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• First-degree murder conviction in 2015 shooting death of Christine MacNeil

  23-11-2018 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The man who killed Christine MacNeil was convicted of first-degree murder Friday in a courthouse only two doors away from where he shot her.
  Blake Dooley, 56, formerly of Mountshannon Drive in Ottawa, shot MacNeil in the Four Points Hotel in Gatineau minutes before the polls closed on election night, Oct. 19, 2015. She was 25.
  MacNeil had been dropped off at the hotel by someone in a black car. Police said soon afterward that they believed she was “targeted.”
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• Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case erupts in fight for documents on two fronts ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case erupts in fight for documents on two frontsottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Ottawa Senators owner alleges mayor's office told him not to pull out of downtown deal during municipal election

  23-11-2018 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson’s office threatened to cut ties with Eugene Melnyk if the Senators owner announced during the recent municipal election campaign that he was pulling out of the LeBreton Flats project, Melnyk’s lawsuit alleges.
  According to the lawsuit, Melnyk’s company wrote to Watson on Sept. 17, 2018, saying it wasn’t willing to proceed with the LeBreton project until its concerns with project partner Trinity Developments were addressed.
  “The mayor’s
  
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• Ottawa Senators fans take to Twitter to rage about latest Melnyk news

  23-11-2018 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eugene Melnyk’s name and the #MelnykOut hashtag were trending on Twitter on Friday after news that the Ottawa Senator’s owner had filed a lawsuit against his business partner in the LeBreton Flats project.
  Fans took to social media to share the news about the lawsuit, which is seeking $700 million from John Ruddy’s Trinity Development Group over the “failed joint venture,” according to a statement of claim filed Friday.
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• Canada Post strike causes drop in Salvation Army donations, charity says ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Kirk and Virginia MacDonald, a father-and-daughter jazz team, join forces on the bandstand

  23-11-2018 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unlike most girls, Virginia MacDonald attended plenty of jazz shows in “dark, hazy clubs” when she was younger. Her reaction to the music? “This is so cool!” says MacDonald, now 24.
  Of course, her appreciation of the music was furthered by the fact that her father Kirk, one of Canada’s premiere tenor saxophonists, was on stage. “I saw the joy that music brought my dad, and the countless other jazz musicians were present in my younger life,” Virginia says
  
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• Quebec man arrested for Carleton Place pharmacy burglaries

  23-11-2018 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Val-des-Monts man is facing charges in connection with a pair of pharmacy burglaries in Carleton Place earlier this month.
  Charles Smith, 34, was arrested Thursday after an “extensive” investigation, Lanark OPP reports.
  Police were called to the drug stores Nov. 15 and the detachment’s crime unit, a police dog, emergency response team and forensic officers were called in on the investigation.
  Smith was held for a bail hearing in Perth on charges including five counts of break
  
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• Ton of contraband tobacco seized in Cornwall

  23-11-2018 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people face charges after members of a smuggling task force on a border patrol last month spotted large bags being transferred between a boat on the St. Lawrence River and a vehicle on the Cornwall waterfront.
  A total of 1,064 kilograms of contraband fine cut tobacco was seized along with a 2017 Dodge Ram truck.
  Police converged on the area after observing the Nov. 13 handover and arrested Cornwall residents Keith Seyeau, 43, and Jennifer Harries, 41. They face charges under the Excise Act
  
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• Cocaine, pills seized in Carleton Place raid

  23-11-2018 19:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 42-year-old Carleton Place man is facing trafficking-related charges after cocaine and prescription pills were seized in a Thursday raid.
  The OPP reports that members of its street crimes unit, with the help of the force’s emergency response team, searched a home on Morphy Street and made an arrest.
  Joseph Waselnuk is charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking. He was released on a promise to appear in court in Perth Dec. 17.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
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• MacDougall: For Justin Trudeau, Trump is the greatest gift of all

  23-11-2018 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Black Friday’s madness is here and Justin Trudeau is undoubtedly busy shopping for his best mate, Donald Trump. It’s a tricky one, even for an Amazon algorithm. What do you get the man who’s consigning Andrew Scheer to second place?
  Whatever Trudeau chooses, he should spend big to keep Trump sour. The more Trump throws his toys out of the pram, soils convention and acts against Canada’s interests, the more he acts in Trudeau’s. If Trump keeps on keeping on, Scheer c
  
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• BREAKING: Sens owner Eugene Melnyk files suit against RendezVous LeBreton partner John Ruddy and Trinity Developmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-11-2018 19:43 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Sens owner Eugene Melnyk files suit against RendezVous LeBreton partner John Ruddy and Trinity Developmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Australia's indie superstar John Butler brings trio to NAC

