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• Talks are going well, but Sens' Matt Duchene isn't ready to make decision - Ottawa Citizen

  05-02-2019 23:56
  Talks are going well, but Sens' Matt Duchene isn't ready to make decision  Ottawa CitizenTalks about a contract extension have been going well, but he must determine whether he wants to be part of the rebuilding effort.
  
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• Province sticking to April 1 opening for first 25 pot shops

  05-02-2019 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Almost a month after Ontario held a pot-shop lottery, there is still no word on where the province’s first 25 stores will be located or when the public can weigh in.
  However, Ontario still plans to have the privately run shops open by April 1, says a spokesperson for the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which is responsible for licensing.
  That will be a challenge, say several consultants and lawyers in the cannabis industry.
  “We only have two months now,” says Mark Asf
  
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• 'A tragic accident': Ottawa truck driver found not guilty in 2016 death of cyclist

  05-02-2019 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Not every deadly crash is a crime, and the one that claimed the life of cyclist Nusrat Jahan in 2016 has been ruled a tragic accident.
  On Tuesday, Ontario Court Justice David Berg acquitted Steven Conley, the driver of a dump truck who struck and killed Jahan at the busy intersection of Laurier Avenue and Lyon Street during the morning rush hour on Sept. 1, 2016.
  Conley was negotiating a right turn at the intersection, and while he didn’t signal, he couldn’t see the young c
  
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• Slow rise in Ottawa house prices despite collapse in inventory

  05-02-2019 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  When available residential listings fall 20 per cent year over year — as they did last month in Ottawa — you would expect a fairly significant rise in the price of properties sold. Instead, average prices edged up just 1.5 per cent to $432,800 compared with a year earlier, according to multiple-listing data published Tuesday by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.
  The pattern is even more dramatic when viewed over a two-year perspective.  The number of January listings — consisti
  
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• Slow rise in Ottawa house prices despite collapse in inventory - Ottawa Citizen

  05-02-2019 23:04
  Slow rise in Ottawa house prices despite collapse in inventory  Ottawa CitizenWhen available residential listings fall 20 per cent year over year — as they did last month in Ottawa — you would expect a fairly significant rise in the price of ...
  
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• City investigates after three balconies fall off building on Patterson Avenue - Ottawa Citizen

  05-02-2019 22:45
  City investigates after three balconies fall off building on Patterson Avenue  Ottawa CitizenCity of Ottawa inspectors and engineering firms are investigating the collapse early Tuesday of three balconies at the rear of a building on Patterson Avenue in ...
  
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• City investigates after three balconies fall off building on Patterson Avenue

  05-02-2019 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  City of Ottawa inspectors and engineering firms are investigating collapse early Tuesday of three balconies at the rear of a building on Patterson Avenue in the Glebe.
  According to police, calls came in around 7:15 a.m. reporting that the balconies had fallen from the back of the 10-year-old four-storey building at  235 Patterson Ave.
  Chris Heilig, whose home backs onto the property, said he was awakened by the sound of the balconies’ crashing onto the ramp adjacent to his building an
  
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• 'A tragic accident': Ottawa truck driver found not guilty in 2016 death of cyclist - Ottawa Citizen

  05-02-2019 22:00
  'A tragic accident': Ottawa truck driver found not guilty in 2016 death of cyclist  Ottawa CitizenNot every deadly crash is a crime, and the one that claimed cyclist Nusrat Jahan's life in 2016 has been ruled a tragic accident.
  
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• Swore like a trooper: Bryna Monson founder of Languages of Life has died at age 89

  05-02-2019 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bryna Monson died on January 31, 2019, at the Hillel Lodge in Ottawa, she was 89.
  Monson founded Languages of Life, a community-based interpretation and translation service. She was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for her ongoing work providing Canadians the means to communicate with each other.
  In 2012 Kelly Egan wrote about her life.
  Originally published February 8, 2012
  Bryna Monson is just a wee thing, a little old lady who lives big and loud.
  She is close to 80, but
  
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• Ottawa wrong to support military solution in Venezuela - Toronto Star

  05-02-2019 21:48
  Ottawa wrong to support military solution in Venezuela  Toronto StarThe question of the legitimacy of the Venezuelan presidency is deeply political and Canada should not interfere with the sovereign affairs of another country.
  
