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• Georges St-Pierre UFC 94 belt acquired by Canadian Museum of History

  31-01-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  A championship won by Canadian mixed-martial artist Georges St-Pierre is taking its place in history — at the Canadian Museum of History, to be exact.
  The museum announced Thursday it has acquired the 2009 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 94 title belt won by St-Pierre.
  The museum made the announcement during an unveiling ceremony in the Grand Hall, at which St-Pierre was the guest of honour. A crowd of fans gathered below the stage, cheering and recording with their phones while
  
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• Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins - Ottawa Sun

  31-01-2019 23:49 via ottawasun.com
  Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins  Ottawa SunOTTAWA (19-26-5) AT PITTSBURGH (27-17-6)Friday, 7 p.m., PPG Paints Arena, TSN5, TSN 1200 AM, Unique 94.5 FMSPECIAL TEAMSOTT: PP 20.3% (15th); ...
  
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• 'Depraved conduct': Ottawa man jailed five years for molesting daughter, breaking infant son's ankles - Ottawa Citizen

  31-01-2019 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  'Depraved conduct': Ottawa man jailed five years for molesting daughter, breaking infant son's ankles  Ottawa CitizenCourtroom No. 7 fell silent on Wednesday as the judge read out the facts about a young father's "depraved conduct" that has torn apart families — still reeling in ...
  
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• Ottawa drops appeal in political activity case, ending charities' 7-year audit nightmare - CBC News

  31-01-2019 23:08 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa drops appeal in political activity case, ending charities' 7-year audit nightmare  CBC NewsLast summer, an Ontario judge ruled Canada's charity law restricted freedom of expression by imposing a limit on charities' political activities. The Liberal ...
  
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• Gatineau officer pleads guilty to unauthorized use of police databases

  31-01-2019 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Gatineau police officer who’s been suspended since 2016 pleaded guilty Wednesday to unauthorized use of police databases for personal purposes, the force said Thursday.
  Nicolas Marceau pleaded guilty to the single criminal charge and will be sentenced at a later date.
  After receiving a tip from a member of the public, investigators alleged that Marceau had repeatedly used police databases for personal purposes between February 2014 and June 2016.
  He was arrested in July 2016, released on
  
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• SIU investigating after 30-year-old man dies following Elmvale mall confrontation

  31-01-2019 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police vehicles, yellow tape and blood-stained pavement marked the scene Thursday morning where a man was fatally shot by police outside an Ottawa mall.
  The series of events that led to the death of the 30-year-old outside the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre is now under review by investigators with the provincial police watchdog.
  Officers had been called to the mall around 8 a.m. in response to reports that someone dressed in all black had been seen entering the building with a knife in his hand.
  
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• Israeli cyberexpert detects China hack in Ottawa, warns against using Huawei 5G - Toronto Star

  31-01-2019 22:56 via thestar.com
  Israeli cyberexpert detects China hack in Ottawa, warns against using Huawei 5G  Toronto StarA Chinese telecommunication company secretly diverted Canadian internet traffic to China, particularly from Rogers subscribers in the Ottawa area, says the ...
  
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• Do bears hibernate? It depends on whom you ask

  31-01-2019 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Do bears hibernate? We’ll have to sleep on that one for a bit.
  A story published in Wednesday’s paper told of University of Western Ontario professor Alan MacEachern’s research into how late-19th-century Canadians relied on bears and their shadows, rather than groundhogs and theirs, to apprise them each Feb. 2 of spring’s approach. We took it on faith from information provided by the university that bears do, indeed, hibernate.
  And how could we not? Did not Miss Haines te
  
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• Ottawa mayor calling out councillor after beliefs of volunteer committee member questioned - OttawaMatters.com

  31-01-2019 22:44 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa mayor calling out councillor after beliefs of volunteer committee member questioned  OttawaMatters.comCouncillor Shawn Menard is backtracking on previous statements, while Mayor Jim Watson told 1310 NEWS' The Rick Gibbons Show, he is chalking up the ...
  
