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• Hey 19: Some Ottawans give advice to their teenage selves

  04-01-2019 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  What do you see in those old photos of yourself, the ones from early university or your first job? Maybe you’re wearing plaid bell-bottoms, high-top runners with three-inch-thick platform soles and a white top hat, wasted on tequila body shots in the backyard pool of nobody you know, convinced that Dave Matthews’ lyrics really mean something.
  “What was I thinking?” you repeatedly ask yourself now, but there’s no answer because it’s quite possible that you&rsqu
  
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• MacDougall: Will the bill ever come due for Justin Trudeau's Liberals?

  04-01-2019 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  January is a sobering time.
  Pickled by excess Christmas drink, more North Americans are now observing “dry January,” the month-long no-booze bandwagon started here in the United Kingdom, i.e. by a people who know their way to the bottom of a bottle (and have a reason to know how to find it, thanks to Brexit).
  And then there’s the debt.
  Retailers might be moaning about anemic sales, but most of us still have stonking credit card bills thanks to the stress of carrying Santa&rsquo
  
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• B.C. fuel up 4 cents, more hikes due as 'bumpy' year looms at pumps: expert. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  04-01-2019 23:35 via twitter.com
  B.C. fuel up 4 cents, more hikes due as 'bumpy' year looms at pumps: expert.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Three charged, handgun seized after year's first report of shots fired

  04-01-2019 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged three suspects and seized a handgun after shots were reported in the Mooney’s Bay area late Thursday night.
  No one appears to have been injured in the incident.
  Patrol officers were called to the area of Springland Drive and Hobson Road at 11:46 p.m.
  About five minutes later, officers located a vehicle believed to be related to the incident and a “high risk traffic stop was initiated.”
  Three people were arrested and a handgun was seized.
  Hussein Humoud, 19,
  
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• Woman receives life-threatening injuries in two-vehicle collision in rural west end

  04-01-2019 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening, traumatic injuries after a car and pick-up truck collided near Munster on Friday.
  Ottawa police received a 911 call reporting a two-vehicle collision near Dwyer Hill and Bleeks roads around 3 p.m. The woman, in her 30s or 40, had been driving one of the vehicles and was trapped inside her car, which ended up in the ditch after the collision.
  “Extensive” extrication efforts were required, paramedics said. Ottawa fire crews began
  
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• UPDATE: That 1km section of the Rideau Canal Skateway that opened this morning - is closing at midnight due to poor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 23:22 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: That 1km section of the Rideau Canal Skateway that opened this morning - is closing at midnight due to poor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The Redblacks release Receiver Diontae Spencer so he can sign with the NFL's Steelers. #ottnews twitter.com/REDBLACKS/stat…

  04-01-2019 23:05 via twitter.com
  The Redblacks release Receiver Diontae Spencer so he can sign with the NFL's Steelers. #ottnews twitter.com/REDBLACKS/stat…
  
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• Woman suffers critical injuries in head-on crash - CTV News

  04-01-2019 22:36
  Woman suffers critical injuries in head-on crash  CTV NewsOttawa Paramedics are responding to a serious, life-threatening crash in rural West Ottawa at Dwyer Hill Road and Bleeks Road.
  
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• Impaired charges laid after vehicle 'with no front end' spotted west of Brockville. ottawamatters.com/police-beat/im…

  04-01-2019 22:35 via twitter.com
  Impaired charges laid after vehicle 'with no front end' spotted west of Brockville.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/im…
  
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• Can mediation solve the LeBreton Flats legal dispute?

  04-01-2019 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Does mediation offer magic dust that can get the fractured RendezVous LeBreton development proposal back on the rails? It is not exactly magic, but it could be a formula that works.
  With just two weeks until the Jan. 19 deadline set by the National Capital Commission to disintegrate the deal, and a very public legal dispute among partners Eugene Melnyk, John Ruddy and Graham Bird, news came Friday that the parties had agreed to early mediation.
  The project is too important to fail and is “
  
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• ICYMI: Ottawa Police make arrests in city's first shooting of 2019. No injuries reported. ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott…

  04-01-2019 22:05 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Ottawa Police make arrests in city's first shooting of 2019. No injuries reported.ottawamatters.com/local-news/ott…
  
