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• 'We're all neighbours together': Condolences book for Ottawa bus crash draws residents to city hall

  14-01-2019 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Greg Lang was on the No. 63 bus late last Friday afternoon, heading west along the Transitway from his downtown workplace, at Bell Canada on Elgin Street, to his home in Kanata. The bus he was on hadn’t yet reached the Westboro station, where a terrible crash had occurred about 40 minutes earlier, and as ambulances sped past his bus, his cellphone rang. It was his son, Wyatt, calling from Toronto. Wyatt had heard about the crash, and was calling to make sure his dad was alright.
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• It's OK to not be OK: Bus crash takes its toll

  14-01-2019 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officials at the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region brought in extra volunteers Friday as soon as they learned about the bus crash at Westboro Station. It turned out they would need them.
  Over the weekend, volunteers at the 24/7 distress line dealt with a higher than usual call volume, and about 10 per cent of those callers wanted to talk about the deadly bus crash that occurred during Friday’s rush hour, said Leslie Scott, manager of media marketing and communications.
  Some of those cal
  
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• Ottawa crash latest tragedy to show new bus standards needed: Transportation Safety Board

  14-01-2019 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is slamming the federal government for failing to take significant action after the 2013 bus-train crash that might have reduced the risk of injury to passengers in Friday’s deadly crash.
  “Friday’s bus accident in Ottawa, coming on the heels of the 2018 Humboldt bus tragedy, and the earlier 2013 Ottawa bus-train accident, not to mention other examples, reinforces the urgent need for Transport Canada to take action on impleme
  
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• Police identify 3 victims who died in Ottawa bus crash - CityNews Toronto

  14-01-2019 23:46 via toronto.citynews.ca
  Police identify 3 victims who died in Ottawa bus crash  CityNews TorontoThe three deceased victims of Friday's double-decker transit bus crash in Ottawa have been identified. Melissa Duggan with the latest on the investigation.
  
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• Police identify 3 victims who died in Ottawa bus crash - 680 NEWS - 680 News

  14-01-2019 23:46 via 680news.com
  Police identify 3 victims who died in Ottawa bus crash - 680 NEWS  680 NewsThe three deceased victims of Friday's double-decker transit bus crash in Ottawa have been identified. Melissa Duggan with the latest on the investigation.
  
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• Ontario won’t fund French-language university despite Ottawa support - Toronto Star

  14-01-2019 23:45 via thestar.com
  Ontario won’t fund French-language university despite Ottawa support  Toronto StarOntario will not reverse the cancellation of a proposed French-language university despite a federal commitment to extend funding for a team working on the ...
  
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• Trump's evolving foreign policy challenges top US diplomat ottawamatters.com/world-news/tru…

  14-01-2019 23:30 via twitter.com
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• Garrioch Snapshots: Matt Duchene treasuring every moment as a new father - Ottawa Sun

  14-01-2019 23:15 via ottawasun.com
  Garrioch Snapshots: Matt Duchene treasuring every moment as a new father  Ottawa SunMatt Duchene has taken on a new role at home: Being a dad.Yes, the Ottawa Senators' top centre missed his teammates while they were on a three-game road ...
  
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• Garrioch Snapshots: Matt Duchene treasuring every moment as a new father - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Garrioch Snapshots: Matt Duchene treasuring every moment as a new father  Ottawa CitizenMatt Duchene has taken on a new role at home: Being a dad.Yes, the Ottawa Senators' top centre missed his teammates while they were on a three-game road ...
  
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• Sens Craig Anderson progressing but won't be dressing for game against Avalanche - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sens Craig Anderson progressing but won't be dressing for game against Avalanche  Ottawa CitizenBut he won't be back from the concussion he suffered Dec. 21 against the New Jersey Devils in time to face the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday at the ...
  
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• Ottawa 'grieving' over bus crash deaths, mayor says - The Globe and Mail

  14-01-2019 23:11 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa 'grieving' over bus crash deaths, mayor says  The Globe and MailOttawa's Mayor joined people in signing a condolence book at city hall on Monday, after three public servants were killed in a bus crash last Friday. Jim Watson ...
  
