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• Science of winter: Why early-morning sunshine can make the air colder

  02-01-2019 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s an oddity that David Phillips has noticed on clear, still winter mornings: The sun comes up, and the air keeps getting colder.
  It doesn’t happen every day, but he says it happens fairly often, and it’s no illusion. (A case in point was Wednesday, when the air at 8 and 9 a.m. was colder than at 5 and 6 a.m.)
  And the reason is a complex relationship between the sun, the ground, and the different layers of air near ground level.
  Phillips, the senior climatologist at Enviro
  
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• New GOP rivalry? Romney barrels into DC blistering Trump. ottawamatters.com/world-news/new…

  02-01-2019 23:35 via twitter.com
  New GOP rivalry? Romney barrels into DC blistering Trump.ottawamatters.com/world-news/new…
  
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• Some Ottawa outdoor rinks on 'thin ice' with no volunteers - CTV News

  02-01-2019 23:26
  Some Ottawa outdoor rinks on 'thin ice' with no volunteers  CTV NewsAt least a dozen outdoor rinks in Ottawa may not open this winter unless some volunteers step forward.
  
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• 6 die in Denmark's worst train accident since 1987. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  02-01-2019 23:05 via twitter.com
  6 die in Denmark's worst train accident since 1987.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• BREAKING: At RTG’s request, the City has provided a one-day extension to January 3, 2019 to receive a new RSA date #ottnews

  02-01-2019 22:56 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: At RTG’s request, the City has provided a one-day extension to January 3, 2019 to receive a new RSA date #ottnews
  
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• 'Lots of hugs' as shuttered Cape Breton call centre reopens under new ownership. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  02-01-2019 22:35 via twitter.com
  'Lots of hugs' as shuttered Cape Breton call centre reopens under new ownership.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• A dozen stunt drivers busted over the holidays in Leeds County ottawamatters.com/police-beat/a-…

  02-01-2019 21:30 via twitter.com
  A dozen stunt drivers busted over the holidays in Leeds County ottawamatters.com/police-beat/a-…
  
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• Guitar thief busted in Pembroke ottawamatters.com/police-beat/gu…

  02-01-2019 21:00 via twitter.com
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• U is for UFOs in Ottawa: The truth is (still) out there

  02-01-2019 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  One fine summer evening in 1953, with Bank Street bustling as thousands of ball fans headed to Lansdowne Park to watch a game, Wilbert B. Smith, a senior radio engineer with the Department of Transport, and his research team released a weather balloon over the area. Not just any weather balloon, this one was covered with aluminum to make it disk-shaped, while fastened to its centre was a large aircraft flare timed to ignite when the balloon reached 5,000 feet, or 1,524 metres.
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• Ottawa police explain new distracted driving penalties now in place ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…

  02-01-2019 20:26 via twitter.com
  Ottawa police explain new distracted driving penalties now in place ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…
  
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• Merivale closed due to water main repairs

  02-01-2019 20:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 100-metre stretch of Merivale Road has been closed indefinitely as city crews continue to repair a broken water main.
  The stretch, between Shillington and Kirkwood avenues, had been mostly closed (one southbound lane was open) since New Year’s Day.
  City public works provided no estimate of when  the roadway would be opened.
  There were detours in place via Kirkwood and Laperrière.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
  Lack of volunteers could ice season for 13 outdoor city rinks
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• U is for UFOs in Ottawa: The truth is (still) out there - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 19:51
  U is for UFOs in Ottawa: The truth is (still) out there  Ottawa CitizenOne fine summer evening in 1953, with Bank Street bustling as thousands of ball fans headed to Lansdowne Park to watch a game, Wilbert B. Smith, a senior ...
  
