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• West Carleton Warriors advance to finals for a chance to win $100,000 for charity

  21-02-2019 23:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The West Carleton Warriors are now among three finalists with a chance to win $100,000 for the charity of their choice, and say the money would go toward disaster relief for their tornado-ravaged community of Dunrobin.
  The Warriors beat out 300 teams earlier this month to make it into the semifinals of the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup. The cup evaluates the performance of peewee hockey teams off the ice and in their communities — the idea being that good deeds help make great players.
  The
  
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• How much is winning the Ontario pot-shop lottery worth? At least a mil

  21-02-2019 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The pot-shop lottery winners who plan to open a store in the ByWard Market have signed a deal that allows them to sell out to a retail chain for stocks currently worth more than $1 million.
  The deal between lottery winners known as “Patterson and Lavoie” and cannabis-store chain Fire & Flower gives an indication of how valuable the province’s first cannabis shops may be.
  The winners of a lottery held to determine who could apply for the first 25 cannabis shop licences in On
  
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• United Way study exposes vulnerability of rural seniors

  21-02-2019 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Improving health care by “looking outside the walls of the hospital” is how Dr. Paul Roumeliotis views a new study by the United Way that examines the needs and vulnerabilities of seniors living in rural areas surrounding Ottawa.
  As medical officer of health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, which covers the mostly rural region between Ottawa and the Quebec border, Roumeliotis says the type of social services needed across the sprawling area varies from place to place. He says the
  
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• Trudeau: Ottawa looking at reuniting Syrian family after fire claims 7 kids - Toronto Sun

  21-02-2019 22:42
  Trudeau: Ottawa looking at reuniting Syrian family after fire claims 7 kids  Toronto SunHALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Thursday his government is responding to a desperate plea from the grieving mother who lost all seven of ...
  
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• Shawn Mendes to set Ottawa hearts aflutter in August at the CTC

  21-02-2019 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian pop superstar Shawn Mendes will perform in Ottawa in August as part of a massive international tour.
  Tickets are not yet for sale, but the concert is set for Aug. 18 at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  Fellow Canadian pop singer Alessia Cara will join him for performances in Europe, the United States and Canada. Mendes will also tour South America and Australia.
  So excited to announce that @alessiacara is joining me on tour in the UK, EU, & US! Also, new dates have been added in North Amer
  
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• Shawn Mendes to set Ottawa hearts aflutter in August at the CTC - Ottawa Citizen

  21-02-2019 21:36
  Shawn Mendes to set Ottawa hearts aflutter in August at the CTC  Ottawa CitizenCanadian pop superstar Shawn Mendes will perform in Ottawa in August as part of a massive international tour.Tickets are not yet for sale, but the concert is set ...
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Alta Vista

  21-02-2019 21:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A female pedestrian has died after being struck by a train in Alta Vista, police said Thursday afternoon.
  Officers were called at 2:07 p.m.
  Pleasant Park Road is closed between Leslie Avenue and Cavendish Road for the investigation.
  In a statement, VIA Rail confirmed one of its trains carrying 127 passengers travelling between Toronto and Ottawa was in the crash, “involving a trespasser on the Beachburg sub around 2:00 p.m. today.
  “No passengers or on-train service crew were injured
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Alta Vista - Ottawa Citizen

  21-02-2019 20:59
  Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Alta Vista  Ottawa CitizenA female pedestrian has died after being struck by a train in Alta Vista, police said Thursday afternoon.Officers were called at 2:07 p.m.Pleasant Park Road is ...
  
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• Woman dies after being struck by train: Ottawa police - Global News

  21-02-2019 20:22
  Woman dies after being struck by train: Ottawa police  Global NewsOttawa police say a woman has died after being struck by a train while walking in the Alta Vista area, south of the downtown core.
  
