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• 'Worst ways to die:' Ottawa asks if cruelty should be weighed in wildlife toxins - TheSpec.com

  20-02-2019 23:44
  'Worst ways to die:' Ottawa asks if cruelty should be weighed in wildlife toxins  TheSpec.comThe federal government is taking extra steps to find out if Canadians are still OK with killing wildlife in what one scientist calls "one of the worst ways to die on ...
  
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• Hillier ousted from caucus during emotionally charged day at Queen's Park

  20-02-2019 23:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Randy Hillier was suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus Wednesday after making comments deemed by Premier Doug Ford as “disrespectful to the parents of children with autism.”
  The incident, which Hillier is characterizing as a misunderstanding, came on a day when dozens of emotional parents jammed visitors’ galleries at the Ontario Legislature on a file that has left the government visibly scrambling. One MPP said security guards were delivering tissues to crying pa
  
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• Ottawa homecoming 'pretty special' for Nate Behar - CFL.ca

  20-02-2019 23:00
  Ottawa homecoming 'pretty special' for Nate Behar  CFL.caOTTAWA — Nate Behar is no stranger to TD Place. He's been in the stands watching the Ottawa REDBLACKS play, he's stood on the turf during those games ...
  
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• Cat Lake First Nation suffers as Ottawa and Ontario dither - Toronto Star

  20-02-2019 22:54
  Cat Lake First Nation suffers as Ottawa and Ontario dither  Toronto StarIt has been one month since a state of emergency was declared in Cat Lake First Nation, 180 km north of Sioux Lookout, where children live in mouldy homes ...
  
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• Dining Out: At Moe's BBQ, southern U.S. smokehouse fare gets a tasty halal makeover

  20-02-2019 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Moe’s BBQ2446 Bank St. (in the Towngate Shopping Centre), 613- 695-1786, moesbbq.caOpen: Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday noon to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon to 11 p.m.; closed MondayPrices: main courses $18 to $39, burgers $9 and $10Access: no steps to front door or washrooms
  The next time you have a hankering for smoked ribs or chicken, and you think that Moe’s BBQ in South Keys is a little out of your way, just bear in mind the customer who made the trip to Moe’s from Eg
  
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• 'We've had the best time, all the time': Ottawa rockers Hollerado call it quits - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 21:20
  'We've had the best time, all the time': Ottawa rockers Hollerado call it quits  Ottawa CitizenTORONTO — Indie rockers Hollerado are hanging up their instruments after one last whirl across North America.The Ottawa-founded band says their upcoming ...
  
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• Catching up with Florian Hoefner (concert review and CD review)

  20-02-2019 21:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Florian Hoefner TrioNational Arts Centre, Fourth StageReviewed Tuesday
  St. John’s-based pianist Florian Hoefner seems determined to reveal a different facet of his jazz artistry each time he visits Ottawa.
  I first saw the German-born musician, who is in his mid-30s, when he brought his quartet, which included saxophonist Seamus Blake, to Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts in January 2016. Before moving to Newfoundland in 2014, Hoefner was on the scene in New York, and like many up-an
  
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• Ottawa has met already with three-quarters of Indigenous communities during Trans Mountain consultation reboot - CBC News

  20-02-2019 20:15
  Ottawa has met already with three-quarters of Indigenous communities during Trans Mountain consultation reboot  CBC NewsThe federal Liberal government says its consultation teams have met already with more than three-quarters of all Indigenous communities affected by the ...
  
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• Traffic: United We Roll convoy heads for home after two-day protest

  20-02-2019 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The United We Roll truckers’ convoy rumbled out of downtown Ottawa Wednesday, putting an end to a two-day protest before the afternoon commute got underway.
  “We are on the move,” Ottawa Police Service Sgt. Mark Gatien, who has been monitoring the convoy, reported just before 2 p.m.
  The OPP warned travellers to plan ahead for the evening commute because of potential traffic delays as the convoy, which had mustered in Arnprior, heads west.
  The OPP reminds travellers to plan ahead
  
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• Traffic: United We Roll convoy heads for home after two-day protest - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 20:10
  Traffic: United We Roll convoy heads for home after two-day protest  Ottawa CitizenThe United We Roll truckers' convoy rumbled out of downtown Ottawa Wednesday, putting an end to a two-day protest before the afternoon commute got ...
  
