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• Patrick Johnston: Canucks' rookie starting to show he's 'Gaudette' when it matters most - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 23:56
  Patrick Johnston: Canucks' rookie starting to show he's 'Gaudette' when it matters most  Ottawa CitizenThe rookie centre is putting up a strong season, which bodes well for the Canucks' future down the middle.
  
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• Man with history of alleged porn crimes charged with sexually assaulting child at hospice

  22-02-2019 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man with a history of alleged child pornography crimes has been charged with more than three dozen new child sex offences spanning 15 years, including taking pictures of and sexually assaulting a vulnerable boy at a palliative hospice.
  Danyiel James Walker, 41, is now at the centre of two ongoing Ottawa police investigations. One that’s probing the extent of his involvement in child pornography and the other uncovering years of alleged sexual abuse perpetrated against children.
  Walker wa
  
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• Top 5 ways Antifa's protest at United We Roll rally in Ottawa made no sense - The Rebel

  22-02-2019 23:26
  Top 5 ways Antifa's protest at United We Roll rally in Ottawa made no sense  The RebelIt was wondrous to witness that pro-pipeline convoy roll into Ottawa, but alas, like ants drawn to an open jam jar, the lunatic fringe known as Antifa showed up to ...
  
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• Ottawa father celebrates birthday rescuing young man from smoke-filled house - CTV News

  22-02-2019 23:16
  Ottawa father celebrates birthday rescuing young man from smoke-filled house  CTV NewsAn Ottawa father celebrated his birthday in the most unusual fashion yesterday. Matt Godin ran into a smoke filled house and woke up the young occupant ...
  
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• Ottawa man facing 37 charges in alleged sexual abuse case: police - CTV News

  22-02-2019 22:36
  Ottawa man facing 37 charges in alleged sexual abuse case: police  CTV NewsOttawa police say a man is facing dozens of charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted four male victims -- including children -- over the course of 15 years.
  
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• Ban sweet-flavoured vapes that appeal to youth, OPH asks province

  22-02-2019 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Public Health is asking the province to prohibit vaping products that taste like cotton candy, root beer floats, banana splits and other sweet treats that appeal to young people.
  Flavoured products encourage experimentation, and adolescents consider flavour an important factor in their decision to try vaping products, says an Ottawa Public Health in report to be presented to the Ottawa Board of Health on March 4. If approved by the board, the recommendations will be forwarded to Ontario&r
  
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• Dr. Horace Alexis (1931-2019): Pioneering doctor founded scholarship for disadvantaged black students

  22-02-2019 21:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Dr. Horace Alexis set up practice in Ottawa in the early 1970s, multicultural meant English and French. There wasn’t much room for a black physician who’d grown up dirt poor in Trinidad.
  Prejudice was a part of daily life.
  “That made him stronger,” said his wife, Christiane Millet. “Instead of being angry and bitchy, he said, ‘We’re going to do something.’ He believed in action. He did not believe in bitterness.”
  Dr. Horace Alexis, on th
  
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• Ottawa tornado relief efforts could get boost with West Carleton Warriors' Good Deeds Cup win - OttawaMatters.com

  22-02-2019 21:48
  Ottawa tornado relief efforts could get boost with West Carleton Warriors' Good Deeds Cup win  OttawaMatters.comThe West Carleton Warriors jumped into action immediately after tornadoes hit Ottawa and Gatineau on September 21, to help effected residents, and now the ...
  
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• Montreal Metro makes stop in Ottawa this weekend - CBC.ca

  22-02-2019 21:38
  Montreal Metro makes stop in Ottawa this weekend  CBC.caNew showcase for female musicians to support each other, a subway ride and Blue Rodeo for the weekend.
  
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• Ottawa one step closer to building Trans Mountain expansion, but project foes vow to dig in - CBC News

  22-02-2019 21:36
  Ottawa one step closer to building Trans Mountain expansion, but project foes vow to dig in  CBC NewsThe federal Liberal government cleared another hurdle standing in the way of constructing a $7.4 billion expansion to the Trans Mountain pipeline system Friday ...
  
