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• Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  10-01-2019 23:35 via twitter.com
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• Egan: Remembering John Nelligan, Ottawa's big-hearted legal giant

  10-01-2019 23:14
  John Nelligan started high school at age 10, when his peers were in Grade 5 or 6. It sounds impossible but, before the legal giant died Monday at the age of 97, he’d led an impossibly successful life, so often ahead of the curve.
  “He used to joke that he was the only one in high school still in short pants,” said Peggy Greb, the eldest of three children, while passing along several touching stories about her father.
  He kept, for instance, a special photo album that contained a
  
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• Montreal Catholic archdiocese promotes alternative Quebec sex-ed course. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  10-01-2019 23:05 via twitter.com
  Montreal Catholic archdiocese promotes alternative Quebec sex-ed course.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Part time Ottawa bank employee accused in $320000 fraud case - OttawaMatters.com

  10-01-2019 22:25 via ottawamatters.com
  Part time Ottawa bank employee accused in $320000 fraud case  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police Fraud Unit got a call back in the fall about $1,000 being taken from some Bank of Montreal accounts over the summer months. According to ...
  
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• Toronto-based REIT taps Ottawa's student housing market with two building purchases - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-01-2019 22:24 via obj.ca
  Toronto-based REIT taps Ottawa's student housing market with two building purchases  Ottawa Business JournalA new REIT is investing heavily in the capital's growing student housing market, which it sees a rich and reliable revenue vein.
  
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• Most of Rideau Canal Skateway to open for frigid weekend

  10-01-2019 22:07
  Just in time for the approaching deep freeze, the National Capital Commission says it will open the majority of the Rideau Canal Skateway on Friday morning.
  A 7.2-kilometre stretch between the Laurier Bridge and Hartwell Locks near Carleton University will open at 8 a.m. Friday, the NCC announced. That includes all of Dow’s Lake.
  The entire canal is 7.8 kilometres and includes a .6 kilometre stretch at the very north end which will not open Friday. But Friday’s reopening of the skate
  
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• Report from Manitoba chiefs says Indigenous contribution to economy in billions. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  10-01-2019 22:05 via twitter.com
  Report from Manitoba chiefs says Indigenous contribution to economy in billions.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Ottawa man helping Health Canada in search for fentanyl detector - OttawaMatters.com

  10-01-2019 21:57 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa man helping Health Canada in search for fentanyl detector  OttawaMatters.comSteve Cody is helping Health Canada run a competition to develop a new way to test street drugs for fentanyl. In 2013, Cody's son Nick died of an opioid ...
  
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• More riders opt for Via Rail's popular Toronto-Ottawa line over holidays - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-01-2019 21:55 via obj.ca
  More riders opt for Via Rail's popular Toronto-Ottawa line over holidays  Ottawa Business JournalThe train line between Ottawa and Toronto – already one of Via Rail's most popular routes – continued to draw more passengers over the 2018-19 holiday travel ...
  
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• Prescott post office reopens after suspicious package scare

  10-01-2019 21:16
  The post office on Centre Street in Prescott reopened Thursday afternoon, several hours after what workers had reported as a suspicious package was deemed safe by police.
  Postal workers had alerted police to the package around 12:30 pm. The post office was closed and roads and sidewalks around it were closed.Grenville County OPP, the Prescott fire department, Leeds and Grenville County paramedics and the OPP’s chemical, biological, radiological nuclear and explosives team were all called t
  
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• Two gas line breaks close roads in Orléans

  10-01-2019 20:51
  Two gas line breaks led to road closings in Orléans Thursday afternoon.
  Police said that they’re controlling traffic as Enbridge workers and firefighters respond to what police had warned was a potential gas leak.
  There was no word on when it would be fixed. There were no reported injuries or evacuations.
  The city’s traffic centre first warned of the closure of a stretch of Charlemagne Boulevard from Tenth Line Road to Bottriell Way in the Fallingbrook area.
  Then it alert
  
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• Stabbing victim, 24, expected to survive following surgery

  10-01-2019 20:06
  Warsama Youssouf walked into Enterprise covered in blood.
  The 24-year-old had been stabbed in the neck following an altercation Wednesday evening, his attacker fled and Youssouf went to the car rental agency at 1788 Bank St., near Alta Vista Drive, looking for help.
  A bystander called 911.
  Paramedics transported the man, who was losing a lot of blood, to the hospital where he was stable going into surgery Wednesday night. As of Thursday morning, he was expected to survive his injuries.
  East dist
  
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• Police seek ID of suspect linked to burglaries, burned-out car

