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• Woman accused in hotel homicide booked room where beating occurred, police believe

  18-09-2018 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The girlfriend of a man fatally stabbed in the middle of a Vanier street in April 2017 is now wanted for first-degree murder in an unrelated homicide — the Saturday night hotel beating death of an Ottawa man.
  Homicide detectives announced Tuesday that Crystal Bastien, a 32-year-old escort, is wanted for the killing of Mohamad Mana, 30. Police believe Bastien was in the hotel room when Mana was bound and beaten to death.
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• Police say missing woman, 76, found safe

  18-09-2018 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police were asking Tuesday afternoon for the public to help them find a missing 76-year-old woman.
  The woman was then found safe and sound, police said Tuesday night.
   
  
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• The Ottawa Police Service is advising that a missing senior Liuzhen Li, has been located safe and sound. #ottnews

  18-09-2018 23:06 via twitter.com
  The Ottawa Police Service is advising that a missing senior Liuzhen Li, has been located safe and sound. #ottnews
  
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• Ontario seeking stay of council-cutting decision that threw plans into disarray ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Ontario seeking stay of council-cutting decision that threw plans into disarrayottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• $9 million paid to plaintiffs who sued city after deadly bus-train crash in 2013

  18-09-2018 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thirty-three lawsuits have been settled related to the tragic bus-train collision in Barrhaven five years ago, with plaintiffs receiving a total of more than $9 million, according to the city’s legal department.
  The bus driver and five bus passengers died on Sept. 18, 2013 when an OC Transpo double-decker bus collided with a Via Rail train at the Transitway rail crossing near Woodroffe Avenue.
  The city was served with 39 lawsuits related to the collision. All the claims added up to $26 mil
  
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• Notwithstanding clause will be Caroline Mulroney's legacy, Yasir Naqvi writes in open letter

  18-09-2018 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  If Attorney General Caroline Mulroney doesn’t stop her Progressive Conservatives from using the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to cut the size of Toronto’s city council, that will be the legacy for which she’s remembered, her predecessor Yasir Naqvi writes in an open letter he released Tuesday.
  “In our system of democracy the legislature is supreme, but it does not have unlimited power,” the letter says. “It must act within the confines of the law
  
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• U.S. congressman issues dire warning to Canada's NAFTA team: time is running out ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  U.S. congressman issues dire warning to Canada's NAFTA team: time is running outottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Assault and sexual harassment among crimes allegedly committed by diplomats in Ottawa

  18-09-2018 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada has arranged to get a foreign ambassador recalled and an honorary consul suspended from his post in Ottawa in recent months, one for sexual harassment and the other for assault.
  Meanwhile a second ambassador to Canada is facing possible assault charges.
  The three incidents are not connected. Global Affairs Canada will not identify the individuals or their countries.
  But its internal summary of offences allegedly committed by members of Ottawa’s diplomatic community opens a window in
  
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• Going out best bets, Sept. 20 to 26

  18-09-2018 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dance Music
  After a rash of European club and festival gigs this summer, the Souljazz Orchestra has a home-turf gig on Saturday at Babylon (317 Bank St.). The veteran, Juno-nominated worldbeat band is promising to debut some new music along with its hits, and DJ Zattar will be joining the group, too. Doors: 10 p.m., admission $15.
  Jazz
  Ottawa pianist John Kofi Dapaah kicks off his 2018-19 studio sessions series at Ottawa Piano and Keyboards (1412 Bank St.) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a duo con
  
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• Senate backs bill to avert shutdown, boost military spending. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sen…

  18-09-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Senate backs bill to avert shutdown, boost military spending.ottawamatters.com/world-news/sen…
  
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• Rocker Bryan Adams calls for changes to Canada's copyright laws to help artists. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Rocker Bryan Adams calls for changes to Canada's copyright laws to help artists.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Tavares set to make Leafs pre-season debut as Sens begin post-Karlsson era ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  18-09-2018 21:25 via twitter.com
  Tavares set to make Leafs pre-season debut as Sens begin post-Karlsson eraottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Reevely: Fedeli promises no-guff Ontario financial report Friday

  18-09-2018 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tells Ontarians how much is in the provincial treasury on Friday, debt-rating agencies that have been beadily eyeing the province’s bonds will be watching closely.
  Fedeli first. The minister promises that at the end of this week he’ll reveal the results of two examinations of Ontario’s books the government commissioned early in the summer: one review of accounting practices led by former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell, and one looking
  