  23-11-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  John Butler Trio
  with Jon Bryant
  7:30 p.m. Nov. 24, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets: $69-$80, available at NAC box office, nac-cna.ca and ticketmaster.ca
  When John Butler goes for a run, he feels like he’s “chasing the crazy guy away.”In other words, exercise is one of the ways the Australian-American musician has learned to manage the anxiety that has plagued him for years.“It really came to the fore in the last four years,” said the 43-year-old si
  
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• Ottawa city councillor Tim Tierney charged with corrupt election practices by OPP

  23-11-2018 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa city councillor Tim Tierney has been charged by the OPP’s anti-rackets branch with a violation of the Municipal Elections Act.
  Tierney, who represents Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward, was charged with corrupt practices under the act, according to an OPP release.
  He’s to appear next Thursday in provincial court.
  In August, the OPP received a request for assistance from the Ottawa Police Service. The request was in relation to an allegation involving a candidate for Ottawa munici
  
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• Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk suing partner over 'failed' downtown NHL arena bid

  23-11-2018 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Capital Sports Management — the umbrella group led by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk — is suing Trinity Development Group and John Ruddy for $700 million over the “failed joint venture” of developing LeBreton Flats, according to a statement of claim filed Friday.
  The suit was filed just one day after the National Capital Commission went public about a dispute between RendezVous LeBreton Group partners Melnyk and Ruddy that threatened the entire project.
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• Collision investigation ongoing. Stay AWAY from Baseline/Fisher area. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OPSTraffic/sta…

  23-11-2018 19:24 via twitter.com
  Collision investigation ongoing. Stay AWAY from Baseline/Fisher area. #ottnews #Otttraffic twitter.com/OPSTraffic/sta…
  
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• Get out the long johns as we're breaking more cold records here in the capital. #ottnews #ottweather ottawamatters.com/local-news/rec…

  23-11-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Get out the long johns as we're breaking more cold records here in the capital.#ottnews #ottweatherottawamatters.com/local-news/rec…
  
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• BREAKING: OPP charge Tim Tierney under the Municipal Elections Act. #ottnews https://t.co/ei2iuUDWSe

  23-11-2018 18:43 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING: OPP charge Tim Tierney under the Municipal Elections Act. #ottnews https://t.co/ei2iuUDWSe
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, November 23rd: 1:07: @grantpackard 1:17: #AlenaGroebner 1:30: @KellyEganColumn 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-11-2018 18:12 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Friday, November 23rd: 1:07: @grantpackard 1:17: #AlenaGroebner 1:30: @KellyEganColumn 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kurl: Battle over balanced budgets could leave Trudeau a voter deficit

  23-11-2018 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Trudeau’s big gamble. Prime minister rolls dice on spending. Government’s deficit double-down.
  Choose whichever casino-related analogy you like, but this week’s announcement of deficit-inflating tax cuts aimed at stimulating business investment does indeed represent a risk, based on three things.
  First, whether – and for how long – these new tax write-offs allowing manufacturers to recover expenditures on new equipment and green energy will actually bolster the Cana
  
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• Pedestrian critically injured in Baseline-Fisher crash

  23-11-2018 16:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pedestrian was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Friday morning after being struck involving a fire services SUV and a car at Baseline Road and Fisher Avenue.
  Paramedics said the woman was in critical condition after the 7:46 a.m. crash.
  An Ottawa Fire Services spokeswoman confirmed one of the vehicles in the crash was an OFS vehicle on a call.
  Two people in vehicles in the crash were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
  There was no immediate information on which vehicle
  
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• Outstanding Ottawa residents honoured with awards from Mayor - OttawaMatters.com

  23-11-2018 15:38
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  Outstanding Ottawa residents honoured with awards from Mayor
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  Mayor Jim Watson inducted 16 of Ottawa's most outstanding residents into the Order of Ottawa during a ceremony this evening at Ottawa City Hall. Those inducted by Mayor Watson into the Order of Ottawa are: Julian Armour, Bernie Ashe, Graham Bird, Dr.
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Lavish basement makeover will keep the kids in the nest

  23-11-2018 15:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  At some point, whether they want to admit it or not, many parents can’t wait for their children to leave home.
  If you renovate your basement like Sonia Lemire you might want to kiss that dream goodbye.
  BEFORE: Prior to renovation, the basement was mostly unfinished and the homeowner’s children used it to practice sports, like hockey or roller blading.
  Lemire’s newly transformed basement has it all—a wine cellar, home theatre, fitness centre, billiards, a bar and then some
  
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• Brutally cold temps to rise to 5 C by Sunday

  23-11-2018 14:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hang in there, Ottawa.
  After record-setting cold weather that had the Ottawa River steaming Friday morning, the forecast is for a relatively balmy high of -8 C and we’ll be thawing out by the weekend.
  Friday morning’s low was -21 C but Environment Canada predicted a high of -4 C as a few clouds creep into sunny skies. The overnight low should be -9 C.
  Winds of up to 15 km/h last all day and into Saturday, which is looking cloudy with periods of snow or freezing rain beginning la
  
