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• PM determined to build pipeline, tackle climate change despite court ruling ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  31-08-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
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• Trudeau names nine new parliamentary secretaries, removes four from roster ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  31-08-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
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• Quebec political parties announce common front in favour of supply management ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  31-08-2018 22:45 via twitter.com
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• Egan: You can buy your dream home, but hot water heater only for rent

  31-08-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Buyers of new homes across Ottawa are often forced to rent their hot-water systems, at rates they don’t like and terms they don’t control.
  In the aftermath of this newspaper’s coverage of suspect door-to-door sales of home appliances — water softeners, air cleaners — a number of readers have pointed to an issue right under our noses, practised by some of our biggest companies.
  It is common in today’s sales agreements to have a clause that requires buyers to re
  
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• City of Kingston seeks public input on Sir John A. Macdonald's legacy ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  31-08-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
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• September STEP program focusing on school bus, school zone safety ottawamatters.com/local-news/sep…

  31-08-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
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• Can seaweed make dairy farms more eco-friendly?

  31-08-2018 20:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  University of California researchers are studying whether feeding seaweed to dairy cows will reduce their emissions of methane a potent greenhouse gas released by livestock.
  Early results look promising and more studies are planned.
  
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• Kurl: Trudeau must demonstrate that he stood up to Trump

  31-08-2018 20:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The end may be near for the latest round of NAFTA talks.
  Despite stunning, leaked revelations the U.S. president has no intention of compromising, if Canadian negotiators are indeed able to conclude a deal in this week of frenzied talks that have tested political resolve, bladder capacity, and credulity, it will be an anxious country awaiting details. The hard work for government officials may be almost over. As soon as it is, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s crucial test of boosting the pa
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 31st w/ @SamLapradeCFRE: 1:07: @GasBuddyDan 1:17: @rboyd6 1:30: @sincy12… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 18:27 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, August 31st w/ @SamLapradeCFRE: 1:07: @GasBuddyDan 1:17: @rboyd6 1:30: @sincy12… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @Ottawaathomemag & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@Ottawaathomemag & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Letter: Dear Wayne Scanlan, thank you for everything

  31-08-2018 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Growing up in Kanata in the 1990s, I vividly remember waking up at 6 a.m. for weekend practices at John Mlacak Arena. I remember arriving at practice already in full gear, the cold, crisp morning rink air hitting my throat and my eyes. But perhaps my fondest memories revolve around what became my morning pre-hockey routine: reading Wayne Scanlan’s latest article in the Ottawa Citizen while eating breakfast.
  In some ways, Wayne taught me how to read. In other ways, he was integral in develo
  
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• OC Transpo's LRT-influenced route changes kick in on Sunday

  31-08-2018 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Sunday, OC Transpo’s new fall bus service will come into effect, and for many people the route numbers on the bus will look a little different.
  Don’t worry, it’s all part of the plan as the system gets, as it likes to say, #ready4rail. It’s moving towards more of a feeder/trunk system meaning that, when the LRT opens (hopefully in November), more buses will feed passengers towards LRT stations.
  The changes will mostly affect people who live and/or work in downtown, Orl
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Canadian soccer player @dmatheson8 joins @_MarkSutcliffe Sunday's Canada VS Brazil match: 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Canadian soccer player @dmatheson8 joins @_MarkSutcliffe Sunday's Canada VS Brazil match:📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SIU ends probe of Ottawa police after man refuses to cooperate

  31-08-2018 17:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit has dropped an investigation into an alleged assault on a 24-year-old man after he refused to cooperate with investigators.
  According to the SIU — which investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault — officers responded to a reported daytime assault at an Elgin Street bar on June 3.
  When police arrived, the man ran off.
  The officers followed on foot, and subsequently
  
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• Minor drought continues across the region

  31-08-2018 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The low-level drought that has been with us for most of the summer is continuing across the region — except in the Kemptville area, where it’s a little more serious.
  Both the Rideau and Mississippi Conservation Authorities say we remain in a “Level One” drought, which is the least serious of three levels. However, the Kemptville Creek watershed, which extends down near Brockville, is in a Level Two.
  This makes water levels look like the lower levels usually seen later in
  
