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• War museum's 'Victory 1918' exhibit commemorates final days of First World War

  06-11-2018 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Canadians think of the First World War, the images that come to mind are usually the hell of trench warfare or of the mythmaking Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge in 1917.
  But for Canadian War Museum historian Tim Cook, the most important battles Canadians fought took place in the final three months of the “war to end all wars.”
  Cook hopes the museum’s special exhibit “Victory 1918: The last 100 days” will help Canadians better understand their country’s rol
  
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• ICYMI: Renfrew OPP investigating discovery of human remains near Golden Lake. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/hu…

  06-11-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Renfrew OPP investigating discovery of human remains near Golden Lake.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/hu…
  
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• Ottawa police charge six with operating 'illicit' cannabis storefronts

  06-11-2018 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police said Tuesday they had charged six people with “numerous provincial offences” under new provincial cannabis legislation that requires retailers to be licensed by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
  Police said they had seized “illicit cannabis products and proceeds” from storefronts on Rideau Street and Churchill Avenue.  The six adults — three male and three female — will appear in court at a later date.
  The Ontario government expe
  
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• Postmedia invests in media platform for 'modern cannabis enthusiasts'. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  06-11-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
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• Egan: Ottawa's poppy champion and the mission to ensure nobody forgets

  06-11-2018 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bill McLachlan is probably the best poppy man in Ottawa. It only took a world war and 95 years of living.
  He stands in Billings Bridge Shopping Centre on the ground floor — where an escalator spills transit users from upstairs — wearing a dark blue jacket, a perfectly-cocked beret, ten medals and ribbons, a bloom of pins and crests, a thinning moustache, and eyes a little tired, a century being a heavy thing to hold.
  He looks, in other words, like an old soldier, unbowed.
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• Health unit and police could play big roles in council's decision on cannabis stores

  06-11-2018 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Recommendations from Ottawa Public Health and the Ottawa Police Service could be big factors in council’s decision on the future of cannabis retail in Ottawa.
  When the city’s emergency and protective services department tables its report at council in early December, politicians will be eager to see what health officials and police think about the private sector opening legal pot stores.
  Several councillors have indicated that they’re waiting to hear back from the city’s
  
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• Embarrassing Ottawa Senators video likely legally recorded

  06-11-2018 22:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Uber driver likely did nothing illegal when he video recorded a group of Ottawa Senators slagging the team and their coach during a ride.
  The video was recorded in Phoenix on Oct. 29, the day before the Senators lost 5-1 to the Arizona Coyotes.
  Arizona is a “one-party consent” state when it comes to privacy, meaning that conversations can be recorded if one person “who is present during the communication” gives their OK. If the driver knew the camera was there and reco
  
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• Gay conversion therapy drama 'Boy Erased' gives voice to survivors. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  06-11-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Labour watchdog has engineer's plan to recover Quebec worker's body

  06-11-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Five days after a worker died when his high hoe was buried in a sandpit landslide in West Quebec, the province’s labour watchdog has an engineer’s report outlining a safe recovery, but it’s unclear when his body will be recovered.
  In an update Tuesday, MRC des Collines police confirmed that the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) has the report by geotechnical experts.
  Engineers were
  
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• Kingston: Man in black left cow-costumed victim unconscious

  06-11-2018 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police are looking for tips or video recordings related to an assault that left one victim, who was among a group dressed as cows, unconscious on the ground with a bleeding head injury Saturday.
  The victims were on Aberdeen Street at about 12:50 a.m. on Nov. 3 where “numerous” people were belatedly partying in Halloween costumes.
  Three of four assault victims were dressed as cows, police said.
  One was seen arguing with a suspect. They were separated, but the suspect returned
  
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• Higher oil prices take some heat off N.L.'s deficit in fall fiscal update. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  06-11-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Higher oil prices take some heat off N.L.'s deficit in fall fiscal update.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Hunters find human remains near Killaloe

