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• Dining Out: Corner Peach delights with elevated comfort food in cozy Chinatown space

  13-02-2019 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Corner Peach802 Somerset St. W., 613-302-6829, cornerpeach.caOpen: Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Sunday and MondayPrices: mains $16 to $30, starters $9 to $16Access: one step to front doorNote: restaurant does not take reservations
  Given the weather we’ve been having, you have to feel for Ottawa’s restaurants.
  Facing one Snowmageddon after another, interspersed with bouts of polar vortex, prospective diners could be forgiven for ordering food in, or even cooking for
  
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• Meet the National Gallery of Canada's new director: 'What's good for art is good for Canada and for the world'

  13-02-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Alexandra Suda takes up her post as the director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada in April, it will be a striking promotion.
  “I’m blazing trails, I think. I see that in some way,” Suda, the Art Gallery of Ontario’s 38-year-old curator of European art, told this newspaper Wednesday.
  Suda is to begin a five-year term heading the National Gallery on April 19. She will be the fourth woman to lead Canada’s top art museum.
  Related Q&A: New National Galle
  
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• Meet the National Gallery of Canada's new director: 'What's good for art is good for Canada and for the world' - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 23:18
  Meet the National Gallery of Canada's new director: 'What's good for art is good for Canada and for the world'  Ottawa CitizenSuda, who comes to the National Gallery from the Art Gallery of Ontario, takes over from Marc Mayer.
  
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• Quebec says Ottawa would have to cover majority of Francophonie Games cost - CityNews

  13-02-2019 23:10
  Quebec says Ottawa would have to cover majority of Francophonie Games cost  CityNewsQUEBEC — The Quebec government says Ottawa would have to pay the majority of the bill if the 2021 Francophonie Games are to be staged in the province.
  
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• Police arrest Ottawa man after spree of thefts from cars downtown

  13-02-2019 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested a 34-year-old man they allege is responsible for a spree of break and enters to vehicles in downtown parking garages.
  Marc Pichette of Ottawa faces 65 criminal charges, including 15 charges of break and enter, 48 charges of mischief to property, fraud under $5,000 and breach of probation.
  Police say damage to vehicles is in the thousands of dollars.
  The incidents occurred at more than 15 addresses between Feb. 3 and 12.
  Police are reminding people not to let strangers
  
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• Police arrest Ottawa man after spree of thefts from cars downtown - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 22:49
  Police arrest Ottawa man after spree of thefts from cars downtown  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police have arrested a 34-year-old man they allege is responsible for a spree of break and enters to vehicles in downtown parking garages.Marc Pichette ...
  
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• Calgary research chair's program one of many to benefit from $12-million in Ottawa funding - Calgary Herald

  13-02-2019 22:48
  Calgary research chair's program one of many to benefit from $12-million in Ottawa funding  Calgary HeraldThe head of a University of Calgary research program says a multimillion-dollar funding announcement from the federal government will bring a tremendous ...
  
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• WESTBORO BUS CRASH: Seriously-injured victims to get insurance payments - Ottawa Sun

  13-02-2019 22:45
  WESTBORO BUS CRASH: Seriously-injured victims to get insurance payments  Ottawa SunDeputy city solicitor David White confirmed the city and its insurers were taking steps to make interim payments over the Jan. 11 collision.
  
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• Q&A: New National Gallery head Alexandra Suda, on 'blazing trails'

  13-02-2019 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the edited conversation below, Alexandra Suda discusses the path she’s taken to become the National Gallery of Canada’s next director and CEO.
  Q: Tell me a bit about your background and childhood.
  A: My parents were Czechoslovakian immigrants. They came in 1968 to Canada … I was born in Orillia, where my grandparents lived, and then I moved to Toronto almost immediately. My parents had just moved to Toronto and we lived in a neighbourhood called Crombie Park, which was a ki
  
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• City's insurer advancing money to seriously injured in Westboro bus crash

  13-02-2019 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city’s insurer is making payments to passengers who were most seriously injured in last month’s bus crash at Westboro Station.
  Deputy city solicitor David White confirmed in an email Wednesday that the city and its insurers “are taking steps to make interim payments to assist those most critically injured in the tragic Westboro Station bus collision.”
  White said the payments were coming from the city’s insurer to provide immediate help to those people and their
  
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• Shattered Trust: Ottawa moves to combat abuse in amateur sport - CBC.ca

  13-02-2019 22:31
  Shattered Trust: Ottawa moves to combat abuse in amateur sport  CBC.caMinister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan says she's made addressing abuse in sport her no. 1 priority.
  
