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• The acting OPP commissioner is asking the courts to order the ombudsman to investigate the recent appointment of hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 23:50 via twitter.com
  The acting OPP commissioner is asking the courts to order the ombudsman to investigate the recent appointment of hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• LeBreton Flats becomes Tobi Nussbaum's problem

  14-12-2018 23:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  LeBreton Flats, and all the baggage weighing down the redevelopment project, is now Tobi Nussbaum’s problem.
  The Ottawa city councillor, who will take over as CEO of the National Capital Commission on Feb. 4, says the historic transformation of the decrepit federal land will be at the top of the briefing pile as he moves offices four blocks up Elgin Street.
  “Clearly we’re at a point now where decisions have to be made about the future of that site. It’s going to be very,
  
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• Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens - National Post

  14-12-2018 23:23
  Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens  National PostOTTAWA (13-15-4) AT MONTREAL (16-11-5)Saturday, 7 p.m., Bell Centre, Sportsnet, TSN 1200 AM, Unique 94.5 FMSPECIAL TEAMSOTT: PP 21.8% (13th); ...
  
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• Fire up your binoculars: The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday

  14-12-2018 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa reaches a milestone this Sunday, and people will celebrate by heading out on foot before dawn into the cold and snow to listen for owls.
  They are unlikely to hear any. Owls are rare in the city, but the Christmas Bird Count rules say you spend all day looking for whatever birds are around, and that includes the owls.
  After sunrise, you tromp around until late afternoon recording all the birds you see — how many species and how many individuals of each. Along the way, there’s a
  
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• Teen's apparent kidnapping a hoax, police allege

  14-12-2018 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A teen reported missing after his car was found abandoned still running on the Airport Parkway is now charged with mischief after police concluded it was “a hoax set up as a kidnapping.”
  Kilal Taha, 18, is to appear in court Jan. 11 charged with mischief, police said Friday, saying only that help from the public aided major crime investigators in uncovering the ruse. He is the only person charged.
  On Nov. 26, Taha’s worried family, who are Syrian refugees, according to police s
  
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• Kanata Golf and Country Club could be bulldozed to make way for housing

  14-12-2018 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another golf course that weaves through a suburban Ottawa community may be bulldozed to make way for a major infill residential development.
  ClubLink confirmed Friday that it’s partnering with Minto Communities and Richcraft Homes to redevelop the Kanata Golf and Country Club with new homes. The trio is planning a community consultation beginning in early 2019.
  The golf course’s operating costs are rising and fewer golfers are teeing off during the season, ClubLink says, suggesting t
  
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• Funding cut by Tories a blow to midwifery in Ontario, health experts say

  14-12-2018 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cutting funds to the College of Midwives of Ontario delivers a blow to a profession already under strain and could further limit access to midwifery care in Ontario, says those who study the profession.
  The College of Midwives revealed this week that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has stopped providing it with funding. The college says it was told the decision is retroactive to April, which means the organization will not receive the money it had expected for the current fiscal year.
  
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• Suncor warns forced provincial oil cutbacks pose safety, operational risks ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  14-12-2018 22:25 via twitter.com
  Suncor warns forced provincial oil cutbacks pose safety, operational risksottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Suicide or desperate cry for help? Jury begins deliberations in Cleve Geddes inquest

  14-12-2018 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Did Cleve Geddes die by suicide or was his death an accidental hanging, a desperate effort by the 29-year-old paranoid schizophrenic to get staff at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre to send him to hospital?
  That question is one of many the five-person coroner’s jury must answer as they began deliberations Friday on evidence given over eight days of grueling testimony about Geddes’ death in February 2017.
  In addition to the mandatory “Five Ws” — who, where, when,
  
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• That time George H.W. Bush wrote about fishing in Canada

  14-12-2018 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following essay was written in 1997 by former U.S. president George H.W. Bush for the Deh Cho Drum paper in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
  Originally published Aug. 31, 1997
   Fort Simpson, N.W.T. — I love fishing the Tree River.
  Way above the treeline, the fast-flowing Tree River pours its rushing green-grey waters into the Arctic Ocean, about a mile or two from where I fished for char.
  As the waters race over the boulders and rocks, you can catch an occasional glimpse of the maje
  
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• Crown fights to keep government documents secret in Mark Norman trial. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-12-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  Crown fights to keep government documents secret in Mark Norman trial.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Off the Post podcast: Alex Ovechkin's amazing season - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 21:22
  Off the Post podcast: Alex Ovechkin's amazing season  Ottawa CitizenIn this week's Off The Post, hockey writer Don Brennan from Ottawa joins Paul Chapman as they talk about Alex Ovechkin's amazing season, and how he stacks ...
  
