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• Pelosi flashes survival skills - and she'll need them in '19 ottawamatters.com/world-news/pel…

  17-12-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
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• May says postponed Brexit vote to be held week of Jan 14 ottawamatters.com/world-news/may…

  17-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Daughter tells of dad's unlikely bond with Charles Barkley ottawamatters.com/world-news/dau…

  17-12-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa man fined, car seized, charges pending after head-on collision on Hwy. 5

  17-12-2018 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 30-year-old Ottawa man had his licence suspended, his car seized and faces a stiff fine and possible criminal charges after a head-on collision early Sunday morning.
  In a media release, Sûreté du Québec say they were called to a collision at the Hwy. 5 North exit ramp to St-Raymond at around 4 a.m. Sunday.
  According to initial reports, the collision occurred when a vehicle took the outbound lane from Boul. St-Raymond while a vehicle had just taken the exit on Hwy. 5 North.
  
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• Head-on collision on Hwy. 5 results in Ottawa man fined, car seized, charges pending - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2018 22:23
  Head-on collision on Hwy. 5 results in Ottawa man fined, car seized, charges pending  Ottawa SunA 30-year-old Ottawa man had his licence suspended, his car seized and faces a stiff fine and possible criminal charges after a head-on collision early Sunday ...
  
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• Police searching for missing teen last seen in Ottawa - www.insideottawavalley.com/

  17-12-2018 22:09
  Police searching for missing teen last seen in Ottawa  www.insideottawavalley.com/Ottawa Police are appealing to the public in the search for a St. Catharines teen who was last seen in Ottawa. Philipp Derek.
  
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• Newsmaker of the year: Take a peek inside Amazon's massive Ottawa warehouse - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-12-2018 22:04
  Newsmaker of the year: Take a peek inside Amazon's massive Ottawa warehouse  Ottawa Business JournalBroccolini's build of 1.02M-square-foot distribution facility for e-commerce giant a feat of endurance and engineering.
  
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• Girl's death spurs questions about border language barriers ottawamatters.com/world-news/gir…

  17-12-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• CIBC shrinks event after Whistler tries to bill oil firm for climate change. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  17-12-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  CIBC shrinks event after Whistler tries to bill oil firm for climate change.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ottawa man fined, car seized, charges pending after head-on collision on Hwy. 5 - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2018 21:26
  Ottawa man fined, car seized, charges pending after head-on collision on Hwy. 5  Ottawa CitizenA 30-year-old Ottawa man had his licence suspended, his car seized and faces a stiff fine and possible criminal charges after a head-on collision early Sunday ...
  
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• Women more likely than men to experience workplace harassment: StatsCan study. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  17-12-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
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• Stratford's Hollis hit scoresheet in ringette victory over Ottawa - The Guardian

  17-12-2018 21:03
  Stratford's Hollis hit scoresheet in ringette victory over Ottawa  The GuardianCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - Stratford native Ashley Hollis dished out an assist in the Atlantic Attack's 7-3 win over the Ottawa Ice in National Ringette League ...
  
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• Next OPP commissioner returns to old job with Toronto police. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  17-12-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Next OPP commissioner returns to old job with Toronto police.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• 'We are a hockey nation,' but family folds rink boards in brouhaha

  17-12-2018 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Riverside South family has iced the rink boards that irked a neighbour, but not before proving that (in the words of Mayor Jim Watson) “we are a hockey nation.”
  By the bylaw department’s Monday morning deadline, Cory and Lisa Cosgrove had taken down the boards that the neighbour – whom they won’t identify in the interest of suburban peace – had reported.
  Meanwhile, they earned an avalanche of support from Canadians, coast to coast.
  “It’s been ove
  
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• Orsini: Dear National Gallery of Canada, please change