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• What should Andrew Scheer do with his sudden good political fortune?

  20-02-2019 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The second week in February was likely a time Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives were least expecting a Christmas gift.
  But during a typical, frigid week in Ottawa and a somewhat quiet time in federal politics, with the House of Commons on break, the Prime Minister’s Office handed the Scheer Tories a shiny scandal.
  Jody Wilson-Raybould, once held up by the Liberals as a symbol of diversity – she was Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister – has quickly become a thorn
  
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• MPs invite Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO to Ottawa to talk fake news - CBC News

  20-02-2019 19:35
  MPs invite Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO to Ottawa to talk fake news  CBC NewsA group of Canadian MPs is calling on the corporate titans of social media — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — to appear before an international ...
  
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• House Works: Why we all need to become a little bored to get creative

  20-02-2019 19:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  When my wife and I moved one of our sons into university this past September, I couldn’t help but notice all the posters around campus advertising free help for mental issues. Not that I was surprised.
  As the years roll along I hear about more and more young people with debilitating depression or paralyzing anxiety. I’m convinced there’s an increase in this sort of trouble, and I don’t buy the argument that “we’re just more aware” these days.
  The big que
  
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• Glavin: There'll always be an England? Amid political chaos, maybe not

  20-02-2019 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  “If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.”
  That was the clinching rallying cry of a thundering oration Winston Churchill let fly at his wavering and whimpering cabinet on May 28, 1940. He’d been Britain’s wartime prime minister for only 18 days. On the French coast, at Dunkirk, a vast fleet of English boats of every description was in the midst of an ignominious evacuation of mo
  
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• Ottawa pledges $638M for urban Indigenous housing - Winnipeg Free Press

  20-02-2019 19:07
  Ottawa pledges $638M for urban Indigenous housing  Winnipeg Free PressGATINEAU, Que. — The Trudeau government intends to uncork more than a half-billion dollars to help Indigenous people find housing in urban centres, ...
  
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• Ottawa science fiction writer Kate Heartfield nominated for two prestigious Nebula Awards

  20-02-2019 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa writer Kate Heartfield has been nominated for two auspicious Nebula Awards for science fiction writing.
  Heartfield, who teaches journalism at Carleton University and was the Ottawa Citizen’s editorial pages editor when she left the paper in 2015, is nominated in the novella category for Alice Payne Arrives, a time-travel adventure. Heartfield’s The Road to Canterbury is nominated in the brand new game-writing category.
  “This is … amazing. It’s one of those w
  
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• ‘Worst ways to die:’ Ottawa asks if cruelty should be weighed in wildlife toxins - CityNews

  20-02-2019 18:32
  ‘Worst ways to die:’ Ottawa asks if cruelty should be weighed in wildlife toxins  CityNewsOttawa is taking extra steps to find out if Canadians are still OK with killing wildlife in what one scientist calls “one of the worst ways to die on earth.”.
  
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• Sorry, university students: Cushy personal assistant gig a scam

  20-02-2019 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Campus safety services at Carleton University is warning students to be on guard against a phishing scam as e-mails purporting to seek a part-time personal assistant.
  Delete the e-mail immediately, don’t text the number provided and don’t give out a name or e-mail address, safety services said Wednesday.
  Already replied?
  Call the ITS service desk “immediately.”
  Be wary of unsolicited e-mails seeking personal information or a click on a web link, campus security warns. Wat
  
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• Ottawa police launch 1-800 line for human trafficking victims

  20-02-2019 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have launched a 1-800 line linking “those trapped in the abusive cycle of human trafficking” to its specialized unit.
  The toll-free number, 1-800-292-1168, connects directly with the Ottawa Police Service’s human trafficking unit.
  “(V)ictims can get the help they need to get out of their situation, no matter where they are in Canada,” police said in a release Wednesday. “Sex trade trafficking victims are often rotated from city to city, along the
  
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• HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Ottawa cops launch toll-free line for victims - Ottawa Sun

  20-02-2019 17:51
  HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Ottawa cops launch toll-free line for victims  Ottawa SunOttawa police have launched a 1-800 line linking "those trapped in the abusive cycle of human trafficking" to its specialized unit.
  
