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• Majority of first-time buyers maxed out budgets to buy a home: CMHC ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-10-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Majority of first-time buyers maxed out budgets to buy a home: CMHCottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• MP Pierre Poilievre announces birth of baby girl

  18-10-2018 23:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pierre Poilievre took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to announce the birth of his daughter, Valentina Alejandra Poilievre Galindo.
  The Conservative Member of Parliament for Carleton tweeted a picture of the baby girl to the world, introducing his “beautiful angel & new daughter of a brave mother and overjoyed father.”
  Meet Valentina Alejandra Poilievre Galindo—beautiful angel & new daughter of a brave mother and overjoyed father. pic.twitter.com/gmWxqEYPs5
  — Pierre
  
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• Father of terror suspect says his son is innocent, deserves Canada's protection ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-10-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Father of terror suspect says his son is innocent, deserves Canada's protectionottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Cannabis retailers still short of supply on second day of legal pot ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-10-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Tougher laws introduced today against bestiality, animal fighting ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Supreme Court to hear case on clean-up of mercury at northern Ontario mill site ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  18-10-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Supreme Court to hear case on clean-up of mercury at northern Ontario mill siteottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• NCC warns of lane closures on Portage Bridge

  18-10-2018 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Commuting across the river to (or from) Gatineau could be a bit slower Friday.
  The National Capital Commission is warning residents that four of the six lanes on the Portage Bridge will be closed Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
  The closure is necessary to allow for asphalt work on the bridge to be completed. The NCC said, one lane in each direction will remain open during the work, but travellers should expect delays due to the reduction in lanes.
  The closures are not expected to affect pedestr
  
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• 'What a waste': Co-workers of Maheu and Smeltzer devastated by death and murder charge

  18-10-2018 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The death of a young Alexandria woman and the arrest of her former boyfriend on a murder charge has “sickened” workers at the Halifax company where both of them used to work.
  Emilie Maheu, 26, went missing on Oct. 11 and was found dead in a farm field near Lancaster two days later. Brandon Smeltzer of Bayside, N.S., 25, was brought to Cornwall on Thursday by Ontario Provincial Police after being arrested in New Brunswick. He was due to appear in court Friday on a first-degree murder
  
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• Two 'actors' concussed in attacks by youths at Saunders Farm Fright Fest

  18-10-2018 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Saunders Farm’s Fright Fest is supposed to be scary in a fun way but some staff at the popular venue in Munster had a genuinely terrifying experience Saturday.Eight “scare actors” at three attractions were punched by several groups of guests, young men and women rumoured to be part of a “car rally” stunt, performing dares at various spots on the farm.Two staffers suffered concussions when they were struck in the head.
  Saunders has issued a social media plea for help
  
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• Brown: What I will do differently for Rideau-Goulbourn

  18-10-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  I am committed to working for residents to make sure the City of Ottawa spends our tax dollars wisely, such as fixing the $70-million annual roads and infrastructure funding gap. Council’s plan is to raise our taxes every year for the next decade to properly fund existing public assets. Instead of raising taxes, shouldn’t gas taxes that are already being paid by drivers be used to repair roads?
  As Rideau-Goulbourn’s next councillor, I will commit to enhancing traffic safety by
  
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• Large-scale boil water advisory in Hull begins Saturday

  18-10-2018 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Residents of Gatineau’s Hull area are reminded that a preventive boil water advisory period begins Saturday, as a new phase begins in large-scale upgrade of the city’s water system.
  In a release Thursday, the city advised about 70,000 residents of the Hull sector, with the exception of the Plateau district, to boil their tap water for at least one minute before either using it to cook, or drink.
  The advisory is expected to last at least five days.
  The Hull water treatment plant is in
  
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• Reevely: A year later, Watson takes up rogue councillors' idea to raise taxes and fix our crummy roads

  18-10-2018 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The property-tax increase Jim Watson is proposing to pay to fix our dilapidated roads and pipes is only a start on the work Ottawa needs, but at least it’s that.
  If he’s re-elected mayor, Watson says, he’d be OK with tax increases of as much as three per cent a year, the highest of his tenure, with much of the money devoted to closing the “infrastructure gap” that’s only worsened during his eight years in office so far.
  Recall how savagely Watson took down eig
  
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• STORY: More RIDE checks in the city with the legalization of marijuana. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…

  18-10-2018 20:11 via twitter.com
  STORY: More RIDE checks in the city with the legalization of marijuana. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…
  
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• My Twitter account is personal and I can block who I want to: Watson

  18-10-2018 19:58 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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• Area police still seek first cannabis offence after major RIDE checks

  18-10-2018 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Despite a major effort, police on both sides of the Ottawa River have yet to register their first impaired by cannabis offence since recreational marijuana use was legalized Wednesday.
  Ottawa police said Thursday two major RIDE checks were set up Wednesday evening in which a total of 574 vehicles were stopped. The checks began at about 8 p.m. at King Edward Avenue near the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge and around 10:30 p.m. at Castlefrank Road near the eastbound ramp to Highway 417.
  There were no can
  
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• Yee: On Ottawa Council, where are the women of colour?

