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• Tkachuk's stock rises following his first NHL fight - Ottawa Sun

  16-11-2018 23:55
  Tkachuk's stock rises following his first NHL fight
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  Brady Tkachuk continues to win over his Ottawa Senators teammates and the club's fans. The latest addition to the 19-year-old rookie's resumé is his work with the gloves off. In Thursday's 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, Tkachuk took issue with ...and more »
  
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• An update on the crash numbers from @OttawaPolice twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  16-11-2018 23:49 via twitter.com
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• Police search for 19-year-old in break-and-enter cases - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2018 23:46
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  Police search for 19-year-old in break-and-enter cases
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  The Ottawa Police Break and Enter Section is searching for a 19-year-old man in connection with a number of incidents in recent months. Adam Watson of Ottawa is wanted for break and enter, dangerous driving, flight from police, assaulting a police ...and more »
  
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• Police raid illegal marijuana dispensaries on Merivale Road and Clarence Street

  16-11-2018 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police raided two illegal marijuana dispensaries in Ottawa on Friday, arresting an unspecified number of people.
  Search warrants were executed on The Hemp Company shops on Clarence Street in the ByWard Market and at 1034 Merivale Rd.
  Charges are pending, Ottawa Police Service Const. Amy Gagnon said.
  The warrants were executed under the new provincial cannabis law, which allows police to close any premise being used to illegally sell marijuana.
  People selling cannabis outside the legal framework
  
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• Quebec prepared to help Bombardier, minister says after CEO meeting. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  16-11-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  Quebec prepared to help Bombardier, minister says after CEO meeting.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ottawa police raid 2 illicit cannabis shops in second raid this month - Globalnews.ca

  16-11-2018 23:16
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  Ottawa police raid 2 illicit cannabis shops in second raid this month
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  The Ottawa police announced Friday that they executed Ontario Cannabis Act warrants at two illicit cannabis shops in the city — one on Merivale Road and one on Clarence Street. 2/3 Illicit cannabis products and proceeds have been seized and a number ...
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• Thomas Chabot has been a revelation for the #Sens, but Craig Anderson has been the MVP (@HockeyScanner)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  Thomas Chabot has been a revelation for the #Sens, but Craig Anderson has been the MVP (@HockeyScanner)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Take a weight off: Tears, joy as kilo gets historic update. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tak…

  16-11-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  Take a weight off: Tears, joy as kilo gets historic update.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tak…
  
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• Just for kicks: The making of a CFL field goal

  16-11-2018 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lewis Ward made himself one of the stories of this past year in the CFL by making 51 of 52 field-goal attempts in 18 regular-season games, including a record streak of 48 in a row.
  The 26-year-old Ottawa Redblacks rookie didn’t do it alone, though. Every time Ward succeeded, so did long-snapper Louis-Philippe Bourassa and holder Richie Leone and nine other teammates blocking at or near the line of scrimmage.
  They call it “poetry in motion,” but it has to happen fast. In 1.
  
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• CFL kickers getting markedly better over time

  16-11-2018 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Larry Robinson, Tommy Joe Coffey, Don Sutherin and Moe “The Toe” Racine were talented athletes who combined playing other positions with place-kicking well enough to warrant Canadian Football Hall of Fame induction.
  Coincidentally, none of them converted even 50 per cent of his field-goal attempts during a dozen Canadian Football League seasons or more.
  In contrast, the top four field-goal percentages through the 2018 season belonged to active kickers: Calgary’s René
  
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• We really don't want to hit the century mark. Drive to the conditions, be patient! #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  16-11-2018 22:27 via twitter.com
  We really don't want to hit the century mark. Drive to the conditions, be patient! #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Councillors decry Dec. 15 closure of aging family shelter in Mechanicsville

  16-11-2018 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  City councillors say the decision by city staff to shut down the aging Forward Avenue Family Shelter — which they learned of Thursday ahead of a Dec. 15 closure — only increases the mounting need to address a “crisis” in family housing and homelessness.
  Councillors Catherine McKenney and Jeff Leiper said in a statement that they and fellow councillors Diane Deans and Mark Taylor pressed for protections for the displaced families at an emergency meeting with staff on Frida
  
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• Trump says he answered written questions in Mueller probe. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  16-11-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  Trump says he answered written questions in Mueller probe.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…
  