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• You're soaking in it: Police divers training under ice

  21-02-2019 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Think you’re cold?
  These police divers aren’t just bearing winter, they’re jumping right into it.
  Marine, dive and trails unit officers from the Ottawa Police Service tweeted this week about their week-long annual training which includes going under ice and to depths of 100 feet.
  The Ottawa Paramedic Service’s marine unit also shared photos of the training on the St. Lawrence River at Rockport, which included police divers from Peel, Toronto and the OPP.
  The duties of div
  
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• ICE DIVE TRAINING: Ottawa cops jumping into winter - Ottawa Sun

  21-02-2019 20:14
  ICE DIVE TRAINING: Ottawa cops jumping into winter  Ottawa SunThink you're cold?These police divers aren't just bearing winter, they're jumping right into it.Marine, dive and trails unit officers from the Ottawa Police *Service* ...
  
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• Rachlis: Oh, the hardships of a Caribbean vacation in the winter

  21-02-2019 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  My friend back in Ottawa recently sent me a photo of the ice house she had built with frozen coloured water blocks from plastic containers. You’re lucky, I replied. I just can’t keep the ice in my drinks from melting – just one of the hardships at our all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean.
  That got me thinking that I really should share all my difficulties so that you understand what I’m going through down here while you cope with snow and frostbite. (I check the Canadian
  
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• Ottawa’s top public servant warns that divisive politics could ‘lead to assassination’ - Toronto Star

  21-02-2019 20:10
  Ottawa’s top public servant warns that divisive politics could ‘lead to assassination’  Toronto StarIn a remarkable statement to the House of Commons Justice Committee, Michael Wernick told MPs he's worried about Canadians “losing faith in the institutions ...
  
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• Renovation Transformation: Careful thought brought 1980s Centretown reno into the new millennium

  21-02-2019 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even an award winning home can’t stand the test of time.
  At least that’s the case for a three-storey, loft-style house in Ottawa’s Centretown neighborhood. It was built over a century ago and underwent a renovation in the 1980s winning a Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association honour.
  Enough of its charm remained to attract homeowners Jeff Taylor and Derek Vollrath. It’s the couple’s first home together.
  In 2014 they moved in and by 2015 they were already co
  
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• Ottawa transportation boss downplaying concerns after snowplow damages LRT - OttawaMatters.com

  21-02-2019 18:45
  Ottawa transportation boss downplaying concerns after snowplow damages LRT  OttawaMatters.com"You are going to have damage to infrastructure, like on a roadway or a sidewalk," said City of Ottawa's Manager of Transportation Services John Manconi.
  
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• Ottawa looks to expedite bringing relatives to Canada for Syrian parents who lost 7 kids in fire - CBC News

  21-02-2019 17:54
  Ottawa looks to expedite bringing relatives to Canada for Syrian parents who lost 7 kids in fire  CBC NewsHalifax MP Andy Fillmore says it is "absolutely critical" to get family members of Kawthar Barho to Canada as quickly as possible, following a house fire that ...
  
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• Brrr! Police divers training under ice

  21-02-2019 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Think you’re cold?
  These police divers aren’t just bearing winter, they’re jumping right into it.
  Marine, dive and trails unit officers from the Ottawa Police Service tweeted this week about their week-long annual training which includes going under ice and to depths of 100 feet.
  The Ottawa Paramedic Service’s marine unit also shared photos of the training on the St. Lawrence River at Rockport, which included police divers from Peel, Toronto and the OPP.
  The duties of div
  
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• Black boxes in the OR: Taking a page from the airline industry to improve surgical safety

  21-02-2019 17:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Long used in aviation, black boxes are beginning to be used in another high-stakes location — the operating room.
  The Ottawa Hospital is installing one as part of a research project aimed at improving communications and safety.
  The research project is being led by Dr. Sylvain Boet, a scientist and anesthetist at The Ottawa Hospital and associate professor at the University of Ottawa.
  Information gathered by the black box, which collects data from cameras, audio recorders, the patient&rsquo
  
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• Canada takes initial step in modernizing fighter aircraft training ranges

  21-02-2019 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government has issued a notice for a proposed procurement that would ultimately see the modernization of RCAF fighter aircraft training ranges.
  The government is looking to develop a road map for the modernization of RCAF fighter aircraft training ranges, and to allow for the creation of what it is calling Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) training and experimental environments. Details of the proposed procurement were released last week to industry.
  The road map for the modernization
  
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• Possible further LRT delay looms over transit budget debate