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• Lack of communication, organization may have contributed to tree pruner's death: Agency

  20-02-2019 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Quebec government agency has found a disorganized work site and a lack of communications may have contributed to a fatal work accident in Gatineau seven months ago which claimed the life of a tree-pruning assistant.
  On July 16, 2018, Denis Masson, a pruning assistant at a tree-cutting company owned by Omer and Bermin Laviolette, was at a site with his employer and another worker to trim a 15 metre tall cedar.
  While the employer was about five metres up the tree to cut a section, his colleague
  
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• Ottawa police launch 1-800 line for human trafficking victims - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 17:38
  Ottawa police launch 1-800 line for human trafficking victims  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police have launched a 1-800 line linking "those trapped in the abusive cycle of human trafficking" to its specialized unit.
  
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• UFC to hit CTC in May

  20-02-2019 17:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship is coming to the Canadian Tire Centre on May 4.
  The Las Vegas-based organization, which has become the largest mixed martial arts promotion in the world, plans to host UFC Fight Night Ottawa.
  It will mark the first event that the UFC has held at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  The previous event held here in Ottawa in 2016, was headlined by Canadian Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson. That was held at the smaller TD Place Arena at Lansdowne. That event set a record
  
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• Cops seek witnesses in Kanata-area pedestrian fatality - Ottawa Sun

  20-02-2019 16:45
  Cops seek witnesses in Kanata-area pedestrian fatality  Ottawa SunOttawa police made a plea Tuesday for witnesses to a fatal collision Thursday between a vehicle and a pedestrian to come forward.
  
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• Note to readers: Wednesday comics

  20-02-2019 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Looking for a laugh this morning? So are we.
  Your comics were inadvertently left out of the print edition of today’s Ottawa Citizen.
  We’re sorry, we goofed.
  We will make up for it in Thursday’s paper with two pages of comics.ALSO IN THE NEWS
  Special weather statement: Snow and freezing rain in the outlook
  Ontario’s new autism program could save the province up to $100 million, says economist
  OPP investigating after ice fishers struck by pickup during hit-and-run
  
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• Traffic: United We Roll convoy back for Day 2

  20-02-2019 15:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is warning motorists to plan ahead for potential delays on the eastbound Highway 417 from Arnprior Wednesday as the United We Roll convoy of heads to Parliament Hill for a second day of protests.
  Co-organizer Jason Corbeil said Tuesday that the convoy expects to show up on the Hill at about 10 a.m. Wednesday with a rally again starting at 11 p.m.
  Gooooooood Morning Ottawa.Day two of the Convoy.I will once again be the tail for the Convoy.Latest I have is that they will be coming into the
  
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• The UFC returns to Ottawa in May - TSN

  20-02-2019 14:46
  The UFC returns to Ottawa in May  TSNThe UFC will be returning to Ottawa for their second-ever event in the city this May. David Shaw, the UFC's senior vice president of international and *content*, ...
  
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• Special weather statement: Snow and freezing rain in the outlook

  20-02-2019 14:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Better get out the shovels and any anti-slippage devices you might have thought you were finished with.
  Wednesday’s sunny and crisp morning greeting is expected to give away to increasing cloudiness near noon, towards a high of about -6 C.
  Wrap up, because the morning wind will make for wind chill readings of about -24, rising to a feels like reading of -12 in the afternoon as the wind diminishes.
  Snow is expected to to begin early Wednesday evening, followed by possible ice pellets overni
  
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• Fire heavily damages Aylmer home

