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• Feds don't even know what historic buildings they own, auditor warns ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  20-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Public health agency warns Canadians against eating romaine lettuce

  20-11-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning consumers to avoid eating packaged romaine lettuce while an investigation into and outbreak of E. coli infections in Ontario, Quebec, and several U.S. states continues.
  The Canadian federal health watchdog released a statement on its website Tuesday afternoon. The statement was released in conjunction with a similar warning from the Center for Disease Control in the United States. Health officials in both countries are receiving reports about people
  
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• Mayors bet on Grey Cup, food bank wins

  20-11-2018 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The mayors’ bet before a championship game is getting so worn that even Mayor Jim Watson calls the tradition “cheesy.”
  But he went ahead and signed up for a mayor-to-mayor bet anyway with Calgary’s Naheed Nenshi, in anticipation of Sunday’s Grey Cup game.
  Nobody is going to get rich on this payoff. The loser pays three bucks per point scored to the winning city’s food bank. The loser wears the other team’s jersey to a council meeting and raises the winni
  
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• Human remains pulled from bottom of Outaouais lake

  20-11-2018 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sûreté du Québec divers have pulled a decomposed body from the bottom of a deep lake in Val-des-Monts, but police have yet to determine if foul play was involved.
  The body has been sent for forensic tests, an SQ spokesman said, but it could be weeks before a determination is made about the cause of death.
  “It was a body — but it was more bones — that were found,” said Sgt. Marc Tessier. “It’s too early to say anything about foul play: We ha
  
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• Mistrial declared in Dennis Oland murder retrial after police 'improprieties' ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  20-11-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• 5 LeBreton Flats issues to watch for at the NCC's last meeting of 2018

  20-11-2018 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission board of directors is scheduled to receive an update on the LeBreton Flats partnership with RendezVous LeBreton Group over two days this week.
  The board meets in a closed session on Wednesday before opening the doors to the public on Thursday.
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  LeBreton Flats development applications are 'incomplete,' planning chair told
  Here are five of the big issues the public will be tracking.
  The development scheme
  Has RendezVous’ development vision stayed the sa
  
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• LeBreton Flats development applications are 'incomplete,' planning chair told

  20-11-2018 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The up-in-the-air status of RendezVous LeBreton Group’s planning applications is one piece in the larger mystery surrounding the progress of the massive LeBreton Flats redevelopment project.
  Coun. Jan Harder, who chairs the planning committee, said she hasn’t heard much about RendezVous’ municipal land-use applications for the historic site, but she’s been told the package, so far, is “incomplete.”
  Harder, who has deep knowledge of the development process, ack
  
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• Over the last month, 18 people have fallen ill after eating romaine lettuce in Ontario and Quebec. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  20-11-2018 22:41 via twitter.com
  Over the last month, 18 people have fallen ill after eating romaine lettuce in Ontario and Quebec. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Going out best bets, Nov. 22 to 28

  20-11-2018 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ambient pop
  Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry, who spent his teen years in Ottawa, returns to the nation’s capital on Monday to showcase the evocative music of his new solo album, Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 1. Written during rare moments of downtime on the last Arcade Fire world tour, it was inspired by his love of nature and a range of traditions, from Japanese folk myths to British folk music, including his late father’s folk band, Friends of Fiddler’s Green
  
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• OCDSB defends itself against series of lawsuits alleging abuse by three teachers

  20-11-2018 22:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Carleton District School Board plans to “vigorously” defend itself against several lawsuits that allege abuse by three teachers who taught at Bell High School over the past 50 years.
  Four separate lawsuits are seeking millions of dollars in damages from the school board, the teachers who are alleged to have abused their students and, in two cases in which the teachers have died, their estates.
  The first lawsuit was filed March 16 against the estate of Donald Greenham and t
  
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• Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops. ottawamatters.com/world-news/gre…

  20-11-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Dr. Paul Roumeliotis tells @rick_gibbons, he's happy to see there's been an increase in demand for flu shots across… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 21:27 via twitter.com
  Dr. Paul Roumeliotis tells @rick_gibbons, he's happy to see there's been an increase in demand for flu shots across… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Higher interest rate target? Expanded mandate? Bank of Canada explores options. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  20-11-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
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• eQ Homes, Ashcroft big winners at sales and marketing awards

  20-11-2018 20:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Builder eQ Homes has been piling up the accolades this fall.
  Fresh off big wins at the Housing Design Awards in October, where the company was named production builder of the year and its Greystone Village development won for best planned new community, eQ has now scooped up the most trophies at the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association’s sales and marketing awards, called the SAMs.
  eQ’s seven trophies handed out at an awards luncheon Tuesday at the Infinity Convention Cent
  
