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• Carleton student who died by suicide appeared calm, collected after crisis, inquest hears

  25-01-2019 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 20-year-old Carleton student who took his own life in February 2016 appeared calm and collected only hours after he called a suicide hotline and was taken to hospital following a “mini-standoff” with police.
  Doctors, psychiatrists, police officers, social workers and mental health counsellors have been among the witnesses at an inquest into the Feb. 15, 2016 suicide of Jason Renato Simon, 18 days after he had been taken to hospital by ambulance to be assessed.
  Much of the first fou
  
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• Tobi Nussbaum officially steps down from Ottawa city council

  25-01-2019 23:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Friday was Rideau-Rockcliffe councillor Tobi Nussbaum’s last day on the job as municipal representative for Ward 13. He tendered his resignation letter to city clerk and solicitor Rick O’Connor in advance of assuming the position of chief executive officer of the National Capital Commission starting on Feb. 4.
  O’Connor said the Municipal Act allowed for two possible outcomes regarding Nussbaum’s replacement.
  Council can declare his seat vacant at its next meeting, schedul
  
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• Tobi Nussbaum officially steps down from Ottawa city council - Ottawa Citizen

  25-01-2019 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tobi Nussbaum officially steps down from Ottawa city council  Ottawa CitizenFriday was Rideau-Rockcliffe councillor Tobi Nussbaum's last day on the job as municipal representative for Ward 13. He tendered his resignation letter to city ...
  
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• Apartment parking lot snow and ice concerns | CTV News - CTV News

  25-01-2019 23:20 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Apartment parking lot snow and ice concerns | CTV News  CTV NewsResidents of a south Ottawa apartment building express concerns over snow removal.
  
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• Glebe residents among many frustrated with snow removal - CTV News

  25-01-2019 23:13 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Glebe residents among many frustrated with snow removal  CTV NewsCity crews are starting to remove those gigantic snowbanks after that massive snow dump a couple of days ago. But some residents are still waiting for their ...
  
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• From CHEO to Haiti with love (and technical support)

  25-01-2019 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the first things Aimée Riggs-Willey and Mark Heathcote noticed when they arrived at the hospital in the Haitian capital was the collection of unused dialysis equipment stored in a corner.
  The dialysis technologists from CHEO knew that up to 75 per cent of health equipment donated to health centres in low-income countries ends up in landfill (or storage), for a variety of reasons.
  They wanted to make sure that didn’t happen this time.
  In January, Riggs-Willey and Heathcote tra
  
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• Nokia Canada to add new Ottawa jobs with up to $52.4 million in government funding - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-01-2019 22:58 via obj.ca
  Nokia Canada to add new Ottawa jobs with up to $52.4 million in government funding  Ottawa Business JournalNokia Canada is looking to bolster its Kanata workforce with *fresh* government funding aimed at developing new 5G networking technologies. In a Friday ...
  
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• Ottawa cop revives 72-year-old man - Ottawa Sun

  25-01-2019 22:41 via ottawasun.com
  Ottawa cop revives 72-year-old man  Ottawa SunParamedics are crediting a city police officer for saving the life of a 72-year-old man who collapsed outside a west-end restaurant last weekend with ...
  
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• Two displaced after fire at Cumberland-area home

  25-01-2019 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  East-end firefighters were already investigating the smell of smoke in the air Thursday afternoon when they spotted a plume of black smoke southeast of Cumberland.
  That was when 911 calls started coming in reporting flames at a two-storey house on O’Toole Road.
  The fire that engulfed the home wasn’t under control until 4:05 p.m.
  No one was injured, but two displaced adults were being helped by the Canadian Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
  Damage was estimated at $1.2 million.
  The on
  
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• How Ottawa can help make the dream of home ownership a reality - Toronto Star

  25-01-2019 22:21 via thestar.com
  How Ottawa can help make the dream of home ownership a reality  Toronto StarSince the Finance Minister's first budget, the aspiration of home ownership has become detached from middle class dream, writes Jennifer Wells.
  
