 27-year-old felt it would be “hypocritical” not to share it on Reddit.
  His YouTube video, now with more than 1,000 views, is like an F-bomb studded but somehow very Canadian PSA on cycling safety.
  “I messed up pretty bad,” Matchem said Friday
  
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• Andrew Scheer's Conservative convention keynote takes on new importance. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  24-08-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Andrew Scheer's Conservative convention keynote takes on new importance.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Motorcyclist, 38, killed in Highway 17 crash with transport truck

  24-08-2018 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 38-year-old Cobden man was killed Thursday when the motorcycle he was on collided with a transport truck on Highway 17.
  Provincial police say the crash occurred at Forrester’s Falls Road in Cobden at about 9:30 p.m.
  The truck was southbound on Hwy 17, while the motorcyclist was westbound on Forrester’s Falls.
  The operator of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the transport was not injured.
  The victim’s identity is being withheld at the request of t
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 24th w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @BruceChapman924 1:17: @JDGamble 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 24th w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @BruceChapman924 1:17: @JDGamble 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @EricEdCollard and @MelanieHAdams join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @EricEdCollardand @MelanieHAdams join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio.📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gormley: What Bernier's apparent case of cultural anxiety demonstrates

  24-08-2018 17:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rank xenophobia is somehow more tolerable when the people who propagate it don’t pretend that they are propagating something else entirely. Politicians can take away people’s rights and freedoms, but manners dictate they should not call them stupid while they’re at it.
  Oh, but they just have innocent security concerns, they insist; innocent jobs-loss concerns, they say; or innocent questions about whether abortion is a subversion tactic immigrants deploy to establish white-mino
  
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• Editorial: Turn down the heat on immigration, politicians

  24-08-2018 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The differences between the federal Liberals and the Conservatives over immigration are so great, it seems, that the issue is likely to become a centrepiece of the 2019 federal election. But is the gap really that deep?
  Of late, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has loudly defended immigration, asserting that “intolerance towards immigrants has no place in Canada.” Nor will he tolerate any political party that practises “the politics of fear and division.”
  Yet his target, the
  
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• Driver escapes serious injury when truck clipped by flying one-tonne shovel bucket

  24-08-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 66-year-old Bryson man miraculously escaped serious injury Thursday when the truck he was driving was clipped by a one-tonne mechanical shovel bucket that flew off the back of a transport truck.
  MRC des Collines police say the incident occurred on Edelweiss Road (Highway 366) at Elm Road, east of Wakefield.
  According to the report, the huge bucket was chained onto a trailer but flew off, crashing into a passenger truck.
  One-tonne scoop flew off the back of a transport truck near Edelweiss side
  
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• Coming up on the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: 1. Can we enjoy art that is created by bad people?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe:1. Can we enjoy art that is created by bad people?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• TRAFFIC: Gas leak closes parts of Island Park Dr. - from Byron to Helena. @ottfire @OttawaPolice on scene. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 16:52 via twitter.com
  TRAFFIC: Gas leak closes parts of Island Park Dr. - from Byron to Helena. @ottfire @OttawaPolice on scene. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Three teens charged with robbery after Orléans melee

  24-08-2018 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three teens were arrested and charged with robbery and possessing a dangerous weapon (a knife) after police broke up a disturbance earlier this month in Orléans, where parents have raised the alarm about street swarmings.
  Police report they found “numerous” youths on Charlemagne Boulevard near St. Peter High School Aug. 14 at about 10:45 p.m.
  Several witnesses said they’d been robbed. Police said a knife was used.
  A 16-year-old was arrested Aug. 15 and charged with robbe
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @mpearson78 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk about Pride weekend and coming out. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 16:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @mpearson78 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk about Pride weekend and coming out. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Crystal meth among drugs seized in Hull raid