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• Organizers say wet, cold weather ideal for Ottawa transit challenge - OttawaMatters.com

  05-02-2019 21:40
  Organizers say wet, cold weather ideal for Ottawa transit challenge  OttawaMatters.comCity councillors taking part in the Transit Week Challenge are finding late buses and flooded shelters.
  
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• Ottawa speeds construction of naval support ship at Seaspan Marine facility in Vancouver - The Globe and Mail

  05-02-2019 21:19
  Ottawa speeds construction of naval support ship at Seaspan Marine facility in Vancouver  The Globe and MailThe federal procurement department says the government will finish one of the support ships — which carry food, ammunition and fuel for fleets at sea — before ...
  
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• 5 things to watch for in City of Ottawa's 2019 budget - CBC.ca

  05-02-2019 20:53
  5 things to watch for in City of Ottawa's 2019 budget  CBC.caFor the first time since Jim Watson was elected mayor in 2010, the Ottawa Police *Service* may table a budget that's out of step with his tax promise. This week ...
  
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• Q & A: What should a city budget look like when viewed through a 'gender lens'?

  05-02-2019 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bay Coun. Theresa Kavanagh says there are areas across city operations that call for greater attention to gender equity, from affordable housing to snow clearing, to how much influence women have in municipal government.
  “It’s such a large issue. I admit, I’ve never had a chance to have expertise in it except as a woman who’s just tried to get along and make my way through life. I’ve got that layperson outlook and I think it’s actually a benefit,” Kavana
  
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• Going out best bets, Feb. 7 to 13

  05-02-2019 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Theatre
  Undercurrents, the Ottawa-based festival of contemporary theatre, kicks of Wednesday, Feb. 6 and runs until Feb. 16. Produced by Ottawa Fringe, the event at Arts Court presents multiple performances of eight works, from Carmen Aguirre’s play-in-a-salsa-lesson Broken Tailbone to the one-man play Tales of an Urban Indian, staged on an OC Transpo bus. Single tickets are $20, day passes are $32 and a festival pass is $100. Schedule and tickets: undercurrentsfestival.ca.
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• Ottawa tables legislation to protect and promote Indigenous languages, Inuit call it 'colonial' - CBC News

  05-02-2019 19:19
  Ottawa tables legislation to protect and promote Indigenous languages, Inuit call it 'colonial'  CBC NewsThe federal Liberal government tabled legislation Tuesday to protect Indigenous languages in Canada — many of which are facing extinction because of a ...
  
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• Public servants invited into pay system development: 'Those are not the kind of steps that were taken in the past'

  05-02-2019 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s been nearly a year and a half since Brian Araujo moved to Elections Canada from another federal department and thanks to the Phoenix pay system, he’s out more than $10,000 as he continues to wait for his pay profile to be transferred.
  His is one of many similar stories shared Monday at the latest in a series of “NextGen User Expos,” a federal government initiative designed to engage public servants in their second crack at procuring a new system by which bureaucrats
  
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• Ottawa home sales surge 16 per cent in ‘typically slow’ January - Global News

  05-02-2019 18:35
  Ottawa home sales surge 16 per cent in ‘typically slow’ January  Global NewsThe Ottawa Real Estate Board says 829 homes were sold through its multiple listing *service* system last month, up from 708 last year.
  
