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• Handgun seized in arrest on Penfield Drive, Kanata ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ha…

  03-12-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Dwyer: Canada's new corporate ombudsperson needs real power

  03-12-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada has a clear choice: Be a world leader or a laggard when it comes to human rights and the mining industry.
  Canadian mining companies operating overseas have been associated with widespread and egregious human rights abuses including murder and rape. The current system relies on voluntary industry initiatives to respect human rights. It is clearly not working.
  But this could soon change. Canada is poised to have an Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, with an appointment expected by the
  
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• Kanata woman nets $500,000 playing Lotto Max ottawamatters.com/local-news/kan…

  03-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Arrest made following west-Ottawa cell phone robberies ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ar…

  03-12-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Police looking to identify person in suspicious east-Ottawa incident - OttawaMatters.com

  03-12-2018 22:14
  Police looking to identify person in suspicious east-Ottawa incident  OttawaMatters.comNot many details are being given other than it has to do with an incident at a school.
  
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• Pack smartly to avoid delays at the airport this holiday season ottawamatters.com/local-news/pac…

  03-12-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Aylmer mother sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for killing her baby

  03-12-2018 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  A young Aylmer woman has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail for killing her six-month-old daughter in 2014.
  Martine Soucie, 26, was convicted of manslaughter last spring in the death of Miliange at the family home on Eardley Road.
  A coroner’s examination showed that the child had been injured several times during her life. On the final day of her life, she suffered a broken femur (thigh bone).
  Soucie testified that someone else must have caused the injury. She said she phoned
  
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• Gourmet Food & Wine Expo Contest

  03-12-2018 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Enter for your chance to win a VIP experience to the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo!w
  
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• Ottawa Citizen Niagara Food & Wine Expo Contest

  03-12-2018 21:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Enter for your chance to win a VIP experience to the Niagara Food & Wine Expo!
  
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• Ottawa Citizen Simons Grand Opening Contest

  03-12-2018 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  To celebrate the grand opening of Simons in Ottawa, enter for your chance to win 1 of 10 $200 Simons Gift Cards!
  
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• ‘Bit frightening:’ Study finds most Canadian cities fail on climate change plans ottawamatters.com/local-news/bit…

  03-12-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
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• Life-sized baby Jesus stolen from Renfrew's Christmas creche

  03-12-2018 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  For two decades, members of the Put Christ Back Into Christmas committee have been erecting a Nativity scene in Renfrew.
  Now they’re appealing for whoever stole the life-size baby Jesus to put the Saviour back in his cradle in the town’s Low Square.
  A volunteer noticed Jesus was missing Sunday as he was setting up for the annual lighting of the Nativity for a ceremony marking the first Sunday of Advent, said MC Diana Wakely. It’s been reported to the OPP.
  Wakely, an artist
  
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• Energy sector pushes TSX higher after Alberta says it will cut production. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  03-12-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• Stop with the sympathy and take action, Notley urges Ottawa on oil prices - CBC News

  03-12-2018 20:34
  Stop with the sympathy and take action, Notley urges Ottawa on oil prices  CBC NewsPremier Rachel Notley took shots at Ottawa as she addressed her cabinet Monday prior to a meeting where they will officially approve Alberta's newly ...
  
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• Ottawa doctor helps emergency room physicians make tough decisions

  03-12-2018 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new study shows an assessment tool designed by an Ottawa doctor can help emergency-room physicians make critical decisions about patients who come to hospital with breathing difficulties.
  ER doctors are regularly confronted by patients who have trouble breathing because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a serious lung disease often associated with smoking. A simple cold or the flu can aggravate the condition and leave patients struggling for air.
  Doctors must decide, based
  
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• Communist Party holds rally to support Canada Post workers in Ottawa

  03-12-2018 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada Post workers got a show of support Monday morning in Ottawa from an unusual source: communists.
  About a dozen protesters were at a mail-processing plant near Terminal Avenue, with a barrel that had a fire lit inside and a red banner calling on workers to unite and strike down capitalism, colonialism and imperialism.
  The protest was organized by the Revolutionary Communist Party Ottawa branch and the International Workers of the World, said protest spokesperson Alex Miller.
  “We&rsquo
  
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• Communist Party holds rally to support Canada Post workers in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  03-12-2018 20:07
  Communist Party holds rally to support Canada Post workers in Ottawa  Ottawa CitizenCanada Post said Monday morning that demonstrators are illegally delaying the movement of mail at its Ottawa mail processing plant despite a court injunction ...
  
