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• HBC won't say why Saks Off Fifth store at Montreal Eaton Centre is cancelled ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  12-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Michelle Obama memoir is next pick for Winfrey book club ottawamatters.com/world-news/mic…

  12-11-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• WANTED: One man nabbed, another still at large in Gatineau kidnapping, attempted murder

  12-11-2018 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of two men wanted by Gatineau police in relation to a kidnapping case in October has been arrested.
  David Couture, aka “Conquer,” 26, was wanted on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, in connection with a case that began when two men were abducted from a Gatineau residence Oct. 1.
  In a media release Monday, Gatineau Police said Couture was arrested on Friday at around 9 p.m., in collaboration with police officers from the Sûreté d
  
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• Claridge dusts off three-tower development plan for land beside Lyon LRT station

  12-11-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Claridge Homes has kickstarted its high-rise development application for land beside the Lyon LRT station with an eye on the rental market, while possibility using some of the complex for a hotel.
  It’s the latest proposal for land around the two O-Train lines, although Claridge has had its plan in the works for several years. It was only recently that the developer built a sales centre at the 383 Albert St. property, which in conjunction with land at 340 Queen St. will form the new footpri
  
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• Local festival groups call on feds for stronger financial support

  12-11-2018 21:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A group of festivals and events in the capital region wants the federal government to improve their business environment through a plan submitted by two associations representing festivals.
  The budget that Canadian Heritage has for supporting festivals has stayed flat for 10 years while demands for support are rising, and there is international competition, the groups say.
  They also call for access to an “existing program that funds security infrastructure projects for at-risk communities,
  
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• Dog bites four-year-old girl's face in Hull

  12-11-2018 21:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fines of more than $2,500 have been levied against the person who was in charge of a dog when it bit a four-year-old girl in the face as she played with the animal in Hull last week.
  The girl was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening after police, paramedics and animal control responded to Rue Cinq Mars in the Parc de la Montagne area just after 7 p.m. Thursday.
  Police said the dog is a pit bull type breed and it is in the care of the Outaouais SPCA while invest
  
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• Adam: Major renovation about to take flight at Ottawa airport

  12-11-2018 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Big changes are coming to the Ottawa international airport, with a $25-million renovation inside the terminal that will see a new and expanded food court and retail space, and the relocation of passenger screening to the third floor of the building.
  It’s all part of a major, five-year airport transformation that includes a new hotel and a $20-million LRT station. The overall project cost is estimated at $45 million over the next five years.
  The work, to be done in phases, will begin next s
  
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• Woman arrested in Gatineau home invasion: Police

  12-11-2018 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have arrested a Thurso woman in a Buckingham-area home invasion and say more arrests are expected in their ongoing investigation of the Oct. 29 incident.
  Suspects targeted the home at 356 Buckingham Avenue and confronted the two men and a woman who were in the home just after 8 p.m., Gatineau police said in a press release Monday. They then fled in a vehicle.
  One of the residents, a man in his 50s, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
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• .@REDBLACKS say fewer than 3,000 tickets remain for Sunday's East Final vs. the Ticats. #ottnews #cfleastfinal twitter.com/REDBLACKS/stat…

  12-11-2018 19:13 via twitter.com
  .@REDBLACKS say fewer than 3,000 tickets remain for Sunday's East Final vs. the Ticats. #ottnews #cfleastfinal twitter.com/REDBLACKS/stat…
  
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• After two trials, two appeal hearings, judge to rule on 'sexsomnia' case

  12-11-2018 19:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven years after she was sexually assaulted by a stranger during the night, an Ottawa-area woman will find out whether her assailant is criminally responsible for his act.
  The accused, Ryan Hartman, 38, has admitted that he sexually assaulted the woman while sleeping on the same air mattress after a 2011 Brockville house party.
  But Hartman’s defence lawyer, Margaret Bojanowska, contends he was asleep during the sex assault — he pulled down the victim’s pants and sexually
  