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• 'Missing' Kingston man charged in four Ottawa bank robberies

  14-12-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston man whose worried family reported him missing last month is now charged in a string of bank robberies in Ottawa between April and last Saturday.
  That’s on top of the five Toronto robberies he’s also accused of committing over the past two years.
  Robin Ditchburn, 53, was reported missing in November by his family, who were concerned for his wellbeing.
  The Ottawa Police Service’s robbery unit has charged him with five counts of robbery in relation to four robberies. Th
  
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• Ottawa man charged in alleged abduction hoax - CBC.ca

  14-12-2018 21:10
  Ottawa man charged in alleged abduction hoax  CBC.caAn 18-year-old Ottawa man accused of faking his own kidnapping last month has been charged with mischief, police said Friday.
  
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• 'Missing' Kingston man charged in four Ottawa bank robberies - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 20:58
  'Missing' Kingston man charged in four Ottawa bank robberies  Ottawa CitizenA Kingston man whose worried family reported him missing last month is now charged in a string of bank robberies in Ottawa between April and last Saturday.
  
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• Why Canada is not as safe for kids as you might think it is, and what a community near Ottawa is doing about it

  14-12-2018 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The red street sign reads Testa’n: Stop, in Mohawk. The Grade 6 students gather around and take pictures of the sign and the steady traffic passing by.
  “What do you see here?” asks Rose-Alma McDonald, an Akwesasne-based project leader on a community tour with the students.
  “Cars,” “a road,” “the school,” they chime in.
  “What would make it safer?” they are asked.
  A crosswalk, one girl says, looking down at the dark, wet pavement. A
  
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• Statistics Canada reports key debt ratio ticked higher in third quarter. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  14-12-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Statistics Canada reports key debt ratio ticked higher in third quarter.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Your (mainly) local Ottawa craft beer guide for the holidays: The 12 beers of Christmas - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 20:33
  Your (mainly) local Ottawa craft beer guide for the holidays: The 12 beers of Christmas  Ottawa CitizenWith beer being bigger than ever this year and with the holidays fast approaching, we've decided to have a little fun and help highlight some fantastic suds that ...
  
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• Cappies review: Woodroffe's production of Chicago is 'delightfully mischievous' - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 20:30
  Cappies review: Woodroffe's production of Chicago is 'delightfully mischievous'  Ottawa CitizenWritten by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, with music by John Kander, Chicago holds the title of second longest running musical in Broadway history.
  
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• VIA ‘confident’ Ottawa will support new passenger rail lines following $1-billion purchase of new trains - The Globe and Mail

  14-12-2018 20:28
  VIA ‘confident’ Ottawa will support new passenger rail lines following $1-billion purchase of new trains  The Globe and MailVia's proposed “High Frequency Rail” project would see the installation of dedicated passenger rail lines along the Quebec City to Toronto corridor – and ...
  
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• VIA ‘confident’ Ottawa will announce decision on new rail lines following $1-billion purchase of new trains - The Globe and Mail

  14-12-2018 20:28
  VIA ‘confident’ Ottawa will announce decision on new rail lines following $1-billion purchase of new trains  The Globe and MailVia's proposed “High Frequency Rail” project would see the installation of dedicated passenger rail lines along the Quebec City to Toronto corridor – and ...
  
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• Suicide or desperate cry for help? Jury begins deliberations in Cleve Geddes inquest - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 20:18
  Suicide or desperate cry for help? Jury begins deliberations in Cleve Geddes inquest  Ottawa CitizenDid Cleve Geddes die by suicide or was his death an accidental hanging, a desperate effort by the 29-year-old paranoid schizophrenic to get staff at the ...
  
