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• Councillor removes 'beg buttons' at Old Ottawa South crosswalks - CBC.ca

  23-02-2019 22:52
  Councillor removes 'beg buttons' at Old Ottawa South crosswalks  CBC.caAn Ottawa city councillor has gotten rid of what he calls 'beg buttons' — the buttons pedestrians have to press if they want a crossing signal — along a busy ...
  
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• 'You will always be my bubble of joy': Family, friends remember former MP Paul Dewar

  23-02-2019 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  To the strains of Bob Marley and other music he loved, family, friends and former colleagues remembered former MP Paul Dewar Saturday as a leader whose dedication to public service and social justice, love of life and optimism inspired others.
  Ottawa-Centre MP for nine years and the son of former Ottawa mayor Marion Dewar, Dewar died on Feb. 6, a year after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He was 56.
  Numerous current and former politicians and officials attended the packed memorial se
  
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• Fantasy Fare: The teardown is on in Ottawa - Toronto Sun

  23-02-2019 21:37
  Fantasy Fare: The teardown is on in Ottawa  Toronto SunThe NHL trade deadline is but a couple of days away, enhancing many a fantasy hope and putting a dent in others. As usual, a few GMs got business out of the ...
  
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• A little bit of sun, then freezing rain warning for Sunday

  23-02-2019 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don’t blink or you will miss it: The sun that is.
  Environment Canada is calling for skies to clear Saturday, but later in the day, it looks as though it will cloud over, and sometime after midnight precipitation in some form, freezing rain, ice-pellets, rain or snow could begin.
  Saturday’s high is expected to be 2 C, dipping to an overnight low of around -3 C.
  That’s when things begin to get ridiculous.
  “Precipitation associated with a winter storm may begin as snow or ic
  
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• Brockville-area pedestrian, 78, killed when struck by Via Rail train

  23-02-2019 16:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  An elderly Maitland, Ont. man was killed in a collision with a Via Rail passenger train while apparently crossing the train tracks in a relatively remote section of railway Friday afternoon.
  The victim was identified as 78-year-old John Holman, Maitland is about 10 kilometres east of Brockville.
  According to police, the victim was struck at about 1 p.m. Friday at a private crossing. The victim was confirmed dead at the scene.
  Police and an ambulance were at the end tip of Apple Blossom Drive, wh
  
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• Two arrested in separate child porn cases in Kingston

  23-02-2019 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kingston police have charged a 17-year-old youth with child pornography offences as a result of an investigation that started in the United Kingdom.
  In a news release, police said they on Dec, 24, 2018 of a child luring investigation, originating in the UK, involving two girls who had been having online contact with a teen boy over social media.
  The boy had coerced the girls into sending him intimate pictures of themselves. The girls then contacted police in the UK.
  Members of the Kingston&rsquo
  
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• Suburban kids, parents and rock stars: A timeline of fentanyl's deadly toll

  23-02-2019 14:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  1959
  Belgian physician Dr. Paul Janssen develops and produces a new anesthetic, fentanyl, that is 100 times more powerful than morphine. Through his company, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, he also develops drugs used to treat diarrhea in the developing world and HIV/AIDS. Janssen died in 2003.
  1960s
  Fentanyl comes into widespread use as an intravenous anesthetic alongside several other closely related derivatives of Janssen’s original drug.
  1968
  The U.S Food and Drug Administration approves Fent
  
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• 'Construction and opioids go really well together': One industry's battle with drug addiction

  23-02-2019 13:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Logan Carroll started drinking at 12, smoking weed at 13 and was doing cocaine in high school.
  His love of oxycodone began when he got his wisdom teeth out at age 16 and tried Percocet for the first time.
  He became an IV drug user at 19, injecting heroin and, later, after he moved out west from Ottawa, “purple putty” a dangerous mix of drugs including the potent opioid fentanyl.
  But it was while working as a general labourer that his addiction to hydromorphone, methadone and fentanyl
  
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• A little bit of sun before freezing precipitation drops in

  23-02-2019 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don’t blink or you will miss it: the sun that is.
  Environment Canada is calling for skies to clear today sometime around noon. Later in the day, though it looks as though it will cloud over, and sometime after midnight precipitation in some form, freezing rain, ice-pellets, rain or snow could begin.
  The high today is expected to be 2 C with a wind chill of minus 12 in the morning. Overnight lows are expected to be around minus 3 C with a wind chill bringing that down to around minus 9.
  Sun
  
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• Today's letters: Wernick's rant made things worse

  23-02-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wernick’s comments were appalling
  Re: ‘I worry about my country,’ Feb. 22.
  I was appalled by the performance and statements of the Clerk of the Privy Council at the House of Commons Justice Committee.Far from being a non-partisan servant of the government, Michael Wernick came across as a rabid cheerleader for the party currently in power. His attempts to rationalize the pressure exerted on the-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding SNC-Lavalin as “appropria
  
