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• TTC union asks provincial government to step in on transition to Presto bit.ly/2QnEw30 https://t.co/JOC1WjgwdR

  09-12-2018 23:34 via twitter.com
  
  TTC union asks provincial government to step in on transition to Presto bit.ly/2QnEw30 https://t.co/JOC1WjgwdR
  
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• Police investigate incident 'involving contact between pedestrian and a bus' dlvr.it/QtDSq5 #OttNews https://t.co/nsmBLLk5Pq

  09-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Police investigate incident 'involving contact between pedestrian and a bus' dlvr.it/QtDSq5 #OttNews https://t.co/nsmBLLk5Pq
  
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• Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week bit.ly/2QnDDaG

  09-12-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week bit.ly/2QnDDaG
  
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• Oklahoma's Murray beats Alabama's Tagovailoa for Heisman bit.ly/2EmCfyK https://t.co/ofMRVuQSzm

  09-12-2018 21:33 via twitter.com
  
  Oklahoma's Murray beats Alabama's Tagovailoa for Heisman bit.ly/2EmCfyK https://t.co/ofMRVuQSzm
  
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• Over 25,000 students could be suspended in blitz for better vaccine coverage

  09-12-2018 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 25,000 Ottawa students have been warned to get their immunization records up to date or face suspension.
  The students at the city’s four public school boards and private schools received notices in recent weeks from Ottawa Public Health. Beginning in January, students attending French elementary schools whose immunization records are still not updated will be suspended. Suspension notices will go out to students at other boards and private schools in subsequent weeks.
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• More than 25,000 students could be suspended in blitz for better vaccine coverage - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 21:16
  More than 25,000 students could be suspended in blitz for better vaccine coverage  Ottawa CitizenStudents at the city's four public school boards and private schools received notices in recent weeks from Ottawa Public Health.
  
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• Algonquin College students ask administration to reconsider smoking ban dlvr.it/QtCw2N https://t.co/Xt21KwWpQq

  09-12-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  
  Algonquin College students ask administration to reconsider smoking ban dlvr.it/QtCw2N https://t.co/Xt21KwWpQq
  
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• 18-year-old charged with manslaughter in death of Hamilton teen bit.ly/2ElUJ2j

  09-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  18-year-old charged with manslaughter in death of Hamilton teen bit.ly/2ElUJ2j
  
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• Hockey Sweater musical scores with singing, dancing and stagecraft

  09-12-2018 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Hockey Sweater: A Musical
  By Emil Sher and Jonathan Monro
  Based on the short story by Roch Carrier
  Directed by Donna Feore
  To Dec. 23, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca
  Reviewed Dec. 8
  The first thing that struck me about The Hockey Sweater: A Musical is how well Canada’s national winter game lends itself to song-and-dance treatment.For starters, skating has a natural flow that suits the art of choreography, even when practised by inline skaters on
  
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• Ottawa's Weidemann wins silver at long-track speedskating World Cup - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 20:21
  Ottawa's Weidemann wins silver at long-track speedskating World Cup  Ottawa CitizenTOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann captured the silver medal in the women's 5000 metres on Sunday, the final day of races at ...
  
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• Hockey Sweater musical scores with singing, dancing and stagecraft - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 20:19
  Hockey Sweater musical scores with singing, dancing and stagecraft  Ottawa CitizenThe first thing that struck me about The Hockey Sweater: A Musical is how well Canada's national winter game lends itself to song-and-dance treatment.
  
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• This suburban Ottawa house needed little back-and-forth to seal the deal - The Globe and Mail

  09-12-2018 20:00
  This suburban Ottawa house needed little back-and-forth to seal the deal  The Globe and MailHome has nearly 3000 square feet of living space on a half-acre lot connected to a nature trail.
  