  24-08-2018 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people are facing charges after Gatineau police seized meth and cocaine in a raid on a Hull address where they say drugs were being sold and used.
  Police report they seized 60 g of crystal meth, 15.4 g of cocaine, 80 tablets of methamphetamine, four Fentanyl patches and about 20 prescription drug tablets at 174 Saint-Redempteur St.
  Six people were arrested at the scene, although three were released without charge.
  A 35-year-old man, who was arrested in a similar operation last summer,
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @CanopyGrowth CEO @BruceLintonCGC joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss their visitors centre in S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 16:26 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @CanopyGrowth CEO @BruceLintonCGC joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss their visitors centre in S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Real estate agents pull out all the stops to sell high end properties

  24-08-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the sun sets over the city on a warm August evening, well-heeled real estate agents and their clients sip a glass of bubbly while exploring an elegant property and its thousand square foot rooftop terrace that showcases pristine views of Ottawa’s downtown skyline.
  This may sound like a picture-perfect scene out of HGTV’s show Million Dollar Listing New York but it’s an exclusive agent showing in Hintonburg, an added touch that is becoming more common with the growth of Ottaw
  
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• How will Maxime Bernier's new party affect the outcome of the next federal election? ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  24-08-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  How will Maxime Bernier's new party affect the outcome of the next federal election? ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Teenaged woman arrested after near-naked run through Kingston hospital

  24-08-2018 13:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 19-year-old woman has been charged after running nearly naked through Kingston General Hospital, police report.
  Police said in a new release that on Wednesday at about 10 a.m., a woman went to KGH, where she got undressed and put on only a lab coat.
  When confronted by security, the woman began running through the hospital, exposing herself as the lab coat was not done up.
  The woman eventually fled the hospital but was apprehended by security near King and Barrie streets, where she was arrested
  
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• Sunshine and 29 C for Friday, but weekend could have issues

  24-08-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  First the good news: Friday’s forecast features pure sunshine and 29 C.
  The Environment Canada professionals predict a slight humidity factor, making the high feel like 32 and a UV index 7 or high.
  Friday night’s low is expected to be 17.
  Let’s dwell on that before considering the outlook of a cloudier weekend with the risk of rain.
  Clouds are expected to roll in after midnight and Saturday morning starts out at 17 C rising to 25 C under mainly cloudy skies, Environment Canada
  
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• A London man faces assault and sexual assault charges after a weekend incident in Smiths Falls twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  24-08-2018 12:57 via twitter.com
  A London man faces assault and sexual assault charges after a weekend incident in Smiths Falls twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Today's letters: Heron Gate, OC Transpo and a thank-you

  24-08-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Heron Gate editorial off the mark
  Re: Editorial: Give landlord some credit for helping Heron Gate, Aug. 18.
  Your editorial opining that the Ottawa public ought to “give (Timbercreek Asset Management) some credit for helping Heron Gate” has left the residents of one of Ottawa’s most vulnerable communities at best bewildered, but more aptly demoralized and scared. And for the 105 families who face eviction ‪Sept. 30, fear is only the beginning.
  Your claims that “
  
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• Wrapped in the red and white: Brockville man spends seven years, $250k researching Canada's flag

  24-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bob Harper wanted to paint a Canadian flag on his garage door, but there was a problem: The door’s dimensions — 15 feet by about seven feet — did not perfectly align with the flag’s 2:1 aspect ratio.
  For people like us, this detail might have easily been overcome by simply stretching the whole thing a smidge, or by leaving the outer six inches on each side unpainted, or having slightly wider red bars.
  But it is no understatement to say that Harper, a Brockville nativ
  
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• Iskwé, set to play Tweed Shindig, talks empowerment and being part of change

  24-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tweed Shindig
  1-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, Front Yard, Tweed Inc., 1 Hershey Dr., Smiths Falls. All ages.
  Daytime acts, 1-6 p.m.: Blakdenim, Mosely, Slim Moore and the New Soul Project, River City Junction, Last Drop Orchestra, Adam Linton and the Wildcard
  Evening acts, 7-11 p.m.: The Sorority, Iskwé and special guests
  Tickets: $15, available at eventbrite.ca. 1,000 free tickets available for residents of Smiths Falls at the Visitor Centre, 77 Beckwith St.
  More info: tweedshindig.com
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• Bernier contacted 'key people' before announcing new party, source says. #cdnpoli bit.ly/2P1Ibym https://t.co/nY0U41pKD2

