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• ICYMI: Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m. Saturday due to milder weather bit.ly/2Ts8UXa https://t.co/5WRdyFw5pS

  05-01-2019 23:05 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m. Saturday due to milder weather bit.ly/2Ts8UXa https://t.co/5WRdyFw5pS
  
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• Ottawa Senators suffer 4-3 defeat to Minnesota Wild despite Anders Nilsson’s debut - Global News

  05-01-2019 22:56
  Ottawa Senators suffer 4-3 defeat to Minnesota Wild despite Anders Nilsson’s debut  Global NewsOTTAWA — Jared Spurgeon scored twice as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Mini-thaw prompts temporary closure of full Rideau Canal Skateway

  05-01-2019 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  OK, maybe the National Capital Commission jumped the gun a little bit on Dec. 30, when it opened the Rideau Canal Skateway for its 49th season.
  One week later, the agency announced it would close the 2.7-kilometre section between Pretoria Bridge (Hawthorne Avenue) and the Bank Street Bridge at 11 p.m. Saturday because of this weekend’s mini-thaw.
  The NCC said the mild weather had “eroded the quality of the ice surface and created hazardous conditions for skaters and the public.&
  
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• Shell announces $16M upgrade to Brockville motor oil plant

  05-01-2019 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shell Canada is investing $16 million to expand its Brockville motor oil plant in 2019.
  Plant manager Kelly McKinnon said the company would use the money to install the new equipment to increase production and efficiency.
  “With the volume growth, we hope to add additional shifts to handle the production. It’s healthy for us and the community,” McKinnon told Leeds & Grenville officials.
  The plant is the largest blender and packager of retail passenger-car motor oils in
  
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• Heartless theft of safety railing rankles store owner

  05-01-2019 22:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some people will steal anything that’s not bolted down.
  Heartless thieves went further in Brockville this week, taking off with the massive, bolted down safety railing at a downtown store.
  The railing was to help the Golden Soles shoe store’s many senior and disabled customers who needed the support to enter the speciality shop. It was solid enough to support customers who weighed up to 400 pounds. It was an L-shaped chunk of hardwood, about eight inches thick, four feet long and sol
  
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• Democrats take power in House; impeachment talk flares bit.ly/2F8snZR https://t.co/3y8lc1yXKk

  05-01-2019 22:02 via twitter.com
  
  Democrats take power in House; impeachment talk flares bit.ly/2F8snZR https://t.co/3y8lc1yXKk
  
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• Pence leading shutdown talks with congressional staffers bit.ly/2VwgFgz https://t.co/pJzy4VgsbC

  05-01-2019 21:01 via twitter.com
  
  Pence leading shutdown talks with congressional staffers bit.ly/2VwgFgz https://t.co/pJzy4VgsbC
  
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• Russia: Too early to consider exchange of Canadian US spy suspect bit.ly/2LQltJr https://t.co/T2Y6plpgVF

  05-01-2019 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  Russia: Too early to consider exchange of Canadian US spy suspect bit.ly/2LQltJr https://t.co/T2Y6plpgVF
  
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• B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month bit.ly/2FaCVqx https://t.co/XIy5VDnLol

  05-01-2019 19:09 via twitter.com
  
  B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month bit.ly/2FaCVqx https://t.co/XIy5VDnLol
  
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• Mini-thaw prompts temporary closure of full Skateway

  05-01-2019 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  OK, maybe the National Capital Commission jumped the gun a little bit last Saturday when it opened the Skateway for its 49th season.
  One week later, the agency announced Saturday that it was closing the 2.7 km section between Pretoria Bridge (Hawthorne Avenue) and the Bank Street Bridge at 11 p.m. Saturday due to the recent mini-thaw.
  With temperatures already at 2 C at noon and heading higher, the NCC said “mild weather has eroded the quality of the ice surface and created hazardous condi
  
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• Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m. Saturday due to milder weather bit.ly/2Ts8UXa #ottnews https://t.co/KBNAk4bxh3

  05-01-2019 18:17 via twitter.com
  
  Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m. Saturday due to milder weather bit.ly/2Ts8UXa #ottnews https://t.co/KBNAk4bxh3
  
