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• Ottawa Valley farm plans legal cannabis grow-op and spa

  29-10-2018 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The modern face of farming in this region is changing. This is the final instalment of a four-part series examining the evolution underway in agriculture and how it’s changing our rural and urban communities.
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  Before the last federal election, the idea of openly growing pot in a field would have been dismissed as reefer madness — and illegal, too. But the Liberals won that contest, formed government, and their campaign promise to legalize recreational marijuana came
  
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• Police board keeps background checks free for volunteers, but hikes fees for jobseekers

  29-10-2018 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  People who need background checks for a new job will pay more starting Jan. 1 because the Ottawa Police Services Board wants to avoid making volunteers pay for the documents.
  The police board on Monday voted unanimously to hike the background check fees for employment purposes, largely in response to public feedback that called for background checks staying free for volunteers.
  The police force had to find a way to raise $4.725 million from background checks to break even on providing the servic
  
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• Quebec City mosque decries 'madness of men' after attack on Pittsburgh synagogue ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• A more open real estate bidding process can benefit everyone, says OREA ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  A more open real estate bidding process can benefit everyone, says OREAottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Award-winning Ottawa nurse says advances in cancer treatment have been 'amazing'

  29-10-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Robin Morash began working as a nurse 35 years ago, the world was a very different place for cancer patients.
  Morash, who was honoured over the weekend by the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology as oncology nurse of the year, began her career working with cancer patients and ended it helping to develop programs that assist those patients.
  After graduating from Queen’s University, she began working on a surgical oncology floor at Toronto General, a theme that would flow through
  
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• SNC-Lavalin preliminary inquiry begins in Gadhafi-era fraud and corruption case ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  SNC-Lavalin preliminary inquiry begins in Gadhafi-era fraud and corruption caseottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Sam Smiderle takes the 3-Minute Dash shopping spree at Toys “R” Us

  29-10-2018 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sam Smiderle, 9, was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia in 2017.
  With an eye to providing seriously ill children with happy memories, Starlight Children’s Foundation provided Sam and his family with a 3-Minute Dash shopping spree at Toys “R” Us at St. Laurent Shopping Centre Monday.
  Now on the mend, Sam has returned to school and will be playing Santa this year with six carts full of toys — many of which he plans to donate
  
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• Analyst touts Alberta royalty holiday as temporary Canadian crude price crutch. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Analyst touts Alberta royalty holiday as temporary Canadian crude price crutch.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• One of America's most controversial clothing brands is making a comeback, but ditching some of its signature traits… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 20:59 via twitter.com
  One of America's most controversial clothing brands is making a comeback, but ditching some of its signature traits… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Iowa library considers options after burning of LGBTQ books. ottawamatters.com/world-news/iow…

  29-10-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Iowa library considers options after burning of LGBTQ books.ottawamatters.com/world-news/iow…
  
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• Transportation Safety Board concerned about 'pervasive' employee fatigue. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Transportation Safety Board concerned about 'pervasive' employee fatigue.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• More than five weeks after tornadoes ripped through Ottawa and Gatineau, West Carleton-March councillor Eli El-Chan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 19:55 via twitter.com
  More than five weeks after tornadoes ripped through Ottawa and Gatineau, West Carleton-March councillor Eli El-Chan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario, Saskatchewan premiers vow to reduce provincial trade barriers. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  29-10-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Ontario, Saskatchewan premiers vow to reduce provincial trade barriers.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• DiNardo: Fear of teaching Mockingbird isn't helping our students

  29-10-2018 18:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Once again, a school board has proposed that teachers tread carefully if they choose to teach To Kill a Mockingbird. This, in 2018, not 1958.
  The Peel District School Board recently issued a memo some are describing as a veiled threat that teachers will not be supported should they choose to teach the Harper Lee Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Apparently the decision is based on complaints from the school community. Was it a concerted group effort or the voice of one? Increasingly we are subjected
  
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• Data recorder recovered from Leicester owner's helicopter. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  29-10-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  Data recorder recovered from Leicester owner's helicopter.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• The President of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa says Canada is a wonderful place to live, but the fight against an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 18:33 via twitter.com
  The President of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa says Canada is a wonderful place to live, but the fight against an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police probe death of baby in Hull