  06-11-2018 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Killaloe OPP are investigating after human remains were found Monday in the Ruby Road area, between Eganville and Barry’s Bay.
  In a media release on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, OPP said they were notified about the discovery at about 10:50 a.m. after hunters found the remains.
  The remains will be sent to the coroner’s office for analysis, the release says.
  If you have information, call Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 613-735-8477 or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
  
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• Fox News doesn't condone Hannity appearance with Trump. ottawamatters.com/world-news/fox…

  06-11-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• Police seek missing youth, 17

  06-11-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in locating Oliver Clute, 17, who has been missing since Saturday.
  The teen was last seen in the Parkdale Avenue area. His family is greatly concerned for his safety.
  Oliver is described as a white, five feet 10 inches (178 cm) tall with a muscular build, short light brown hair, and prescription glasses.
  When last seen he was wearing white New Balance shoes, a black hoodie and black/dark green winter jacket and a black-and-white CC backpack.
  He attends
  
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• Labour watchdog has engineer's plan to recover worker's body

  06-11-2018 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Five days after a worker died when his high hoe was buried in a sandpit landslide in West Quebec, the province’s labour watchdog has an engineer’s report outlining a safe recovery, but it’s unclear when his body will be recovered.
  In an update Tuesday, MRC des Collines police confirmed that the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) has the report by geotechnical experts.
  Engineers were
  
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• Senators players say viral video a 'hiccup,' team relationship with coaches strong. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  06-11-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Senators players say viral video a 'hiccup,' team relationship with coaches strong.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• North Dundas man charged with sexually assaulting two young girls

  06-11-2018 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 56-year-old North Dundas man has been charged with sexually assaulting two young girls following what began as a domestic disturbance.
  Early on Oct. 28, at 4:06 a.m., Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in North Dundas Township.
  Investigation indicated a man had assaulted his ex-girlfriend, police said in a media release.
  Further investigation, the release says, revealed the man had assaulted the female multiple times in the past and se
  
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• Final secret of Ottawa's killdeer Bluesnest revealed: How much it all cost

  06-11-2018 19:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission spent nearly $4,000 to protect and relocate the Bluesfest Bluesnest last summer, documents released to Parliament reveal.
  Roughly half of that — $1,948 — was spent to hire a private security guard from the firm Harris Security, which provided 24-hour protection for the killdeer nest after it was discovered on the Bluesfest grounds in June. It cost another $2,007 for a total of 55.5 hours work by four NCC biologists involved in relocating the nest.
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• North Glengarry man charged with unlawfully wearing a military uniform

  06-11-2018 19:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 47-year-old North Glengarry man has been charged with unlawful use of a military uniform.
  On Nov. 2, at about 2:30 p.m., Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP officers observed a male in a Canadian military uniform soliciting funds for a charitable organization.
  In a media release on Nov. 6, OPP said an investigation revealed that the man did not have authorization to wear the uniform.
  Simon De Rothschild, 47, of North Glengarry, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a military uniform.
  
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• Kids Help Phone adds texting option to connect young people with crisis counsellors. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  06-11-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Kids Help Phone adds texting option to connect young people with crisis counsellors.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, November 6th: 1:07: @JYSexton 1:17: @RiteshKotak 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, November 6th:1:07: @JYSexton 1:17: @RiteshKotak 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #ottnews @REDBLACKS #RNation twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  06-11-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 and @davidgourlay join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 and @davidgourlay join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Traffic deaths are an international health scourge — but where is the outrage?

  06-11-2018 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  BANGKOK, Thailand — Eight years after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver, Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter Zoleka is pleading for the world to do better at reducing traffic deaths.
  “This is a very personal issue for me,” she told a gathering of international public health and safety experts in Bangkok on Tuesday. “My beautiful Zenani was killed on a Johannesburg road by a drunk driver. She had only just turned 13. In fact, she had been a teenager for barely 48
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @REDBLACKS Jon Gott joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the chug heard round the world. 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @REDBLACKS Jon Gott joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the chug heard round the world. 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Shopify bans some right-wing groups after activist pressure