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• Two people freed in Earl Armstrong Road rollover

  20-11-2018 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics needed to stabilize an SUV that landed on its side in a single-vehicle crash on Earl Armstrong Road Tuesday afternoon to help the two occupants out safely but the pair was unhurt.
  A 911 call from a passerby drew first responders to the single-vehicle crash between Limebank and Bowesville roads which snarled traffic in the area.
  After a spike in crashes Tuesday morning then a steady day, the fire service warned motorists to drive with conditions.
  As of early afternoon, city police had
  
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• Russian challenge to chemical weapons watchdog rejected. ottawamatters.com/world-news/rus…

  20-11-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• OPP, wildlife rescuers swoop in to help fallen swans

  20-11-2018 20:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  When a couple of swans ran into power lines in Prince Edward County Monday, the local OPP teamed up with a nearby wildlife centre to rescue them.
  The male and female mute swans both suffered burns and are now recovering at the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in nearby Greater Napanee.
  A passerby spotted the pair on the Loyalist Parkway near Consecon and called the police for help. They secured the scene after issuing an SOS to the Sandy Pines.
  The pair is now recovering in an indoor room with t
  
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• Ottawa's Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa on the Grey Cup Mayor's bet with @nenshi . #ottnews #GreyCup106 twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…

  20-11-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  Ottawa's Mayor@JimWatsonOttawa on the Grey Cup Mayor's bet with @nenshi . #ottnews #GreyCup106 twitter.com/JimWatsonOttaw…
  
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• Ottawa to release competitiveness plan, but it's unclear how much help is needed. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  20-11-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Ottawa to release competitiveness plan, but it's unclear how much help is needed.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Senior Ottawa officer denied promotion because of race, tribunal hears

  20-11-2018 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Insp. Samir Bhatnagar has been repeatedly passed over for promotion, was treated differently than others because of his race and his genuine points of criticism resulted in Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau branding him confrontational and uppity, a human rights tribunal hearing was told Tuesday.
  In a complaint filed to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in November 2017, Bhatnagar claims that he was singled out as a “brown-skinned man of East Indian origin.” Bhatnagar’s
  
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• Drug-impaired driver rams cruisers in escape bid, police say

  20-11-2018 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 32-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges including drug-impaired and dangerous driving after allegedly aiming his vehicle at police vehicles trying to pull him over on King Edward Avenue near Rideau Street early Tuesday morning.
  A patrol officer tried to make the stop at 12:10 a.m. without success and a second officer arrived to help. The officers teamed up to stop him using a “suspect apprehension pursuit” technique, but the driver intentionally drove into a police cruiser in a bi
  
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• House Works: Three mistakes homeowners make when finishing basements

  20-11-2018 18:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winter is the season when Canadians most cherish the idea of a finished basement. Sure, it’s great to have one any time, but as the winds swirl and snow blows outside, there’s something especially attractive about snuggling into a comfy couch or easy chair in your warm, bright, inviting subterranean space.
  The thing is, most homeowners and some professional builders don’t realize how easy it is to finish a basement incorrectly.
  Even if things look great on the surface, common d
  
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• Cohen: Giving thanks for America and all its pioneering and resiliency

  20-11-2018 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  In July of 1931, Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, set out to fly to the Orient. Four years earlier, Lindbergh had flown alone across the Atlantic Ocean, a Homeric odyssey.
  Their route together that summer would take them from North Haven, Maine, through Canada to Alaska, Siberia, China and Japan. Aviation was still young and the flight was perilous. They were mariners of the skies.
  When they reached Ottawa, they dined with a company of aviators, travellers, explorers, meteo
  
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• Auditor General exposes major flaws in Trudeau government’s fighter jet plans

  20-11-2018 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Auditor General released his report on the Liberal government’s various plans to buy interim fighter jets, both the failed purchase of Super Hornets and the acquisition of used Australian F-18s. Here are some highlights from the report:
  -In 2016, the Government of Canada directed National Defence to have enough fighter aircraft available every day to meet the highest NORAD alert level and Canada’s NATO commitment at the same time. This direction would require National D
  
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• RCMP HQ evacuated in propane tank fire