  29-10-2018 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are probing the death of a baby less than a year old in Hull over the weekend but said Monday that nothing in their investigation so far is pointing to a criminal element in the tragedy.
  Police were called to an address near the intersection of Lois and Dumas streets just before 4 p.m. Sunday.
  Under Quebec law, the coroner calls on police to investigate any death of a child six years old or younger, Gatineau police spokeswoman Andrée East said.
  An autopsy was scheduled to
  
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• PM calls byelection for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. ottawamatters.com/local-news/tru…

  29-10-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  PM calls byelection for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.ottawamatters.com/local-news/tru…
  
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• .@MapleLeafs forward Auston Matthews is expected to miss at least four weeks due to a shoulder injury. The 21-year-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  .@MapleLeafs forward Auston Matthews is expected to miss at least four weeks due to a shoulder injury. The 21-year-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, October 29th: 1:07: @RabbiScher 1:17: @GoodmanSchool 1:30: @Eli_ElChantiry 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, October 29th: 1:07: @RabbiScher 1:17: @GoodmanSchool 1:30: @Eli_ElChantiry 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @karinottawa & @cooperbrosband Dick Cooper join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @karinottawa & @cooperbrosband Dick Cooper join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Injured man shows up at hospital after shots fired into window of Centretown home

  29-10-2018 16:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have cordoned off a stretch of Gilmour Street in Centretown after shots were fired into a front window Monday morning, leading to an injured man showing up at hospital.
  Police received a 911 call reporting bullets fired into a home on Gilmour Street around 7:30 a.m. Police didn’t locate any victims at the scene but found six shell casings and some blood.
  A short time later, a man showed up to hospital with gunshot wounds. The two incidents are believed to be related.
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• Coming up at 11:45: @RabbiBulka joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #PittsburghSynagogueShooting: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:@RabbiBulka joins @_MarkSutcliffe on the #PittsburghSynagogueShooting: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• After beating 16 others in Orléans, army vet now serves on council

  29-10-2018 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven new faces were elected to Ottawa city council in the recent municipal election. We’re profiling each of those new councillors as they prepare to take on their new duties. On Monday, Jon Willing talks to Matthew Luloff.
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  Matthew Luloff won a 17-way election fight for Orléans ward by battling in the trenches, and in a political campaign, that means getting people on his side on the doorsteps of their homes.
  “I wanted to make that personal connection with the voter an
  
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• Police probe homicide after man's body found in Mechanicsville alleyway

  29-10-2018 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police’s homicide squad is investigating after a man was found dead following an early morning shooting in Mechanicsville.
  Police were called by several residents on Carruthers Avenue, just south of Lyndale Avenue, around 3:40 a.m. after they reported hearing what sounded like bullets in the neighbourhood.
  Neighbours heard upwards of half-a-dozen gunshots, and reported some yelling and a fleeing vehicle to police.
  Patrol officers eventually located one man’s body in the ba
  
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• Six displaced by Gloucester South kitchen fire

  29-10-2018 16:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six people were displaced Sunday by a fire that caused $100,000 in damage to a Hearts Desire-area home Sunday.
  Fire investigators determined the fire, which began in the kitchen, was accidental.
  Firefighters got multiple 911 calls from neighbours reporting smoke and flames visible from the first floor of 662 New Liskeard Cres.
  They declared a working fire upon arrival at 4:42 p.m. The flames were under control at 5:09 p.m. and out at 5:18 p.m.
  The Salvation Army and Red Cross were on hand t
  
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• NEXT: @MPJulian joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk byelections: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 16:03 via twitter.com
  NEXT:@MPJulian joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk byelections: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1 📞: 613-750… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hoffer: Pilot project at the Perley could help seniors live independently for longer

  29-10-2018 15:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following is offered in response to an Oct. 6 editorial from the Citizen, entitled Funding more long-term beds isn’t enough:
  In a recent editorial, the Citizen called for innovative approaches to caring for seniors who can no longer live independently. An innovative pilot project underway for the past six months at The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre demonstrates some of the benefits and challenges of health care innovation.
  In April, Perley Rideau, in collaboratio
  
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• KISS will rock Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre next April on 'End of Road' tour