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• City of Ottawa reaching settlements with some Westboro bus crash victims - OttawaMatters.com

  13-02-2019 22:20
  City of Ottawa reaching settlements with some Westboro bus crash victims  OttawaMatters.comLawyer Derek Nicholson has reached an agreement in principle with the City of Ottawa and its insurance provider, for "his client and others" who were injured in ...
  
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• FA19 Analysis: Fresh start for Jennings in Ottawa - CFL.ca

  13-02-2019 21:06
  FA19 Analysis: Fresh start for Jennings in Ottawa  CFL.caDavis and Brodie discuss the Ottawa REDBLACKS latest free agent signing, quarterback Jonathon Jennings. 2019 Free Agency · Watch · Ottawa REDBLACKS.
  
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• China's Huawei soft power push raises hard questions. ottawamatters.com/world-news/chi…

  13-02-2019 21:05 via twitter.com
  China's Huawei soft power push raises hard questions.ottawamatters.com/world-news/chi…
  
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• No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'. ottawamatters.com/world-news/no-…

  13-02-2019 20:35 via twitter.com
  No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'.ottawamatters.com/world-news/no-…
  
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• .@OttCatholicSB will be opened Thursday twitter.com/OttCatholicSB/…

  13-02-2019 20:32 via twitter.com
  .@OttCatholicSB will be opened Thursday twitter.com/OttCatholicSB/…
  
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• Environment Canada lifts winter storm warning for Ottawa; cleanup underway - Global News

  13-02-2019 20:25
  Environment Canada lifts winter storm warning for Ottawa; cleanup underway  Global NewsAfter a windy snowstorm dumped close to 30 centimetres of *fresh* powder on Ottawa by Wednesday morning, Environment Canada has terminated the winter ...
  
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• Canada Post cancels mail service for Ottawa region after snow dump

  13-02-2019 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The overnight snowstorm has proven to be too much for Canada Post.
  The federal mail delivery service put out a service announcement on Wednesday afternoon saying it has suspended mail delivery for all of Eastern Ontario, including Ottawa, while crews continue to clear the roadways.
  The announcement was made on Canada Post’s “Service Alerts” blog on its website and follows similar measures that the mail delivery service took in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area on Tuesday as
  
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• Parkland shooting stirs 3 siblings to lives of activism. ottawamatters.com/world-news/par…

  13-02-2019 20:05 via twitter.com
  Parkland shooting stirs 3 siblings to lives of activism.ottawamatters.com/world-news/par…
  
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• Dutton: Spending Ottawa's storm night in my car — a cautionary tale from the road

  13-02-2019 20:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tuesday night’s storm meant early deadlines at the newspaper, and thus afforded me the rare opportunity to leave work on schedule — 10 p.m. — for what I anticipated would be a longer-than-usual 80-kilometre commute from the Ottawa Citizen/Ottawa Sun building on Baxter Road to my home in Lanark Highlands.
  I’ve been doing this commute for more than 23 years and, having shrugged off the offer of an office couch or simply checking into a hotel this night, I figured I was, as
  
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• Canada Post cancels mail service for Ottawa region after snow dump - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 20:05
  Canada Post cancels mail service for Ottawa region after snow dump  Ottawa CitizenThe overnight snowstorm has proven to be too much for Canada Post.The federal mail delivery *service* put out a *service* announcement on Wednesday ...
  
