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• One-month licence suspension for Ottawa doctor who breached restrictions on drug prescribing - CTV News

  30-01-2019 23:36 via ctvnews.ca
  One-month licence suspension for Ottawa doctor who breached restrictions on drug prescribing  CTV NewsAn Ottawa family doctor's medical licence will be suspended for a month after he violated an agreement with his profession's provincial regulatory body that ...
  
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• Snow days, school buses, and our growing anxiety about winter

  30-01-2019 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  We’ve all heard the complaints: The school buses have been cancelled again. It is happening more and more, people will tell you, making families scramble and adding to the misery of winter.
  So we looked up the numbers — and busted an urban myth.
  Snow days for school buses fluctuate from year to year, but there is no upward trend.
  Underneath this belief, however, there’s a different trend: The psychology of weather, of the human experience with winter, is changing. And not for t
  
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• Ottawa should cover the cost of resettling asylum seekers - Toronto Star

  30-01-2019 22:47 via thestar.com
  Ottawa should cover the cost of resettling asylum seekers  Toronto StarThe City of Toronto has a hole in its budget that adds up to $79 million. Tax hikes, fee increases or cuts in services may be on the way to bridge the gap.
  
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• GoFundMe launched in support of bus crash survivor after double amputation

  30-01-2019 21:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  A GoFundMe campaign has launched in support of a mother who underwent a double amputation after the Westboro Station bus crash that killed three and left more than 20 others with serious injuries.
  The campaign, on behalf of Marcie Stevens, was started by her husband’s coworker, according to the GoFundMe page. As of Wednesday afternoon, it had raised more than $18,000 from 360 donors.
  “This tragedy has changed their family life forever and we want to help in any way we can,” rea
  
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• Top soldier did not keep any records of meeting with Trudeau on Vice Admiral Norman case

  30-01-2019 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  By David Pugliese and Brian Platt
  Canada’s top soldier did not keep a single note of his conversations about Vice Admiral Mark Norman he had with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his top aides or from any of his meetings with senior RCMP officers.
  An Ontario Court hearing heard Wednesday from Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance that he kept no record of any kind of those key meetings about Norman, the second highest officer in the Canadian military.
  In an unprecedented move, Vance s
  
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• SurveyMonkey among capital region's top employers, study says

  30-01-2019 21:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  After seeing explosive growth here in the nation’s capital since entering the market with an acquisition in 2014, SurveyMonkey has spring-boarded to become one of the city’s top employers, according to a list completed for Postmedia.
  The study, now in its 14th year, identifies top employers in the National Capital Region. It is part of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project, an editorial project managed by Mediacorp Canada Inc. that recognizes employers with exceptional human r
  
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• Job flexibility, maternity benefits and workplace culture key to attracting and retaining talent, experts say

  30-01-2019 21:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Modern employees are demanding more of their employers, from flexible work arrangements and tailored hours to increased maternity and paternity benefits.
  Simply put, the longtime status quo just isn’t cutting it anymore. Younger generations of workers just don’t want to spend 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days a week, in a staid, beige office cubicle.
  “We hear from clients quite often about how often their employees are willing to sacrifice on salary versus flexibility or vacation, fl
  
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• City council: Rideau-Rockcliffe byelection will be held April 15, Thai embassy rejected

  30-01-2019 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A byelection to fill the open Rideau-Rockcliffe seat on city council will be held on April 15.
  Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to hold a byelection at a cost of about $329,500, rather than appointing a willing citizen to the seat. There was no debate.
  Former ward councillor Tobi Nussbaum resigned last Friday ahead of taking over as CEO of the National Capital Commission next Monday. Nussbaum won re-election in the municipal vote last October and subsequently interviewed for the NCC j
  
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• Gatineau Hospital's new MRI expected to ease strain on Ottawa - CBC.ca

  30-01-2019 20:46 via cbc.ca
  Gatineau Hospital's new MRI expected to ease strain on Ottawa  CBC.caThe Gatineau Hospital will soon get the region's newest MRI machine, giving patients in western Quebec who need the diagnostic scan another local option, ...
  
