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• Canadian manufacturing sales fell 0.4 per cent in August: Statistics Canada ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-10-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Canadian manufacturing sales fell 0.4 per cent in August: Statistics Canadaottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Newly published files confirm plan to move Assange to Russia ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-10-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Newly published files confirm plan to move Assange to Russiaottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Rideau Street pot shop defies government monopoly

  17-10-2018 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Rideau Street pot shop was one of the only Ottawa stores to hold out Wednesday against the provincial government’s newly-minted monopoly on cannabis sales.
  The Ottawa Compassion Clinic at 487 Rideau St. opened its doors for business, as usual, at 9 a.m. and almost immediately began to serve customers.
  “We’re just doing what we believe in,” said one staff member who declined to provide his name.
  Phil “Nineties” Arial was the store’s first customer. Aria
  
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• Police charge man with attempted murder, seeking another after violent home invasion

  17-10-2018 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged one Ottawa man and are seeking a second on charges of attempted murder, breaking and entering, aggravated assault and use of a firearm, after a violent home invasion in Vanier Tuesday evening.
  Ottawa police said two men forced their way into the home of a 25-year-old man in the 300 block of Lafontaine Avenue. They stabbed him numerous times, pistol whipped him and robbed him before leaving the scene, police said. The victim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries
  
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• The art of the joint: Ottawa native has created cannabis crafts for Snoop Dogg, Machine Gun Kelly

  17-10-2018 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  If rolling joints is an art, then the affable Ottawa native who goes as Cody VanGogh has earned his moniker.
  After fashioning a pot portrait of a pal in coloured paper four years ago, the 31-year-old has gone on to make elaborate designs like a ship-in-a-bottle for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Machine Gun Kelly.
  They can go for up to $1,000 — not including the weed — and range from a whimsical little cat girl he spent about 30 hours making for a competition (yes, that’s a thing)
  
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• Shopify sees 100 pot orders per minute on Canadian websites for legalization day ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-10-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  Shopify sees 100 pot orders per minute on Canadian websites for legalization dayottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Truck-diverting tunnel lost in citywide election talk of key infrastructure projects

  17-10-2018 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The next city council will decide how serious it is about diverting most transport truck traffic off downtown Ottawa streets using a truck-diverting tunnel between Highway 417 and Gatineau.
  But a potential $2-billion tunnel with unknown funding sources has made only a ripple in the municipal election campaign, leaving the debate at the community level rather than building a citywide discussion about a such a massive infrastructure project.
  With the election set for Monday, debates about large-sc
  
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• Reevely: My Twitter account is personal, Watson says in response to charter challenge, and I can block who I want to

  17-10-2018 22:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson will stick up for his right to block people from following him on Twitter if they pester him, he said Wednesday, a day after three people asked for a court ruling that doing so is unconstitutional.
  “This is my personal Twitter account,” he said in a statement relayed by spokesman Mathieu Gravel. “I have the right not to be attacked and harassed by the same individuals on a regular basis. I believe in civility in public discourse, and this type of behaviour woul
  
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• Senators rookie winger Brady Tkachuk to miss about month with leg injury ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  17-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Senators rookie winger Brady Tkachuk to miss about month with leg injuryottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• One arrest as Gatineau police recover property stolen in post-tornado break-ins

  17-10-2018 20:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police have recovered a number of items that are believed to have been looted from homes hit by the tornadoes that touched down on September 21.
  Police began the investigation after a resident lodged a complaint Oct. 13, claiming they had been the victim of a break-in at 35 Tassé St. In the following days, the complainant called back and reported that they had found many of the items that were allegedly stolen on an web-based classified site.
  Police raided a residence on Lucien-B
  
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• #BREAKING: Parole denied for killer-rapist Paul Bernardo after 25 years

  17-10-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Parole denied for killer-rapist Paul Bernardo after 25 years
  
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• Glavin: China, not U.S., is greater threat to our trade 'sovereignty'

  17-10-2018 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  In all the deranged punditry, partisan histrionics and alarmist nonsense kicked off by Article 32 of the just-concluded renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement – let’s call it the China clause – it is disheartening that the prize for hyperbole should probably go to the ordinarily level-headed Michael Chong. The Conservatives’ shadow minister for science and MP for Wellington Halton Hills, Chong was a respectable also-ran in last year’s federal Conservativ
  
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• WATCH: What's gone right, what's gone wrong so far with pot legalization?