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• BREAKING: It's official. @tobi_nussbaum has resigned as a city councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe. #ottnews https://t.co/IrEAeu2XpS

  25-01-2019 22:09 via twitter.com
  
  BREAKING: It's official. @tobi_nussbaumhas resigned as a city councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe. #ottnews https://t.co/IrEAeu2XpS
  
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• First site plans for Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre revealed

  25-01-2019 21:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The owner of the Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre has filed plans with the city to demolish the aging mall and replace it with a two-storey shop and Metro grocery store.
  RioCan REIT, which also owns the Westgate Shopping Centre, filed its site plan proposal with the city on Thursday.
  The two-storey building, which is being built to house a handful of retailers that remain in the mall, is being proposed for a spot that would border Carling Avenue. RioCan plans to build the new single-storey Metro i
  
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• Ottawa police asked not to wear support bracelets for high-profile Montsion manslaughter trial

  25-01-2019 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers are being asked to refrain from wearing controversial support bracelets, attend trial only when off-duty and not in uniform, and to continue serving the public as usual, as the force readies itself for the high-profile and emotionally charged trial of Const. Daniel Montsion.
  Montsion was charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon following the 2016 in-custody death of Abdirahman Abdi.Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali man, died on the steps of his Hild
  
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• Ottawa police asked not to wear support bracelets for high-profile Montsion manslaughter trial - Ottawa Citizen

  25-01-2019 21:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police asked not to wear support bracelets for high-profile Montsion manslaughter trial  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police officers are being asked to refrain from wearing controversial support bracelets, attend trial only when off-duty and not in uniform, and to continue ...
  
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• Groups take legal action to force Ottawa to protect endangered Alberta caribou - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 20:38 via cbc.ca
  Groups take legal action to force Ottawa to protect endangered Alberta caribou  CBC.caConservation groups and First Nations have filed legal action in the hope of forcing Environment Canada to protect Alberta caribou herds after federal findings ...
  
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• Man charged with three robberies in three days

  25-01-2019 20:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 23-year-old man arrested following a knife-point robbery on Merivale Road Wednesday has had two additional robberies added to his charge sheet.
  Police say that a suspect walked into a Merivale business near Carling Avenue at 9:26 p.m. Wednesday.
  He brandished a knife and demanded cash before fleeing with an undisclosed sum.
  A patrol officer arrested a man without incident nearby.
  The robbery unit alleges that their investigation linked the suspect to two other robberies between Monday and Wedn
  
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• Pair arrested for allegedly defrauding Casino du Lac-Leamy

  25-01-2019 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A pair of Ontario men are to appear in Gatineau court after they were arrested earlier this week on accusations they defrauded the Casino du Lac-Leamy in a complicated bank fraud scheme.
  Sunilkumar Patel, 53, and Yuan Wang, 40, were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, in the Toronto area on charges of fraud and forgery.
  In a release, the Sûreté du Québec said the arrests involved “the use of false bank drafting in casinos in different provinces.”
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• Ottawa tech leaders to headline spring innovation conference - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-01-2019 20:13 via obj.ca
  Ottawa tech leaders to headline spring innovation conference  Ottawa Business JournalSome of the capital's biggest innovation champions will take the stage for the ISPIM Connects Ottawa conference Apr. 7-10. The conference, hosted by the ...
  
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• Cash-strapped Sit With Me Rescue group stops taking in new dogs

  25-01-2019 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A volunteer rescue group that saves hundreds of dogs a year that might be otherwise unadoptable said it’s had to stop taking new animals as it battles back from $25,000 in bills while still caring for pups that need costly surgeries.
  The outpouring of support was immediate when Sit With Me Rescue made the emotional post on Facebook, board member Helen Schur said Friday.
  In a post that had been shared nearly 1,700 times by Friday afternoon, the organization reported that fundraising efforts
  
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• Gatineau police happy that drowning call was false alarm