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• Pedestrian critically injured in Baseline-Fisher crash - Ottawa Citizen

  23-11-2018 14:46
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  Pedestrian critically injured in Baseline-Fisher crash
  Ottawa Citizen
  A pedestrian was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Friday morning after being struck involving a fire services SUV and a car at Baseline Road and Fisher Avenue. Paramedics said the woman was in critical condition after the 7:46 a.m ...
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• A fixture in Ottawa for more than 35 years, Boko Bakery winds down with free treats on Sunday

  23-11-2018 14:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jun Sakiyama started working at Boko Bakery, his family’s long-standing business on Elgin Street, when he was 10 years old.
  “I was probably cracking eggs and rolling out dough in the back. But nothing really intense and committed,” Sakiyama said.
  He is 36 now, the same age as the bakery, and in the last few years his workload has grown more intense, and even celebrated. Sakiyama has excelled at creating the wealth of decorated cookies that for many in downtown Ottawa are s
  
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• Courage! Warmer but likely wet weekend on the way

  23-11-2018 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hang in there, Ottawa.
  After record-setting cold weather that had the Ottawa River steaming Friday morning, the forecast is for a relatively balmy high of -8 C and we’ll be thawing out by the weekend.
  Friday morning’s low was -21 C but Environment Canada predicted a high of -4 C as a few clouds creep into sunny skies. The overnight low should be -9 C.
  Winds of up to 15 km/h last all day and into Saturday, which is looking cloudy with periods of snow or freezing rain beginning la
  
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• Get out the long johns as we're breaking more cold records here in the capital. #ottnews #ottweather… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-11-2018 13:52 via twitter.com
  Get out the long johns as we're breaking more cold records here in the capital.#ottnews #ottweather… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa's turn today in rotating postal strike - Ottawa Citizen

  23-11-2018 13:48
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  Ottawa's turn today in rotating postal strike
  Ottawa Citizen
  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers alerted members of the walkout as of 5 a.m.. It was the second walkout in Ottawa since CUPW members began been staging rotating stoppages Oct. 22 to back their contract demands. The walkouts have caused huge ...
  Mail service halted in Ottawa as Commons looks to take up back-to-work billCTV News
  Postal workers strike in Ottawa amid back-to-work debate on the HillCBC.ca
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• Ottawa's turn today in rotating postal strike

  23-11-2018 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s the national capital’s turn (again) for the rotating strike by Canada Post workers.
  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers alerted members of the walkout as of 5 a.m.
  It was the second walkout in Ottawa since CUPW members began been staging rotating stoppages Oct. 22 to back their contract demands.
  The walkouts have caused huge backogs of unsorted mail and packages at depots.
  The federal government tabled back-to-work legislation this week but has held off pushing the bill while a
  
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• HAPPENING NOW: @cupw on strike in Ottawa today. No mail delivery. #ottnews #cdnpoli twitter.com/ChrisKurys/sta…

  23-11-2018 13:03 via twitter.com
  HAPPENING NOW: @cupw on strike in Ottawa today.No mail delivery.#ottnews #cdnpoli twitter.com/ChrisKurys/sta…
  
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• STORY: No mail today as rotating postal strikes hit Ottawa. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/rot… https://t.co/lUEovyTFWs

  23-11-2018 12:54 via twitter.com
  
  STORY:No mail today as rotating postal strikes hit Ottawa.#ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/rot… https://t.co/lUEovyTFWs
  
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• Today's letters: What's really killing the oil industry

  23-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dirty oil is what’s killing Alberta’s economy
  Re: Is corporate social responsibility killing Alberta oil? Nov. 14.
  What is killing Alberta oil is that it’s dirty and it costs a lot of money to clean. But if we the taxpayers can afford $4.2 billion to buy a pipeline company, we can certainly afford a refinery to clean up the tar sands and offer a useful product to the market.
  The pipeline battles are not about conduit but content. Clean up the sands and the world will
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Nov. 23 - CBC.ca

  23-11-2018 12:17
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  Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Nov. 23
  CBC.ca
  Good morning commuters! Well, I expect an easier trip to work this morning: not only do OCDSB students have the day off for a PA day, but it's also Black Friday. Let's face it, quite a few people have made plans to skip work and head to their favourite ...
  
