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• Ottawa slams Manitoba's 'flip flop' on carbon tax after Pallister pulls out of climate plan - CBC.ca

  04-10-2018 23:50 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa slams Manitoba's 'flip flop' on carbon tax after Pallister pulls out of climate plan
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  Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said today the federal government is disappointed that Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has pulled his province out of the national climate plan, calling it a "flip flop" on the carbon tax. "We regret ...
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• 'Pulling out all the stops': Police say they're pouring on resources to locate missing 11-year-old

  04-10-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are “pulling out all the stops” to find Nakayla Baskin, the 11-year-old girl who disappeared without a trace early in the early morning hours of Sept. 25.
  The department says it’s calling in expertise from all of its units. Many officers have also stepped forward to offer their help to locate Nakayla, said Insp. Isobel Granger of the Ottawa Police Criminal Investigations Directorate.
  “I have been overwhelmed by support from the various directorates. Internal
  
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• Months after house destroyed, Barrhaven fire victim 'just wants to go home'

  04-10-2018 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  From the window of her rental unit, Vicky Earl can almost see the burnt-out shell of her home. It’s a daily reminder of the frustrating effort to rebuild after a devastating fire this past summer.
  The 63-year-old Barrhaven resident had to flee her townhouse in July when a neighbouring unit caught fire. She’s now renting a place about two blocks away and says while the fire was traumatic, the months-long uncertainty about when she can rebuild is arguably worse.
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• Violinist, professor, pastor among 25 'genius grant' winners. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  04-10-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa police officer released on strict bail conditions - CBC.ca

  04-10-2018 23:32 via cbc.ca
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  Ottawa police officer released on strict bail conditions
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  An Ottawa police constable facing multiple criminal charges that include sexual assault, harassment, forcible confinement and uttering threats has been released on strict bail conditions. Const. Eric Post, 47, is facing a total of 32 criminal charges ...
  
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• Recognize these? Napanee OPP seeks owner of stolen items

  04-10-2018 23:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are trying to track down the owner of collector spoons, jewelry and watches seized in a recent Napanee-area stolen goods investigation.
  The image was purposely blurred as part of the investigation by Napanee OPP and the Napanee, Frontenac and Prince Edward County street crime unit in order to give a sense of what was seized without releasing identifying details that only the owner would know.
  “We want the right person to come forward,” Const. Shannon Cork said. “Hop
  
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• 'Not an inspiring day for heritage in Ottawa' as Magee House demolition approved - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
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  'Not an inspiring day for heritage in Ottawa' as Magee House demolition approved
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  Hintonburg's half-collapsed Magee House has to be torn down, the city's committee on heritage buildings agreed Thursday. The same meeting included a vote on what to do about a project in New Edinburgh where a builder was supposed to preserve some ...
  Magee House in Hintonburg to be demolishedCTV Newsall 5 news articles »
  
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• 'Not an inspiring day for heritage in Ottawa' as Magee House demolition approved

  04-10-2018 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hintonburg’s half-collapsed Magee House has to be torn down, the city’s committee on heritage buildings agreed Thursday.
  The same meeting included a vote on what to do about a project in New Edinburgh where a builder was supposed to preserve some of an old house within a larger replacement, and a report on Somerset House, the derelict old building at Somerset and Bank streets in Centretown.
  “This is not an inspiring day for heritage in Ottawa,” said Barry Padolsky, an arc
  
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• Tories defend support in Quebec as Bernier picks up CPC members, executives. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  04-10-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
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• 'How are we going to manage?' Queensway Carleton worries about ability to cope this winter

  04-10-2018 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  It has been a long, crowded summer at Queensway Carleton Hospital and it seems unlikely this week’s provincial announcement of money to “end hallway health care” is going to offer much relief.
  Unlike most years, patient volume never went down at Queensway Carleton over the summer. As a result, day surgeries had to be cancelled several times, which is rare in the summer, and the hospital saw its highest ever volume of ALC patients — filling 57 of 103 beds. (ALC or alternat
  
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• Ottawa Votes: Fleury dismisses released Salvation Army emails as campaign tactic - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
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  There was never any question that the controversial Salvation Army project on Montreal Road would become a central election issue in Rideau-Vanier ward. The issue finally landed with a bang at an all-candidates meeting Wednesday when incumbent Coun ...and more »
  
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• Reevely: Ottawa getting a tiny fraction of new nursing-homes beds in Tories' latest announcement

  04-10-2018 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only 212 of the new nursing-home beds the provincial government promised to pay for this week will be in Ottawa, a spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott says, a tiny fraction of what this part of Ontario needs.
  Adding nursing-home spaces is a key element in the Progressive Conservatives’ plan to get rid of “hallway health care,” where patients in hospital are kept on stretchers in hallways because there’s just nowhere else to treat them.
  “One patient tre
  