  10-01-2019 19:07
  Detectives from MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais police are asking the public to help them identify a “person of interest” in a string of November cottage break-ins from an image captured on a surveillance camera.
  In one of the four reported burglaries, which happened in the area of Blackburn Road and Barnes Lake in Val-des-Monts, the suspect or suspects left behind a burned-out vehicle that had been stolen in Gatineau in October.
  The stolen items included chainsaws and a y
  
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• Court to hear request to speed up hearing on OPP commissioner case. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  10-01-2019 19:05 via twitter.com
  Court to hear request to speed up hearing on OPP commissioner case.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Cold weather shakes things up near Kingston

  10-01-2019 19:02
  People living in portions of South Frontenac Township heard a loud bang and felt the ground shake on Monday just after 2:30 p.m.
  But it wasn’t an earthquake and was nothing to be concerned about, said Alex Braun, a professor with the department of geological sciences and geological engineering at Queen’s University.
  It was a frost quake, he said.
  “You need a couple of ingredients to create a frost quake,” Braun said in an interview on Wednesday.
  Those ingredients include
  
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• Dusting the dinos: museums reopen Saturday after annual closure

  10-01-2019 18:59
  Staff at local museums are dusting the dinos and tidying the totems for a squeaky-clean start to 2019.
  Saturday marks the end of the week-long closure of local museums for annual maintenance, which happens at the same time each year.
  At the Museum of Nature, staff quipped that “those dino dust bunnies don’t stand a chance against us” as they cleaned 2018 off the fossil gallery.
  Staff from the Canadian War Museum highlighted online exhibits that Canadians can take in during the
  
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• WATCH: Dierks Bentley's hilarious figure skating promo for Burning Man Tour

  10-01-2019 18:40
  Ahead of a tour that kicks on in icy Canada, Country star Dierks Bentley has dropped a hilariously “cool” new promo for his upcoming Burning Man Tour which hits Ottawa next Friday, Jan. 18.
  In Blades of Glory style, he dons skates and trades in a T-shirt for a plunging-necked lace costume to twirl, vogue and even release a dove and blow glitter.
  Tourmates join him on ice with Tenille Townes doing a credible axel – she tweeted she’d been practising – but Jon Pardi lo
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 10th: 1:07: @Jesters_fergus 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @PKarageorgos 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 18:38 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 10th: 1:07: @Jesters_fergus 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @PKarageorgos 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• New public service leader on the horizon as Scott Brison departs from cabinet

  10-01-2019 18:08
  The public service can expect a new political leader to take the helm next week, following an announcement from Treasury Board President Scott Brison on Thursday that he will step down from cabinet with less than a year left in the government’s mandate.
  Brison, a veteran MP for the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants, served as president of the Treasury Board for more than three years. As detailed in his 2015 mandate letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his mission objective was &ldquo
  
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• Coming up on Ottawa Today's Power Lunch: Former broadcaster and radio instructor Norman Jack & @erin_gee join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 17:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on Ottawa Today's Power Lunch: Former broadcaster and radio instructor Norman Jack & @erin_gee join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Frostbite advisories as capital heads back into the deep freeze

  10-01-2019 17:56
  Blowing snow and icy conditions wreaked havoc on roads in the capital region Thursday morning.
  First responders responded to more than two dozen collision, including a fatal head-on crash on Moodie Drive.
  “It doesn’t take a lot of snow to make the roads slippery,” the paramedic service tweeted. “Please slow down and increase your distances with other vehicles.”
  Snarling the morning commute was a crash that reduced the Airport Parkway to one lane with alternating tra
  
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• Marc Mayer Q&A: Outgoing National Gallery director leaving with few regrets

  10-01-2019 17:55
  Marc Mayer, the outgoing director of the National Gallery of Canada, said Wednesday he will leave his position next week having accomplished almost all that he set out to do.In the edited interview below, Mayer, 62, looked back on his decade at the helm with pride — and also some indignation for those who faulted him for last year’s controversy surrounding the museum’s aborted sale of a Marc Chagall painting.
  Q: When you came on board, this newspaper wrote in an editorial: &ldq
  
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• Woman, 48, dead in crash on Moodie Drive

  10-01-2019 17:48
  A 48-year-old woman has died following a head-on collision on Moodie Drive Thursday morning.
  Ottawa paramedics report that the woman was pronounced dead of “multi-system trauma” at the scene of the crash, just north of Cambrian Road.
  The collision was reported at 7:41 a.m.
  An off-duty military medic initiated resuscitation on the woman, who was found in cardiac arrest.
  A child, around 10 years old, was stabilized in the vehicle by paramedics as he was extricated by firefighters. He w
  
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• Woman, 48, dead in crash on Moodie Drive - Ottawa Citizen

