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• Federal government confirms new Champlain Bridge won't be ready until 2019 ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  25-10-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Pestering city to release more information on LRT project will continue next term, councillor says

  25-10-2018 23:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  At least one returning councillor will keep hounding city hall next term to release more information to the public — or at least to politicians — on the $2.1-billion Confederation Line LRT.
  “It has severe financial implications and it also has safety implications,” Coun. Rick Chiarelli said, arguing that council has a duty to protect the public.
  “Whenever you have a lack of oversight, you risk significant shenanigans.”
  Ken Rubin, a local researcher whose exper
  
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• UK fines Facebook over data privacy scandal, EU seeks audit ottawamatters.com/world-news/uk-…

  25-10-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Shopify shares jump 12 per cent on positive Q3 news

  25-10-2018 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify shares jumped 12 per cent Thursday after the Ottawa firm reported a 58 per cent year over year jump in third quarter revenues to $270.1 million. This was significantly ahead of the consensus estimate of $255 million. (All figures in U.S. dollars.)
  The e-commerce technology firm also reported an unexpectedly wide operating loss of $31.4 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the consensus projection of a loss of $24.4 million, according to Thomson Reuters. However,
  
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• Tornadoes delay delivery of flu vaccine in Ottawa — but they should arrive soon

  25-10-2018 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some flu shot clinics have been postponed because the tornadoes that ripped through the Ottawa region in September knocked out power to refrigerators and vaccine had to be thrown out. But Ottawa Public Health says it will deliver fresh vaccine across the city by Friday.
  Flu vaccine must be stored at temperatures between 2 C and 8 C. Refrigeration failed last month at 139 of the approximately 520 Ottawa providers of flu shots, forcing some physicians and clinics to cancel vaccination sessions sch
  
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• Sickness, fear, harassment in Mexico whittle away at caravan ottawamatters.com/world-news/sic…

  25-10-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• The Toronto Blue Jays have confirmed that Charlie Montoyo has been named the club's new manager.

  25-10-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  The Toronto Blue Jays have confirmed that Charlie Montoyo has been named the club's new manager.
  
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• Megyn Kelly absent from show following blackface comments ottawamatters.com/world-news/meg…

  25-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Humanitarian Jean Vanier's life to be celebrated at L'Arche Ottawa fundraiser

  25-10-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The life of Canadian Jean Vanier, the 90-year-old philosopher, humanitarian and community builder, will be celebrated Friday evening by L’Arche Ottawa.
  Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, an international movement dedicated to improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by building inclusive, caring communities.
  L’Arche began in France in August 1964 after Vanier, a Canadian professor of philosophy and retired naval officer, visited some institutionalized me
  
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• 'After the Storm' benefit concert for tornado relief. ottawamatters.com/local-news/aft…

  25-10-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• STORY: Charlie Montoyo named new Toronto Blue Jays manager ottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/M05hCN7KBc

  25-10-2018 21:11 via twitter.com
  
  STORY: Charlie Montoyo named new Toronto Blue Jays managerottawamatters.com/around-ontario… https://t.co/M05hCN7KBc
  
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• The world's agriculture producers are not growing enough fruits and vegetables to feed the global population a heal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  The world's agriculture producers are not growing enough fruits and vegetables to feed the global population a heal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle near Lincoln Fields

  25-10-2018 21:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 30s was taken to hospital as a precaution after being struck by a vehicle near Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre during the morning commute Thursday.
  Paramedics were called to Richmond Road at Croydon Avenue at 8:30 a.m.
  The pedestrian suffered what was believed to be a minor hip injury and was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
  
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• Glass in Ottawa's LRT stations could lead to more bird deaths, activist says

  25-10-2018 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The extensive amount of clear glass surrounding the city’s new Light Rail Transit stations poses a serious threat to the city’s bird population, says an Ottawa activist.
  Anouk Hoedeman, founder of Safe Wings Ottawa, which lobbies to make structures in the city safe for birds, says Ottawa sees more than 250,000 bird deaths annually as a result of clear glass on buildings.
  “What we have in these stations is an awful lot of glass,” said Hoedeman. “We already have a big
  
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• Justin Trudeau says the penalty for cancelling Canada's arms deal with Saudi Arabia could be "in the billions of do… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Justin Trudeau says the penalty for cancelling Canada's arms deal with Saudi Arabia could be "in the billions of do… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bank robber unmasked by trail of evidence: Police