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• 'We will always be there for Franco-Ontarians' as Feds pledge $1.9 million for cancelled university

  14-01-2019 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
   
  The federal government is committing nearly $2 million to keep hopes for L’Université de l’Ontario alive even though the provincial government has cancelled funding for the project.
  “We will always be there for the Franco-Ontarian community as a partner for the French University of Ontario,” said Mélanie Joly, whose cabinet portfolio includes official languages.
  “We just approved $1.9 million to support the work done by the team curren
  
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• Polish city of freedom and Solidarity loses mayor to attack ottawamatters.com/world-news/pol…

  14-01-2019 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Chabot could be ready to return Wednesday after missing eight games to injury - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chabot could be ready to return Wednesday after missing eight games to injury  Ottawa CitizenThomas Chabot could be ready to shoulder the load.As the Ottawa Senators returned to the ice Monday at the Canadian Tire Centre, they were greeted by their ...
  
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• Emergency doctors say mock disaster helped prepare for Ottawa bus crash - Times Colonist

  14-01-2019 22:49 via timescolonist.com
  Emergency doctors say mock disaster helped prepare for Ottawa bus crash  Times ColonistOTTAWA — Dr. Manoj Lalu was in the middle of a routine, elective surgery at the Ottawa Hospital Friday evening when the hospital suddenly declared a Code ...
  
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• Thomas Chabot could be ready to return Wednesday - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thomas Chabot could be ready to return Wednesday  Ottawa CitizenThomas Chabot could be ready to shoulder the load.As the Ottawa Senators returned to the ice Monday at the Canadian Tire Centre, they were greeted by their ...
  
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• Code Orange: Behind the Ottawa Hospital’s response to the OC Transpo bus crash

  14-01-2019 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Trauma surgeon Dr. Jacinthe Lampron was on her way to pick up her daughter from daycare Friday afternoon when she heard the news on her car radio: A bus had crashed into Westboro station; many were injured.
  Lampron called the The Ottawa Hospital and was told it was about to declare Code Orange — a code reserved for disasters and other major events with a significant number of serious injuries.
  The last Code Orange had been declared in September 2013 when a VIA Rail train collided with an O
  
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• Lochte, Anthony Scaramucci among 'Big Brother' celeb cast ottawamatters.com/world-news/loc…

  14-01-2019 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Humboldt parents among those calling for TSB to investigate Ottawa bus crash - Calgary Herald

  14-01-2019 22:12 via calgaryherald.com
  Humboldt parents among those calling for TSB to investigate Ottawa bus crash  Calgary HeraldA federal review of Ottawa's deadly bus crash is needed to make our overall transportation system safer, according to a group of voices that has now grown to ...
  
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• Alberta oil and gas advocacy group cancels ‘Convoy to Ottawa’ - Global News

  14-01-2019 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta oil and gas advocacy group cancels ‘Convoy to Ottawa’  Global NewsA coalition of Alberta oil and gas advocacy groups has cancelled a truck convoy to Ottawa it was planning for February due to "unexpected challenges."
  
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• Storm punishes swath of US with snow, ice and freezing rain ottawamatters.com/world-news/sto…

  14-01-2019 22:00 via twitter.com
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• UPDATE: #WestboroBusCrash #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  14-01-2019 21:43 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: #WestboroBusCrash #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• The Humboldt parents: Transportation Safety Board must probe bus crash

  14-01-2019 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  In April 2018, 16 people died when a bus carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was hit by a semi-trailer truck in rural Saskatchewan. Parents of several of the players have signed an open letter to Ottawa’s mayor about Friday’s OC Transpo bus crash:
  Dear Mayor Jim Watson,
  We wish to offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Jan. 11 Westboro bus crash, and sincere wishes for healing to the survivors, their families and the
  
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• 2 female victims unharmed after UPS hostage situation. ottawamatters.com/world-news/2-f…

  14-01-2019 21:35 via twitter.com
  2 female victims unharmed after UPS hostage situation.ottawamatters.com/world-news/2-f…
  
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• Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states. ottawamatters.com/world-news/jud…

  14-01-2019 21:05 via twitter.com
  Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states.ottawamatters.com/world-news/jud…
  
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• Impaired driving not cause of fatal Ottawa bus crash: police investigators - Global News

  14-01-2019 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Impaired driving not cause of fatal Ottawa bus crash: police investigators  Global NewsPolice investigators probing the possible causes of Friday's fatal double-decker bus crash at Westboro transit station have ruled out impaired driving as one of ...
  
