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• Lyme disease infections plummet thanks to Ottawa's hot, dry summer

  07-09-2018 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of Lyme disease cases in Ottawa has fallen 75 per cent this year, down from record-breaking numbers last year, when the city was declared to be an area at risk of the tick-borne disease.
  As of Sept. 1, Ottawa Public Health had recorded 42 cases of Lyme disease. At the same time last year, the number was 169.
  “There are multiple factors that may play a role in the trend of lower Lyme disease cases this year,” Ottawa Public Health spokeswoman Donna Casey said in an email. &l
  
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• Do you recognize this man? Police seeking suspect in August robbery. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po… https://t.co/s1EY1XKU7k

  07-09-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
  
  Do you recognize this man?Police seeking suspect in August robbery. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po… https://t.co/s1EY1XKU7k
  
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• Inquest to examine whether 911 system factored in deaths of Casselman woman, boaters

  07-09-2018 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  A coroner’s inquest into whether flaws in Ontario’s 911 system might have played a role in the deaths of a Casselman woman and three people killed in a Sudbury-area boating mishap is set for next month.
  Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer announced Friday that the inquest into the deaths of Kathryn Missen and the three boaters would be heard in Sudbury on Oct. 15-19 and in Ottawa on Oct. 22-Nov. 2.
  It’s expected to hear from 38 witnesses over 15 days. Dr. David Cameron
  
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• Intense work to continue on NAFTA talks Chrystia Freeland

  07-09-2018 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The foreign affairs minister continued to sound upbeat on Thursday over ongoing NAFTA renegotiations with the U.S. which she says will continue.
  Chrystia Freeland says goodwill was shown by both sides in Washington this week.
  
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• Canadian decision within weeks on steel safeguards, says Bains. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  07-09-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  Canadian decision within weeks on steel safeguards, says Bains.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Moose Consortium requested railway protection after council OK'd 65-storey project

  07-09-2018 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even as the City of Ottawa waits for its day in court, the organization that has prompted the city to hire outside lawyers to defend plans for the Prince of Wales Bridge has been trying to get federal authorities to protect potential rail corridors around Bayview station.
  The city is appealing an order by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which has told the city to discontinue the rail line in the area or fix the bridge so it could be used by another rail operator 12 months after be
  
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• 'We hear your prayers,' say family of Ottawa boy missing on St. Lawrence River

  07-09-2018 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The parents of an Ottawa boy missing since a boat capsized on the St. Lawrence River last weekend hailed the “heroic” first responders and citizens who have hunted for the “kind, gentle soul” as the continuing search was scaled back Friday.
  They thanked police, border services officers, firefighters and the private divers, boaters, kayakers and cottagers who searched for the 11-year-old “who loves life and loves to laugh.”
  “We are not yet ready to speak
  
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• Egan: At election time, what of the poor? Or ever?

  07-09-2018 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The poor are always with us … except during elections, which are all about power and things grandly solvable.
  This is in mind while touring Caldwell Family Centre in one of Ottawa’s old-school public housing “projects” — a couple of 14-storey highrises surrounded by tightly-built townhomes, a lot of asphalt and one Quickie store.
  It is just after lunch. Things are a little chaotic in the centre, always are, as there is just no room to move. The centre began before
  
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• Reevely: 'My millennials' pull Clive Doucet back into politics for one more fight

  07-09-2018 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clive Doucet was a week into his campaign for mayor before the significance of what he was doing snapped into focus.
  “I couldn’t ask people to give money, I couldn’t ask people to volunteer and give their time, if I wasn’t giving it everything I could,” he says. “I could be half-hearted about it and it would still look like a campaign and it would give you journalists something to write about, but it wouldn’t be right.”
  If he did that and fell shor
  
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• A major mining company has apologized after two acid spills earlier this year damaged a large number of vehicles in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 22:20 via twitter.com
  A major mining company has apologized after two acid spills earlier this year damaged a large number of vehicles in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tories blame previous Liberal government for poor job numbers. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  07-09-2018 21:25 via twitter.com
  Tories blame previous Liberal government for poor job numbers.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Hwy. 50 reopened after fatal crash near Buckingham