  17-12-2018 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  I do not want to sound like yet another cranky art gallery patron, so please take this in the holiday spirit in which it is intended.
  The National Gallery of Canada is overdue for change. Big, cataclysmic change. It seems like the only time the gallery garners media attention is when it is embroiled in controversy.
  And not the good kind of controversy, either. The media storm that greeted the announcement of a potential sale of a coveted 1929 Marc Chagall painting to make financial room for the
  
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• Ottawa backyard rink boards taken down, rink remains after neighbour calls bylaw - Global News

  17-12-2018 19:24
  Ottawa backyard rink boards taken down, rink remains after neighbour calls bylaw  Global NewsAfter a small dispute over a homemade rink went viral on social media, an Ottawa family wants the city's bylaw department to be more clear about what people ...
  
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• 'The next chapter of our story': Ottawa pens agreement with Alberta Métis - CBC News

  17-12-2018 19:12
  'The next chapter of our story': Ottawa pens agreement with Alberta Métis  CBC NewsCrown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has signed a framework agreement with the Métis​ Settlements General Council, a group that represents ...
  
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• Missing St. Catharines teen last seen in Ottawa

  17-12-2018 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing teen.
  Philipp Derek Drake Doctor, who is from St. Catharines, was last seen in Ottawa in late November.
  His family is concerned for his safety.
  Doctor, who goes by the name Derek, is described as a Caucasian male who self identifies as Native-Iroquois. He is 5-foot-5 (165 cm), 100 lbs (45 kg), with brown medium length hair, blue eyes, and acne complexion.
  Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call th
  
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• Ottawa allowed 4-month reprieve to amend solitary confinement law struck down as unconstitutional - Global News

  17-12-2018 18:47
  Ottawa allowed 4-month reprieve to amend solitary confinement law struck down as unconstitutional  Global NewsTORONTO – The federal government eked out a four-month reprieve for its solitary confinement law on Monday despite criticism from Ontario's top court about ...
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media during their weekly segment. 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @padams29 & @_MarkSutcliffe discuss the State of the Media during their weekly segment. 📻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Missing St. Catharines man last seen in November in Ottawa. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  17-12-2018 18:27 via twitter.com
  Missing St. Catharines man last seen in November in Ottawa. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 17th: 1:07: @Shawn_Jeffords 1:17: @PaulKoring 1:45: @DrMGregg1 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, December 17th: 1:07: @Shawn_Jeffords 1:17: @PaulKoring 1:45: @DrMGregg1 2:05:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Next on Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  Next on Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 & @Alex_S_Cullen join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Lori McGrath with West Carleton Disaster joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss a weekend dinner for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:Lori McGrath with West Carleton Disaster joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss a weekend dinner for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:15: @richard680news joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss today's news Ron Taverner is now staying w/To… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:15:@richard680news joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss today's news Ron Taverner is now staying w/To… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11: Sports reporter @scott_stinson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the top sports stories of 2018… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 16:59 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Sports reporter @scott_stinson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the top sports stories of 2018… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Clerk hit with phone, stapler during robbery: Police

  17-12-2018 16:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman working at a Byward Market store was repeatedly struck with a phone and a stapler and punched in a robbery Friday afternoon until a passerby heard her screaming for help.
  Police say that the clerk had confronted a woman who walked into the store on York Street near Dalhousie Street at about 2:45 p.m. and tried to take money from the till.
  She fled with an undisclosed sum, but was arrested by patrol officers shortly afterwards.
  Karly Desaulniers, 21, is charged with robbery, assault, two
  
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• Three charged after robbery victim pepper sprayed

  17-12-2018 16:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrol officers nabbed three robbery suspects after a 43-year-old man was robbed and pepper sprayed in the Billings Bridge area early Sunday morning.
  The trio followed the victim as he walked through a Riverside Drive parking lot after he took money out of a bank machine. They swarmed him, one brandishing a knife, then sprayed him in a struggle before fleeing with his backpack.
  Connor O’Callaghan, 18, Jefrey Santos Rivera, 18, and a 17-year-old youth are each charged with two counts of arm
  
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• Three Ottawa teens arrested after knife-point parking lot robbery - OttawaMatters.com

  17-12-2018 15:41
  Three Ottawa teens arrested after knife-point parking lot robbery  OttawaMatters.comThe three teens allegedly forced the victim to take money out of an ATM.
  
