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• Former doctor Vincent Nadon sentenced to 8 years on sex assault, voyeurism charges

  05-12-2018 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former doctor who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping patients during medical exams and sexually assaulting them at a University of Ottawa health clinic has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
  Vincent Nadon, who lives in Chelsea, was given the sentence on Wednesday after the court heard emotional statements from nearly a dozen of his victims.
  There were 49 victims in all over a span of 28 years.
  The charges relate to videos Nadon surreptitiously made of 38 patients during medical exams
  
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• Talcum powder products may be harmful to lungs, possible cause of ovarian cancer: feds ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-12-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Talcum powder products may be harmful to lungs, possible cause of ovarian cancer: fedsottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• 'Tip of the iceberg:' Ontario police lay 551 child exploitation charges in November

  05-12-2018 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have laid 551 child exploitation charges against 122 individuals across the province in November, including charges against six men from Ottawa.
  The release of names and charges for November are part of a bid by the Ontario Provincial Police to raise awareness of child exploitation by taking a 30-day “snapshot” of charges.
  “Some of these victims are so young, they cannot report the crimes because they have not uttered their first word,” OPP Insp. Tina Chalk said at
  
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• #MISSING: @OttawaPolice need your help locating Jacob Young-Pine #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  05-12-2018 23:28 via twitter.com
  #MISSING: @OttawaPolice need your help locating Jacob Young-Pine #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• City says LRT delay will save nearly $1M — if the contract holds up

  05-12-2018 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city is telling council members that it stands to save nearly $1 million on delaying the Confederation Line LRT about 10 months.
  It’s an optimistic estimate, though, since the grand tally of extra costs and savings related to the delay depends on the city’s reading of its $2.1-billion construction contract with the Rideau Transit Group.
  City council on Wednesday received a summary of the financial implications of the delay in a memo from corporate services general manager Marian
  
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• Former doctor Vincent Nadon pleads guilty to sex assault and voyeurism charges

  05-12-2018 23:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former doctor at the University of Ottawa Health Services accused of secretly filming and sexually assaulting patients over a span of 23 years has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of sex assault and voyeurism.
  Dr. Vincent Nadon, who lives in Chelsea, pleaded guilty to the counts relating to 49 victims on Wednesday.
  It took more than 15 minutes for the judge to read all the charges.
  Nadon was charged last January after a female patient discovered a cellphone partly hidden in a cupboard was recording
  
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• Canada to develop federal legislation setting standards for aquaculture sector ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa condo prices all over the map in November while house prices slow

  05-12-2018 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  At first glance, Ottawa’s resale market for condominiums looked to be on fire in November. The average price for condos sold across the city jumped 11.1 per cent year-over-year to $285,800 on average, according to data compiled by the Ottawa Real Estate Board, based on the activity of 3,000 sales agents.
  In sharp contrast, the average price for single family homes sold in November was $429,000 — up just 2.6 per cent from a year earlier.
  However, it turns out the mini-surge in condo p
  
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• Ottawa condo prices all over the map in November while house prices slow - Ottawa Citizen

  05-12-2018 22:07
  Ottawa condo prices all over the map in November while house prices slow  Ottawa CitizenAt first glance, Ottawa's resale market for condominiums looked to be on fire in November. The average price for condos sold across the city jumped 11.1 per ...
  
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• 'Are we ready?': Canada and the world have work to do before next pandemic, say experts

  05-12-2018 22:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  One hundred years after the deadly Spanish flu killed tens of millions of people around the world, the conditions are ripe for another severe flu pandemic, say experts, and Canada is not as ready as it needs to be.
  Canada is not alone. At the biannual Canadian Immunization Conference, being held in Ottawa this week, delegates heard from a leading international expert who warned that more work needs to be done globally before the next severe pandemic.
  A focus of the conference was on the Spanish
  
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• Six Ottawa men arrested in province-wide child-porn blitz

  05-12-2018 21:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A province-wide investigation into allegations of the distribution or possession of child pornography has led to the arrest of six men from Ottawa.
  Police released details into the investigation on Wednesday morning stating that the operation required resources from 26 municipal police services, the Ministries of the Attorney General, Community Safety and Correctional Services as well as the OPP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Section.
  Additionally, Homeland Security Investigations Ottawa has
  
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• #ottnews @DEBRACanada twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-12-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
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• RCAF CC-150 Polaris maintenance contract expected to be awarded Thursday

  05-12-2018 20:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government is expected to announce an in-service support contract for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CC-150 Polaris aircraft. The announcement is being made at CFB Trenton, Ontario on Thursday afternoon.
  L-3 previously won the support contract in 2013. That contract had two sets of follow-on options, with each contract covering a five-year period. In 2013 that total contract value over the entire 15 years was put at almost $700 million.
  The CC-150 Polaris fleet is used by
  
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• Ottawa could be facing human rights tribunal hearing to settle First Nations child welfare compensation - CBC News

  05-12-2018 20:36
  Ottawa could be facing human rights tribunal hearing to settle First Nations child welfare compensation  CBC NewsThe federal government could be headed back before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to settle an outstanding question on compensation for First Nations ...
  
