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• Environment Canada re-issues severe thunderstorm warning

  05-09-2018 23:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  A severe thunderstorm warning was put back in effect for Ottawa shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, half an hour after an earlier warning ended . 
  “Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain,” the weather office warned.
  This line of storms stretched from six kilometres northeast of Cedar Hill to Rosetta, and was moving northeast at 50 km/h, according to Envir
  
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• Students swelter as heat wave highlights lack of classroom air conditioning

  05-09-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s sizzling summer is sizzling into fall, leaving thousands of elementary and high school students sweating at their desks.
  Wednesday’s hot muggy weather turned many classrooms into saunas, highlighting the lack of air conditioning in many Ottawa schools.
  Sixty per cent of Ottawa’s public schools have either no or limited air-conditioning. All of the city’s Catholic schools have at least some air conditioning, and about a quarter of its schools are fully air-co
  
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• Trudeau says he won't use 'tricks' to ram through pipeline construction ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-09-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  Trudeau says he won't use 'tricks' to ram through pipeline constructionottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Quebec police hope to find new leads in search for young women missing 10 years

  05-09-2018 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officers from the Sûreté du Québec were to set up a mobile command post Thursday at the Kitigan Zibi First Nation Cultural Center in hopes of turning up new leads in a 10-year-old case.
  Police are still stumped by the disappearance of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander on Sept. 6, 2008.
  Odjick, then 16, and Alexander, then 17, vanished on Sept. 6, 2008.
  The teens left behind their wallets, purses, clothes and medication. Maisy sent a friend a message on Facebook later that mo
  
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• Labour council needles Watson over unpaid 'internships'

  05-09-2018 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jim Watson says he changed the name of his previously described “internship” program after the Ottawa and District Labour Council called him out for using unpaid workers on his re-election campaign.
  The labour council didn’t like that the mayoral incumbent advertised an application opportunity for unpaid interns to work on his campaign. Hiring unpaid interns would violate the province’s Employment Standards Act, the labour council pointed out on Wednesday.
  Watson is looki
  
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• Impaired charge laid near Smiths Falls after OPP spot car making pass on curve ottawamatters.com/police-beat/im…

  05-09-2018 22:45 via twitter.com
  Impaired charge laid near Smiths Falls after OPP spot car making pass on curveottawamatters.com/police-beat/im…
  
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• CP-140 destined for Trenton museum – aircraft has been dismantled and is being moved by road

  05-09-2018 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Forces will be moving a dismantled CP-140 Aurora to its new home at a museum in Trenton.
  The aircraft is now on the road after leaving a holding facility in Halifax, NS, and is expected to arrive at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, ON sometime between Sept. 7-13.
  The Aurora was originally from 14 Wing Greenwood.
  As movement of the larger components of the aircraft, the fuselage and wings, require the use of two traffic lanes, the Canadian Forces is asking the publ
  
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• Check ahead before heading out to the airport this afternoon @FlyYOW reporting delays. #ottnews twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…

  05-09-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  Check ahead before heading out to the airport this afternoon @FlyYOW reporting delays. #ottnews twitter.com/FlyYOW/status/…
  
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• Hundreds of patients from Stittsville medical centre tested for hepatitis and HIV

  05-09-2018 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 1,500 patients who received treatment at a Stittsville medical centre have been tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV by Ottawa Public Health after infection control lapses were discovered earlier this year.
  The testing revealed that a handful of the patients are currently infected or potentially infected with hepatitis B or C (some need further testing). But a spokeswoman for Ottawa Public Health said they are satisfied those cases are not related to the lapses at Stittsville&rs
  
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• Power now out in the east end. #ottnews twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…

  05-09-2018 22:31 via twitter.com
  Power now out in the east end. #ottnews twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…
  
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• When a stranger comes calling, report it to police

  05-09-2018 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa residents have taken to online information sharing service Reddit to post about strange visitors who have shown up on their doorsteps in the past several days.
  According to one poster, a stranger was frantically knocking on their door at an extremely early hour, waking them from their sleep. When they arrived at the door, the stranger said he needed money to buy an inhaler for a family member.
  In another instance, a man allegedly approached a home in the Glebe and asked the homeowner for
  
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• Man, 19, in custody after fatal Kingston shooting

  05-09-2018 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police had a 19-year-old man in custody within an hour of early-morning gunfire that left a 38-year-old man dead.
  They were called to shots fired at a west-end motel at 1 a.m. Monday. Paramedics treated the victim, but were unable to save him, police said.
  By 2 a.m., they had the local teen under arrested on a murder charge. He’s being held pending a bail hearing.
  Kingston police’s major crime unit is investigating. They’re not looking for other suspects, police said.
  