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• History comes to life on Ottawa stages this weekend - CBC.ca

  16-11-2018 21:56
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  History comes to life on Ottawa stages this weekend
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  Drama that pulls no punches, folk tales from the Valley and the colourful art of Paul Klee are all on the list this weekend. Chasing champions. A boxing ring sits where the stage usually is at the NAC's Azrieli Studio, transforming the space into the ...and more »
  
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• Big mess near Richmond. Take it easy. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  16-11-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  Big mess near Richmond. Take it easy. #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• First big snow prompts traffic woes - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2018 21:47
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  First big snow prompts traffic woes
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  It's only Nov. 16 and we've already had our first round of school bus cancellations and a winter weather advisory from Environment Canada — so you know it's going to be messy out there. At around 2 p.m., first responders were called for an apparent ...
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• Russian aggression and cyberwarfare key issues for Canada to confront: Sajjan. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  16-11-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  Russian aggression and cyberwarfare key issues for Canada to confront: Sajjan.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Star-gazer, trailblazer: Meet Ottawa's serial entrepreneur John Criswick

  16-11-2018 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the better part of two years, John Criswick was in constant pain.
  “There were times when I was completely immobilized,” the Ottawa entrepreneur says. “I wouldn’t know from day to day how it was going to feel.”
  His mysteriously shifting, sciatic pain persisted through much of 2016 and 2017, at times rendering his right leg useless. Trips to doctors and other health-care professionals yielded only misdiagnoses and frustrations.
  Finally, Criswick’s physiother
  
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• Workers at Quebec-run liquor stores begin 3-day strike, shutting down outlets. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  16-11-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Workers at Quebec-run liquor stores begin 3-day strike, shutting down outlets.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• #ottnews @rick_gibbons @cfl_fan twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  16-11-2018 21:03 via twitter.com
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• First big snow prompts traffic woes, school bus canellations

  16-11-2018 20:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s only Nov. 16 and we already have our first round of school bus cancellations.
  Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory, so you know it’s going to be messy out there.
  As of about 9:30 a.m., Environment Canada was reporting 11 cm of snow had fallen and we should see a total of about 15 cm of snow by the end of things.
  School buses were cancelled early Friday from up the Ottawa Valley all the way down to Kingston and area, although there were no reported school closings. Th
  
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• Theatre review: Chasing Champions is a knockout

  16-11-2018 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chasing Champions: The Sam Langford StoryWritten by and starring Jacob SampsonDirected by Ron JenkinsA Ship’s Company/Eastern Front Theatre productionTo Nov. 24, Azrieli Studio, National Arts CentreTickets and times: nac-cna.caReviewed Thursday
   
  At the dawn of the 20th century, boxing was the world’s biggest sport. Its champions were considered the smartest, toughest athletes, and they travelled the world, earning thousands of dollars per fight.In that ultra-competitive world w
  
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• Police make 'gratifying' arrest in poppy box thefts

  16-11-2018 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have laid four charges of theft against a 31-year-old man accused in connection with thefts of poppy boxes that the Royal Canadian Legion uses to raise funds around Remembrance Day to help veterans and their families.
  Patrol officers arrested Mikael Arjani Wednesday and charged him with four counts of theft under $5,000, 10 counts of breach of probation, two counts of failing to comply with conditions and mischief under $5,000, police said Friday.
  One of the investigating officers said th
  
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• Gatineau police arrest man, 22, in city's fourth homicide of 2018

  16-11-2018 19:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police have arrested a 22-year-old Pointe-Gatineau man in connection with the stabbing death of a 20-year-old construction worker Thursday afternoon.
  Gatineau police said at a news conference Friday that David Emond was arrested without incident at his home at about 1 a.m.
  His is to be charged with second-degree murder in the death of Johnny Normand, who was discovered by police severely wounded early Thursday at an apartment on St. Paul Street in the city’s east end.
  Normand late
  
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• Fire service sounds alarm over scam carbon monoxide calls

  16-11-2018 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  City firefighters are sounding the alarm about scam calls from an apparently non-existent charity.
  Callers claiming to be from Carbon Monoxide Safety Canada are not affiliated with Ottawa Fire Services, spokeswoman Danielle Cardinal warned.
  The fire service has received more than a dozen inquiries from people who have gotten calls from the purported safety group — which has no phone number or online presence beyond fire service warnings — demanding access to their homes to make sure
  
