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• Tips for black bear encounters: Keep your distance, and beware if it paws the ground

  06-09-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission has some advice for how to behave around black bears. The tips were written for people visiting Gatineau Park, but some of them would apply to any encounter with a bear, whether it’s in the woods or the ByWard Market.
  First, you’ll be relieved to know that black bears usually flee people. That is, unless food is scarce or easily detectable (lying on the picnic table) or the bears have become used to the presence of humans.
  What should you do if you enc
  
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• Short stretch of Highway 416 southbound to close at Fallowfield for culvert replacement

  06-09-2018 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 416 travellers should note a construction-related closure in the Barrhaven area planned for the coming weekend.
  According to the Ministry of Transportation, the southbound 416 will be closed at Fallowfield Road for culvert replacement work from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Sunday. The westbound Fallowfield on-ramp to the southbound 416 will also be closed.
  The ministry said traffic will be detoured off the highway at the Fallowfield off-ramp, directed to a temporary access road across Fallowf
  
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• Reevely: If Ottawa wants a big shift to transit, Clive Doucet has a plan for it

  06-09-2018 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clive Doucet would get a regional rail system running in all directions within four years if he’s elected mayor, he said Thursday, using industrial tracks to connect downtown Ottawa to outlying villages and towns as far away as Chelsea, Smiths Falls and Limoges.
  He’d cut transit fares, keep 178 hybrid-engine buses the city intends to sell, and augment them with 12-seat minibuses on suburban routes serving his new rail stations.
  Doucet’s plan would be a sharp turn toward transit
  
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• A handful of patients, potentially exposed to improperly cleaned medical equipment at a Stittsville clinic, have de… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 22:09 via twitter.com
  A handful of patients, potentially exposed to improperly cleaned medical equipment at a Stittsville clinic, have de… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Clive Doucet wants to bring in a Regional Rail System to the capital -- something similar to Toronto's GO train… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  Clive Doucet wants to bring in a Regional Rail System to the capital -- something similar to Toronto's GO train… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OPP warn about two alleged attempts to abduct children in Prescott

  06-09-2018 21:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Provincial Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who is believed to be involved in two strange incidents involving children.
  In the first attempt, on Tuesday at 5 p.m., a man went to a local day care and attempted to pick up a child when they did not have the authority to retrieve the youngster. According to police, the man referred to the child by their first name, but could not provide their last name. Day care staff phoned the child’s parents wh
  
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• Military police officer resumes testimony at sailors' sexual assault trial. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  06-09-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  Military police officer resumes testimony at sailors' sexual assault trial.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• R.I.P. Randy Weston

  06-09-2018 21:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pianist Randy Weston, a contemporary of ’50s greats such as Thelonious Monk — his greatest influence — and Wynton Kelly — his cousin — and a passionate advocate for connecting the sounds and culture of Africa with jazz, died in his home in Brooklyn on Sept. 1. He was 92.
  The Brooklyn-raised musician first performed in the 1940s with such as peers as saxophonist Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, and he went on to work with such collaborators as trumpeter Kenny Do
  
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• UPDATE: Ottawa pilot, 51, killed in Michigan crash

  06-09-2018 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 51-year-old Ottawa man is dead after his small plane crashed less than a kilometre away from a Michigan airport early Thursday, local police said.
  The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office later identified the man as Stephan Maisonneuve.
  In a news release, police said Maisonneuve had been flying a 1981 Cessna model 340 twin engine airplane and was expected to land at St. Clair County International Airport, about 600 km southwest of Ottawa, around midnight.
  Shortly after midnight, d
  
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• Ontario's health minister says the province will address hospital overcrowding issues, but hospitals will need to f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Ontario's health minister says the province will address hospital overcrowding issues, but hospitals will need to f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: ByWard Market bear released back into the wilderness

  06-09-2018 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  A stand off between public safety officials and a two-year-old black bear ended with a crowd of onlookers cooing over the opportunity to get up close and personal with Ottawa wildlife on Thursday morning.
  The bear, which had climbed into a tree behind a commercial building housing two restaurants, was apprehended after being shot with a tranquilizer dart and locked away in a special cage on Murray Street.
  Once the animal was secure, police pulled back the tape that had been keeping the crowds aw
  
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• Boswell: Ten things we can learn from the ByWard bear