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• Spike in bankruptcy claims linked to post-graduation life ottawamatters.com/local-news/spi…

  05-09-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  Spike in bankruptcy claims linked to post-graduation lifeottawamatters.com/local-news/spi…
  
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• .@hydroottawa being put to work in the Old Ottawa South area. #ottnews twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…

  05-09-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  .@hydroottawa being put to work in the Old Ottawa South area. #ottnews twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…
  
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• Chris Overholt steps down as CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Robin Brudner takes over in the interim. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  05-09-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  Chris Overholt steps down as CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Robin Brudner takes over in the interim.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Shaver: It's time we made visitors to Canada carry health insurance

  05-09-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Should all visitors to Canada have health insurance?
  To answer this question, consider two main groups: The first is persons visiting the country for only a few days. The second is relatives staying for weeks or months, many with pre-existing conditions that make it difficult to buy insurance.
  The asylum-seekers and illegal migrants entering mainly via Quebec are covered promptly by the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP). Yet Canada does not require medical insurance for those on a visitor vi
  
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• Motorcyclist, 60, dead in East Hawkesbury Twp. crash

  05-09-2018 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 60-year-old Saint-Clet, Que., man has been identified as the motorcyclist who died Saturday when his bike failed to negotiate a curve on County Road 4 in East Hawkesbury Township.
  Normand Charlebois was heading east at about 4:15 p.m. when his motorcycle went into the ditch, struck a driveway embankment then tumbled to a stop between Des Erables Street and Golf Road.
  Hawkesbury OPP, Prescott-Russell paramedics and East Hawkesbury firefighters responded but Charlebois died of his inju
  
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• Next on today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @SprottSchool Ian Lee join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  Next on today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @SprottSchool Ian Lee join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued

  05-09-2018 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for much of eastern Ontario and western Quebec including the capital as a warm, humid airmass is set to collide with a cold front.
  Severe thunderstorms are expected for Wednesday afternoon and evening before the front passes, Environment Canada predicted.
  Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are ripe for large hail, damaging winds or torrential rainfall.
  “Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branch
  
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• Do vitamins work -- or are they a waste of money? @TristinHopper joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11:30: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Do vitamins work -- or are they a waste of money?@TristinHopper joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11:30: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Ottawa-Gatineau. Thunderstorms expected this afternoon but should wrap up this evening. #ottnews

  05-09-2018 17:21 via twitter.com
  Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Ottawa-Gatineau. Thunderstorms expected this afternoon but should wrap up this evening. #ottnews
  
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• Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Did you lose your wedding ring in Algonquin Park?

  05-09-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Nepean family is hoping to make someone a happy spouse.
  The foursome found a gold wedding band during a weekend camping trip at Algonquin Park and posted the find on Reddit in hopes of finding the owner.“Were you canoeing in the Carcajou Falls area of Algonquin Park, Ontario when your wedding band flew off your finger into the rapids?” Jennifer Gautreau posted Tuesday. “My son and his eagle eyes spotted your band in a crack near the water’s edge. It has an inscription.
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @pwaldieGLOBE joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Salisbury Novichok poisoning: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @pwaldieGLOBE joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Salisbury Novichok poisoning:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Man expected to face second-degree murder charge in Kingston shooting: police: bit.ly/2oJsj8U https://t.co/X2X3bREndh

  05-09-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  
  Man expected to face second-degree murder charge in Kingston shooting: police: bit.ly/2oJsj8U https://t.co/X2X3bREndh
  
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• House Works: Pocket joinery is ideal technique for DIY and home woodworking

  05-09-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you’re planning to build cabinets, built-ins or even window and door trim at your place, pocket joinery is worth serious consideration. It offers a great way to make carpentry less complicated and more fun.
  Pocket joinery eases the assembly of wooden parts, and simplicity is a big part of the attraction. All pocket joinery systems use similar types of drilling jigs to create steeply angled holes that accept hidden screws to hold joints together.
  Results are fast, surprisingly stron
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @citizenduffy joins @_MarkSutcliffe on alleged abuse between ex-hostages Caitlan Coleman & Jos… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:@citizenduffy joins @_MarkSutcliffe on alleged abuse between ex-hostages Caitlan Coleman & Jos… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @SprottSchool Ian Lee join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @brendaAchapman & @SprottSchool Ian Lee join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wandering bear draws police to Gatineau hospital