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• Glavin: SNC-Lavalin affair is about Canada's reputation, too

  13-02-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  If it’s a scandal you want, the case of former justice minister and attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould and the shadowy reasons behind her mysterious re-assignment last month to the Veterans Affairs portfolio is a dandy. But it’s not even the half of it.
  It all erupted last week, when sources known to the Globe and Mail alleged that Wilson-Raybould’s removal from her post was punishment for resisting pressure inexcusably exerted by the Prime Minister’s Office, to have h
  
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• Aboriginal rights an issue in carbon tax court battle between Ottawa and Sask., says First Nation - CBC.ca

  13-02-2019 19:58
  Aboriginal rights an issue in carbon tax court battle between Ottawa and Sask., says First Nation  CBC.caA First Nation in northern Alberta says Saskatchewan's opposition to Ottawa's carbon pricing law and failure to come up with an effective alternative violates its ...
  
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• Ottawa and province announce funding to boost tourism - NTV News

  13-02-2019 19:56
  Ottawa and province announce funding to boost tourism  NTV NewsNewfoundland and Labrador is on many a tourist's bucket list. The provincial and federal governments announced money Wednesday to boost tourism in St.
  
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• What we know about the latest LRT dispute and the impact to residents

  13-02-2019 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  It doesn’t look good for anyone who was hoping to ride the Confederation Line LRT by the end of April.
  The public learned this week there’s a disagreement about the March 31 handover deadline of the $2.1-billion LRT system from the Rideau Transit Group to the City of Ottawa.
  RTG, the builder, thinks it can deliver a fully completed, safe transit system by then. The city doesn’t believe it.
  Related 'I am concerned': City and mayor skeptical RTG can meet LRT handover deadline Ega
  
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• RCMP charges another official in connection with alleged shipbuilding leak. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  13-02-2019 19:35 via twitter.com
  RCMP charges another official in connection with alleged shipbuilding leak.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• .@canadapost suspends mail delivery for for #Ottawa and Eastern Ontario due to snowfall. #ottnews #OnStorm ottawa https://t.co/5rCJAtwWUF

  13-02-2019 19:33 via twitter.com
  
  .@canadapostsuspends mail delivery for for #Ottawa and Eastern Ontario due to snowfall. #ottnews #OnStorm ottawa https://t.co/5rCJAtwWUF
  
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• Dutton: Spending Ottawa's storm night in my car — a cautionary tale from the road - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 19:13
  Dutton: Spending Ottawa's storm night in my car — a cautionary tale from the road  Ottawa CitizenTuesday night's storm meant early deadlines at the newspaper, and thus afforded me the rare opportunity to leave work on schedule — 10 p.m. — for what I ...
  
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• Firefighters battle Cumberland blaze

  13-02-2019 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters are at the scene of a blaze in Cumberland that began Wednesday morning.
  Residents reported the fire at 1335 Cox County Rd. to 911, saying they believed an issue with their chimney was leading to improper exhaust issues and, as a result, smoke had built up inside their home. They were told to evacuate as a precaution.
  When crews arrived at the address, they found a haze throughout the building and open flames near a window inside the home. Firefighters’ attacked the flam
  
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• House Works: Your questions on fixing wood countertops, foggy windows, old chairs

  13-02-2019 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Finishing a wood countertop
  Q: How should I finish a 3 foot wide x 10 foot long lodgepole pine countertop I’m making for a kitchen and bar? I want the wood to be protected from spills.
   
  A: The challenge with every wooden countertop is creating a finish that’s both durable and repairable. Polyurethane provides great protection, but when it starts to get cut marks and areas of wear, there’s nothing much you can do except strip back to bare wood and start from scratch. That&
  
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• Mistrust in Ottawa police revealed in internal report - CBC.ca

  13-02-2019 17:46
  Mistrust in Ottawa police revealed in internal report  CBC.caOttawa police have released an internal report detailing the depth of mistrust some people feel about the force.
  