  21-02-2019 17:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo’s Draft 2019 budget, approved by the city’s transit commission Wednesday, promised a list of service improvements that address many of the concerns about bus reliability, capacity and coverage raised by transit users in recent months.
  However, as Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans pointed out, “this budget is built on the assumption – I think fair to say, false assumption – that there’s going to be a handover March 31.”
  Until Ottawa’
  
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• Ottawa trying to reunite Halifax parents with Syrian family after children die in fire - The Globe and Mail

  21-02-2019 16:59
  Ottawa trying to reunite Halifax parents with Syrian family after children die in fire  The Globe and MailCanada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands with area residents as they gather for a vigil in support of the Syrian refugee family who lost seven children in a ...
  
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• Flames contained to garage, balcony in east-end blazes

  21-02-2019 16:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters quickly extinguished separate fires that broke out nearly simultaneously in the east end Thursday morning.
  A passerby, uncertain if anyone was home, called in the first at 9:33 a.m. after spotting flames coming from a garage of a rowhouse at 1510 Mimosa Ave. near Alta Vista Drive and Industrial Avenue. Firefighters confined the flames to the garage and confirmed that they hadn’t spread.
  At 9:34 a.m., an OC Transpo driver spotted smoke in the area of Lees Avenue and Chapel Stre
  
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• Ottawa trying to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven children: PM - CTV News

  21-02-2019 16:47
  Ottawa trying to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven children: PM  CTV NewsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Thursday his government is responding to a desperate plea from the grieving mother who lost all seven of her children ...
  
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• Nine Ottawa shoe stores expected to close in Payless bankruptcy - Ottawa Citizen

  21-02-2019 16:43
  Nine Ottawa shoe stores expected to close in Payless bankruptcy  Ottawa CitizenNine Ottawa stores belonging to Payless ShoeSource are expected to close in the next few months after the company filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
  
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• Tweed brand name proposed for Ontario lottery winner's cannabis shop

  21-02-2019 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the first legal cannabis stores in Ontario will carry the name of Tweed, the name of the cannabis grower in Smiths Falls.
  A pot-shop lottery winner has applied to open a store in London, Ont., called Tweed, according to a notice posted Thursday by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. Residents and the municipality have 15 days to comment on the proposed location, which is in a strip mall at 1025 Wellington Rd., unit A2.
  The right to apply for licences to run the province’s
  
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• Tech giants called to testify in Ottawa in international probe of fake news - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  21-02-2019 15:35
  Tech giants called to testify in Ottawa in international probe of fake news  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsOTTAWA - Executives from some of the world's largest digital and social media firms have been invited to appear before an international committee on ...
  
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• Trudeau pledges $86.5M from Ottawa to help build Burnside connector - CBC.ca

  21-02-2019 15:20
  Trudeau pledges $86.5M from Ottawa to help build Burnside connector  CBC.caPrime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to make an announcement on improving a busy expressway that commuters use to enter Halifax before heading for ...
  
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• See snow go slow, police warn and even the buses are 'slow going'

  21-02-2019 14:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are warning motorists to slow down for the Thursday morning commute on slick roads while OC Transpo warns of delays due to road conditions.
  And for heaven’s sake, people, clear off your cars!
  Clear.All.The.Snow.From.Your. Vehicle. This driver had a snow brush in the van but clearly didn't use it.And the side windows were covered in ice. #charged pic.twitter.com/HsdP7ulQsE
  — Phil Kane (@carbinekane) February 21, 2019It will be slow going on the buses this morning due to last ni
  
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• Egan: How winter-ready is our LRT system after snow plow mishap?