  25-10-2018 20:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  An armed robber donned what police describe as a heavy disguise for a knifepoint bank heist earlier this month.
  But he was unmasked by detectives who identified him and arrested him Wednesday thanks to the “critical pieces of evidence” that left behind near the Montreal Road bank.
  Police were called to the branch east of the Vanier Parkway at about 10:15 a.m. Oct. 11.
  A suspect robbed several tellers but a passerby saw what happened, followed the suspect after he left the bank and ca
  
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• Lockheed Martin Canada lays off 20 employees in Ottawa, 11 in Dartmouth, Montreal

  25-10-2018 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lockheed Martin Canada has laid off 20 employees in Ottawa and another 11 at its facilities in Montreal and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The employees were informed of the layoffs on Oct. 3, according to a Lockheed Martin statement to Defence Watch.
  Irving Shipbuilding and Public Services and Procurement Canada have announced Oct. 19 that a BAE-Lockheed Martin consortium has been selected as the “preferred bidder” for the Canadian Surface Combatant program. That selection will now set off
  
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• Maracle: Ontario mustn't backslide on education about Indigenous past

  25-10-2018 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was déjà vû. When the Ontario government cancelled curriculum-writing sessions this summer on truth and reconciliation, I was immediately taken back to 1998 when I was part of a team writing curriculum for the Ontario Ministry of Education.
  At that time, I was working on Indigenous-focused curriculum in secondary courses on the arts, history and geography. The provincial government promised that this curriculum, developed primarily by Indigenous educators, would be mandato
  
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• Sad secret of 'Bluesnest' revealed in access to information documents

  25-10-2018 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Why did the killdeer cross the road?
  We will never know for sure, but the fateful decision proved deadly to one of the chicks from Ottawa’s famous Bluesfest Bluesnest, documents obtained by an access to information request reveal.
  “The parents abandoned the nest with one egg left and crossed Wellington to the other side, which is devoid of construction this morning,” National Capital Commission biologist Alexander Stone wrote in an email sent Canada Day morning to update senior
  
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• Saudi prince's message may not be enough to repair damage. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  25-10-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• Rubin: Ottawa's LRT – the secrecy continues

  25-10-2018 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ironically, it was on municipal election day – when the public gets to exercise its democratic rights directly ­– that a City of Ottawa official confirmed to me there are yet more secret LRT records.
  This time, it’s some 100,000 pages or reports since 2014 from Ottawa’s Transportation Services Directorate detailing its observations, including photos, of the delayed, multi-billion-dollar LRT project.
  I found that these records existed when I recently pressed the city t
  
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• Boil water advisory for Gatineau's Buckingham area

  25-10-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A preventive boil water advisory goes into effect at 9 p.m. Thursday for some 2,600 homes in Gatineau’s Buckingham sector.
  The advisory, due to watermain repairs, covers residents on the east side of the du Lièvre River.
  Users should boil tap water for at least a minute before consuming it. The tap water is safe for bathing, laundry and doing dishes.
  If the tap water is discoloured, open the cold water tap and let the water run until it becomes clear again.
  Buckingham residents
  
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• Twitter is doing more with less, at least when it comes to making money from a declining user base. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  25-10-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Twitter is doing more with less, at least when it comes to making money from a declining user base.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• The mail-bomb scare widened today, as law enforcement officials seized three more suspicious packages — two address… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 19:14 via twitter.com
  The mail-bomb scare widened today, as law enforcement officials seized three more suspicious packages — two address… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Drunk driver who killed 4 people eligible for day parole next month. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  25-10-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
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• Police probe new case of swastikas sprayed on school in Kanata

  25-10-2018 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are investigating after swastikas were spray-painted on the glass doors of an elementary school in the Kanata community of Bridlewood overnight.
  The hate symbols appear to be the work of the same vandal or vandals who targeted three Kanata schools in August.
  Police were called to the Bridlewood Community Elementary School on Bluegrass Drive at 8:02 a.m. and said that they are continuing to investigate.
  A spokeswoman for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said that the swastika
  
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• The election results in #Ottawa are now official. #ottvote #ottnews twitter.com/ottawavote/sta…

  25-10-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  The election results in #Ottawa are now official. #ottvote #ottnews twitter.com/ottawavote/sta…
  
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• Windows in disrepair, not inspected before senior fell to her death

  25-10-2018 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A senior woman with dementia, who was known to be an escape risk, fell head first to her death in April after easily removing the windows in her room at Carlingview Manor, according to a damning inspection report released by the province.
  It took the woman less than two minutes to take the windows from their frames at the long-term care home and plummet to the ground, according to security footage.
  The windows, which were supposed to open no more than 15 centimetres to prevent falls, were in poo
  
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• Skelton: How small nuclear reactors can help save our atmosphere