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• Advice to a 19-year-old Gabriela Dabrowski

  04-01-2019 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  Hey you. You there. Yes, you.
  Hi. I’m you. You’re me. We’re 26 now. Don’t panic. I’m only here for a short while, so listen up, I’ve got some things to say.
  Firstly and most importantly, YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND. Sounds strange, ri
  
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• School board trustee Lyra Evans with some words of advice for her 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019. 
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  Lyra,
  Your life sucked those past few years. You have been thinking it, and you are objectively right. You have been homeless and hungry, living in a state of precarious employment, precarious schooling and housing for years. And I know it looks bleak now, b
  
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• The NACO's Alexander Shelley with some words of advice to his 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  The advice that I’d give to my 19 year-old self is the advice I try to give to myself every day:
  · Live every day to the fullest;
  · Try to focus 100 per cent on whatever it is that you’re doing at that moment.
  · Know that you don&r
  
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• #otttraffic #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  04-01-2019 21:52 via twitter.com
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• Beau's brewery's Steve Beauchesne with some words of advice for his 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  “Hey 19-year-old Steve, what advice can I give you? I don’t really have much to tell you that you won’t learn on the way, but here are a few important points. Cherish every up and every down and really suck the marrow out of the moments you&rsquo
  
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• Shopify's Harley Finkelstein with some advice to his 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  When I was 19, I was earning my economics degree at McGill and running a T-shirt business, but I was struggling.
  I was full of insecurities, which I counteracted with ego. I lacked any self-awareness.
  Looking back, it’s hard not to dislike that version of my
  
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• Writer Jay Odjick with some words of advice to his 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  I wonder what that heady, impulsive headstrong and, frankly, angry kid would think of the me that exists now? I wonder if he’d like him?
  I think he might be disappointed at how soft I’d seemingly have become. At least to him, anyway. I like to think th
  
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• Rockfest's Alex Martel with some advice for his 19-year-old self

  04-01-2019 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you could travel back in time and talk to yourself at age 19 — that age of potential, idealism and, oh yes, insecurity — what words of wisdom would you offer? We asked some Ottawans for their thoughts as we start 2019.
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  Dear 19-year old Alex,
  You’ve embarked on one hell of a ride by starting Rockfest two years ago.
  You will not only accomplish your dreams, but you will surpass them. Your festival will become the largest rock event in Canada and you will tour the world with
  
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• Deachman: On being '19, our year of living dangerously

  04-01-2019 21:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  What do you see in those old photos of yourself, the ones from early university or your first job? Maybe you’re wearing plaid bell-bottoms, high-top runners with three-inch-thick platform soles and a white top hat, wasted on tequila body shots in the backyard pool of nobody you know, convinced that Dave Matthews’ lyrics really mean something.
  “What was I thinking?” you repeatedly ask yourself now, but there’s no answer because it’s quite possible that you&rsqu
  
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• Woman accidentally leaves gold, diamonds and pearls in clothing donation bag. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  04-01-2019 21:35 via twitter.com
  Woman accidentally leaves gold, diamonds and pearls in clothing donation bag.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Charges for three Ottawa men in Mooney's Bay-area shooting - OttawaMatters.com

  04-01-2019 21:35
  Charges for three Ottawa men in Mooney's Bay-area shooting  OttawaMatters.comThe accused include two 19-year-olds and a 20-year-old.
  
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• 3 men charged after first shooting incident of 2019: Ottawa police - Global News

  04-01-2019 21:25
  3 men charged after first shooting incident of 2019: Ottawa police  Global NewsOttawa police say they have charged three men in connection with the first reported shooting incident of the year, which occurred late on Thursday night in ...
  
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• Kevin Hart says he's considering Oscar hosting gig again. ottawamatters.com/world-news/kev…

  04-01-2019 21:05 via twitter.com
  Kevin Hart says he's considering Oscar hosting gig again.ottawamatters.com/world-news/kev…
  
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• Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  04-01-2019 20:35 via twitter.com
  Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ottawa Senators first half report: Reality hits a rebuilding team - Sportsnet.ca

  04-01-2019 19:44
  Ottawa Senators first half report: Reality hits a rebuilding team  Sportsnet.caAll the positivity from a fast and exciting start to the season has vanished as the rebuilding Senators have slid to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings ...
  