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• Quebec provincial police create squad to crack down on contraband cannabis. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Quebec provincial police create squad to crack down on contraband cannabis.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• City combs through application to see if Ottawa should apply for Bee City status

  18-09-2018 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  City staff are combing through an application to make Ottawa a “bee city” after a councillor heard buzz from a constituent about the plight of pollinators.
  Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli received the environment committee’s full support on Tuesday for researching the requirements of the Bee City program. There’s a local petition calling for Ottawa to take action with nearly 1,200 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon, he noted.
  The city already has projects promotin
  
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• Family fear for safety of missing woman, 76

  18-09-2018 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police are asking for the public to help them find a missing 76-year-old woman who speaks only Cantonese.
  Liuzhen Li was last seen on Fisher Avenue south of Meadowlands Drive early Tuesday morning.
  She’s described as Asian and 5’5″ tall with a thin build. She walks with a limp.
  Anyone who knows her current whereabouts is asked to immediately call Ottawa police dispatch at 613-230-6211.
  People with other information that could help investigators are asked to call the m
  
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• Feds closer to cooking up better heating and cooling system for capital region buildings

  18-09-2018 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government is moving closer to awarding a big contract to transform the aging heating and cooling system in the capital region.
  Components of the current generation and distribution system are between 50 and 100 years old. The system heats 80 buildings and cools 67 buildings in the capital region, including the Parliament Buildings. The feds want a more energy-efficient system that will save temperature-control costs over the long term, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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• Federal stats show slight increase in irregular migrant claims in August. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Federal stats show slight increase in irregular migrant claims in August.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• .@OttawaPolice need your help locating a #missing senior in Carleton Heights. Liuzhen Li, 76, went missing this mor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 19:44 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice need your help locating a #missing senior in Carleton Heights. Liuzhen Li, 76, went missing this mor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police hunting for woman accused in Saturday hotel homicide

  18-09-2018 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are hunting for a woman accused in the hotel beating death of an Ottawa man on Saturday night. 
  Crystal Bastien, 32, is wanted for first-degree murder in the killing of Mohamed Mana, 30, police said Tuesday. 
  Police were called Saturday to the Residence Inn by Marriott hotel on Walkley Road near Bank Street at around 11 p.m. after receiving reports that a man had been beaten.
  Police officers found his body on a couch in the third-floor room, with his a
  
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• Fire crews battle blaze in Old Ottawa East

  18-09-2018 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters kept flames confined to the basement of one half of an Old Ottawa East duplex after flames broke out Tuesday morning.
  One person was assessed for smoke inhalation by paramedics, but did not need to go to the hospital.
  Multiple 911 calls reporting black smoke and flames drew fire crews to 148 Concord Street South at 10:33 a.m.
  It was extinguished at 11:46 a.m.
  A fire investigator was dispatched to the scene near Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue to determine the cause.
   
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• Police release photos of suspect wanted for 1st degree murder in hotel death. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  18-09-2018 18:42 via twitter.com
  Police release photos of suspect wanted for 1st degree murder in hotel death. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @TimBucklandSN joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest on #HurricaneFlorence: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @TimBucklandSN joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest on #HurricaneFlorence: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, September 18th: 1:08: @RaynaldMarchand 1:17: @RiteshKotak 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, September 18th: 1:08: @RaynaldMarchand 1:17: @RiteshKotak 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• $216 million program to promote gender equity in Afghanistan produces few results

  18-09-2018 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. government watchdog, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, has released a new review of the American-funded program to promote gender equity in Afghanistan. The results aren’t promising.
  Inspector general John F. Sopko examined the USAID-funded Promoting Gender Equity in National Priority Programs.Here is what SIGAR found:— USAID launched Promote, a $216 million, 5-year program to improve the status of more than 75,000 women in all levels of Afghan so
  
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• Passengers escape flaming OC Transpo bus 'in the nick of time'

  18-09-2018 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Passengers had to flee a flaming OC Transpo bus in the city’s east end Monday night and the driver who ordered them off was taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke.
  Kayla Madere said she was on the 104 bus heading east towards Place d’Orléans at about 8 p.m. when a tow truck traveling beside the bus started flashing its hazard lights and honking then pulled over near Blair Station.
  The tow truck driver yelled that the bus was on fire.
  The bus driver immediately pulled over
  
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• OPP divers recover body of missing Petawawa man