  25-10-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  By 2009, smog in China was killing an estimated one million people a year – worse than the infamous London Smog of December 1952, when 4,000 were killed and more than 100,000 sickened. Just as in London, fear and anger gripped the Chinese populace and demands to do something rocked the nation.
  The solution in London was to phase out domestic coal fires; in Beijing it provoked a sharp U-turn towards clean energy sources. Coal-fired power plants were scheduled for closure, new wind and solar
  
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• Barrhaven, west-end raids net 3.5 kg of cocaine

  25-10-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people face charges after police seized about 3.5 kg of cocaine and $45,000 in cash in two raids Wednesday.
  City police say that the guns and gangs unit and the force’s surveillance team launched the investigation earlier this month.
  The search warrants were executed Wednesday on Masonbrook Street near Woodroffe Avenue and Longfields Drive in Barrhaven and on Hinchey Avenue, which straddles Mechanicsville and Hintonburg.
  John Kabbouchi, 31, was charged with two counts of possession o
  
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• Approximately 2,000 Canadian military personnel in Europe for major NATO exercise

  25-10-2018 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Canadian military contingent of approximately 2,000 personnel are currently in northern Europe to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, NATO’s largest exercise in recent years, according to the Canadian Forces. The exercise runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 7. More than 50,000 troops from 31 NATO and partner countries will be involved in the training aimed at defending against an attack on a NATO nation. The Canadian military contribution for Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 includes
  
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• Shopify shares jump 11 per cent in early trading on positive Q3 news

  25-10-2018 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify shares jumped 11 per cent in early morning trading Thursday after the Ottawa firm reported a 58 per cent year over year jump in third quarter revenues to $270.1 million. This was significantly ahead of the consensus estimate of $255 million. (All figures in U.S. dollars).
  The e-commerce technology firm also reported an unexpectedly wide operating loss of $31.4 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the consensus projection of a loss of $24.4 million, according to
  
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• Renovation Transformation: ‘A home that loves you back’

  25-10-2018 16:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s all in the details.
  At least that’s true for design expert Moneca Kaiser, owner and lead designer at Moneca Kaiser Design Build. She explains that every square inch—not foot—of the interior of a home should add value in quality of life and return on investment.
  Kaiser has had many clients switch designers for that very reason. Attention to detail.
  Just this year, Kaiser and her team finished a main floor renovation of a Glebe home. The owners, Anne MacIsaac and Chris
  
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• Tornado aftermath: Jim Cuddy Band at free show Nov. 10

  25-10-2018 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Jim Cuddy Band will be the headliner at After the Storm, a tornado relief concert that aims to celebrate “everyday heroes” at TD Place on Saturday, Nov. 10.
  Admission is free to the event, which is presented by CUPE Local 503 and members of the Ottawa music industry, but concert-goers are asked to donate to United Way’s work supporting those hardest hit by the Sept. 21 devastating that destroyed homes and left 170,000 without power.
  Cuddy, a founding member of Blue Rod
  
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• Trudeau welcomes prime minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte to Ottawa: bit.ly/2O3KeBb https://t.co/yS7xzJumqv

  25-10-2018 16:08 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau welcomes prime minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte to Ottawa: bit.ly/2O3KeBb https://t.co/yS7xzJumqv
  
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• Next on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @LMartinWashDC, @1310glennis & @David_Moscrop join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 15:54 via twitter.com
  Next on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @LMartinWashDC, @1310glennis & @David_Moscrop join @_MarkSutcliffe live: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe letter bombs being sent to sent to prominent Democrats, in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe letter bombs being sent to sent to prominent Democrats, in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POLL: Should Canada cancel an armoured-vehicle deal with Saudi Arabia even if it causes job losses and financial pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  POLL: Should Canada cancel an armoured-vehicle deal with Saudi Arabia even if it causes job losses and financial pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Drug bust raids in Vanier, south Ottawa: bit.ly/2O5FwCX #ottnews https://t.co/hyyJxfiBYk

  25-10-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  
  Drug bust raids in Vanier, south Ottawa: bit.ly/2O5FwCX #ottnews https://t.co/hyyJxfiBYk
  
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• TVO sends legal threat to mascot maker of pothead Polkaroo parody: bit.ly/2PnZYDR https://t.co/YUoxVPQSyV

  25-10-2018 14:27 via twitter.com
  
  TVO sends legal threat to mascot maker of pothead Polkaroo parody: bit.ly/2PnZYDR https://t.co/YUoxVPQSyV
  
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• Cocaine, loaded handgun seized in east-end raids