  06-11-2018 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify Inc. will ban some right-wing organizations from its service after accusations from activists, such as Canadian non-profit group North99, that it was supporting hate-promoting groups.
  The Ottawa-based e-commerce company tweaked its rules to allow it to bar anyone who uses Shopify to sell items that support groups that it believes condone hate or violence. The move affects Proud Boys, a right-wing group founded by Gavin McInnes, a Canadian writer and co-founder of Vice Media, that was rec
  
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• One man dead in rural west Ottawa crash

  06-11-2018 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man is dead and a second person suffered “very serious” injuries after a crash at Upper Dwyer Hill and Galetta Side roads Tuesday morning.
  The man, whose age was not disclosed, died of his injuries at the scene police said.
  Road closures are in effect until further notice and police asked motorists to avoid the area.
  Firefighters were called to the two-vehicle collision at 10:41 a.m. and were assisted by their counterparts from nearby Arnprior.
  Renfrew County paramedics were resp
  
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• Centennial Public School closed for day after chlorine leak

  06-11-2018 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A downtown school has closed for the day Tuesday after a morning chlorine spill forced children and students out of the building.
  The school made the announcement via social media.
  “We will not be able to re-enter the school today. Parents please pick up children at the Bronson Center, 211 Bronson Ave. Check with the child’s teacher before taking them home.”
  None of the children were injured.
  However, Ottawa paramedics reported that two teachers were assessed for possible injur
  
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• Coming up 11:30 : Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:30 : Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa man charged in week-long string of robberies

  06-11-2018 17:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 34-year-old Ottawa man is facing a slew of charges after a week-long string of robberies across the city.
  In a media release Tuesday, Ottawa police said the first in a chain of robberies happen at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28 at a bank in the 2400 block of Bank Street.
  The next day, there was another robbery at 10:40 p.m. at a business in the 400 block of Rideau Street.
  On Oct. 31, there were two robberies. One happened at 1:28 a.m. when a person was robbed in the King Edward Avenue and Stewart Street ar
  
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• House Works: Brampton boasts North America's largest brick factory

  06-11-2018 17:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Behind every manufactured product in our lives there are factories where automation, skill, precision and careful planning come together to make the things we want and need.
  Some of these factories make items that are high-tech and fashionable — like phones and cars and computers. Other factories make things that are just as important, but simpler.
  The Brampton Brick plant is a case in point. This neat, tidy, high-tech facility near the outskirts of Brampton, Ontario is the largest clay br
  
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• A sphere of light: Edge of Peace video in Confederation Park tells soldiers' stories

  06-11-2018 17:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is why we remember: it’s to keep in our minds the sheer scale of the slaughter so that we never repeat it.
  A century ago this week, Canadian soldiers were driving toward Mons, Belgium, during the final days of a four-year global conflict that took the lives of more than 66,000 Canadians.
  After decades of population expansion, that number no longer seems quite as horrific. So think of it this way: had the same percentage of Canada’s people died during the past four years in a sim
  
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• Cave rescue of Thai boys took international effort: WHO conference

  06-11-2018 16:57 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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• Coming up at 10:45: Canadian Taxpayers Federation national director @awudrick joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat GG ex… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Canadian Taxpayers Federation national director @awudrick joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat GG ex… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Centennial Public School and daycare have been evacuated as a precaution as the Hazmat team deals with a possible c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  Centennial Public School and daycare have been evacuated as a precaution as the Hazmat team deals with a possible c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @Travisdhanraj joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the sudden departure of Jim Wilson and the all… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:@Travisdhanraj joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the sudden departure of Jim Wilson and the all… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's new council needs to start demanding accountability

  06-11-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here’s the first tough question Ottawa’s new city councillors will face: Will they do their jobs and ask tough questions of city staff, or will they meld in with the silent majority, the councillors who are quite content not to know how city departments are performing, much less demand better?
  Politicians like to talk about openness and transparency, but the actual culture at City Hall is closer to “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Over the past four years, city staff
  
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• Centennial Public School evacuated due to chlorine fumes