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• Ice sculpting, beer, drag queens and a triathlon: A guide to this year's Winterlude

  31-01-2019 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  All the necessary raw materials — snow, ice, frigid temperatures and an almost excessive enthusiasm borne perhaps of a need to convince ourselves that we enjoy living in such an inhospitable clime — are in place as the 41st edition of Winterlude kicks off Friday.
  For youngsters, especially, there’s almost no end to the venues and events at which, over the next 18 days, they can complain bitterly of freezing toes, frostbitten noses, too-tight skates, and snot all over their
  
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• Ottawa paid 'sticker price' for Trans Mountain; construction delays to erode pipeline's value - National Post

  31-01-2019 22:12 via nationalpost.com
  Ottawa paid 'sticker price' for Trans Mountain; construction delays to erode pipeline's value  National PostOTTAWA — The government paid 'sticker price' for the stalled Trans Mountain pipeline, but an increase in construction costs or continued delays could drive ...
  
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• New gift card scam targeting unsuspecting Ottawa customers - OttawaMatters.com

  31-01-2019 22:02 via ottawamatters.com
  New gift card scam targeting unsuspecting Ottawa customers  OttawaMatters.comA new scam involving gift cards is slowly emerging in Ottawa after a local woman reported a card she bought was drained of its cash before she was able to use ...
  
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• Former Ottawa City Councillor Jody Mitic opening up about substance abuse problem - OttawaMatters.com

  31-01-2019 21:58 via ottawamatters.com
  Former Ottawa City Councillor Jody Mitic opening up about substance abuse problem  OttawaMatters.comMitic admitted he wasn't ready to be a councillor, and that there were a lot of personal issues he was dealing with which led him to abuse drugs and alcohol.
  
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• 9 things to do this weekend in the Ottawa Valley: Feb. 1 - 3 - www.insideottawavalley.com/

  31-01-2019 21:31 via insideottawavalley.com
  9 things to do this weekend in the Ottawa Valley: Feb. 1 - 3  www.insideottawavalley.com/1) Pa Day Hockey/Sports Camp Drop off time 8-8:30 a.m. and pick-up time 4-4:30 p.m. Various sports and indoor activities throughout the day. Lunch and snacks ...
  
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• Ottawa homebuyers banking on alternative lenders: experts - Ottawa Business Journal

  31-01-2019 21:21 via obj.ca
  Ottawa homebuyers banking on alternative lenders: experts  Ottawa Business JournalThe federal government's tougher stress test rules for mortgages implemented in 2018 are pushing more and more borrowers away from the Big Six banks and ...
  
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• SIU looking into death of 30-year-old shot by Ottawa police - Toronto Star

  31-01-2019 21:08 via thestar.com
  SIU looking into death of 30-year-old shot by Ottawa police  Toronto StarOTTAWA—Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says it is looking into the death of a 30-year-old who was shot by Ottawa police on Thursday morning.
  
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• Alessia Cara to play NAC's Southam Hall on May 11

  31-01-2019 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pop singer-songwriter Alessia Cara will kick off a 12-city Canadian tour with a May 11 concert at the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall.
  The Brampton-raised Cara, 22, is touring in support of her sophomore album The Pains of Growing. Cara, who debuted in 2014, has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and won the best new artist Grammy last year.
  Ticket pre-sales begin Friday at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca, while tickets go on sale Feb. 7 at 10 a.m.ALSO IN THE NEWS
  Ice sculpting, beer, dr
  
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• Man dies, Ottawa police officer hurt in shooting outside Elmvale Acres mall - Global News

  31-01-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Man dies, Ottawa police officer hurt in shooting outside Elmvale Acres mall  Global NewsOntario's police watchdog says a 30-year-old man has died after a shooting involving police officers outside the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre in Ottawa on ...
  
