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• Police request public's help in finding missing 25-year-old man

  30-11-2018 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking the public for help to find a missing 25-year-old man who hasn’t been seen since earlier this week.
  Abdul Kader Adoyta, who disappeared Tuesday, is frequently seen in the Russell Road area. His family is worried about his safety, police said Friday.
  Abdul Kader is black, stands about five feet nine inches tall and weighs 129 pounds. He has a medium build, brown eyes, short black hair, a black goatee and a moustache.
  When last seen, he was wearing a black coat, blac
  
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• Cohen confesses to lying about Trump Tower Moscow deal ottawamatters.com/world-news/coh…

  30-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Egan: Is LeBreton Flats really a housing hotbed waiting to happen?

  30-11-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  At the heart of this LeBreton Flats debate — this one and those that began in Biblical times — is the idea that people are dying to live there.
  Possibly, this is a large slice of magical thinking. Our latest effort, a stillbirth plan to build 4,400 housing units over 20 or so years, is only the latest in a string of concepts that adhere, religiously, to the idea that we need to replace an old neighbourhood with a new neighbourhood.
  The federal government razed a community that was ho
  
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• Government adviser in charge of ending hallway medicine visits Ottawa

  30-11-2018 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A retired hospital CEO appointed by Premier Doug Ford to fix Ontario’s health care system sketched out his plans Friday during a visit to Ottawa.
  Dr. Rueben Devlin, an orthopedic surgeon, was president and CEO at the Humber River Hospital in Downsview, billed as North America’s first “fully digital hospital.” He retired in June 2016.
  When Devlin was appointed chair of “premier’s council on improving healthcare and ending hallway medicine” this summer, hi
  
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• #ottnews #sens @Senators @SanJoseSharks @ErikKarlsson65 twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-11-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
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• Massive, extended data breach within Marriott's hotel empire ottawamatters.com/world-news/mas…

  30-11-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Officer breached pursuit rules, but did nothing criminal in 2017 crash: SIU

  30-11-2018 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A city police officer did nothing that merited criminal charges after the driver of a stolen vehicle he pulled over for speeding then raced off and crashed last year, leaving a 16-year-old passenger injured, Ontario’s civilian police watchdog said Friday.
  Special Investigations Unit director Tony Loparco said the driver was to blame for the injuries, but the unidentified officer breached provincial regulations and OPS policy to “immediately notify and continually update” dispat
  
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• Rink of Dreams to open at noon Saturday at city hall

  30-11-2018 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s Rink of Dreams is set to open for the season at noon on Saturday, Dec. 1.
  The free outdoor rink, now in its eighth season in Marion Dewar Plaza outside Ottawa City Hall, drew 30,000 skaters last winter.
  This year, the rink will be open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. A heated change hut will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  The rink will stay open until the end of the skating season next March. The 12,500-square-foot rink first opened in January 2012 as a joint venture of the city and
  
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• Three free Christmas markets in the Ottawa area you won't want to miss

  30-11-2018 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Whether you’re looking for the perfect hand-made gift or hankering for a sleigh ride, check out these Christmas markets:
  Christmas at Lansdowne
  What: The Ottawa Farmers’ Market is transformed for four weekends in December into a Christmas extravaganza featuring 120 vendors selling locally made food, arts and crafts.
  The extras: Horse and wagon rides on Dec. 8, 9 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a craft corner for the kids and live music from choirs and buskers.
  When: Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-
  
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• Dog park theft person of interest turns himself in

  30-11-2018 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  After releasing a photo and asking for help locating a “person of interest” in a number of thefts from cars at the Conroy Pit dog park earlier this year, Ottawa police said Patrick Doris turned himself in to authorities on Friday.
  Police had been searching for Doris since May.
  They had identified Doris as a person of interest in a number of smash-and-grabs that occurred on April 18 and May 1, when car windows were broken at a popular dog park on Conroy Road, south of Hunt Club R
  
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• Made-in-Toronto jazz I (Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Myriad3, Ethan Ardelli Quartet CDs reviewed)

  30-11-2018 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Abundance (Anzic Records)Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop
  Vera (Alma Records)Myriad3
  The Island of Form (self-released)Ethan Ardelli Quartet
  Last weekend, I scrolled past a tweet that referred to Toronto’s Ernesto Cervini as “an all-round jazz whirlwind.”
  That sounds about right to me. Not only is Cervini a drummer and a publicist representing a roster of elite Canadian jazzers and a father with a young family. He’s also a bandleader/co-bandleader who released two albums
  