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• Where are the drones? Amazon's customers are still waiting. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  03-12-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• Police hail tipsters after gun seized in Kanata arrest

  03-12-2018 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police credited citizens who spotted suspicious activity and called the police for the arrest of a 24-year-old man and the seizure of a handgun in Kanata on Saturday.
  Patrol officers responded to a report of a man carrying a handgun on Beaverbrook Lane just off Beaverbrook Road at 10:54 p.m.
  Officers armed with a good description of the suspect “flooded” the area but the man had fled before they arrived.
  At midnight, however, a caller gave the same description of a man who was this t
  
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• Police charge man after he allegedly tried to steal cellphones during meetups

  03-12-2018 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have charged a man after he arranged to buy peoples’ iPhones through online services, then allegedly tried to grab their phones and run away without paying for them.
  According to police, the man arranged to meet with two sellers on Dec. 1 and 2 in the west end of the city. Police said the man used an online service called “LetGo” to organize the meetings. In both cases, he met with the sellers, allegedly grabbed their phones and ran away without paying.
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• Stocks climb after US-China trade truce; oil price surges. ottawamatters.com/world-news/sto…

  03-12-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Stocks climb after US-China trade truce; oil price surges.ottawamatters.com/world-news/sto…
  
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• Second group interested in developing new Ottawa arena in LeBreton Flats - Sportsnet.ca

  03-12-2018 19:33
  Second group interested in developing new Ottawa arena in LeBreton Flats  Sportsnet.caA second group has expressed its interest in developing Ottawa's LeBreton Flats, and it says an NHL arena is part of its plan.
  
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• Group counselling sessions for tornado-affected start Tuesday

  03-12-2018 19:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Group counselling sessions are on offer to help parents and caregivers support kids in Trend Arlington and Craig Henry in the wake of September’s tornadoes.
  The sessions are facilitated by a psychologist who worked at CHEO for a decade and has been called in to help after incidents including the Swissair crash, OC Transpo shootings and Sri Lankan tsunami.
  The first session on Tuesday for parents and caregivers with Phil Ritchie is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Trend Arlington Communit
  
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• Wellar: We need free, easy access to public records

  03-12-2018 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 2018 municipal election campaign in Ontario was marked by numerous media reports that faulted municipal governments for failing to provide citizens with free, easy and timely access to municipal records. Examples of records to which access was denied included: budget documents, project contracts, police service reports, and development proposals.
  Clearly, freedom of information legislation does not work on behalf of citizens. Its failings include the following: Access to records is limited t
  
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• UPDATE: Man reported missing last Thursday has been found safe. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  03-12-2018 19:24 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Man reported missing last Thursday has been found safe. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Maximize existing pipelines' efficiency to help with oil glut: Sohi ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-12-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 12:30: @Astro_Jenni joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss her Canadian colleague David Saint-Jacques blas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @Astro_Jenni joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss her Canadian colleague David Saint-Jacques blas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 3rd: 1:07: #JeanPierrePoulin 1:17: @TristinHopper 1:30: @ShawnMenard1 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 18:13 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 3rd: 1:07: #JeanPierrePoulin 1:17: @TristinHopper 1:30: @ShawnMenard1 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Next on Power Lunch: Terry Lake, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hydropothecary and Sherrilynne Starkie,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  Next on Power Lunch: Terry Lake, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hydropothecary and Sherrilynne Starkie,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Trigger warnings: Rash of south Ottawa shootings worry police, residents - CBC.ca

  03-12-2018 17:36
  Trigger warnings: Rash of south Ottawa shootings worry police, residents  CBC.caA dispute between rival drug pushers led to a rash of shootings in south Ottawa this year — far more than anywhere else in the city, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Canada Post says mail 'illegally' blocked at Ottawa plant on Monday morning

  03-12-2018 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada Post said Monday morning that demonstrators had illegally delayed the movement of mail at its Ottawa mail processing plant despite a court injunction against blockades of its Ontario facilities.
  “We’ll continue to take appropriate actions to address illegal activity impacting the collection (and) delivery of mail/parcels,” the postal corporation tweeted Monday morning after issuing updates over the weekend about similar actions at sites including Windsor, Stoney Creek, M
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @michaeltaube joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly segment discussing politics 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa man faces impaired driving charges after traffic stop near Killaloe

  03-12-2018 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 25-year-old Ottawa man is facing impaired driving charges after being stopped by Ontario Provincial Police on Friday.
  According to police, a member of the public reported a pickup truck was engaged in unsafe driving on Highway 60 near Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township. Police located the vehicle around 9 p.m. and arrested the driver after he failed a roadside alcohol screening test. Police also found an open alcohol container inside the vehicle.
  Thomas Boyce, 25, of Ottawa is charged wit
  
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• City hall blog: Inquiry on inquiries results in city staff questioning inquiry work

  03-12-2018 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  City bureaucrats will probably high-five each other in their offices Wednesday afternoon if council approves a measure in the governance report that could reduce staff workload.
  Council members are allowed to submit “formal” inquires to staff if they want information about how the municipal government is functioning. Sometimes they’re asking for explanations about how a particular policy or program is being implemented. Other times they want statistics.
  The formal inquiries com
  
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• Coming up at 11:15 @Colettod of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly segment 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 11: Writer and historian @arthur_milnes joins @_MarkSutcliffe the passing of George H.W. Bush and hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Writer and historian @arthur_milnes joins @_MarkSutcliffe the passing of George H.W. Bush and hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NAC Orchestra hires new managing director from Iceland