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• It's a snow day in Ottawa. What to do with those kids …

  13-02-2019 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s a snow day — and for urban kids likely the first they’ve seen. So, what to do?
  Skating tops the list, with city’s Sens Rink at the Canterbury Recreation Complex, the Lansdowne Skating Court at Lansdowne Park, the Sens Rink of Dreams at City Hall and Ben Franklin Place rink all cleared and ready for blades.
  The Rideau Canal Skateway is open with early-morning skaters reporting clear conditions. Conditions along the 7.8-kilometre length were listed as “fair&rdquo
  
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• Alexandra Suda named director of National Gallery of Canada

  13-02-2019 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alexandra Suda, the curator of European art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, has been named director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.
  Suda is to begin a five-year term on April 19 and will be the fourth woman to lead Canada’s top art museum.
  “It is a great privilege to lead the National Gallery of Canada,” Suda said in a statement on Wednesday. “A thrilling adventure awaits us – one that builds on a rich tradition, a world-class collection, and the dedi
  
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• Orléans man revived after heart attack while snowblowing

  13-02-2019 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even using a snowblower can be hard work, paramedics warn after an Orléans man in his 60s went into cardiac arrest while clearing his driveway early Wednesday morning.
  Paramedics revived the man with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and a defibrillator and he was conscious as he was rushed to the hospital.
  “Even snow blowing can be strenuous,” said paramedics, who had earlier warned residents to take care while clearing snow the old-fashioned way.
  “Shovelling can be a
  
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• Ellingson: Ottawa negotiations 'disappointing' - TSN

  13-02-2019 17:14
  Ellingson: Ottawa negotiations 'disappointing'  TSNNewly signed Edmonton Eskimos receiver Greg Ellingson characterized his negotiations with the Ottawa Redblacks as “disappointing.” "When you have that ...
  
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• Canada watches as Ottawa’s carbon tax goes on trial. See it live here - Financial Post

  13-02-2019 17:13
  Canada watches as Ottawa’s carbon tax goes on trial. See it live here  Financial PostCase on a short list of important federalism decisions that courts have grappled with, experts say.
  
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• Second of five Eastern Ontario cannabis shops proposed for Kingston — and The Tragically Hip have a connection

  13-02-2019 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The second of five cannabis stores allowed to open in Eastern Ontario this spring has been proposed for Kingston.
  Spiritleaf Inc., a chain that has stores in Alberta and Saskatchewan, plans to set up a store at 27 Princess, one of the main streets in Kingston, near the waterfront. A notice was posted Wednesday by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to allow 15 days for residents and the municipality to comment.
  Spiritleaf is a chain with connections to The Tragically Hip — Newstri
  
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• Closures, less commuters helping Ottawa snow crews make significant progress - OttawaMatters.com

  13-02-2019 17:02
  Closures, less commuters helping Ottawa snow crews make significant progress  OttawaMatters.comSnow plows have started to clear residential streets, with most expected to be cleared within 24 hours. Sidewalk clearing will be a slower process.
  
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• It's a snow day in Ottawa. What to do with those kids ... - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 16:53
  It's a snow day in Ottawa. What to do with those kids ...  Ottawa CitizenIt's a snow day — and for urban kids likely the first they've seen. So, what to do?Skating tops the list, with city's Sens Rink at the Canterbury Recreation Complex, ...
  
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• It's a snow day in Ottawa. What to do with those kids … - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 16:53
  It's a snow day in Ottawa. What to do with those kids …  Ottawa CitizenIt's a snow day — and for urban kids likely the first they've seen. So, what to do?Skating tops the list, with city's Sens Rink at the Canterbury Recreation Complex, ...
  
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• Ottawa Is Hosting A Massive Poutine Festival This Spring - Narcity

  13-02-2019 16:00
  Ottawa Is Hosting A Massive Poutine Festival This Spring  NarcityPoutine is the ultimate Canadian comfort food that you crave. Nothing beats a mouthful of squeaky cheese curds, gravy, and crispy French fries. This spring in ...
  
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• CPR needed after 60-year-old Ottawa man suffers heart attack while clearing driveway - OttawaMatters.com

  13-02-2019 15:39
  CPR needed after 60-year-old Ottawa man suffers heart attack while clearing driveway  OttawaMatters.comA 60-year-old man was rushed to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute after having a heart attack while shoveling snow. Ottawa paramedics resuscitated the ...
  