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• LRT Stage 2 now $1.2B more than projected; SNC-Lavalin, American-French consortium recommended as builders

  22-02-2019 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Embattled construction group SNC-Lavalin has been selected as one of the recommended proponents to build Stage 2 of the city’s light-rail transit system, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced Friday.
  The announcement comes while SNC is at the centre of controversy around the PMO’s alleged political pressure on then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould in her handling of the criminal prosecution of the Quebec company.
  Watson announced that after a three-year procurement process, the city
  
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• 'Our kids deserve better': Parents of children with autism return to MacLeod's office

  22-02-2019 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chanting “our children deserve better,” parents rallied Friday at Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod’s Barrhaven constituency office against changes to autism support programs.
  “We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing, we’re not going to stop either because this is absolutely wrong,” said Kate Logue, holding a placard with a picture of her smiling five-year-old, Desmond.
  The rally was the third recent protest at MacLeod’s office.
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• Ottawa's top doctor calls for strict rules on edibles - CBC.ca

  22-02-2019 20:53
  Ottawa's top doctor calls for strict rules on edibles  CBC.caThe city's top doctor is calling for stricter rules to keep cannabis edibles, extracts and topical products out of the hands of young people.
  
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• Hydro crews have to dig deep for transformer in Kanata outage

  22-02-2019 20:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Ottawa Hydro crews turned up to tackle an outage affecting 80 customers in Kanata North Friday afternoon, the transformer that serves them was nowhere in sight.
  It was totally buried in snow, reports the utility.
  “This was before they began clearing snow to access the transformer,” Hydro Ottawa tweeted with a video of a worker using a pole to find the equipment while standing atop what looks like nothing more than the oversized snowbanks ringing Ottawa streets this snowy winter.
  
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• Hydro crews have to dig deep for transformer in Kanata outage - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 20:48
  Hydro crews have to dig deep for transformer in Kanata outage  Ottawa CitizenWhen Ottawa Hydro crews turned up to tackle an outage affecting 80 customers in Kanata North Friday afternoon, the transformer that serves them was nowhere ...
  
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• City of Ottawa taps SNC-Lavalin, international consortium to build LRT extensions; price tag rises by $1.2B - Global News

  22-02-2019 20:40
  City of Ottawa taps SNC-Lavalin, international consortium to build LRT extensions; price tag rises by $1.2B  Global NewsThe City of Ottawa has tapped Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and international construction consortium East West Connectors to design and ...
  
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• McGill gets $1.8 million from Ottawa to reduce carbon footprint - CTV News

  22-02-2019 20:21
  McGill gets $1.8 million from Ottawa to reduce carbon footprint  CTV NewsMcGill University is upgrading its heating system as part of the effort to fight global warming.
  
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• 10/3 podcast: Inside the United We Roll convoy to Ottawa - National Post

  22-02-2019 20:12
  10/3 podcast: Inside the United We Roll convoy to Ottawa  National PostWestern Canadians, many of them upset with Justin Trudeau, his carbon tax and inaction on pipelines, took to the highway over the last week.The United We ...
  
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• Gatineau police seek help finding man missing more than a week

  22-02-2019 20:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are seeking assistance in locating a 45-year-old man who has been missing for more than a week.
  Ian Lambert was last seen Feb. 16 after leaving a party in Aylmer’s Plateau neighbourhood on foot at about 9 p.m.
  Police say Lambert speaks French, is 1.88 metres tall, with a medium build.
  He has brown hair and eyes, and a mole on the upper part of his left cheek.
  When last seen he wore a tuque, a multicolored striped scarf, a brown coat, jeans and a backpack.
  Anyone with inform
  
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• Ottawa man charged with sexually assaulting child at hospice

  22-02-2019 20:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The father of a boy who was once a patient at Roger Neilson House has been charged with sexually assaulting another child at the hospice and other boys, this newspaper has learned.
  Danyiel James Walker was already charged with 10 child pornography crimes earlier this year. Those charges, laid by the Ottawa police’s internet and child exploitation unit on Jan. 30, came after the RCMP forwarded the local force multiple reports it received from a national tip line.
  Those reports identified wh
  
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• Ottawa man facing list of child sex assault charges in ongoing investigation - OttawaMatters.com

  22-02-2019 19:52
  Ottawa man facing list of child sex assault charges in ongoing investigation  OttawaMatters.comThese charges relate to multiple incidents, allegedly involving four male victims ranging in age from 6 to 24 years old, including a child with disabilities.
  