  06-09-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thank you, ByWard Market Bear, for paying a visit to downtown Ottawa on Thursday and providing us — at the very start of a new school year — this memorable teachable moment. Here are 10 things we can learn from your unexpected but exciting sojourn in the city:
  1. Even when genuinely dangerous animals wander into the urban core, police and other officials don’t always have to resort to lethal means to protect the public from possible harm. Kudos all-round in the case of the ByWa
  
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• NAC Orchestra extends music director Alexander Shelley's contract for another four years

  06-09-2018 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alexander Shelley, music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, has had his contract extended for four years, to Aug. 31, 2023.
  “I am thrilled,” Shelley said Thursday in a statement. “The past three years have been enormously rewarding, and I’m so proud of what these incredible musicians and I have achieved together. We’ve toured from coast to coast to coast. I’ve hugely enjoyed meeting, working with, and learning from people throughout Canada. As the
  
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• Ursine Update: The @NCC_CCN says the By Ward Market bear is in good shape, has been tagged, and has been sent on hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 20:21 via twitter.com
  Ursine Update: The @NCC_CCN says the By Ward Market bear is in good shape, has been tagged, and has been sent on hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Firefighters bike from Toronto to Ottawa for fallen

  06-09-2018 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than two dozen firefighters from Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto are cycling from Toronto to the capital over two days aiming to raise awareness and $10,000 for the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
  The group of 26 will end their nearly 500 km ride at the LeBreton Flats memorial Friday afternoon ahead of an annual memorial service Sunday.
  The group left Toronto at 7:30 a.m. Thursday with planned stops in Whitby, Port Hope, Napanee and Kingston.
  After leaving Kingston Friday morning a
  
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• OPP need help to ID suspect in pharmacy fentanyl robbery

  06-09-2018 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is asking the public to help them identify a suspect who donned a surgical mask to rob a Prescott pharmacy of fentanyl last weekend.
  It happened at about 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 when a man went to the pharmacy counter at the Shoppers Drug Mart on King Street West and demanded an employee hand over “numerous” patches of the opioid painkiller.
  Multiple customers were in the store, Grenville OPP said.
  The suspect is described as white, 5’8″ to 5’10” tall wit
  
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• CBC anchor takes leave of absence to be with sister during cancer fight

  06-09-2018 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  CBC Ottawa’s Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld fought a very public battle with breast cancer so when she disappeared from the anchor desk recently, viewers were concerned.
  On Wednesday she took to social media to explain that she’s healthy, but on temporary leave from the broadcaster so she can be in Hamilton at the side of her younger sister, whose name she did not reveal, while she battles the same disease.
  “Last December, four days before Christmas, we got the news that my sister&rsq
  
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• Likelihood of the Blue Jays and skipper John Gibbons parting ways at the end of the season "99.9% done." twitter.com/Sportsnet/stat…

  06-09-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  Likelihood of the Blue Jays and skipper John Gibbons parting ways at the end of the season "99.9% done." twitter.com/Sportsnet/stat…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, September 6th: 1:08: @jpitney 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @CliveDoucet 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 18:06 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, September 6th: 1:08: @jpitney 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @CliveDoucet 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @catherinejclark & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @catherinejclark & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @theturner joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how the Trans Mountain pipeline became a political dumpst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @theturner joins @_MarkSutcliffe on how the Trans Mountain pipeline became a political dumpst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Adam: Municipal election may be Mayor Jim Watson's swan song

  06-09-2018 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  There is chatter around town that this election is Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson’s swan song. If he wins, he will have been in politics for 31 years when his term ends in 2022. His record would be: two terms as city councillor, two terms as MPP and cabinet minister, and four terms as mayor of the nation’s capital. And having ruled out running for the Ontario Liberal party leadership, the natural course would be retirement, the scuttlebutt goes.
  Is this, then, the beginning of the end for W
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Carleton_U Prof. @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the Trump / NYT Op-Ed: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Carleton_U Prof. @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the Trump / NYT Op-Ed: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @BruceMcConvill1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why he is the man to replace Jim Watson as mayor: 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15:@BruceMcConvill1 joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why he is the man to replace Jim Watson as mayor:📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11: @MacleansMag Allen Abel joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Trump / NYT Op-Ed: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:@MacleansMag Allen Abel joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Trump / NYT Op-Ed: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @scott_gilmore joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the daily humiliations of Donald Trump: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @scott_gilmore joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the daily humiliations of Donald Trump:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa pilot, 51, killed in Michigan crash