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• BREAKING: The Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m tonight. The NCC says the mild weather has eroded the ice surfa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-01-2019 18:06 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: The Rideau Canal will be closed at 11 p.m tonight. The NCC says the mild weather has eroded the ice surfa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• What do we need to become properly informed come election time? bit.ly/2RwgNh3 https://t.co/WDIxwAxtU3

  05-01-2019 17:33 via twitter.com
  
  What do we need to become properly informed come election time? bit.ly/2RwgNh3 https://t.co/WDIxwAxtU3
  
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• Cantley man arrested for New Year's Day holdup

  05-01-2019 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 36-year-old Cantley man will spend the weekend in jail after police arrested him Friday night in connection with a knifepoint robbery at a service station on New Year’s Day.
  Investigators were able to identify a suspect thanks to a description of the man provided by a store employee.
  In addition, examination of security video from the scene on Montée de la Source provided information about a suspect vehicle.
  The suspect is to appear in Gatineau court Monday on charges includi
  
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• Military expert suggests Canada may want to consider its own space force bit.ly/2RyeYQH https://t.co/XQSOeojdq1

  05-01-2019 16:35 via twitter.com
  
  Military expert suggests Canada may want to consider its own space force bit.ly/2RyeYQH https://t.co/XQSOeojdq1
  
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• Police: 3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting bit.ly/2RcDDuw

  05-01-2019 15:41 via twitter.com
  Police: 3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting bit.ly/2RcDDuw
  
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• Get ready for freezing drizzle, snow and a massive temperature drop

  05-01-2019 13:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  So, it’s going to be one of those weekends.
  A little bit of all of the worst winter weather stuff.
  It all begins with a chance of freezing drizzle and fog on Saturday morning.
  That system should clear up by midday and the afternoon, although probably fairly messy, should be decent with a high of 3 C.
  A section of the Rideau Canal has been closed to skaters due to “adverse weather conditions.”
  Snow should begin to fall by the evening and continue throughout the night. Environmen
  
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• Get ready for freezing drizzle, snow and a massive temperature drop - Ottawa Citizen

  05-01-2019 13:31
  Get ready for freezing drizzle, snow and a massive temperature drop  Ottawa CitizenA little bit of all of the worst winter weather stuff. It all begins with a chance of freezing drizzle and fog on Saturday morning. That system should clear up by ...
  
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• Shaver: Ford was right to think twice about a French university

  05-01-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Was Premier Doug Ford wrong to cancel a possible exclusively French university in Toronto?
  Former Premier Kathleen Wynne had announced a plan to establish this university in central and southwestern Ontario with a “start-up cost” of $83.5 million. This would be funded over 10 years, with the federal government contributing half.
  The reaction to Ford’s decision included at least 40 demonstrations across the province. MPP Amanda Simard quit his caucus – the only francophone
  
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• Traffic unit issued 28 distracted driving charges through the first 4 days of the year. That's up from 21 in the sa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-01-2019 12:59 via twitter.com
  Traffic unit issued 28 distracted driving charges through the first 4 days of the year. That's up from 21 in the sa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ellis: An ode to Bella's Bistro – warmth and sumptuous cuisine won't be forgotten

  05-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the gifts I received for Christmas this year was Volume 2 of the book Lost Ottawa by David McGee. Words on the cover of the book describe it as “the unwritten history of the Nation’s Capital and a loving tribute to the power and beauty of everyday life.” In my opinion, the story of you, Bella, your family and Bella’s Bistro deserve star billing in the history of our city.
  I have been a patron of your restaurant since you opened in 1995 and I have been trying to cra
  
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• Denley: A roof over our heads – the sorry state of social housing

  05-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  This is the fourth in a series on Ottawa’s affordable housing challenge:
  All levels of government are working together to make housing dramatically more unaffordable for middle-income people. That’s the part they don’t want you to think about. But how are they doing when it comes to providing housing for the poor, the real focus of their spending and attention?
  The federal government has promised $40 billion over 10 years for housing, although nearly three-quarters of that was
  
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• Ottawa man charged with child pornography offences after mission to Nepal orphanage bit.ly/2VtCCNi #ottnews https://t.co/Uo2x6cNGHn