  20-11-2018 17:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police national headquarters in the Rideau Glen-area was safely evacuated Tuesday morning after a propane tank on the roof caught on fire.
  Firefighters reported they were cooling the 100-pound tank.
  Alarms sounded at the building on Leikin Drive near Merivale Road in the city’s south end at 8:44 a.m.
  While on their way, fire crews learned that there was a fire in a construction area on the roof. They found the burning cylinder of propane and determined flames had
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Bloomberg Reporter @josh_wingrove joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss what to expect in tomorrow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Bloomberg Reporter @josh_wingrove joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss what to expect in tomorrow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @quito_maggi of Mainstreet Research joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss their latest numbers sho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15: @quito_maggi of Mainstreet Research joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss their latest numbers sho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11: Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group partner Roger Greenberg joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group partner Roger Greenberg joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Writer and former student at St. Michael's @Typist joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the school… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:Writer and former student at St. Michael's @Typist joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the school… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Firefighters extricate person after crash near Supreme Court

  20-11-2018 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person was trapped in their vehicle after a two-vehicle crash on Wellington Street in front of the Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday morning.
  As of 10:30 a.m., paramedics were assessing a man in his 50s with leg pain.
  The call came in at Wellington and Kent streets at 10:08 a.m.
  Firefighters removed a door from one of the vehicles, closing eastbound Wellington Street as they worked. Motorists were asked to avoid the area.
  UPDATE: Driver of one vehicle extricated by firefighters. Now in the car
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the latest developments on Brexit. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 16:29 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @AGMacDougall joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the latest developments on Brexit.📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Crash on Wellington/Kent, 1 person trapped in a car. Wellington e/b is closed. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…

  20-11-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  Crash on Wellington/Kent, 1 person trapped in a car.Wellington e/b is closed. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OttFire/status…
  
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• South-end office building evacuated in propane tank fire

  20-11-2018 15:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Rideau Glen-area office building was safely evacuated Tuesday morning after a propane tank on the roof caught on fire.
  Firefighters reported they were cooling the 100-pound tank.
  Alarms sounded at the building on Leikin Drive near Merivale Road in the city’s south end at 8:44 a.m.
  While on their way, fire crews learned that there was a fire in a construction area on the roof. They found the burning cylinder of propane and determined flames had not spread.
  The fire department hailed emplo
  
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• One wounded after prisoner grabs guard's gun, fires shots in Kingston hospital

  20-11-2018 15:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man was shot and a federal inmate was arrested Monday night after a shooting in Kingston General Hospital.
  Det. Sgt. Jay Finn of the Kingston police major crimes unit said police were called to the emergency department at 6 p.m. following an altercation inside one of the wards between the inmate from Millhaven Correctional Institute and the correctional officers guarding him.
  The inmate managed to gain control of one of the officers’ firearms and fired two rounds, Finn said.
  A civ
  
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• Denley: Ontario government isn't undermining francophone rights

  20-11-2018 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Judging by the reaction of some of Canada’s top political leaders, Ontario must have imposed pretty significant cuts on services for its francophone citizens.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “I was deeply disappointed by the decision of the Ontario government to cut services and protections for the francophone minorities in Ontario.” Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has “concerns” about the cancellation of a proposed francophone university. Quebec Premi
  
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• Weather: Up to 6 cm snow, then things turn frigid

  20-11-2018 14:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here comes the big chill.
  The forecast is staying snowy then get ready for the mercury to plunge deep into the double digits.
  For Tuesday, expect a few flurries to end early in the afternoon after adding up to 2 cm, northwesterly winds at 20 km/h near noon and a high of -3 C.
  The overnight snowfall left roads greasy and caused some traffic and school bus delays.
  Currently responding to multiple collisions with injuries across the City.Please slow down and increase your distances with other vehic
  
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• Tilley: Shelter costs are rising and we need help from city hall

  20-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Imagine what life would be like if you had no home. That would be hard enough. But it’s even harder during the cold winter months.
  Despite efforts by governments, from 2014 to 2017, emergency shelter use, length of stay (LOS), and chronic homelessness increased by 16 per cent, 12 per cent and 21 per cent respectively during that time in Ottawa. One consequence is current shelter occupancy rates: At The Ottawa Mission, we have been at over 100 per cent occupancy for 14 months, with no end i
  
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• Saul: The environmental crisis is a moral challenge, not just a practical one

  20-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The data on rising levels of toxic contamination, ecosystem destruction, species extinction and global warming is not just a collection of scientific facts. It’s an ethical indictment of human values.
  Chemicals from industry and agriculture are polluting our waterways; grasslands, and wetlands are being converted into farms and urban areas at an alarming rate; and climate change is killing people and destroying and displacing communities. As a result, humanity is driving species to extinct
  
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• Lougheed: Even the cops are confused about cannabis at work

