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• Council will need more time to make a decision on legal pot shops, councillor says

  05-11-2018 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Council needs more time to figure out where people want cannabis storefronts to be located if the city allows pot retailers to open in Ottawa, one veteran councillor says.
  West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry cautioned against rushing a decision on whether to opt out of cannabis stores, even though the province has set a deadline of Jan, 22, 2019 for municipal councils to opt out.
  El-Chantiry said the city should take more time to assess residents’ sentiments about retail cannabis.
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• Maxim mom: Cover girl competition gives Ottawa's Jessica Smith a platform to talk about autism

  05-11-2018 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Jessica Smith heard that the lad mag Maxim was holding a contest to choose an unknown model as a cover girl, she decided to enter. Not because she’s hoping to launch a career in modelling, but because it offered her a platform to help people understand autism.
  “I could use it for the greater good,” says Smith, 32, the mother of 11-year-old Reggie, who has autism. “Everyone knows someone with autism.”
  Children with autism often feel left out because of their ina
  
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• Maclean's ranks Ottawa among Canada's safer cities. ottawamatters.com/local-news/mac…

  05-11-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
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• Tornado victims getting better response after public outcry over relief dollars. ottawamatters.com/local-news/tor…

  05-11-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
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• Napanee OPP: Woman dead, man in hospital after ATV collides with metal gate. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  05-11-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  Napanee OPP: Woman dead, man in hospital after ATV collides with metal gate.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Atlantic Canada trade mission hopes to bolster region's trade links to China. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  05-11-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  Atlantic Canada trade mission hopes to bolster region's trade links to China.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Company Wang Ramirez brings topical hip-hop show Borderline to Ottawa

  05-11-2018 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Borderline
  Company Wang Ramirez
  When: Nov. 7 and 8
  Where: Babs Asper Theatre at the NAC, 1 Elgin St.
  Ticket info: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18659
  The hip hop scene was pretty poor in Perpignan. That didn’t stop 13-year-old Sébastien Ramirez from pursuing every avenue available to him to build his breakdance repertoire.
  Growing up in the ancient French city on the border of Spain, Ramirez and his friends relied on shared resources of a pre-Internet world.
  “It was underground,
  
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• Feds promise $165 million in compensation after shortchanging 270,000 veterans. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-11-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  Feds promise $165 million in compensation after shortchanging 270,000 veterans.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-11-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Search on for survivors as buildings collapse in French city. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sea…

  05-11-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• Listen to @rick_gibbons' conversation with @Eli_ElChantiry. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-11-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  Listen to @rick_gibbons' conversation with @Eli_ElChantiry. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Landing zone for rising interest rates 'sufficiently uncertain': Poloz. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-11-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• Kids in the Hall featured in new book, eager to tackle 'turbulent time' with comedy. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  05-11-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
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• Courchene: Here's why acknowledging Indigenous territories matters

  05-11-2018 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following is submitted in response to the Oct. 27 opinion piece “Here’s why land acknowledgements are both meaningless and patronizing”:
  According to Patrick Mascoe‘s recent opinion piece, acknowledging Indigenous territories is a meaningless and patronizing gesture that only has the “power to erase white guilt and restore Indigenous pride.” Backed by the opinion of an Algonquin scholar and sound bites from the prime minister, Mascoe notes that actions, no
  
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• Worker killed in landslide Thursday still buried in high hoe

  05-11-2018 19:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Would-be rescuers met Monday morning at the MRC des Collines police station with the engineers who are formulating a plan to safely rescue a worker entombed in a high hoe that was buried in a landslide at a West Quebec sandpit Thursday.
  The man’s father held a vigil at the site, near Farrelton, Que., as local police, Quebec provincial police and investigators with the province’s labour safety watchdog met with the geotechnical engineers at the Wakefield-are police station.
  They hoped
  
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• John Hiatt talks aging and new perspectives before solo acoustic show in Ottawa

  05-11-2018 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  John Hiatt
  Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe
  Tickets: $59.50 – $69.50, available at the Centrepointe box office and meridiancentrepointe.com
  Singer-songwriter John Hiatt has been cranking out a record every two or three years since 1974, achieving much critical acclaim. Born in Indiana and based in Nashville, he’s been nominated for Grammy Awards and had his songs covered by icons like Bob Dylan, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt. But as he tells this newspaper’s
  
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• Carleton professor wins Polar Medal for permafrost research

  05-11-2018 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University professor Chris Burn has won the Governor General of Canada’s Canadian Polar Medal for permafrost research that has advanced science while having an “intimate interconnection with the North, the land and the people” as its hallmark.
  Burn was honoured for his contributions to scientific knowledge and collaborative projects with northern agencies, engaged advisory contributions and dedicated training of the next generation of northern researcher
  
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• Bloess: Ottawa municipal election showed why we need ranked ballots

  05-11-2018 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kudos to the winners in October’s municipal election; they worked hard and deserve to revel in their victory before entering the next phase of the political process, namely governing. However, as the winners celebrate, we should take another look at the numbers.
  While some incumbents scored decisive returns (Steve Blais leading the pack with 89 per cent voter support), one-third of council seats were decided by less than a majority (under 50 per cent of the vote), the closest being in Alta
  
