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• Premier Ford, Mayor Watson talk downloading, pot shops, francophones

  10-12-2018 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson brought up downloading, pot shop locations and the concerns of francophones during a meeting Monday with Premier Doug Ford in Toronto.
  According to the mayor’s spokeswoman, Livia Belcea, Watson “asked the premier to avoid downloading onto municipalities when tabling the 2019 provincial budget.”
  The spectre of downloading provincial programs to municipalities would especially touch Watson since he was the Ontario municipal affairs minister who signed the 2008 up
  
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• Musk suggests Tesla's new chairwoman won't rein him in ottawamatters.com/world-news/mus…

  10-12-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Police ask for public's help in locating man missing since Dec. 6

  10-12-2018 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 57-year-old man who’s been missing since Dec. 6.
  Police say the family of Harold Phillipe Crawford are concerned for his well-being. He was last seen in the Waller Street area.
  Crawford is described as five feet, seven inches tall and weighing 221 pounds. He has salt and pepper hair and a short beard and mustache and was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, a red and blue jacket, jeans and a New York Yankees baseball hat. He we
  
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• Reddit user claiming to be former Rideau Street McDonald's manager holds online Q&A

  10-12-2018 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Reddit user claiming to be a former manager at a downtown Ottawa McDonald’s that gained notoriety for a viral video of a brawl featuring a baby raccoon spoke up about their adventures during an online Q&A on Monday.
  The restaurant at 99 Rideau St. was thrown into the spotlight after a video shot in December 2014 resurfaced two years later, showing a man drawing a baby raccoon from his jacket in the middle of a multi-person brawl.
  The original video, titled “McDonald’s UFC
  
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• Brexit in turmoil as May postpones Parliament vote on it ottawamatters.com/world-news/bre…

  10-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• A Chicago neighbourhood battles endless flow of illegal guns ottawamatters.com/world-news/a-c…

  10-12-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa police seek public’s help in locating missing man - Global News

  10-12-2018 22:11
  Ottawa police seek public’s help in locating missing man  Global NewsOttawa police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing Ottawa man who was last seen on Dec. 6. His family is concerned for his well-being.
  
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• BlackBerry opens up smart city infrastructure for connected car testing in Ottawa - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-12-2018 22:10
  BlackBerry opens up smart city infrastructure for connected car testing in Ottawa  Ottawa Business JournalA new offering from BlackBerry could spur the development of new autonomous vehicle technologies with Ottawa acting as ground zero for the pilot program.
  
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• Teacher ban on 'Large Afros' at school concert criticized ottawamatters.com/world-news/tea…

  10-12-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Investigation into threats made to local schools continues by Kingston Police, international partners

  10-12-2018 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  KINGSTON — Kingston Police are working with “international law enforcement partners” to investigate the numerous threats of violence made to local schools last week.
  On Wednesday and Thursday last week, multiple schools in Kingston, and one in Elgin received phone calls from a person threatening the school’s safety. Const. Cam Mack of the Kingston Police said at the time that in most cases the caller contacted the principals of the schools and stated that they were in or
  
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• Queen St. Fare at 'near capacity' over opening weekend of Ottawa's first food hall - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-12-2018 21:36
  Queen St. Fare at 'near capacity' over opening weekend of Ottawa's first food hall  Ottawa Business JournalThe managers of the Sun Life Financial Centre think they've found the perfect recipe to add a bit of spice to a block of office towers that has traditionally turned ...
  
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• How might the drugs we take affect our children or grandchildren?