  20-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the wake of cannabis legalization, many businesses continue to grapple with how best to develop workplace policies around recreational use. Unfortunately, anyone looking toward the law enforcement community for guidance may come away with more questions than answers.Over the last several weeks, many of the largest police departments in the country have released their policies relating to the use of cannabis by their off-duty officers. A quick scan reveals a veritable potpourri of approaches t
  
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• Letters: Why City of Ottawa must expropriate Somerset House

  20-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Time to expropriate Somerset House
  Re: Owner of Somerset House would rather tear it down, build a replica building, Nov. 16.
  So the owner of Somerset House has now got his sights set on demolition. Who doubts that this was his intention all along?
  For years now, this once-elegant structure, a cherished Centretown landmark, has been standing as an empty hulk after a botched attempt at so-called renovation work in 2007. The partial collapse of the building that resulted was followed by years of th
  
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• Forster: Here's who I'd invite to a dinner party of Canadian heroines

  20-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The debut of the new $10 bank note featuring Viola Desmond brings national recognition for the gutsy civil rights activist. But a recent Ipos poll shows we still have poor knowledge of heroines from Canadian history.
  The pollsters asked participants to select Canadian women from the past and present who they’d like to dine with. The guest list was short and included only a few historical figures, such as Emily Carr, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Viola Desmond. Methinks the explanation is we sti
  
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• Morning #Ottawa! @jilltaylor680 calling for about 3cm of snow this morning. Guaranteed high minus 4, wind chill… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-11-2018 12:25 via twitter.com
  Morning #Ottawa! @jilltaylor680 calling for about 3cm of snow this morning.Guaranteed high minus 4, wind chill… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A public meeting in #Barrhaven last night drew about 100 people concerned by recent break-ins. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  20-11-2018 12:16 via twitter.com
  A public meeting in #Barrhaven last night drew about 100 people concerned by recent break-ins.#ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Sandy Forsyth died of an opioid overdose. His family wanted to tell his story

  20-11-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alexander “Sandy” Forsyth died of a drug overdose and was found on the floor in his mother’s home in Vanier on Nov. 10.
  He was buried in Beechwood Cemetery under grey skies on Monday morning, in a blue particleboard casket with plastic handles. As a recipient of Ontario Works benefits, Sandy qualified for a burial plot through a city program. The plots are scattered throughout Beechwood, where some of the capital’s most celebrated figures are buried. Sandy’s plot ha
  
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• Canadian War Museum acquires another Victoria Cross from Battle of Hill 70

  20-11-2018 06:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian War Museum has acquired the Victoria Cross awarded to an officer who displayed bravery and leadership during a significant battle during the First World War. The medal was awarded to Lieutenant Robert Hill Hanna of B Company, 29th Infantry Battalion, who fought during the Battle of Hill 70.
  With this acquisition, the museum says it now has four of the six Victoria Crosses awarded to Canadians for action at Hill 70.
  The Battle of Hill 70, which took place between August 15 and 2
  
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• Crime wave subsides in Barrhaven but transit questions remain

  20-11-2018 04:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A wave of break-ins at homes in Barrhaven appears to have moved on, leaving the crime rate similar to the rate in other neighbourhoods, police and the area’s city councillor told residents Monday evening.
  About 100 residents came to the Cedarview Golf and Country Club to hear about crime, traffic and safety in their area, some of them drawn by a recent jump in the number of residential break-ins.
  “It’s break-ins, and daytime break-ins, taking a lot of cash and jewelry. And
  
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• UK leader has eye on rebellion as EU braces for Brexit push ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  20-11-2018 04:00 via twitter.com
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• Police confirm six students arrested, charged in St. Michael's probe ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  20-11-2018 03:30 via twitter.com
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• 'Significant' medical emergencies on and off ice at Sens game

  20-11-2018 03:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two medical emergencies temporarily stopped play at Monday’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers.
  Play stopped with 3:37 left in the first period as paramedics hurried into the 100 section of seats to help a sick spectator.
  The man was in cardiac arrest, an Ottawa Paramedics spokesman said. “It’s a significant event and quite disruptive.”
  It’s common to treat less serious medical problems, such as a person hit by a puck, by taking the person aside
  
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• Do-it-at-home orthodontic services hit Ottawa, and spark questions from dentists

  20-11-2018 03:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  An American company offering a do-it-at-home teeth straightening service is moving into Ontario.
  SmileDirectClub, a primarily Internet-based company that was founded four years ago in the United States with a pretty solid pedigree of investors, offers at-home teeth-straightening services.
  The company’s Ottawa office, which it playfully calls the SmileShop, will open on Metcalfe Street on Dec. 5.
  The idea is pretty simple. People who want their teeth straightened go to the company’s w
  
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