  18-10-2018 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  This year’s municipal elections come on the heels of a local push for women’s inclusion in city government and policy. In March, city councillors Diane Deans and Catherine McKenney brought forward a motion for a women’s bureau in order to conduct evaluations of policy through a gender-based lens at city hall.
  The push came after international and local events such as the Women’s March and #MeToo movement spurred worldwide momentum. Federally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
  
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• Police stop more than 550 vehicles during two RIDE programs last night - no impaired drivers found. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  18-10-2018 18:51 via twitter.com
  Police stop more than 550 vehicles during two RIDE programs last night - no impaired drivers found. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• NCC reopens Gatineau parkways that closed after frost warning

  18-10-2018 18:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission has reopened four parkways in Gatineau Park that closed Wednesday afternoon due to frost warnings.
  The frigid weather prompted prompted the federal keeper of lands to close the Gatineau, Champlain, Fortune Lake and Philippe Lake parkways. They reopened late Thursday morning.
  The NCC said closing the roads is a regular occurrence in the fall because of the risk of ice and frost forming. The NCC does not use salt and grit trucks because of the environmental sen
  
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• Pageau pokes fun at injury with old-school Halloween costume

  18-10-2018 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sens player Jean-Gabriel Pageau might have felt cursed when he suffered torn Achilles tendon during a training session just as training camp began last month.
  But the 25-year-old is taking the setback with a smile, using Halloween to poke fun at recovering from the injury and surgery that will keep him out of the game for at least six months.
  Pageau and wife Camille Beeby dressed a couple of oldsters. He’s leaning on a walker with a visible cast, she wielding a cane and both with grey wigs
  
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• As a group of citizens sues the mayor over his blocking them on social media, a city policy could result in taxpaye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 18:18 via twitter.com
  As a group of citizens sues the mayor over his blocking them on social media, a city policy could result in taxpaye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Creepy experience': Billings Estate is haunted (and it's OK to be scared)

  18-10-2018 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A mansion built over 200 years ago is the site of some spooky happenings this October.
  The Billings Estate is a national historic site, built by the Billings family, who settled in 1812 and played an active role in shaping the Ottawa community.
  And now it’s haunted.
  At least until near the end of October.
  Ottawans have four more chances to catch a chill at the Billings Estate Haunted House on the Hill: October 18,19, 26 and 27.
  Emily McKay helps guide visitors through the smoke filled tent
  
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• ARMCHAIR MAYOR: Make Ottawa the healthiest, cleanest city

  18-10-2018 18:00 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, Jake Cole challenges councillors to make this the healthiest city on the planet.
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  Ottawa does not currently show up on “best cities to live in” worldwide listings.  But it could. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that we are healthier and live longer, that we ar
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, October 18th: 1:08: @ClementLiberty 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @AllanHubley_23 &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, October 18th: 1:08: @ClementLiberty 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @AllanHubley_23 &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @rick_gibbons & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @rick_gibbons & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe live with the latest #ottnews: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe live with the latest #ottnews: 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @Robert_L_Lewis joins @_MarkSutcliffe on his new book: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15: @Robert_L_Lewis joins @_MarkSutcliffe on his new book: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• "On carbon taxes, Liberals should take Stephen Harper’s advice" @AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  "On carbon taxes, Liberals should take Stephen Harper’s advice"@AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe at 11: 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario pot consumption bill passes allowing toking where smoking permitted

  18-10-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario passed its cannabis legislation Wednesday, firmly establishing the right to smoke marijuana in public in the province hours after recreational use of drug became legal across Canada.
  The Progressive Conservative government’s bill changing previously established regulations on where recreational pot can be used was put to a final vote around 4:40 p.m. after closing statements from legislators, with 69 voting in favour and 41 against.
  “It’s a historic day,” Finance
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat municipal politics: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: @Randall_Denley joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat municipal politics: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• On today's Power Lunch: @ChelbyDaigle & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  On today's Power Lunch: @ChelbyDaigle & @KurtStoodley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Queen's University group leads new $4M Lyme disease research project