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• White House chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end bit.ly/2SDVM0z https://t.co/RxEiOHxw9T

  09-12-2018 19:48 via twitter.com
  
  White House chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end bit.ly/2SDVM0z https://t.co/RxEiOHxw9T
  
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• No winning ticket for Saturday's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot bit.ly/2QkY3RO https://t.co/48CnQhv4oy

  09-12-2018 19:03 via twitter.com
  
  No winning ticket for Saturday's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot bit.ly/2QkY3RO https://t.co/48CnQhv4oy
  
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• Quebec pushing for more federal shipbuilding work – wants second naval supply ship from Davie to be delivered

  09-12-2018 18:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Quebec’s National Assembly has unanimously adopted a motion in support of the federal government re-examining the National Shipbuilding Strategy and how work on that strategy is allocated. The motion on Friday calls for more work to be directed to Quebec-based Davie Shipbuilding.
  Davie has already converted one supply vessel, the Asterix, which is currently at the centre of the legal battle Vice Admiral Mark Norman faces. It is also converting a fleet of used icebreakers for the Canadian C
  
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• Mayor Jim Watson's annual Christmas celebration in photos: dlvr.it/QtCHgx #OttNews https://t.co/XqbVSLoeVA

  09-12-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  
  Mayor Jim Watson's annual Christmas celebration in photos: dlvr.it/QtCHgx #OttNews https://t.co/XqbVSLoeVA
  
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• MPP wants new regulations for 'organic' foods in Ontario dlvr.it/QtCjnc https://t.co/iIwHhIy7eP

  09-12-2018 18:21 via twitter.com
  
  MPP wants new regulations for 'organic' foods in Ontario dlvr.it/QtCjnc https://t.co/iIwHhIy7eP
  
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• Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of 'Into the Wild' bit.ly/2rBoRi5 https://t.co/oBTRjzC0uC

  09-12-2018 18:14 via twitter.com
  
  Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of 'Into the Wild' bit.ly/2rBoRi5 https://t.co/oBTRjzC0uC
  
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• CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 2 - CBC.ca

  09-12-2018 18:00
  CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 2  CBC.caHow closely did you follow the past seven days in local news? Take our quiz and find out.
  
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• Boy who was ISIL captive behind movement to bring bicycles to refugee children bit.ly/2Utg6Uh https://t.co/klUGV4jTca

  09-12-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  
  Boy who was ISIL captive behind movement to bring bicycles to refugee children bit.ly/2Utg6Uh https://t.co/klUGV4jTca
  
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• Ottawa hasn’t committed to helping Alberta buy rail cars to address oil crisis: LeBlanc - Global News

  09-12-2018 16:55
  Ottawa hasn’t committed to helping Alberta buy rail cars to address oil crisis: LeBlanc  Global NewsIntergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Rachel Notley was among several premiers to express concern about the western oil crisis, which he ...
  
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• Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron bit.ly/2B2kK2F https://t.co/SRk197Qvi5

  09-12-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  
  Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron bit.ly/2B2kK2F https://t.co/SRk197Qvi5
  
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• Dzingel scores in overtime as Senators edge Penguins for 2-1 victory bit.ly/2rpEjxu #ottnews https://t.co/hhXQ8hCoiJ

  09-12-2018 16:04 via twitter.com
  
  Dzingel scores in overtime as Senators edge Penguins for 2-1 victory bit.ly/2rpEjxu #ottnews https://t.co/hhXQ8hCoiJ
  
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• Featherweight champ Max Holloway hammers Brian Ortega en route to TKO at UFC 231 bit.ly/2PtstvN https://t.co/ZIHYQutdhF

  09-12-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  
  Featherweight champ Max Holloway hammers Brian Ortega en route to TKO at UFC 231 bit.ly/2PtstvN https://t.co/ZIHYQutdhF
  
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• Multiple crashes on 417 last night bit.ly/2EagIIP #ottnews https://t.co/XpwvD2YRBE

  09-12-2018 14:38 via twitter.com
  
  Multiple crashes on 417 last night bit.ly/2EagIIP #ottnews https://t.co/XpwvD2YRBE
  
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• The forecast includes sun, clouds, flurries, shooting stars and a comet