  05-09-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Maybe this bear had a boo-boo?
  A wandering bear has caused a stir at the Gatineau hospital, but police say there’s no safety threat as the animal is behind a fence and surrounded by police and officers from the province’s ministry of natural resources.
  Police were called to the hospital on Boulevard La Vérendrye at 7:20 a.m. They found on the animal on the west side of the hospital between the building and Rue Jules Bordet, which is adjacent to a green space stretching south f
  
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• Man, 19, in custody for murder in Kingston shooting

  05-09-2018 15:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police had a 19-year-old man in custody within an hour of early-morning gunfire that left a 38-year-old man dead.
  They were called to shots fired at a west-end motel at 1 a.m. Monday. Paramedics treated the victim, but were unable to save him, police said.
  By 2 a.m., they had the local teen under arrested on a murder charge. He’s being held pending a bail hearing.
  Kingston police’s major crime unit is investigating. They’re not looking for other suspects, police said.
  
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• Do you know this man? Wanted in west-end theft

  05-09-2018 15:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police say they’re turning to the public after exhausting all other leads to identify a suspect in a shoplifting incident in the city’s west end July 30.
  No further details were provided in a media release Wednesday.
  The suspect is a white man with short hair and a full beard. He was wearing a long-sleeve grey shirt and carrying a backpack.
  Anyone with information is asked to call police at 613-236-1222, ext. 5166. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by
  
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• Pistol, purple fentanyl seized in Quinte traffic stop

  05-09-2018 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A traffic stop in Quinte West netted purple fentanyl, cocaine and a loaded pistol as officers arrested a trio of men Quinte West.
  Officers from the detachment were on a routine patrol when they spotted an unspecified traffic violation on South Trent Street in the community west of Belleville Aug. 30, the OPP said in a release Tuesday.
  A search of the vehicle turned up the handgun, 40 g of purple fentanyl, 97 g of cocaine and 27 g of crystal methamphetamine.
  The force’s street crime unit pi
  
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• Dining Out: Eldon's in the Glebe delivers tasty dishes in comfy space

  05-09-2018 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eldon’s775 Bank St., 613-565-0101, eldons.caOpen: Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed MondayPrices: Brunch items $8 to $16, mains $16 to $26 at dinnerAccess: small ramp to front door
  When we go out to eat, we take for granted that the restaurant’s goal should be to give us, in exchange for our hard-earned money, some very tasty food, perhaps an enjoyable beverage or two, and, overall, a memorable experience.
  At Eldon’s, which open
  
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• Should the provincial government reinstate the modernized sex-ed curriculum? #onpoli twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  05-09-2018 13:47 via twitter.com
  Should the provincial government reinstate the modernized sex-ed curriculum? #onpoli twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Wednesday could be muggiest Sept. 5 on record

  05-09-2018 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Get ready to swelter Wednesday as the mercury hits a high of 31 C that will feel more like 41.
  Showers are likely and there’s also a risk of a thunderstorm.
  It could be the muggiest Sept. 5 since records began in 1953, noted local weather historian Rolf Campbell, who tweets as @YOW_Weather.
  With a forecast humidex of 40, tomorrow could be #Ottawa's muggiest Sep 5th since records began in 1953. #OttNews pic.twitter.com/F9WLItvnnq
  — YOW Weather Records (@YOW_Weather) September 4,
  
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• Trial to begin for British sailors accused of sexually assaulting woman: bit.ly/2ClykC1

  05-09-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  Trial to begin for British sailors accused of sexually assaulting woman: bit.ly/2ClykC1
  
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• Trans Mountain to be discussed at Trudeau-Notley meeting in Edmonton: bit.ly/2wKGJJl https://t.co/2HmabDjdXa

  05-09-2018 13:05 via twitter.com
  
  Trans Mountain to be discussed at Trudeau-Notley meeting in Edmonton: bit.ly/2wKGJJl https://t.co/2HmabDjdXa
  
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• Large majority of Quebecers open to more private health services: poll: bit.ly/2wLOHTs https://t.co/mW8Ee6MCYB