  25-01-2019 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police were happy to be responding to a false alarm at an area high school Friday.
  Responders were summoned to École secondaire de l’Ile on St-Rédempteur Street at about 9:30 a.m. for reports of a 13-year-old who had apparently drowned during a supervised activity at the institution.
  But when police and paramedics arrived, they were told the girl had regained consciousness thanks to fast action by rescuers inside the school.
  The girl was taken to hospital as a p
  
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• RCMP update terrorism investigation. twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…

  25-01-2019 19:06 via twitter.com
  RCMP update terrorism investigation. twitter.com/cmaconthehill/…
  
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• Ottawa prepares driverless car test track, first of its kind in North America - BetaKit

  25-01-2019 18:55 via betakit.com
  Ottawa prepares driverless car test track, first of its kind in North America  BetaKitThe City of Ottawa is preparing to open a 16-kilometre test track for autonomous vehicle technologies in the former location of the now-abandoned Ottawa ...
  
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• Riders announce Craig Dickenson as new head coach: reports - Ottawa Citizen

  25-01-2019 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Riders announce Craig Dickenson as new head coach: reports  Ottawa CitizenThe Saskatchewan Roughriders have landed on Craig Dickenson as the team's new head coach, according to multiple reports.
  
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• 'It's not reasonable': Ottawa teachers dismayed over move to revisit class sizes - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 18:03 via cbc.ca
  'It's not reasonable': Ottawa teachers dismayed over move to revisit class sizes  CBC.caSome Ottawa teachers are reacting with dismay to the Ontario government's plan to consider lifting caps on class sizes, saying it will put both students and ...
  
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• Firefighters douse furnace blaze at Barrhaven duplex

  25-01-2019 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters’ “rapid-fire attack” made quick work of a reported furnace fire at a Barrhaven duplex Friday morning, preventing flames from spreading beyond a furnace room and into an adjoining unit.
  Ottawa Fire Services reported that they were called to the blaze on Edgeware Drive at about 10:30 a.m.
  The residents called 911 when their smoke detector sounded and fled the house with their pet dog.
  The fire was under control at 10:40 a.m., which means that the “seat” o
  
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• Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park - CTV News

  25-01-2019 17:36 via ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park  CTV NewsOttawa is spending nearly $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park park bounce back from a destructive wildfire.
  
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• OPP 'increasingly concerned' for missing Montague man, 75

  25-01-2019 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police got new information that a 75-year-old Montague Township man last seen last summer was coming home for the holidays.
  But Robert William Lambert, who was reported missing in November, never showed up.
  Now Lanark County OPP reports that investigators are “increasingly concerned” about the safety of the senior citizen, who often needs help to travel and relies on others for rides.
  He was reported missing Nov 30 by someone who had last seen him in late July or early August.
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• Teamwork transforms almost 125-year-old Glebe Home into “mini art gallery”

  25-01-2019 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  This Glebe home could easily be mistaken for an art gallery.
  Everything from the front door and kitchen backsplash to the crisp white walls and custom shelves is decorated with art by local vendors.
  Colourful paintings on the main floor are complemented by a funky selection of furniture, both of which pop against the white, fresh interior.
  Even the garbage shed outside is covered in an owl mural.
  “It feels like a mini art gallery,” said homeowner Carol Morgan who gives praise to a de
  
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• BDO Canada cuts the ribbon on new downtown Ottawa office - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-01-2019 17:12 via obj.ca
  BDO Canada cuts the ribbon on new downtown Ottawa office  Ottawa Business JournalBDO Canada LLP welcomed more than 200 clients, business contacts and colleagues to an open house it hosted Thursday to show off its gleaming new ...
  
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• Faraway space snowman is pitted and has bright 'collar' - Ottawa Citizen

  25-01-2019 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Faraway space snowman is pitted and has bright 'collar'  Ottawa CitizenCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space snowman visited by NASA on New Year's Day is pitted all over. It also has a bright “collar” around its two fused spheres.
  
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• Ottawa records $2.2-billion deficit in November - The Globe and Mail

  25-01-2019 17:05 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa records $2.2-billion deficit in November  The Globe and MailThe federal government ran a $2.2-billion deficit in November, according to the Finance Department's latest tracking report on federal spending and revenue.
  