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• Ending education inequality for First Nations is long overdue

  31-01-2019 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, the federal government announced new measures to help ensure that Indigenous students on reserves receive as much funding as students in provincial public schools. “It is simply not right,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, “that young people in Indigenous communities don’t have the same dollars spent on education that young people in provincial schools do.”
  Funding equality for students on reserves is decades overdue.On Jan. 3, 1986, David Crombie,
  
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• Hog's Back Bridge to close next week in off-peak hours for rehab

  31-01-2019 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission says it will begin preparations next week for the rehabilitation of the aging Hog’s Back Bridge, linking Colonel By Drive to Hog’s Back Road over the Rideau Canal.
  There will be a temporary lane closure on the bridge from Monday, Feb. 4 to Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, during off-peak hours, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting.
  The plan to rehabilitate the Hog’s Back swing bridge is part of the NCC’s major infrastructure projects fol
  
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• Uniquely intimate Doc Walker show set for NAC

  31-01-2019 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s a Doc Walker that Ottawa fans have never seen.
  Stripped down musically to the bare minimum with only their acoustic guitars, the duo of Chris Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw from Westbourne, Man., will get up close and personal with fans Thursday, Feb. 7 at the National Arts Centre.
  “We’ve been spoiled so much by our fans and we want to give something back,” Thorsteinson said in a telephone interview. “We’ll be telling stories between the songs, the stories
  
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• Adam: Murder of journalist a black mark on a model African democracy

  31-01-2019 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ghana is supposed to be a model of democracy and rule of law in Africa, but the assassination of an investigative reporter who helped uncover massive corruption in African soccer has given the country a black eye from which it will take years to recover.
  Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot three times, two weeks ago near his home in the capital, Accra, by unknown attackers still at large. Recognized as having the freest press in Africa, Ghana now has the dubious honour of being home to the first journa
  
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• As the carbon tax debate heats up in Ottawa, Canada should look to BC - iPolitics.ca

  31-01-2019 19:13 via ipolitics.ca
  As the carbon tax debate heats up in Ottawa, Canada should look to BC  iPolitics.ca'At partisan times like these that we must remind ourselves that when it comes to climate policy—like climate science—we can choose what we listen to and ...
  
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• Developing: Man dead, police officer hurt in Elmvale mall confrontation

  31-01-2019 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial officials confirmed they are investigating the shooting death of a 30-year-old man in a confrontation with police Thursday morning at Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard.
  An unidentified police officer was injured in “the interaction,” the Special Investigations Unit said. The SIU investigates cases of death, serious injury and allegations of sexual assault involving police in the province.
  The agency said it would issue more information later.
  SIU inves
  
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• Ottawa massage therapist facing two new counts of sexual assault - CTV News

  31-01-2019 18:37 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa massage therapist facing two new counts of sexual assault  CTV NewsAn Ottawa massage therapist is facing two new counts of sexual assault. 52-year-old John Ackerman is facing two additional charges by the Ottawa Police ...
  
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• The lights are back on in the Ottawa Valley (Pembroke, Eganville, Renfrew). #ottnews twitter.com/ORPowerCorp/st…

  31-01-2019 18:35 via twitter.com
  The lights are back on in the Ottawa Valley (Pembroke, Eganville, Renfrew). #ottnews twitter.com/ORPowerCorp/st…
  
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• Ottawa's 2019 Winterlude to kick off with Indigenous cultures showcase - CBC.ca

  31-01-2019 18:28 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's 2019 Winterlude to kick off with Indigenous cultures showcase  CBC.caWinterlude's 41st year celebrating the cultural, artistic and culinary diversity of the Ottawa region will have a special emphasis this weekend on Indigenous ...
  
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• Massage therapist facing new sexual assault charges

  31-01-2019 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former registered massage therapist is facing two additional counts of sexual assault.
  Police said that the incidents occurred while the therapist was alone with the women in a west-end clinic and that investigators still believe there could be other victims, police said.
  John Ackerman, 52, was scheduled to appear in court Thursday on two charges of sexual assault.
  Police charged Ackerman in October after a woman in her 20s complained about a March 2018 incident while she was also alone with h
  
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• UK youth suspected of threats that closed Kingston-area schools

  31-01-2019 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police believe that a youth in the United Kingdom is responsible for telephone threats that led to a string of lockdowns at Kingston-area schools in December but the suspect may be beyond the reach of the law.
  Multiple schools in the Limestone District School Board and Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board were targeted on Dec 5 and 6, causing a “significant impact on school operations, students and staff, and police resources,” Kingston police said Thursda
  