  07-09-2018 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 50 has been reopened after a serious crash Friday morning, Quebec provincial police report.
  Officers from the Outaouais highway detachment were called to the head-on collision of a small pick-up truck and a sport utility vehicle at kilometre marker 171 at 7 a.m.
  One driver, a 34-year-old man from l’Ange Gardien, was killed. The other driver, a 29-year-old was bady hurt.
  A collision reconstructionist was called to the scene to determine why one appears to have crossed into onco
  
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• A review board has heard a Calgary man found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five young peopl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  A review board has heard a Calgary man found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five young peopl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SUV collides with loaded school bus in Petawawa

  07-09-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP is warning motorists of their “zero-tolerance approach” as the driver of an SUV was ticketed after colliding with a school bus carrying 28 students in Petawawa Friday.
  No one was hurt in the crash just before 7:40 a.m. the intersection of Portage Road and Petawawa Boulevard and they made it to school aboard a replacement bus.
  The bus was heading west through the intersection on Portage Road when the SUV, which was eastbound on Portage Road, tried to t
  
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• UPDATE: @sureteduquebec reports Hwy 50 is OPEN following early morning fatal head-on crash. #ottnews #otttraffic #gatineau

  07-09-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: @sureteduquebecreports Hwy 50 is OPEN following early morning fatal head-on crash. #ottnews #otttraffic #gatineau
  
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• Canadian military issues guidelines for recreational marijuana to troops. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  07-09-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  Canadian military issues guidelines for recreational marijuana to troops.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• The drivers were okay, as were the 28 students on board the bus. Charges were laid against the driver of the SUV.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 19:14 via twitter.com
  The drivers were okay, as were the 28 students on board the bus. Charges were laid against the driver of the SUV.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  07-09-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Police seize semi-automatic rifle in east-end raid

  07-09-2018 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police discovered a semi-automatic rifle stashed in a guitar case and made two arrests in a raid on a Vanier apartment Thursday.
  Officers searched the apartment on Joffre Belanger Way at about 1 p.m. Thursday after an investigation by the guns and gangs unit. Police describe the items seized as a Simonov SKS 1945 rifle, two magazines and 400 rounds of Russian full metal jacket ammunition. They also found a “Streetwise Barbarian” brand stun flashlight, 5.75 g of cocaine and
  
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• a 76-year old man died of his injuries in a crash this morning involving a pedestrian and a large commercial vehicl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
  a 76-year old man died of his injuries in a crash this morning involving a pedestrian and a large commercial vehicl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pedestrian succumbs to injuries after Manotick crash

  07-09-2018 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian has died in the hospital after being struck by the driver of a commercial vehicle in Manotick Friday morning.
  It happened on Ann Street between Beaverview Road and Maple Avenue just after 9 a.m.
  The roadway was expected to be closed for several hours as collision investigators examined the scene.
  
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• Workers find 'possible human' skull, Gatineau police investigating

  07-09-2018 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are investigating after workers at a factory found a skull earlier this week, but further searches turned up no other clues.
  Pending tests at Quebec’s forensic science lab in Montreal, police will say only that it’s possibly human.
  Workers at the Resolute Forestry Products factory on Main Street south of Highway 148 made the find Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. Forensic identification officers seized the skull and a team arrived Thursday morning to scour the area for mor
  
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• Gormley: End the sham of awarding honorary citizenship, Canada

  07-09-2018 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  I suppose we could continue asking why Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship has not yet been revoked, but it seems better to ask why honorary Canadian citizenships have ever been given.
  It is true that allowing the genocide-enabler of Myanmar to keep her distinction would diminish the value of all honorary citizenships if honorary citizenships were actually all that honourable to begin with. But honorary citizenships are the honorary doctorates of global statecraft: a gift from
  
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• Capital region's jobless rate climbs in August — but signs still point to strong economy

  07-09-2018 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region’s jobless rate climbed to 4.7 per cent in August from 4.5 per cent in July, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
  It was the sixth straight month that the unemployment rate came in below five per cent, usually a sign of a strong economy. The slight deterioration from July to August reflected the net loss of 1,600 jobs while the size of the labour force, which includes people looking for work, declined by just 200.
  Employment losses were most significant in education and pro
  
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• NEXT on the Ethics Lab with @dk_munro: - Kaepernick & Nike - AI hiring systems 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Ethics Lab with @dk_munro: - Kaepernick & Nike - AI hiring systems📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One man killed in head-on crash in Buckingham: bit.ly/2wQAbd9 https://t.co/sbaQCEGqvD

