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• 'Unimaginable destruction': Hurricane smashes rows of houses ottawamatters.com/world-news/uni…

  11-10-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Russian rocket failure raises questions for launch of Canadian astronaut ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  11-10-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Ontario Human Rights Commission releases updated policy before pot legalization ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  11-10-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Bill Blair launches consultations on possible ban on handguns, assault weapons ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  11-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Bill Blair launches consultations on possible ban on handguns, assault weaponsottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Reevely: City will fund supervised injection sites if nobody else will, Mayor Jim Watson says

  11-10-2018 21:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the provincial government stops funding supervised drug-injection sites in Ottawa and the federal government doesn’t step in, the city will have to find a way to pay for them itself, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday.
  This is a major turnaround for a politician who resisted these services in Ottawa for years.
  “I think we have now four in Ottawa and they’re serving a very vulnerable population and we’d have to find, if the province cuts the funding — we’d have
  
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• How to buy pot in Ontario: A consumer's guide to purchasing and using legal cannabis

  11-10-2018 21:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In less than a week, Canadians will be able to buy weed legally. That’s about the only certainty as the country ends a century of prohibition against pot.
  Will the pot-starved or curious come out by the millions to purchase their first legal joint? Or will legalization day be anticlimactic, considering anyone who wants to smoke pot is probably already doing it?
  Whatever happens on Oct. 17, it’s just the beginning of the public policy experiment that makes Canada only the second count
  
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• Four people are facing multiple charges after two separate OPP search warrants carried out in South Stormont.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Four people are facing multiple charges after two separate OPP search warrants carried out in South Stormont.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Nussbaum: Climate change solutions start right here in Ottawa

  11-10-2018 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The conclusions in this week’s report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are stark: The world needs to de-carbonize by 2050 or risk catastrophic impacts. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions remain on an upward trajectory. The critical work of reducing and eventually eliminating carbon as a source of energy will require sustained political will and public demand for action. But as much as the climate crisis is a global problem, solutions need to begin in our towns and ci
  
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• Fusing Iranian and Western music, Hafez Nazeri strives to promote peace and unity

  11-10-2018 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  With Hafez Nazeri’s move from Iran to the U.S. roughly two decades ago came a string of formidable musical achievements.
  The composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, now 39, initially went to New York simply to study music. But his determination to create a musical fusion between Iranian and Western music led to concerts at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall in New York that helped put his art on the map.In 2014, he released an album called Rumi Symphony Project: Untol
  
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• Foggy conditions affecting some YOW flights

  11-10-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa airport was warning passengers and people picking them up to check the status of their flights before hitting the road because the weather is affecting some flights.
  There are some delays and a few cancellations, the airport tweeted at about noon Thursday.
  The fog was reducing visibility, a spokeswoman said.
  Environment Canada was reporting visibility of about 600 metres, light drizzle, fog and a temperature of 10 C at the airport shortly before 1 p.m.
  The weather is affecting some fl
  
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• Federal ministers do not have a duty to consult Indigenous groups when drafting legislation, the Supreme Court of C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  Federal ministers do not have a duty to consult Indigenous groups when drafting legislation, the Supreme Court of C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Listen to @JimWatsonOttawa's chat with @_MarkSutcliffe on this morning's edition of Ottawa Today. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  11-10-2018 19:02 via twitter.com
  Listen to @JimWatsonOttawa's chat with @_MarkSutcliffe on this morning's edition of Ottawa Today. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• North Glengarry teen identified as victim in Hwy 401 crash

  11-10-2018 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 17-year-old from North Glengarry was identified Thursday as the victim of a fatal head-on crash on Highway 401 near Morrisburg.
  Joshua Seguin was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
  The OPP reports that their preliminary investigation revealed that “for reasons under investigation” an eastbound passenger car entered the westbound lanes and collided with a westbound transport truck at about 9:37 a.m. Wednesday.
  The trucker was unhurt.
   
  
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• Ontario launches website for selling legal weed, says Canada Post will handle deliveries

  11-10-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A week from now, Canada Post will be delivering plain packages containing pot to residents across Ontario.
  The Crown corporation has the contract to deliver weed for the government’s online store that opens for business Oct. 17, the day recreational cannabis is legalized across the country.
  The Ontario Cannabis Store will probably be the largest online seller of cannabis in the country.
  The online store will be the only legal channel for Ontarians to buy cannabis for nearly six months afte
  
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• NCC launches online poll on ways to preserve Gatineau convent

  11-10-2018 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission is asking for public input with ideas on how to best preserve the Congrégation des Servantes de Jésus-Marie convent in Gatineau.
  The federal agency bought the property at 210 Laurier St., as well as the surrounding lands, for $7.8 million in 2016.
  It’s launching an online survey to gather ideas for the use of the buildings on the property, which it believes could enhance Jacques-Cartier Park as a recreational and natural public space.
  The site
  
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• Thanksgiving weekend crashes claim 8 lives: OPP