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• Gatineau drug bust leads to arrest of four people

  31-08-2018 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police in Gatineau conducted two raids on homes in the city resulting in the arrest of four people who could face charges related to trafficking in illicit drugs.
  According to police, the raids were conducted on Aug. 24, after a two month investigation into allegations of drug trafficking from the community.
  The first search was conducted at 196 Front St. unit 5. At the address, police seized heroin and arrested two people, a 33-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman.
  At the second address, locate
  
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• SIU ends probe of Ottawa police after man refuses to cooperate - Ottawa Citizen

  31-08-2018 17:02 via ottawacitizen.com
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  SIU ends probe of Ottawa police after man refuses to cooperate
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  The province's Special Investigations Unit has dropped an investigation into an alleged assault on a 24-year-old man after he refused to cooperate with investigators. According to the SIU — which investigates reports involving police where there has ...
  SIU investigation involving Ottawa police officers is terminatedOttawaMatters.comall 6 news articles »
  
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• Ottawa posts $4.3-billion surplus for first quarter - The Globe and Mail

  31-08-2018 17:01 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Ottawa posts $4.3-billion surplus for first quarter
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  Federal finances were in surplus over the first quarter of the fiscal year, but Ottawa still expects to fall back into deficit as more results come in. Finance Canada's monthly tracking report of the federal bottom line showed a $4.3-billion surplus ...
  Ottawa posts $1.1-billion surplus for June, boosted by gain in revenueNational Postall 13 news articles »
  
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• On the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe: 1. Should doctors disclose heritable genetic conditions to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  On the ethics lab with @dk_munro & @_MarkSutcliffe:1. Should doctors disclose heritable genetic conditions to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @tomblackwellNP joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on #NAFTA: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @tomblackwellNP joins @_MarkSutcliffe live on #NAFTA: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• What's open and closed in Ottawa on Labour Day - Ottawa Citizen

  31-08-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
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  What's open and closed in Ottawa on Labour Day
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  For many, the long Labour Day weekend marks the end of summer. To ease you through it, here's a list of places, programs and services across the city with hours of operation affected — or not — by the statutory holiday. Shopping. Most Loblaws ...and more »
  
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• What's open and closed in Ottawa on Labour Day

  31-08-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  For many, the long Labour Day weekend marks the end of summer. To ease you through it, here’s a list of places, programs and services across the city with hours of operation affected — or not — by the statutory holiday.
  Shopping
  Most Loblaws locations will be closed Monday, but the store at Rideau Street will be open 24 hours and the Loblaws on Isabella Street will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  Metro Glebe will be open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Metro Rideau will be open 24 hours, b
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @HockeyScanner joins @_MarkSutcliffe on his retirement after 31 years at the @OttawaCitizen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:@HockeyScanner joins @_MarkSutcliffe on his retirement after 31 years at the @OttawaCitizen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @Ottawaathomemag & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch:@Ottawaathomemag & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @erin_gee, @1310Andrew & @jonathanmcleod join @_marksutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @erin_gee, @1310Andrew & @jonathanmcleod join @_marksutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @SKimber, journalist and author of Flight 111: The Tragedy Of The Swissair Crash - joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @SKimber, journalist and author of Flight 111: The Tragedy Of The Swissair Crash - joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POLL: Should employees have a legislated right to disconnect outside business hours?

  31-08-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should employees have a legislated right to disconnect outside business hours?
  
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• 2018 Glebe House Tour presents homes that inspire, no matter what your style

  31-08-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tucked behind Brown’s Inlet is an unassuming Glebe townhome that features an open loft living space with a wall of windows overlooking the park’s tranquil pond.
  The home at 74 Ralph St. is one of five properties that will be featured on the 19th annual Glebe House Tour, an event that supports community programs in the central neighbourhood.
  Nearly 400 hundred visitors will tour the homes on Sunday, Sept. 16, taking in the various architectural styles, and drawing inspiration from the
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @Ottawa67sHockey James Boyd joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the upcoming season: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: @Ottawa67sHockey James Boyd joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the upcoming season: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• What's open and closed in Ottawa on Labour Day - Globalnews.ca

