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• Extreme cold warning grips the capital - CTV News

  21-01-2019 23:54 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Extreme cold warning grips the capital  CTV NewsThe coldest snowstorm in a century is over but horrendous driving conditions and the cold warnings continue.
  
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• Ottawa is good. According to this public space guru, that's the problem

  21-01-2019 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gil Penalosa says the problem with Ottawa is it’s a good city.
  “I don’t think it’s great,” Penalosa said Monday in a conversation about the ByWard Market. “I think the biggest problem it has is it’s good. When it’s good, people are more reluctant to change.”
  Penalosa is the founder of Toronto-based 8 80 Cities, a not-for-profit organization advising communities on improving public spaces. The company has worked with 350 communities around the
  
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• Ottawa is good. According to this public space guru, that's the problem - Ottawa Citizen

  21-01-2019 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa is good. According to this public space guru, that's the problem  Ottawa Citizen"I don't think it's great," Penalosa said Monday in a conversation about the ByWard Market. "I think the biggest problem it has is it's good. When it's good, people ...
  
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• Police arrest two men on firearm-related charges after collision - Ottawa Citizen

  21-01-2019 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arrest two men on firearm-related charges after collision  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police officers arrested two men on firearm-related offences after a collision near the intersection of Catherine Street and Metcalfe Street on Saturday.
  
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• Police arrest two men on firearm-related charges after collision

  21-01-2019 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers arrested two men on firearm-related offences after a collision near the intersection of Catherine Street and Metcalfe Street on Saturday.
  According to police, the collision occurred around 9:30 pm and was witnessed by an off-duty police officer. The officer called 911 to report the collision.
  Other officers soon arrived and began to question the drivers involved. One of the drivers became unco-operative with police, authorities say, and refused to identify himself. The man
  
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• Ottawa police seize gun, drugs after downtown traffic collision - Global News

  21-01-2019 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa police seize gun, drugs after downtown traffic collision  Global NewsWhen police arrived at the scene, they began questioning those in the car. Police say the driver began refusing to co-operate and would not identify himself.
  
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• Only a handful of Eastern Ontario municipalities poised to opt out of province's cannabis plans

  21-01-2019 21:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only a handful of smaller municipalities in Eastern Ontario have chosen to opt out of the province’s plans to allow the sale of cannabis through retail locations.
  In Eastern Ontario, Casselman, East Hawkesbury, the Township of Frontenac Islands and the Township of Lanark Highlands have reported to their plans to opt out when it comes to allowing pot shops to be set up within their boundaries in the months ahead.
  According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), which is the
  
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• Ottawa-based Ackroo boosts annual revenues 63% in fiscal 2018 - Ottawa Business Journal

  21-01-2019 21:24 via obj.ca
  Ottawa-based Ackroo boosts annual revenues 63% in fiscal 2018  Ottawa Business JournalAckroo announced Monday it set a revenue record in 2018 thanks to what the Ottawa firm's CEO is calling a 'transformational year' for the company.
  
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• Man arrested after Ottawa vehicle stolen and run into Gatineau ditch - OttawaMatters.com

  21-01-2019 21:11 via ottawamatters.com
  Man arrested after Ottawa vehicle stolen and run into Gatineau ditch  OttawaMatters.comGatineau police came across a vehicle with its engine running and window open in the early morning hours.
  
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• Celebrate Robbie Burns Day in the Ottawa Valley - www.insideottawavalley.com/

  21-01-2019 21:09 via insideottawavalley.com
  Celebrate Robbie Burns Day in the Ottawa Valley  www.insideottawavalley.com/The Ottawa Valley is home to many people of Scottish descent, and as such Jan. 25 - the anniversary of the birth of the Scottish poet - is a day for celebration in ...
  
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• Ottawa must go further in fighting right-wing extremism - Toronto Star

  21-01-2019 20:27 via thestar.com
  Ottawa must go further in fighting right-wing extremism  Toronto StarIn the past two years alone, the new far-right movement, anti-women and anti-Muslim propagandists and sentiment are responsible for the deaths of more than ...
  
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• Overnight parking ban is lifted in #OttawaCity but crews will be continuing snow clearing ops. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawacity/sta…

  21-01-2019 20:07 via twitter.com
  Overnight parking ban is lifted in #OttawaCity but crews will be continuing snow clearing ops. #ottnews twitter.com/ottawacity/sta…
  
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• Tech firms taking over Ottawa’s downtown - The Globe and Mail

  21-01-2019 19:33 via theglobeandmail.com
  Tech firms taking over Ottawa’s downtown  The Globe and MailAmid the revitalization of Ottawa's downtown core, federal government tenants are competing for office space with the booming technology industry. Commercial ...
  