  29-10-2018 15:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  KISS, one of the world’s best known rock bands, returns to Ottawa next spring as part of its “End of the Road” tour.
  KISS, famous for songs including Detroit Rock City and Rock and Roll All Nite, plays the Canadian Tire Centre on April 3. Tickets for the show go on sale to the general public on Friday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. Various pre-sales and sales of VIP meet-and-greet packages, though, go on sale at various times from Monday through Thursday. Check canadiantirecentre.com/
  
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• Portage Bridge closed this week for repairs during off-peak hours

  29-10-2018 14:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lanes on the Portage Bridge will be closed during off peak hours all week so the National Capital Commission can do maintenance.
  The closures begin Monday and last through Nov. 2 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Lanes will close in an alternating fashion, one lane at a time. Either southbound or northbound will be closed to motorists.
  The bridge crossing the Ottawa River to Gatineau is off Wellington, just west of Library and Archives Canada, on the Ontario side.
  There will also be periodic closures
  
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• Police probe homicide after body found in Mechanicsville

  29-10-2018 14:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The major crime unit is investigating a homicide after a man’s body was found in Mechanicsville early Monday morning.
  Few details were immediately released but police report they were called to Carruthers Avenue just south of Lyndale Avenue just before 4 a.m.
  Carruthers Ave. remained closed between Lyndale Avenue and Scott Street as the morning commute began.
  Man fatally shot in city's 16th homicide of 2018 #ottnews https://t.co/iGr5DfrCY5
  — Shaamini Yogaretnam (@shaaminiwhy) October
  
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• Downed lines close Kars-area intersection

  29-10-2018 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Downed wires have police warning commuters to avoid the intersection of Roger Stevens Drive and Second Line Road Monday morning.
  Police have the area blocked off until repairs can be made.
  TRAFFIC ALERT | Please avoid the area of Roger Stevens Drive at Second Line Road.There are downed wires through the intersection and police have it blocked off until crews can attend to repair. #ottnews
  — Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) October 29, 2018
  
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• Shots fired into window of Centretown home

  29-10-2018 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shots were fired into the front window of a Centretown home Monday morning.
  Police reported that a stretch of Gilmour Street between Percy Street and Bronson Avenue was closed for a “police investigation.”
   
  Police on scene for another shooting this morning in Centretown, after shots fired into a front window, no word on any injuries #ottnews https://t.co/iVqy5qfvYW
  — Shaamini Yogaretnam (@shaaminiwhy) October 29, 2018ALSO: Police probe homicide after body found in Me
  
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• ALERT: twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  29-10-2018 13:16 via twitter.com
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• QUESTION: Will the death penalty deter others from carrying out attacks like the shooting in Pittsburgh? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  29-10-2018 12:51 via twitter.com
  QUESTION: Will the death penalty deter others from carrying out attacks like the shooting in Pittsburgh? twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Periods of snow (or rain) and then a chilly night. Happy Monday!

  29-10-2018 12:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a snowy weekend, the forecast is more flakes or rain then a frosty overnight low.
  Environment Canada predicts periods of snow beginning early Monday morning switching to periods of rain or snow later in the morning, a high of 3 C and low of -4 C with a windchill of -8.
  Tuesday is mainly sunny – enjoy it, we won’t see the sun again until Saturday – with a high of 5 C, a 60 per cent chance of overnight showers and a low of 2 C.
  The Halloween forecast is for clouds, a 60 per
  
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• Feds seeking approval to pursue death penalty against Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect: bit.ly/2zeRV1V https://t.co/GVn9v1gIjh

  29-10-2018 12:40 via twitter.com
  
  Feds seeking approval to pursue death penalty against Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect: bit.ly/2zeRV1V https://t.co/GVn9v1gIjh
  
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• Police probing homicide in Mechanicsville: bit.ly/2yDQA5i #ottnews https://t.co/mC02WeDK4l

  29-10-2018 12:32 via twitter.com
  
  Police probing homicide in Mechanicsville: bit.ly/2yDQA5i #ottnews https://t.co/mC02WeDK4l
  
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• Toronto Sun newspaper pulls column skeptical of vaccines after backlash: bit.ly/2EMzc48 https://t.co/Aa9THUVKd7

  29-10-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  
  Toronto Sun newspaper pulls column skeptical of vaccines after backlash: bit.ly/2EMzc48 https://t.co/Aa9THUVKd7
  
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• 'Should be enforced:' Paralyzed Broncos player, parents want seatbelts on buses: bit.ly/2OSeh42 https://t.co/4pO1hyR7AA

  29-10-2018 11:59 via twitter.com
  
  'Should be enforced:' Paralyzed Broncos player, parents want seatbelts on buses: bit.ly/2OSeh42 https://t.co/4pO1hyR7AA
  
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• Today's letters: Do we need political parties?