  18-09-2018 16:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP divers have recovered the body of a Petawawa man who vanished after jumping into the Barron River from a boat Saturday.
  David Ryan O’Neil Jenner, 37, failed to resurface, Upper Ottawa Valley OPP reported. Members of the underwater search and recovery unit made the recovery Sunday afternoon
  An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
  OPP officers were dispatched to a spot on the river about 3 km west of Black Bay in the Town of Laurentian Hills just after 1 p.m. Saturd
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @LeonaAlleslev joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why she ditched the Liberals for the Tories: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @LeonaAlleslev joins @_MarkSutcliffe on why sheditched the Liberals for the Tories: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• "My job is making music I believe in" — the Satoko Fujii interview

  18-09-2018 15:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Resurrected this year after a hiatus of several years, IMOO Fest this weekend will present more than a dozen sets of improvised music, including several showcasing the Ottawa event’s artist-in-residence: pianist and composer Satoko Fujii.
  Even as IMOO Fest celebrates the prodigious Japanese artist — she’s been called “the Duke Ellington of free jazz” — Fujii, in anticipation of her 60th birthday next month, has been releasing music in 2018 at the striking clip
  
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• Cohen: Caroline Mulroney's refusal to oppose Doug Ford shows she's not as progressive as we thought

  18-09-2018 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Feb. 2, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Michael Chong Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, president of the Privy Council and Minister of State for Sport. At 35 years old, a Canadian of Chinese heritage, Chong had made it into the first cabinet of the new Conservative government.
  The portfolio was junior, but so was Chong; he had been elected only two years before. Now he was a rising star in national politics.
  On Nov. 27, 2006, nine months later, Chong resigned from cabinet.
  
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• House Works: Four tips for cutting mitre joints like a pro

  18-09-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Whenever I teach online classes about woodworking and cabinetmaking, I often get questions about how to cut mitre joints accurately. When two pieces of trim, molding or baseboard meet at a square corner, the ends need to be cut accurately to 45 degrees so everything meets together as it should. This is a mitre joint.
  Sounds simple enough, but creating great, tight, gap-free mitre joints still comes down to a few subtle skills.
  Follow these four tips and you’ll be surprised how easy it is t
  
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• POLL: Should sitting Members of Parliament be permitted to cross the floor and change parties?

  18-09-2018 14:46 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should sitting Members of Parliament be permitted to cross the floor and change parties?
  
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• Emmys: An epic proposal, but winners lacking in diversity: bit.ly/2NjjlOa https://t.co/FJMO9PgLP9

  18-09-2018 14:36 via twitter.com
  
  Emmys: An epic proposal, but winners lacking in diversity: bit.ly/2NjjlOa https://t.co/FJMO9PgLP9
  
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• Sunshine and 20s in the forecast head of cooler temps

  18-09-2018 14:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
  As that glorious sunset signalled, a few more summery days are in store before the weather turns decidedly more seasonal.
  Tuesday is sunny with morning clouds clearing by late afternoon, a high of 26 C that will feel like 33 and a UV index of 5 or moderate, Environment Canada predicts. Expect a few clouds and a low of 10 C overnight.
  Wednesday is sunny and 22 C with a low of 8 C.
  Mixed skies, a 30 per cent chance of showers and high of 19 C and low of 13
  
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• OC Transpo bus catches fire near Blair Station: bit.ly/2Qz9BgR https://t.co/Z0dCcPAEJU

  18-09-2018 14:21 via twitter.com
  
  OC Transpo bus catches fire near Blair Station: bit.ly/2Qz9BgR https://t.co/Z0dCcPAEJU
  
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• Family with baby displaced in Stittsville blaze

  18-09-2018 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two adults and an infant escaped safely after a two-alarm fire in Stittsville early Tuesday morning.
  Firefighters received multiple 911 calls reporting the blaze at 755 Rosehill Avenue at 2:16 a.m.
  They found heavy flames at the two-story detached house near the intersection of Hazeldean Road and Huntmar Drive and called a second alarm at 2:25 a.m. The flames were out by 2:55 a.m.
  There was minor damage to the house next door but the occupants won’t be displaced.
  A fire investigator was se
  
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• Five years since tragic Barrhaven bus crash: bit.ly/2pgtWLl https://t.co/gkeYttIrac

  18-09-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  
  Five years since tragic Barrhaven bus crash: bit.ly/2pgtWLl https://t.co/gkeYttIrac
  
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• How a scholar led reshaping of Carleton's sexual violence policy

