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• North Dundas Demons win Bell Capital Cup title in Ottawa - Standard Freeholder

  01-01-2019 23:56
  North Dundas Demons win Bell Capital Cup title in Ottawa  Standard FreeholderTeam from SDG wins its division at the 20th-annual Bell Capital Cup tournament in Ottawa.
  
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• Child flown to CHEO in critical condition following Calabogie Road crash - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 23:56
  Child flown to CHEO in critical condition following Calabogie Road crash  Ottawa CitizenA two-vehicle collision in the Upper Ottawa Valley sent three people to hospital Tuesday, including a child in critical condition who was flown to CHEO by Ornge ...
  
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• 'They brought him back to life' Constables revive man, capping dramatic week on patrol

  01-01-2019 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  When two Ottawa police constables raced to Halifax Drive to save a 60-year-old man with no vital signs Tuesday morning, it capped a dramatic week on patrol.
  Const. Mohamed Mohamed, who transferred to the Ottawa Police Service in 2018 from the Toronto force, and Const. François Lapointe, were on routine patrol in the city’s east end on New Year’s Day when they were dispatched to the home.
  A woman had called frantically reporting she had awoken to find her partner in bed next to
  
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• Child flown to CHEO in critical condition following Calabogie Road crash

  01-01-2019 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  A two-vehicle collision in the Upper Ottawa Valley sent three people to hospital Tuesday, including a child in critical condition who was flown to CHEO by Ornge air ambulance.
  Paramedics and Renfrew County OPP were dispatched to the crash scene on Calabogie Road near Fraser Road around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  Paramedics assessed four people and called in a helicopter to transport the citically injured child to hospital.
  The names and ages of the patients were not released.
  According to Renfrew County
  
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• Last place Ottawa Senators try something different on New Year's Day - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 23:03
  Last place Ottawa Senators try something different on New Year's Day  Ottawa SunA 6-3 loss to the Blue Jackets New Year's Eve, the Ottawa Senators rang in the New Year by waking up in last place in the NHL on Tuesday.
  
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• Jets captain Wheeler far from satisfied after his team’s impressive year - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 22:30
  Jets captain Wheeler far from satisfied after his team’s impressive year  Ottawa CitizenEDMONTON — After his team closed out 2018 with a well-earned 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler's answer to a big ...
  
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• Senators and Blue Jackets share similar free agency question marks - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 22:19
  Senators and Blue Jackets share similar free agency question marks  Ottawa SunCOLUMBUS – With the Ottawa Senators and Columbus Blue Jackets tied 1-1 late in the second period Monday night, Mark Stone found himself alone in front of ...
  
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• NASA spacecraft hurtles toward tiny, icy world beyond Pluto - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 22:14
  NASA spacecraft hurtles toward tiny, icy world beyond Pluto  Ottawa Citizen'The United States spacecraft New Horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of humankind, and did so spectacularly'
  
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• Ottawa welcomes first baby of 2019 - CBC.ca

  01-01-2019 21:54
  Ottawa welcomes first baby of 2019  CBC.caOttawa's first baby of 2019 came into the world just minutes after the new year.
  
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• Switch gears to avoid employee burnout, say HR experts - Ottawa Business Journal

  01-01-2019 21:42
  Switch gears to avoid employee burnout, say HR experts  Ottawa Business JournalInstead of offering a vacation to a burnt-out, stressed employee, experts say giving them an opportunity to try something new at work might be a better long-term ...
  
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• Consider making some criminal pardons automatic, MPs recommend - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 21:22
  Consider making some criminal pardons automatic, MPs recommend  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — A panel of MPs wants the federal government to look at making criminal pardons automatic for some offenders who have served their sentences.
  
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• Federal tax changes come into effect as new year begins - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 20:53
  Federal tax changes come into effect as new year begins  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — The new year brings with it tax changes at the federal level that will affect just about every Canadian, as well as small businesses.One of the first ...
  
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• Top television shows of 2018 ottawamatters.com/local-news/top…

  01-01-2019 20:30 via twitter.com
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• Jack Todd: Alouettes face make-or-break season in 2019 - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 19:50
  Jack Todd: Alouettes face make-or-break season in 2019  Ottawa CitizenFollowing another losing season and declining attendance, the Als might be approaching a crossroads as a franchise in 2019.
  
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• Senators ready to send Tom Pyatt packing - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 19:45
  Senators ready to send Tom Pyatt packing  Ottawa SunThe Ottawa Senators are ready to show Tom Pyatt the door.
  
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• NHL's Heritage Classic coming to Regina with Jets likely on tap - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 19:43
  NHL's Heritage Classic coming to Regina with Jets likely on tap  Ottawa CitizenThe next NHL outdoor game played on Canadian soil is expected to take place at Regina's Mosaic Stadium.NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is scheduled to ...
  
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• What's going to cost you more in Ottawa-Gatineau in 2019 - CBC.ca

  01-01-2019 19:01
  What's going to cost you more in Ottawa-Gatineau in 2019  CBC.caA handful of services and taxes may cost a little bit more in 2019 for many Ottawa-Gatineau residents. While the prices for services increase, there will be no ...
  