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• GM working to retrain employees affected by Oshawa plant closure. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  14-12-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  GM working to retrain employees affected by Oshawa plant closure.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Police charge teen in connection with kidnapping hoax. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  14-12-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Police charge teen in connection with kidnapping hoax. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Texas mom sentenced in deaths of toddlers inside hot car. ottawamatters.com/world-news/tex…

  14-12-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Texas mom sentenced in deaths of toddlers inside hot car.ottawamatters.com/world-news/tex…
  
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• Traffic Unit officers with @ottawapolice stopped over 600 vehicles in last night's RIDE in the west end. No arrests… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 19:27 via twitter.com
  Traffic Unit officers with @ottawapolice stopped over 600 vehicles in last night's RIDE in the west end. No arrests… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional, top court rules. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-12-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional, top court rules.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• SIU finds no reason to charge Ottawa officer for arrestee's broken arm

  14-12-2018 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers won’t be charged after a man discovered to have a broken arm after his release on a public intoxication charge offered complaints about his treatment riddled with “inconsistencies and inaccuracies,” the province’s Special Investigations Unit reported Friday.
  A medical report said that the man, 48, had suffered a “classic ‘night-stick’ fracture configuration.”
  But given the “five different versions” the man gave of
  
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• New Presto app will (eventually) let customers pay from their smartphones

  14-12-2018 18:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Presto card users, rejoice.
  Metrolinx, the Crown agency that oversees the Presto system, has just released a new beta version of an app that will eventually allow customers to avoid the line by loading their cards directly from their smartphones.
  Presto customers everywhere have fallen victim to the huge lineups that form in front of OC Transpo service centres. This new app seems to provide a potential solution to the inconvenience, allowing users the chance to load their passes from the luxury
  
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• The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday

  14-12-2018 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa reaches a milestone this Sunday, and people will celebrate by heading out on foot before dawn into the cold and snow to listen for owls.
  They are unlikely to hear any. Owls are rare in the city, but the Christmas Bird Count rules say you spend all day looking for whatever birds are around, and that includes the owls.
  After sunrise, you tromp around until late afternoon recording all the birds you see — how many species and how many individuals of each. Along the way, there’s a
  
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• SIU finds no reason to charge Ottawa officer for arrestee's broken arm - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 18:27
  SIU finds no reason to charge Ottawa officer for arrestee's broken arm  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police officers won't be charged after a man discovered to have a broken arm after his release on a public intoxication charge offered complaints about ...
  
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• Fire up your binoculars: The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday - Sarnia and Lambton County This Week

  14-12-2018 18:04
  Fire up your binoculars: The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday  Sarnia and Lambton County This WeekOttawa reaches a milestone this Sunday, and people will celebrate by heading out on foot before dawn into the cold and snow to listen for owls.They are unlikely ...
  
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• Next on Power Lunch: Business executive and former municipal politician David Thomson & iPolitics reporter Kelsey… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  Next on Power Lunch: Business executive and former municipal politician David Thomson & iPolitics reporter Kelsey… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional: Supreme Court - Ottawa Sun

  14-12-2018 17:53
  Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional: Supreme Court  Ottawa SunOTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a law that makes people convicted of crimes pay surcharges to helps victims is unconstitutional.In a 7-2 ...
  
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• Fire up your binoculars: The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 17:48
  Fire up your binoculars: The 100th Ottawa Christmas Bird Count takes place this Sunday  Ottawa CitizenOttawa reaches a milestone this Sunday, and people will celebrate by heading out on foot before dawn into the cold and snow to listen for owls.They are unlikely ...
  
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• Coming up at 11:45 Investigative reporter @_kevindonovan joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the murder investigation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45Investigative reporter @_kevindonovan joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the murder investigation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Upcoming report to outline new economic vision for Ottawa East - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-12-2018 17:33
  Upcoming report to outline new economic vision for Ottawa East  Ottawa Business JournalDoyletech has undertaken a survey of stakeholders in Orléans and the surrounding area to draft a new economic development strategy for one of the city's ...
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Ian Lee with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:Ian Lee with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NCC taps Ottawa councillor Tobi Nussbaum as next CEO - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-12-2018 17:23
  NCC taps Ottawa councillor Tobi Nussbaum as next CEO  Ottawa Business JournalTobi Nussbaum has confirmed he'll be vacating his job as a city councillor to become the next chief executive of the National Capital Commission.
  