  21-02-2019 14:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only seven weeks before the handover deadline for the $2.1-billion LRT system — and a week before a crippling snowstorm — a specialized rail-plow malfunctioned and struck vital transmission equipment on the track.
  It is further evidence the city’s keystone public-transit initiative, to be transferred from builder Rideau Transit Group on March 31, will not only miss the deadline but may have shortcomings only uncovered in winter testing under extreme weather conditions.
  The city
  
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• Temperatures rising, but weekend's looking damp

  21-02-2019 13:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  It looks as though the National Capital region will have to deal without weather office warnings, alerts and/or special statements for the next few days.
  For the next few days, and straight through the weekend, the forecast is for above-average daytime temps, albeit with periods of either snow, freezing rain or rain.
  The latest storm system pulled out of the region early Thursday after depositing just under 10 cm of snow, and very little freezing rain, despite cautionary messages from the weathe
  
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• Ottawa's 'competitive' luxury housing market to keep growing: Royal LePage - Ottawa Business Journal

  21-02-2019 13:32
  Ottawa's 'competitive' luxury housing market to keep growing: Royal LePage  Ottawa Business JournalThe high end of Ottawa's housing market is garnering attention as a “sound financial investment,” according to a recent report from Royal LePage.
  
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• Ottawa announces steps to eliminate abuse in sport - CBC News

  21-02-2019 13:22
  Ottawa announces steps to eliminate abuse in sport  CBC NewsCanada's Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan and the Coaching Association of Canada announced two initiatives on Thursday in Ottawa to address ...
  
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• Today's letters: Autism changes under fire

  21-02-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  An autism program for the rich
  Re: New autism program could save $100M a year but at high cost to families, Feb. 20.
  When I first read about the Ontario plan to clear the autism services waiting list, I did not understand how it would work. How would changing the path that money follows as it flows from government coffers to therapeutic institutions shorten the waiting list?
  After reading about the inadequacy of the proposed “childhood budget,” I understood. Today’s health syst
  
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• Sen. Lois Wilson: Canada should re-activate relations with North Korea

  21-02-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Peace talks for the Korean Peninsula between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung-un are set to resume next week in Vietnam. This second Trump-Kim summit represents a critical window for progress towards peace. The international community, including Canada, should be fully engaged with both Koreas to ensure that peace is made.
  Coincidently, it was 18 years ago this February that Canada first established formal diplomatic relations with North Korea. Canada chose to do
  
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• Ottawa wakes up to snow, ice pellets, freezing drizzle - OttawaMatters.com

  21-02-2019 12:14
  Ottawa wakes up to snow, ice pellets, freezing drizzle  OttawaMatters.comThere's some likely relief coming for anyone who's reached their absolute limit with this winter.
  
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• Ottawa could face four class-action lawsuits over $165M error at Veterans Affairs - CBC News

  21-02-2019 10:00
  Ottawa could face four class-action lawsuits over $165M error at Veterans Affairs  CBC NewsThe federal government now faces four proposed class-action lawsuits over a $165 million accounting error at Veterans Affairs which shortchanged more than ...
  
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• Gatineau paraplegic takes on Quebec tax agency — and wins

  21-02-2019 03:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  It took him more than three years, but a Gatineau paraplegic won the right to deduct expenses associated with an elevator he had installed in his home in 2011 and 2012.
  Quebec Court Judge Serge Laurin accepted an appeal by David Shallhorn — the victim of a 1981 motorcycle accident — to overturn a 2015 tax assessment by the Quebec Revenue Agency.
  The tax agency had argued that Shallhorn was entitled to deductions of less than $1,000 over the two years the elevator was built — no
  
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• Bringing black boxes into the OR

  21-02-2019 03:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Long used in aviation, black boxes are beginning to be used in another high-stakes location — the operating room.
  The Ottawa Hospital is installing one as part of a research project aimed at improving communications and safety.
  The research project is being led by Dr. Sylvain Boet, a scientist and anesthetist at The Ottawa Hospital and associate professor at the University of Ottawa.
  Information gathered by the black box, which collects data from cameras, audio recorders, the patient&rsquo
  
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• Shrunken protest convoy leaves Ottawa after second day, enjoying Tory support - CBC.ca

  21-02-2019 03:13
  Shrunken protest convoy leaves Ottawa after second day, enjoying Tory support  CBC.caA diminished version of the United We Roll convoy left Ottawa Wednesday afternoon, words of support from one more Conservative MP trailing behind.
  
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• Student groups call for Ottawa to investigate alleged interference by Chinese officials on Canadian campuses - National Post

  21-02-2019 02:55
  Student groups call for Ottawa to investigate alleged interference by Chinese officials on Canadian campuses  National PostThe request for a federal probe raised to a new level concerns over Beijing's attempts at moulding opinion in Canada.
  