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• Vlad: Immaculata's soccer field doesn't pass the smell test

  12-11-2018 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following is offered in rebuttal to the Nov. 6 opinion column, How Immaculata’s soccer pitch partnership can strengthen our community:
  Our family has lived a block from the Immaculata High School field for more than 45 years. Currently, three generations of us are here under one roof. For our community, the sports field has been a shared treasure for more than 100 years. The high school has been a wonderful neighbour since it relocated to Main Street 25 years ago. W
  
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• Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they're investigating a homicide after a suspected shooting over the weekend ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  12-11-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they're investigating a homicide after a suspected shooting over the weekendottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Ottawa makers win Violin Society of America awards

  12-11-2018 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pair of Ottawa-based violin makers each won two awards at an international violin-making competition in Cleveland last week.
  Charline Dequincey received a double certificate of merit, one for tone and one for workmanship, for the cello she entered at 23rd International Violin Making Competition.
  Guy Harrison received two certificates of merit for workmanship, one for a violin and the other for a cello at the Violin Society of America event.
  Dequincey, who trained as a luthier in France, and Ha
  
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• Nova Scotia's police chiefs are shining a spotlight on drink tampering, after several high-profile cases of suspect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
  Nova Scotia's police chiefs are shining a spotlight on drink tampering, after several high-profile cases of suspect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, November 12th: 1:07: @OSLSafetyGuy 1:17: @GlenMMacDonald1 1:30: @mcemson 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, November 12th: 1:07: @OSLSafetyGuy 1:17: @GlenMMacDonald1 1:30: @mcemson 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Steel Toes & Stilettos Gala

  12-11-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 13th annual Steel Toes & Stilettos Gala hit the Shaw Centre Saturday, Nov. 3, raising money for Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa.  ShareSocial Scene, Sponsored by Star Motors of Ottawa: Steel Toes & Stilettos GalaTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmail GALLERY:Social Scene, Sponsored by Star Motors of Ottawa: Steel Toes & Stilettos GalaFrom left, Robert Ridley, Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa board chair, Sarah Freemark, emcee for the evening, and Alexi
  
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• NEXT on the Power Lunch: Lawyer Ted Mann & @rick_gibbons join @cmaconthehill in-studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the Power Lunch: Lawyer Ted Mann & @rick_gibbons join @cmaconthehill in-studio:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Michelle Obama's "Becoming," already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Win… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Michelle Obama's "Becoming," already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Win… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Do you think winter tires should be provincially mandated? #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  12-11-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Do you think winter tires should be provincially mandated? #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15 @Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @cmaconthehill live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15@Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @cmaconthehill live: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Six arrested in west-end cellphone robberies

  12-11-2018 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrol officers arrested six people Sunday night in a string of cellphone robberies in the west end.
  Police report that the suspects made appointments with people to purchase their phones, but then took them by force.
  A dozen cellphones were recovered.
  Staff-Sgt. Stephanie Burns said Monday that detectives with the robbery unit are investigating and warned people to be cautious when they’re selling items online, particularly small but valuable electronics.
  Meet in a public place where ther
  
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• Gurski: Linking immigration and terrorism is wrong, here and elsewhere

  12-11-2018 17:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  I never knew my maternal grandfather. He emigrated to Canada in the early part of the 20th century from western Ukraine (or eastern Poland, the details on that are fuzzy) and settled in Montreal where he worked at the CPR’s Angus workshops, along with a great many other immigrants, I imagine. He married and had four children, including my mother, and toughed it out during the Great Depression. He died in the mid-1940s.
  I seldom think of him but his memory came back to me last week when I r
  
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• Asbestos in Newfoundland hangar forces move of RCAF search and rescue crews