  10-12-2018 21:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Amid all the thousands of trials that examine whether drugs are safe for us to use, Vance Trudeau asks who is looking out for our children and grandchildren.
  We are the most highly medicated generation in history. Yet Trudeau, who studies hormones and the brain at the University of Ottawa, says we know little about what effects the drugs taken today may cause decades from now, to future generations.
  “These are major, major, important questions,” he said. “In the last 10 years,
  
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• Prozac passes on altered behaviour to next three generations in fish, researchers find

  10-12-2018 21:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fish exposed to the antidepressant drug Prozac pass on altered behaviour to the next three generations, raising questions about what might happen to human children whose mothers take the drug.
  At the University of Ottawa, researchers Vance Trudeau and Marilyn Vera-Chang exposed fish eggs and newly-hatched fish to Prozac levels typical of what would cross the human placenta and reach an embryo.
  Trudeau and others had already studied side-effects of these drugs in fish for years, concentrating on
  
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• Sobeys' parent company closes $800M acquisition of Ottawa-based Farm Boy - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-12-2018 20:38
  Sobeys' parent company closes $800M acquisition of Ottawa-based Farm Boy  Ottawa Business JournalFarm Boy's run as an independent grocer officially came to an end Monday with the close of Empire Co.'s $800-million acquisition of the Ottawa-based company ...
  
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• Annual pace of housing starts picked up in November, tops expectations. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  10-12-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
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• Canada's Donna Strickland collects Nobel Prize. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  10-12-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa man gets house arrest for tax evasion

  10-12-2018 19:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man who ran a business offering services including home renovations, landscaping, roofing and snow removal has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and a fine of $68,000 for failing to report more than $400,000 in income.
  Ryan Langtry, who was sentenced Nov. 28 to a nine-month conditional sentence, will also have to pay the outstanding tax bill of about $135,000 in federal income taxes and sales tax plus interest and penalties, the Canada Revenue Agency said in a news release M
  
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• Pilot who targeted main Hydro-Quebec transmission lines gets 7-year sentence. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  10-12-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
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• You can look up today and see an astronaut

  10-12-2018 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Look up after sunset Monday and if the sky stays clear you’ll get an unusually good chance to see a spaceship fly over with a Canadian on board.
  David Saint-Jacques joined the International Space Station crew this month, and the station flies over Ottawa beginning around 5:41 p.m.
  The station can often be seen when it flies over a little after sunset or before sunrise. This is when the sky seems dark to us, but there is still sunlight 400 kilometres above us and it lights up the gleaming w
  
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• Jury dismissed in Rogers double-murder trial

  10-12-2018 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  The jury in the double first-degree murder trial of Cameron Rogers, accused of killing his parents in November 2016, has been dismissed.
  Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips dismissed three of 12 jury members Monday after canvassing the jury for availability to resume the trial in the new year.
  That brought the total number of jurors to nine and meant it was “no longer properly constituted,” Phillips told the jury before dismissing them all.
  The trial began in November and w
  
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• 'No ice is safe ice' as firefighters called to help skier

  10-12-2018 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A cross-country skier was lucky to escape unhurt after falling through the ice on the Ottawa River off the city’s rural west end on the weekend, but the fire department is warning people to stay off still unsafe ice and keep kids and pets close.
  Firefighters responded to the report of a skier up to his waist in water about 5 metres from the shoreline near Baillie Avenue in Constance Bay at just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The 911 caller was trying to throw the skier a rope.
  Fire crews and wa
  
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• 'The brutality continues' as Slayer's final world tour hits Ottawa May 22

  10-12-2018 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s billed as Slayer’s final world tour and the iconic metal band is clearly killing it.
  After wrapping up a third leg in Europe Saturday and with dates in Australia, Japan and the South Pacific scheduled, a fifth leg of North American dates features a stop in the Canadian Tire Centre May 22, the band announced Monday.
  It’s all part of the band’s ethos of “play as many places as possible to make it easier for everyone to see the band one last time,” prom
  
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• 'No ice is safe ice' as firefighters called to help skier - Ottawa Citizen

  10-12-2018 19:11
  'No ice is safe ice' as firefighters called to help skier  Ottawa CitizenA cross-country skier was lucky to escape unhurt after falling through the ice on the Ottawa River off the city's rural west end on the weekend, but the fire ...
  