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• National Arts Centre releases first wave of programs for 50th anniversary

  30-01-2019 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre announced Wednesday a first wave of programming that will mark its 50th anniversary this year.
  “It’s a wonderful milestone, and we invite all Canadians to celebrate with us in 2019,” NAC President and CEO Christopher Deacon said in a statement.
  Christopher Deacon is the new CEO of the National Arts Centre.
  The exact date of the anniversary is June 2. An open house is to take place that day at the NAC, filled with free performances and activiti
  
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• Coolant leak causes double-decker to smoke on Hwy. 174

  30-01-2019 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Smoke reported coming from a westbound double-decker OC Transpo bus on Highway 174 near Blair Road Wednesday was caused by a coolant leak, according to the city.
  “There was no fire,” said a statement from city hall attributed to director of transit operations Troy Charter.
  “The bus will be towed back to a garage for repair.”
  Neither fire crews nor paramedics were required at the scene.
  Further details were not immediately available.
  On Tuesday, OC Transpo’s Queenswa
  
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• 'We've all been wounded in some way': Chamberfest presents world debut of Scar Tissue

  30-01-2019 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Before composer Jeffrey Ryan committed a single note of his new and ambitious piece, Scar Tissue, to manuscript paper, he needed firm answers to a few preliminary but key questions.
  Who would perform his music? Who would write words for it and what would they be? What science-based theme would gird it? “All that thought and preparation sets me up for the actual composition,” Ryan says.
  Once those aspects of the big picture snapped into focus, Ryan was able to sit down at his draughti
  
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• Candidate filing period open for Rideau-Rockcliffe by-election. #ottnews ottawamatters.com/local-news/can…

  30-01-2019 20:00 via twitter.com
  Candidate filing period open for Rideau-Rockcliffe by-election. #ottnewsottawamatters.com/local-news/can…
  
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• Dining Out: In Kanata, Harbin Restaurant and La Noodle serve overdue authentic Chinese fare

  30-01-2019 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Harbin Chinese Casserole Restaurant591 March Rd., 613-693-1525, harbinrestaurant.comOpen: Tuesday to Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 9 p.m., closed MondayPrices: most dishes from $11.99 to $17.99Access: no steps to front door
  La Noodle Kanata790 Kanata Ave., Unit M2A, 613-599-0880, lanoodleca.comOpen: Daily from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.Prices: most dishes from $12.99 to $18.95Access: no steps to front door
  “Kanata,” a colleague who lives there re
  
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• Ottawa man accused of child luring following cross-border probe

  30-01-2019 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 46-year-old Ottawa man is facing two counts of arranging to meet a child for a sexual purposes on the Internet after an investigation by the OPP, Ottawa Police Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City.
  The two-month investigation culminated in the OPP arresting a man Tuesday after searching a home.
  Two cellular phones and a desktop computer tower were seized, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the OPP, whose child sexual exploitation unit and Russell County
  
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• Pants-off perp had pellet gun, drugs in shoes: Police

  30-01-2019 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 46-year-old Kingston man is facing a raft of charges after he was spotted with what looked like a handgun as he forced his way into a west-end motel room early morning Wednesday morning.
  Police in the Limestone City responded at about 3 a.m. after the man was seen overcoming the resistance of someone who was trying to keep him out.
  They found a woman in the room and the suspect, who had undressed, locked in a bathroom.
  The man was arrested for breaching “numerous” bail and probatio
  
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• Ottawa man accused of child luring following cross-border probe - Ottawa Citizen

  30-01-2019 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa man accused of child luring following cross-border probe  Ottawa CitizenA 46-year-old Ottawa man is facing two counts of arranging to meet a child for a sexual purposes on the Internet after an investigation by the OPP.
  