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• Fraudster posed as St. John Ambulance instructor, police say

  25-01-2019 16:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man is charged with fraud under $5,000 after police allege that he took money to deliver St. John Ambulance courses despite being both unqualified and unaffiliated with the organization.
  Timothy Poon, 32, appeared in court Thursday.
  Investigators say they’re concerned there could be other victims and if so ask them to file a report online at ottawapolice.ca or call 613-236-1222, ext.7300. Anyone with information can call the same number or submit a tip anonymously to Cr
  
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• Vigil for bus crash victims Friday night in Kanata

  25-01-2019 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A vigil to remember the victims of the deadly Route 269 bus crash on Jan. 11 will be held in Bridlewood Friday evening.
  The event is at the Eva James Memorial Community Centre at 65 Stonehaven Dr. at 7p.m., the Bridlewood Community Association said.
  The outdoor candlelit ceremony is followed by an indoor community gathering with refreshments and an opportunity to sign the book of condolences.
  Bruce Thomlinson, 56, Judy Booth, 57, and Anja Van Beek, 65, were killed and 23 others were injured
  
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• Vigil for bus crash victims Friday night in Kanata - Ottawa Citizen

  25-01-2019 16:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Vigil for bus crash victims Friday night in Kanata  Ottawa CitizenA vigil to remember the victims of the deadly Route 269 bus crash on Jan. 11 will be held in Bridlewood Friday evening.The event is at the Eva James Memorial ...
  
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• Tourism adds $1.4B to Ottawa's GDP annually: study - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-01-2019 16:36 via obj.ca
  Tourism adds $1.4B to Ottawa's GDP annually: study  Ottawa Business JournalThe report says the roughly 11 million annual visitors to Ottawa spend more than $2.2 billion each year in the city's food, retail, transportation and other ...
  
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• Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  25-01-2019 16:34 via thechronicleherald.ca
  Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park  TheChronicleHerald.caCALGARY — Ottawa is spending nearly $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park park bounce back from a destructive wildfire. The fire in September ...
  
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• Choir director who worked in Ottawa wanted for sexual assault - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 16:29 via cbc.ca
  Choir director who worked in Ottawa wanted for sexual assault  CBC.caOttawa police have issued an arrest warrant for a 55-year-old choir director and music instructor wanted for sexual assault.
  
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• Ottawa man charged after posing as a St. John Ambulance instructor - OttawaMatters.com

  25-01-2019 16:13 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa man charged after posing as a St. John Ambulance instructor  OttawaMatters.comA 32-year-old Ottawa man is facing one count of fraud after allegedly accepting money for teaching St. John Ambulance courses, despite that fact that he was not ...
  
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• Come for the views: Zibi 'pioneers' start move-in to future One Planet Community

  25-01-2019 16:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three years after beginning the long process of reclaiming the old Domtar lands in the Ottawa River, the site that is becoming Zibi still has the feel of an industrial wasteland.
  But as residents move in to the first condo building, a new sales/tourist centre gets ready to open, demolition nears the end and the painstaking restoration of many of the property’s dozens of buildings progresses, there’s a sense that — finally — significant signs of the rebirth of the area are
  
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• Hiding documents, blaming clerks a tried and true Canadian Forces-DND tactic from the 1990s

  25-01-2019 16:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The news that senior officers at National Defence headquarters are hiding documents requested under the Access to Information law is like a journey into the past for us few journalists who have covered the Canadian Forces over the decades.
  As I reported earlier this week, Department of National Defence officials tried to blame a clerk for failing to challenge the military’s top legal officials in the Judge Advocate General’s Office who had claimed a report requested under the Access
  
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• No weather warnings! Back to seasonal temps (with a risk of flurries)

  25-01-2019 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  From slushy to slick in 24 hours. And no weather warnings!
  The mercury plunged from 3 C Thursday morning to -11 C Friday and more seasonal temperatures stick around through the weekend bringing the risk of flurries and snow Sunday.
  Friday’s forecast is for mixed skies, a 60 per cent chance of flurries and spot-on average late January temperatures with a high of -6 C and low of -16 C, Environment Canada predicts.
  There’s a 40 per cent chance of more flurries overnight.
  Despite the ret
  