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• Local crime-fighters recognized with awards Monday

  05-11-2018 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former CFLer turned police officer who inspires youth, the volunteer behind an Overbrook mural, community garden and repurposed Rideau High School and a Vanier neighbourhood watch team who’ve transformed their street with guerilla gardening, park patrols and dog walking troupes.
  They’re some of the change-makers getting Crime Prevention Ottawa awards during a ceremony at Ottawa City Hall Monday from 5-7 p.m.
  The 10th annual awards recognize the “people, groups and p
  
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• Robbery suspect caught red handed Monday morning, according to police

  05-11-2018 17:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police officers responded to calls of a robbery in progress Monday morning to find a suspect holding cash still at the scene of the crime.
  According to police, a call came in around 1:30 a.m. reporting a robbery in progress near the intersection of Bank Street and Kingsdale Avenue. The man had allegedly cornered an employee in a kiosk and was making demands for cash.
  Officers arrived before the man could flee from the scene and caught him with the cash still in his possession, according to polic
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @Go_Taylor & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @Go_Taylor & @rick_gibbons join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived. ottawamatters.com/world-news/eve…

  05-11-2018 17:42 via twitter.com
  The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived.ottawamatters.com/world-news/eve…
  
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• It took an international effort to save boys trapped in Thai cave, say organizers at WHO conference

  05-11-2018 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  BANGKOK, Thailand — Most of the boys didn’t know how to swim. The Thai Navy Seal divers had no experience diving in caves. Oxygen levels were low and time was running out.
  The rescue of 12 members of a Thai youth soccer team from a submerged cave last summer was mission impossible in many ways, those who led the operation acknowledged Monday.
  Nearly four months after the remarkable rescue that was watched around the world, its organizers told an international conference on safety tha
  
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• Tracey: How Immaculata's soccer partnership strengthens our community

  05-11-2018 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  As a longtime soccer player and a home owner in Old Ottawa East, I have been baffled by the hysteria and mischaracterization of the Immaculata/Ottawa Footy Sevens‘ partnership that led to the installation of an artificial field turf pitch and track at Immaculata High School.
  I can understand that many readers will dismiss my views as biased. However, when following the controversy on both traditional and social media channels, it appears that the debate has been dominated by a vocal minori
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffled his cabinet this morning. #onpoli #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/two… https://t.co/iJ3u9s2ke7

  05-11-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffled his cabinet this morning. #onpoli #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/two… https://t.co/iJ3u9s2ke7
  
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• Police arrest and charge teen allegedly involved in bank robbery

  05-11-2018 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested and charged a 15-year-old Ottawa boy who they believe was involved in an Oct. 9 bank robbery on near South Keys Shopping Centre.
  According to police, the boy entered a bank along the 2400 block of Bank St. around 5 p.m., and presented a note demanding cash from the teller. He then fled the scene.
  On Nov. 2, police arrested and charged the boy. His identity has not been released because the suspect is a minor.
  The boy is expected to appear in an Ottawa court to face th
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Parliament Hill reporter @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss this week in federal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:Parliament Hill reporter @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffeto discuss this week in federal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #ottnews #history twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-11-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
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• Lowe's closing 31 Canadian stores and other locations, 20 stores in U.S. The closest store to us, that is set to cl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 16:16 via twitter.com
  Lowe's closing 31 Canadian stores and other locations, 20 stores in U.S. The closest store to us, that is set to cl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• MNR officers seize 33 moose from rule-breaking hunters

  05-11-2018 16:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Conservation officers seized 33 illegally-harvested moose and laid 107 charges after checking nearly 4,000 hunters in southeastern Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports.
  They also seized two firearms and have 17 investigations still underway.
  Officers were checking for compliance with the wildlife conservation laws and regulations in Pembroke, Bancroft and Parry Sound areas from Oct. 20-28 and were “payingparticular attention to hunter safety and moose sustai
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @Stall680news and Jennifer Stewart from @SyntaxStrategic join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @anne_kingston, @Stall680news and Jennifer Stewart from @SyntaxStrategic join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: @country1011fm's @WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk entertainment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: @country1011fm's @WendyBoomer joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk entertainment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss weighty matters. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 15:27 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30:@YoniFreedhoff joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss weighty matters. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wet, wet days ahead but we might get a bit of mid-week sun

  05-11-2018 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The week starts out wet but we’ll have dry skies and a glimmer of sun by Wednesday.
  Periods of rain begin Monday morning with easterly winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 and a high of 6 C.
  Overnight, expect drizzle, fog patches developing near midnight and a low of 5 C.
  For Tuesday, expect drizzle changing to periods of rain in the morning as fog patches clear. Easterly winds start at 20 km/h gusting to 40 sand switch to southwesterly at 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the late afternoon as the mercu
  
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• Flames consume backyard sheds, melt siding on two homes in Orléans

  05-11-2018 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters doused the flames that consumed three backyard sheds in Orléans overnight and caused heat damage to two adjacent homes, including melting siding.
  Multiple 911 calls reporting smoke and flames drew firefighters to 623 Wainfleet St. and they declared a second alarm on arrival.
  The fire was under control at 1:36 a.m. A fire investigator has been dispatched to determine the cause.
   