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• ICYMI: Barrhaven ward candidates debate. #ottawavotes ottawamatters.com/local-news/war…

  04-10-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Russian intel agency GRU accused of 'brazen' cybercrimes ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus…

  04-10-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa Redblacks not getting caught up in numbers game vs. Bombers - Ottawa Sun

  04-10-2018 21:25 via ottawasun.com
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  Something's got to give when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Redblacks slug it out Friday night at TD Place. Both teams come into the game on two-game winning streaks, but before that both Ottawa and Winnipeg were struggling. The Redblacks' ...
  Game Day: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Ottawa RedblacksOttawa Citizenall 2 news articles »
  
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• How to manage your money like an NHL hockey player. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  04-10-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
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• Financially hard-up women get help in pursuing #MeToo cases. ottawamatters.com/world-news/fin…

  04-10-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• This week at City Hall: Watson’s traffic-safety platform, cannabis and LRT

  04-10-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Citizen reporters Jacquie Miller and David Reevely discuss what’s been going on at City Hall this past week.
  
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• Pellerin: Separatism dead? Quebec's vote was still all about identity

  04-10-2018 20:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  As someone still sporting deep ego bruises for having declared Quebec separatism dead a few times too many, I humbly offer a word of caution about Monday’s election. Don’t.
  Yes, the separatist parties tanked. But here’s the thing: Separatism was never about separation. It was always about identity. And that issue never dies.
  The first wave of separatism was in good part a reaction to the myth of English-speaking bosses controlling poor francophones and not letting them get ahea
  
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• Trump adviser says GOP candidates should embrace president ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  04-10-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• UPDATED: Power restored in Sandy Hill area

  04-10-2018 19:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Power has been restored after an equipment issue caused an outage in the city’s central-east area, Hydro Ottawa reports.
  Some 1,847 customers in the area bound by Mann Street, Range Road, Lees Avenue and Main Street were affected.
   
  
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• Ottawa Senators partner with Uber to offer discounted rides to home opener

  04-10-2018 19:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  In an effort to attract fans to a home game, the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club have partnered with taxi-alternative Uber to offer $10 discounts to and from Thursday night’s season opener.
  To get the discount, fans of the hockey franchise should use the discount code “UBERSENSRIDE18” in their Uber App.
  The offering marks the latest fan friendly offering from the club, which has lowered parking prices and the cost of various items at its concession stands in a bid to better attract
  
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• Ottawa Senators partner with Uber to offer discounted rides to home opener - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa Senators partner with Uber to offer discounted rides to home opener
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  In an effort to attract fans to a home game, the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club have partnered with taxi-alternative Uber to offer $10 discounts to and from Thursday night's season opener. To get the discount, fans of the hockey franchise should use the ...
  
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• Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton named Ottawa Board of Trade CEO of the year

  04-10-2018 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  The founder of cannabis “industry trailblazer” Canopy Growth has been named the Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal’s 2018 CEO of the Year.
  Bruce Linton, Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO of Canopy Growth Corporation will get the award at the Best Ottawa Business Awards Gala on Nov. 16 at the Westin Ottawa.
  Also co-chair of the board of Kanata-based Martello Technologies, he is being recognized for his “vision and influential leadership,” Ian Faris, pr
  
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• Napanee OPP seeks owner of stolen items

  04-10-2018 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are trying to track down the owner of collector spoons, jewelry and watches seized in a recent Napanee-area stolen goods investigation.
  The image was purposely blurred as part of the investigation by Napanee OPP and the Napanee, Frontenac and Prince Edward County street crime unit in order to give a sense of what was seized without releasing identifying details that only the owner would know.
  “We want the right person to come forward,” Const. Shannon Cork said. “Hop
  
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• Bradley and Dobson: Natural disasters can be mental health crises, too

  04-10-2018 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa region was put to the test on Sept. 21. While a fortunate few remained unaffected, much of the city was plunged into darkness following tornados that took out major power infrastructure. If ever there is a situation when the mental health and wellness of a city’s population is stretched to the limit, it’s following a natural disaster.
  With events like these, stress happens on a sliding scale. Thankfully, physical injuries were limited. But there are people whose homes were
  
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• Power outage strikes Sandy Hill area

  04-10-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An equipment issue has caused a large power outage in the city’s central-east area, Hydro Ottawa reports.
  Some 1,847 customers in the area bound by Mann Street, Range Road, Lees Avenue and Main Street are affected.
  Repair crews are on the scene, but Hydro Ottawa has not determined when power will be restored.
   