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• Ottawa home sales jump 16 per cent, marks most January sales in decades - CTV News

  05-02-2019 18:35
  Ottawa home sales jump 16 per cent, marks most January sales in decades  CTV NewsHome sales in Ottawa and the surrounding area surged nearly 16 per cent in January, as homebuyers showed they were undeterred by record cold ...
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, February 5th: 1:07: @Colettod 1:17: @PaulKoring 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-02-2019 18:18 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, February 5th: 1:07: @Colettod 1:17: @PaulKoring 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Montsion defence seeks adjournment claiming autopsy report based in part on 'doctored' video

  05-02-2019 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Day 2 of the manslaughter trial of Const. Daniel Montsion was halted before it began as the Ottawa police officer’s defence team raised a potential issue with a key piece of evidence.
  Lawyer Solomon Friedman asked Ontario Court Justice Robert Kelly to abruptly adjourn proceedings over defence allegations concerning a “doctored” version of the CCTV video taken from the scene of Abdirahman Abdi’s arrest at 55 Hilda St. in Hintonburg.
  The judge granted a request to halt proc
  
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• Bryna Monson founder of Languages of Life has died at age 89

  05-02-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bryna Monson died on January 31, 2019, at the Hillel Lodge in Ottawa, she was 89.
  Monson founded Languages of Life, a community-based interpretation and translation service. She was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for her ongoing work providing Canadians the means to communicate with each other.
  In 2012 Kelly Egan wrote about her life.
  Originally published February 8, 2012
  Bryna Monson is just a wee thing, a little old lady who lives big and loud.
  She is close to 80, but
  
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• Potential bombshell in Montsion trial as defence seeks adjournment for 'doctored' video

  05-02-2019 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Day 2 of the manslaughter trial of Const. Daniel Montsion was halted before it began as the Ottawa police officer’s defence team raised a potential bombshell.
  Lawyer Solomon Friedman asked Ontario Court Justice Robert Kelly to abruptly adjourn proceedings over defence objections concerning a “doctored” version of the CCTV video taken from the scene of Abdirahman Abdi’s arrest at 55 Hilda St. in Hintonburg.
  The judge granted a request to halt proceedings until Tuesday afte
  
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• Denley: Special social-housing tax levy won't solve Ottawa's problems

  05-02-2019 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  When politicians tell me something will only cost as much as a cup of coffee, I get a little wary, especially when they are asking for $40 million. That’s part of the pitch from Ottawa councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine McKenney, who want the city to boost its social housing spending by $10 million a year for four years.
  Achieving that would cost the average home owner the equivalent of a single cup of coffee a month, the councillors say, but they wouldn’t be collecting our loo
  
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• Denley: Special municipal tax levy for social housing won't solve Ottawa's problems - Ottawa Citizen

  05-02-2019 17:43
  Denley: Special municipal tax levy for social housing won't solve Ottawa's problems  Ottawa CitizenTheir hearts are in the right place, but two city councillors who want to use the extra funds for more city-built housing don't have the right solution to this problem.
  
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• Ottawa truck driver found not guilty in 2016 death of cyclist

  05-02-2019 17:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Not every deadly crash is a crime, and the one that claimed cyclist Nusrat Jahan’s life in 2016 has been ruled a tragic accident.
  On Tuesday morning, Ontario Court Justice David Berg acquitted Steven Conley, the driver of a dump truck who struck and killed Jahan, 23, at the busy intersection of Laurier Avenue and Lyon Street during the morning rush hour on Sept. 1, 2016.
  Conley was negotiating a right turn at the intersection, and while he didn’t signal, he couldn’t physically
  
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• Talk too much in the Canadian Forces and your boss might think you’re stoned

  05-02-2019 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the possession of cannabis now legal for those 18 years and older, the Canadian Forces has some tips for supervisors who may have to determine if military personnel are stoned on the job. Here they are:
   
  
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• Cohen: A compelling story could take Kamala Harris to the White House

  05-02-2019 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  LOS ANGELES – For the most populous state in America, you would think California would produce presidents as prolifically as Ohio and Virginia. It hasn’t.
  Richard Nixon was the only president born here. Ronald Reagan moved here from Illinois, Herbert Hoover from Iowa.
  All were conservatives, reflecting a state that was reliably red for much of the last century. But California is now decisively and defiantly blue. Democrats hold 46 of the 53 congressional seats, super-majorities in bo
  