  07-09-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  
  One man killed in head-on crash in Buckingham: bit.ly/2wQAbd9 https://t.co/sbaQCEGqvD
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @gregbradyTO joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the NFL season kicking off: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:@gregbradyTO joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the NFL season kicking off: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on today's Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & @awudrick join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 16:08 via twitter.com
  Coming up on today's Power Lunch:@wickdchiq & @awudrick join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cher coming to Ottawa April 24

  07-09-2018 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Veteran entertainer Cher is bringing her Here We Go Again Tour to the Canadian Tire Centre April 24.
  Billed as springboarding on the success of her role in Mamma Mia 2 – Here We Go Again, the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy award winning performer will be touring the U.S. and Canada for the first time in five years.
  Her new album Dancing Queen will be released Sept. 28.
  Tickets will be available Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.ca, canadiantirecentre.com, by phone at 1-877-788-3267, in
  
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• OPP warn about two alleged attempts to abduct children in Russell

  07-09-2018 15:44 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 he 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 who
  
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• The Canadian Forces releases its cannabis policy – here are the details

  07-09-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are the details of the Canadian Forces cannabis policy:
   Establishes a framework for the responsible use of cannabis in support of the following objectives:the maintenance of a physically fit, employable and deployable forces;
  the protection of safety in the workplace;
  the maintenance of operational effectiveness, including any requirement to maintain a state of readiness; and
  the avoidance of impairment which would prevent the safe and effective performance of duties.
  Sets out the rol
  
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• Coming up NEXT: @McGillMedPsych Dr Howard Margolese joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the effects of pot on a teena… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT:@McGillMedPsych Dr Howard Margolese joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the effects of pot on a teena… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Bathroom revamp mixes timeless elements with mid-century chic

  07-09-2018 15:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Everything about David Segaert’s renovated bathroom is new, yet the charm of his 1960s bungalow still fills the space.
  Basketweave flooring, white subway tiled walls and a re-purposed vintage cabinet are reminiscent of mid-century modern design – what Segaert refers to as “the greatest design period in history.”
  The house in Ottawa’s west end community near Iris Street is Segaert and his partner’s first home. It was built around 1960 by prolific builder Robert
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @JimWatsonOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15:@JimWatsonOttawa joins @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Make your pick for the Housing Design People's Choice

  07-09-2018 15:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Every vote counts.
  Especially considering the fierce competition expected to take place for the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association’s (GOHBA) People’s Choice Award.
  “It is usually a very tight race for the People’s Choice Award and this is why we encourage as many people to vote as possible,” said Linda Blanchard, chair of the Ottawa Housing Design Awards.
  Voting for the coveted award, which has been sponsored by the Ottawa Citizen for the past 25 years,
  
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• Hwy. 50 closed, traffic detoured at Buckingham

  07-09-2018 14:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 50 was closed in both directions with traffic being detoured at Buckingham after a serious crash Friday morning, Quebec provincial police report.
  Officers from the Outaouais highway detachment were called to the head-on collision of a small pick-up truck and a sport utility vehicle at kilometre marker 171 at 7 a.m.
  One driver was badly hurt while the other is in critical condition.
  A collision reconstructionist was called to the scene to determine why one appears to have crossed int
  
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• 'Preventative' boil water advisory for 14,000 Gatineau homes

  07-09-2018 14:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  A “preventative” boil water advisory is in effect for about 14,000 Gatineau homes after an abnormal results came back on a routine water test.
  Issued Thursday, the advisory covers the area east of East of Boulevard Labrosse, West of Montée Mineault, south of Highway 50 except for the airport industrial park north of Highway 50 and north of the river.
  In those areas, residents should boil water for at least a minute before they consume it or use it to brush their teet
  
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• Adam Picard’s first-degree murder trial hit another obstacle

  07-09-2018 14:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Adam Picard’s first-degree murder trial hit another obstacle Thursday as his defence team mounted a challenge to the Crown’s hearsay witnesses during the second day of testimony.
  Justice Kevin Phillips dismissed the jury and halted testimony just minutes after it began after Crown prosecutors Dallas Mack and Louise Tansey had called a friend of slain Fouad Nayel to testify about the last time the 28-year-old Barrhaven man was seen alive.
  The Crown alleges Picard killed Nayel with a s
  
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• Fallen firefighters mourned at city hall Friday

  07-09-2018 14:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  City firefighters are inviting the public to join them in mourning local colleagues who died in the line of duty and passed away in the past year.
  The Ottawa Fire Fighters Community Foundation’s Memorial Service is at the Firefighters Monument on Festival Plaza at 110 Laurier Avenue West at 11:45 a.m. A reception follows inside city hall.
  The local event begins a weekend of events that culminates Sunday with the public 2018 Canadian Firefighters Annual Memorial Ceremony. It’s at
  
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• It's going to be a gorgeous day but are you ready for a low of 4 C Saturday night?