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• Dining Out: The refined fare at Gezellig in Westboro is in good, new hands

  05-12-2018 20:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gezellig337 Richmond Rd., 613-680-9086, gezelligdining.caOpen: Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m.; Monday to Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 10 p.m.Prices: Mains $28 to $36, appetizers $10 to $17Access: No stairs to entrance, wheelchair-accessible washroom on the ground floor, washrooms downstairs
  At Gezellig, restaurateur Stephen Beckta’s refined dining room in Westboro, the chefs Katie Ardington
  
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• Canada to host anti-ISIL meeting as Ottawa weighs future of Iraq mission - CityNews Toronto

  05-12-2018 20:32
  Canada to host anti-ISIL meeting as Ottawa weighs future of Iraq mission  CityNews TorontoOTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will gather with representatives from a dozen countries at an idyllic estate outside Ottawa on Thursday to discuss the ...
  
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• The abandoned cemetery that came back to life in Gatineau

  05-12-2018 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was a cold, rainy weekend in 2013 when a group of volunteers started reclaiming an abandoned family cemetery in north-end Gatineau from choking undergrowth and litter.
  The workers didn’t even know whose cemetery it was. There was no sign, and the gravestones gave little information beyond names and dates of people buried from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s. Barbers, Langfords, Frasers, Davidsons, Kerrs.
  The little cemetery which once overlooked open country from a picturesque hillside
  
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• Slick road conditions cause numerous crashes and one death

  05-12-2018 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Provincial Police are urging drivers to be extra cautious on their drive home after several collisions Wednesday afternoon along major roadways.
  Drivers in Ottawa– please slow down and leave extra space. #Ottawa OPP are responding to a large number of collisions on #Hwy417 and beyond. Traffic is stopped or very slow in some areas.#Otttraffic #ottnews^bd
  — OPP East (@OPP_ER) December 5, 2018Police said traffic is stopped or is crawling as a result of the collisions, light
  
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• Charges expected against U.S. man accused of counselling Ottawa child to end life - CBC.ca

  05-12-2018 20:23
  Charges expected against U.S. man accused of counselling Ottawa child to end life  CBC.caOttawa police are expecting to lay charges against a U.S. man who allegedly encouraged a child in the Ottawa area to take their own life.
  
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• Slick road conditions cause numerous crashes and one death - Ottawa Citizen

  05-12-2018 20:19
  Slick road conditions cause numerous crashes and one death  Ottawa CitizenThe Ontario Provincial Police are urging drivers to be extra cautious on their drive home after several collisions Wednesday afternoon along major roadways.
  
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• Falling temperatures and light snow combining to make area roads slick. Watch your speed, increase the distance bet… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 20:16 via twitter.com
  Falling temperatures and light snow combining to make area roads slick. Watch your speed, increase the distance bet… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• City council should allow private pot shops to operate in the capital, staff recommend

  05-12-2018 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa city council should allow private pot shops to set up in the nation’s capital, municipal bureaucrats say.
  It’s ultimately up to city council, which will consider the city’s recommendation during a special meeting on Dec. 13. Residents are invited to address council that day.
  The city tabled its cannabis research on Wednesday to help councillors make a decision on whether or not the city should opt out of cannabis storefronts.
  The Ontario Progressive Conservative governme
  
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• Arrests as activists return to Canada Post sorting centre

  05-12-2018 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people were arrested then released with trespassing tickets Wednesday morning as demonstrators again picketed at Canada Post’s mail processing plant in support of posties who were ordered back to work, according to an organizer.
  About 40 people attended the early-morning protest, said Dylan Penner of People for Postal Workers. It’s the second protest in Ottawa this week as activists stage demonstrations across the country.
  “We were there today to have a community picket a
  
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• Arrests as activists return to Canada Post sorting centre - Ottawa Citizen

  05-12-2018 19:56
  Arrests as activists return to Canada Post sorting centre  Ottawa CitizenCanada Post said Monday that "individuals are illegally obstructing the movement of mail" at its facilities in Ottawa, Hamilton and Oshawa.
  