  17-10-2018 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Weednesday.
  Pot Day.
  O Cannabis Day.
  Weed Wednesday.
  Green Day.
  October 17.
  Whatever you’re calling it, today is a historic day in Canada. Cannabis is now legal.
  Canada is now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace – and the world is watching.
  How are we doing?
  Tweed staff explain the different types of pot to early customers.
  Are supplies meeting demand? Are websites crashing? Are the prices competitive? Is the product any good? How are the markets reacting?
  The live chat
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @egpayne joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30:@egpayne joins @_MarkSutcliffe on Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, October 17th: 1:08: #ShawnMac 1:20: @LiveWellCanada 1:30: @ScottMoffatt21 &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, October 17th: 1:08: #ShawnMac 1:20: @LiveWellCanada1:30: @ScottMoffatt21 &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @TerryLake16 & @johnsonthree join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch:@TerryLake16 & @johnsonthree join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Carleton University bans smoking cannabis on campus; uOttawa will hold consultations

  17-10-2018 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University has joined two other post-secondary institutions in banning almost all cannabis smoking, eating, vaping and deliveries on campus.
  Algonquin College and St. Paul University had already announced similar bans.
  Carleton says it “remains committed to providing reasonable accommodation for medical cannabis consumption on a case-by-case basis.”
  The full policy is online here.
  The University of Ottawa, meanwhile, plans to hold consultations while it develops a permanent
  
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• 'Legalization, in many ways, a turning point' @TheTorontoSun @joe_warmington joins @_marksutcliffe coming up at 10… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  'Legalization, in many ways, a turning point'@TheTorontoSun @joe_warmington joins @_marksutcliffe coming up at 10… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Suspect sought in alleged child-luring attempt in Tweed

  17-10-2018 17:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is asking the public to help them find a suspect in a failed bid to lure a boy into a vehicle in Tweed Saturday.
  The motorist stopped near a driveway on Crookston Road where the youngster was standing at about 7:30 p.m.
  The suspect is described as white, 30 to 40 years old with an average build, short hair and an oval face. He was clean-shaven, spoke English and may have worn a grey Roots hoodie. The vehicle was a clean, dark four-door sedan with a black leather interior with white stitc
  
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• Three charged, drugs seized in Buckingham raid

  17-10-2018 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people were arrested on trafficking charges after police raided two residences in Gatineau’s Buckingham district Tuesday.
  Police seized a quantity of street drugs, including 1,156 methamphetamine pills, as well as oxycontin, cocaine and marijuana. Also seized were weight scales, a cellphone and less than $1,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency.
  Two men, aged 33 and 57, a 49-year-old woman were charged and released on a promise to appear in court.
   
  
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• Carleton University bans smoking cannabis on campus

  17-10-2018 17:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University has joined two other post-secondary institutions in banning almost all cannabis smoking, eating, vaping and deliveries on campus.
  Algonquin College and St. Paul University had already announced similar bans.
  Carleton says it “remains committed to providing reasonable accommodation for medical cannabis consumption on a case-by-case basis.”
  The full policy is online here.
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: Bring more transparency to light rail

  17-10-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Monday, 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, Mark Sutcliffe calls for great accountability methods for the soon-to-be-operating light-rail system.
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  On time and on budget. Those are perhaps the most dangerous words a politician can say about a major infrastructure project. And yet in proudly promoting the first phase of lig
  
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• OPP seek suspect in $1,600 toothbrush heist

  17-10-2018 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is looking for a suspect in a drug store theft in Greater Napanee that netted more than $1,600 in electric toothbrushes.
  Police were called Shoppers Drug Mart on Alkenbrack Street at 11:30 a.m. Monday.
  Staff said that a man, who came in wearing sunglasses, picked up a shopping basket, loaded it with electric toothbrushes then concealed them in a red bag and fled out the front door.
  He was last seen getting into a blue car.
  He’s described as older, with a shaved or balding head and
  
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• Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: Listen: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: Listen:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police seek suspect in attempt to lure Tweed boy

  17-10-2018 16:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is asking the public to help them find a suspect in a failed bid to lure a boy into a vehicle in Tweed Saturday.
  The motorist stopped near a driveway on Crookston Road where the youngster was standing at about 7:30 p.m.
  The suspect is described as white, 30 to 40 years old with an average build, short hair and an oval face. He was clean-shaven, spoke English and may have worn a grey Roots hoodie. The vehicle was a clean, dark four-door sedan with a black leather interior with white stitc
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @lizrenzetti joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ' Totally gruesome, totally awesome life of teen gi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @lizrenzetti joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the ' Totally gruesome, totally awesome life of teen gi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Five-year-old tot packing pot in La Pêche: Police

  17-10-2018 16:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Look what my mom put in my bag!”
  That’s what MRC des Collines police report that a five-year-old “casually” told her teacher at a La Pêche elementary school Oct 12.
  To the teacher’s “amazement,” the child had a baggie containing a few grams of cannabis, police said in a release Wednesday.
  The teacher seized the drugs and police were called to investigate and dispose of the then-illicit substance.
  Child protection authorities were called in,
  