  09-12-2018 14:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s one of those days where you should expect a little bit of everything.
  Today’s high should jump all the way up to 0 C. Anyone who woke up early will see that as a very pleasant change from the feels like -17 that greeted the city in the wee hours.
  It will be mainly cloudy, although the sun could poke its head out for a time, and there’s 60 per cent chance of flurries.
  Wind gusts could clock in at 40 km/h.
  Time to bundle up.
  Tonight the temperature will plummet to -13 C and
  
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• Piché: Stop jailing people with mental health issues. It kills - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 14:01
  Piché: Stop jailing people with mental health issues. It kills  Ottawa CitizenCleve “Cas” Geddes died by suicide on Feb. 10, 2017 after being placed in a solitary confinement cell in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) while ...
  
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• Talking about cancer with teammates 'hard, but I did it' - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 14:00
  Talking about cancer with teammates 'hard, but I did it'  Ottawa CitizenJean-Robin Mantha says he knew he couldn't just "disappear" like that on his Ottawa Gee-Gees hockey teammates.
  
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• Talking about cancer with teammates 'hard, but I did it'

  09-12-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jean-Robin Mantha had participated regularly in pre-season sessions, so Patrick Grandmaître was surprised when the 22-year-old defenceman told his Ottawa Gee-Gees hockey team coach he wanted to talk before practice the next day.
  Grandmaître expected something “hockey-related.” What he heard was “testicular cancer.”
  “First I had to tell the coach because I couldn’t practise anymore,” Mantha said. “He asked me, ‘Do you want to tell
  
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• Piché: Stop jailing people with mental health issues. It kills

  09-12-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cleve “Cas” Geddes died by suicide on Feb. 10, 2017 after being placed in a solitary confinement cell in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) while awaiting a psychiatric bed. An inquest into his death resumes this week.
  Earlier in the inquest, we learned from Sigrid Geddes that her brother, Cas, had long struggled with schizophrenia. We learned that when Cas came before a judge facing charges, he was ordered sent to the Royal Ottawa Hospital for a psychiatric assessment. We l
  
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• New goal for Gee-Gees hockey player Jean-Robin Mantha: beating cancer

  09-12-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jean-Robin Mantha is 22, so you might expect him to be dealing with the challenges of being a General Arts student at the University of Ottawa and a second-year defenceman with the Gee-Gees men’s hockey squad.
  Less expected is for someone like Mantha to be talking about being diagnosed with cancer, having his right testicle surgically removed and enduring hard-core chemotherapy: five four-hour treatments in the first, fourth and seventh weeks of a nine-week cycle; single four-hour ses
  
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• Editorial: Doctor of depravity gets his due, but what about his victims? - Ottawa Sun

  09-12-2018 13:30
  Editorial: Doctor of depravity gets his due, but what about his victims?  Ottawa SunAfter Dr. Vincent Nadon pleaded guilty this past week to decades of disgusting sexual assaults, his defence lawyer said Nadon will probably never practise ...
  
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• You Said It: Justin just so generous - Ottawa Sun

  09-12-2018 11:30
  You Said It: Justin just so generous  Ottawa SunJUSTIN JUST SO GENEROUSRe: 'Work For You?' Nope!; Trudeau gets it from all sides over chummy $50M tweet, Dec. 4Hurrah for Nelson Mandela. And for ...
  
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• Ottawa Food Bank heads north to deliver food to Iqaluit - CBC.ca

  09-12-2018 10:00
  Ottawa Food Bank heads north to deliver food to Iqaluit  CBC.caThe Ottawa Food Bank is heading north with the help of a northern airline this holiday season to deliver 4500 kilograms of food to Iqaluit, which saw one of its ...
  
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• China: Canada's detention of Huawei exec 'vile in nature' - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 06:51
  China: Canada's detention of Huawei exec 'vile in nature'  Ottawa CitizenBEIJING — China summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest the detention of a top executive of leading Chinese tech giant Huawei, calling it ...
  
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• Evgeni Malkin criticizes officiating - Sporting News

  09-12-2018 04:27
  Evgeni Malkin criticizes officiating  Sporting NewsThe Penguins lost to the Senators in overtime on Saturday and Evgeni Malkin was not happy after the game. Pittsburgh's second-line center was up front when ...
  