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• Photos: Ottawa's first big snowfall of the season - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2018 19:10
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  Photos: Ottawa's first big snowfall of the season
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  We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. We are committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion, so we ask you to avoid personal attacks, and please keep your comments relevant and respectful.and more »
  
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• South Carleton High School warns parents about 'rash' of fights

  16-11-2018 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  South Carleton High School is asking parents to have some “dinner table conversations” with their kids after a rash of scheduled off-campus fights that are recorded and posted on social media.
  In a letter this week, principal Bill Arden asked parents to help educators “nip this in the bud and proactively save children from injury or worse.”
  A video posted Thursday, and tagged as happening at the school, shows a pair of teen boys square off amid a circle of onlookers, who
  
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• Owner of Somerset House would rather tear it down, build a replica building

  16-11-2018 17:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The owner of Somerset House, the ramshackle building at a landmark downtown intersection, says he wants to demolish it and construct something that reflects Centretown’s heritage.
  “We want to tear down the building and build it how it looked,” Tony Shahrasebi said Friday of his property at the southeast corner of Somerset and Bank streets. “It’d look brand new, but old. It will last another 150 years.”
  For years, and even up until recently, Shahrasebi has
  
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• Sustainable Style: Ottawa area builder takes green design to an outstanding new level

  16-11-2018 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nestled on a tree-lined street in the desirable Alta Vista neighborhood stands a remarkable home.
  Designed by award-winning architect Christopher Simmonds and built by RND Construction, it boasts a seamless contemporary design. No detail too small, the home seems to flow from outside in and from room to room.
  “We spared no expense in the home,” explains award-winning builder Roy Nandram. This is obvious from the moment you step into the foyer. The main living area—consisting of
  
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• The CMA is raising concerns about the Ontario government's move to allow employers to require workers to provide a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 16:03 via twitter.com
  The CMA is raising concerns about the Ontario government's move to allow employers to require workers to provide a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Star-gazer, trailblazer: Ottawa's bon vivant businessman John Criswick

  16-11-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the better part of two years, John Criswick was in constant pain.
  “There were times when I was completely immobilized,” the Ottawa entrepreneur says. “I wouldn’t know from day to day how it was going to feel.”
  His mysteriously shifting, sciatic pain persisted through much of 2016 and 2017, at times rendering his right leg useless. Trips to doctors and other health-care professionals yielded only misdiagnoses and frustrations.
  Finally, Criswick’s physiother
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: Jerry Howarth, retired @BlueJays broadcaster joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his Career Achie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 15:29 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30: Jerry Howarth, retired @BlueJays broadcaster joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his Career Achie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Snow scenes: Redblacks' Gott jumps onto plow for practice prep

  16-11-2018 15:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gott-a love this guy.
  As Ottawa dug out Friday morning, Redblacks offensive lineman Jon Gott faced off against a different foe.
  In his trusty tuque and work gloves, the Edmonton native leapt on a snow plow and pitched in to clear the TD Place field ahead of morning’s practice in a video shared by the team’s equipment manager, R.J. James.
  “I think Jon needs a beer after clearing snow,” tweeted one fan.
  For those few who may have missed it, Gott raised a hubbub with an endz
  
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• Letter sent home to parents of students at South Carleton SS this week warn of 'scheduled' fights. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  Letter sent home to parents of students at South Carleton SS this week warn of 'scheduled' fights. #ottnews… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: Toronto Star reporter @ddale8 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to wrap up a wild week in Washington. 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15: Toronto Star reporter @ddale8 joins @_MarkSutcliffe to wrap up a wild week in Washington.📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Investigations into whether gun licences should be revoked due to violent incidents or mental illness have faced "s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  Investigations into whether gun licences should be revoked due to violent incidents or mental illness have faced "s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• First big snow prompts school bus cancellations

  16-11-2018 14:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s only Nov. 16 and we already have our first round of school bus cancellations.
  Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory, so you know it’s going to be messy out there.
  By the end of it all, we should see 10-15 cm of snow on the ground today.
  School buses were cancelled early Friday from up the Ottawa Valley all the way down to Kingston and area, although there were no reported school closings. There’s a full list lower in this story.
  Western Quebec bus companies seem
  
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• Snow scenes: Redblacks' Gott jumps on to plow for practice prep