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• From Montreal Road to Sesame Street: Ottawa-made film to air on children show's 49th season

  22-02-2019 19:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa-based filmmaker Christopher Redmond was hired to write and direct a short segment for the 49th season of Sesame Street, which he shot and cast locally. The episode was set to air Saturday on HBO, and will be rebroadcast on PBS later this year.
  Redmond sat down with this newspaper to talk about his journey to Sesame Street, and the enduring appeal of the classic children’s show.
  Q: What’s your short about?
  A: The short is called ‘B is for Bus Driver.’ It’s one
  
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• Cannabis lollipops and gummy bears should not be legalized, says Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health

  22-02-2019 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government should not allow edible cannabis products that look like gummy bears and lollipops or mimic familiar brands of cookies and chocolate bars, says Ottawa Public Health.
  Those restrictions would make cannabis edibles less appealing to young people and help prevent children from accidentally eating them, says an OPH report that was submitted to Health Canada.
  Health Canada is consulting the public on regulations that should govern cannabis edibles; extracts such as the liquid u
  
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• From Montreal Road to Sesame Street: Ottawa-made film to air on children show's 49th season - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 19:35
  From Montreal Road to Sesame Street: Ottawa-made film to air on children show's 49th season  Ottawa CitizenOttawa-based filmmaker Christopher Redmond was hired to write and direct a short segment for the 49th season of Sesame Street.
  
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• Police seek three suspects in Uplands area home invasion

  22-02-2019 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking down three suspects in a Feb. 14 home invasion in which at least one suspect carried a firearm.
  Police said the incident occurred at about 10:15 p.m. when three men forced their way into an apartment in the 3500 block of Downpatrick Road, in the Uplands area.
  One suspect assaulted a woman in the residence and, when another occupant tried to intervene, a second suspect pointed a firearm at both victims.
  Police did not report any injuries in
  
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• Cannabis lollipops and gummy bears should not be legalized, says Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 19:30
  Cannabis lollipops and gummy bears should not be legalized, says Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health  Ottawa CitizenThe federal government should not allow edible cannabis products that look like gummy bears and lollipops or mimic familiar brands of cookies and chocolate ...
  
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• Police seek three suspects in Uplands area home invasion - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 19:11
  Police seek three suspects in Uplands area home invasion  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking down three suspects in a Feb. 14 home invasion in which at least one suspect carried a firearm.
  
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• Police hunt suspects in mailbox break-in

  22-02-2019 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in the hunt for two suspects in a mailbox break-in earlier this month.
  The break-in occurred at 7:43 p.m. when two suspects broke into a mail box inside an apartment building on Morisset Avenue.
  The suspects were described as a white man is his 20s, wearing light blue jeans, dark jacket with a logo in the front with a white hoodie underneath and a white woman in her 20s wearing dark pants with a pink/white jacket.
  Anyone with information is asked to ca
  
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• Bridge named in honour of Jean Alfred, Quebec's first black MNA

  22-02-2019 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Quebec government will rename a bridge on Highway 50 in the Outaouais to honour Jean Alfred, the first black member of Quebec’s national assembly.
  The Pont Jean-Alfred will span the Petite-Nation River about 20 kilometres east of Lochaber, in the heart of the riding Alfred represented, Quebec’s Toponymy Commission confirmed this week.
  “Jean Alfred devoted a part of his life to build bridges between Quebecers and the Haitian community here,” Minister of Culture Nathali
  
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• Kurl: Wilson-Raybould affair – Does it stink and will it stick?

  22-02-2019 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The twists and turns, allegations and rebuttals that come seemingly by the hour in the SNC-Lavalin affair are catnip to political watchers. But let’s get real: It’s not as though most people are leaping out of bed in the morning having dreamed in their precious sleeping hours of the Shawcross Doctrine.
  While it is the job of Ottawa insiders to report and consume every detail and do their best to interpret how it’s affecting the Justin Trudeau government’s political fortun
  
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• Ottawa man to be charged with sexually assaulting child at hospice

  22-02-2019 17:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The father of a boy who was once a patient at Roger Neilson House will be charged with sexually assaulting another child at the hospice and other young boys, this newspaper has learned.
  Danyiel James Walker was already charged with 10 child pornography crimes earlier this year. Those charges, laid by the Ottawa police’s internet and child exploitation unit on Jan. 30, came after the RCMP forwarded the local force multiple reports it received from a national tip line.
  Those reports identifi
  
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• Boswell: Let Wilson-Raybould speak. But why hasn't she spoken already?

