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• LNG Canada's $40 billion project in Kitimat ‘at risk’ if steel safeguards stay, Ottawa told - Financial Post

  19-12-2018 23:42
  LNG Canada's $40 billion project in Kitimat ‘at risk’ if steel safeguards stay, Ottawa told  Financial PostThe energy giants behind the $40 billion LNG Canada project on the West Coast are warning that Ottawa's steel safeguards will have a direct impact on the ...
  
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• Kitimat project 'at risk' if Ottawa's steel safeguards stay: LNG Canada - Financial Post

  19-12-2018 23:42
  Kitimat project 'at risk' if Ottawa's steel safeguards stay: LNG Canada  Financial PostThe energy giants behind the $40 billion LNG Canada project on the West Coast are warning that Ottawa's steel safeguards will have a direct impact on the ...
  
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• Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct ottawamatters.com/world-news/pop…

  19-12-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconductottawamatters.com/world-news/pop…
  
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• #BREAKING: A Statement has been released by the NCC regarding the LeBreton Flats dispute https://t.co/qZOt5StX58

  19-12-2018 23:18 via twitter.com
  
  #BREAKING: A Statement has been released by the NCC regarding the LeBreton Flats dispute https://t.co/qZOt5StX58
  
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• Calgarians Hartley, Klukas among four re-signed by Stamps - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 23:16
  Calgarians Hartley, Klukas among four re-signed by Stamps  Ottawa CitizenThe Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian receivers Austen Hartley and Michael Klukas as well as internationals Armanti Foreman, a receiver, and ...
  
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• DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal ottawamatters.com/world-news/dc-…

  19-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Opinion | Editorial: Ottawa's bandage won't heal Alberta's wounds - TheSpec.com

  19-12-2018 22:54
  Opinion | Editorial: Ottawa's bandage won't heal Alberta's wounds  TheSpec.comThe $1.6-billion aid package Justin Trudeau just handed Alberta's wounded oilpatch is little more than a handkerchief for drying the province's bitter tears.
  
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• Advocates say Accessible Canada Act is too weak to be effective - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 22:39
  Advocates say Accessible Canada Act is too weak to be effective  Ottawa CitizenThe cautious optimism that prevailed in Canada's disabled community when the federal government tabled historic accessibility legislation earlier this year has ...
  
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• Ford moving to office in Kanata, set to hire as many as 300, according to developer

  19-12-2018 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ford Motor Co. will move into a 40,000-square-foot facility at 800 Palladium Dr. as early as 2020, according to the building’s developer.
  The company has been tapping into the national capital’s talent when it comes to self-driving automobiles. Ford has been working hand-in-hand with Blackberry Ltd. subsidiary QNX on software for cars and autonomous driving vehicles since at least 2014. The two companies had an official agreement, detailing their business partnership, in 20
  
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• Senate poised to vote to keep government running into 2019 ottawamatters.com/world-news/sen…

  19-12-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Updated: Cameron Rogers pleads guilty to murdering parents, admits fabricating sex assault allegations

  19-12-2018 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cameron Rogers is a “callous” murderer and a “calculated” liar.
  In a plea deal Wednesday, the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for the brutal November 2016 killing of his parents Dave Rogers and Merrill Gleddie Rogers and admitted fabricating a story about years of sexual abuse at the hands of his father.
  Rogers will serve two concurrent life sentences with no chance of parole for 20 years. He will be 44.
  The dramatic end to his murder
  
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• Judge's rebuke of Flynn upends sentencing, prolongs case ottawamatters.com/world-news/jud…

  19-12-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa tech firms to watch 2018: Leonovus ready for revenue - Ottawa Business Journal

  19-12-2018 21:35
  Ottawa tech firms to watch 2018: Leonovus ready for revenue  Ottawa Business JournalA major push in hiring and R&D over the course of 2018 have set Leonovus up to record revenues for the first time in years heading into 2019.
  
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• Nova Scotia's books remain in surplus—with a little help from Ottawa - CBC.ca

  19-12-2018 21:27
  Nova Scotia's books remain in surplus—with a little help from Ottawa  CBC.caFinance Minister Karen Casey released her government's December update on the 2018-19 books on Wednesday. An increase in federal equalization and ...
  