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• Mayor Watson encourages people to avoid speculating on cause of Westboro Station bus crash

  14-01-2019 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Share your condolences for the families of victims who were on the OC Transpo double-decker bus that crashed into Westboro Station, but don’t speculate on the cause of the fatal collision.
  That was the message Monday from Mayor Jim Watson after he signed a book of condolences available to the public in the rotunda at Ottawa City Hall.
  “We’re going to allow the police to do their job and we want to find out how this happened, how to ensure it never happens again, but most import
  
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• Nortel's bankruptcy 10 years on — what was lost

  14-01-2019 20:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Jan. 13, 2009, nearly a dozen board members of Nortel Networks gathered in a small office building near Toronto’s international airport. They had already deliberated for days about the wisdom of taking their next, history-altering step.
  Their company, Canada’s iconic builder of telecommunications networks, was scheduled two days later to make a $107-million interest payment on its debt (all figures U.S.). Although Nortel had more than $2 billion in cash on hand, much of it was hel
  
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• Ottawa-based video software firm Solink raises $16.3M series-A round - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-01-2019 20:17 via obj.ca
  Ottawa-based video software firm Solink raises $16.3M series-A round  Ottawa Business JournalOne of Ottawa's fastest-growing companies has gone back to the well of its existing investors for a follow-on round of financing. Solink, which develops business ...
  
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• Egan: A double-decker, the dead, the injured, the comfort reshattered - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Egan: A double-decker, the dead, the injured, the comfort reshattered  Ottawa CitizenFor more than five years after the Ottawa train-bus disaster of Sept. 18, 2013, a photo of victim Kyle Nash has been clipped by my computer screen, where I see ...
  
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• Ottawa announces $3.5M to build new Thunder Bay Art Gallery - CBC.ca

  14-01-2019 20:03 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa announces $3.5M to build new Thunder Bay Art Gallery  CBC.caThe federal government has announced an additional $3.5 million for the construction of a proposed new art gallery in Thunder Bay, Ont.
  
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• Updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts

  14-01-2019 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are some updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts and appointments, outlined in the latest issue of Esprit de Corps magazine:
  Textron’s TRU Simulation and Training has developed the world’s first full flight simulator for the CL-415 water bomber. The CL-415 is a mainstay of a number of international fleets of aerial fire-fighting units, with some of aircraft being operated by various air forces, such as those in Greece and Spain. TRU has delivered the first system to
  
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• Updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts  Ottawa CitizenHere are some updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts and appointments, outlined in the latest issue of Esprit de Corps magazine:Textron's TRU ...
  
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• Trial opens for Quebec man charged with killing wife suffering from Alzheimer's. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  14-01-2019 19:35 via twitter.com
  Trial opens for Quebec man charged with killing wife suffering from Alzheimer's.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Treasury Board confirms one of the #WestboroBusCrash, Anja Van Beek, was an employee. #ottnews twitter.com/TBS_Canada/sta…

  14-01-2019 19:29 via twitter.com
  Treasury Board confirms one of the #WestboroBusCrash, Anja Van Beek, was an employee. #ottnews twitter.com/TBS_Canada/sta…
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Nolan MacMillan, take three in Mexican draft - Ottawa Sun

  14-01-2019 19:18 via ottawasun.com
  Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Nolan MacMillan, take three in Mexican draft  Ottawa SunMacMillan, an Arnprior native and the Redblacks' first-ever draft pick (ninth overall in 2013), will return for his sixth season.
  
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• Canadian sentenced to death in China as Ottawa-Beijing tensions rise - Financial Times

  14-01-2019 19:06 via ft.com
  Canadian sentenced to death in China as Ottawa-Beijing tensions rise  Financial TimesA Canadian citizen convicted of drug smuggling in China has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court in the north-eastern port city of Dalian, overturning a ...
  
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• Court rejects bid to speed up request for OPP hiring investigation. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  14-01-2019 19:05 via twitter.com
  Court rejects bid to speed up request for OPP hiring investigation.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Bagnall: Nortel's bankruptcy 10 years on — what was lost - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bagnall: Nortel's bankruptcy 10 years on — what was lost  Ottawa CitizenOn Jan. 13, 2009, nearly a dozen board members of Nortel Networks gathered in a small office building near Toronto's international airport. They had already ...
  