  22-02-2019 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a popular hashtag: #LetJodySpeak. Thousands have signed a petition to have her freed from the shackles of solicitor-client privilege. There are opposition calls verging on a chant to let her account of things be fully revealed. Political cartoonists have (insensitively and ill-advisedly, having missed the memos about #MeToo and MMIW) pictured her bound and gagged.
  But here’s a question: Why didn’t former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould speak up publicly last sprin
  
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• Memorials for former MP Paul Dewar Friday, Saturday

  22-02-2019 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Former Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, who died Feb. 6 of brain cancer, will be memorialized in events this weekend.
  His family invites the public to join them for a visitation Friday at the shared building of First United Church and All Saints Anglican Church Westboro at 347 Richmond Rd. from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
  In a statement, the family said that “there will be an opportunity to speak with members of the family, sign a book of condolences, light a candle, review mementos and photos, c
  
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• Family desperate to find Petawawa teen Trinity Poil, who's been missing more than a week

  22-02-2019 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  PETAWAWA — The search continues for a Petawawa teenager who has been missing for more than a week.
  The family of Trinity Poil is desperate to find the 16-year-old who is believed to have left her home on Cleve Avenue between 10 p.m. Feb. 12 and 4:20 a.m. Feb. 13. She was last seen wearing a black jacket with purple lining, a black toque with cat ears and grey boots with fur trim. She is described as six feet-one inch tall and approximately 240 pounds with medium length brown hair and hazel
  
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• Canadian supply ship carrying damaged RCAF Cyclone helicopter headed to Guam

  22-02-2019 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Canadian naval supply ship is headed to Guam so a better assessment can be made to determine the extent of damage to a Royal Canadian Air Force Cyclone helicopter which was involved in a hard landing.
  The Sikorsky Cyclone maritime helicopter was coming in for a landing on the Asterix supply ship on Feb. 18 when the incident occurred. The Cyclone and Asterix are operating with HMCS Regina in the Pacific near Hawaii.
  No serious injuries were reported during the incident, according to the Canadia
  
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• Metric Homes: Trail View in Kanata South features "Home Within a Home"

  22-02-2019 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Walking through the massive model at Metric Homes’ Trail View community feels a little like touring a CHEO dream home. And that’s an appropriate feeling, given the builder’s unusual position in the Ottawa marketplace.
  Much like one of the decked-out dream homes that make up the bulk of the grand prize in the annual Dream of a Lifetime Lottery, Metric’s model home is big — boasting over 4,000 square feet — is loaded with upgrades, and has a price tag to match a
  
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• A 48-hour reprieve from winter, but freezing rain, snow system on the way

  22-02-2019 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Think of the next 48 hours or so as a little gift from the weather gods for having put up with their crankiness over the past few weeks.
  Friday’s high is expected to be 0 C under mostly sunny skies. The low is expected to plunge to -15 C.
  Just don’t get used to it.
  Environment Canada has issued a “statement” that a strong low pressure system is on the way that may begin as snow overnight Saturday night or early Sunday morning, but is expected to quickly transition to free
  
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• Soar, Adam, Soar: A father writes on the life of his transgender son, who he lost three years ago

  22-02-2019 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rick Prashaw and his wife, Suzanne, were so sure she was pregnant with a boy that they named the baby-to-be Adam.
  Then came the delivery and the doctor’s news: It’s a gorgeous little girl.
  Stunned, the couple named her Rebecca Adam. It just felt like the thing to do.
  “The kid was such a tomboy,” Rick Prashaw said on Sunday. A hockey player, active, impulsive, “a clown.”
  Then, 18 years later, came the announcement on Facebook: “I’m Adam. I have alwa
  
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• Traffic: Queensway lane reductions through Kanata

  22-02-2019 14:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Happy Friday, folks!
  There isn’t a watch, warning or even a whine in sight on the roads for the morning commute – so far.
  Do check your bus, though. OC Transpo had about two dozen cancelled trips by 7:15 a.m.
  The MTO is warning of lane reductions in both directions and periodic lane closures for maintenance on the Queensway between Moodie Drive and Highway 7 until 5 p.m. Friday.
  And there will also be periodic lane reductions and ramp closures for maintenance in both directions on Hi
  
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• Environment Canada calls for freezing rain, blowing snow in Ottawa this weekend - CTV News

  22-02-2019 13:39
  Environment Canada calls for freezing rain, blowing snow in Ottawa this weekend  CTV NewsOttawa can expect a double-dose of winter weather this weekend, according to a special weather statement issued by Environment Canada Friday morning.
  