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• Ottawa's new City Council will be wasting no time diving right into the cannabis store debate. A special meeting ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 22:07 via twitter.com
  Ottawa's new City Council will be wasting no time diving right into the cannabis store debate. A special meeting ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? @rick_gibbons says no! What do you think? Listen to his conversation with local movi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 22:06 via twitter.com
  Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? @rick_gibbons says no! What do you think? Listen to his conversation with local movi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa to hand over child welfare services to Indigenous governments - CBC News

  30-11-2018 22:00
  Ottawa to hand over child welfare services to Indigenous governments  CBC NewsIndigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott announced Friday that the federal government plans to hand over control of child welfare services to Indigenous ...
  
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• Japanese prince wants royals to fund Shinto rite, not public ottawamatters.com/world-news/jap…

  30-11-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa doctor treating Canadian diplomats with mysterious 'Havana syndrome'

  30-11-2018 21:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some described hearing a mysterious sound like “sheet metal in the wind” just before their noses began to bleed.
  At the time, the Canadian diplomats posted in Cuba didn’t know what to make of it, says the Ottawa doctor now treating many of them for acquired brain injuries.
  Today, some of the injured diplomats are struggling to cope with daily life, while others have been able to return to work, said Dr. Shawn Marshall, medical director of The Ottawa Hospital’s acquired br
  
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• Ecojustice, Suzuki Foundation, want to back federal carbon pricing plan in court ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  30-11-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
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• Raid on two Ottawa addresses leads to drug charges

  30-11-2018 21:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old man after an investigation into allegations of drug trafficking.
  Allegations were initially reported to police, leading to an investigation into the behaviour earlier in November. According to police, the investigation revealed enough information for a raid to be planned at a home on Merkley Drive and another on Gilmour Street. Police found a case of ammunition, cannabis, magic mushrooms, Methamphetamine, cocaine, hashish, LSD and $15,000 in
  
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• Former Sens captain on the ice at practice with his Sharks teammates ahead of tomorrow afternoon's game. #ottnews https://t.co/ihFZeaqjsu

  30-11-2018 20:56 via twitter.com
  
  Former Sens captain on the ice at practice with his Sharks teammates ahead of tomorrow afternoon's game. #ottnews https://t.co/ihFZeaqjsu
  
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• Inside SurveyMonkey's new Ottawa urban jungle - Ottawa Business Journal

  30-11-2018 20:52
  Inside SurveyMonkey's new Ottawa urban jungle  Ottawa Business JournalIt's smart, it's playful, it's curious,” SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie told OBJ during a recent tour of the software firm's new Ottawa headquarters.
  
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• Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  30-11-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ontario police watchdog determines no charges for Ottawa Police officer in October 2017 crash in the south end that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 20:17 via twitter.com
  Ontario police watchdog determines no charges for Ottawa Police officer in October 2017 crash in the south end that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ministry of Natural Resources investigating after four dead deer found on side of highway

  30-11-2018 19:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is asking for the public’s help to find information that could help identify individuals responsible for killing, skinning and beheading a number of deer and then leaving their carcasses to rot on the side of a highway.
  According to ministry officials, four dead deer were found along Highway 36 North of Maberly, in Tay Valley Township near Perth on Nov. 10, after a member of the public reported finding the dead animals at the side of the road.
  
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• Police collecting items for Purse Project for women in need

  30-11-2018 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  They’re dubbed purses with a purpose.
  From Dec. 1-9, the Ottawa Police Service is collecting personal hygiene products to stuff already-donated purses for women who are homeless or living in a shelter without the means to buy the most basic essentials.
  “You get your period whether you can afford to buy sanitary products or not,” said Detective Sylvia Reaney, who founded the Purse Project with Heidi Danson,  “so the purses serve as a discreet way to provide these item
  
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• Ottawa stars in little-known wartime film by Casablanca director - CBC.ca

  30-11-2018 19:30
  Ottawa stars in little-known wartime film by Casablanca director  CBC.caCasablanca might be director Michael Curtiz's most famous 1942 film, but it wasn't his only one. Captains of the Clouds, set in Ottawa, also made its debut that ...
  