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• Cappies review: Holy Trinity's cast breathe vibrant new life into Godspell

  04-01-2019 19:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #5: GodspellWhere: Holy Trinity Catholic High SchoolDirector: Stavros Sakiadis
  Kaitlyn MacIntosh, CriticEarl of March Secondary School
  The curtains opened on Holy Trinity Catholic School’s production of Godspell to the cast dressed in masks and white coveralls. But there were still flashes of the neon costumes underneath the coveralls, a glimpse into the technicolour show that was to come. It was a production reminiscent of Sunday school, albeit a Sunday school with strobe lights, fog
  
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• Extra kilometre of Rideau Canal Skateway now open to skaters - Global News

  04-01-2019 18:58
  Extra kilometre of Rideau Canal Skateway now open to skaters  Global NewsSkaters have access to a longer chunk of the Rideau Canal Skateway as of 8 a.m. Friday, the National Capital Commission (NCC) says.
  
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• Update: RendezVous LeBreton in mediation to try to salvage project

  04-01-2019 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  In yet another dramatic twist in the LeBreton Flats legal saga, the main combatants have agreed to mediation to see if their disputes can be settled before Jan. 19, the date set by the National Capital Commission to end its relationship with RendezVous LeBreton.
  The development was revealed Friday morning as Graham Bird, president of GBA Development and Project Management, filed a statement of defence against the $700-million lawsuit filed in November by Ottawa Senators owners Eugene Melnyk.&nbs
  
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• Coming up on Ottawa Today's Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 & @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 17:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ottawa Today's Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 & @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: Ottawa 67’s Head Coach Andre Tourigny joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the team's prospects he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45:Ottawa 67’s Head Coach Andre Tourigny joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the team's prospects he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly look back at Parliament Hill news. 📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30:@cmaconthehill joins @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly look back at Parliament Hill news.📻: 131… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 17:05 via twitter.com
  Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• WALKER: Ottawa's Sister Louise Dunn 'was a light in the darkness' - Ottawa Sun

  04-01-2019 16:52
  WALKER: Ottawa's Sister Louise Dunn 'was a light in the darkness'  Ottawa SunI prayed once. It was at the Vatican. I figured if you're going to pray it might as well be at St. Peter's Basilica.I addressed God with, “Hey … you don't know me but ...
  
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• The group is headed to mediation ahead of the Jan 19 deadline. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  04-01-2019 16:44 via twitter.com
  The group is headed to mediation ahead of the Jan 19 deadline. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Coming up at 10:45: Shanaaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the current issues… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 16:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:45:Shanaaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the current issues… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• RendezVous LeBreton in mediation to try to salvage project

  04-01-2019 16:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  In yet another dramatic twist in the LeBreton Flats legal saga, the main combatants have all agreed to mediation to see if their disputes can be settled before Jan. 19, the date the National Capital Commission threatened to end its relationship with RendezVous LeBreton.
  The development was revealed Friday morning as Graham Bird, president of GBA Development and Project Management, filed a statement of defence against the $700-million lawsuit filed in November by Ottawa Senators owners Eugene Mel
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: RendezVous LeBreton group headed to mediation to salvage LeBreton Flats deal before the January 19 d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 16:21 via twitter.com
  BREAKING NEWS: RendezVous LeBreton group headed to mediation to salvage LeBreton Flats deal before the January 19 d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @jonathanmcleod @erin_gee & @1310Andrew join @_MarkSutcliffe 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 15:57 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk:@jonathanmcleod @erin_gee & @1310Andrewjoin @_MarkSutcliffe📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Capital jobless rate climbs to 4.9 per cent in December

  04-01-2019 15:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Unemployment in the capital region climbed to 4.9 per cent in December, from 4.6 per cent in November, reflecting a drop of 1,100 jobs while the labour force grew 1,600.
  It was the ninth straight month that the jobless level has remained below five per cent.
  Some detail on the December jobs report in the capital: Education was the big gainer from November, with 4,800 new jobs, while the transport-warehousing and health sectors saw net losses of 2,400 and 2,300 respectively.
  High-tech was up 1,20
  
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• Canada's economy gains 9,300 jobs, beating forecasts - Ottawa Citizen

  04-01-2019 14:49
  Canada's economy gains 9,300 jobs, beating forecasts  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — The unemployment rate stayed at its 43-year low of 5.6 per cent last month as the economy closed out 2018 with the addition of 9,300 net new jobs.
  