  Ottawa Fire quickly brought a 2-Alarm fire at 1623 Wainfleet Street in Orleans under con
  
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• Egan: Crushed by tornado's fury, Renfrew man may never walk normally again

  05-11-2018 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was the start of their annual duck hunt on White Lake, a warm Friday afternoon of wild winds and alarming skies.
  And the eight young men did not sense the coming dread — something was hunting them: an EF-1 tornado that, against miraculous odds, bore a narrow path of mayhem right across the uninhabited island where they were just setting up camp.
  “I mean, what are the odds?” said Ryan Vincent, 25. “It literally crushed all our stuff.”
  And it literally crushed Ryan
  
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• The @Senators held a closed door, players-only meeting after last night's overtime loss. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  The @Senators held a closed door, players-only meeting after last night's overtime loss. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Jenna Sudds wants city hall to know that Kanata North's tech sector is a big deal

  05-11-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  If there’s one thing Jenna Sudds wants city hall to know, it’s how important Kanata’s technology industry is to the economic health of the City of Ottawa.
  Expect to hear a lot about the booming business sector in Kanata North from the incoming councillor as she lays the tracks to get LRT to the western suburb far sooner than what’s currently projected in the city’s transportation plans.
  “From a road-infrastructure perspective, we have unfortunately the morning
  
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• Federal anti-poverty law expected to be introduced today. #cdnpoli #ottnews ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-11-2018 13:05 via twitter.com
  Federal anti-poverty law expected to be introduced today. #cdnpoli #ottnews ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Two men were duck hunting along the Ottawa River Saturday night when their boat capsized. One man is still missing,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 12:35 via twitter.com
  Two men were duck hunting along the Ottawa River Saturday night when their boat capsized. One man is still missing,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ditchburn: Why is no one talking about the Centre Block renovation?

  05-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  By the end of 2018, when the Christmas lights are twinkling around Parliament Hill, the doors to Centre Block will close for at least a decade of sorely needed rehabilitation. You could get elected as an MP in 2019 and never work there, depending on your political lifespan.
  It’s a beloved building for those who have had the privilege of working there, but we’ve missed the forest for the trees on this looming project. There seems to have been precious little public or parliamentary sc
  
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• Three sheds and two vacant homes in Orleans were damaged in an overnight blaze. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/ove… https://t.co/gyERVskE3g

  05-11-2018 12:05 via twitter.com
  
  Three sheds and two vacant homes in Orleans were damaged in an overnight blaze. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/ove… https://t.co/gyERVskE3g
  
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• 'Our backs are up': Tornado relief agency hires security firm after reports of looting in Dunrobin

  05-11-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A disaster relief organization run by five community groups has hired a private security company to patrol Dunrobin in response to reports of looting and “disaster tourism” that have left residents feeling edgy.
  Len Russell, secretary of West Carleton Disaster Relief, says he has seen reports of stolen items including power tools, a generator and a 10-foot ladder after Dunrobin was hammered by a tornado on Sept. 21.
  Reports of looting started to drift in the day after the tornado str
  
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• .@jilltaylor680's Ottawa Forecast: For Today: Cloudy and windy with showers (especially between 9am and 2pm) Guaran… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-11-2018 11:24 via twitter.com
  .@jilltaylor680's Ottawa Forecast: For Today: Cloudy and windy with showers (especially between 9am and 2pm) Guaran… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canadian Forces misled media and public on $337,000 taxpayer-funded VIP booze flight

  05-11-2018 08:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The December 2017 “Team Canada” tour – now more popularly known in some quarters in the military as “the party flight” – has without a doubt been a major public relations black eye for the Canadian Forces.
  The tour, with VIPs who were supposed to boost the morale of military personnel deployed overseas, turned into a fiasco. Some VIPs on the RCAF flight to Greece and Latvia were drunk and abusive to the crew, in particular the military flight attendants. The V
  
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• Man missing after boat capsizes on Ottawa River

  05-11-2018 03:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police in Renfrew County were searching the Ottawa River for a missing man Sunday after a boat capsized in Horton Township.
  Ontario Provincial Police say two men went duck hunting Saturday evening on the river. Their boat capsized around 7:30 p.m.
  One managed to swim to a nearby island. The other tried to swim to shore, but his fate was unknown. Neither had been wearing a life-jacket.
  The man who made it to the island wasn’t located until Sunday morning. He was taken to hospital by paramed
  
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• Voters in Pacific territory choose to keep ties with France bit.ly/2AKKxgK https://t.co/il8VIy25Tf

  05-11-2018 01:25 via twitter.com
  
  Voters in Pacific territory choose to keep ties with France bit.ly/2AKKxgK https://t.co/il8VIy25Tf
  
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