  11-10-2018 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  What the OPP Is calling one of the deadliest Thanksgiving in recent history claimed eight lives on Ontario roadways even as the force issued thousands of tickets to drive home seatbelt and speeding laws.
  The eight victims died in four incidents, all on Saturday.
  Separate two-vehicle crashes near Port Perry and Guelph each killed three people. Two other people died in separate crashes in Elgin and Brant counties.
  Just the day before, the OPP had wrapped up its fall campaign to get people to buckl
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, October 11th: 1:08: @anniemated1 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @gtaweather1 1:36:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, October 11th: 1:08: @anniemated1 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @gtaweather11:36:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Capital ward

  11-10-2018 18:00 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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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @UW_Michael & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@UW_Michael & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @HarvardChanSPH Eugene Litvak joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how to affordably solve Ontari… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @HarvardChanSPH Eugene Litvak joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss how to affordably solve Ontari… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Photos and video: Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, charges into Southeast

  11-10-2018 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction across Florida and Georgia, destroying homes and shopping centres and felling trees that killed at least two people. And it’s not done yet.
  Hurricane Michael finally weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday, no longer a Category 4 monster packing 155 mph (250 kph) winds. But it was still menacing the Southeast with heavy rains, blustery winds and possible
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @willis_andrew joins @_MarkSutcliffe Frank Stronach suing his daughter Belinda: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@willis_andrew joins @_MarkSutcliffe Frank Stronach suing his daughter Belinda: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Victim identified in tragic Thanksgiving collision at Barrhaven construction site

  11-10-2018 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 17-year-old victim of what police characterized as “death by misadventure” on Monday had been identified.
  In an obituary published in this newspaper, Joshua Eardley is remembered as “charming and kind with a gentle soul who had a passion and love for his family and friends and all things outdoors.”
  John Wells, 19, has been charged with criminal negligence causing death, impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, driving with a blood-alc
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @StormhunterTWN joins @MarkDayNews on #HurricaneMichael: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15:@StormhunterTWN joins @MarkDayNews on #HurricaneMichael:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Adam: Campaign offers few chances to compare Watson, Doucet directly

  11-10-2018 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The municipal election is less than two weeks away, and despite the early excitement generated by Clive Doucet’s entry into the mayor’s race, the campaign hasn’t really captured the imagination. This was never going to be an inspiring campaign, but the hope was that Doucet’s candidacy would elevate the debate and give citizens real insight into the big issues.
  It didn’t happen because there’s been no real, meaningful debate between Doucet and Jim Watson. When
  
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• Coming up at 11: @DownGoesBrown joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ottawa @Senators: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @DownGoesBrown joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the Ottawa @Senators: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coffee with a firefighter on tap for Fire Prevention Week

  11-10-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  City firefighters are meeting up with residents for coffee, heading to hardware stores with tips and teaching building owners how to meet code in events marking Fire Prevention Week.
  This year’s theme is “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere.”
  First up Friday is coffee with a firefighter (and it includes a free cup of joe) to talk safety concerns or ask any questions. It’s from 10 a.m. to noon at McDonald’s locations at College Square, Billin
  
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• Off-duty Quinte West OPP officer charged with drunk driving

  11-10-2018 16:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Quinte West OPP officer is facing charges of impaired driving and obstructing a peace officer after allegedly crashing his vehicle into a fence while off duty last weekend.
  Const. Allan Howard Detlor, a 13-year veteran of the force, has been assigned to administrative duties, the OPP said.
  Officers from the Quinte West detachment responded to the crash at 3:36 a.m. Sunday.
  They allege that the vehicle Detlor was driving left the road and struck a fence on Radeski Street.
  Detlor is charged with
  
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• Baby bears say bye, bye to kids, turn sights on police

  11-10-2018 14:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  While one black bear cub was safely relocated from a Petawawa school Wednesday, another had officers at the MRC des Collines police station.
  On Thursday morning, the force tweeted a picture of the young black bear in an autumn-tinged tree with the caption “Baby bearwatching us at the police station yesterday.”
   
  Baby bear 🐻 watching us at the police station yesterday – Ourson au poste de police 🚓 hier hier #policemrc pic.twitter.com/p52DZrflLO
  — Polic
  
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• Gatineau high school students displaced by tornado to move into federal centre

  11-10-2018 14:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 1,500 students of Gatineau’s École secondaire Mont-Bleu, whose school was severely damaged by a fire caused by last month’s tornadoes, will move into the federal government’s Asticou Centre in December, the federal government has announced.
  Some 600 federal public servants who now use the multi-department training centre, about 2.7 kilometres from Mont Bleu high, will be moved to other government sites in the capital region, depending on their programs or departments
  
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• Coming up in about an hour.... @JimWatsonOttawa will join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 14:11 via twitter.com
  Coming up in about an hour....@JimWatsonOttawa will join@_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Knoxville-Merivale

  11-10-2018 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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• Expect warm, wet weather followed by a risk of (gasp) flurries