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• Ford to add 300 jobs at new Kanata South R&D centre - Ottawa Business Journal

  19-12-2018 21:24
  Ford to add 300 jobs at new Kanata South R&D centre  Ottawa Business JournalFord's move to Kanata South's newest development will see the auto company add more than 300 engineering jobs, according to real estate firm Cominar.
  
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• Electrical problem eyed in grounding of Chem Norma

  19-12-2018 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Damaged electrical components in the steering system may have caused the tanker Chem Norma to run aground on the St. Lawrence Seaway last May.
  The 145-metre tanker stayed stuck off Morrisburg “like a boot in mud” for days.
  The Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that while the precise cause for the temporary failure of the vessel’s steering gear control system could not be determined, a “plausible scenario” is a failure of elect
  
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• Ottawa police officers cleared after man jumped from balcony in Alta Vista - OttawaMatters.com

  19-12-2018 20:47
  Ottawa police officers cleared after man jumped from balcony in Alta Vista  OttawaMatters.comThe SIU has wrapped up its investigation into an incident at a local apartment building.
  
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• UN General Assembly endorses global migration accord. ottawamatters.com/world-news/un-…

  19-12-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  UN General Assembly endorses global migration accord.ottawamatters.com/world-news/un-…
  
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• South end of Elgin Street shuts down Jan. 7 for phase 2

  19-12-2018 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Are you ready for stage 2, Elgin Street users?
  Starting Jan. 7, the downtown artery will be closed to traffic between Somerset to Catherine streets for the final phase of the street’s $36-million “rehabilitation.” (See below for map.)
  The shutdown is to allow the replacement of underground infrastructure and other work, including burying power lines.
  That work is expected to last through much of 2019.
  Walkers take note: Sidewalks will remain open, but you won’t be able to
  
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• Ottawa Fury FC turns to Court of Arbitration for Sport in sanctioning dispute. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  19-12-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Fury FC turns to Court of Arbitration for Sport in sanctioning dispute.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Glavin: Where 'tolerance' means a crackdown on Christians

  19-12-2018 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  With Christmas just a few days away, Shima and Shokoufeh Zanganeh, two sisters from the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, remain in prison. Arrested Sept. 2 for the crime of converting to Christianity, they are expected to spend Christmas Day in the city’s Sepidar jail. Jamshid Derakhshan, arrested Nov. 30 on his way to a prayer meeting in a house church in the city of Hashtgerd, west of the capital Tehran, is also expected to spend Christmas behind bars.
  According to the British charity
  
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• Liberals say they are looking at ways to provide minimum income to all Canadians. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  19-12-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Liberals say they are looking at ways to provide minimum income to all Canadians.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Woman arrested after cruisers rammed: OPP

  19-12-2018 19:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two OPP cruisers suffered minor damage when, police allege, a 50-year-old woman “intentionally” struck them with her car during an arrest near Kingston on Tuesday.
  It was at 1:10 a.m. that Frontenac OPP officers located the woman, who was wanted in a Dec. 9 “threatening occurence,” in her vehicle in a parking lot in Parham, about 50 kilometres north of the city.
  No one was hurt in the incident, police said.
  Catherine Caldwell of Stone Mills was charged with dangerous driv
  
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• Ottawa inflation rate up 2.1 per cent in November - Ottawa Business Journal

  19-12-2018 19:13
  Ottawa inflation rate up 2.1 per cent in November  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa's annual pace of inflation again surpassed the rest of the country in November, according to a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday.
  
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• Ottawa providing $4.9 million for downtown London affordable housing project - Global News

  19-12-2018 19:08
  Ottawa providing $4.9 million for downtown London affordable housing project  Global NewsA six-storey affordable housing project in London's downtown core is receiving a multi-million-dollar funding boost from the federal government.
  
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• Virtual ride-along part of 'aggressive' Ottawa police recruitment drive

  19-12-2018 19:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Want to ride along with an Ottawa cop without leaving your living room?
  As part of an “aggressive” recruitment drive to hire as many as 500 new Ottawa Police Services officers in five years, the force’s recruiting section is taking its message to social media, including a virtual peek at a patrol this Thursday and Friday.
  Const. Ricardo Menendez will be taking Instagram and Twitter followers along in the city’s central division Thursday starting at 5 p.m. Colleague Const.
  