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• National security 'comes first' on Huawei 5G review: infrastructure minister. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  10-12-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  National security 'comes first' on Huawei 5G review: infrastructure minister.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• 'The brutality continues' as Slayer's final world tour hits Ottawa May 22 - Ottawa Citizen

  10-12-2018 18:54
  'The brutality continues' as Slayer's final world tour hits Ottawa May 22  Ottawa CitizenIt's billed as Slayer's final world tour. The fifth leg, with North American dates includes a stop in the Canadian Tire Centre May 22,
  
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• Sharpe: Four minutes to tell school board about Ottawa's black history

  10-12-2018 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Anyone who has attended meetings at the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) office on 133 Greenbank Road will attest to the grandness of the council chamber room, the massive artworks reflecting different aspects of education, and the wall map outlining the expansive territorial reach of the board.
  But what may be the most impactful aspect of the space is the distance created between school board trustees, staff, and community representatives who come to engage on various issues. On on
  
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• 31-year-old man faces firearm charge in Petawawa domestic dispute

  10-12-2018 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 31-year-old man is facing several charges after what OPP have described as a domestic dispute at a home in Petawawa on Saturday.
  Police responded to the home at about 3 a.m., after the male suspect had left the home. The female victim had suffered minor injuries after the man allegedly pointed a firearm at her and assaulted her. He is also alleged to have damaged property that belongs to the victim.
  OPP officers found and apprehended a suspect on Sunday. He is charged with assault, posses
  
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• Sharpe: 400 years in 4 minutes: How Ottawa Carleton School Board perpetually excludes black community - Ottawa Citizen

  10-12-2018 18:32
  Sharpe: 400 years in 4 minutes: How Ottawa Carleton School Board perpetually excludes black community  Ottawa CitizenAnyone who has attended meetings at the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) office on 133 Greenbank Road will attest to the grandness of the ...
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @padams29 and @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media during their weekly segment. 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @padams29 and @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media during their weekly segment. 📻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cameron Rogers trial results in mistrial - CTV News

  10-12-2018 18:26
  Cameron Rogers trial results in mistrial  CTV NewsThe trial of Cameron Rogers, accused of killing his parents, has ended in a mistrial.
  
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• Ottawa's housing starts cool while Gatineau heats up in November: CMHC - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-12-2018 18:21
  Ottawa's housing starts cool while Gatineau heats up in November: CMHC  Ottawa Business JournalDespite a flurry of building on the Gatineau side of the river, a lag in new projects in Ottawa led to a slowdown in November housing starts.
  
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• Ottawa man gets house arrest for tax evasion - Ottawa Citizen

  10-12-2018 18:09
  Ottawa man gets house arrest for tax evasion  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa man ran a business offering services including home renovations, landscaping, roofing and snow removal.
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 10th: 1:07: @InfoFAO 1:17: @ottawahealth 1:30: @PaulKoring 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 10th: 1:07: @InfoFAO 1:17: @ottawahealth 1:30: @PaulKoring 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa man accused of killing parents claims father sexually abused him - CBC News

  10-12-2018 17:49
  Ottawa man accused of killing parents claims father sexually abused him  CBC NewsThe first-degree murder trial of Cameron Rogers, accused of killing his adoptive parents in 2016, came to an abrupt end Monday when a mistrial was declared.
  
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• Boswell: Trudeau's tale of his family link in Singapore shouldn't have skirted the slavery bit

  10-12-2018 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last month, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took some time during an official visit to Asia to explore a surprising Singaporean link to his family’s history, there was no discussion of his distant ancestor’s role in permitting slave trading in the new British colony — and igniting the fury of his abolitionist boss.
  Trudeau’s not to blame for the actions of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather, the early-19th-century colonial administrator Maj.-Gen. William Far
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @LeslieBeckRD joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the safety of eating Romaine Lettuce and Kale… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @LeslieBeckRD joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the safety of eating Romaine Lettuce and Kale… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Rat found in vending machine at Florida high school. ottawamatters.com/world-news/rat… via @ottawamatters