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• "I want that release to just go play" — The Joey Calderazzo Interview

  05-02-2019 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, when I spoke for the first time with Joey Calderazzo, the world-class American jazz pianist let everything hang out. Which, if you know his unfettered, always genuine, go-for-it playing, shouldn’t be a surprise.
  Calderazzo, who headlines the TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival on Saturday night with his trio, generously gave me 90 minutes of his time and held little back as he discussed his origins and development as a pianist, his connections to bandleaders Michael Brecker and Branf
  
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• Three big rigs collide on Highway 401 in South Glengarry

  05-02-2019 16:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three truckers were taken to the hospital with injuries early Tuesday after one sparked a chain-reaction crash on Highway 401 in South Glengarry Township.
  The westbound stretch of the highway between county roads 23 and 34 was closed Tuesday morning as police investigated.
  Their preliminary investigation suggests that “for reasons under investigation,”  a westbound tractor-trailer was rear-ended by a second truck at 12:21 a.m. The second truck was then rear-ended by a third.
  All
  
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• 'All hands on deck' as city readies for freeze after wet and wild commute

  05-02-2019 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa is turning its attention to getting prepared for a deep freeze later Tuesday after a wet and wild commute Tuesday morning for pedestrians, bus passengers and drivers.
  In a tweet, the city says it’s “all hands on deck” for salting and sanding sidewalks and clearing up catchbasins.
  It’s all hands on deck for #OttCity crews salting and sanding sidewalks & side streets, as well as clearing catch basins. With 94,000 catch basins in #OttCity, you can help
  
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• 2019 marks the year of the pig. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-02-2019 15:32 via twitter.com
  2019 marks the year of the pig. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• All three drivers sustained non-life-threatening injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-02-2019 15:31 via twitter.com
  All three drivers sustained non-life-threatening injuries. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Warm weather, blocked catch basins cause several Ottawa streets to flood - Global News

  05-02-2019 14:53
  Warm weather, blocked catch basins cause several Ottawa streets to flood  Global NewsThe flooding was a result of snow banks blocking water catch basins and the warmer temperatures melting the snow.
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Should the city impose a one per cent levy on property taxes in order to fund affor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-02-2019 14:36 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Should the city impose a one per cent levy on property taxes in order to fund affor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Morning commute is wet and wild

  05-02-2019 14:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s a wet one Tuesday whether you walk, bus or drive, folks.
  School buses in Ottawa and most of the region are cancelled.
  OC Transpo is predicting delays on the majority of routes. Traffic snarls range from the deep puddle on Bank Street under Highway 417 to a broken water main that’s closed Bronson Avenue in the Glebe and flooded Queen Elizabeth Drive.
  Ottawa police issued a rare “hydroplaning” alert.
  Road conditions are slick this morning with the possibility of hydrop
  
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• Page: Auditor General Michael Ferguson – we have lost a great Canadian

  05-02-2019 14:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  John F. Kennedy, the late American president, said “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.” He also said, “You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You only need a heart full of grace.”
  Michael Ferguson, our Auditor General of Canada, passed away in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 2 after a battle with cancer. He made a big difference. He had a heart full of grace and courage.
  Mr. Ferguson died too young – he was 60 y
  
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• Rainford: Lessons from the false alarm over Carleton U attacker

  05-02-2019 14:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, somewhere deep in the labyrinth of the Carleton University security system, someone hit the wrong key at the wrong time. We all do this. But more often than not, it’s just that we forget to include a promised attachment. A bit embarrassing, sure, but hardly life threatening.
  On Jan. 28, however, that mistaken keystroke sent out a notice warning of an “ACTIVE ATTACKER ON THE CARLETON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS” to students, staff and faculty. Those responsible tried their best
  
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• Ottawa's new medical officer tables stay-the-course 2019 budget - CBC.ca

  05-02-2019 14:03
  Ottawa's new medical officer tables stay-the-course 2019 budget  CBC.caThe city's new medical officer of health says her first budget will stay the course as the Ottawa Board of Health waits to see what the provincial government ...
  