  31-08-2018 14:50 via globalnews.ca
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  What's open and closed in Ottawa on Labour Day
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  If you've got a to-do list to get through this Labour Day weekend, take note that many businesses and municipal services are powering down for the holiday Monday. Here's a list of what's open and closed in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018: Food and drink.and more »
  
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• Kingston woman arrested after cigarette argument turns violent

  31-08-2018 14:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston woman faces a pair of assault charges after an argument over a cigarette turned violent.
  According to police, the incident occurred Wednesday when a got in an argument with his common-law partner, 33, after he smoked a cigarette that she believed was hers.o
  The argument escalated and police say the woman assaulted the man, punching him and grabbing him.
  He left the apartment but made arrangements to return later that day to retrieve some of his belongings.
  However, when he arrived at
  
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• Three displaced by stubborn terrace fire in Gatineau

  31-08-2018 14:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Twelve trucks and 31 firefighters were called in to put out a small, but persistent, fire on a terrace in Gatineau late Thursday afternoon.
  The fire was located on the rooftop terrace of a low-rise condo complex on Arthur Graveline Street in the city’s Aylmer district.
  Firefighters responded to the call at 4:40 p.m. but, according to a media release from Gatineau firefighters, weren’t able to get the fire under control until 6:20 p.m.
  Two people were evacuated, and three people will
  
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• MacDougall: Journalists are addicted to Twitter, and it's poisoning their journalism

  31-08-2018 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  What’s the problem with the media?
  Ping a journalist that question, and you’ll get back chapter and verse about the money problems facing newsrooms and the indifference of advertising-stealing platforms such as Facebook and Google.
  Ask a random bloke on the street, however, and there’s a good chance the answer will be “bias” or “trust,” as in: “I don’t trust the press, they’re all biased.”
  Ah, yes. The “fake” news. The
  
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• Develop free speech policies or face funding cuts, Ontario tells colleges: bit.ly/2MEbquH

  31-08-2018 14:17 via twitter.com
  Develop free speech policies or face funding cuts, Ontario tells colleges: bit.ly/2MEbquH
  
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• Should employees have a legislated right to disconnect outside business hours? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  31-08-2018 14:08 via twitter.com
  Should employees have a legislated right to disconnect outside business hours? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• 80-year-old handyman goes on $8,800 fraud vacation

  31-08-2018 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  An 80-year-old part-time handyman allegedly took himself on a pricey, but illegal, vacation to Alberta after a Gananoque man handed him his credit card to buy supplies.
  The man had hired the octogenarian jack-of-all-trades to do some work around the house for him. The credit card was handed over so that the handyman could go buy supplies.
  He did not buy any supplies.
  Rather, in what is potentially the least complicated con in modern history, the man packed up and headed west, say police.
  On June
  
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• And the Oscar goes to…: Ottawa scientists were pioneers in animation technology

  31-08-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  At a special Academy Awards ceremony in March 1997, a pair of retired National Research Council scientists from Ottawa, Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein, were called to the podium by actor Helen Hunt to receive Oscar awards (certificates in their case, not statuettes) for their pioneering roles in developing computer animation close to a quarter century earlier.
  In the early 1970s, Burtnyk developed and wrote a revolutionary program that allowed computers to generate in-between animation frames t
  
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• Firefighters cut roof off van to free woman trapped in early-morning rollover

  31-08-2018 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman escaped with minor injuries Thursday morning after a dramatic rollover in the east end in which firefighters had to cut the roof off of her van to extricate her.
  Ottawa Fire Services say they received a call about a vehicle that had rolled into a field on Trim Road near Springridge Drive at 3:57 a.m. this morning.
  When they got to the scene, they found the van on its side, a one woman still trapped inside.
  The woman was still conscious, and Ottawa firefighters had to cut off the roof of
  
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• Liberals eye closer look at 'right to disconnect' in labour rule revamp: report: bit.ly/2N2FaAC https://t.co/6kp6DaVK3J

  31-08-2018 13:49 via twitter.com
  
  Liberals eye closer look at 'right to disconnect' in labour rule revamp: report: bit.ly/2N2FaAC https://t.co/6kp6DaVK3J
  