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• Rubin: Conflict findings show National Capital Commission needs to do more on accountability - Ottawa Citizen

  14-12-2018 17:01
  Rubin: Conflict findings show National Capital Commission needs to do more on accountability  Ottawa CitizenBack in 2007, the Stephen Harper government split the powerful position of National Capital Commission chair, once held by Marcel Beaudry, into two positions ...
  
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• Coming up at 11: @dk_munro joins @_MarkSutcliffe for the weekly 'Ethics Lab' 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @dk_munro joins @_MarkSutcliffe for the weekly 'Ethics Lab' 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/2oQd8u1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The number of reported victims who fell for the scam in 2018 has surpassed last year's total. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  14-12-2018 16:49 via twitter.com
  The number of reported victims who fell for the scam in 2018 has surpassed last year's total. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Kanata Golf and Country Club could be bulldozed

  14-12-2018 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another golf course that weaves through a suburban Ottawa community may be bulldozed to make way for a major infill residential development.
  ClubLink confirmed Friday that it’s partnering with Minto Communities and Richcraft Homes to redevelop the Kanata Golf and Country Club with new homes. The trio is planning a community consultation beginning in early 2019.
  The golf course’s operating costs are rising and fewer golfers are teeing off during the season, ClubLink says, suggesting t
  
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• Homes for the Holidays: Hospice fundraiser has extra meaning for Rockcliffe homeowner

  14-12-2018 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Much as the shell of a Rockcliffe Park Colonial created a blank canvas for this completely renovated home, the white walls of its new interior gave Mill Street Florist the perfect backdrop for a carefully curated selection of florals to show it off on the recent Homes for the Holidays tour.
  Drawing inspiration from the owners’ eclectic art collection, florist Jessica Barrett brought in reds, oranges, blues and golds to provide a lovely complement to the home’s transitional design and
  
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• Coming up at 10:45 Former Wildrose Party leader @BrianJeanAB joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his call for Alberta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45Former Wildrose Party leader @BrianJeanAB joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss his call for Alberta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Passenger extricated, Ornge helicopter called in morning east-end collision - Global News

  14-12-2018 16:14
  Passenger extricated, Ornge helicopter called in morning east-end collision  Global NewsOttawa Fire Services says a crash victim had to be taken to hospital via Ornge helicopter after a collision on Friday morning closed Russell Road in both ...
  
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• Injured victim airlifted to hospital from Vars-area crash

  14-12-2018 16:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ornge helicopter picked up a patient after a Vars-area crash Friday morning reportedly involving a car and a tow truck.
  Firefighters first had to extricate the injured motorist from the car after the crash on Russell Road near Sand Road, which is just west of Frank Kenny Road.
  The fire department reported that crews were called to the scene, where an off-duty firefighter was relaying information, at 8:56 a.m. They started freeing the patient from the vehicle just after 9 a.m. and were done by
  
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• Ottawa tech leaders set to take stage at next year's TEDxKanata - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-12-2018 15:54
  Ottawa tech leaders set to take stage at next year's TEDxKanata  Ottawa Business JournalSome of Ottawa's most well-known tech execs will ask a live crowd to imagine with them at next year's TEDxKanata event.
  
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• OPP probes 'suspicious' death of Rideau Lakes man

  14-12-2018 15:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police say they are considering the death of a 52-year-old man in Rideau Lakes Township as “suspicious.”
  Police were called to a home on Perth Road North, about 120 km south of Ottawa, Thursday morning.
  Detectives and forensics specialists were called in.
  Police released no further details.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Leeds OPP at 613-345-1790 or 1-888-310-1122.
   
  
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• PSAC pushes Ottawa to brand Canadian oil and gas | Oil & Gas - JWN

  14-12-2018 15:18
  PSAC pushes Ottawa to brand Canadian oil and gas | Oil & Gas  JWNThe Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) says it delivered a message to parliamentarians in Ottawa earlier this month that...
  
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