  12-11-2018 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some Canadian military search and rescue helicopter crews on the east coast have been temporarily relocated after asbestos dust was found in one of the buildings used by the squadron.
  Crews from the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron have moved from 9 Wing Gander to St. John’s N.L. after asbestos was discovered in a hangar at the Gander facility, according to the Department of National Defence.
  “Currently, CH-149 Cormorant crews are operating out of St John’s, N.L. using the Canadi
  
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• Police seek hit-and-run driver in Val-des-Monts crash

  12-11-2018 16:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais police are asking the public to call 911 if they spot a driver of a cube van who fled on foot after a crash that left two people hurt Monday morning.
  A man and a woman who were in the second vehicle were rushed to hospital in Hull. The woman, who suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, had to be freed by firefighters using the Jaws of Life.
  A QPP sniffer dog was at the scene on Route du Carrefour in the Perkins area, which was still closed with a
  
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• Power restored to 651 homes in South Keys

  12-11-2018 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A total of 651 Hydro Ottawa customers in South Keys were without power Monday morning after a car collided with a pole at Bank Street and Hunt Club Road.
  Power was restored before 10 a.m., the utility said.
  A small outage of 11 customers was also reported in College Ward.
  This morning's outage is the result of a traffic accident at Bank/Hunt Club. A traffic light was hit and fell on overhead lines. 249 customers remain without power. Our crews are working to restore as quickly & safely as po
  
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• On air 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ottawa Today live with your host @cmaconthehill on 1310 NEWS & @rogersottawa22: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 14:55 via twitter.com
  On air 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ottawa Today live with your host @cmaconthehill on 1310 NEWS & @rogersottawa22: 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Six arrests made in west end phone buying scam. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ph… https://t.co/o8VjVlvN4O

  12-11-2018 14:53 via twitter.com
  
  Six arrests made in west end phone buying scam. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ph… https://t.co/o8VjVlvN4O
  
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• UPDATE: 249 people in the Bank/Hunt Club/Albion area without power due to a crash. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…

  12-11-2018 14:23 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: 249 people in the Bank/Hunt Club/Albion area without power due to a crash. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/hydroottawa/st…
  
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• Is it finally time to make winter tires mandatory in Eastern Ontario?

  12-11-2018 14:18 via twitter.com
  Is it finally time to make winter tires mandatory in Eastern Ontario?
  
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• Snow snarls traffic, more white stuff on the way

  12-11-2018 14:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Slick and snowy roads snarled Monday morning traffic and more snow is in the forecast with 2 cm expected overnight and another 2 cm to 4 cm Tuesday.
  The OPP reported “multiple” collisions on the Queensway through Ottawa and urged motorists to drive carefully and expect delays.
  Even with many having the day off, Monday’s commute turned messy, marked by reports of a pair of rollovers on Hwy. 417 near Innes Road to a crash on the westbound highway at Island Park that blocked two l
  
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• PM Trudeau says Canadian officials have heard the Khashoggi tapes. #cdnpoli ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  12-11-2018 14:06 via twitter.com
  PM Trudeau says Canadian officials have heard the Khashoggi tapes. #cdnpoliottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…
  
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• A new $10 banknote featuring Viola Desmond's portrait will go into circulation in a week ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  12-11-2018 13:36 via twitter.com
  A new $10 banknote featuring Viola Desmond's portrait will go into circulation in a weekottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• After The Storm: A Free Benefit Concert will leave its fundraising website opened until midnight tonight #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  12-11-2018 12:51 via twitter.com
  After The Storm: A Free Benefit Concert will leave its fundraising website opened until midnight tonight #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Sexsomnia defence unusual but not unknown

  12-11-2018 12:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sexsomnia is rarely used as a legal defence, but it is not unknown in Canada.
  A review of the Canadian legal database, CanLII, shows that defence lawyers have raised the issue in at least a dozen criminal cases since 2005. It has led to retrials or to findings of not criminally responsible (NCR) a handful of times.
  Most recently, in September, an Oshawa man was found not criminally responsible for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s roommate due to sexsomnia, a disorder that causes p
  