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• One person extricated after early morning van rollover: bit.ly/2LHVZfA #ottnews https://t.co/5vtVg5x9st

  31-08-2018 13:36 via twitter.com
  
  One person extricated after early morning van rollover: bit.ly/2LHVZfA #ottnews https://t.co/5vtVg5x9st
  
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• The sun is mostly shining on your long weekend plans

  31-08-2018 13:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Today is Friday of the Labour Day long weekend, which makes it technically the final work day of the summer. And, with apologies to anyone reading this at work, what a day to be outside.
  There’s a whole lot of sun in the forecast today, a comfortable high of 24 C, and the possibility of some light clouds later in the afternoon.
  It would not be a bad day to play hooky, in other words.
  The rest of the weekend, if you’re sticking around in town, is looking pretty good, too.
  There’
  
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• OPP conducting long weekend blitz: bit.ly/2ME1hOp https://t.co/lSU8ZvL4eo

  31-08-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  
  OPP conducting long weekend blitz: bit.ly/2ME1hOp https://t.co/lSU8ZvL4eo
  
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• Armchair mayor: Build a city that takes land claims seriously

  31-08-2018 13:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  This fall, Ottawa elects 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. This week, Anishinabe artist Jay Odjick highlights economic partnerships for First Nations.
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  “United. That’s what this city can be and what it MUST be again. Now, I know … I’m not the obvious choice for mayor. I’m not a politician. “
  I’m also not Oliver Queen from Arrow, the c
  
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• Labour Day long weekend open and closed: bit.ly/2MFevKQ https://t.co/Ye863E12A9

  31-08-2018 12:47 via twitter.com
  
  Labour Day long weekend open and closed: bit.ly/2MFevKQ https://t.co/Ye863E12A9
  
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• QB Harris says Redblacks have the motivation to become part of CFL's elite: bit.ly/2wx2nRf https://t.co/wiJlTmzlUS

  31-08-2018 12:41 via twitter.com
  
  QB Harris says Redblacks have the motivation to become part of CFL's elite: bit.ly/2wx2nRf https://t.co/wiJlTmzlUS
  
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• Today's letters: Don't give up on supply management

  31-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Supply management worth a fight
  Tom Blackwell, Andrew MacDougall and Christie Blatchford this week have all suggested the need to scrap or sacrifice supply management for our dairy, chicken and egg producers in the interest of signing a NAFTA agreement and reducing artificially high prices for milk, eggs and chicken.
  Ironically I, as a Canadian consumer, find a litre of milk cheaper than a litre of Coke; breakfast with eggs cheaper than other meals I eat when in a restaurant, and chicken one of
  
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• Opinion: Preventing drug overdoses is just the first step

  31-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Every. Seven. Hours. That’s how often it happens.
  In 2017, that meant more than 1,200 people died from an opioid overdose in Ontario, a disturbing 45% increase over the previous year. As healthcare providers, this trend is simply unacceptable. In marking International Overdose Day on August 31, we feel a profound responsibility to speak to the scientific evidence and our recent frontline experiences of supervised consumption services for people who use drugs.
  First, a bit about us: At Sand
  
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• Adam: Why Jim Watson never stops campaigning

  31-08-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Running in his eighth election, Jim Watson is approaching the October 22 vote with calmness and confidence.
  Clive Doucet’s much-heralded entry into the race has changed very little strategically for Watson because whatever the odds, he always campaigns as if he’s the underdog – and it will be no different this time. With a well-oiled and well-resourced campaign machine in place, he is trusting the meticulous preparation and organization that has won him seven elections, to see
  
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• Rachel Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan after pipeline decision: bit.ly/2PiNZ6T https://t.co/a6kjC6kXwq

  31-08-2018 11:44 via twitter.com
  
  Rachel Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan after pipeline decision: bit.ly/2PiNZ6T https://t.co/a6kjC6kXwq
  
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• Liberals eye closer look at 'right to disconnect' in labour rule revamp: report - ottawamatters.com/national-news/… https://t.co/0WjRag2u7l

  31-08-2018 03:45 via twitter.com
  
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