  06-11-2018 15:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  A downtown school has been evacuated as firefighters respond to a chlorine spill at the school’s pool.
  Centennial Public School reported that all students, staff and children at the Centretown Daycare have moved to the nearby Bronson Centre due to chlorine fumes in the school.
  “We are all safe and waiting for word from the (Ottawa Carleton District School Board) about our next steps,” the school said via social media.
  Firefighters were called to 376 Gloucester St. at
  
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• 'Jaws of Life' needed to extricate crash victim

  06-11-2018 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters took just 14 minutes to respond to a call then extricate the victim of vehicle crash at the corner of Main Street and Riverdale Avenue Monday evening.
  Firefighters uses the “Jaws of Life” to free a victim who was trapped in a vehicle, Ottawa Fire Services said in a news release. The rescue was completed at 6:39 p.m.
  Ottawa paramedics were unable to provide an update about the health of the patient.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
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• Coming up at 9:45: @JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the leaked Uber video of the @Senators players.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45:@JSportsnet joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the leaked Uber video of the @Senators players.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pedestrian struck on Bronson Avenue near Carleton U

  06-11-2018 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman in her 50s suffered a potential head injury when she was struck by a vehicle on Bronson Avenue near Brewer Way Tuesday morning.
  Paramedics said that they got the call to help the female patient at 9:08 a.m.
  A spokeswoman did not have an immediate update on the patient’s condition but police reported she was conscious and talking.
  Police reported lane reductions on northbound Bronson in the area and had officers out directing traffic.
  
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• A pedestrian has been struck on Bronson n/b at Carleton University. Police on scene directing traffic. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 15:21 via twitter.com
  A pedestrian has been struck on Bronson n/b at Carleton University. Police on scene directing traffic. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Jaws of Life' needed to extricate crash victim in Alta Vista

  06-11-2018 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Fighters took just 14 minutes to respond to a call then extricate the victim of vehicle crash at the corner of Main Street and Riverdale Avenue Monday evening.
  Firefighters uses the Jaws of Life to free a victim who was trapped in a vehicle, Ottawa Fire Services said in a news release. The rescue was completed at 6:39 pm.
  Ottawa Paramedics were unable to provide an update about the health of the patient.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
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• Woman, 28, dead in ATV crash near Napanee

  06-11-2018 14:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman was fatally injured and her companion hurt after their ATV struck a gate on the Cataraqui Trail near Napanee early Sunday.
  Miranda Shaddick, 28, of Napanee died of her injuries in the hospital, police said in a release Monday. A man remained in the hospital with serious injuries, Napanee OPP said.
  Police are still investigating the crash, which happened just north of East Camden in Stone Mills Township.
  They responded at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday after the pair’s eastbound Arctic Cat
  
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• People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018's Sexiest Man Alive ottawamatters.com/world-news/peo… https://t.co/iZHzlgt4Ch

  06-11-2018 13:55 via twitter.com
  
  People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018's Sexiest Man Aliveottawamatters.com/world-news/peo… https://t.co/iZHzlgt4Ch
  
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• Wet and wild, with wind warning west of Ottawa

  06-11-2018 13:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tuesday’s forecast is warm, wet and windy enough to trigger warnings to the west of us.
  Southwesterly winds with gusts of up to 100 km/h are expected for the Napanee and Picton areas late Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday morning.
  Environment Canada warns of the potential for damage to roof shingles and windows, for flying objects to cause injuries or damage and for dangerous driving conditions.
  Meanwhile, gusts of up 80 km/h are expected for the Belleville area.
  For Ottawa, expect clou
  
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• Midterm election viewing parties are being held here in Ottawa and across the country. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  06-11-2018 13:24 via twitter.com
  Midterm election viewing parties are being held here in Ottawa and across the country. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• The Ottawa Senators react to leaked Uber video that shows players mocking coaching staff. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 12:55 via twitter.com
  The Ottawa Senators react to leaked Uber video that shows players mocking coaching staff.#ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NCC is gearing up for winter - with concession stands going into the canal today. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 12:25 via twitter.com
  NCC is gearing up for winter - with concession stands going into the canal today.#ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois to rebuild and may even look for a new name. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  06-11-2018 04:05 via twitter.com
  Sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois to rebuild and may even look for a new name. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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