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• Police cleared in Boston Pizza gun threat struggle

  30-01-2019 18:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers have been cleared in connection with a struggle with a 60-year-old man who threatened to shoot a pizza restaurant server when she warned him it was closing time.
  In fact, medical evidence later indicated that the man’s broken eye socket was likely an old injury, the Special Investigations Unit reported Wednesday on the Feb. 18, 2018 incident at an unspecified Boston Pizza outlet.
  His server had called 911 asking for help, telling police that the man said “if&nb
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 30th: 1:07: @Souabouomar 1:17: @dillon_browne 1:30: @smaclellan 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-01-2019 18:04 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Wednesday, January 30th: 1:07: @Souabouomar 1:17: @dillon_browne 1:30: @smaclellan 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The warmest Ottawa of all the Ottawas - CBC.ca

  30-01-2019 17:43 via cbc.ca
  The warmest Ottawa of all the Ottawas  CBC.caWant to feel better about the winter chill currently gripping Ottawa? Check out all the other Ottawas right now.
  
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• Ottawa setting up new team to warn Canadians of potential election interference - CBC News

  30-01-2019 17:13 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa setting up new team to warn Canadians of potential election interference  CBC NewsThe Canadian government is setting up an internal team to sound the alarm if it sees evidence the October federal election is being undermined.
  
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• Barrowman among celebrities for 2019 edition of Ottawa Comiccon

  30-01-2019 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The officials behind Ottawa’s annual ode to pop culture are offering released a glimpse into the celebrity guests that attendees can expect to see at this year’s event.
  John Barrowman, best known to sci-fi fans as Malcolm Merlyn on TV shows Arrow and The Flash, and as Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who will be making an appearance this year. Barrowman also attended Ottawa Comiccon in 2017.
   
  Jennifer Morrison, who plays Emma Swan on the TV’s Once Upon a Time and Dr. Allis
  
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• New Brunswick pulls out of hosting Francophonie Games in 2021, blames Ottawa - The Guardian

  30-01-2019 16:15 via theguardian.pe.ca
  New Brunswick pulls out of hosting Francophonie Games in 2021, blames Ottawa  The GuardianNew Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says the 2021 Francophonie Games will not go ahead in the province, blaming their growing cost and a lack of financial ...
  
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• 'Serious' crash with injured closes section of Hwy. 17 near Chalk River

  30-01-2019 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway 17 was closed between Chalk River and Deep River Wednesday morning after a two-vehicle crash the OPP describes as serious.
  Two people were taken to the hospital after the collision near Miller Road just after 8 a.m.
  One has life-threatening injuries, Upper Ottawa OPP said.
  Westbound traffic was detoured at Main Street in Chalk River to Wylie Road and back to Highway 17. Eastbound traffic was detoured at Wylie Road to Main Street and back to Highway 17.
  Motorists were advised to
  
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• Traffic: Airport Parkway 'sheer ice' causes collisions; Transpo cancellations mount

  30-01-2019 15:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Heads up, drivers. It’s a bit slick out there.
  Many streets remain snow-covered and the Airport Parkway is reportedly “sheer ice.”
  A stretch of the parkway was closed by a crash Tuesday night and now a commuter comments that she spotted five cars in the ditch Wednesday morning.
  Police reported that first responders were tackling at 7:08 a.m. collision involving at least two cars in the northbound lane near Hunt Club Road.
  Meanwhile, a truck landed in a snowbank at the same spot
  
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• Firefighters tackle Kemptville-area barn blaze

  30-01-2019 15:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A fire Wednesday morning heavily damaged a barn on a farm near Becketts Landing in the city’s rural south end.
  Firefighters from both Ottawa and Kemptville responded to a call from a passerby at 7:37 a.m. who reported heavy, black smoke from a barn on Donnelly Drive near Malakoff Road.
  Further calls prompted firefighters to declare a working fire while still en route. 
  A fire Investigator has been dispatched to the scene to determine the cause.
  and reported at about 8 a.m. that t
  
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• Two people have been taken to hospital - one suffering from life-threatening injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-01-2019 15:32 via twitter.com
  Two people have been taken to hospital - one suffering from life-threatening injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Police locate missing senior with dementia in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  30-01-2019 15:24 via cbc.ca
  Police locate missing senior with dementia in Ottawa  CBC.caHamilton police have located a missing Hamilton senior who suffers from dementia who wandered away from a lower city retirement home on Tuesday.
  