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• Robber attacked worker with screwdriver: Police

  21-01-2019 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman charged last week in a string of robberies is facing new charges in an alleged incident Sunday.
  Police say that Amalia Assad-Espinoza, 28, is scheduled to appear in court Monday charged with robbery, two counts of assault with a weapon, assault, possession of a dangerous weapon and breach of recognizance.
  At about 10 a.m. Sunday, a woman entered a bar-restaurant on Montreal Road near the Vanier Parkway, sat down close to the cash register then, “when an opportunity presented itself
  
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• Thief steals idling truck, crashes during getaway: OPP

  21-01-2019 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A thief who stole an Athens Township man’s idling Ford pick-up on a frigid Monday morning didn’t get far.
  He crashed in the owner’s front yard, Leeds County OPP reports.
  At about 5:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to Upper Oak Leaf Road where the owner had started the truck then gone back into his home. Soon after, he heard the truck drive away followed by a crash.
  Cameron Chisamore, 20, has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle, police said. He is scheduled to appea
  
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• 'Snow moles' are rooting out bad conditions on Ottawa roads - The Weather Network

  21-01-2019 18:59 via theweathernetwork.com
  'Snow moles' are rooting out bad conditions on Ottawa roads  The Weather NetworkThe Coalition on Aging has started an initiative called Snow Moles — recruiting seniors across Ottawa to record sidewalk conditions through the winter and to ...
  
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• Petawawa woman handed lifetime pet ban after pup pulled from garbage

  21-01-2019 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Petawawa woman has been banned from owning animals for life after pleading guilty to animal cruelty in a case in which a dog was discovered in a trash bin that was tied shut using bungee cords and put out for pick-up, according to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
  The dog, which rescuers describe as a Labrador-Shepherd type mix about a year old, was unhurt and has since found a new home.
  The Ontario SPCA said in a media release Monday that it was called in to help&n
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 21st, 2019: 1:07: @gtaweather1 1:17: @QueensUBioDSC 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 17:57 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Monday, January 21st, 2019: 1:07: @gtaweather1 1:17: @QueensUBioDSC 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa firms named to feds' AI suppliers list - Ottawa Business Journal

  21-01-2019 17:56 via obj.ca
  Ottawa firms named to feds' AI suppliers list  Ottawa Business JournalA handful of Ottawa-based firms are among a roster of artificial intelligence suppliers that will aim to bring the federal government into the digital age with a new ...
  
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• UPDATE: The 417 w/b @ Innes has reopened #ottnews #otttraffic

  21-01-2019 17:46 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: The 417 w/b @ Innes has reopened #ottnews #otttraffic
  
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• Scotland to return remains of now-extinct Newfoundland First Nation to Ottawa museum - National Post

  21-01-2019 17:07 via nationalpost.com
  Scotland to return remains of now-extinct Newfoundland First Nation to Ottawa museum  National PostST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The remains of two people from a now-extinct Newfoundland First Nation will be returned to Canada after being held in Scotland for almost ...
  
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• ICYMI: The WB 417 is CLOSED from Innes to the Queensway because of a collision. Reopening time is unknown. https://t.co/Q4v6DlIcYl

  21-01-2019 17:03 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: The WB 417 is CLOSED from Innes to the Queensway because of a collision. Reopening time is unknown. https://t.co/Q4v6DlIcYl
  
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• Remember This? The Bank of Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  21-01-2019 16:48 via ottawamatters.com
  Remember This? The Bank of Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comThe Bank of Ottawa was taken over by the Bank of Nova Scotia, and it was, for the most part, friendly.
  
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• Wanted: Suspect in December shooting on Rideau Street

  21-01-2019 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Detectives have released a surveillance image in hopes that the public can help them identify a suspect in a Rideau Street shooting that left a 59-year-old man with serious injuries last month.
  The man is described as black with an average build. He wore a blue three-quarter length winter jacket, blue jeans and light blue running shoes.
  Patrol officers responded to shots fired on Rideau Street near the Rideau Centre at 10:18 p.m. Dec. 23.
  They found the victim with injuries that were described a
  
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• Ottawa’s deep freeze continues through Monday, ‘brief relief’ to come mid-week - Global News

  21-01-2019 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa’s deep freeze continues through Monday, ‘brief relief’ to come mid-week  Global NewsAfter Ottawa briefly claimed the title of chilliest capital city in the world and withstood its coldest snowstorm in decades over the weekend, an extreme cold ...
  