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• Dining Out: The secret's out about indulgent but affordable hole-in-the-wall Le Clandestin

  17-10-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Le Clandestin45 Laval St., 819-921-9727, leclandestin.caOpen: Tuesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday to Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 4 to 9 p.m., closed Sunday and MondayPrices: mains under $20Access: steps to front door and walkway to front door is not well-lit, washrooms downstairs
  When we went for dinner last week at Le Clandestin in Gatineau’s Hull sector, our amiable, bilingual server was wearing a suspicious-looking red ball cap with small white lettering on it. Was he
  
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• Antiques: An artist who punched above his weight

  17-10-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q:  I’m intrigued by this fanciful watercolour I inherited that looks like gnomes riding a horse. I don’t know if it has any value but I’m wondering if it might have some history to it, as it doesn’t seem like an amateur work. It measures 11 x 23.5 cm (4.25 x 9.25 inches) but with no signature – just initials at the bottom right corner. The second initial looks like a D. I know this is probably a long-shot but I’m hoping you might be able to help.
  Arthur,
  
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• Man, 23, seriously wounded in east-end stabbing

  17-10-2018 15:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 23-year-old man was in critical condition after being stabbed Tuesday night in Vanier but his condition has stabilized, police report.
  Police responded to an altercation at 8:30 p.m.
  One person has been arrested but no charges had been laid as of Wednesday morning.
  Meanwhile, police continued to examine to two crime scenes, one on Lafontaine Avenue south of Montreal Road and the second on nearby Lacasse Avenue.
  
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• Cannabis sales volumes on day one are expected to be big, but not Kanye big.

  17-10-2018 15:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  How big will online sales of cannabis be on it’s first day of legal availability? They’ll be big, according to Shopify, but not as big as a new Yeezy sneaker reveal.
  Shopify, the Ottawa company that will be powering online sales platforms for four provinces and several private cannabis dealers, isn’t underplaying the situation. They’re being completely serious.
  Here’s a little perspective: The firm powers the sales of more than 600,000 online stores that have sold m
  
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• Eastbound Highway 401 reopens to traffic near Napanee after fatal crash Tuesday

  17-10-2018 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 401 reopened to eastbound traffic near Napanee Wednesday, more than 15 hours after a fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and at least two other vehicles.
  Police say the collision occurred just west of Palace Road at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
  OPP would not provide any details on the crash, the victims or whether there were injuries.
  Although the highway reopened OPP warned travellers to expect occasional delays as road crew work on repairs.
  
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• Streamlined pardon process for marijuana possession convictions on the way: bit.ly/2NKL2uM https://t.co/G0AtYHt2Cc

  17-10-2018 14:37 via twitter.com
  
  Streamlined pardon process for marijuana possession convictions on the way: bit.ly/2NKL2uM https://t.co/G0AtYHt2Cc
  
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• OPP seek suspect $1,600 toothbrush heist

  17-10-2018 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is looking for a suspect in a drug store theft in Greater Napanee that netted more than $1,600 in electric toothbrushes.
  Police were called Shoppers Drug Mart on Alkenbrack Street at 11:30 a.m. Monday.
  Staff said that a man, who came in wearing sunglasses, picked up a shopping basket, loaded it with electric toothbrushes then concealed them in a red bag and fled out the front door.
  He was last seen getting into a blue car.
  He’s described as older, with a shaved or balding head and
  
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• 'My new dealer is the prime minister:' Ashley MacIsaac embraces legal weed: bit.ly/2RUV0wP https://t.co/qurgzW4qiD

  17-10-2018 14:31 via twitter.com
  
  'My new dealer is the prime minister:' Ashley MacIsaac embraces legal weed: bit.ly/2RUV0wP https://t.co/qurgzW4qiD
  
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• POLL: What is your biggest concern around legal cannabis?

  17-10-2018 14:22 via twitter.com
  POLL: What is your biggest concern around legal cannabis?
  
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• 23-year-old man seriously injured in Vanier stabbing: bit.ly/2RVZ7c0 #ottnews https://t.co/lO6Ba1PFsQ

  17-10-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  
  23-year-old man seriously injured in Vanier stabbing: bit.ly/2RVZ7c0 #ottnews https://t.co/lO6Ba1PFsQ
  
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• One taken to hospital after Queensway pileup

  17-10-2018 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 20-year-old man was taken to the hospital with a possible head injury after a multi-vehicle pileup on the westbound Queensway that has snarled traffic Wednesday morning.
  Just before 7 a.m., the Ministry of Transportation warned commuters that the two right lanes and right shoulder were blocked at Metcalfe Street.
  The highway was cleared of the crash, which involved as many as half a dozen vehicles, about 40 minutes later but motorists were facing heavy delays well into the morning commute.
  