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• Project Give raises nearly $200K for Ottawa Food Bank - CBC.ca

  17-12-2018 14:36
  Project Give raises nearly $200K for Ottawa Food Bank  CBC.caCBC Ottawa's annual fundraiser brought in $197845.70 this year for the Ottawa Food Bank.
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Was it the right decision to delay Ron Taverner's appointment as OPP commissioner? ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  17-12-2018 14:03 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Was it the right decision to delay Ron Taverner's appointment as OPP commissioner?ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Flurries likely then freezing weather returns

  17-12-2018 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wintry weather is on the way.
  Monday’s forecast is for a 70 per cent chance of flurries and northwesterly winds at 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon as the temperature drops to -3 C by afternoon then -10 C overnight. There’s a risk of early-morning freezing drizzle.
  Overnight, there’s a 30 per cent chance of flurries and a windchill of -12 in the evening and -17 overnight.
  Mixed skies, a high of -7 C and a low of -13 C is in the forecast for Tuesday.
  Wednesday’s a bit warme
  
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• White: Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk got it wrong on OSAP student plan

  17-12-2018 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The job of provincial Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk is to help Ontarians judge how well public resources are being used. On Dec. 5, she released her latest set of value-for-money audits, one of which examines the recent transformation of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and the introduction of free tuition for families making less than $50,000 a year.
  In this case, the auditor’s task was to determine whether the new OSAP is efficient, defined as supporting more students to part
  
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• 21-storey high-rise proposed across from Ottawa's Museum of Nature - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-12-2018 12:50
  21-storey high-rise proposed across from Ottawa's Museum of Nature  Ottawa Business JournalCity officials say they've received a rezoning application to allow a 21-storey residential high-rise that would replace a historic Argyle Avenue office building.
  
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• Pellerin: Ottawa, we're addicted to speed. And it has to stop - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2018 12:30
  Pellerin: Ottawa, we're addicted to speed. And it has to stop  Ottawa CitizenNo matter where you live, it's an issue you confront every day. At times you're suffering from it; other times you're the one inflicting it on others. Ottawa, we have a ...
  
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• Pellerin: Ottawa, we're addicted to speed. And it has to stop

  17-12-2018 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  No matter where you live, it’s an issue you confront every day. At times you’re suffering from it; other times you’re the one inflicting it on others. 
  Ottawa, we have a speeding problem.We all do it. We barely notice ourselves going too fast. But we hate it when others fly past us. 
  During the recent municipal election, traffic safety emerged as among the chief concerns politicians heard about from potential voters. 
  Tobi Nussbaum, the councillor for Rideau-Rock
  
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• The programs are aimed at providing students with extra skills and support. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-12-2018 12:26 via twitter.com
  The programs are aimed at providing students with extra skills and support. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Dec. 17 - CBC.ca

  17-12-2018 12:22
  Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Dec. 17  CBC.caFollow live traffic updates during Ottawa Morning from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. and All In A Day from 3 to 6 p.m..
  
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• Morning Update: Ottawa seeking to end Saudi arms deal; Five Eyes chiefs warned Trudeau about Huawei - The Globe and Mail

  17-12-2018 12:16
  Morning Update: Ottawa seeking to end Saudi arms deal; Five Eyes chiefs warned Trudeau about Huawei  The Globe and MailAlso: An influential Ontario doctor is facing questions about failing to hire female doctors.
  