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• Review: Bright musical at NAC pays tribute to Carole King's songwriting talent

  02-01-2019 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Review
  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
  To Sunday, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: broadwayacrosscanada.ca
  Reviewed Tuesday
  Carole King found her way into the music industry during its golden age.She was a teenager from Brooklyn when she sold her first tune and lucked into a contract to write more. Over the next 50 years, she wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that made it to the Billboard charts, including gems like (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, which was covered by Aretha Frankli
  
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• Adam: Ottawa's return to community policing hardly a cure-all - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 19:01
  Adam: Ottawa's return to community policing hardly a cure-all  Ottawa CitizenBowing to public pressure, Ottawa police are resurrecting the neighbourhood-policing model that many communities have long believed is critical to combatting ...
  
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• Adam: Ottawa's return to community policing hardly a cure-all

  02-01-2019 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bowing to public pressure, Ottawa police are resurrecting the neighbourhood-policing model that many communities have long believed is critical to combatting crime and making the city safe. It is refreshing for the police to acknowledge when they get things wrong and make amends.
  Neighbourhood policing was abandoned more than a year ago, but, according to the Citizen’s Shaamini Yogaretnam, it is making a dramatic comeback this year as police look for new ways to respond to fears about risi
  
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• Ottawa Senators acquire new goalie in a trade with Canucks - Global News

  02-01-2019 18:52
  Ottawa Senators acquire new goalie in a trade with Canucks  Global NewsThe Sens acquire goalie Anders Nilsson and winger Darren Archibald for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NHL draft.
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: Paul Adams with Carleton's school of journalism and communication joins @_MarkSutcliffe for h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: Paul Adams with Carleton's school of journalism and communication joins @_MarkSutcliffe for h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Investigation continues in New Year's Eve death of Kingston pedestrian

  02-01-2019 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police continue to investigate after a 32-year-old woman was killed when struck by a vehicle on New Year’s Eve.
  Police said the collision occurred at about 7 p.m. when the out-of-town resident, whose identity was not released, was hit on Princess Street west of Bath Road.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Const. Mike Rice at 613-549-4660, ext. 6262 or via email at [email protected].
  Information can be submitted anonymously by calling the general police number, 613-
  
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• Lack of volunteers could ice season for 13 outdoor city rinks

  02-01-2019 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  While the city is set to have more than 250 volunteer-operated outdoor rinks open by next Monday, 13 will be shut to skaters unless new volunteers step up to run them.
  As of Wednesday, the city reported that the rinks at risk of not opening in 2019 include Centrepointe, Michele Heights, Dr. John Hopps, Palmerston, Acres, Aquaview, Chapel Hill, Fallingbrook, Gardenway, Jasmine, Kinsella, Valin and Vista.
  Bay Ward Coun. Theresa Kavanagh issued a plea via social media saying that the Michele Height
  
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• Lack of volunteers could ice season for 13 outdoor city rinks - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 17:58
  Lack of volunteers could ice season for 13 outdoor city rinks  Ottawa CitizenWhile the city is set to have more than 250 volunteer-operated outdoor rinks open by next Monday, 13 will be shut to skaters unless new volunteers step up to ...
  
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• Coming up on Ottawa Today's first 2019 Power Lunch: @rick_gibbons and @caitlinkealey join @_MarkSutcliffe in-stud… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ottawa Today's first 2019 Power Lunch: @rick_gibbons and @caitlinkealey join @_MarkSutcliffe in-stud… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: National Post politics reporter Stuart Thomson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss 'bozo eruptio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: National Post politics reporter Stuart Thomson joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss 'bozo eruptio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 2nd: 1:08: #MattCassidy 1:17: @Citizenkwarren 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:37 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 2nd: 1:08: #MattCassidy 1:17: @Citizenkwarren 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: Maclean’s Journalist Aaron Hutchins joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the possibilities if Can… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: Maclean’s Journalist Aaron Hutchins joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the possibilities if Can… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dining Out: Wild moss and arugula emulsion — creativity reigns at tasty Jasper in New Edinburgh

  02-01-2019 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jasper18 Beechwood Ave. 613-747-3456, jasperottawa.comOpen: Monday and Tuesday 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., Wednesday to Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to midnight, Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.Prices: small plates $6 to $21, mains $16 to $49Access: wheelchair ramp to front door
  It takes a certain amount of chutzpah for chefs to make their restaurants synonymous with themselves. Think of star chef Daniel Boulud with his New York restaurants Daniel and Café Bo
  