  11-10-2018 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  We’re on the way to a high of 21 C Thursday but we could be watching the first flurries fall by Friday.
  A few showers end Thursday morning then expect mainly cloudy skies with a 30 per cent chance of showers, Environment Canada predicts. Easterly winds at 20 km/h become southwesterly at 20 gusting to 40 near noon. The forecast humidex is 26 C.
  Overnight, there’s a 40 per cent chance of showers, winds become light and the mercury drops to 7 C.
  Friday is mainly cloudy with a 40 per cen
  
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• Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida: bit.ly/2QDwOgQ https://t.co/qUBMFZKvDf

  11-10-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  
  Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida: bit.ly/2QDwOgQ https://t.co/qUBMFZKvDf
  
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• Barrhaven Walmart to be renovated: bit.ly/2Ca20AD #ottnews https://t.co/ZfoEZB1vf3

  11-10-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  
  Barrhaven Walmart to be renovated: bit.ly/2Ca20AD #ottnews https://t.co/ZfoEZB1vf3
  
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• POLL: Should employers be allowed to test workers for cannabis? twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  11-10-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should employers be allowed to test workers for cannabis? twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Barnes: Ottawa could become a green capital under the next council

  11-10-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the lead-up to the Oct. 22 municipal election, all eyes will be on the tight races and public debates. While the horserace aspect of an election can be entertaining, it’s critical to take a longer-term view.
  What kind of future is possible if Ottawans elect a greener city council – one with a level of vision and ambition appropriate for a world-class capital? What could Ottawa look like in 2022, at the end of the next term of council?
  The next term of council will be tasked with u
  
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• Frank Stronach sues daughter Belinda for allegedly mismanaging family fortune: bit.ly/2CbqtWj https://t.co/AJJRKtwjn9

  11-10-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  
  Frank Stronach sues daughter Belinda for allegedly mismanaging family fortune: bit.ly/2CbqtWj https://t.co/AJJRKtwjn9
  
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• #Ottawa breaks October weather record: bit.ly/2EbKYo4 #ottnews @jilltaylor680 https://t.co/J9QOw13FLi

  11-10-2018 12:38 via twitter.com
  
  #Ottawa breaks October weather record: bit.ly/2EbKYo4#ottnews @jilltaylor680 https://t.co/J9QOw13FLi
  
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: One way to rediscover Sparks Street

  11-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Oct. 22, citizens of Ottawa elect a new city council. To help guide discussion, we’ve asked people for ONE idea that would make the city a better place – without necessarily breaking the bank. Today, musician Thomas Brawn, a flute busker on Sparks Street since 1978, touts an informative app for visitors to the city’s most historic thoroughfare.
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  Perhaps it is some deep inner connection with history that drew me into the world of classical music performance, but f
  
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• US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing: bit.ly/2OhcsgI https://t.co/DwFIKJTqKh

  11-10-2018 12:28 via twitter.com
  
  US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing: bit.ly/2OhcsgI https://t.co/DwFIKJTqKh
  
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• The @NCC_CCN looks to public to name new riverfront park: bit.ly/2QIa7YW #ottnews https://t.co/4nkzxEmPCB

  11-10-2018 12:14 via twitter.com
  
  The @NCC_CCN looks to public to name new riverfront park: bit.ly/2QIa7YW #ottnews https://t.co/4nkzxEmPCB
  
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• Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Stittsville

  11-10-2018 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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• Cannabis companies ramp up marketing as Health Canada warns them not to advertise pot

  11-10-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cannabis companies are intensifying efforts to get attention for their brands even as Health Canada launches another crackdown on the promotion of pot.
  There appears to be a game of regulatory chicken emerging. Some companies are seemingly testing the boundaries with billboards, digital ads, websites describing their recreational marijuana, free events and sponsorships.
  Health Canada says it has issued five warnings to companies since July, “requiring that they take immediate corrective me
  
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• Federal officials have quietly probed possible new workplace rules for employees who show up to work high, but deci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 11:50 via twitter.com
  Federal officials have quietly probed possible new workplace rules for employees who show up to work high, but deci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• VIDEO: Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward debate. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/war…

  11-10-2018 04:15 via twitter.com
  VIDEO: Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward debate. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/war…
  
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• ICYMI: OC Transpo making route changes to reflect the LRT delays. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/oc-…

  11-10-2018 03:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: OC Transpo making route changes to reflect the LRT delays. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/oc-…
  
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• The Washington state Governor has some words of wisdom as Canada gets set for legal pot. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  11-10-2018 03:16 via twitter.com
  The Washington state Governor has some words of wisdom as Canada gets set for legal pot. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• The head of the United Nations says the security situation in Mali has sharply deteriorated over the past three mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 02:45 via twitter.com
  The head of the United Nations says the security situation in Mali has sharply deteriorated over the past three mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph (250 km/hr) ottawamatters.com/world-news/cat…

  11-10-2018 02:15 via twitter.com
  Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph (250 km/hr) ottawamatters.com/world-news/cat…
  
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