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• Today's letters: We need integrated care to address mental health issues

  05-02-2019 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  We need integrated care for mental health
  Re: Ottawa Hospital wants rapid-access mental health clinic among inquest recommendations, Jan. 29.
  A hospital admission shouldn’t just address an immediate health risk. It should deliver needed treatment. After all, more than 90 per cent of people who die by suicide have a mental disorder. The article fails to point out that while mental health care is often best delivered in communities, it is less likely to be covered by OHIP. Our provincia
  
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• Op-ed: Crafting a new plan for growth in Ottawa - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-02-2019 13:59
  Op-ed: Crafting a new plan for growth in Ottawa  Ottawa Business JournalBarrhaven Ward Coun. Jan Harder discusses the significance of the coming changes to Ottawa's Official Plan.
  
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• OC Transpo reporting delays on a majority of the routes because of the weather in #Ottawa. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  05-02-2019 13:57 via twitter.com
  OC Transpo reporting delays on a majority of the routes because of the weather in #Ottawa. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• 'Misty' morning will lead to big slide, with temps swooping to -15 C tonight

  05-02-2019 13:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Were you one of the many who were complaining about chilly weather?
  Maybe you’re reconsidering.
  The official weather condition on Environment Canada’s site Tuesday was “mist,” which is apparently their charming way of saying soaking wet.
  It takes a special city to have frozen ice blocks for sidewalks while the streets are literal rivers of melted snow and ice. #ottweather
  — Jackie Cunningham (@jackie_reads) February 5, 2019Dozens of small lakes have formed at inters
  
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• ICYMI: twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  05-02-2019 12:47 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• The school busses are #cancelled but schools are open. #ottnews #ottweather twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  05-02-2019 11:43 via twitter.com
  The school busses are #cancelled but schools are open. #ottnews #ottweather twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Renfrew County school buses are also cancelled. #ottweather twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  05-02-2019 11:30 via twitter.com
  Renfrew County school buses are also cancelled. #ottweather twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…
  
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• Cop Charged in Ottawa Man’s Beating Death Pleads Not Guilty - VICE

  05-02-2019 08:03
  Cop Charged in Ottawa Man’s Beating Death Pleads Not Guilty  VICEThe trial of a police officer charged with killing a Somali-Canadian man during an arrest began in an Ottawa courtroom on Monday. Ottawa Police *Service* Cst.
  
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• Sens paw-thetic — 10 players help raise funds for dog rescue charity

  05-02-2019 04:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Though the Ottawa Senators have gone to the dogs many times this season, Monday was the first time they seemed happy about it.
  About 10 members of the NHL team and their spouses were the star attractions at a $350-a-ticket night to raise money for Freedom Dog Rescue, a local charity that fostered and adopted out 240 dogs in 2018.
  Dinner guests were greeted with frisky puppies as they entered Whalesbone on Elgin Street, some wearing Sens gear, all looking for new homes.
  Hosts for the evening were
  
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• Councillors pitch one-per-cent tax levy to increase affordable housing

  05-02-2019 03:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two city councillors behind a one-per-cent homelessness tax levy to jump-start construction of affordable housing are hoping the idea will be in the city’s draft budget on Wednesday.
  Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney and Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury say the proposed levy, beginning this year and continuing for the next four years of council, would yield $40 million for a “serious strategic investment” to build affordable housing. The levy would cost taxpayers about $23 a
  
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• Deal or no deal? Manitoba, Ottawa still negotiating top-up mental health, home-care funding - CBC.ca

  05-02-2019 00:44
  Deal or no deal? Manitoba, Ottawa still negotiating top-up mental health, home-care funding  CBC.caSeventeen months after signing a health funding agreement-in-principle, the Manitoba and federal governments are still wrangling over a bilateral deal to get ...
  
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