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• Ottawa cops are out to get you ... to join the force - Ottawa Sun

  19-12-2018 19:05
  Ottawa cops are out to get you ... to join the force  Ottawa SunWant to ride along with an Ottawa cop without leaving your living room?As part of an “aggressive” recruitment drive to hire as many as 500 new Ottawa Police ...
  
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• Virtual ride-along part of 'aggressive' Ottawa police recruitment drive - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 19:02
  Virtual ride-along part of 'aggressive' Ottawa police recruitment drive  Ottawa CitizenWant to ride along with an Ottawa cop without leaving your living room?As part of an “aggressive” recruitment drive to hire as many as 500 new Ottawa Police ...
  
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• Cameron Rogers pleads guilty to murdering parents, admits fabricating sex assault allegations

  19-12-2018 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cameron Rogers has pleaded guilty to murdering his parents and now admits he made up allegations of sexual assault to help his defence.
  The dramatic end to his murder trial comes after weeks of delays and after Rogers’ eleventh-hour claim he was sexually assaulted by his father, which sent his jury trial off the rails.
  The allegation of long-standing sexual abuse made by Rogers to his defence lawyers occurred just days before the defence team was set to begin presenting its case in the dou
  
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• #BREAKING The Washington D.C. attorney general has filed a lawsuit against #Facebook for allowing data-mining fir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 18:53 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING The Washington D.C. attorney general has filed a lawsuit against #Facebook for allowing data-mining fir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Use cash, not credit, Privacy watchdog warns legal cannabis buyers - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 18:47
  Use cash, not credit, Privacy watchdog warns legal cannabis buyers  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — Canada's privacy watchdog is warning marijuana users to pay with cash rather than plastic if they're worried about the collection of their personal ...
  
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• Natsis: Learning French – Merci Ontario from an American friend

  19-12-2018 18:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  I’m a born and raised American of Greek ancestry who has barely retained a few words of sixth-grade French such as “rouge” and “le chat,” learned as a youngster growing up in the inner suburbs of St Louis, Missouri.
  But a trip to Europe in my early 20s redirected my life in a way I could never have imagined. I fell in love with the French language. And even more strangely, I later fell in love with Ontario.
  I don’t know why I wanted to learn French; it just ha
  
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• Ottawa Fury FC turns to sports arbitration court in sanctioning dispute - Global News

  19-12-2018 18:28
  Ottawa Fury FC turns to sports arbitration court in sanctioning dispute  Global News"In the current situation, only four weeks before the scheduled start of training camp, Fury FC is unable to sign players or sell tickets because of the uncertainty ...
  
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• Pianist Joey Calderazzo to headline 2019 Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 18:00
  Pianist Joey Calderazzo to headline 2019 Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival  Ottawa CitizenAmerican jazz pianist Joey Calderazzo will headline the 2019 Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival, which will present 14 concerts between Feb. 7 and 9 next year at La ...
  
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• Pianist Joey Calderazzo to headline 2019 Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival

  19-12-2018 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  American jazz pianist Joey Calderazzo will headline the 2019 Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival, which will present 14 concerts between Feb. 7 and 9 next year at La Nouvelle Scène on King Edward Avenue.
  A dynamic, driving pianist who made his major-label debut in the early 1990s with saxophonist Michael Brecker, Calderazzo has performed in Ottawa with saxophonist Branford Marsalis three times in the past dozen years. With his trio, Calderazzo will play the third of three concerts on the festival
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 19th: 1:07: @scharleb 1:17: @JonathanWilling 1:30: @ChrisNatPres 1:4… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, December 19th: 1:07: @scharleb 1:17: @JonathanWilling 1:30: @ChrisNatPres 1:4… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 4th floor tenants will be able to return home one week after 251 Donald St Fire. #ottnews twitter.com/OCH_LCO/status…

  19-12-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  4th floor tenants will be able to return home one week after 251 Donald St Fire. #ottnews twitter.com/OCH_LCO/status…
  
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• What is Ottawa's Energy Loan Program and will it actually help Canada's battered oilpatch? - Calgary Herald

  19-12-2018 17:22
  What is Ottawa's Energy Loan Program and will it actually help Canada's battered oilpatch?  Calgary HeraldThe Liberal government announced a $1.6 billion loan offering to help Canada's struggling energy industry, but is it a solution for a different problem?
  