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• A fixture on Elgin for more than 35 years, Boko Bakery winds down with free treats on Sunday

  23-11-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jun Sakiyama started working at Boko Bakery, his family’s long-standing business on Elgin Street, when he was 10 years old.
  “I was probably cracking eggs and rolling out dough in the back. But nothing really intense and committed,” Sakiyama said.
  He is 36 now, the same age as the bakery, and in the last few years his workload has grown more intense, and even celebrated. Sakiyama has excelled at creating the wealth of decorated cookies that for many in downtown Ottawa are s
  
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• A fixture in Ottawa for more than 35 years, Boko Bakery winds down with free treats on Sunday - Ottawa Citizen

  23-11-2018 12:00
  Ottawa Citizen
  A fixture in Ottawa for more than 35 years, Boko Bakery winds down with free treats on Sunday
  Ottawa Citizen
  Jun Sakiyama started working at Boko Bakery, his family's long-standing business on Elgin Street, when he was 10 years old. “I was probably cracking eggs and rolling out dough in the back. But nothing really intense and committed,” Sakiyama said. He is ...and more »
  
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• BREAKING: @cupw workers in Ottawa on strike today. #ottnews twitter.com/cupw/status/10…

  23-11-2018 11:39 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: @cupw workers in Ottawa on strike today. #ottnews twitter.com/cupw/status/10…
  
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• Health officials confirm second E.coli case in Ottawa - CTV News

  23-11-2018 09:00
  Health officials confirm second E.coli case in Ottawa  CTV NewsOttawa Public Health has confirmed a second case of E. coli in the Ottawa region Friday. Officials have not released many details about the latest case, but ...
  
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• How to talk to border guards about cannabis (AUDIO) ottawamatters.com/local-news/how…

  23-11-2018 06:00 via twitter.com
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• UK's May faces more criticism for post-Brexit ties text ottawamatters.com/world-news/uks…

  23-11-2018 05:30 via twitter.com
  UK's May faces more criticism for post-Brexit ties textottawamatters.com/world-news/uks…
  
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• Trump says CIA has not found Saudi prince culpable in murder ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  23-11-2018 05:00 via twitter.com
  Trump says CIA has not found Saudi prince culpable in murderottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…
  
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• Thanksgiving parade recognizes music great Aretha Franklin ottawamatters.com/world-news/tha…

  23-11-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  Thanksgiving parade recognizes music great Aretha Franklinottawamatters.com/world-news/tha…
  
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• Bagnall: What could be the issues between Melnyk and Ruddy?

  23-11-2018 04:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  You can’t say we weren’t warned. Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk openly mused last summer about the risks in the $4-billion project to remake LeBreton Flats. His job was to finance the construction of a new $600-million arena — the centrepiece of the bid known as RendezVous LeBreton.
  Melnyk’s partner, John Ruddy, is the founder and executive chairman of Trinity Developments, responsible for building the condominiums that would bring humanity onto the Flats.
  Yet, oddly
  
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• Franco-Ontarians say resistance to government cuts could include legal challenge ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 04:00 via twitter.com
  Franco-Ontarians say resistance to government cuts could include legal challengeottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Tories are making 'partisan' arguments about intent to help media: Morneau ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 03:30 via twitter.com
  Tories are making 'partisan' arguments about intent to help media: Morneauottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Advocates say access to abortion pill still an issue in Nova Scotia ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Advocates say access to abortion pill still an issue in Nova Scotiaottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Highway 401 lanes in both directions reopened after two collisions west of Kingston

  23-11-2018 02:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP tweeted at 8:30 p.m. Thursday that the lanes had been reopened in both directions following two separate collisions that had halted the flow of traffic in both directions on Highway 401 west of Kingston that afternoon.
  The OPP originally tweeted that both collisions involved transport trucks, and that one also included a passenger car just east of Odessa.
  The OPP said that in one case an eastbound transport truck left the roadway and entered the westbound lanes at approximately 3 p.m. Ab
  
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• Committee recommends how Humboldt Broncos donations should be divided ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 02:30 via twitter.com
  Committee recommends how Humboldt Broncos donations should be dividedottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Senators deal Chris Wideman to Edmonton Oilers for sixth-round pick in 2020 - Ottawa Sun

  23-11-2018 02:20
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  Senators deal Chris Wideman to Edmonton Oilers for sixth-round pick in 2020
  Ottawa Sun
  DALLAS — The Ottawa Senators have sent defenceman Chris Wideman packing. A healthy scratch in the club's past two games, Wideman had become the club's seventh defenceman, and on Thursday he was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a ...
  Ottawa Senators trade Chris Wideman to EdmontonCBC.ca
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• EGAN: After four years of work, LeBreton NHL plan veers toward ditch

  23-11-2018 02:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thursday was a dismal day for the National Capital Commission, the mayor, Eugene Melnyk, the Ottawa Senators — the city, even.
  We found failure on the Flats one more time. It is to weep.
  At a meeting of NCC directors, it was apparent the $4-billion plan to finally bring life to LeBreton is hanging by a thread, needing a miracle to rescue it by a January deadline.
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  The board was told that unresolved part
  
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• Romaine lettuce 'particularly susceptible' to E. coli outbreaks ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-11-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
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