  18-10-2018 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Queen’s University researchers are now on the frontlines of the battle against Lyme disease.
  The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the federal government announced a $4-million investment in the Pan-Canadian Research Network on Lyme Disease to address gaps in the approach to prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
  The network will bring together scientists, clinicians and patients to look into the issue of Lyme disease, which is becoming more prevalent due to
  
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• NCC closes parkways around Gatineau Park after frost warning

  18-10-2018 15:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the temperatures drop, the National Capital Commission is warning visitors looking to catch a final glimpse of fall foliage colours to monitor its website or call the park’s visitor centre to ensure certain roads are open.
  A frost warning on Wednesday night prompted the federal keeper of lands to close a number of roads in and around the park including the Gatineau, Champlain, Fortune Lake and Philippe Lake parkways.
  The NCC said the roadways will remain closed until warmer temperatures
  
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• Tornado aftermath: Sign from levelled Dunrobin home found 130 km away

  18-10-2018 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The for-sale sign planted on the lawn of 161 Porcupine Dr. in Dunrobin vanished with the Sept. 21 tornado that levelled the family home.
  Almost a month later, it turned up alongside grazing cattle in a field in Saint-André-Avellin in West Quebec, about 90 km away as the crow flies but which travelled an estimated 130 km, a reminder of the force of nature as tornado victims continue to recover and rebuilt.
  Grazing Days Farm shared the find on social media this week and soon connected
  
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• Kovacs: It's time Ottawa City Hall listened to people in Somerset ward

  18-10-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  From bylaws and barking dogs, to speeding cars and snow-clearing, your municipal government has the most impact on your day-to-day life. Your city councillor should be the connection between you and city hall, to help you solve the problems on your street. Your councillor should be your advocate for the community, to build strong relationships with other city councillors in order to gain support from colleagues for the issues that matter in your ward. That’s why this election counts.
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• Motorist charged in rural east end crash with 18-wheeler

  18-10-2018 14:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 26-year-old man was ticketed for failing to share the road under the Highway Traffic Act in a head-on crash with an 18-wheeler that shut down rural Russell Road for hours Wednesday.
  Police were called to Russell Road just east of Boundary Road at 5:28 p.m. and found both the mid-size sedan and truck in the ditch.
  No injuries were reported but the roadway was closed until about 9:30 p.m.
  The charge is of failing to share half of a two-lane roadway under the Highway Traffic Act, police said.
  
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• Weather: Friday's the balmy blip in a very chilly forecast

  18-10-2018 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chilly today, balmy tomorrow.
  Ottawa awoke to a blustery -1 C that felt like -8 C Thursday morning and, for some, a sprinkle of snowflakes. Environment Canada predicts a high of just 4 C.
  But by Friday, the mercury should hit 16 C.
  “Normals” for mid-October are highs of 11 C and low of 3 C.
  Thursday’s forecast includes mainly-sunny skies, northwest winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 before they drop off in the morning and a low of 0 C rising to 4 C by morning.
  Friday’s foreca
  
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• Darwin Arena staff credited with saving heart patient

  18-10-2018 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Once again, fast-acting civilians are being lauded for using CPR and a defibrillator to resuscitate an apparent heart attack victim.
  This time it was at Nepean’s Howard Darwin Centennial Arena at around 8 p.m. Wednesday, where a 56-year-old man was in distress.
  Paramedics arriving at the scene found staff had begun CPR and used a defibrillator on the patient.
  He had regained his pulse and was breathing on his own when paramedics picked him up.
  They continued treatment on the ride
  
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• Steve Martin and Martin Short join forces for night of music and comedy at TD Place

  18-10-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Steve Martin and Martin Short
  An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
  featuring the Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko
  7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, TD Place arena, Lansdowne Park
  Tickets: Start at $65, available at TDPlace.ca
  Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short have been friends for more than 30 years, ever since they appeared together in the 1986 film, Three Amigos. Now the 73-year-old banjo-playing Texan and the exuberant Hamilton-born 58-year-old are coming to Ottawa for an
  
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• Today's letters: Hydro Ottawa, a whiff of cannabis

  18-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro Ottawa is fully transparent
  Re: Now that the power’s back, shine a spotlight on Hydro Ottawa, Oct. 5.
  Hydro Ottawa is fully accountable to our shareholder, regulator and ultimately customers. Hydro Ottawa is an independent corporation whose sole shareholder is the City of Ottawa. City Council appoints an independent board of directors and Hydro Ottawa presents its financial statements and business results before council annually. Moreover, the electricity industry is highly regu
  