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• 'Several hours' of freezing rain possible Saturday night, weather office says

  30-11-2018 19:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  December is expected to kick off in slippery style, Environment Canada warned Friday afternoon.
  In a special weather statement, the agency cautions that a “Colorado low” is expected to bring precipitation to central and Eastern Ontario Saturday evening that “may begin as freezing rain or begin as snow before changing to freezing rain.”
  Once the downfall is underway, “several hours” of freezing rain is possible before changing to rain or ending by Sunday mornin
  
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• Tristin Hopper: Really want to help print journalism, Ottawa? Stop CBC from undercutting us - National Post

  30-11-2018 18:55
  Tristin Hopper: Really want to help print journalism, Ottawa? Stop CBC from undercutting us  National PostYour browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.
  
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• Canada's Capital Cappies set for 'amazing' 14th season

  30-11-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Expect amazing!” is the theme of the upcoming 14th season of Canada’s Capital Cappies.
  Cappies, an international writing and awards program, instructs high school theatre and journalism students on critical thinking, review-writing and leadership. Student critics compete to be published in the Citizen by attending productions at other schools and submitting reviews for consideration.
  Twenty-five schools are participating this year in the Cappies program in the Ottawa-Gatineau
  
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• NAC Preview: Hockey Sweater musical scores with author Roch Carrier

  30-11-2018 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Hockey Sweater: The Musical
  Dec. 5-23, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca
  French-Canadian author Roch Carrier used to get a call from his mother every Sunday around noon. 
  “She phoned me once a week at noon plus five minutes,” the 81-year-old recalled during a recent phone interview from his home in Montreal. “If it was seven minutes, I knew there was some problems.”
  One morning in 1979 after his short story Le chandail de hock
  
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• Three teens injured in rollover east of Ottawa

  30-11-2018 16:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Portions of county roads 12 and 9 remain closed Friday as provincial police investigate an early morning rollover that sent three teens to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
  Police say the crash occurred just before 1 a.m. when a southbound passenger vehicle rolled into the ditch on County Road 12 in North Stormont Township, about 70 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
  Three youths, aged 17, 18 and 19, were taken to hospital. Their identities were not released.
  Detours ar
  
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• Man avoids serious injury in south Ottawa drive-by shooting - CBC.ca

  30-11-2018 16:26
  Man avoids serious injury in south Ottawa drive-by shooting  CBC.caA man avoided serious injury when he was shot at by a passing SUV around the intersection of Conroy and Hunt Club roads in south Ottawa Thursday night.
  
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• Corey Hart brings Never Surrender Tour to Ottawa June 12

  30-11-2018 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s Dreaming Time Again for Corey Hart.
  That’s the new record from the singer who dominated the Canadian pop charts in the 1980s and is back with his first major arena tour across Canada since 1986.
  It stops at Canadian Tire Centre June 12 with special guests still to be announced.
  In his heyday, Hart sold more than 16 million records and had nine consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits and 31 Top 40 singles in Canada.
  His hits included Sunglasses at Night, which dominated MTV during the
  
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• Ottawa police continue hunt for dog park theft person of interest

  30-11-2018 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have repeated their call for help in the hunt for a “person of interest” in a number of thefts from cars at the Conroy Pit dog park earlier this year.
  Police originally issued the lookout in May.
  They are seeking Patrick Doris, who police are calling a person of interest in a number of smash-and-grabs on April 18  and May 1 in which car windows were smashed at the popular dog park on Conroy Road south of Hunt Club Road.
  It is alleged that valuables, cash and credit
  
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• WANTED: @OttawaPolice searching for Patrick Doris wanted in connection to thefts at Conroy Pit. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  30-11-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  WANTED: @OttawaPolice searching for Patrick Doris wanted in connection to thefts at Conroy Pit. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Rebel MPP's political neighbour backs Tory francophone decisions

  30-11-2018 14:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  They may be political neighbours, but the Tory elected in the riding next to rebel MPP Amanda Simard says he agrees with the Ford government’s decision to change services to Franco-Ontarians.
  In particular, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell said he agreed with the decision not to build a francophone university
  McDonell said the decision to not build a francophone university was a good one because there are universities in Ontario now that offer francophone studies that are n
  
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• Teen wounded in Hunt Club area drive-by shooting

  30-11-2018 14:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  An 18-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries Thursday night when he was reportedly shot by someone in a passing sport utility vehicle in the Hunt Club area.
  The victim, who was cooperating with police, was expected to be released from the hospital Friday morning.
  A 911 call summoned police to the intersection of Blohm Drive and Bradley Cole Private at 10:30 p.m.
  Investigators found shell casings at the scene.
  City police spokesman Const. Chuck Benoit said that the investigation by e
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Will you be watching Erik Karlsson's return to Ottawa? #ottnews #Sens bit.ly/2ABE72t