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• How cold does it feel? Depends where in the capital you live

  21-01-2019 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  The temperature is cold everywhere, but the wind chill factor Sunday and Monday has been varying a lot from one part of the capital to another.
  Environment Canada’s numbers are all over the map, literally.
  We’ve compared three sites where formal measurements are done: The Ottawa International and Gatineau airports, and the Central Experimental Farm (known as the CDA weather station.) You can look them up too; these are all public sites from Environment Canada.
  Temperatures were virtu
  
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• The recalled products were packaged up to and including, January 20th, 2019. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  21-01-2019 15:48 via twitter.com
  The recalled products were packaged up to and including, January 20th, 2019. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Should physicians be required to give referrals for medical services that are in co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 14:57 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Should physicians be required to give referrals for medical services that are in co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Major delays for school buses in parts of Ottawa today - CTV News

  21-01-2019 14:30 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Major delays for school buses in parts of Ottawa today  CTV NewsParents, be on alert, your school bus could be more than 45 minutes delayed today. If you have children waiting at the bus stop, be aware the Ottawa Student ...
  
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• Major delays for school buses in parts of Ottawa - CTV News

  21-01-2019 14:30 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Major delays for school buses in parts of Ottawa  CTV NewsParents, be on alert, your school bus could be more than 45 minutes delayed today. If you have children waiting at the bus stop, be aware the Ottawa Student ...
  
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• Blood Tribe reaches historic $150M settlement with Ottawa over cattle mismanagement - CBC News

  21-01-2019 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Blood Tribe reaches historic $150M settlement with Ottawa over cattle mismanagement  CBC NewsThe Blood Tribe says it reached a tentative, $150-million settlement with the federal government — its largest ever deal with Ottawa — over a historic claim that ...
  
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• What's up at the NAC, doc? Bugs Bunny and two other big shows coming this summer

  21-01-2019 14:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  A symphonic take on Bugs Bunny, a dance tribute to Leonard Cohen and a theatrical tale of two pianists will animate this summer at the National Arts Centre.In a departure from its usual summertime shutdown, the NAC has announced the return of three popular performances. First on the calendar is Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II on July 5-6, featuring Looney Tunes cartoons on the big screen, with the NAC Orchestra performing the score. George Daugherty will be conducting.
  A week later, Les Jazz
  
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• Frigid – and likely slow – commute on local roads

  21-01-2019 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Blue Monday may be an apt description of your icy fingers on this morning commute.
  OC Transpo was warning passengers to expect 10 to 20-minute delays and reporting almost a dozen cancelled trips by 7 a.m. Monday with one “next trip” running a bone-chilling 65 minutes later.
  A crash closed all the westbound lanes of Highway 417 between the Aviation Parkway and St. Laurent Boulevard, the MTO reported.
  The westbound lanes of Highway 417 at Innes Road were expected to be closed until abo
  
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• 'Frostbite in minutes': Environment Canada warns of wind chill hitting -40

  21-01-2019 13:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s still cold.
  It’s still very, very cold.
  Early Monday morning Environment Canada still had an extreme cold warning in effect for the Ottawa area.
  With temperatures already well below -20 C, wind chill could bring that all the way down to -40.
  And somehow even in this deep freeze, the snow continues to swirl. The flurries should, hopefully, taper off by later this afternoon.
  ALSO: Frigid – and likely slow – commute on local roads
  Today’s high will only top o
  
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• Frigid – and likely slow – commute on local roads - Ottawa Citizen

  21-01-2019 13:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Frigid – and likely slow – commute on local roads  Ottawa CitizenA crash closed all the westbound lanes of Highway 417.
  
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• Canada minister admits Huawei spat leaves Ottawa in tight spot - Nikkei Asian Review

  21-01-2019 13:36 via asia.nikkei.com
  Canada minister admits Huawei spat leaves Ottawa in tight spot  Nikkei Asian ReviewTOKYO -- The Canadian trade minister has admitted Ottawa has been put in a difficult position by souring relations with Beijing since the arrest of Huawei ...
  
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• Marchant: Can Canada's Supreme Court turn down the dissent?

  21-01-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the Supreme Court of Canada decides a question, its job is to say what the law is.
  When a majority of judges agree on the answer – but disagree on the supporting reasons – mixed messaging yields a muddle.
  Different supporting opinions of judges are perversely called “concurring,” when they are in fact disagreeing in the most important part of the decision, the majority vote. Judges may also disagree on the answer: those are called “dissenting” opinions.
  I
  
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• 'Frostbite in minutes': Environment Canada warns of wind chill hitting -40 - Ottawa Citizen

  21-01-2019 12:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  'Frostbite in minutes': Environment Canada warns of wind chill hitting -40  Ottawa CitizenIt's still very, very cold. Early Monday morning Environment Canada still had an extreme cold warning in effect for the Ottawa area. With temperatures already ...
  