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• What is Ottawa's Energy Loan Program and will it actually help Canada's battered oilpatch? - Financial Post

  19-12-2018 17:20
  What is Ottawa's Energy Loan Program and will it actually help Canada's battered oilpatch?  Financial PostThe Liberal government announced a $1.6 billion loan offering to help Canada's struggling energy industry, but is it a solution for a different problem?
  
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• The Ottawa Fury FC have announced they're seeking Court Arbitration for Sport, after being blocked from participati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  The Ottawa Fury FC have announced they're seeking Court Arbitration for Sport, after being blocked from participati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11: Carleton University Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio to discuss internati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: Carleton University Professor Elliot Tepper joins @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio to discuss internati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Comedian @happyfeetholmes joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss a big Air Farce anniversary coming… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:Comedian @happyfeetholmes joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss a big Air Farce anniversary coming… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dining Out: Assayyed Restaurant offers a Middle Eastern take on steakhouse fare

  19-12-2018 16:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Assayyed Restaurant1638 Bank St., 613-733-4343, assayyed.comOpen: Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed MondayPrices: steaks $24.95 to $44.95Access: small ramp to front door
  The 3.5-kilometre stretch of southern Bank Street between Heron Avenue and Hunt Club Road is dotted with Middle Eastern food businesses selling everything from shawarma to kebabs to groceries to specialty breads. But only at Assayyed Restaurant can you get a halal-approved aged ribeye steak
  
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• Humboldt Broncos team chosen Canada's at Newsmaker of the Year ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters https://t.co/q2J4FFHaaq

  19-12-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  
  Humboldt Broncos team chosen Canada's at Newsmaker of the Year ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters https://t.co/q2J4FFHaaq
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Reporter and Author @KaylaAuthor joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss her new book 'From Med Scho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Reporter and Author @KaylaAuthor joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss her new book 'From Med Scho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa offers summer student job funding - Sault Star

  19-12-2018 16:25
  Ottawa offers summer student job funding  Sault StarBusinesses can now apply for funding from the federal government to hire summer students. Deadline to apply for Canada Summer Jobs is Jan. 25, a release ...
  
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• Man jumped from second-floor balcony of 'his own accord,' SIU rules

  19-12-2018 16:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Special Investigations Unit has ended its probe into an incident involving police officers and a 48-year-old man who jumped from a second-floor balcony in Alta Vista on December 1.
  Police were dispatched to the apartment, located near Bélanger Avenue and Bank Street, around 5 p.m. after several callers reported a man in distress. When they arrived they found a 48-year-old man in the apartment. Before police had any contact with the man, he jumped from the balcony of his second-floor a
  
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• #BREAKING: The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been selected as Canada's 2018 Newsmaker of the Year.

  19-12-2018 16:03 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been selected as Canada's 2018 Newsmaker of the Year.
  
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• Johnny Reid and NAC Orchestra: 'People really want to celebrate Christmas' - Ottawa Citizen

  19-12-2018 16:00
  Johnny Reid and NAC Orchestra: 'People really want to celebrate Christmas'  Ottawa CitizenScottish-Canadian singer-songwriter Johnny Reid is in Ottawa this week to celebrate his favourite season, complete with the lush musical backing of the NAC ...
  
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• Johnny Reid and NAC Orchestra: 'People really want to celebrate Christmas'

  19-12-2018 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Johnny Reid: Home for the Holidays with the NAC Orchestra
  8 p.m. Dec. 21-22, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
  Tickets: $54.75, plus surcharges, available at NAC box office, nac-cna.ca and ticketmaster.ca
  Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter Johnny Reid is in Ottawa this week to celebrate his favourite season, complete with the lush musical backing of the NAC Orchestra. 
  Q: You’ve already performed two Christmas shows this month with orchestras out West, and now you’re coming to
  
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