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• Chemistry building at Carleton to remain closed Monday after weekend fire

  27-01-2019 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University’s chemistry building was to remain closed Monday after fire broke out on the second floor Saturday evening, sending smoke through the building and prompting a campus-wide safety alert.
  The cleanup and restoration continued Sunday in the Steacie building and classes, tutorials and labs have been temporarily moved to alternate locations. Affected students with any questions were asked to contact [email protected].
  The fire was reported by campus security at 6:47
  
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• Snow squalls plague Ottawa roads; more snow to come - OttawaMatters.com

  27-01-2019 22:26
  Snow squalls plague Ottawa roads; more snow to come  OttawaMatters.comSnow squalls swept through the Ottawa area on Sunday morning, leaving the city's roads a snowy, slippery mess. That, naturally, meant that there were some ...
  
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• Significant snowfall possible for Monday | CTV News - CTV News

  27-01-2019 22:22
  Significant snowfall possible for Monday | CTV News  CTV NewsHeavy snow is expected to begin Monday evening and last into Tuesday, according to Environment Canada. "I think even more than 10 centimetres of snow ...
  
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• Michael Kovrig's employer says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees held in China - CBC.ca

  27-01-2019 19:51
  Michael Kovrig's employer says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees held in China  CBC.caThe employer of a Canadian man detained in China is expressing confidence in the Trudeau government following the firing of John McCallum.
  
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• Crisis Group says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees after McCallum firing - Vancouver Sun

  27-01-2019 19:45
  Crisis Group says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees after McCallum firing  Vancouver SunOTTAWA — The employer of a Canadian man detained in China is expressing confidence in the Trudeau government following the firing of John McCallum.
  
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• Snow, winds could make travel 'hazardous', low of -27 C tonight

  27-01-2019 18:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the snow blows itself out, more cold weather is expected to settle in.
  Environment Canada issued both a snow squall watch and a weather advisory on Sunday morning. While both were over by midday, the bad weather is not quite done.
  Bad driving conditions on Trail Road. Be careful, Ottawa.
  The good news is that today’s high, while it lasts, will be a not unpleasant -2 C.
  The bad news is that near seasonal high won’t last long. A cold front is coming and with it more winter weather.
  
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• Work to start on first phase of CH-146 Griffon upgrade and life extension

  27-01-2019 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bell Helicopter Textron Canada will start the process to upgrade and extend the operating life of the Canadian Forces Griffon helicopter fleet with initial work needed to determine how to proceed with technology improvements.
  The firm, based in Mirabel, Que., will be conducting design work needed to extend the life of fleet of 85 CH-146 Griffon helicopters to at least 2031.
  The definition work, valued at up to $90 million, will be performed under the existing support contract for the CH-146, whi
  
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• Chemistry building at Carleton U remains closed after extensive damage from fire, water

  27-01-2019 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Carleton University’s chemistry building remained closed Sunday after fire broke out on the second floor Saturday evening, sending smoke through the building and prompting a campus-wide safety alert.
  The fire was reported by campus security at 6:47 p.m. and Ottawa firefighters arrived 10 minutes later to find thick, visible smoke on three floors  of the Steacie building and warnings from heat detectors on the second, third and fourth floors.
  After a working fire was declared, a second
  
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• BREAKING: A 61-year old Canadian man has reportedly been detained in China on allegations of fraud.

  27-01-2019 17:06 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: A 61-year old Canadian man has reportedly been detained in China on allegations of fraud.
  
