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• Dairy farmers not happy with new #USMCA deal. #cdnpoli ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-10-2018 23:46 via twitter.com
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• Dunn's Famous Delicatessen on Elgin Street closes after 20 years

  01-10-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dunn’s Famous Delicatessen, which opened 20 years ago on Elgin Street and has served smoked meat to countless weekend night owls over the years, has closed.
  “I’ve lost my restaurant. … It just hurts is all it does,” said Stanley Devine, who owns the business with his wife, Ina Dunn Devine, the daughter of the Montrealer who opened the original Dunn‘s Delicatessen on Montreal’s Ste. Catherine Street in 1927.
  Devine, 83, said business had dropped by
  
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• Reevely: Watson's traffic-safety plan ignores the real problem — generations of bad street design

  01-10-2018 23:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jim Watson’s pledges to improve traffic safety are just promises to keep doing the things Ottawa has always done: build dangerous streets and hope that enforcement blitzes will make up for the mayor and city council’s lack of nerve.
  “Although we’ve made progress, we have to take an even more aggressive approach to make community safety a daily priority for each and every resident of Ottawa,” Watson said Sunday, dropping his latest set of campaign promises as he runs
  
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• Ontario needs another month for review of overdose prevention sites. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-10-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
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• 'We need you to come home:' Police release family's plea to locate missing 11-year-old girl

  01-10-2018 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family of an 11-year-old girl who has been missing for almost a week has released a video pleading for her to come home — and for the public to come forward with any information about her disappearance.
  Nakayla Baskin was last seen by her family on Sept. 24. Ottawa police believe she left her home in the Carlington area about half an hour after midnight. Although police released a bulletin on Sept. 25 asking for anyone with information to come forward, there have only been two tips so
  
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• Ottawa cops to be allowed to use pot off duty

  01-10-2018 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Off-duty Ottawa police officers will be permitted to use cannabis once it’s legal in Canada later this month, Chief Charles Bordeleau said Monday, as long as they’re “fit for duty” when they report for work.
  The policy is similar to the one for drinking alcohol or even using prescription drugs, he said.
  “An individual, an officer, needs to be fit for duty when showing up for work. We have different assessment methods to be able to determine whether that person is fi
  
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• Cross-examination of complainant continues at sailor's sexual assault trial. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-10-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
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• Car thieves stole as many as 50 cars from Ottawa homes between May and September

  01-10-2018 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service believes it has helped to break up a criminal ring of car thieves that was responsible for as many as 50 automobile thefts in the nation’s capital between May and September.
  While the number of vehicles stolen from Ottawa homes seems shocking, it pales in comparison to the number of luxury vehicles that were stolen from homes in Toronto and Greater Toronto Area during the same time period. According to police at the York Regional Police Force’s auto cargo th
  
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• Tornadoes might have kicked up asbestos risk

  01-10-2018 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The tornado has lifted the lid off an old hazard that usually sits quietly in older buildings without bothering anyone: asbestos.
  The fibrous mineral was once a common ingredient in building materials, used for heat resistance, for strength and as insulation.
  The use of asbestos in building materials fell off quickly in the late 1900s as hazards became known. Tiny asbestos fibres can embed themselves in the lungs and cause a form of cancer called mesothelioma.
  Now, with walls and ceilings torn a
  
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• Tornado cleanup volunteers are also still needed. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-10-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  Tornado cleanup volunteers are also still needed. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Pentagon chief drops planned China visit amid tensions. ottawamatters.com/world-news/pen…

  01-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa man faces charges relating to 30-year-old allegations of sexual abuse

  01-10-2018 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested and charged an Ottawa man with a slew of sex assault charges – including rape, indecent exposure and assault – in relation to incidents that occurred 30 years ago.
  Details about the incidents have not been released.
  Police said that they launched an investigation into the man on July 10, when an alleged victim came forward with allegations.
  Jacques Joly, 62, of Ottawa is charged with:2 counts of indecent assault on a female
  5 counts of gross indecency
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• Doucet wants new approaches to housing, food and long-term care

  01-10-2018 21:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s approach to affordable housing and homelessness has been a public policy failure, the city’s former manager of people services told a press conference organized by mayoral candidate Clive Doucet Monday.
  Dick Stewart, who retired in 2002, said homelessness has grown in recent years and the city has never achieved its own affordable housing objectives.
  Between 2014 and 2017, Stewart said, homelessness grew by 16 per cent in Ottawa overall, and by 32 per cent for families.
  