  05-09-2018 12:53 via twitter.com
  
  Large majority of Quebecers open to more private health services: poll: bit.ly/2wLOHTs https://t.co/mW8Ee6MCYB
  
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• Liberals won't compromise on culture, dispute resolution in #NAFTA talks: Trudeau: bit.ly/2wI5s1G https://t.co/5FTwwisVhh

  05-09-2018 12:35 via twitter.com
  
  Liberals won't compromise on culture, dispute resolution in #NAFTA talks: Trudeau: bit.ly/2wI5s1G https://t.co/5FTwwisVhh
  
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• Today's letters: It's time for Trumpless Tuesdays

  05-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  We need a day without The Donald
  On Saturday, my wife and I watched the funeral of John McCain on television; we then watched a series of programs that dealt with the late senator’s remarkable life and career. In short, we spent a considerable amount of time watching television. When it was all over, we both felt that the experience had been uplifting. We also felt good for a different reason: We’d actually spent a few hours without seeing or hearing Donald Trump.
  Then I got an idea.
  
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• The city's rosy financial outlook predicts a year-end surplus of $14.4 million. twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  05-09-2018 12:28 via twitter.com
  The city's rosy financial outlook predicts a year-end surplus of $14.4 million. twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Renfrew calling on province to limit Ottawa's access to its ambulances: bit.ly/2MQBFhl #ottnews https://t.co/xX9uRgx9cC

  05-09-2018 12:20 via twitter.com
  
  Renfrew calling on province to limit Ottawa's access to its ambulances: bit.ly/2MQBFhl #ottnews https://t.co/xX9uRgx9cC
  
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• Ottawa Senators centre Matt Duchene thinks team can prove critics wrong: bit.ly/2MPdoYX https://t.co/iEI5f1zWV2

  05-09-2018 12:08 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa Senators centre Matt Duchene thinks team can prove critics wrong: bit.ly/2MPdoYX https://t.co/iEI5f1zWV2
  
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• ICYMI: OPP investigation into one candidate doesn't seem to sway voters in Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 05:10 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: OPP investigation into one candidate doesn't seem to sway voters in Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Neither Kevin Spacey or Steven Seagal will face sex assault charges for incidents that allegedly happened in the 90… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 04:28 via twitter.com
  Neither Kevin Spacey or Steven Seagal will face sex assault charges for incidents that allegedly happened in the 90… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OC Transpo fall service changes raise transit users' ire

  05-09-2018 03:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Transit can inspire frustration at the best of times, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that OC Transpo’s LRT-oriented fall service changes have provoked the ire of transit riders in affected areas of the city. But for some bus passengers, the adjustments they have to make as a result of the  changes are more than a minor inconvenience.
  “I have heard a lot of nightmare stories already,” said Sam Boswell of the newly formed Ottawa Transit Riders’ Group.
  Since creatin
  
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• Former Senator Jon Kyl will replace the late John McCain in the U.S. Senate until the end of the year.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-09-2018 03:25 via twitter.com
  Former Senator Jon Kyl will replace the late John McCain in the U.S. Senate until the end of the year.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On the ground with special team of bylaw inspector and heritage planner

  05-09-2018 03:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Perhaps the most tangible achievement of the Heritage Matters Task Force launched in 2016 by Mayor Jim Watson is the appointment of a special bylaw inspector tasked with keeping an eye on Ottawa’s most vulnerable and vacant heritage buildings.
  In addition to the regular property-standards issues you might expect bylaw officers to be on the lookout for — such as broken windows, graffiti and long grass — the heritage inspector also keeps an eye on the unique attributes that quali
  
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• Ottawa Votes 2018: Does heritage matter at the ballot box?

  05-09-2018 03:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Children who were in kindergarten on the day Somerset House partially collapsed in October 2007 are in high school, now and there’s a good chance they’ll be licensed to drive a car before something comes of the vacant heritage building on the corner of Bank and Somerset.
  The fall of Somerset House and the ensuing collective curiosity about its fate has outlasted mayors and city councillors, and outworn the patience of neighbouring businesses, residents and virtually anyone else in Ot
  
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• Trudeau says Canada won't sign NAFTA deal that doesn't include exemptions for cultural industries #cdnpoli ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-09-2018 02:40 via twitter.com
  Trudeau says Canada won't sign NAFTA deal that doesn't include exemptions for cultural industries #cdnpoliottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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