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• After two trials, two appeal hearings, Brockville judge to rule on 'sexsomnia' case

  12-11-2018 12:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Seven years after she was sexually assaulted by a stranger during the night, an Ottawa-area woman will find out whether her assailant is criminally responsible for his act.
  The accused, Ryan Hartman, 38, has admitted that he sexually assaulted the woman while sleeping on the same air mattress after a 2011 Brockville house party.
  But Hartman’s defence lawyer, Margaret Bojanowska, contends he was asleep during the sex assault — he pulled down the victim’s pants and sexually
  
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• Today's letters: How governors general (and others) spend

  12-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Qualified, but for which job?
  Re: Blatchford – It’s not cheap being a public figure — but that’s not the public’s problem, Nov. 6.
  It is interesting that the spendthrift habits of a former governor general have thrust the office itself into the spotlight. While I hold the view that the present prime minister’s appointments have all been ill-considered, I would hasten to add that I believe we need more women in public life, and I have a suggestion in this regar
  
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• Cross: Taking it on the chin – Yes, beards continue to polarize us

  12-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  What is this pogonophilia trend?
  The current fashion trend of pogonophilia, the cultivation and admiration of beards and the people growing them – from pogon, Greek for beard – is polarizing. Pogonophobia is its opposite, the dislike of beards and the people behind them. There is no middle ground.
  And it is a fuzzy world out there. Over the centuries there has been an ebb and flow in clip or grow. Alexander the Great banned the beard so it could not be grabbed in battle. The Romans i
  
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• Good Morning #Ottawa! @jilltaylor680's forecast for today: Some flurries ending this morning. Mainly cloudy Guar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 12:20 via twitter.com
  Good Morning #Ottawa!@jilltaylor680's forecast for today: Some flurries ending this morning. Mainly cloudy Guar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Only 40 per cent tested after potential exposure to improperly-cleaned medical equipment at Ottawa clinic

  12-11-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only about 40 per cent of the patients who were sent letters warning that they may have been exposed to improperly-cleaned medical equipment at a Stittsville clinic have been tested for infections, according to figures from Ottawa Public Health.
  In July, Ottawa Public Health issued a public call for 4,600 patients of the Main Street Family Medical Centre who had had minor surgical procedures to be tested for hepatitis C, B and HIV after the health unit investigated the clinic in response to a co
  
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• Youth choirs in concert cap weekend of musical remembrance at the NAC

  12-11-2018 01:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jack Layton believed in the power of young people to change the world.On the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, his inspiring words were sung by dozens of young people during a wonderful concert at the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall.
  The free concert took place after the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial and featured Bundesjugendorchester (Germany’s National Youth Orchestra), with members of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, particip
  
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• Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week bit.ly/2QAl9zQ https://t.co/lZCAE4jBrS

  12-11-2018 01:43 via twitter.com
  
  Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week bit.ly/2QAl9zQ https://t.co/lZCAE4jBrS
  
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• We Are The Dead: George Jameson enlisted early in WW1, died at Ypres

  12-11-2018 00:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bricklayer George Jameson came to Canada in 1906 with his brother, William, in search of a more prosperous life than the one he had known in Yorkshire, England.
  But when Britain declared war on Germany on Aug. 4, 1914, Jameson — like many of his displaced countrymen — dropped everything to answer the call to arms.
  He volunteered for service on Aug. 12, 1914 in Winnipeg, and officially joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Ottawa two weeks later. Then 30 years old, he stood
  
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• Economic cost of Canadian oil price discounts counted in billions of dollars bit.ly/2PXztFO https://t.co/rAkXfLwq0F

  12-11-2018 00:41 via twitter.com
  
  Economic cost of Canadian oil price discounts counted in billions of dollars bit.ly/2PXztFO https://t.co/rAkXfLwq0F
  
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