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• A new report on Canada's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a "double-pane glass… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:15 via twitter.com
  A new report on Canada's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a "double-pane glass… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Prospectus: Revitalized Queen Street bringing life back to central Ottawa corridor - Ottawa Business Journal

  02-01-2019 17:14
  Prospectus: Revitalized Queen Street bringing life back to central Ottawa corridor  Ottawa Business JournalIn the first edition of the OBJ newsmagazine in 2019, publisher Michael Curran writes about how recent changes to Queen Street have transformed the ...
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss whether a 10,000 step fit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45: Cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss whether a 10,000 step fit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: Jim Davies, Professor in the institute of Science at Carleton University joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: Jim Davies, Professor in the institute of Science at Carleton University joins… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Missing 14-year-old boy found safe, mom reports - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 16:21
  Missing 14-year-old boy found safe, mom reports  Ottawa CitizenThe new year began with a sigh of relief for an Ottawa mom when her 14-year-old son, last seen on Boxing Day, was found safe on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Missing 14-year-old boy found safe, mom reports

  02-01-2019 16:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The new year began with a sigh of relief for an Ottawa mom when her 14-year-old son, last seen on Boxing Day, was found safe on New Year’s Eve.
  The Ottawa Police Service had issued an alert that the boy was missing, adding that there were concerns for his safety.
  “He was safe, thank God,” his mother said Wednesday morning, thanking everyone for their help in spreading the word to be on the lookout.
  “I don’t want people to think he’s still missing,” she s
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Will new distracted driving penalties cause any reduction in bad behaviour at the wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 14:11 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Will new distracted driving penalties cause any reduction in bad behaviour at the wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One displaced in Gatineau house fire

  02-01-2019 13:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person has been displaced after fire heavily damaged a home in the Gatineau’s east end.
  Firefighters were called to the residence at 873 Hurtubise St.at about 9:30 p.m. and were met with heavy smoke and flames.
  The resident had managed to escape the building and the incident was declared under control about 90 minutes later.
  There were no injuries and damages were estimated at $66,100.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
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• Don't forget your mittens! Risk of frostbite as real winter returns

  02-01-2019 13:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bundle up, and keep your snow gear handy, the real winter has arrived with the new year, complete with the risk of frostbite Wednesday afternoon.
  After an early morning wakeup call of about -15 C under cloudy skies, Wednesday’s looking pretty good if you don’t mind it brisk. Skating should be great on the reopened Rideau Skateway as the sun is expected out this morning, with temps climbing to a high of -12 C.
  There’s a risk of frostbite as winds will be brisk, leading to windch
  
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• Pro-pipeline convoy to Ottawa gains steam - Calgary Herald

  02-01-2019 13:01
  Pro-pipeline convoy to Ottawa gains steam  Calgary HeraldOrganizers of a truck convoy to Ottawa to pressure the federal government to fast-track pipeline construction say the effort is snowballing.Proponents of pushing ...
  
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• The tireless activist refugee who helps other newcomers

  02-01-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Samer Al Jbawi takes on challenges with a steely determination.
  From nearly the moment the Syrian-born Al Jbawi and his family arrived in Ottawa on Dec. 30, 2015, the English-language teacher was recruited to help fellow government-assisted refugees, who only understood Arabic, navigate through the bureaucracy of their new city and country.
  Within four months, Al Jbawi went from volunteering to getting paid to provide the service, when he was hired to work as a settlement counsellor at
  
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• The collision happened on Calabogie Rd on New Year's Day. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  02-01-2019 12:57 via twitter.com
  The collision happened on Calabogie Rd on New Year's Day. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Lower gas prices not the work of #Ontario government, experts say ottawamatters.com/local-news/low… #ottnews https://t.co/NJatfrjDrI