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• Ottawa welcomes first baby of 2019 ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott…

  01-01-2019 19:00 via twitter.com
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• New Year's Baby arrives at Queensway Carleton Hospital

  01-01-2019 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The first baby of the New Year was delivered 47 minutes after midnight at the Queensway Carleton Hospital, as the Sabourin family welcomed a baby girl, Olivia Margaret Sabourin.
  She weighed 7 pounds 1.5 ounces at birth, according to hospital officials.
  More to come.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
  Ottawa weather: Temperatures take a dive, Rideau Canal Skateway remains open
  Bagnall: Ciena’s blowout year built with the ghost of Nortel
  What’s open and closed: New Year’s Edition 
  
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• LOOKING BACK: Best Maple Leafs quotes of 2018, month by month - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 17:49
  LOOKING BACK: Best Maple Leafs quotes of 2018, month by month  Ottawa CitizenA look at the Leafs in 2018, through words and deeds:JANUARY – Record 6-3-3The calendar year began on a sad note with the memorial *service* for Johnny ...
  
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• Olivia Margaret Sabourin was born at 12:47 a.m. at the Queensway Carleton Hospital #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-01-2019 16:34 via twitter.com
  Olivia Margaret Sabourin was born at 12:47 a.m. at the Queensway Carleton Hospital #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ottawa welcomes first baby of 2019 - OttawaMatters.com

  01-01-2019 16:25
  Ottawa welcomes first baby of 2019  OttawaMatters.comThe little girl was born at 12:47 a.m. New Year's Day.
  
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• Ottawa weather: Temperature takes a dive, Rideau Canal Skateway remains open - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 16:13
  Ottawa weather: Temperature takes a dive, Rideau Canal Skateway remains open  Ottawa CitizenFirst the good news, Monday night's freezing rain and snow hasn't closed the Rideau Canal Skateway. The 2.7-kilometre stretch between the Bank Street and ...
  
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• Ottawa weather: Temperature takes a dive, Rideau Canal Skateway remains open

  01-01-2019 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  First the good news, Monday night’s freezing rain and snow hasn’t closed the Rideau Canal Skateway. The 2.7-kilometre stretch between the Bank Street and Pretoria bridges and including the the Patterson Creek arm are open, unfortunately the conditions are poor.
  You can view Rideau Canal Skateway conditions here.
  Skating the @NCC_Skateway as #2019 began was made special by #fireworks over #lansdowne. Loving #myottawa! #ottnews pic.twitter.com/TFtpc5b6Qc
  — Sean Costello (@SeanInM
  
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• #ottnews #MovieReview twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  01-01-2019 15:45 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa weather: Temperature take a dive, Rideau Canal Skateway remains open

  01-01-2019 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  First the good news, Monday night’s freezing rain and snow hasn’t closed the Rideau Canal Skateway. The 2.7-kilometre stretch between the Bank Street and Pretoria bridges and including the the Patterson Creek arm are open, unfortunately the conditions are poor.
  You can view Rideau Canal Skateway conditions here.
  Skating the @NCC_Skateway as #2019 began was made special by #fireworks over #lansdowne. Loving #myottawa! #ottnews pic.twitter.com/TFtpc5b6Qc
  — Sean Costello (@SeanInM
  
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• You Said It: PM's worst nightmare - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 14:15
  You Said It: PM's worst nightmare  Ottawa SunPM'S WORST NIGHTMARE. Jason Kenney becoming premier of Alberta may cause Justin Trudeau more sleepless nights than anything else. Rest assured ...
  
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• Harsher penalties for distracting driving came into effect today. Ottawa police say there will be no grace period f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-01-2019 14:00 via twitter.com
  Harsher penalties for distracting driving came into effect today. Ottawa police say there will be no grace period f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ICYMI: What's opened and closed New Year's Day ottawamatters.com/local-news/wha…

  01-01-2019 13:30 via twitter.com
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• Rats! Baseline Road tenant fighting a losing battle with rodent infestation - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 13:15
  Rats! Baseline Road tenant fighting a losing battle with rodent infestation  Ottawa CitizenFor months, Cora Young has waged war with rats burrowing in the front yard of her Baseline Road home, but the car scare was the last straw.Young was driving ...
  
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• Rats! Baseline Road tenant fighting a losing battle with rodent infestation

  01-01-2019 13:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  For months, Cora Young has waged war with rats burrowing in the front yard of her Baseline Road home, but the car scare was the last straw.
  Young was driving on Highway 417 with her 15-month-old daughter, Adeline, strapped in her car seat behind her when she noticed something grey scurrying in her rear view mirror.
  “I saw something run across the rear seat,” Young said. “When I looked behind I saw a rat sitting right next to her car seat. I started freaking out.
  “I pulled
  
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• Good morning, Ottawa! Snow or freezing rain in the morning then clearing. High of minus 16 - OttawaMatters.com

  01-01-2019 12:00
  Good morning, Ottawa! Snow or freezing rain in the morning then clearing. High of minus 16  OttawaMatters.comSnow or freezing rain in the morning then clearing. High of minus 16 with the windchill in the afternoon is expected.
  