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• Snow squall watch: Snow, winds could make travel 'hazardous', low of -27 C tonight

  27-01-2019 15:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s not a warning.
  It’s not a statement.
  But it’s still inclement weather.
  Environment Canada has issued a snow squall watch and is forecasting a miserable morning and miserable evening.
  The good news is that today’s high, while it lasts, will be a not unpleasant -5 C.
  The bad news is that near seasonal high won’t last long. A cold front is coming and with it more winter weather.
  Snow, about 5 cm of it, and wind gusts are expected to hinder travel today. Avoid driv
  
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• Yee: Performing arts must stop excluding marginalized communities

  27-01-2019 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  In a recent Ottawa production of The Nutcracker, dancers – a majority of them white – wore fans on their heads and alternated between jokingly pointing their fingers up and putting their hands together in prayer position, as a portrayal of a “Chinese” dance. The ballet also featured “Russian” and “Arabian” dances, with similarly problematic depictions.
  The Nutcracker was conceived in the 1800s, but little has changed with this “Christmas clas
  
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• Yee: Performing arts must stop excluding marginalized communities - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 15:00
  Yee: Performing arts must stop excluding marginalized communities  Ottawa CitizenBallet and the other performing arts are privileged fields, but the scene additionally continues to orientalize and diminish marginalized communities in its work.
  
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• YOU SAID IT: No sympathy for students - Ottawa Sun

  27-01-2019 14:41
  YOU SAID IT: No sympathy for students  Ottawa SunNO SYMPATHY FOR STUDENTS. Re: The power of petition?; Carleton student leads charge vs. OSAP changes, Jan. 24. I have no sympathy for Gaelan Kirby, ...
  
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• Police search house, landfill as daughter charged in mother's homicide

  27-01-2019 14:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police turned their attention to a home on Penny Drive and the Trail Road landfill on Saturday after a missing persons case turned into a rare mother-daughter murder probe.
  Lennese Kublu, 18, appeared via video in court at about 9:45 a.m., charged with second-degree murder and interference with a body in connection with the disappearance of her mother, Susan Kuplu, 37, who has yet to be located.
  Just after noon, police were at the Ottawa Community Housing neighbourhood on Penny Drive
  
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• Fire at Carleton U. chemistry building extinguished; no injuries reported bit.ly/2FOusL3 #ottnews https://t.co/KjN0NTIp1X

  27-01-2019 14:32 via twitter.com
  
  Fire at Carleton U. chemistry building extinguished; no injuries reported bit.ly/2FOusL3 #ottnews https://t.co/KjN0NTIp1X
  
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• Significant snowfall prompts alerts for Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal areas - CTV News

  27-01-2019 13:46
  Significant snowfall prompts alerts for Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal areas  CTV NewsEnvironment Canada issued weather advisories for a large swath of southern Ontario, stretching from the Greater Toronto Area all the way east to Ottawa, ...
  
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• Lotto 6-49 winning lottery numbers - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 10:28
  Lotto 6-49 winning lottery numbers  Ottawa CitizenThe winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6-49 draw were: 3, 7, 10, 12, 14 & 25.Bonus 36.Guaranteed $1 million prize63197481-03In the event of any ...
  
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• No driver? No problem, says Ottawa autonomous vehicle advocate - CBC.ca

  27-01-2019 10:00
  No driver? No problem, says Ottawa autonomous vehicle advocate  CBC.caThe province is easing restrictions on driverless vehicles — and the head of the Ottawa-based Canadian Autonomous Vehicle Centre of Excellen calls it a move ...
  
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• No driver? No problem, says autonomous vehicle advocate - CBC.ca

  27-01-2019 10:00
  No driver? No problem, says autonomous vehicle advocate  CBC.caThe province is easing restrictions on driverless vehicles — and the head of the Ottawa-based Canadian Autonomous Vehicle Centre of Excellen calls it a move ...
  
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• Fire at Carleton U. chemistry building extinguished; no injuries reported - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 07:22
  Fire at Carleton U. chemistry building extinguished; no injuries reported  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — Fire crews were called out Saturday evening to extinguish a fire in a chemistry building at Carleton University that caused evacuations at the ...
  