  02-01-2019 12:48 via twitter.com
  
  Lower gas prices not the work of #Ontario government, experts sayottawamatters.com/local-news/low…#ottnews https://t.co/NJatfrjDrI
  
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• Denley: A roof over our heads – it's getting harder and harder to afford decent housing

  02-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s affordable housing problem has been getting worse, not better. Today, Randall Denley begins a special opinion series examining why and exploring what can be done: 
  The high cost of housing is a big issue in Ottawa, as it is in just about every major city in Canada. People trying to rent apartments or buy their first house know this. So do our federal, provincial and city governments. Combined, they have spent billions on housing programs and have pulled every policy lever the
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Jan. 2 - CBC.ca

  02-01-2019 12:00
  Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Jan. 2  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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• Harper's dissatisfied public servant more myth than reality, new research shows

  02-01-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The portrait of the disgruntled public servant, beaten down by a poisonous workplace culture and years of disregard under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is oft-painted — and, generally speaking, pretty inaccurate, according to a research article published Dec. 17 in Public Personnel Management, an academic journal for human resource and public sector executives.
  While job satisfaction among federal bureaucrats decreased slightly during Harper’s time as prime minister,
  
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• Egan: Victim of door-to-door water softener sale wins $6,000 in court. But who will pay?

  02-01-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patsy Miller felt deceived when she signed a 10-year contract in February 2016 for a water softener she didn’t need — at $50 a month — at her Barrhaven home.
  And it would get worse. Eight months later, without her knowledge, a lien was slapped on her property for the full value of the contract. The fix became distressing clear when she sold the $290,000 house in August 2017. The transaction wouldn’t close until she wrote a cheque for $5,989 for the balance of the 120-mont
  
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• Stay warm this morning #Ottawa. @ottawahealth issues a #FrostbiteAdvisory #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  02-01-2019 11:41 via twitter.com
  Stay warm this morning #Ottawa. @ottawahealth issues a #FrostbiteAdvisory #ottnews twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• Short winter possible for Ottawa, Environment Canada predicts - CBC.ca

  02-01-2019 10:00
  Short winter possible for Ottawa, Environment Canada predicts  CBC.caMost of January will be colder than normal, but spring may arrive earlier, according to Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips. He predicts this ...
  
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• Defendants in Ottawa Hospital fraud lawsuit want case dismissed - CBC.ca

  02-01-2019 10:00
  Defendants in Ottawa Hospital fraud lawsuit want case dismissed  CBC.caA lawsuit filed three years ago by the Ottawa Hospital, alleging a "fraudulent scheme" between two of its own employees and five of its contractors, is still far from ...
  
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• Leonard leads Raps with 45 points - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 05:15
  Leonard leads Raps with 45 points  Ottawa CitizenToronto Raptors Kawhi Leonard had a career-high 45 points as the Raptors handed the Utah Jazz a 122-116 loss.
  
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• Most clerks arrested at Ottawa's illegal marijuana stores have been spared criminal records - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 00:56
  Most clerks arrested at Ottawa's illegal marijuana stores have been spared criminal records  Ottawa CitizenMost of the people arrested for drug trafficking while working at Ottawa's illegal marijuana dispensaries have pleaded guilty and been spared criminal records by ...
  
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• Most clerks arrested at Ottawa's illegal marijuana stores have been spared criminal records

  02-01-2019 00:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Most of the people arrested for drug trafficking while working at Ottawa’s illegal marijuana dispensaries have pleaded guilty and been spared criminal records by the courts.
  Of the 46 so-called “budtenders” arrested during police raids and charged with trafficking, 30 have pleaded guilty and been given discharges, according to court records. A discharge is a finding of guilt, but no criminal conviction is registered.
  Of the others:
  Five people have pleaded guilty and are schedu
  
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• Ed Willes: 2019 World Juniors have produced some bizarro storylines - Ottawa Citizen

  02-01-2019 00:03
  Ed Willes: 2019 World Juniors have produced some bizarro storylines  Ottawa CitizenDepleted Swedish side was the class of Group B while Canada will face Finland in quarter-finals instead of the finals.
  
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