  10-01-2019 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Woman, 48, dead in crash on Moodie Drive  Ottawa CitizenA 48-year-old woman has died following a head-on collision on Moodie Drive Thursday morning.Ottawa paramedics report that the woman was pronounced ...
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: B.C. political reporter @richardzussman joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the byelection call… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 17:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: B.C. political reporter @richardzussman joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the byelection call… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Silicon Valley VC invests US$10M in Ottawa-born retail tech startup ThreeKit - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-01-2019 17:34 via obj.ca
  Silicon Valley VC invests US$10M in Ottawa-born retail tech startup ThreeKit  Ottawa Business JournalA made-in-Ottawa application for online retail has attracted the eye of a well-heeled Silicon Valley investor.
  
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• Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe for her weekly segment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:30: @Spencerpress of @OttawaCitizen joins @_marksutcliffe for her weekly segment. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• All outdoor rinks now have volunteer operators, city says

  10-01-2019 17:09
  A week ago, the City of Ottawa reported that 13 of about 250 outdoor rinks might not open in 2019 because no one had stepped forward to make and maintain ice.
  The plea for volunteers looks to have thawed some hearts.
  “All rinks now have a volunteer team!” the city tweeted Wednesday night. “Your commitment will make a big difference in #ottcitycommunities this winter.”
  City staff said they scramble to find volunteers every year but public outcry led to an outpouring of sup
  
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• Used Australian F-18s heading to Canada will be a mix of single and dual seat aircraft

  10-01-2019 16:58
  The Canadian Forces is preparing to take possession by the spring of the first of 25 used Australian F-18 fighter jets. Eighteen of the Australian aircraft will be flying while another seven will be used for testing and spare parts.
  The Department of National Defence has provided more details on the types of aircraft Canada is acquiring. “The requested mix is 12 A-model (single seat) and 6 B-model (dual seat) aircraft; however, this is subject to adjustment,” said Department of Natio
  
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• Let there be white: Renovation Transformation keeps Stittsville home classic with a traditional twist

  10-01-2019 15:54
  A renovation, almost entirely achieved through aesthetic changes, brings new life into a Stittsville home.
  BEFORE: The colonial-style home was built in the late 1990s. With a yellow-palette throughout and reddish-wood flooring, the space looked washed out and dated.
  The colonial style house, built in the late 1990s, looked well past its due date prior to renovation. A grim yellow palette and natural reddish-toned oak was dominant throughout the home, which had a sunken living room and colonial c
  
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• Coming up at 9:45: Lawyer Melanie McNaught with Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 15:43 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:45: Lawyer Melanie McNaught with Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 9:15: @SusanDelacourt joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss word of a possible federal Cabinet shuffle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 15:13 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 9:15:@SusanDelacourt joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss word of a possible federal Cabinet shuffle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Is it unfair that drivers in Toronto pay more for auto insurance? bit.ly/2CaxJjq

  10-01-2019 15:01 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Is it unfair that drivers in Toronto pay more for auto insurance?bit.ly/2CaxJjq
  
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• Angry teen bites, knees Brockville officers

  10-01-2019 14:49
  A teenager with anger-management issues went ballistic Tuesday, biting and kneeing police after being arrested on a shoplifting charge.
  The incident started routinely enough with Brockville police being called to a Walmart about a suspected shoplifter.
  Staff told police that a lad wearing a red track suit had taken a black bag off the shelf and began filling it with electronics, clothes and chips. The suspect was last seen heading toward a nearby grocery.
  Police spotted and arrested a 17-year-ol
  
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• Major crash in south end; back into the deep freeze tonight with -19 C low

  10-01-2019 14:34
  At least one person was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Moodie Drive Thursday as police warned that blowing snow, along with slippery roads, was making for a “treacherous morning.”
  A child was also hurt and a third person suffered a head injury, paramedics said.
  First responders were called to Moodie between McKenna Case Drive and Cambrian Road at 7:41 a.m.
  Police warned said that southbound Moodie Drive was closed after the crash and asked motorists to avoid the area.
  F
  
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• Ottawa to commit up to $90M for Algoma Steel to help deal with tariffs: Report - BNNBloomberg.ca

  10-01-2019 14:25 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Ottawa to commit up to $90M for Algoma Steel to help deal with tariffs: Report  BNNBloomberg.caOTTAWA -- The federal government is to announce up to $90 million in support for Ontario's Algoma Steel on Thursday in a commitment aimed at helping the ...
  