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• Alexandra Suda to be named director of National Gallery of Canada

  13-02-2019 15:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alexandra Suda will been named director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.
  Suda, who comes to the National Gallery from the Art Gallery of Ontario, takes over from Marc Mayer.
  Mayer Tweeted the news Wednesday morning.
  Good news. Alexandra “Sasha” Suda named new NGC Director and CEO. I can breath again. And even smile! She’ll be great.
  — Marc Mayer (@marc_mayer) February 13, 2019
  
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• Weather update: Winter storm warning over but conditions still bad

  13-02-2019 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  It snowed. It is snowing. It will continue to snow.
  Good morning, Ottawa is cancelled today.
  Well, that may be a slight exaggeration but things will be moving mighty slowly today.
  All four city school boards took the rare step of closing schools on Wednesday, including the cancellation of all extended day programs, third-party on-site childcare services, community use permits, after-school programs, night school and committee meetings.
  “It’s been a ruff night,” says Snow Dog. &
  
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• Ottawa's morning commute: 'Much too much' snow makes mess of travel

  13-02-2019 14:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  This commute is a doozy — unless you’re aboard a snowmobile or a giraffe.
  How much snow fell? Gatineau police’s “girafometer” said “much too much” with someone at the station tweeting a picture of the long-necked beast peeking out of a snow drift. Officers across the river were out patrolling on snowmobiles Tuesday night.
  OC Transpo is warning passengers that “all road users, including our buses, are impacted by severe weather conditions that
  
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• Eight candidates registered to run in Rideau-Rockcliffe byelection

  13-02-2019 13:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just more than a week into his new job as NCC boss, the race to fill Tobi Nussbaum’s vacated Rideau-Rockcliffe councillor seat already has eight registered contenders.
  A community association president, a climate change consultant, a former executive director of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce and a recent master’s graduate in European, Russian and Eurasian studies are just some of the candidates.
  Nussbaum was announced as the new chief executive of the National Capital Commis
  
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• Ottawa residents with plow services are nearing their annual snow clearing cap

  13-02-2019 13:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check your snow clearing contracts Ottawa.
  With as much as 50 centimeters of the fluffy white stuff expected to hit the nation’s capital over the next 24 hours, Ottawa residents with residential snow clearing contracts are beginning to bump against their annual limits.
  According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa has received 215.3 centimeters since the beginning of November. Most snow clearing contracts cap the amount of snow they will clear from your property. The cap is ba
  
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• Notice to subscribers: Home delivery delays

  13-02-2019 13:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Due to severe weather conditions, home delivery of Wednesday’s Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun and National Post may be delayed in some areas.
  In some cases Wednesday’s paper will be delivered with your Thursday paper.
  Thank you for your understanding.
  FULL WEATHER STORY: ‘Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero’: Winter storm warning still in effect
  “It’s been a ruff night,” says Snow Dog. “But at least I’m not the one who has to sh
  
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• Tom Wilson, on discovering Indigenous identity, brings Lee Harvey Osmond to Wakefield

  13-02-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lee Harvey Osmond
  8:30 p.m. Feb. 15-16, Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield
  Tickets: $35 advance, available at theblacksheepinn.com. (Feb. 16 show is sold out)
  Tom Wilson, the burly Canadian musician famous for his 90s rock band, Junkhouse, and the roots supergroup, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, discovered his true identity a few years ago.As chronicled in his 2017 memoir, Beautiful Scars, he is not the biological son of the Hamilton couple who raised him. His birth mother was actually the Indigenous woma
  
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• The big dig: Driveways, roadways, sidewalks and warnings about excessive shovelling - Ottawa Citizen

  13-02-2019 12:56
  The big dig: Driveways, roadways, sidewalks and warnings about excessive shovelling  Ottawa CitizenA weather historian said it was the largest storm of this winter and matched another on Feb. 12-13, 2017, when 29.8 centimetres fell.
  
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