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• Jacques Joly, 62, of Ottawa appeared in court today. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-10-2018 21:21 via twitter.com
  Jacques Joly, 62, of Ottawa appeared in court today. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Ottawa to compensate dairy farmers who are adversely affected by Canada's n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Ottawa to compensate dairy farmers who are adversely affected by Canada's n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Family issues new plea to find missing girl, 11

  01-10-2018 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family of a missing girl made an appeal for her safe return Monday afternoon, almost a week after police first turned to the public for help finding the 11-year-old.
  Nakayla Baskin’s family made a statement via videotape at a press conference at the Elgin Street station.Police have repeatedly asked for help for help, the first time last Tuesday.
  “If people do see her, we’d ask that they call police,” Const. Amy Gagnon said last week. “Officers are following up o
  
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• Editorial: Free trade deal gets some key points right

  01-10-2018 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Trade agreements between nations – even nations run by thoughtful, experienced leaders – are inevitably born of compromises between competing political agendas. Just ask the Mulroney-era team that negotiated NAFTA with the Americans and Mexicans in 1992.
  Now imagine how much more difficult it is to cut a deal when one of the national leaders involved is unpredictable, temperamental and often uninformed. Seen in that light, the trade pact Canada has reached with the United States (and
  
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• Vegas shooting memorial: 'None of us will ever be the same' ottawamatters.com/world-news/veg…

  01-10-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Vegas shooting memorial: 'None of us will ever be the same'ottawamatters.com/world-news/veg…
  
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• Rebuilding Ottawa Senators look for scoring from all corners ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  01-10-2018 18:53 via twitter.com
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, October 1st: 1:17: @GJL67 1:30: @Gvaliante 1:45: @JimWatsonOttawa 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, October 1st: 1:17: @GJL67 1:30: @Gvaliante 1:45: @JimWatsonOttawa 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & David Thompson join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @wickdchiq & David Thompson join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Busy weekend for Sûreté du Québec officers

  01-10-2018 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police officers with the Sûreté du Québec were kept busy over the weekend dealing with speeders and drivers suspected of operating a motor vehicle while inebriated.
  According to police, a teenager was stopped on Friday (Sept. 28) around 11 p.m. for travelling in excess of 165 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. Police said they caught the 17-year-old boy from Gatineau travelling eastbound on Highway 50 near pont des Draveurs. He was issued a fine of more than $1,400 and 18 demerit
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @perreaux joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Quebec election: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @perreaux joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #Quebec election: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The Canadian dollar and shares of the country's major auto parts companies were up in the wake of the tentative tra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 17:12 via twitter.com
  The Canadian dollar and shares of the country's major auto parts companies were up in the wake of the tentative tra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kabilan: After the tornadoes, let’s avoid the ‘lessons learned’ trap

  01-10-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  As Ottawa-Gatineau shifts from response to recovery after six tornadoes ripped through the region, there will likely be a review of how authorities responded to this event. The aim of such exercises is to identify the “lessons learned” from the incident in order to improve response and resilience in the future.
  Improving Canada’s response to events like this, which resulted in severe damage in several areas and knocked out the electricity supply for more than 300,000 customers,
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @RobertFife joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Canada & the U.S. reaching tentative NAFTA deal: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15:@RobertFife joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Canada & the U.S. reaching tentative NAFTA deal:📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dunrobin Road reopens for first time since storm

  01-10-2018 14:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dunrobin Road was open in time for the Monday morning commute for the first time since one of six tornadoes touched down in Eastern Ontario on Sept. 21.
  Coun. Eli El-Chantiry tweeted the news, calling it “great progress” on storm recovery efforts but asking people to avoid the area if they can to make room for crews still doing clean up. Ottawa police would be on scene.
  The Thomas A. Dolan Parkway remains closed between Dunrobin Road and Fifth Line and Greenland roads, El-Chantiry sa
  
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• POLL: Is a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico good news for Canadian consumers?

  01-10-2018 14:19 via twitter.com
  POLL: Is a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico good news for Canadian consumers?
  