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• Our traffic reporter @gordman1 reporting delays of up to 90 minutes getting downtown from the east end.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-10-2018 13:42 via twitter.com
  Our traffic reporter @gordman1 reporting delays of up to 90 minutes getting downtown from the east end.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ALERT: Tough drive on the westbound 417 this morning. #otttraffic #ottnews twitter.com/1310traffic/st…

  17-10-2018 13:33 via twitter.com
  ALERT: Tough drive on the westbound 417 this morning. #otttraffic #ottnews twitter.com/1310traffic/st…
  
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• Wintry windchill, risk of flurries overnight

  17-10-2018 13:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  You’ll need that toque tonight, the one emblazoned with a pot leaf.
  The fall’s first windchill is in the forecast with an overnight low that will feel like -9 and the risk of flurries.
  Wednesday is expected to be mainly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of showers. Winds switch from southwest 20 km/h to northwest 30 gusting to 50 near noon and the temperature will climb to 10 C then drop to 7 C by afternoon.
  Overnight, expect mainly cloudy skies with a 40 per cent chance of rain or flu
  
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• POLL: What is your biggest concern around legal cannabis? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  17-10-2018 13:13 via twitter.com
  POLL: What is your biggest concern around legal cannabis? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Condition Critical: National residences need $83-million facelift: bit.ly/2yNGr5k https://t.co/ifofnHw38I

  17-10-2018 13:06 via twitter.com
  
  Condition Critical: National residences need $83-million facelift: bit.ly/2yNGr5k https://t.co/ifofnHw38I
  
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• Ontario residents can now buy cannabis online, must wait for retail stores: bit.ly/2J0lN6H https://t.co/Oju6jcBP5m

  17-10-2018 12:56 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario residents can now buy cannabis online, must wait for retail stores: bit.ly/2J0lN6H https://t.co/Oju6jcBP5m
  
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• Policing pot in workplaces and schools among priorities in Gatineau: bit.ly/2RVsL0X https://t.co/yLi2EHXcjb

  17-10-2018 12:30 via twitter.com
  
  Policing pot in workplaces and schools among priorities in Gatineau: bit.ly/2RVsL0X https://t.co/yLi2EHXcjb
  
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• Denley: Jim Watson flip-flops, but in the right direction

  17-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Behold, the new Jim Watson.
  In a move the old Jim Watson probably would have called a 50-per-cent increase in the tax hike, the new Jim Watson says he is willing to let property taxes increase three per cent a year over his next term, a departure from his more familiar two-per-cent limit.
  And there is more to the new Jim Watson. Previously highly skeptical of safe injection sites, new Jim now says he supports them, and will even pay for them with city tax dollars if other governments won’t
  
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• Brownhill: Why Ottawa needs more women around the table

  17-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In this municipal election cycle, there’s a lot of talk about women. How many women do we currently have on City Council? How many women are running? How many racialized women are running? How many disabled women are running? How many female candidates actually have a chance of being elected? What should the city’s Women’s Bureau look like to best engage a diversity of women?
  The fact that, in 2018, we are still talking about gender representation on council is a sad testament
  
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• Making history: Traveling from Ottawa to Newfoundland to sell Canada's first joint

  17-10-2018 12:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton flew to Newfoundland on Tuesday evening to participate in the first sale of cannabis after legalization in Canada.
  Postmedia photographer Julie Oliver went along for a behind-the-scenes look at the historical moment.
  ALSO: How much does legal weed cost in Ontario? As little as $7.50 a gram SharePHOTOS: Meet the first people who bought - and sold - legal weed in CanadaTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmail GALLERY:PHOTOS: Meet the first people who bo
  
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• How much does legal weed cost in Ontario? As little as $7.50 a gram

  17-10-2018 11:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The weed at Ontario’s online government store starts at $7.50 a gram.
  Ontario began the era of legal recreational weed Wednesday with a web store that offered more than 80 cannabis products from a wide variety of Canadian cannabis producers.
  And the lowest prices at the Ontario Cannabis Store are competitive with the dealers and dispensaries that now supply Canada’s huge black market.
  Statistics Canada estimates the price of illegal weed in Ontario averaged $7.34 a gram in the first
  
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• Fatal collision closes eastbound 401 near Napanee: bit.ly/2J3VD38 https://t.co/IwVlCbINia

  17-10-2018 11:03 via twitter.com
  
  Fatal collision closes eastbound 401 near Napanee: bit.ly/2J3VD38 https://t.co/IwVlCbINia
  
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