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• New Civic campus on track: 'We need a new hospital,' MacLeod says

  17-12-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new Civic hospital is a priority for the Doug Ford government, says Nepean MPP and cabinet minister Lisa MacLeod.
  MacLeod, who is minister for children, community and social services and women’s issues in the provincial government, said she is in regular contact with Jack Kitts, who heads The Ottawa Hospital.
  “We are still on track and it is a priority for me and my government. We need a new hospital.”
  The current Civic hospital will be 100 years old in 2023. Local hospital o
  
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• 900 Albert Street: gateway for a $700 million lawsuit

  17-12-2018 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  How did 900 Albert St. — a three-acre triangle on the western fringes of downtown Ottawa — emerge as such a potentially destructive force for LeBreton Flats?
  The address is the site of a former train yard and snow dump and until very recently was criss-crossed by sewer pipes. It is now the focal point of a $700-million lawsuit launched on Nov. 23 by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk against Trinity Development founder John Ruddy and others. Ruddy is expected later this month to fil
  
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• You Said It: Baby, it's back ... but still so-so - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2018 11:30
  You Said It: Baby, it's back ... but still so-so  Ottawa SunBABY, IT'S BACK … BUT STILL SO-SOAfter all the commotion, analyzing and discussion about Baby, It's Cold Outside, CBC decided to put it back on their ...
  
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• Three recipients of Ottawa's venture capital program hit halfway mark on funds - The Globe and Mail

  17-12-2018 11:00
  Three recipients of Ottawa's venture capital program hit halfway mark on funds  The Globe and MailThree of the five fund-of-funds managers that were chosen by the federal government to stimulate Canada's venture-capital industry have surpassed half of their ...
  
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• Canada's ambassador meets with second detainee, Michael Spavor, in China ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters

  17-12-2018 10:22 via twitter.com
  Canada's ambassador meets with second detainee, Michael Spavor, in China ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters
  
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• 'A pretty tasty meal' at The Ottawa Mission's Christmas dinner - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2018 03:06
  'A pretty tasty meal' at The Ottawa Mission's Christmas dinner  Ottawa SunChristmas dinner at The Ottawa Mission is always a massive undertaking.The Mission serves 1300 meals to shelter residents on any given day. But the dinner ...
  
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• 'I hope they can hear us in Ottawa': 1,500 attend Alberta oilpatch rally - CBC News

  17-12-2018 03:00
  'I hope they can hear us in Ottawa': 1,500 attend Alberta oilpatch rally  CBC NewsA rally in a northwestern Alberta city Sunday drew more than 1,500 people — and featured a convoy of more than 600 vehicles — all sharing one goal: to tell ...
  
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• Ottawa's Homan edges Winnipeg's Einarson 4-1 to win second career National title - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  17-12-2018 02:51
  Ottawa's Homan edges Winnipeg's Einarson 4-1 to win second career National title  TheChronicleHerald.caCONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — Rachel Homan has captured her second career National title. The Ottawa skip edged Winnipeg's Kerri Einarson 4-1 in the ...
  
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• Cold case: Police still looking for clues in slaying of John Hatch

  17-12-2018 02:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three years after John Hatch was found dead, police have reissued a call for witnesses to come forward to help solve the homicide case.
  Frederick “John” Hatch was last seen alive on Dec. 16, 2015 between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of West Hunt Club Road and Merivale Road. His partially-burned body was discovered about 500 kilometres away the next day in a ditch near the town of Erin after the fire department and OPP responded to a call about a brush fire.
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• Sri Lanka's president reinstates prime minister he sacked bit.ly/2rD6p8y https://t.co/xeOwPCz8xW

  17-12-2018 02:02 via twitter.com
  
  Sri Lanka's president reinstates prime minister he sacked bit.ly/2rD6p8y https://t.co/xeOwPCz8xW
  
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• Gameday: Nashville Predators at Ottawa Senators - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2018 01:14
  Gameday: Nashville Predators at Ottawa Senators  Ottawa SunNashville (22-10-1) at Ottawa (14-16-4) Monday, 7:30 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre TSN5, TSN 1200 AM, Unique 94.5 FMSPECIAL TEAMS OTT: PP 21.7% (12th); ...
  
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