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• Exit interview: Marianne Wilkinson, the 'Mother of Kanata,' bows out of municipal politics

  01-10-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Marianne Wilkinson was the first woman to be elected to March township council in 1969, she had three children under the age of six.
  Now, almost half a century later, Wilkinson is retiring — from politics at least — at the age of 80.
  She says she remembers the first time she saw developer Bill Teron’s planned community in 1968, when she and her husband, Bob, were looking for a home for their young family.
  “We drove out here to the middle of nowhere,” she recall
  
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• October debuts with more cool, wet weather

  01-10-2018 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a decidedly-autumnal last day of September, October arrives with a string of wet, cool days before we’re briefly back in the 20s.
  Sunday’s high was just 11 C and Monday is 14 C under mainly cloudy skies with a 60 per cent chance of rain or drizzle.
  More wet stuff is in the forecast overnight with a low of 7 C.
  Periods of rain or drizzle end near noon Tuesday with a high of 11 C and low of 5 C.
  Wednesday is warmer with a high of 18 C, low of 12 C and forecast dry skies.
  Grab the
  
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• 'It's a whirlwind:' Paralyzed Humboldt player getting used to the new normal: bit.ly/2zIQjiv https://t.co/Aui7h2OflV

  01-10-2018 13:36 via twitter.com
  
  'It's a whirlwind:' Paralyzed Humboldt player getting used to the new normal: bit.ly/2zIQjiv https://t.co/Aui7h2OflV
  
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• One night in Vegas: A year after witnessing the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, Ottawans struggling to find way forward

  01-10-2018 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lindsay Sherk’s cellphone pans over the Route 91 Harvest music festival as 22,000 fans sing along with country music star Jason Aldean’s Any Ol’ Barstool.
  “Ask my newfound party crowd,” the audience chants, “Sure, I take more Jack in my Coke now,” before Aldean retakes the vocal reins.
  As the video pulls back from the stage, there’s a distinct metallic “click,” followed almost immediately by an only slightly duller impact sound.
  Four pe
  
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• Yale classmate recalls Kavanaugh as frequent, heavy drinker: bit.ly/2xSqNGf https://t.co/0kJpHxe50Y

  01-10-2018 13:20 via twitter.com
  
  Yale classmate recalls Kavanaugh as frequent, heavy drinker: bit.ly/2xSqNGf https://t.co/0kJpHxe50Y
  
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• QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico good news for Canadian consumers? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  01-10-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico good news for Canadian consumers? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Canada-US reach free trade deal with Mexico: bit.ly/2y646h2 https://t.co/hFwwP1Wtpb

  01-10-2018 12:54 via twitter.com
  
  Canada-US reach free trade deal with Mexico: bit.ly/2y646h2 https://t.co/hFwwP1Wtpb
  
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• Man charged in fatal ATV crash: bit.ly/2zJkczl https://t.co/NhgFvgEjN1

  01-10-2018 12:25 via twitter.com
  
  Man charged in fatal ATV crash: bit.ly/2zJkczl https://t.co/NhgFvgEjN1
  
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• Ottawa votes: Here are the issues that will consume our next city council

  01-10-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Step outside the door of your home and look around. Virtually everything is tied to a municipal responsibility.
  Roads, sidewalks, buses, taxis, municipal parks, residential garbage, drinking water, police … the list goes on. Your property taxes pay for these things, so it makes complete sense that you should be interested in how the next city council will spend that money.
  On Oct. 22, residents will elect a mayor and 23 ward councillors to represent their interests for a four-year term st
  
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• Ottawa priest defrocked following abuse admissions, allegations

  01-10-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa priest who is to stand trial next year on historic sex abuse charges has been defrocked by the Vatican.
  Barry McGrory, 83, is the second Ottawa priest to be dismissed from the priesthood in the clergy sex-abuse scandal. The Catholic Church calls the dismissal process “laicization,” and it is considered the harshest penalty the Vatican can deliver.
  His official removal from the priesthood follows a determined campaign by one of his acknowledged victims, Colleen Passard,
  
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• Candidates spar over tornado relief in Knoxdale-Merivale debate: bit.ly/2zHg3Mg #ottnews #OttVote https://t.co/vDBuRAGIjI

  01-10-2018 10:57 via twitter.com
  
  Candidates spar over tornado relief in Knoxdale-Merivale debate: bit.ly/2zHg3Mg #ottnews #OttVote https://t.co/vDBuRAGIjI
  
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• Nepean firm to upgrade underwater warfare sensor equipment on Canadian frigates

  01-10-2018 05:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government will announce Monday that General Dynamics Mission Systems – Canada has been awarded the contract to upgrade the Royal Canadian Navy’s underwater warfare sensor capabilities on the Halifax-class frigates.
  The firm, based in Nepean, has already begun work on the project.
  The contract is for six sensor suite upgrades and is valued at $103 million. The in-service support contract for the upgraded suites has a potential value of $83 million over the life of the equ
  
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