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• Nine shoe stores in Ottawa to close as result of Payless bankruptcy - Ottawa Sun

  21-02-2019 01:53
  Nine shoe stores in Ottawa to close as result of Payless bankruptcy  Ottawa SunNine Ottawa stores belonging to Payless ShoeSource are expected to close in the next few months after the company filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
  
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• Nine Ottawa shoe stores expected to close in Payless bankruptcy

  21-02-2019 01:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nine Ottawa stores belonging to Payless ShoeSource are expected to close in the next few months after the company filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
  Payless has 248 stores across Canada, and 2,500 stores in North America.
  The company said in a news release after the filing on Monday that it expects these outlets will begin shutting down at the end of March though it intends for “many stores (to) remain open through the end of May.”
  “Over the years, we have had highs and
  
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• Ottawa police to come up with new background check fee structure

  21-02-2019 01:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Less than two months after the Ottawa Police Service began charging all city-wide employees to recover the true cost of a police background check, the police board chair is looking to scrap the model approved by her predecessor.
  Chair Coun. Diane Deans instructed police to once again present fee options earlier this month, at the exact time that the force was trying to solidify this year’s budget.
  Chief Charles Bordeleau presented those options to the board’s finance and audit commit
  
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• Prospect of further LRT delay hangs over transit commission budget debate, proposed bus service improvements

  21-02-2019 01:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo’s Draft 2019 budget, approved by the city’s transit commission Wednesday, promised a list of service improvements that address many of the concerns about bus reliability, capacity and coverage raised by transit users in recent months.
  However, as Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans pointed out, “this budget is built on the assumption – I think fair to say, false assumption – that there’s going to be a handover March 31.”
  Until Ottawa’
  
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• United We Roll returns to Hill for last protest before returning home

  21-02-2019 01:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The United We Roll convoy returned to Parliament Hill for a second day of protest Wednesday, a little less united, in number at least, than on Tuesday.
  Fewer than 100 people showed up for the final day before reversing their trucks and steering their convoy back west. Those who were there, though, were just as committed as when the convoy set out from Red Deer, Alta., last Thursday to deliver its so-called pro-industry, anti-globalism message to Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberal government.
  
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• Ottawa Police Service budget still a 'shell game,' says councillor

  21-02-2019 01:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have found a way to make up a $2.4-million shortfall in their proposed 2019 budget, but even still one police board member is calling the revised draft budget a “shell game” that will most likely rely on a city bailout.
  The force previously tabled a budget that came in at the three-per-cent cap dictated by Mayor Jim Watson, but only with what was a controversial $4.8-million request for funding from the city’s reserves. Watson quickly halved that request, with the
  
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• Public comments sought for legal pot shop on York Street in ByWard Market

  21-02-2019 01:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Residents and the City of Ottawa have until March 6 to comment on a proposed legal cannabis store on York Street in the ByWard Market.
  One of the Ontario pot-shop lottery winners has applied for a licence to open the store under the name Byward Market Cannabis. The storefront will also include the name of Fire & Flower, the Alberta chain of retail cannabis shops that has a branding and licensing deal with the lottery winner.
  Artist renderings of the store show an airy, boutique-like interior
  
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• Cannabis ventures could have been part of reconciliation, conference hears

  21-02-2019 01:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A panel of federal bureaucrats got an earful at a national Indigenous cannabis and hemp conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.
  The message: Getting a slice of the cannabis industry should have been part of Canada’s reconciliation with its Indigenous peoples — but that opportunity has been squandered.
  The three-day conference attracted about 300 attendees from Indigenous communities and businesses from across the country. It is aimed at offering networking opportunities and addressing pol
  
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• You Can't Miss This Huge Beer Festival Happening In Ottawa This Spring - Narcity

  21-02-2019 00:39
  You Can't Miss This Huge Beer Festival Happening In Ottawa This Spring  NarcityGet ready as spring this year in Ottawa is going to be amazing! There are so many fantastic events coming up that it will be impossible for you to get bored.
  
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