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• Ottawa man accused of drugging, robbing men met on online apps

  31-01-2019 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police have arrested a 34-year-old Ottawa man on charges he drugged men he had contacted via online dating apps before robbing them.
  Police suspect the accused, Daniel McKay, used GHB, also known as the “date-rape drug” in the attacks.
  Investigators said they had received two complaints from alleged victims, and suspect more people could be involved.
  McKay faces a series of charges including theft, break and enter and non-compliance with his release conditions.
  Police allege
  
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• Snowbanks cause garbage pick-up headaches for Ottawans

  31-01-2019 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  To the chagrin of local residents left holding the (garbage) bag, an unusually snowy January has complicated curbside waste pick up in some parts of Ottawa.
  Sandy Hill resident and former Ottawa Citizen journalist Randy Boswell noticed Tuesday that a number of properties along his stretch of Goulburn Avenue had yellow notices attached to garbage placed outside for collection.
  On the notices, city crews had indicated that waste was to be placed curbside, not on snowbanks, private property, the ro
  
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  31-01-2019 18:06 via twitter.com
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• Thousands without power in the Ottawa Valley - CTV News

  31-01-2019 18:05 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Thousands without power in the Ottawa Valley  CTV NewsPower is out for as many as 20,000 homes in the Ottawa Valley today. With temperatures dipping to well below -20 with the windchill, Ottawa River Power said a ...
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 31st: 1:07: @MayorPaterson 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @OttawaPolice 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 18:02 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 31st: 1:07: @MayorPaterson 1:17: @mspratt 1:30: @OttawaPolice 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa man accused of drugging, robbing men met on online apps - Ottawa Citizen

  31-01-2019 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa man accused of drugging, robbing men met on online apps  Ottawa CitizenGatineau police have arrested a 34-year-old Ottawa man on charges he drugged men he had contacted via online dating apps before robbing them.
  
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• House Works: Cottage heating in the off season

  31-01-2019 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: Can I safely leave the heat turned off in my cottage over winter? The floor is hardwood and I’m concerned about warping. I’m retired and don’t want to spend the $200 a month it costs to keep minimal heat on.
  A: In my experience, warping of floors is a function of moisture movement, not temperature change. If the floor has been stable for a while, I don’t think you’ll have any trouble leaving the heat off. Incrementally reduce the temperature, keeping your eye on
  
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• Sidewalk to reopen after Magee House bracing plan accepted, councillor says

  31-01-2019 17:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city has decided bracing plans for the collapsed Magee House in Hintonburg are good to go, the local councillor says.
  Jeff Leiper told constituents in a newsletter that the proposal submitted by property owner Ovidio Sbrissa has been “deemed viable” by staff.
  The city received Sbrissa’s bracing proposal on Jan. 10.
  The bracing would essentially keep the building at 1119 Wellington St. W. safe while Sbrissa decides on a rehabilitation or redevelopment project.
  The support sy
  
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• Ottawa-based Telesat to launch low-earth orbit satellites on Bezos' Blue Origin rocket - Ottawa Business Journal

  31-01-2019 17:24 via obj.ca
  Ottawa-based Telesat to launch low-earth orbit satellites on Bezos' Blue Origin rocket  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa's Telesat is partnering with some of the biggest companies in space to put its satellites into orbit and power their connections once they're up there.
  
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• UPDATE: The man shot by police during an altercation this morning has died. The SIU is investing the incident.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 17:09 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: The man shot by police during an altercation this morning has died. The SIU is investing the incident.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Wonderful news' as monarch butterfly numbers reach 10-year high

  31-01-2019 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico is at its largest in at least 10 years, raising hope for the colourful but endangered insect.
  Monarchs spread out across southern Canada and the United States in summer, but their descendants all return to a tiny patch of high-altitude fir forest in Mexico in the winter. This is where researchers take a census — not counting the monarchs, but measuring the area of forest they cover as they huddle together.
  This winter, the area is about
  
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• 'Wonderful news' as monarch butterfly numbers reach 10-year high - Ottawa Citizen

  31-01-2019 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  'Wonderful news' as monarch butterfly numbers reach 10-year high  Ottawa CitizenThe number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico is at its largest in at least 10 years, raising hope for the colourful but endangered insect.
  