  24-08-2018 11:59 via twitter.com
  
  Bernier contacted 'key people' before announcing new party, source says. #cdnpolibit.ly/2P1Ibym https://t.co/nY0U41pKD2
  
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• A 30-year-old man is dead and three other people are in hospital following a head-on collision on Highway 416 south… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 11:21 via twitter.com
  A 30-year-old man is dead and three other people are in hospital following a head-on collision on Highway 416 south… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One dead, three taken to hospital following multi-vehicle collision on 416 near North Gower

  24-08-2018 05:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 30-year-old man is dead and three more people were taken to hospital following a collision on northbound Highway 416 near North Gower on Thursday night.
  Ottawa paramedics confirmed the man was pronounced dead at the scene of the three-vehicle collision. Of the three people extricated by paramedics and taken to hospital, one was in serious but stable condition, and two had minor injuries.
  A Twitter post by Ontario Provincial Police said northbound Highway 16 remained closed near Dilworth R
  
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• Materials sector weighs down Toronto stock market, loonie trades lower. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  24-08-2018 04:05 via twitter.com
  Materials sector weighs down Toronto stock market, loonie trades lower.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Air Canada-led consortium signs deal to buy Aeroplan program from Aimia. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  24-08-2018 03:35 via twitter.com
  Air Canada-led consortium signs deal to buy Aeroplan program from Aimia.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Hurricane 'Lane' delivers big soaking to Hawaii's Big Island. ottawamatters.com/world-news/hur…

  24-08-2018 03:05 via twitter.com
  Hurricane 'Lane' delivers big soaking to Hawaii's Big Island.ottawamatters.com/world-news/hur…
  
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• A Chicago rapper's foundation will be giving away thousands of shoes in a South Side neighbourhood where a recent l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-08-2018 02:35 via twitter.com
  A Chicago rapper's foundation will be giving away thousands of shoes in a South Side neighbourhood where a recent l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SQ officers won't face charges in relation to 2016 shooting death of man in Montebello

  24-08-2018 02:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sûreté du Québec officers will not face charges in relation to the 2016 death of a man shot and killed by police in Montebello, the director of criminal and penal prosecutions announced Thursday.
  After reviewing a report by the provincial police watchdog, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales found that the police officers’ use of force was justified, given the threat posed by 29-yea
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses Burnaby case against Trans Mountain pipeline. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  24-08-2018 02:05 via twitter.com
  Supreme Court dismisses Burnaby case against Trans Mountain pipeline.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at age 68. ottawamatters.com/world-news/for…

  24-08-2018 01:35 via twitter.com
  Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at age 68.ottawamatters.com/world-news/for…
  
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• Canopy Growth CEO wants to bring tourists back to Smiths Falls — with a weed museum

  24-08-2018 01:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  As you wind through the small and often narrow streets of Smiths Falls, cutting through quiet neighbourhoods where the homes gesture to some historic Ontarian pastoral, the Tweed factory and its surrounding compound emerge, to paraphrase Hemingway, gradually, and then all at once.
  Construction workers and communications staff mill about in roughly equal numbers, and as you pull into 1 Hershey Way, you are pulling into the buzzing nerve centre of the Canadian cannabis explosion, set against the b
  
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• Supreme Court sets stage for revolution in home sales

  24-08-2018 01:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadians might soon be able to find out how much the house down the street sold for, without getting up from their couch.
  The Supreme Court of Canada has announced it will not hear an appeal from the Toronto Real Estate Board, which has been arguing for years that housing sales prices, broker commissions and pending sales do not need to be publicly disclosed.
  Some say that decision, announced Thursday, is set to send tidal waves through this country’s real-estate industry and is expected
  
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