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• Traffic: Queensway lane reductions through Kanata - Ottawa Citizen

  22-02-2019 13:34
  Traffic: Queensway lane reductions through Kanata  Ottawa CitizenThere isn't a watch, warning or even a whine in sight on the roads for the morning commute – so far. Do check your bus, though. OC Transpo had about two ...
  
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• A 48-hour reprieve from winter, but don't get used to it

  22-02-2019 13:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Think of the next 48 hours or so as a little gift from the weather gods for having put up with their crankiness over the past few weeks.
  Just don’t get used to it.
  The forecast is for sunny skies right through Saturday night or so, with daily highs around the 0 C mark.
  Even the UV index is up a notch, to 3, or moderate.
  Of course, the mercury is expected to plunge to -19 C overnight, but you’ll probably be indoors.
  After another mostly sunny day Saturday with a high of 2 C, things ge
  
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• Reimagining Shakespeare: NAC production has female Hamlet, deaf Horatio

  22-02-2019 13:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prince Hamlet
  Adapted from Shakespeare, directed by Ravi Jain
  Why Not Theatre production
  Feb. 27-March 9, Azrieli Studio, National Arts Centre
  Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca and ticketmaster.ca
  Shakespeare might be rolling in his grave — or at least doing a double take — to see what a Toronto theatre company has done with Hamlet. In a version of the classic reimagined by Why Not Theatre artistic director Ravi Jain, Hamlet is a woman, Ophelia is a man and Horatio is deaf. What’s
  
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• Today's letters: Brexit, mental health and solicitor-client privilege

  22-02-2019 12:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Britannia can deal with Brexit
  Re: Will there always be an England? We’ll see. Feb. 21.
  To answer your columnist’s rhetorical question: He had better believe that there will always be an England! Otherwise, shame on him for wishful thinking.
  The United Kingdom, with about twice the population of Canada, is more than capable of standing on its own as a free and independent country. Canadians who believe the British people should give up their  sovereignty to be part of a United S
  
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• Ottawa's 'Snow-Banksy' steps out of the shadows - CBC.ca

  22-02-2019 11:49
  Ottawa's 'Snow-Banksy' steps out of the shadows  CBC.caOttawa's 'snow-Banksy,' who turns snow banks into art in Vanier, has been unveiled.
  
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• Ottawa Senators continue rebuild in trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets - Ottawa Senators

  22-02-2019 09:00
  Ottawa Senators continue rebuild in trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets  Ottawa SenatorsOTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today that they have acquired a 2019 first-round draft pick, a conditional 2020 first-round selection, ...
  
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• Tweed brand name will be on Ontario lottery winner's cannabis shop

  22-02-2019 04:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  One of the first legal cannabis stores in Ontario will carry the name of Tweed, the cannabis grower in Smiths Falls.
  A pot-shop lottery winner has applied to open a store in London 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.
  Canopy Growth Corporation, Tweed’s parent company, said in a news release
  
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• Ottawa won't speed up Huawei debate, despite Mike Pompeo's threat - The Globe and Mail

  22-02-2019 02:20
  Ottawa won't speed up Huawei debate, despite Mike Pompeo's threat  The Globe and MailThe federal government says it will not expedite its deliberations on whether to ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from Canada's 5G networks – despite a ...
  
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• Former Carleton student pleads guilty to child-porn charges

  22-02-2019 01:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jason Sawyer, a 21-year-old former Carleton University student, sat outside Courtroom No. 12 on Thursday reading a book next to his mom, who was also reading a paperback. They had time to kill because court was running late. The tall and bearded Sawyer is a criminology student, but his 9 a.m. appointment in court had nothing to do with his studies.
  Sawyer was there to plead guilty to a most vile crime — child porn. The disgraced student, wearing a black tuque, stood before Ontario Court Ju
  
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• Social services agencies, citing overwhelming demand, ask city for more funding

  22-02-2019 01:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city’s community and protective services committee passed a 2019 draft budget Thursday that prompted numerous delegates from local social service organizations to come forward and ask for more funding to meet increasing demand for mental health services, emergency shelter and the other community programming they provide.
  Again and again, delegates who spoke before the committee offered examples and statistics to demonstrate their need for increased support in 2019.
  “Centretown is
  
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