  06-09-2018 16:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 51-year-old Ottawa man is dead after his small plane crashed less than a kilometre away from a Michigan airport early Thursday, local police report.
  The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said it learned shortly after midnight that a plane was overdue at St. Clair County International Airport about 600 km southwest of Ottawa.
  Deputies checked the immediate area around the airport then widened their search and located the plane near softball fields on Yager Road in Kimball Township.
  The cr
  
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• E-biker motored his way to impaired driving charge: OPP

  06-09-2018 16:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Petawawa senior is facing an impaired driving charge plus a ticket for not wearing a helmet after police pulled over a motor-assisted bike Wednesday afternoon.
  A patrolling Upper Ottawa Valley OPP officer spotted the e-bike at the intersection of Airport Road and Petawawa Boulevard and made a traffic stop, concluding “the driver was under the influence of alcohol,” police said in release Thursday.
  Michael John O’Heare, 67, is charged with impaired driving and failing or refus
  
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• UPDATE: ByWard Market bear has been tranquilized and removed from a tree

  06-09-2018 15:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Your commute might be held up on Thursday for many of the the normal reasons – and maybe one that’s not so pedestrian.
  Ottawa police have reported that there is a bear in the ByWard Market.
  A call came in around 3:20 a.m. reporting an animal on the loose.
  A bear was reported in the ByWard Market early on Thursday morning. Police closed off several streets in Ottawa.
  Just been told I should get a police escort when I want to leave my apartment because … there’s a bea
  
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• Antiques: Rare time-repeating watch has golden value

  06-09-2018 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: This 18 karat gold watch was given to my husband by his paternal grandfather (1874-1944). It chimes the hours and minutes by pressing a button which I think is called a repeater watch.
  It measures 5 cm x 8 cm high (2 x 3 inches) and runs. It also has a long stop watch second hand. The inside back is engraved with ‘Repetition a minutes, “Le Phare” Chronographe.’
  I have been doing research on my husband’s family and hope the watch age will indicate who it belonged
  
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• India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict: bit.ly/2NrGUDW https://t.co/KNYwcdxAOM

  06-09-2018 14:21 via twitter.com
  
  India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict: bit.ly/2NrGUDW https://t.co/KNYwcdxAOM
  
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• Inquest: Cranberries singer O'Riordan drowned after drinking: bit.ly/2wPWtL2 https://t.co/wwf8M2Zmsz

  06-09-2018 14:04 via twitter.com
  
  Inquest: Cranberries singer O'Riordan drowned after drinking: bit.ly/2wPWtL2 https://t.co/wwf8M2Zmsz
  
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• Ottawa police report bear in ByWard Market

  06-09-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Your commute might be held up on Thursday for many of the the normal reasons – and maybe one that’s not so pedestrian.
  Ottawa police have reported that there is a bear in the ByWard Market.
  A call came in at about 3:20 a.m. reporting an animal on the loose.
  A bear was reported in the ByWard Market early on Thursday morning. Police closed off several streets in Ottawa.
  Just been told I should get a police escort when I want to leave my apartment because … there’s a b
  
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• POLL: Should the New York Times have run an anonymous op-ed piece by an senior Trump administration official? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  06-09-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should the New York Times have run an anonymous op-ed piece by an senior Trump administration official? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Health minister to make substance abuse announcement at opioid symposium: bit.ly/2M4m9ZV https://t.co/sRwqlXLoha

  06-09-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  
  Health minister to make substance abuse announcement at opioid symposium: bit.ly/2M4m9ZV https://t.co/sRwqlXLoha
  
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• Storm sweeps away sticky weather but get ready for single-digit lows

  06-09-2018 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ahhh!
  After hitting a peak of 32 C that felt more like 40 Wednesday and that spectacular storm, Thursday is a breath of fresh air. The forecast high is 22 C before the mercury slips down into the single digits.
  Environment Canada predicts mainly-cloudy skies, a 60 per cent chance of morning showers and northwest winds at 20 km/h that become light in the morning. A smidge of humidity will make it feel like 25 and the UV index is 6 or high.
  Tonight’s low is 9 C.
  Friday starts a string of swe
  
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• Speed limit reduction on Portage Bridge: bit.ly/2wLx3y7 #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/KAS1gAylK0

  06-09-2018 13:12 via twitter.com
  
  Speed limit reduction on Portage Bridge: bit.ly/2wLx3y7 #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/KAS1gAylK0
  
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• An Avro Arrow hunt: Aviation relic gets scrub down in Ottawa