  18-09-2018 13:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Caitlin Salvino was in Washington, D.C., on a student exchange in the fall of 2016 when an email popped into her inbox: Her school, Carleton University, was soliciting feedback from students about its then-newly drafted sexual violence policy.
  Curious, she clicked through to the email.
  Salvino had spent her time at Carleton so far with her nose in her books. She describes herself as extremely studious, a straight-A student in an honours human rights and law program who won academic awards. In fa
  
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• POLL: Should sitting Members of Parliament be permitted to cross the floor and change parties? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  18-09-2018 13:09 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should sitting Members of Parliament be permitted to cross the floor and change parties? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Trade, economic concerns come to fore as Ontario MP ditches Liberals for Tories: bit.ly/2xnKbux https://t.co/VQMex3RqF5

  18-09-2018 13:02 via twitter.com
  
  Trade, economic concerns come to fore as Ontario MP ditches Liberals for Tories: bit.ly/2xnKbux https://t.co/VQMex3RqF5
  
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• Today's letters: Stopping Doug Ford, and what the mayor must focus on

  18-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Working from the shadows
  Considering the way Premier Doug Ford has been acting since he “took” power, I am starting to hope that there is a small group of individuals in his administration who are trying to keep him in check, trying to stop him for resorting to his worst inclinations, and generally trying to save Ontarians from Doug.And if you do exist, please do not write an Op-Ed about it. Stay quiet and carry on.
  Andrée Champagne, Ottawa
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• Parkin and Hartmann: National pharmacare has to overcome intergovernmental hurdles. Can it?

  18-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  How much Canadians pay for prescription drugs depends very much on where they live. Middle-income residents of Prince Edward Island facing an expensive drug treatment has to cover the first $4,400 with their own money – then their provincial pharmacare program pays for the rest. But if they live in Manitoba, they pay $3,063 before provincial coverage kicks in. In British Columbia, they only pay $2,150.
  The unevenness in who is covered, for what kinds of drugs, and for how much, is one reas
  
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: York Plaza could be a great civic square

  18-09-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Oct. 22, Ottawa residents elect a new city council. To help local candidates as they campaign, the Citizen features some ideas that would make the city a better place. Today, Allan Teramura and Jill Stoner explore one feature European cities have that we could emulate.
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  Ottawa is a unique Canadian city, and perhaps its most unique feature is the Rideau Canal, with its magical attraction in both winter and summer, transcending the seasons. Yet Ottawa is missing one crucial urb
  
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• 'I was worried we’d get destroyed’: How a scholar and a troublemaker galvanized student action against Carleton’s sexual violence policy

  18-09-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Caitlin Salvino was in Washington, D.C., on a student exchange in the fall of 2016 when an email popped into her inbox: Her school, Carleton University, was soliciting feedback from students about its then-newly drafted sexual violence policy.
  Curious, she clicked through to the email.
  Salvino had spent her time at Carleton so far with her nose in her books. She describes herself as extremely studious, a straight-A student in an honours human rights and law program who won academic awards. In fa
  
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• Justin Trudeau in conversation with Paul Wells: bit.ly/2s40mL2 #cdnpoli https://t.co/CsRMAQW9Te

  18-09-2018 11:32 via twitter.com
  
  Justin Trudeau in conversation with Paul Wells:bit.ly/2s40mL2#cdnpoli https://t.co/CsRMAQW9Te
  
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• Police urging drivers: Donate to charities, not roadside panhandlers: bit.ly/2xn9c9b https://t.co/SE4sAlTbPU

  18-09-2018 11:26 via twitter.com
  
  Police urging drivers: Donate to charities, not roadside panhandlers: bit.ly/2xn9c9b https://t.co/SE4sAlTbPU
  
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• Canadian Paramedics are the only first responders without their own national memorial in Ottawa:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 11:05 via twitter.com
  Canadian Paramedics are the only first responders without their own national memorial in Ottawa:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Woman, nephew settle lawsuit over Chase the Ace jackpot in Nova Scotia. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-09-2018 05:30 via twitter.com
  Woman, nephew settle lawsuit over Chase the Ace jackpot in Nova Scotia.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Saudi fund pumps $1B into Silicon Valley electric car maker. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  18-09-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  Saudi fund pumps $1B into Silicon Valley electric car maker.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Trump sees 'a little delay' for Kavanaugh, Democrats dig in. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  18-09-2018 03:31 via twitter.com
  Trump sees 'a little delay' for Kavanaugh, Democrats dig in.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…
  
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