  05-01-2019 12:24 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa man charged with child pornography offences after mission to Nepal orphanage bit.ly/2VtCCNi #ottnews https://t.co/Uo2x6cNGHn
  
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• Ottawa man, 62, faces child porn charges after mission to Nepal orphanage

  05-01-2019 06:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man is facing child pornography charges after being stopped by the Canada Border Services Agency as he returned to this country following a volunteer mission to an orphanage in Nepal.
  At the time the 62-year-old was stopped in Ottawa in mid-December, officers found evidence of suspected child pornography and conversations in which he requested to have sexual relations with children under the age of 16, the Ottawa police alleged in a news release Friday.
  The Ottawa Police Internet Child
  
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• REMINDER: Section of the @NCC_Skateway closes at midnight. ottawamatters.com/local-news/sho…

  05-01-2019 05:05 via twitter.com
  REMINDER:Section of the @NCC_Skateway closes at midnight.ottawamatters.com/local-news/sho…
  
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• Cheesed off: Food Guide makeover worries farmers as government prepares release. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-01-2019 04:05 via twitter.com
  Cheesed off: Food Guide makeover worries farmers as government prepares release.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Police: 5 teenage girls killed in Poland "Escape Room" fire. ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol…

  05-01-2019 03:05 via twitter.com
  Police: 5 teenage girls killed in Poland "Escape Room" fire.ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol…
  
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• 22-year-old man dies following ski hill accident in Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean region. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-01-2019 02:05 via twitter.com
  22-year-old man dies following ski hill accident in Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean region.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-01-2019 01:35 via twitter.com
  B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• The man behind the LeBreton Flats mediation: Who is Warren Winkler?

  05-01-2019 01:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Warren Winkler has been tasked with what many across the city may have dismissed as a lost cause — mediating the issues between RendezVous LeBreton’s major players, whose behind-the-scenes disputes have been publicly laid bare in a series of legal filings.
  Just who is Winkler, and what hope does he have in helping Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk, Trinity Development founder John Ruddy and GBA president Graham Bird resolve their differences before the National Capital Commission&r
  
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• ‘Yellow Vest’ pro-pipeline convoy departing from Red Deer to Ottawa mid February - Ponoka News

  05-01-2019 01:05
  ‘Yellow Vest’ pro-pipeline convoy departing from Red Deer to Ottawa mid February  Ponoka NewsYet another 'Yellow Vest' movement has sprung up in Central Alberta resulting from the growing political discontent between the province and Ottawa over the ...
  
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• Police need clearly defined reason for stopping people for questioning: judge. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-01-2019 01:05 via twitter.com
  Police need clearly defined reason for stopping people for questioning: judge.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Egan: Divorce counselling or poker game? How LeBreton plays.

  05-01-2019 00:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  And so the grey patient is offered a Hail Mary at bedside, one last face-slap to redden the cheeks and escape the boneyard.
  In the soap opera that is LeBreton Flats, maybe it will work: a final-hour attempt at high-level, expert mediation between parties that first sparred, then dug into trenches and lobbed explosive lawsuits, with an NHL dream in peril and a $4-billion plan sliding off the table.
  Related Update: RendezVous LeBreton in mediation to try to salvage project Can mediation solve the
  
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• Ontario Liberals work to rebuild but leadership race may not come until 2020. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  05-01-2019 00:35 via twitter.com
  Ontario Liberals work to rebuild but leadership race may not come until 2020.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• "Adverse weather" closes 1-km section of Rideau Canal Skateway

  05-01-2019 00:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  After opening it to skaters for less than 24 hours, the National Capital Commission said a one-kilometre stretch of the Rideau Canal Skateway between Bank Street and Bronson Avenue was to close at midnight Friday because of “adverse weather conditions.”
  That section officially opened Friday morning, but forecast conditions meant the NCC was unable to guarantee a “safe ice surface” and planned to close it before Saturday morning.
  The 2.7 kilometres of ice between Pret
  
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• Push carefully but do no harm to Canadians imprisoned in China: senator. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  05-01-2019 00:05 via twitter.com
  Push carefully but do no harm to Canadians imprisoned in China: senator.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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