  29-10-2018 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don’t abandon political parties
  Re: Why I’m not voting for any party next time, Oct. 22.
  Policy researcher Themrise Khan says she is abandoning political parties and calling on others to do likewise. Unfortunately, her solution appears to betray a lack of appreciation of how the parliamentary system of government works.
  The work of Parliament and parliamentarians – federally and provincially – is built around organized parties. Parties are both the organizing basis and li
  
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• Sharpe: Ottawa school board must fully engage Black community

  29-10-2018 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  “We are so proud of how your group has advocated for your community.” This comment, made by an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) superintendent, was directed at me after I had given a presentation on the need for race-based data to support anti-racism initiatives in the school board.
  A coalition of Black community members had begun interventions at the OCDSB over a year ago to push for direct engagement on equity issues. The official’s comment was a reflection of th
  
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• From rabbits to bison: Valley farmers find growth in niche markets

  29-10-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The modern face of farming in this region is changing. In the third of a multi-part series, this paper looks at the evolution underway in agriculture and how it’s changing our rural and urban communities.
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  On Ottawa Valley farms, alpacas are being raised for their fibres; the milk from goats is used to make cheese; and grapes are grown to produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
  Although many farms in this region still follow the traditional model of crops and livestock, others
  
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• After beating 16 others in Orléans, army veteran finds another way to serve, this time at city hall

  29-10-2018 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven new faces were elected to Ottawa city council in the recent municipal election. We’re profiling each of those new councillors as they prepare to take on their new duties. On Monday, Jon Willing talks to Matthew Luloff.
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  Matthew Luloff won a 17-way election fight for Orléans ward by battling in the trenches, and in a political campaign, that means getting people on his side on the doorsteps of their homes.
  “I wanted to make that personal connection with the voter an
  
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• Yet another dog and pony show for veterans unfolds, says advocate

  29-10-2018 04:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Opinion PieceBy Sean Bruyea
  Defence Watch Guest Writer
   One thing consistently flies over the heads of Veterans Affairs Canada’s senior mandarins: the concept of accessibility for disabled veterans and their families.
  The Veterans’ Stakeholder Summit on Monday is the summit of bureaucratic insensitivity when it comes to accessibility. Disabled veterans and their families will once again be denied accessibility to having a meaningful and substantive say in how their government tr
  
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• Vehicle impounded after two separate failed sobriety tests in Brockville bit.ly/2qn8q8t https://t.co/9opVAugwvY

  29-10-2018 00:55 via twitter.com
  
  Vehicle impounded after two separate failed sobriety tests in Brockville bit.ly/2qn8q8t https://t.co/9opVAugwvY
  
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• The year Ottawa tech became a cash magnet

  29-10-2018 00:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ordinarily, this would be a very big deal.  The day after Ottawa’s civic elections, software company Assent Compliance revealed it had raised $130 million from investors to finance future growth — one of this year’s biggest equity investments for a Canadian startup.
  This was the third round of funding in just the past three years for the company, reflecting chief executive Andrew Waitman’s drive to create a global specialist in the arcane art of data management softw
  
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• The waiting game: post-Tornado reconstruction goes slowly in Dunrobin

  29-10-2018 00:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  After the shock comes the wait. Five weeks after tornadoes ransacked parts of the capital region, victims are left to ponder their fate and why it seems to take so long to return to normal.
  “We’re used to working 12-hour days,” says Julie Delahunt, co-owner of Dunrobin Meat and Grocery and the adjoining beer and liquor store. “Now I’m going stir-crazy working out of home on inventory.”
  Her business, which Delahunt owns with her sister, Cindy, was the anchor te
  
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