  
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• Drugs, stolen ATV seized in South Stormont raid: OPP

  04-10-2018 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officers made two arrests and seized marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine along with a stolen ATV in a raid in South Stormont Township Tuesday, the OPP reports.
  The community street crime unit, emergency response and tactical units and South Dundas and Glengarry OPP teamed up to search an address on Eligh-Beckstead Road, according to a release issued Thursday.
  The 2015 Polaris 570 side-by-side ATV had been reported stolen Sept. 26 from Hunter’s Road, also in South Stormont Township.
  
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• Concert review: Diana Ross helps raise more than $750,000 at NAC Gala

  04-10-2018 17:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Concert review:Diana Ross with the NAC OrchestraNAC Gala, Wednesday only
  The Queen of Motown, Diana Ross, helped the National Arts Centre Foundation raise more than $750,000 for young musicians with a fabulous performance that spanned her career, from the Supremes to the disco era to adult-contemporary pop.
  Augmenting it all was the backing of the full NAC orchestra, under the enthusiastic direction of Alexander Shelley, who’s a serious Motown fan, and the lush voices of a gospel-influence
  
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• CEO's request for pre-paid gift cards a scam, police say

  04-10-2018 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Scammers are targeting administrative employees with e-mails claiming to be from their company’s CEO and asking them to buy pre-paid gift cards and forward the number on the back.
  But it wasn’t the boss, the employees quickly learn, and the cash is gone.
  The codes are sold online and spent abroad within minutes.
  There have been three to four cases of the “targeted attacks” reported in the past week, Sgt. James Ritchie said.
  “Other businesses are going to get these r
  
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• Tight rental market a catalyst for higher house prices across Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Tight rental market a catalyst for higher house prices across Ottawa
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  If last month's tornadoes affected the business of buying and selling homes in Ottawa it was not immediately evident in the data published this week by the Ottawa Real Estate Board. The number of homes and condominiums sold across the city approached ...
  Ottawa condo sales soar in September amid tight housing marketOttawa Business Journalall 9 news articles »
  
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• Hands off that cute fuzzy caterpillar

  04-10-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hickory tussock moth caterpillars are on the move, looking for a winter home. They are fuzzy, bright and cute. Don’t pet them.
  Also, don’t lick them.
  Eastern Ontario is home to this bug, and it’s sort of toxic, or at least irritating if you handle it. Doctors aren’t sure exactly how it causes the reaction, but insect scientist Amanda Roe says its cute hairs that look like fur are in fact barbed, a little like porcupine quills.
  Once lodged in the skin they can cause a rash
  
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• Tight rental market a catalyst for higher house prices across Ottawa

  04-10-2018 17:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  If last month’s tornadoes affected the business of buying and selling homes in Ottawa it was not immediately evident in the data published this week by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.
  The number of homes and condominiums sold across the city approached 1,400 in September, according to the board, which represents about 3,000 realtors. That was virtually identical to the number sold during the same month a year earlier.
  The only change, and it was a slight one, involved the mix of properties.
  
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• 'Operation Impact' aims to reduce holiday traffic mishaps - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 15:31 via ottawacitizen.com
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  'Operation Impact' aims to reduce holiday traffic mishaps
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  Ottawa area police forces are joining their national colleagues in a Thanksgiving weekend operation aimed at the “Big 4” causes of fatal automobile collisions. The four-day safety project, dubbed “Operation Impact,” involves patrols focused on ...and more »
  
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• 'Operation Impact' aims to reduce holiday traffic mishaps

  04-10-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa area police forces are joining their national colleagues in a Thanksgiving weekend operation aimed at the “Big 4” causes of fatal automobile collisions.
  The four-day safety project, dubbed “Operation Impact,” involves patrols focused on preventing distracted driving, speeding, impaired driving and lack of occupant restraint.
  “Motorists are advised to cut the distractions, buckle up, obey the posted speed limits and arrive alive,” the OPP advises in a ne
  
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• Today in the Petfinder: Raccoon rescue redux

  04-10-2018 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  When a Constance Bay raccoon got caught in the cookie jar – a no-doubt delightfully stinky garbage can – Ottawa bylaw officers once again came to the rescue.
  Once freed after hours in the trash, the furry forager fled.
  “When he got out he was so excited he forgot to thank our officer as he ran away,” the department tweeted along with a reminder to report injured or sick small wild animals via 311.
  It was a second reported raccoon rescue by bylaw officers this week.
  It als
  
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• Politics Briefing: Ottawa takes next steps to see Trans Mountain through - The Globe and Mail

  04-10-2018 14:56 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Politics Briefing: Ottawa takes next steps to see Trans Mountain through
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  Good morning,. The federal government says it won't appeal a court decision that blocked the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, instead laying out a new consultation and review process that it hopes will lead to the project's approval faster than a ...
  GUNTER: Ottawa shows Alberta no respect on Trans Mountain fileEdmonton Sun
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Rideau-Rockcliffe - Ottawa Citizen