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• Ottawa Votes, in profile: Clive Doucet has his Bernie Sanders moment

  18-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The video starts with shots of an uprooted tree and a collapsed hydro tower before panning down to Greenbank Road where mayoralty candidate Clive Doucet strides toward the camera in a grey fleece and baseball cap.
  “We’re a city that never used to see tornadoes. Tornado,” he says, gesturing to the mayhem around him. “We’re a city that never used to have Lyme Disease. We have Lyme Disease. We have a city that didn’t use to have summers like Louisiana. We have su
  
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• Molepo: Elections for school board trustee in Ottawa are crucial

  18-10-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Interest in municipal elections often centres on the mayoral and city council candidates. Much less attention is paid to the election of school board trustees. However, with a change this year in the provincial government, and controversial issues affecting education reform in Ontario, it is vital that voters be more attuned to who they choose to elect as a school board trustee on Oct. 22.
  The position of school board trustee is the oldest elected office in Ontario. Predating Confederation, trus
  
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• Police search Saudi consul's home in #Khashoggi case: bit.ly/2J3TRyU https://t.co/CX24Exr75R

  18-10-2018 12:05 via twitter.com
  
  Police search Saudi consul's home in #Khashoggi case: bit.ly/2J3TRyU https://t.co/CX24Exr75R
  
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• Fall Rhapsody shows Gatineau Park at peak colours (VIDEO): bit.ly/2yMctyR https://t.co/C4Iqp5eZQi

  18-10-2018 11:56 via twitter.com
  
  Fall Rhapsody shows Gatineau Park at peak colours (VIDEO): bit.ly/2yMctyR https://t.co/C4Iqp5eZQi
  
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• Black market will thrive until small pot growers and sellers included: advocates: bit.ly/2J7U9oE https://t.co/a9siBCnFxh

  18-10-2018 11:40 via twitter.com
  
  Black market will thrive until small pot growers and sellers included: advocates: bit.ly/2J7U9oE https://t.co/a9siBCnFxh
  
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• Attempt murder suspect wanted after Vanier home invasion; Andrew Carter, 19, is considered armed and dangerous:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 11:22 via twitter.com
  Attempt murder suspect wanted after Vanier home invasion; Andrew Carter, 19, is considered armed and dangerous:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• First-degree murder charge laid in death of Emilie Maheu: bit.ly/2pZk895 #ottnews https://t.co/urTmSl31Wv

  18-10-2018 11:05 via twitter.com
  
  First-degree murder charge laid in death of Emilie Maheu: bit.ly/2pZk895#ottnews https://t.co/urTmSl31Wv
  
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• Deachman: 'This is like Christmas for every pot smoker in Canada'

  18-10-2018 06:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  “The terrible thing about marijuana is that it rarely affects people alike. Under its sinister influence, some are exalted to a high pitch and made capable of mental and physical feats impossible before. Others go wild over music and want continually to sing and dance. Some grow quiet and poetic.”
  That was the Ottawa Journal’s take on weed in 1938, when the cultivation of cannabis was outlawed. If my recollection of my own marginally heady late-1970s days under weed’
  
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• Ottawa defence firm rolls out new system to improve accuracy of military weapons

  18-10-2018 05:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa area defence firm has demonstrated for the Pentagon its new system to improve accuracy of small arms and other weapons.
  KWESST Inc. announced details this week about its TASCS (Tactical Awareness and Situational Control System) following what the firm says was successful demonstrations with the U.S. Department of Defence earlier this year.TASCS is a plug-in software and sensor add-on to fire control systems and battlefield management applications to allow for accurate and networked non
  
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• Nova Scotia man faces first-degree murder charge in death of young Alexandria mother

  18-10-2018 04:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Nova Scotia man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a young Alexandria woman whose lifeless body was found in a cornfield on Saturday.
  In a news release late Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police said Brandon Smeltzer, 25, of Bayside, N.S., was located in New Brunswick on Tuesday and charged with killing Emilie Maheu, 26, who appears to have been his former partner. He was being brought to Ontario on Wednesday night and will appear before a judge in Cornwall.
  For the past
  
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• Battle of the online shopping giants as eBay sues Amazon. ottawamatters.com/world-news/eba…

  18-10-2018 04:03 via twitter.com
  Battle of the online shopping giants as eBay sues Amazon. ottawamatters.com/world-news/eba…
  
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