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• Ahlul-Bayt Center Ottawa High School Exam Tutoring - Muslim Link

  01-01-2019 10:10
  Ahlul-Bayt Center Ottawa High School Exam Tutoring  Muslim LinkIs the stress of exams ruining your break? We are here to help! Ahlul-Bayt Youth Committee invites all students from grade 9-12 to participate in our upcoming ...
  
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• Keeping score: Ottawa's top sports stories of 2018 - CBC.ca

  01-01-2019 10:00
  Keeping score: Ottawa's top sports stories of 2018  CBC.caOn the ice, the Ottawa Senators have one of the worst win-loss records in the NHL over the calendar year. Off the ice, it's hard to think of another team with more ...
  
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• Vatican spokesman, deputy resign amid crisis period for pope. ottawamatters.com/world-news/vat…

  01-01-2019 06:05 via twitter.com
  Vatican spokesman, deputy resign amid crisis period for pope.ottawamatters.com/world-news/vat…
  
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• Kevin Vickers says he's considering a run for New Brunswick Liberal leadership. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-01-2019 05:05 via twitter.com
  Kevin Vickers says he's considering a run for New Brunswick Liberal leadership.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Little to no proof police carding has effect on crime or arrests: Ontario report. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  01-01-2019 04:05 via twitter.com
  Little to no proof police carding has effect on crime or arrests: Ontario report.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Ottawa rings in the New Year early with Scottish Society celebration - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 03:43
  Ottawa rings in the New Year early with Scottish Society celebration  Ottawa CitizenThe Scottish Society boasted its biggest turnout yet for the seventh annual Hogman-eh — a play on the Scots' word “Hogmanay.”
  
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• Ottawa rings in the New Year early with Scottish Society celebration

  01-01-2019 03:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Everyone’s a wee bit Scottish on New Year’s Eve by the time they’re belting out the rousing chorus of Auld Lang Syne, so it only made sense to start the celebrations a tad early with the Scottish Society of Ottawa’s annual Hogman-eh at Lansdowne Park.
  The Scottish Society boasted its biggest turnout yet for the seventh annual Hogman-eh — a play on the Scots’ word “Hogmanay” — as hundreds of revellers rang in the new year inside Aberdeen Pavil
  
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• OPP identifies snowmobile accident victim. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…

  01-01-2019 03:05 via twitter.com
  OPP identifies snowmobile accident victim.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/op…
  
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• IceDogs hold off 67's, but just barely - Ottawa Citizen

  01-01-2019 02:52
  IceDogs hold off 67's, but just barely  Ottawa CitizenOHL leaders fall behind 5-1 through two periods and can't quite make up the deficit, although they made things interesting.
  
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• Ottawa to introduce civilian oversight in RCMP overhaul - The Globe and Mail

  01-01-2019 02:21
  Ottawa to introduce civilian oversight in RCMP overhaul  The Globe and MailChanges include the creation of an external process to deal with sexual harassment and bullying complaints, federal officials say.
  
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• Warrenspiece: Senators lead the NHL in fighting penalties - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 02:11
  Warrenspiece: Senators lead the NHL in fighting penalties  Ottawa SunCOLUMBUS, Ohio — We haven't quite reached “if you can't beat them in the alley, you can't beat them on the ice,” but the Ottawa Senators have been flexing ...
  
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• Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno receives well wishes from Senators, too - Ottawa Sun

  01-01-2019 02:11
  Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno receives well wishes from Senators, too  Ottawa SunColumbus captain is on indefinite leave while his daughter has surgery in Boston.
  
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• ICYMI: Police officer injured in early morning dispute. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po…

  01-01-2019 02:05 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Police officer injured in early morning dispute.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/po…
  
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• Ottawa searching for private backers to fund broadband internet connections for rural and northern communities - Toronto Star

  01-01-2019 01:22
  Ottawa searching for private backers to fund broadband internet connections for rural and northern communities  Toronto StarOTTAWA—The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country's rural and northern communities to pay for ...
  
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• 'Extended period of freezing rain' for Ottawa, Montreal - The Weather Network

  01-01-2019 01:08
  'Extended period of freezing rain' for Ottawa, Montreal  The Weather NetworkMonday, December 31, 2018, 7:08 PM - The New Year is set to begin with lingering freezing rain for residents across eastern Ontario and southern Quebec.
  
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• ICYMI: 2019 critical year for NCC: CEO Kristmanson ottawamatters.com/local-news/201…

  01-01-2019 01:05 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: 2019 critical year for NCC: CEO Kristmansonottawamatters.com/local-news/201…
  
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• Toronto stocks up on final day of a difficult year for the market. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  01-01-2019 00:35 via twitter.com
  Toronto stocks up on final day of a difficult year for the market.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Local truck convoy organizer hopes to convoy to Ottawa - My Lloydminster Now

  01-01-2019 00:10
  Local truck convoy organizer hopes to convoy to Ottawa  My Lloydminster NowIn the wake of Lloydminster's first truck convoy, one of the organizers is hoping to make a convoy to Ottawa a reality in the new year. Dion Boser says many ...
  
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