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• Meet the Ottawa-area artists heading to the Junos - CBC.ca

  30-01-2019 15:24 via cbc.ca
  Meet the Ottawa-area artists heading to the Junos  CBC.caWhen the Juno Awards are handed out by Canadian music icon Sarah McLachlan in London, Ont., in March, there will be plenty of Ottawa talent in the room.
  
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• Firefighters from both Ottawa and Kemptville worked to protect another nearby barn that houses livestock. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-01-2019 15:03 via twitter.com
  Firefighters from both Ottawa and Kemptville worked to protect another nearby barn that houses livestock. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Vance to be questioned about Norman “codenames” – general claimed codenames were never used

  30-01-2019 14:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance will be on the witness stand Wednesday to answer questions from Vice Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers about allegations the Canadian Forces tried to prevent the release of documents needed by the naval officer for his upcoming trial.
  In December, the federal court heard from a military officer who explained about the method used by the Canadian Forces to avoid producing records about Norman that had been requested under the Access to Information law.
  
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• Bayshore's back after broken water main repair

  30-01-2019 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bayshore Shopping Centre reopens Wednesday morning as usual after closing early on Tuesday evening due to a broken water main.
  The mall reported Wednesday morning that it would reopen at 9 a.m.
  “Extreme cold” caused the main to break inside the shopping centre, staff reported.
  Water had to be shut off to the building.
  The water main has been repaired and Bayshore will be back to our regular hours, as of 9AM today. pic.twitter.com/j4p5B5mvxq
  — Bayshore Ottawa (@BayshoreOttawa) J
  
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• Today's letters: Should the city help build an NHL arena?

  30-01-2019 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clear the snow before we ante up on arena
  Re: Does Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk have a case of Edmonton envy? Jan. 24.
  This Jan. 24 column suggested Ottawa emulate Edmonton and handing over $226 million to the Ottawa Senators for a new arena. Clever to place it between the story about police wanting a 5.1 per cent budget increase and another explaining the city doesn’t have a budget to handle an “early” snowfall.
  Let’s wait until we have safe, snow-free streets bef
  
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• Firefighters tackle Kemptville-area barn blaze - Ottawa Citizen

  30-01-2019 14:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters tackle Kemptville-area barn blaze  Ottawa CitizenA fire Wednesday morning heavily damaged a barn on a farm near Becketts Landing in the city's rural south end. Firefighters from both Ottawa and Kemptville ...
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Should the Ontario government scrap full-day kindergarten?

  30-01-2019 14:06 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Should the Ontario government scrap full-day kindergarten?
  
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• A break from the flakes but still a risk of frostbite tonight

  30-01-2019 13:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  You can put down the shovel.
  After this month’s record snowfall, there’s not a flake in sight Wednesday and nary the risk of a flurry until Saturday.
  Wednesday’s forecast is for mainly sunny skies with westerly winds at 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon, a high of -12 C and a low of -20 C.
  With a wind chill of -30, there’s the risk of frostbite overnight, Environment Canada reports.
  For Thursday, expect mixed skies with winds of up to 15 km/h, a high of -13 C and low of -21
  
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• The assault left a man with serious injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  30-01-2019 12:49 via twitter.com
  The assault left a man with serious injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Sen. Patrick Brazeau: How family – and a stranger’s kindness – made life worth living

  30-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  They say everybody gets a second chance in life.
  I must be one of the lucky ones, because I got three.
  Three years ago, I was lying on a hospital bed, unconscious, intubated and recovering from serious injuries from a second suicide attempt. It was a time in my life when I had given up on everything and everyone around me.
  Today, I am preparing to once again return to work at the Senate. My newborn son, River, brings a smile to my face every day. And I’m building a new life with my soon-to
  
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• 'Anger, rage, sadness': Paraplegic drunk driver who maimed Ottawa motorcyclist sentenced to prison

  30-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s Stephanie Albert wanted to meet the eyes of the drunk driver who ruined her life as he was wheeled from a Perth courtroom to serve a 3 1/2-year prison term.
  “I wanted to be the last thing he saw in the courtroom before he went to jail, because I wanted him to think about me while he’s in there,” the 30-year-old Albert said Tuesday.
  “I didn’t say anything to him; I just looked at him. I didn’t let him see me cry until the door closed behind him:
  
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• After almost 250 days, Ottawa man accused in two killings wants out of solitary: 'This is my cry for help' - Ottawa Citizen

  30-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  After almost 250 days, Ottawa man accused in two killings wants out of solitary: 'This is my cry for help'  Ottawa CitizenThe last time they let Mohamad Barkhadle out of jail, he went on to be accused of even worse crimes against women — including the 2017 slaying of a single ...
  