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• Three arrested, handgun seized after year's first report of shots fired

  04-01-2019 14:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arrested three suspects and seized a handgun after shots were reported in the Mooney’s Bay late Thursday night.
  No one appears to have been injured in the incident.
  Patrol officers were called to the area of Springland Drive and Hobson Road at 11:46 p.m.
  About five minutes later, officers located a vehicle believed to be related to the incident and a “high risk traffic stop was initiated.”
  Three people were arrested and a handgun was seized.
  Anyone with information on th
  
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• .@OttawaPolice arrest three and seize a handgun in connection to the city's first shooting of 2019. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  04-01-2019 14:08 via twitter.com
  .@OttawaPolice arrest three and seize a handgun in connection to the city's first shooting of 2019. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Artist to watch in 2019: Kaia Kater delivers compelling new sound on Grenades

  04-01-2019 14:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The last time Kaia Kater was in the Ottawa area, she gave a riveting performance at the Black Sheep Inn, doling out the songs from her superb new album, Grenades, and reliving some fond childhood memories.Playing in Wakefield is always a homecoming for Kater and her manager mom, who lived in the artsy West Quebec village for several formative years when Kater was growing up. They’re now based in Toronto. 
  “I had the good childhood years mixed up with the awkward preteen years,&r
  
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• Warmer weekend weather before big chill is back

  04-01-2019 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The year’s first Friday is looking downright balmy but don’t get too comfortable, it looks like we’re back into the deep freeze by Sunday night.
  Friday’s high is expected to high 2 C, after an overnight snow.
  There’s a 30 per cent chance of a few more flakes through the morning Friday, and the risk of freezing drizzle.
  The rest of the day should be mainly cloudy with southwesterly winds at 20 km/h, Environment Canada predicts.
  Commute tomorrow morning could be slipp
  
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• V is for vice: Ottawa's first tavern was born of love — and into controversy

  04-01-2019 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s first public drinking house has an origin story as romantic as any.
  It was also the cause of Ottawa’s — or Bytown’s — first lawsuit, a legal spectacle in which avarice, not alcohol, set some of our first settlers against one another.
  Mother Firth’s Tavern, as it was known, was owned by squatters and catered to immigrants, travellers, lumbermen, soldiers and canal officials and workers.
  Its story begins with Mary Dalmahoy, whom one historian described
  
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• Warmer weekend weather before big chill is back - Ottawa Citizen

  04-01-2019 13:24
  Warmer weekend weather before big chill is back  Ottawa CitizenThe year's first Friday is looking downright balmy but don't get too comfortable, it looks like we're back into the deep freeze by Sunday night.Friday's high is ...
  
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• Neighbours and passerby's reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming from a detached garage #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  04-01-2019 13:02 via twitter.com
  Neighbours and passerby's reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming from a detached garage #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• V is for vice: Ottawa's first tavern was born of love — and into controversy - Ottawa Citizen

  04-01-2019 13:01
  V is for vice: Ottawa's first tavern was born of love — and into controversy  Ottawa CitizenThis story was brought to you by the letter V, for Vice, and is one of 26 stories about Ottawa, one for each letter of the alphabet.
  
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• Miron: Let cannabis consumer brands compete, Canada

  04-01-2019 12:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The year 2018 will forever be remembered as annus cannabis – the year cannabis legalization came to Canada.
  We talked about cannabis. We wrote about cannabis. We argued about it and we invested in it. We attended conferences, wrote legislation, grew fatigued by the endless canna-talk. Then, after Oct. 17, plenty of Canadians who hadn’t done so before even tried cannabis.
  Cannabis is getting bigger. In fact, 2019 could well become the year of cannabis edibles, following the much-antic
  
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