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• Ottawa should opt into pot shops, city staff say - CBC.ca

  05-12-2018 19:46
  Ottawa should opt into pot shops, city staff say  CBC.caCity of Ottawa survey shows residents overwhelmingly in favour of retail pot shops  OttawaMatters.comMARIN: On pot shops, Ottawa council should opt-in  Ottawa SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Talcum powder products may be harmful to lungs, possible cause of ovarian cancer: Feds

  05-12-2018 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — Consumers are being warned to avoid inhaling talcum powder or using the products on female genitals, as exposure may cause potentially serious respiratory effects and possibly ovarian cancer.
  A draft assessment by Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada also says baby powder should be kept away from a child’s face to avoid inhalation.
  Talcum powder taken into the lungs can result in difficulty breathing, decreased lung function and fibrosis, or scarring of t
  
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• Councillors diving into the cannabis report. Recommendation is to permit the stores to operate in the city. #ottnews twitter.com/JLeiper/status…

  05-12-2018 19:26 via twitter.com
  Councillors diving into the cannabis report. Recommendation is to permit the stores to operate in the city. #ottnews twitter.com/JLeiper/status…
  
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• Teen facing charges after stabbing, break-in

  05-12-2018 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 19-year-old man is facing charges including aggravated assault after a 20-year-old man was stabbed in a Bells Corners-area home Tuesday evening and then a nearby homeowner was threatened with a knife.
  Patrol officers first responded to a stabbing at a home on Ellery Crescent near Robertson and Lynhar roads at 6:05 p.m. A 20-year-old man was found with injuries that were described as critical but not life-threatening. The suspect fled.
  Officers then responded to the report of a possible break a
  
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• Judge will not recuse himself in firearms case, satisfied there is no bias

  05-12-2018 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa judge will not recuse himself from a trial in which his son’s law firm is defending the accused, saying he’s satisfied he has no bias in the case.
  Sherryl Fraser’s daughter Christina Voelzing was killed in 2016 by a bullet intended for her boyfriend, Hassan Khalid. Voelzing’s former high school boyfriend Behnam Yaali pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year. Court heard then that Yaali and Khalid, Christina’s boyfriend at the time of her death, wer
  
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• Emaciated dogs found in west-end dumpster: OSPCA

  05-12-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario SPCA is appealing for help from the public to find the owner of two emaciated pit bull-type dogs who were abandoned in a west-end dumpster last month.
  When they were found, one was already dead. The other is now with an Ottawa Human Society foster family. Investigators from the Ontario SPCA are also probing any links to two other cases — one in Ottawa and one in Brockville —  in which starving animals were found roaming in November. The dogs were similar in appe
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 5th: 1:07: @ChrisDaniels5 1:17: @ValueChainProf 1:30: @peta 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 18:02 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 5th: 1:07: @ChrisDaniels5 1:17: @ValueChainProf 1:30: @peta 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wright: Anxious about interest rates? Well, welcome to the 1980s

  05-12-2018 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  In recent weeks, we’ve heard a great deal about the likelihood of “nasty” interest rate increases. Canadian borrowers are being advised to brace for the worst.
  But what does the worst really look like? Here’s a trip down memory lane but –   spoiler alert – it’s not for the faint of heart.
  Between 1935 and 1967, the Canadian prime rate – the rate at which the banks lend to their best customers – never exceeded six per cent. Rates beg
  
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• Ottawa police arrest two men and recover two handguns after Tuesday morning raid

  05-12-2018 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers have recovered two loaded handguns, narcotics and cash after raiding a home in Stittsville on Tuesday morning.
  According to police, a search warrant was executed at a home on Country Glen Way. Police found the guns as well as ammunition, cocaine, cash and a money counting machine. Police also arrested two men at the scene.
  Si Hoan Nguyen, 32, and Si Duong Nguyen, 28, both of Ottawa, are facing several charges, including:possession of a loaded firearm
  possession of a weapon
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Kudos to Meehan - Ottawa Sun

  05-12-2018 16:59
  YOU SAID IT: Kudos to Meehan  Ottawa SunKUDOS TO MEEHANRe: City should opt out of retail pot, Nov. 28Huge kudos to Coun. Carol Anne Meehan for showing the courage, lacking in her colleagues, ...
  