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• After almost 250 days, Ottawa man accused in two killings wants out of solitary: 'This is my cry for help'

  30-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The last time they let Mohamad Barkhadle out of jail, he went on to be accused of even worse crimes against women — including the 2017 slaying of a single mom. Her body wasn’t discovered for 10 days and her two-year-old boy had to fend for himself in their fifth-floor public housing unit in Mechanicsville.
  Once back in jail after his arrest, Barkhadle was later charged with another count of first-degree murder, this time in the April 2018 jailhouse beating of inmate Marco Michaud, 36
  
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• The court will hear more victim impact statements today, during day 3 of the hearing of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-01-2019 12:21 via twitter.com
  The court will hear more victim impact statements today, during day 3 of the hearing of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Barrhaven's traffic chaos: 'It's a battle every day'

  30-01-2019 04:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jan Harder drove to her city hall job last week and it took two and a half hours for the full 23-kilometre trek from her Barrhaven home.
  The Barrhaven councillor is at the point now where some days she doesn’t know what to tell residents about the snarled traffic and unreliable city buses that sometimes arrive late and already full with everyone else fighting to get downtown from the suburb named after a developer.
  “It’s a battle every day. It’s the number 1 issue and fru
  
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• Ottawa man arrested after OPP seize almost $30K worth of drugs in Peterborough ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…

  30-01-2019 04:27 via twitter.com
  Ottawa man arrested after OPP seize almost $30K worth of drugs in Peterboroughottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…
  
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• FBI finds no specific motive in 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting - Ottawa Citizen

  30-01-2019 04:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  FBI finds no specific motive in 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting  Ottawa CitizenLAS VEGAS — The high-stakes gambler responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history sought notoriety in the attack but left his specific ...
  
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• Ottawa undercover police discover purple fentanyl and cocaine in Vanier bust ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…

  30-01-2019 04:00 via twitter.com
  Ottawa undercover police discover purple fentanyl and cocaine in Vanier bustottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot…
  
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• Barrhaven's traffic chaos: 'It's a battle every day '

  30-01-2019 03:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jan Harder drove to her city hall job last week and it took two and a half hours for the full 23-kilometre trek from her Barrhaven home.
  The Barrhaven councillor is at the point now where some days she doesn’t know what to tell residents about the snarled traffic and unreliable city buses that sometimes arrive late and already full with everyone else fighting to get downtown from the suburb named after a developer.
  “It’s a battle every day. It’s the number 1 issue and fru
  
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• Barrhaven's traffic chaos: 'It's a battle every day' - Ottawa Citizen

  30-01-2019 03:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Barrhaven's traffic chaos: 'It's a battle every day'  Ottawa CitizenSeventy-five residents attended a transit meeting hosted by the Barrhaven BIA and Coun. Jan Harder on Tuesday night.
  
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• City asking for residents' patience amid one of its most snow-filled Januarys ever ottawamatters.com/local-news/cit…

  30-01-2019 03:30 via twitter.com
  City asking for residents' patience amid one of its most snow-filled Januarys everottawamatters.com/local-news/cit…
  
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• Trudeau asked about Scott Brison’s emails in the Mark Norman case

  30-01-2019 03:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  By David Pugliese and Brian Platt
  A lawyer for former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison showed up in an Ottawa court Tuesday with his client’s emails that had been requested in the case of Vice Admiral Mark Norman.
  Norman’s lawyers are trying to gather documents they need to defend the navy officer on one count of breach of trust.
  Norman, who was the second-highest officer in the military, is accused of leaking cabinet secrets to help ensure the government moved forward with a $7
  
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