  04-10-2018 14:01 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Rideau-Rockcliffe
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  In the lead-up to Ottawa's municipal election, this newspaper surveyed every candidate, providing them with a list of questions. It's an exercise that's meant to help residents get to know the candidates better and to get a firm sense of where they ...and more »
  
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Rideau-Rockcliffe

  04-10-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the lead-up to Ottawa’s municipal election, this newspaper surveyed every candidate, providing them with a list of questions. It’s an exercise that’s meant to help residents get to know the candidates better and to get a firm sense of where they stand on important issues facing our city.
  Our survey was broken into three parts: City issues, ward-specific questions, and an ‘about you’ section. Candidates appear in alphabetical order and surveys were completed and r
  
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• Weather rollercoaster to plummet from humid, wet day down to first fall frost

  04-10-2018 13:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  All aboard the weather rollercoaster with a forecast includes the risk of thunderstorms and both a high of 21 C that will feel like 27 and this fall’s first frost.
  Environment Canada predicts a few showers and the risk of a thunderstorm will end late Thursday morning before skies clear in the afternoon.
  Meanwhile, winds are expected to switch from southeast 20 km/h to southwest 30 gusting to 50 this morning then northwest 30 gusting to 50 by early afternoon.
  The temperature, which started
  
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• Egan: Infill or outcast? When old neighbourhoods grow newer, boxier via demolition

  04-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Of all the issues not getting much traction in the municipal election — and it was a lifeless affair even before multiple tornadoes literally sucked the air out of the city — there is an explosive sleeper: infill and intensification.
  In any mature neighbourhood in Ottawa, older houses are being torn down and replaced by boxier replacements that are bigger, tend to have a hard-edged “massive” profile, eat away at green space, remove large trees, put cars right by the sidew
  
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• Cobb: Infill builders are cutting up our roads and we're paying for it

  04-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Infill development, a significant contributor to the city’s property tax coffers, is a booming business. Properly done, it can enhance an aging street and blend respectfully with the existing character of an established neighbourhood. Properly done, infill is constructed by developers who respect and communicate with neighbours and who do their best to minimize disruption and destruction.
  While some developers and their sub-contractors do quality work in just such a respectful manner, infi
  
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• Bradley: Natural disasters can be mental health crises, too

  04-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa region was put to the test on Sept. 21. While a fortunate few remained unaffected, much of the city was plunged into darkness following tornados that took out major power infrastructure. If ever there is a situation when the mental health and wellness of a city’s population is stretched to the limit, it’s following a natural disaster.
  With events like these, stress happens on a sliding scale. Thankfully, physical injuries were limited. But there are people whose homes were
  
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Beacon Hill-Cyrville

  04-10-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the lead-up to Ottawa’s municipal election, this newspaper surveyed every candidate, providing them with a list of questions. It’s an exercise that’s meant to help residents get to know the candidates better and to get a firm sense of where they stand on important issues facing our city.
  Our survey was broken into three parts: City issues, ward-specific questions, and an ‘about you’ section. Candidates appear in alphabetical order and surveys were completed and r
  
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• Special Advanced Voting starts in Ottawa today: bit.ly/2ycchZu #Ottnews #ottvote https://t.co/LAjVsFaqJJ

  04-10-2018 11:10 via twitter.com
  
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• Canadian supply ship in the Pacific but not being used in tsunami relief efforts

  04-10-2018 07:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Canadian Navy’s new supply ship Asterix is operating in the Pacific but it won’t at this point be lending a helping hand to those in need after last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.
  Indonesian authorities have been struggling to get relief to survivors who have been left without food, water, fuel and medicine after Friday’s magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami that smashed homes and businesses, downed communications and made roads impassable on Sulawesi. T
  
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• VIDEO: Check out the Ward 2 Innes all candidates debate. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/war…

  04-10-2018 04:16 via twitter.com
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• A Kingston-area woman taking a bit of a shortcut to the bar is now facing charges... ottawamatters.com/local-news/wom…

  04-10-2018 03:47 via twitter.com
  A Kingston-area woman taking a bit of a shortcut to the bar is now facing charges... ottawamatters.com/local-news/wom…
  
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• Ottawa appoints former judge to oversee consultations with First Nations over Trans Mountain expansion - The Globe and Mail

  04-10-2018 03:24 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Ottawa appoints former judge to oversee consultations with First Nations over Trans Mountain expansion
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  Ottawa has reopened consultations with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after a court ruled that its previous efforts were inadequate. The government did not set a deadline for concluding the talks. Alberta Premier Rachel ...
  First Nations express doubts, hopes for Ottawa's new Trans Mountain consultation effortCBC.ca
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• Efforts are being made to help avoid a strike at Canada Post. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  04-10-2018 03:12 via twitter.com
  Efforts are being made to help avoid a strike at Canada Post. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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