  03-12-2018 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre Orchestra has recruited a new managing director from its Icelandic counterpart.
  Arna Einarsdóttir, managing director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, will take up the post in the spring of 2019. The job became vacant in June, when Christopher Deacon, the orchestra’s managing director for 22 years, took over as the NAC’s president and chief executive.
  “Arna Einarsdóttir is a brilliant 21st-century leader who knows how to enable
  
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• Premier Rachel Notley is ordering a mandatory cut to oil production to deal with a price crisis ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  03-12-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
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• Coming up at 10:45: @KellyEganColumn joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss whether LeBreton Flats is actually the hotbe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:@KellyEganColumn joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss whether LeBreton Flats is actually the hotbe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Entertainment: The 2019 Grammy Award nominations are being pushed back to Friday because of former U-S president George H-W Bush's funeral.

  03-12-2018 16:39 via twitter.com
  Entertainment: The 2019 Grammy Award nominations are being pushed back to Friday because of former U-S president George H-W Bush's funeral.
  
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• Winter cycling in Ottawa today? There's a map for that - CBC.ca

  03-12-2018 16:38
  Winter cycling in Ottawa today? There's a map for that  CBC.caIf you're thinking of biking to work this winter, whether occasionally or every day, one of the first things you'll likely wonder is, are the bike pathways clear? Well ...
  
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• Coming up now on Ottawa Today: Lecturer and Director of Journalism at UofT @jdvorkin joins @_MarkSutcliffe to disc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 16:32 via twitter.com
  Coming up now on Ottawa Today:Lecturer and Director of Journalism at UofT @jdvorkin joins @_MarkSutcliffe to disc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The 25 year old was last seen on November 27th in Ottawa. twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  03-12-2018 16:19 via twitter.com
  The 25 year old was last seen on November 27th in Ottawa. twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Weekend Takeaways: Thomas Chabot is the hero Ottawa needs right now - Sportsnet.ca

  03-12-2018 15:56
  Weekend Takeaways: Thomas Chabot is the hero Ottawa needs right now  Sportsnet.caMost thought filling Erik Karlsson's boots would be impossible. But Thomas Chabot is doing a mighty fine job so far. More in the weekend takeaways.
  
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• Canada Post says mail 'illegally' blocked at Ottawa plant

  03-12-2018 15:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada Post said Monday morning that demonstrators are “illegally” delaying the movement of mail at its Ottawa mail processing plant despite a court injunction against blockades of its Ontario facilities.
  “We’ll continue to take appropriate actions to address illegal activity impacting the collection (and) delivery of mail/parcels,” the postal corporation tweeted Monday morning after issuing updates over the weekend about similar actions at sites including Windsor,
  
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• Thali, Coconut Lagoon's casual downtown sister restaurant, opens Monday

  03-12-2018 15:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joe Thottungal, the award-winning Ottawa chef-owner at Coconut Lagoon on St. Laurent Boulevard, branches out to open his second restaurant when Thali on O’Connor Street downtown begins serving Monday.
  In India, a thali refers to a round platter used for serving food. Thottungal’s new restaurant will exclusively serve its food on thalis on which six or seven khatoris — small copper bowls — will hold vegetables, curries, rice, pulses, bread, a dessert and side dishes such a
  
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• Happy Monday: Wet then wind-chilly as temperature drops

  03-12-2018 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday starts out mild and misty but showers switch to flurries in the morning and last through the afternoon as the temperature drops.
  From just above zero, it will drop to  -1 C but feel like -7 by the afternoon with northwesterly winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40, Environment Canada predicts. Overnight expect a low of -9 C that will feel like -16 overnight.
  Tuesday is mainly sunny with northwesterly winds at 20 km/h near noon, a high of -5 C and windchill near -16. The overnight low is -13
  
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• The DCDLS Group may not have won the bid - but they're ready to step in and take over the LeBreton Flats redevelopm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-12-2018 12:59 via twitter.com
  The DCDLS Group may not have won the bid - but they're ready to step in and take over the LeBreton Flats redevelopm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Today's letters: More on the GM plant closing, 24 Sussex, LeBreton

  03-12-2018 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  How about our own tariff?
  Re: Canada’s auto industry at risk if GM closes Oshawa plant, union president says, Nov 27.
  If the auto industry is as critical to the Canadian economy as has been stated, then any risk to it could be deemed a grave security threat to Canada. Perhaps Canada should take a page from U.S. President Donald Trump’s playbook and impose, under the rationale of “national security,” a 20 per cent tariff on all GM vehicles above the number p
  
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• Larocque: On French Language Services, Ontario can learn from Ireland

  03-12-2018 12:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  According to an old Irish proverb, “hindsight is the best insight to foresight.”
  It is a folksy reminder that one should learn from past mistakes. There is indeed wisdom in learning from our own failures, and greater wisdom still in taking the lesson from other people’s blunders.
  By eliminating essential Francophone services, including a nascent French-language university and the Office of the French Language Services Commissioner, the Ontario government has failed its minority
  
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