  20-02-2019 14:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  An investigation continues to determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a home at 238 Des Draveurs St. in Hull’s Aylmer district Tuesday.
  Gatineau firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 5 p.m. and were met with heavy flames and smoke coming from the upper windows and eaves of the building.
  They issued a call for reinforcements and began a concentrated fast attack on the blaze.
  A total of 19 firefighters with eight trucks were involved in the effort.
  The fire was deem
  
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• Police snowmobile unit lays 195 charges over weekend

  20-02-2019 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Marine, Dive and Trails unit of the Ottawa Police Service said Tuesday it laid 195 charges over the Family Day weekend.These resulted from patrols and routine stops conducted in the rural parts of the city, from Cumberland to Fitzroy Harbour.The charges laid covered: speeding, trail pass violations, proof of insurance, vehicle registration validation, Liquor Licence Act, Off-Road Vehicle Act and failure to stop.Police did not offer a breakdown of the offences.
  
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• Ottawa folk duo explores LeBreton Flats' history

  20-02-2019 13:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Silent Winters
  7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Ave.
  Tickets: $23, available at thegladstone.ca
  Until her great-aunt’s 100th birthday party, Ottawa musician Olenka Bastian never spent much time thinking about LeBreton Flats, that forlorn expanse of land along the Ottawa River west of Parliament Hill.But then a woman at the party got up to thank Great Aunt Maria and her husband for giving her a place to stay when she came to Canada. She said she would have been a street k
  
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• Special weather statement: Snow and freezing rain in the outlook - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 13:27
  Special weather statement: Snow and freezing rain in the outlook  Ottawa CitizenBetter get out the shovels and any anti-slippage devices you might have thought you were finished with.
  
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• Ottawa folk duo explores LeBreton Flats' history - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 13:01
  Ottawa folk duo explores LeBreton Flats' history  Ottawa CitizenUntil her great-aunt's 100th birthday party, Ottawa musician Olenka Bastian never spent much time thinking about LeBreton Flats, that forlorn expanse of land ...
  
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• How to fail at fighting for your dismissal payout - Ottawa Citizen

  20-02-2019 12:50
  How to fail at fighting for your dismissal payout  Ottawa CitizenKnow when the employer's offer exceeds the risks of proceeding to court.
  
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• Today's letters: Fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair continues

  20-02-2019 12:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  We want to hear from Wilson-Raybould
  Re: Butts bows out, Feb. 19.
  Your editorial says clearly what Canadians want in the immediate future: for Ms. Jody Wilson-Raybould to speak on the SNC-Lavalin affair.
  Given the recent daily and differing bits of information the prime minister has given as to why she resigned from cabinet, who is to say that anything we now hear from this government can be trusted? October will be the litmus test as to what the country as a whole believes has really happened.
  
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• Richter: 60 years on, Avro Arrow continues to soar in our imagination

  20-02-2019 12:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  A decade ago, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the cancellation of the Avro Arrow (a day forever remembered as Black Friday), I wrote an opinion piece on the long-term effects of that decision, one that for many Canadians signified the end of this country’s willingness to dream big on the world stage.
  Ten years later, is there anything new to add? Surprisingly the answer is yes, as recent developments reveal continuing efforts to recapture the plane’s mystique, and how the
  
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• Richmond fire leaves one with smoke inhalation - OttawaMatters.com

  20-02-2019 12:37
  Richmond fire leaves one with smoke inhalation  OttawaMatters.comOne person was treated at the scene by paramedics for smoke inhalation.
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Snow, excuses pile up - Ottawa Sun

  20-02-2019 12:31
  YOU SAID IT: Snow, excuses pile up  Ottawa SunSNOW, EXCUSES PILE UPAll I heard all last week in the media was councillors giving every excuse under the sun about snow removal and why streets from ...
  
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• Ontario's new autism program could save the province up to $100 million, says economist

  20-02-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa economist and father of two children with autism says his analysis suggests the province’s new autism program will save the province as much as $100 million a year.
  The province announced its new “childhood budget” on Feb. 6, saying the new program will give a child diagnosed with autism who enters the program at the age of two as much as $140,000 by the time that child is 18. The child budget replaces the Ontario Autism Program, which offered families more funding bu
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued for Ottawa - CTV News

  20-02-2019 10:58
  Special Weather Statement issued for Ottawa  CTV NewsEnvironment Canada warns Ottawa will see snow and ice pellets tonight and Thursday, along with the risk of freezing rain.
  