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• Man, 24, seriously hurt in Bank Street stabbing

  10-01-2019 14:25
  A man was seriously injured after he was stabbed in the neck in an altercation near the intersection of Bank Street and Alta Vista Drive early Wednesday evening.
  Police said Thursday morning that the 24-year-old’s condition had stabilized.
  No arrest has been made.
  A bystander who was helping the victim called 911 to Bank Street near Alta Vista Drive at 6:07 p.m.
  Police couldn’t confirm if it happened on the street or inside a business.
  Witnesses are asked to call east district detect
  
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• Three people have been injured, including a child, in a two-vehicle collision on Moodie Drive, just west of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 14:19 via twitter.com
  Three people have been injured, including a child, in a two-vehicle collision on Moodie Drive, just west of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Woman dies in morning crash on Moodie Drive - CTV News

  10-01-2019 14:16 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Woman dies in morning crash on Moodie Drive  CTV NewsA woman has died after a crash in the city's west end on Thursday morning.
  
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• Riverside South is one of the fastest-growing areas of the capital. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  10-01-2019 14:15 via twitter.com
  Riverside South is one of the fastest-growing areas of the capital. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• HAPPENING NOW: @OttawaPolice on scene of a serious crash on Moodie Drive. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…

  10-01-2019 14:06 via twitter.com
  HAPPENING NOW: @OttawaPolice on scene of a serious crash on Moodie Drive. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaPolice/s…
  
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• Traffic a mess, back into the deep freeze tonight with -19 C low

  10-01-2019 13:53
  The forecast is for a few flakes then it’s downright frosty.
  First responders are warning motorists to take care Thursday morning as they tackle “multiple” collisions on city roadways.
  Thankfully, none involved serious injuries.
  “It doesn’t take a lot of snow to make the roads slippery,” the paramedic service tweeted. “Please slow down and increase your distances with other vehicles.”
  Police said that they’d tackled 14 collisions from midnigh
  
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• Frostbite advisories as capital heads back into the deep freeze - Ottawa Citizen

  10-01-2019 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Frostbite advisories as capital heads back into the deep freeze  Ottawa CitizenSnow overnight left a mess for morning commuters.
  
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• Maloney: China – do you really want to do business with these people?

  10-01-2019 13:30
  Most Canadians are rightly perplexed by high-level concern over the relationship between the Huawei affair, the legitimate apprehension of a key Chinese person of interest in that affair, and the subsequent seizure of two Canadians by Chinese authorities under extremely dubious circumstances.
  Then we learn these men are being held under conditions that would be considered torture by most Canadians. Furthermore, it is revealed, Chinese warplanes have harassed unarmed Canadian patrol aircraft in t
  
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• Slow down on the roads this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…

  10-01-2019 13:24 via twitter.com
  Slow down on the roads this morning. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaParamedi…
  
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• Morning Update: B.C. protesters to comply with injunction; Ottawa expands thalidomide compensation - The Globe and Mail

  10-01-2019 13:18 via theglobeandmail.com
  Morning Update: B.C. protesters to comply with injunction; Ottawa expands thalidomide compensation  The Globe and MailAlso: Congo's presidential election results are being denounced as 'rigged'
  
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• Parenting best bets: Family-friendly activities in Ottawa this weekend

  10-01-2019 13:11
  Ottawa’s museums, theatres, parks and bookstores have a plethora of family-friendly offerings on tap this weekend.
  With parents in mind, we’ve done the research for you and put together a roundup of the best of these activities.
  Snowshoe Under the Stars
  Led by a Friends of Gatineau Park nature interpreter, take a guided three-kilometre snowshoe and learn about winter wildlife in the park – then finish with hot chocolate. This bilingual activity is recommended for children aged
  
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• Parenting best bets: Family-friendly activities in Ottawa this weekend - Ottawa Citizen

  10-01-2019 13:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Parenting best bets: Family-friendly activities in Ottawa this weekend  Ottawa CitizenWith parents in mind, we've done the research for you and put together a roundup of the best of these activities.
  
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• Tune in for an exciting new episode of Survivor Ottawa - Maclean's

  10-01-2019 13:00 via macleans.ca
  Tune in for an exciting new episode of Survivor Ottawa  Maclean'sPolitics Insider for January 10: Singh finally gets his byelection, another Trudeau cabinet shuffle could be in the works and a look at the friction between elected ...
  
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• With tariffs still in place, Ottawa to commit up to $90 million for Ontario's Algoma Steel - Financial Post

  10-01-2019 12:30 via business.financialpost.com
  With tariffs still in place, Ottawa to commit up to $90 million for Ontario's Algoma Steel  Financial PostOTTAWA — The federal government is to announce up to $90 million in support for Ontario's Algoma Steel on Thursday in a commitment aimed at helping the ...
  
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