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• Café My House saved its best menu for its final service Saturday, chef Briana Kim says

  27-01-2019 05:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Saturday night, chef Briana Kim took a break from assembling her meticulously made dishes to wander among the last few customers that her acclaimed Hintonburg restaurant, Café My House, would serve.
  “I grew up in Café My House. I feel attached,” Kim said while visiting one table. “But the time (to close Café My House) is right.”
  Fortunately for fans of Kim’s wildly imaginative vegan cuisine, she has a new venture in mind. While Café My
  
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• Canadian DeFrancesco front and centre at Daytona - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 04:50
  Canadian DeFrancesco front and centre at Daytona  Ottawa CitizenIt was just before 9 p.m. on Saturday when Devlin DeFrancesco took time in the middle of his very busy day to give us a call.He had just completed a stint at the ...
  
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• Carleton University warns of 'hazard on campus,' evacuates buildings - CTV News

  27-01-2019 03:52
  Carleton University warns of 'hazard on campus,' evacuates buildings  CTV NewsCarleton University has evacuated a number of buildings on its campus after reports of smoke coming from a chemistry building.
  
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• Fire leads to evacuation of Carleton University buildings

  27-01-2019 03:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  A fire in a laboratory of the Steacie Building caused Carleton University to order an evacuation of that facility and two neighbouring buildings on Saturday night.
  “Emergency! THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” said the email alert issued at 7:46 p.m. “Officers are responding to a hazard on campus. Evacuate the area in and round Steacie and Surrounding and attending the buildings safe destination site.”
  A notice posted on the university website said evacuations were taking place from
  
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• US, Canadian fighter planes scramble to escort Russian jets: NORAD - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 03:12
  US, Canadian fighter planes scramble to escort Russian jets: NORAD  Ottawa CitizenPETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military authorities say U.S. Air Force and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to escort two Russian bombers that ...
  
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• Police search house, landfill as daughter charged in mother's alleged homicide

  27-01-2019 02:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police turned their attention to a home on Penny Drive and the Trail Road landfill on Saturday after a missing persons case turned into a rare mother-daughter murder probe.
  Lennese Kublu, 18, appeared via video in court at about 9:45 a.m., charged with second-degree murder and interference with a body in connection with the disappearance of her mother, Susan Kuplu, 37, who has yet to be located.
  Just after noon, police were at the Ottawa Community Housing neighbourhood on Penny Drive
  
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• 'Yellow vest' convoy to Ottawa splits, issues refunds - Calgary Herald

  27-01-2019 01:36
  'Yellow vest' convoy to Ottawa splits, issues refunds  Calgary HeraldA once-united yellow vest convoy to Ottawa has been roiled by infighting, resulting in refund requests totalling thousands of dollars and one of the movement's ...
  
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• Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase: Oshawa at Ottawa - Canadian Hockey League

  27-01-2019 00:26
  Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase: Oshawa at Ottawa  Canadian Hockey LeagueThis week's edition of the Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase sees two heavy hitters collide from the Ontario Hockey League's East Division as the Oshawa ...
  
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• OC Transpo users forming one-voice alliance

  27-01-2019 00:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  About 80 people attended a workshop Saturday aimed at creating Ottawa Transit Riders, an advocacy group to push passenger interests and act as a watchdog over OC Transpo.
  The event at the University of Ottawa was intended to funnel ambitions of several smaller volunteer organizations into one that would primarily deal with concerns of transit riders at a time of rising fares, declining ridership and the uncertain impacts of LRT.
  It will likely be modelled after a similar group in Toronto that ch
  
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• OC Transpo users forming one-voice alliance - Ottawa Citizen

  27-01-2019 00:08
  OC Transpo users forming one-voice alliance  Ottawa CitizenAbout 80 people attended a workshop Saturday aimed at creating Ottawa Transit Riders, an advocacy group to push passenger interests and act as a watchdog ...
  
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• 1 injured in west Ottawa apartment fire - CBC.ca

  27-01-2019 00:08
  1 injured in west Ottawa apartment fire  CBC.caOne person suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday after a fire at a west Ottawa apartment, paramedics say.
  
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