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• Arrests as picketers return to Canada Post sorting centre

  05-12-2018 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police made several arrests Wednesday morning as demonstrators were again picketing at Canada Post’s mail processing plant in support of posties ordered back to work.
  Police said that the demonstrators arrived at the Sandford Fleming Avenue facility in the wee hours and pegged their number at about 30 and arrests at “a few.”
  “We’re assessing the situation as it progresses,” said Const. Chuck Benoit, who could not immediately specify how many people had been ar
  
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• .@OttawaPolice seize guns and drugs in a Stittsville bust. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  05-12-2018 16:32 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice seize guns and drugs in a Stittsville bust. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Singer-songwriter @TaraShannonSW joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio to discuss this weekend's But… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30:Singer-songwriter @TaraShannonSW joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio to discuss this weekend's But… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Stolen baby Jesus dropped off in Renfrew parking lot

  05-12-2018 16:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Christ will soon be back in Christmas or at least the creche in Renfrew’s town square.
  Stolen Dec. 1, the figurine of baby Jesus turned up in the parking lot behind town hall Wednesday morning with tire tracks showing it was dropped on the ground from a vehicle, Put Christ Back Into Christmas committee organizer Diana Wakely said.
  Town employee Tom Webster made the find as he arrived for work.
  “I call him the wise man,” a relieved Wakely said, adding that the 15-pound baby
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @sophienadeau @DerickFage & @AGMacDougall join @_MarkSutcliffe 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 15:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @sophienadeau @DerickFage & @AGMacDougall join @_MarkSutcliffe 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A water main break in the Westboro area has left some people without water this morning. Should be back on within t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  A water main break in the Westboro area has left some people without water this morning. Should be back on within t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:30: @mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live for his weekly segment 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 15:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:30:@mclomedia of @Trans4mLeaders joins @_MarkSutcliffe live for his weekly segment📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15 @AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe from Washington to discuss the latest in Special Counsel Rob… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15@AdrianMorrow joins @_MarkSutcliffe from Washington to discuss the latest in Special Counsel Rob… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Politics Briefing: B.C. unveils climate plan as Ottawa hints at more to come - The Globe and Mail

  05-12-2018 15:05
  Politics Briefing: B.C. unveils climate plan as Ottawa hints at more to come  The Globe and MailGood morning,. The Earth keeps getting warmer – about a fifth of a degree each decade, at the current rate – but the global political environment is getting cooler ...
  
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• Flurries and double-digit lows are in the forecast

  05-12-2018 13:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mainly cloudy skies, the risk of a few flakes and cold nights are in the forecast but hang on for some sunshine.
  Wednesday is mostly overcast with a 30 per cent chance of morning flurries, winds of up to 15 km/h and a high of -2 C.  Overnight, there’s a 40 per cent chance of flurries and a low of -6 C.
  Full-on flurries are forecast for Thursday with winds of up to 15 km/h with a high of 0 C. There’s a 60 per cent chance of more flurries overnight with a low of -14 C.
  Friday is s
  
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• Vancouver-based studio expands to Ottawa's burgeoning animation industry - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-12-2018 13:26
  Vancouver-based studio expands to Ottawa's burgeoning animation industry  Ottawa Business JournalWith a deep talent pool, rich history in the industry and a new sound stage development on the horizon, Ottawa's animation sector could be heading into a ...
  
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• Today's letters: Are Canadians too cheap to repair 24 Sussex?

  05-12-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Stop penny-pinching over PM’s place
  Re: Debate over 24 Sussex shows how cheap and insecure Canadians are, Nov. 30
  Mohammed Adam has identified the elephant in the room. It is a disgrace that Canada does not have “a decent prime ministerial home befitting this nation.” No matter the price to rebuild, the official residence of the prime minister should be a source of pride for all Canadians.
  We took the one-cent coin out of circulation, so stop the penny-pinching about 24 Su
  
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• Jack Mintz: Ottawa has options to help Alberta. It’s just choosing not to - Financial Post

  05-12-2018 12:00
  Jack Mintz: Ottawa has options to help Alberta. It’s just choosing not to  Financial PostOff the top, here are four ways it could help — because if Alberta is in crisis mode, the federal government should be in crisis mode too.
  
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• Ottawa fire responds to a late night blaze in Gloucester. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-12-2018 11:01 via twitter.com
  Ottawa fire responds to a late night blaze in Gloucester. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes in Pacific near New Zealand. ottawamatters.com/world-news/mag… via @OttawaMatters

  05-12-2018 10:45 via twitter.com
  Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes in Pacific near New Zealand. ottawamatters.com/world-news/mag… via @OttawaMatters
  
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• Possible trip by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to South Korea creating buzz among citizens. ottawamatters.com/world-news/s-k… via @OttawaMatters

  05-12-2018 10:18 via twitter.com
  Possible trip by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to South Korea creating buzz among citizens.ottawamatters.com/world-news/s-k… via @OttawaMatters
  
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