  30-11-2018 14:14 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Will you be watching Erik Karlsson's return to Ottawa? #ottnews #Sensbit.ly/2ABE72t
  
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• Stay tuned @richard680news will have more coming up on @1310NEWS #ottnews twitter.com/richard680news…

  30-11-2018 14:10 via twitter.com
  Stay tuned @richard680news will have more coming up on @1310NEWS #ottnews twitter.com/richard680news…
  
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• Smog warning issued for Gatineau, western Quebec

  30-11-2018 13:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada has issued a smog warning for the east side of the Ottawa River from Gatineau stretching down to Montreal.
  “High concentrations of particles will affect Southern Quebec beginning Friday evening and should persist into Saturday morning,” the agency cautions.
  The poor air quality will warned that small children and people with respiratory ailments or heart conditions avoid strenuous outdoor activity until the warning is lifted.
  Environment Canada said wood heati
  
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• What you see is what you get: HN Homes shows new model home with no upgrades

  30-11-2018 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  3030It’s no secret that many model homes feature costly upgrades, such as premium countertops, alternate flooring or bathroom enhancements leaving prospective buyers questioning what is and, more importantly, what isn’t included.
  In an effort to scrap uncertainty, HN Homes has unveiled the Mayfair model home with absolutely no upgrades. It’s the first of its kind for HN and a rare occurrence in the building community.
  “With this home, there is no confusion. Walk in. What
  
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• Flurries Friday, then snow periods or freezing rain Saturday night, Sunday

  30-11-2018 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  December kicks off Saturday with nighttime periods of snow or freezing rain that could linger into Sunday.
  Up first, Friday’s forecast features a 40 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon, a high of 1 C and a low of -5 C with winds of up to 15 km/h, Environment Canada predicts.
  Saturday starts with mixed skies and easterly winds blow at 20 km/h in the afternoon. The high is 3 C and low -2 C.
  The periods of freezing rain or snow that start Saturday night continue during the day Sunday
  
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• The initiative has collected over 8,000 purses and the group is now looking to fill them with products to help wome… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  The initiative has collected over 8,000 purses and the group is now looking to fill them with products to help wome… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Anderson raised his arms and pumped his fists after stopping all 27 shots he faced for his first shutout of the sea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  Anderson raised his arms and pumped his fists after stopping all 27 shots he faced for his first shutout of the sea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• BREAKING: Marriott says its guest reservation system has been hacked, potentially exposing the personal information… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 13:09 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: Marriott says its guest reservation system has been hacked, potentially exposing the personal information… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Uber for snow removal:' New app inspired by Winnipeg's winter weather ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
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• Hockey Sweater musical scores at NAC with author Roch Carrier

  30-11-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Hockey Sweater: The Musical
  Dec. 5-23, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca
  French-Canadian author Roch Carrier used to get a call from his mother every Sunday around noon. 
  “She phoned me once a week at noon plus five minutes,” the 81-year-old recalled during a recent phone interview from his home in Montreal. “If it was seven minutes, I knew there was some problems.”
  One morning in 1979 after his short story Le chandail de hock
  
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• Today's letters: Why Russia attacked Ukraine's ships, and more on GM

  30-11-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Putin attacks Ukraine for wanting sovereignty
  Re: Russia starts prosecuting Ukrainians after sea clash, Nov. 27.
  On Saturday afternoon, I stood only a few metres away from Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko as he spoke at a memorial service recalling the millions of Ukrainians who perished during the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine, the Holodomor.
  In his remarks, the president underscored how Ukraine is determined to return to its rightful place in Europe and int
  
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• Live from 5-9 a.m. Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather with @vwilliston1310 & @1310Andrew: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 10:57 via twitter.com
  Live from 5-9 a.m.Ottawa's breaking news, traffic & weather with @vwilliston1310& @1310Andrew:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A 23-year-old man was sent to hospital with minor injuries after a shooting in the city's south end. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-11-2018 10:36 via twitter.com
  A 23-year-old man was sent to hospital with minor injuries after a shooting in the city's south end. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Raid on two Ottawa addresses leads to drug charges - Ottawa Citizen

  30-11-2018 09:00
  Raid on two Ottawa addresses leads to drug charges  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old man after an investigation into allegations of drug trafficking.Allegations were initially reported to police, ...
  
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