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• 'I can't put it into words:' Clinic source of relief to patients with back pain

  23-02-2019 05:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Months later, the memory of the pain is still knife-sharp for patient Lynne Miles.
  “It ran down my left leg. I had no sensation in my left foot. I couldn’t bend over. I couldn’t sit. The pain was affecting me psychologically,” she said.
  “I truly was at the end of my ability to cope. I felt I could not go on in that situation.”
  Miles (who is not the Ottawa singer of the same name) is grateful the severe pain is mostly a memory now. That, she says, is thanks to
  
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• BAGNALL: Why the city stayed with SNC-Lavalin in LRT extension

  23-02-2019 04:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  When City of Ottawa procurement staff three years ago began evaluating builders for the second stage of the transformative light rail project, they had no idea the time frame would coincide with a political earthquake.
  SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal construction and engineering giant that’s been pushing relentlessly for a negotiated settlement to charges it bribed Libyan officials, was all along a strong contender. Not only does SNC-Lavalin hold a 40 per cent interest in Rideau Transit Group, t
  
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• Michael Wernick has a long history in Ottawa, even if it has been in the shadows - The Globe and Mail

  23-02-2019 03:04
  Michael Wernick has a long history in Ottawa, even if it has been in the shadows  The Globe and MailClerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick waits to appear before the Justice Committee meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2019. Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press.
  
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• Homicide investigation begins, police ask for public's assistance

  23-02-2019 02:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police have asked for the public’s help after opening a homicide investigation into the death of 55-year-old Gaetan Jolin.
  Jolin was discovered “badly injured” at a Jolliet Avenue address (in the 0-100 block) in Vanier on Wednesday, police tweeted Friday evening. He died about 14 hours later in hospital, Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt said Friday night.
  Police had responded to the address after receiving a 911 call at about 2 p.m., Pirt said, but he declined to discuss the na
  
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• Homicide investigation begins, police ask for public's assistance - Ottawa Citizen

  23-02-2019 01:33
  Homicide investigation begins, police ask for public's assistance  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa police have asked for the public's help after opening a homicide investigation into the death of 55-year-old Gaetan Jolin.
  
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• Ottawa dad starts birthday by rescuing someone from burning house - CTV News

  23-02-2019 01:17
  Ottawa dad starts birthday by rescuing someone from burning house  CTV NewsAn Ottawa dad is being hailed a hero after he started his birthday by rescuing someone from a burning house.
  
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• Trans Mountain oil recommendations for Ottawa: a look at the 16 conditions - TheSpec.com

  23-02-2019 01:00
  Trans Mountain oil recommendations for Ottawa: a look at the 16 conditions  TheSpec.comIf the expansion is approved by Ottawa, the regulator says it will impose 156 conditions on the project.
  
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• No shadow on city's choice of SNC-Lavalin, says anti-corruption expert

  23-02-2019 00:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  SNC-Lavalin may be taking a beating in the headlines, but a University of Ottawa business professor who is an expert in transparency and integrity says he’s confident about the city’s decision to hire the embattled engineering giant.
  What really matters is the city has performed its internal procedures, said Marc Tasse, a forensic accountant who teaches at the Telfer School of Management and an expert in fraud prevention and detection, money laundering prevention and anti-bribery and
  
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• Ottawa police investigating homicide in Vanier - CBC.ca

  23-02-2019 00:51
  Ottawa police investigating homicide in Vanier  CBC.caOttawa police are now investigating a homicide after finding a badly injured man in Vanier on Wednesday.
  
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• Homicide investigation in Vanier - CTV News

  23-02-2019 00:48
  Homicide investigation in Vanier  CTV NewsOttawa Police are investigating the death of a man who was found badly injured inside a Vanier residence as a homicide.
  
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• Garrioch: Duchene didn't want to stay in Ottawa, Sens had to move on - TSN

  23-02-2019 00:23
  Garrioch: Duchene didn't want to stay in Ottawa, Sens had to move on  TSNBrent Wallace and Bruce Garrioch take a closer look at the Blue Jackets' acquisition of Matt Duchene, discuss if there's a glimmer of hope that Mark Stone could ...
  
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• Catch the Ace Lottery winner: 'I was in shock' - CTV News

  23-02-2019 00:18
  Catch the Ace Lottery winner: 'I was in shock'  CTV NewsThe McEachen family from Douglas, ON. catches the ace to win $574002.50 .
  
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• The Ottawa Senators have traded Matt Duchene - Ottawa Sun

  23-02-2019 00:09
  The Ottawa Senators have traded Matt Duchene  Ottawa SunMatt Duchene, acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in a blockbuster deal in November 2017, has been traded.
  
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• Ottawa residents helping the local homeless by facing the cold - OttawaMatters.com

  23-02-2019 00:01
  Ottawa residents helping the local homeless by facing the cold  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Mission is holding The Coldest Night of the Year 2019 to raise awareness and funds for the homeless.
  
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