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• Ottawa may have overpaid for Trans Mountain by up to $1B, parliamentary budget officer says - CBC News

  31-01-2019 16:19 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa may have overpaid for Trans Mountain by up to $1B, parliamentary budget officer says  CBC NewsThe federal Liberal government may have overpaid for the Trans Mountain pipeline project by up to $1 billion, the parliamentary budget officer estimates — and ...
  
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• Developing: Man in critical condition, police officer hurt in Elmvale mall confrontation

  31-01-2019 15:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is in critical condition with gunshot wounds and a police officer suffered minor injuries following a confrontation Thursday morning at Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard.
  Paramedics said the civilian victim, whose age and sex wasn’t immediately available, was in critical condition with injuries described as life-threatening.
  There was no further information provided on the injured police officer.
  Police responded to the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre on St. L
  
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• La Pêche mother drove drunk with toddler: Police

  31-01-2019 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A La Pêche woman’s blood-alcohol level was more than triple the legal limit as she drove her two-year-old daughter home from daycare this week, police allege.
  A tip from the public led to the traffic stop at about 5:15 p.m. Monday, MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais police said in a release Thursday. The 35-year-old woman had just picked up the toddler, officers learned.
  Along with being criminally charged, the woman’s licence to drive was suspended for 90 days and her vehic
  
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• A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries, and a police officer has minor injuries. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  31-01-2019 15:43 via twitter.com
  A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries, and a police officer has minor injuries. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Residents escape, cat rescued, in Findlay Creek home

  31-01-2019 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The occupants escaped safely and firefighters rescued their cat after a fire broke out at a home in Findlay Creek Thursday morning.
  A 911 call summoned fire crews to 673 Netley Circle in the city’s south end, at 7:47 a.m. They found heavy smoke inside and confirmed a working fire on the second storey of the house.
  Firefighters started a “rapid fire attack” while other crews searched the home and retrieved a pet belonging to residents, who’d followed the 911 dispatche
  
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• Traffic: Reconsider any driving plans to S. Ontario, U.S.

  31-01-2019 15:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic seems a little better Thursday, except if you’re driving to southern Ontario or to the U.S.
  Road conditions from about Kingston right through to Windsor are under a snow squall/extreme cold warnings. Winds could gust as high as 60 km/h creating dangerous whiteout conditions, according to an accompanying blowing snow advisory for the region.
  Snow squall/Extreme Cold Warning and Blowing snow advisory for Ontario South – Strong winds gusting up to 60 km/h will continue to genera
  
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• Rubin: Digital danger lurks in Treasury Board president's dual role

  31-01-2019 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last July, a little-noticed title was added to then-Treasury Board President Scott Brison’s job: Minister of Digital Government. When Jane Philpott took over at Treasury Board from Brison in January, she, too, took on this new digital role.
  “Digital government’ sounds really modern, a recognition of changing times. One might think it promises a more interactive, electronically accessible government.
  But it also brings a conflicting pair of responsibilities into one key central
  
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• Follow @1310JasonWhite for the latest on the Elmvale shooting. #ottnews twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  31-01-2019 15:03 via twitter.com
  Follow @1310JasonWhite for the latest on the Elmvale shooting.#ottnews twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Premier's council sets stage for more centralized, leaner health care in Ontario

  31-01-2019 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario needs a more centralized and integrated health-care system as it copes with growing demographic challenges, a premier’s council charged with ending hallway medicine says in its first report.
  The initial report from the council headed by retired hospital CEO Dr. Reuben Devlin was released Thursday.
  It doesn’t contain specific recommendations, but sketches a future of health care in Ontario that likely does not include the current regionalized system of LHINs (Local Health Inte
  
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