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• Ottawa LRT inspections reveal drainage system gaffes, concrete-filled sewer - Ottawa Citizen

  21-01-2019 12:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa LRT inspections reveal drainage system gaffes, concrete-filled sewer  Ottawa CitizenThe city says it's insulated from any repair costs on the LRT system for the long term.
  
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• Shalaby: Let the Transportation Safety Board dig deeper on bus crash

  21-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hours after the Westboro bus crash last Friday, I called for Mayor Jim Watson to invite the Transportation Safety Board to investigate alongside the Ottawa Police Service. Today, I am pleased that the police opened the door a crack and accepted the TSB’s offer for technical assistance with the investigation.
  The TSB’s assistance is an important first step, and it is the maximum that can be done “within” the board’s current mandate. Still, Watson has not assured the
  
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• Ottawa LRT inspections reveal drainage system gaffes, concrete-filled sewer

  21-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Taxpayers will be the owners of a $2.1-billion transit system this spring, one that, according to newly released inspection records, will include a clogged drainage system at a downtown LRT station and some unchecked concrete along the rail corridor.
  So-called non-conformance reports are produced as a regular part of construction. The city and light-rail system builder Rideau Transit Group each have inspectors who file the reports when they find something was not done according to the plans duri
  
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• Ottawa LRT documents reveal settlement, spills and stains

  21-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are some of the gaffes highlighted in inspection or non-conformance reports regarding the city’s Confederation Line LRT project.At Lyon Station, inspectors in 2017 realized 19 “sleeves” for future mechanical installations weren’t embedded in a concourse slab. It was missed since the mechanical subcontracts hadn’t been awarded before the construction, a non-conformance report says.
  At Rideau Station, inspectors in 2017 found water-stop membranes flooded after wo
  
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• Howard and Hancock: Food guide will be healthier for people and planet

  21-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Healthy sustainable diets are “the single strongest lever to optimize human health and environmental sustainability on Earth.” (Source: EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets)
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  What if there were something that could reduce your likelihood of having a heart attack, and also protect your children from climate change? And what if it could bring you joy in the process?
  That thing is food, and specifically a healthy diet. We know now what that diet looks like better than ever, tha
  
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• Alleged gang boss's lawsuit against Ottawa police dismissed

  21-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  An alleged former gang boss has had his malicious-prosecution lawsuit against Ottawa police dismissed after a judge found that while evidence against the man was tossed out at trial, that didn’t change the fact that it did indeed exist and that “he likely committed the offences.”
  Nnanyere Obiorah first launched a lawsuit against the Ottawa police board and then-homicide detectives Greg Brown and Bruce Pirt in 2007, alleging malicious prosecution, negligent investigation and bre
  
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• Ottawa remains snared in winter's cold, cruel embrace - CBC.ca

  21-01-2019 11:46 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa remains snared in winter's cold, cruel embrace  CBC.caToday's forecast calls for a high of only –17 C and winds that will make conditions feel at cold as -38 this morning.
  
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• Ottawa Public Library wants cheaper e-books from big publishers - CBC.ca

  21-01-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa Public Library wants cheaper e-books from big publishers  CBC.caDespite increasing demand, major multinational publishers are limiting the number of bestselling e-book titles available at the library, according to the Ottawa ...
  
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• Ottawa was the coldest national capital in the world over the weekend - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 09:00 via dailyhive.com
  Ottawa was the coldest national capital in the world over the weekend  Daily HiveMost of Southern Ontario was experiencing a deep freeze on Saturday, and Ottawa was certainly no different, becoming the coldest national captial.
  
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• Record snowfall blankets Ottawa | CTV News - CTV News

  21-01-2019 08:43 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Record snowfall blankets Ottawa | CTV News  CTV NewsOttawa received 21.8 cm of snow on Sunday, breaking the record for greatest snowfall on January 20.
  
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• Record snowfall blankets Ottawa - CTV News

  21-01-2019 08:43 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Record snowfall blankets Ottawa  CTV NewsOttawa received 21.8 cm of snow on Sunday, breaking the record for greatest snowfall on January 20.
  
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• Military witness in the Mark Norman case needs protection – that tells you a lot about National Defence HQ

  21-01-2019 07:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lawyers will be back in court at the end of the month dealing with the ongoing quest for documents that Vice Admiral Mark Norman needs to defend himself against one count of breach of trust. Norman is accused of helping a company that provided a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy. He denies any wrongdoing, pointing out that he was ensuring that Conservative government orders to acquire the vessel were followed, despite efforts by some federal bureaucrats to scuttle the purchase.
  The vice ad
  
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