  10-12-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Rat found in vending machine at Florida high school.ottawamatters.com/world-news/rat… via @ottawamatters
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @hutchins_aaron joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss recent attacks on Canadian media from Premier… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@hutchins_aaron joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss recent attacks on Canadian media from Premier… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Young Ottawa Jewish professionals reconnect at annual Chanukah Ball - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-12-2018 15:32
  Young Ottawa Jewish professionals reconnect at annual Chanukah Ball  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa's young Jewish professionals came together Saturday night to light the menorah and get the party started at the Chanukah Ball.
  
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• Church renovation lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem. ottawamatters.com/world-news/chu… via @ottawamatters

  10-12-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Should Algonquin College rescind its plan to ban smoking on campus? bit.ly/2GirHmi

  10-12-2018 14:57 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Should Algonquin College rescind its plan to ban smoking on campus?bit.ly/2GirHmi
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Prosecutors' filings do not exonerate Trump. ottawamatters.com/world-news/ap-… via @ottawamatters

  10-12-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  AP FACT CHECK: Prosecutors' filings do not exonerate Trump.ottawamatters.com/world-news/ap-… via @ottawamatters
  
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• Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change. ottawamatters.com/world-news/pre… via @ottawamatters

  10-12-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change.ottawamatters.com/world-news/pre… via @ottawamatters
  
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• Ellen Page steps up attack on Nova Scotia pulp mill's effluent pipeline. ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @OttawaMatters

  10-12-2018 14:33 via twitter.com
  Ellen Page steps up attack on Nova Scotia pulp mill's effluent pipeline.ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @OttawaMatters
  
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• Question of the Day: twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  10-12-2018 14:21 via twitter.com
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• S. Korea charges 4 with illegally importing N. Korean coal. ottawamatters.com/national-busin… via @ottawamatters

  10-12-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  S. Korea charges 4 with illegally importing N. Korean coal.ottawamatters.com/national-busin… via @ottawamatters
  
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• Thinking outside the box: Eight new ideas for Château Laurier expansion

  10-12-2018 13:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the Fairmont Chateau Laurier’s parent company, Larco Investments Inc., unveiled its design plans for an addition in 2016, members of the public were largely unimpressed with the proposal that was essentially a box attached to the rear of the building, facing Major’s Hill Park.
  Architect Peter Clewes, head of Toronto’s architectsAlliance firm that came up with the design, went back to the drawing board, but subsequent designs for the 160-plus room addition, also boxy in nat
  
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• Military friends of paralysed tank commander seek to put him on road again

  10-12-2018 13:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The military comrades of a paralysed tank commander have launched a fundraising campaign to put him back on the road again.
  The Friends of Greg Group wants to raise $75,000 to buy a wheelchair-accessible van so that retired colonel Greg Hug can have more freedom and independence two and a half years after a body surfing accident left him profoundly paralysed.
  “When we heard about his unfortunate accident, a lot of his friends were asking, ‘What can we do to help?'” said retired
  
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• Ottawa, Nova Scotia unveil funding for new $13-million arts centre in downtown Halifax - Global News

  10-12-2018 13:36
  Ottawa, Nova Scotia unveil funding for new $13-million arts centre in downtown Halifax  Global NewsWATCH: A proposed $13-million arts centre in downtown Halifax is closer to fruition, with the announcement of more than $10 million in federal and provincial ...
  
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• A chilly Monday ahead but at least it's going to be sunny

  10-12-2018 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  This week starts out wintry, throws in some flurries then switches gears with days hovering around zero and then there’s a risk of rain into the weekend.
  Monday is mainly sunny with winds of up to 15 km/h. From a morning low of -11 C, the mercury is headed to -7 C then down to -13 overnight.
  Tuesday is cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of early morning flurries before flurries begin in earnest late in the morning with a total of 2 cm expected along with winds of up to 15 km/h. The high is -
  
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