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• Cold-shooting Rocks stumble to Ottawa - Quad City Times

  09-12-2018 04:21
  Cold-shooting Rocks stumble to Ottawa  Quad City TimesThis one was there for the taking. Even without standout guard JaMir Price, the Rock Island boys basketball team did plenty of things well Saturday night to ...
  
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• Highway 417 eastbound reopens after multiple reports of collisions

  09-12-2018 03:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 417 eastbound at Parkdale Avenue reopened to traffic after being temporarily closed following collisions on Saturday evening.
  No further details were provided, but police advised drivers to use caution and to drive according to the conditions.
  Around 9 p.m., the OPP had tweeted about a collision on the 417 at Parkdale Avenue. That tweet said multiple vehicles had been involved and emergency services were attending. City of Ottawa traffic tweets said both shoulders and all lanes were bloc
  
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• 9 arrested as pro- and anti-migration protesters clash in Ottawa - CTV News

  09-12-2018 03:35
  9 arrested as pro- and anti-migration protesters clash in Ottawa  CTV NewsNine people were arrested after pro- and anti-migration protesters clashed in Ottawa on Saturday.
  
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• Highway 417 eastbound reopens after multiple reports of collisions - Ottawa Citizen

  09-12-2018 03:22
  Highway 417 eastbound reopens after multiple reports of collisions  Ottawa CitizenHighway 417 eastbound at Parkdale Avenue reopened to traffic after being temporarily closed following collisions on Saturday evening.An Ottawa Paramedic ...
  
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• Forecast calling for another cold night: How to protect pets from dangerously cold temperatures… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-12-2018 02:14 via twitter.com
  Forecast calling for another cold night: How to protect pets from dangerously cold temperatures… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Game Day: Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators - Ottawa Sun

  09-12-2018 01:49
  Game Day: Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators  Ottawa SunNews, numbers and notes for Sunday's matchup at Canadian Tire Centre.
  
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• ICYMI: The Salvation Army needs Christmas Kettle volunteers in Ottawa bit.ly/2E8aLfj https://t.co/4mB46GSZ4I

  09-12-2018 01:31 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: The Salvation Army needs Christmas Kettle volunteers in Ottawa bit.ly/2E8aLfj https://t.co/4mB46GSZ4I
  
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• Massage therapist charged with sexual assault has been fired, company says

  09-12-2018 00:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A massage therapist charged with two counts of sexual assault has been terminated, his company said Saturday.
  Matthew Lessard, 31, was charged in connection with incidents involving two female patients he treated last week at Massage Addict on 10th Line Road in Orléans, police said Friday.
  In a statement on Saturday, Massage Addict CEO Fraser Clarke said the company dismissed Lessard after an internal investigation sparked by the allegations, rescheduling his clients’ appointments t
  
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• We just got 'a whole lot stronger,' Kilrea says of the Ottawa 67's deal for DiPietro - Ottawa Sun

  09-12-2018 00:32
  We just got 'a whole lot stronger,' Kilrea says of the Ottawa 67's deal for DiPietro  Ottawa SunBrian Kilrea took one look at a slightly larger-than-life former Ottawa 67 Steve Zoryk on Saturday and it took mere seconds for every player in the 67's alumni ...
  
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• French police fire tear gas in Paris to halt angry protests bit.ly/2zNEG9w https://t.co/YlJNaHynIe

  09-12-2018 00:28 via twitter.com
  
  French police fire tear gas in Paris to halt angry protests bit.ly/2zNEG9w https://t.co/YlJNaHynIe
  
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• Ottawa man facing charges after anti-migration protest Saturday on Parliament Hill - CTV News

  09-12-2018 00:27
  Ottawa man facing charges after anti-migration protest Saturday on Parliament Hill  CTV NewsAn Ottawa man is facing charges after an anti-migration protest Saturday on Parliament Hill. Police say the man was arrested for allegedly assaulting an RCMP ...
  
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