  25-10-2018 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 30-year-old Ottawa man was to appear in court Thursday after police seized cash, cocaine and a loaded semi-automatic handgun in a pair of raids.
  Earlier this month, the drug unit was tipped off about trafficking at two homes, city police said.
  The tactical unit raided a home on Landry Street east of the intersection of the Vanier Parkway and Montreal Road Wednesday and arrested a man without incident. They also seized further evidence from an address on Riverside Drive.
  Ismail Mohamed is
  
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• Thursday's looking mixed, weather office pulls back weekend snow warnings

  25-10-2018 13:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The weekend is looking less wintry but it will get a downright chilly start.
  Environment Canada is predicting a high of 4 C Thursday under mixed skies and with northwesterly winds at 20 km/h near noon. Overnight, the mercury drops to 3 C but it will feel like -5 C with windchill.
  Friday’s forecast features mainly sunny skies, a high of 5 C and a low of -3 C.
  Saturday is cloudy with a high of 5 C, and low of -0 C.
  While earlier forecasts had us bracing for a blast of winter, Environment Can
  
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• Shopify beats Q3 revenue forecast but operating loss widens

  25-10-2018 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify handily topped expectations Thursday when it reported third quarter revenues of $270.1 million, up 58 per cent from $171.5 million during the same period a year earlier, and significantly ahead of the consensus estimate of $255 million. (All figures in U.S. dollars).
  However, the e-commerce technology firm also reported an unexpectedly wide operating loss of $31.4 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the consensus projection of a loss of $24.4 million, according to T
  
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• Fourth suspicious fire in Gatineau in six days

  25-10-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police in Gatineau are investigating the fourth suspicious fire in the Hull district in less than a week.
  Firefighters battled for more than three hours early Thursday to control a blaze at a multi-storey home on Frontenac Street near Eddy Street.
  There were no reports of injuries and damage estimates were not available.
  Police would only say they have opened a file on the Frontenac Street and would not say whether they thought it was connected to a string of suspected arsons in the area.
  On Wed
  
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• Russian scientist seeking refugee status told to be prepared for deportation

  25-10-2018 12:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Russian scientist seeking refugee status in Canada has been ordered to report to the Canada Border Services Agency in two weeks to set a date to be deported.
  Elena Musikhina, a university professor and researcher, says she fled Russia because she feared for her life after she collected information about environmental hazards caused by pollution and military activity around Lake Baikal in Siberia.
  A half-dozen other insiders who knew about this data died in mysterious and violent circumstances,
  
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• Today's letters: Carbon taxes, municipal elections and Khashoggi

  25-10-2018 12:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carbon tax not a good tool for Canada
  Re: Can Justin Trudeau sell skeptical Canadians on a carbon tax? Oct. 23.
  The hypocrisy of the Liberal announcement yesterday continues this government’s non-science based approach to the environment. The narrative has gone from carbon tax, to a price on carbon, to a price on pollution when in fact it is none of these things. This is clearly part of a continuing Liberal effort at income redistribution to bolster the middle class under the umbrella of e
  
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• New pot, impaired driving penalties could bar newcomers from Canada: bit.ly/2EKdWvM https://t.co/yg0zZAfIRn

  25-10-2018 11:05 via twitter.com
  
  New pot, impaired driving penalties could bar newcomers from Canada: bit.ly/2EKdWvM https://t.co/yg0zZAfIRn
  
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• Dozens hold candlelight vigil in Alexandria for slain mother

  25-10-2018 05:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  A grieving community gathered with candlelight and song Wednesday night to remember a young Alexandria mother allegedly killed by her former boyfriend, the father of her 22-month-old child.
  Émilie Maheu, 26, went missing on Oct. 11 and was found dead two days later in a farm field near Lancaster. Ontario Provincial Police have charged Brandon Smeltzer, 25, her one-time boyfriend and the father of her daughter, with first-degree murder. He was arrested in New Brunswick, brought to Cornwall
  
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• Tesla delivers on Elon Musk's 3Q profit pledge. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tes…

  25-10-2018 04:05 via twitter.com
  Tesla delivers on Elon Musk's 3Q profit pledge.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tes…
  
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• Adam Picard trial timeline

  25-10-2018 04:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  2011 — 2012: Adam Picard moves to Ottawa from Thunder Bay. The former soldier applies to be an Ottawa police officer and enrols in school to be a chef. He meanwhile establishes a drug-running network, shipping marijuana to his hometown connections, who mail back cash stashed in magazines.
  January 2012: Picard is looking for a bigger and better supply and is introduced to Fouad Nayel through his cousin Pat Picard, Nayel’s construction co-worker and close friend.
  May 2012: One of Picar
  
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