  06-09-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  With dental scalers and tweezers in hand, government conservators scrape and pluck zebra mussel detritus from a talismanic piece of Canadian aviation history.
  Their painstaking work — there are thousands of hair-like filaments that have to be removed — is part of a federal effort to preserve what looks like a small rocket ship.
  Bent and corroded, the three-metre projectile is unremarkable save for its triangular wings, which hint at a much larger, more consequential story.
  Conse
  
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• Today's letters: Garbage in, garbage out

  06-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here’s why waste disposal matters
  I was disturbed to hear Mayor Jim Watson say that reducing garbage is not a priority among residents. Most people give little thought to what they put out at the curb and don’t care what happens after that. City leaders are doing nothing to create public awareness and encourage more responsible practices.
  I believe our politicians need to take a stronger leadership role. It should be a priority to prolong the life of landfills, protect our envir
  
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• Some financial experts say student debt is leading to other forms of debt, and before grads know it, they're in ove… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 05:15 via twitter.com
  Some financial experts say student debt is leading to other forms of debt, and before grads know it, they're in ove… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Will a sixth Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship be built for the Royal Canadian Navy?

  06-09-2018 04:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  There is still no word on whether the Royal Canadian Navy will receive a sixth  Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship.
  Irving Shipbuilding is building five AOPS. There is the possibility of building a sixth ship if costs are kept in line and that vessel could be constructed within the project budget. It is unclear if the financial state of the project would allow for a sixth vessel or whether the federal government would have to contribute more funding to allow for the construction of an additional A
  
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• Bill Cosby's star on the Walk of Fame has been vandalized. ottawamatters.com/world-news/cos… https://t.co/mGOgR9alnT

  06-09-2018 04:15 via twitter.com
  
  Bill Cosby's star on the Walk of Fame has been vandalized. ottawamatters.com/world-news/cos… https://t.co/mGOgR9alnT
  
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• Maxime Bernier has raised over $90,000 for his new political party. #cdnpoli ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  06-09-2018 03:22 via twitter.com
  Maxime Bernier has raised over $90,000 for his new political party. #cdnpoliottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• A mandate letter for Canada's new corrections commissioner calls for more engagement with community groups to help… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 02:28 via twitter.com
  A mandate letter for Canada's new corrections commissioner calls for more engagement with community groups to help… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Six years after slaying, Crown outlines first-degree murder case against Adam Picard

  06-09-2018 01:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than six years after Fouad Nayel was shot dead, his remains buried in a shallow grave, the first evidence against his alleged killer was finally heard in an Ottawa courtroom.
  Adam Picard’s first-degree murder trial began Wednesday following a long and winding route through the criminal justice system. Prosecutors Dallas Mack and Louise Tansey laid out the Crown’s case against the former soldier, who stands accused of killing the 28-year-old Nayel on June 17, 2012.
  On that Father
  
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• The @Ottawalabour council is speaking out against mayor's attempts to hire a young person for an unpaid internship.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 01:33 via twitter.com
  The @Ottawalabour council is speaking out against mayor's attempts to hire a young person for an unpaid internship.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Demand for pot will be much higher than anyone anticipated after legalization, says report commissioned for Health Canada

  06-09-2018 01:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  With just weeks to go before recreational pot becomes legal across Canada, a new report commissioned by Health Canada predicts the demand for it will be substantially higher than widely anticipated.
  The report used a 2017 federal survey on cannabis use to estimate how much adult Canadians will consume in the first year of legalization.
  It calculated the amount at 926,000 kilograms for both recreational and medical use. That’s a whopping 41 per cent higher than the estimate of 655,000
  
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• A police command post is slated to open on the Kitigan Zibi reserve 10 years after the disappearance of two young I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 00:56 via twitter.com
  A police command post is slated to open on the Kitigan Zibi reserve 10 years after the disappearance of two young I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa teen charged with second-degree murder in Kingston slaying

  06-09-2018 00:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 38-year-old man is dead and a 19-year-old Ottawa man is in custody after a shooting at a west-end Kingston motel early Wednesday.
  Aaron Lewis of Ottawa has been charged with second-degree murder.
  Emergency services were summoned to the Kozy Inn on Princess Street, just west of Centennial Drive, around 1 a.m.
  Frontenac Paramedic Services said they took a man with critical injuries to Kingston General Hospital, where he later died.
  Kingston Police Det.-Sgt. Jay Finn identified the victim as Jean
  
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• Newly unsealed court documents are giving a window into the custody battle between Joshua Boyle and his wife.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 00:25 via twitter.com
  Newly unsealed court documents are giving a window into the custody battle between Joshua Boyle and his wife.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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