  16-11-2018 14:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gott-a love this guy.
  As Ottawa dug out Friday morning, Red Blacks offensive lineman Jon Gott faced off against a different foe.
  In his trusty tuque and work gloves, the Edmonton native leapt on a snow plow and pitched in to clear the TD Place field ahead of morning’s practice in a video shared by the team’s equipment manager, R.J. James.
  “I think Jon needs a beer after clearing snow,” tweeted one fan.
  For those few who may have missed it, Gott raised a hubbub with an end
  
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• A letter went out to parents of students at South Carleton Secondary School this week warning of a rash of 'one-on-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 14:33 via twitter.com
  A letter went out to parents of students at South Carleton Secondary School this week warning of a rash of 'one-on-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OPP investigators hope to shed light on 10-year-old cold case

  16-11-2018 14:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police investigators are pleading for information on the 10-year anniversary of a Tyendinaga man’s death.
  On Nov. 14, 2008, Derrick (Roy) Thompson left his home in Tyendinaga Township sometime between 6-6:30 a.m. to go hunting in an area well known to him. When he didn’t return home for dinner, his friends and family started to search for him. They found his body, with a single gunshot wound, in the woods at 10 p.m. near Blessington Road and Shannonville Road.
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• Weather: Snow to continue through day, risk of overnight flurries

  16-11-2018 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another five cm of snow is expected to fall Friday on top of that overnight blizzard for a total of 10 to 15 cm across the region since Thursday.
  The flakes will become “light and intermittent” by afternoon or evening then stop Friday night as a deepening low-pressure system tracks northward.
  “This is is the largest snowfall event so far this season,” Environment Canada reports for the news-that-will-surprise-no-one file, adding that “motorists should be prepared fo
  
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• Slow down on the roads this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  16-11-2018 13:45 via twitter.com
  Slow down on the roads this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Nine years after the miracle baby, Ottawa community rallies to build new home for family

  16-11-2018 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  She is known as the miracle baby.
  Océane McKenzie was still in her mother’s womb with two months until due date when she became the first Canadian to successfully undergo a revolutionary heart procedure. An ultrasound at CHEO revealed that Océane had a heart condition called critical aortic stenosis, which causes a narrowing of the main outlet valve in the left ventricle. Untreated, the aortic valve would sustain so much damage that Océane would die of heart failure be
  
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• Nine years after the miracle baby, Ottawa community rallies to build new home for family - Ottawa Citizen

  16-11-2018 13:00
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  Nine years after the miracle baby, Ottawa community rallies to build new home for family
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  Océane McKenzie was still in her mother's womb with two months until due date when she became the first Canadian to successfully undergo a revolutionary heart procedure. An ultrasound at CHEO revealed that Océane had a heart condition called critical ...
  
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• Today's letters: Off the hook on LRT, and corporate responsibility

  16-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Voters let them off the hook
  Re: No firm launch date for LRT but signs of progress; and How tricky infill blew up an old family home, Nov, 14.
  Ottawans had a chance to voice their concerns on the failure to launch LRT on time, and infill nightmares, in our recent election. The major’s election was a cakewalk with no real opposition, and most councillors were re-elected without any real opposition as well.
  It seems the Ottawa is a city that never wakes up.
  Gary Larkin, Ottawa
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• Good morning #Ottawa! The flakes are flying this morning making for a messy commute. Check out the list of cancel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 11:47 via twitter.com
  Good morning #Ottawa!The flakes are flying this morning making for a messy commute.Check out the list of cancel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #BREAKING: School buses in areas served by the Upper Canada District School Board, Catholic District School Board o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 11:39 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: School buses in areas served by the Upper Canada District School Board, Catholic District School Board o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #BREAKING: All #Ottawa school buses have been CANCELLED. Schools remain open. #ottnews

  16-11-2018 11:20 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: All #Ottawa school buses have been CANCELLED. Schools remain open.#ottnews
  
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• White House, CNN wait to hear ruling on ban of CNN reporter ottawamatters.com/world-news/whi…

  16-11-2018 05:00 via twitter.com
  White House, CNN wait to hear ruling on ban of CNN reporterottawamatters.com/world-news/whi…
  
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• Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California ottawamatters.com/world-news/fir…

  16-11-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern Californiaottawamatters.com/world-news/fir…
  
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