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• Bus passengers feel fear, guilt as daily commute resumes - CBC.ca

  14-01-2019 18:38 via cbc.ca
  Bus passengers feel fear, guilt as daily commute resumes  CBC.caBuses packed with commuters were again trundling through Ottawa's Westboro transit station Monday morning, three days after a deadly crash that killed three ...
  
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• Here is what the mayor wrote in the book of condolences. #ottnews (photo: @Jeffslack369) https://t.co/bZp2ZJQTM9

  14-01-2019 18:27 via twitter.com
  
  Here is what the mayor wrote in the book of condolences. #ottnews (photo: @Jeffslack369) https://t.co/bZp2ZJQTM9
  
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• Today's letters: Readers' first thoughts on the OC Transpo bus crash

  14-01-2019 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Park these double-decker buses, for now
  Re: Three dead in double-decker bus crash at Westboro Station, 23 others injured, Jan. 12.
  While we do not yet know the situation and chain of events that caused this terrible tragedy, we do know that the structure that was hit and is situated all along the transitway and in other high-volume areas was a major contributing factor. It would have been reasonable to expect that a double-decker bus could be pushed, drive into or collide with these structu
  
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• Humboldt parents among those calling for TSB to investigate Ottawa bus crash

  14-01-2019 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some parents whose children died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash have joined the call for the Transportation Safety Board to be asked to investigate Friday’s deadly Transitway crash in Ottawa.
  In an open letter to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, several Humboldt Broncos parents, along with transportation engineering expert and University of Manitoba professor Ahmed Shalaby and VisionZero, an advocacy group pushing for safer roads, asked Watson to invite the TSB to lead the safety investigation
  
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• Armstrong: Ontario's 'pot luck' path to inefficient cannabis selling

  14-01-2019 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ontario government lottery last Friday picked 25 initial candidates for cannabis retail licensing. It was great news for those chosen from among the 17,320 applicants. But it’s another step toward creating a fragmented, inefficient retail system that will face established illegal suppliers and future foreign rivals.
  Many winners likely celebrated their one-chance-in-693 good fortune by dining out, giving new meaning to the term “potluck dinner.” For now, their only legal riv
  
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• 'For the friends who are missing': Ottawa riders return to commute with sadness, tinge of fear - Ottawa Citizen

  14-01-2019 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  'For the friends who are missing': Ottawa riders return to commute with sadness, tinge of fear  Ottawa CitizenA bus missed, a life changed.Krunal Dave had planned to leave his downtown office Friday in time to board the 269 bus — the same bus that would crash into ...
  
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• 'For the friends who are missing': Ottawa riders return to commute with sadness, tinge of fear

  14-01-2019 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  A bus missed, a life changed.
  Krunal Dave had planned to leave his downtown office Friday in time to board the 269 bus — the same bus that would crash into an overhanging shelter at Westboro station — but work kept him.
  “I was supposed to take the 269 the other day — I got a call and couldn’t take the bus,” he said as he waited on the platform at the Eagleson Road park and ride early Monday morning. “I took the next bus. I would have chosen to
  
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• #RNation #ottnews twitter.com/Sportsnet/stat…

  14-01-2019 18:05 via twitter.com
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• Ottawa Public Health on the release of victim's names in Friday's tragic OC Transpo crash in Westboro. twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…

  14-01-2019 18:03 via twitter.com
  Ottawa Public Health on the release of victim's names in Friday's tragic OC Transpo crash in Westboro. twitter.com/ottawahealth/s…
  
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• Next on Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 and Ted Mann with @MannLawyers join @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-01-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
  Next on Power Lunch: @LauraPeck6 and Ted Mann with @MannLawyersjoin @_MarkSutcliffe in-studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Victims of Westboro Station bus crash identified

  14-01-2019 17:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have released the names of the three people killed in Friday’s deadly bus crash at Westboro Station.
  They are Bruce Thomlinson, 56 years old, Judy Booth, 57 years old, and Anja Van Beek, 65 years old.
  The crash occurred at 3:50 p.m. as the westbound Route 269 double-decker bus entered the station and for unknown reasons struck the passenger platform. In addition to the deaths, another 23 people were injured, one of whom remains in critical condition at The Ottawa Hospita
  
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