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• Two displaced as fire engulfs Cumberland-area home

  25-01-2019 15:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  East-end firefighters were already investigating the smell of smoke in the air Thursday afternoon when they spotted a plume of black smoke southeast of Cumberland.
  That’s when 911 calls started coming in reporting flames at a two-storey house on O’Toole Rd.
  A working fire was declared at 2:21 p.m. and the fire that engulfed the home wasn’t under control until 4:05 p.m.
  No one was injured but two displaced adults were being helped by the Canadian Red Cross and the Salvation
  
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• Warrant issued for German choir director accused of sexual assault in Ottawa - CTV News

  25-01-2019 15:48 via ctvnews.ca
  Warrant issued for German choir director accused of sexual assault in Ottawa  CTV NewsOttawa police say a German choir director is wanted on charges of sexual assault.
  
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• Choir director faces sexual assault charge if he returns to Canada

  25-01-2019 15:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police say that there’s a warrant out for the arrest of a German choir director on sexual assault allegations stemming from incidents in Ottawa from 2016 to 2017.
  Uwe Frank Lieflander, 55, would be charged with sexual assault upon a return to Canada, police said in a release that a spokeswoman said was issued because investigators are concerned there may be additional victims.
  A complaint involving an adult victim or victims – investigators did not specify – was made
  
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• Police officer revives 72-year-old man in cardiac arrest

  25-01-2019 15:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics are crediting a city police officer for saving the life of a 72-year-old man who collapsed outside a west-end restaurant last weekend with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and an automatic external defibrillator.
  “Early recognition, CPR and AED is the key for saving cardiac arrests,” the paramedic service said.
  Const. Ashley Nisbet was the first on the scene at 9:49 a.m. Saturday when the man collapsed on Carling Avenue near Maitland Avenue. She began trying to resuscitate th
  
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• Ottawa music instructor charged with sexual assault - OttawaMatters.com

  25-01-2019 15:21 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa music instructor charged with sexual assault  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service's* Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit is charging a 55-year-old German man, who worked as a choir director and music instructor in ...
  
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• After tackling divorce and death, playwright Kristen Thomson lightens the mood with a comedy

  25-01-2019 14:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  After writing plays that dealt with serious topics like death and divorce, playwright/actor Kristen Thomson wanted to have some fun.Her newest work, The Wedding Party, was inspired by a friend’s tale of a wedding reception gone awry. Thomson liked the idea of a story told through speeches because it calls upon the audience to share in the experience, but she also saw the potential to develop the humour.“I had written three plays, one about divorce, one about death and another about t
  
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• Ottawa police suspect foul play in Inuk woman’s disappearance - Global News

  25-01-2019 14:55 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa police suspect foul play in Inuk woman’s disappearance  Global NewsSusan Kuplu, 37, was last seen in Ottawa on Jan. 10, according to police. The Ottawa Police *Service's* major crime unit has taken over the missing person's ...
  
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• Shooting near Baseline, Merivale sends man to hospital

  25-01-2019 14:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 32-year-old man was rushed to hospital Thursday night with injuries that were not considered life-threatening following a shooting southeast of the intersection of Baseline and Merivale roads.
  Patrol officers responded to a reported shooting on Northview Road near Wallford Way in the Eleanor Park area at 11:13 p.m.
  Further details on the victim were not immediately available.
  Ottawa police guns and gangs squad is investigating.
  Anyone with information is asked to call guns and gangs squad at 6
  
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• 32-year-old man rushed to hospital after Thursday night shooting - Ottawa Sun

  25-01-2019 14:38 via ottawasun.com
  32-year-old man rushed to hospital after Thursday night shooting  Ottawa SunA 32-year-old man was rushed to hospital Thursday night with injuries that were not considered life-threatening following a shooting southeast of the intersection ...
  
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