  07-09-2018 13:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Is it still summer? Or is it already fall?
  This weekend, it seems, Mother Nature will be asking herself those very questions.
  Today is forecast to be nothing short of spectacular, with mainly sunny skies and a high of 23 C. There’s a touch of humidity in the air (isn’t there always?) so we should get closer to a feels like of 26.
  If you’re someone who gets excited about sleeping with their windows open, you’ll be happy to know that tonight’s low will drop down to ab
  
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• Derek Trucks on the 12-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band: 'This band is in it for the music'

  07-09-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tedeschi Trucks Band
  When & where: 9:30 p.m. Sept. 12, City Stage
  CityFolk, Sept. 12-16, Lansdowne Park
  Also performing:
  Sept. 12: Steve Earle and The Dukes, Kaleo
  Sept. 13: David Byrne, Ani DiFranco, Trampled by Turtles and more
  Sept. 14: Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Allan Rayman, 54-40 Unplugged, William Prince, Humble Pie and more
  Sept. 15: Hozier, Michael McDonald, Lindi Ortega, Ben Caplan and more
  Sept. 16: The Decemberists, Janis Ian, Whitehorse, Chris Smither, MonkeyJunk and more
  Tickets
  
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• Today's letters: Military spending, female athletes, Nike protests

  07-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bravo for stopping this military extravaganza
  Re: Deputy Minister scales back military ceremony,  Sept 4.
  Kudos to DND Deputy Minister Jody Thomas for her refusal to approve the generals’ plan to spend more than $100,000 on a ceremony to mark the transfer of leadership in the armed forces.Such demonstrations of backbone and principle, when confronted with the bureaucracy’s wasteful approach to budget depletion, are sorely lacking in the civil service. However, even $24,000 for a
  
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• Postmedia threatens to lock out newspaper workers in Ottawa: bit.ly/2MW0N6y #ottnews https://t.co/EoLJlnDnQU

  07-09-2018 11:48 via twitter.com
  
  Postmedia threatens to lock out newspaper workers in Ottawa: bit.ly/2MW0N6y #ottnews https://t.co/EoLJlnDnQU
  
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• Children the target of suspicious activity in Russell: bit.ly/2M6UWWH #ottnews https://t.co/j5SC0x3h9u

  07-09-2018 11:32 via twitter.com
  
  Children the target of suspicious activity in Russell: bit.ly/2M6UWWH #ottnews https://t.co/j5SC0x3h9u
  
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• Canada, U.S. to resume NAFTA talks after late night Freeland, Lighthizer chat: bit.ly/2NiwgPN https://t.co/z5ZBVqqu0J

  07-09-2018 11:15 via twitter.com
  
  Canada, U.S. to resume NAFTA talks after late night Freeland, Lighthizer chat: bit.ly/2NiwgPN https://t.co/z5ZBVqqu0J
  
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• Search to resume for man who jumped into St. Lawrence River: bit.ly/2wRecls https://t.co/A18mKsv11S

  07-09-2018 11:05 via twitter.com
  
  Search to resume for man who jumped into St. Lawrence River: bit.ly/2wRecls https://t.co/A18mKsv11S
  
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• Down day on the markets. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  07-09-2018 05:25 via twitter.com
  Down day on the markets.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the federal government has promised a revised timeline within weeks to resume co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-09-2018 04:25 via twitter.com
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the federal government has promised a revised timeline within weeks to resume co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OPP warn about two alleged attempts to abduct children in Prescott-Russell

  07-09-2018 03:37 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 he 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 who
  
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• The federal government has yet to fill nearly five dozen judicial vacancies. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  07-09-2018 03:25 via twitter.com
  The federal government has yet to fill nearly five dozen judicial vacancies.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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