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• Establishment fined $76,250 for violating Water Pipe Bylaw - CTV News

  20-02-2019 10:10
  Establishment fined $76,250 for violating Water Pipe Bylaw  CTV NewsOttawa Bylaw says an establishment was convicted on 32 charges for violating the water pipe ban.
  
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• Pot shop opening in ByWard Market - CTV News

  20-02-2019 08:43
  Pot shop opening in ByWard Market  CTV NewsAn application has been filed to open "ByWard Market Cannabis" on York St. this Spring.
  
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• Coyote men look for three-peat against Ottawa - Salina Journal

  20-02-2019 07:05
  Coyote men look for three-peat against Ottawa  Salina JournalThe last time Ottawa's men visited Mabee Arena, they walked out shell-shocked.The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes were that good.But KWU coach Anthony ...
  
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• Truck rally comes to Ottawa, bringing complaints on pipelines, immigration - Hill Times

  20-02-2019 06:05
  Truck rally comes to Ottawa, bringing complaints on pipelines, immigration  Hill TimesPlus, T.J. Harvey won't be seeking re-election, a new play on the #MeToo era on Parliament Hill, and David Thurton joins CBC's parliamentary bureau.
  
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• Concordia 7, Ottawa 0: Stingers Overwhelm Gee-Gees in Last Game Of The Season | Sports - The Link

  20-02-2019 04:21
  Concordia 7, Ottawa 0: Stingers Overwhelm Gee-Gees in Last Game Of The Season | Sports  The LinkConcordia came into Saturday's game versus the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees sitting one point behind hometown rival McGill in the Réseau du sport étudiant ...
  
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• CONCACAF silliness hurt Ottawa Fury FC in pursuit of star scorers - Ottawa Sun

  20-02-2019 03:48
  CONCACAF silliness hurt Ottawa Fury FC in pursuit of star scorers  Ottawa SunOttawa Fury FC, a team that scored just 31 times during the 2018 United Soccer League season, thought it had found a big chunk of the goal-scoring solution ...
  
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• As the clock ticks towards the deadline, Duchene expected to sit - Ottawa Sun

  20-02-2019 03:45
  As the clock ticks towards the deadline, Duchene expected to sit  Ottawa SunCHICAGO – Pierre Dorion hit the road Tuesday morning, but this time it wasn't another scouting mission to Winnipeg.Instead, the Ottawa Senators' general ...
  
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• Varcoe: Alberta moves on a costly oil-by-rail plan as Ottawa dithers - Calgary Herald

  20-02-2019 03:20
  Varcoe: Alberta moves on a costly oil-by-rail plan as Ottawa dithers  Calgary HeraldAlberta is making a costly bet on trains to help fix the province's oil-transportation bottleneck.And like a frustrated passenger standing on the platform, it's not ...
  
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• Waterfront Toronto officials to face grilling in Ottawa over Sidewalk Labs plans - Toronto Star

  20-02-2019 02:52
  Waterfront Toronto officials to face grilling in Ottawa over Sidewalk Labs plans  Toronto StarTwo senior Waterfront Toronto officials face tough scrutiny this week as they appear before the federal ethics committee in the wake of controversy surrounding ...
  
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• SIU clears OPP officer in fatal shooting of man at Morrisburg detachment

  20-02-2019 02:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against an OPP officer who shot and killed Babak Saidi in the Morrisburg detachment on Dec. 23, 2017.
  SIU director Tony Loparco’s report, dated Jan. 11, was released Tuesday afternoon.
  Saidi, 43, was shot dead after reporting for his required weekly check-in after a 2014 conviction for assault and battery.
  Reached by phone late on Friday afternoon in Ottawa, Elly Saidi, Babak&rsqu
  
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