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• 'It’s the stuff of nightmares': Ottawa tornado victim warns other homeowners of hidden damages - CTV News

  05-03-2019 23:34 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  'It’s the stuff of nightmares': Ottawa tornado victim warns other homeowners of hidden damages  CTV NewsNearly six months on and residents in the Ottawa area are still trying to patch up their homes from the devastating tornados that ripped through the region on ...
  
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• Coach credits training, advance planning for defibrillator save of teenage basketball player

  05-03-2019 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  A basketball coach who helped resuscitate a teenage player who collapsed on the court in cardiac arrest two weeks ago credits his training and good planning for the save.
  “It was almost like I was in slow motion the whole time,” said Chris Waycott, an RCMP constable who coaches the Gloucester Wolverines basketball team. “I just remembered back to my training. I was quite surprised at how calm the three of us remained. It wasn’t until afterwards you think, ‘Wow. Did
  
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• Police appeal for help finding missing Gatineau man

  05-03-2019 23:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Feb. 16, Ian Lambert walked out of a party in Aylmer and hasn’t been seen since.
  Those closest to him fear for his safety but hold out hope that he will be found.
  “His kindness, generosity and sense of humour are greatly missed by his friends, family and colleagues,” says his roommate Paul Boult.
  A Facebook page, Finding Ian Lambert, has been created to help in the search and provide a place where friends, family and colleagues can share updates about the investigation into
  
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• Freeze-thaw cycles in Ottawa resulting in broken wrists, dislocated shoulders and concussions - CTV News

  05-03-2019 23:07 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Freeze-thaw cycles in Ottawa resulting in broken wrists, dislocated shoulders and concussions  CTV NewsConsider yourself lucky if you haven't fallen on the ice this winter. With some 40 freeze-thaw cycles, sidewalks and driveways have become treacherous, ...
  
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• Police appeal for help finding missing Gatineau man - Ottawa Citizen

  05-03-2019 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police appeal for help finding missing Gatineau man  Ottawa CitizenOn Feb. 16, Ian Lambert walked out of a party in Aylmer and hasn't been seen since.Those closest to him fear for his safety but hold out hope that he will be ...
  
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• Beaux-arts train station in Ottawa becomes temporary home for Canada's Senate - Dezeen

  05-03-2019 22:54 via dezeen.com
  Beaux-arts train station in Ottawa becomes temporary home for Canada's Senate  DezeenDiamond Schmitt Architects and KWC have transformed a historic building in Ottawa into the temporary home for Canada's upper house of parliament.
  
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• '6 Porsches monthly': thousands of dollars laundered in luxury cars, Ottawa says - CTV News

  05-03-2019 22:36 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  '6 Porsches monthly': thousands of dollars laundered in luxury cars, Ottawa says  CTV NewsCash transactions in B.C.'s auto industry are so significant, criminals could be buying the equivalent of six Porsche 911 Carreras a month with no reporting ...
  
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• $3B class action lawsuit filed against Ottawa over First Nations child welfare discrimination - CBC.ca

  05-03-2019 22:20 via cbc.ca
  $3B class action lawsuit filed against Ottawa over First Nations child welfare discrimination  CBC.caA $3.05 billion class action lawsuit has been filed against the federal government for discriminating against First Nations children by "systematically" ...
  
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• The two women seizing control of Ottawa - Maclean's

  05-03-2019 22:11 via macleans.ca
  The two women seizing control of Ottawa  Maclean'sShannon Proudfoot: Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are driving the action and dictating events. It's a radical departure from the regular boys' club.
  
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• Going out best bets, March 7 to 13

  05-03-2019 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
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  B.C.’s indie synth-rockers Mother Mother are on a major North American tour that pulls into the Algonquin Commons Theatre, 1385 Woodroffe Ave., on Thursday (March 7). They’re celebrating their seventh and latest album, Dance and Cry, and are sure to play their motivational anthem of a single, Get Up. Tickets are going fast for this all-ages show but check ticketmaster.ca for last-minute availability. The music starts at 8 p.m. with a set by Vancouver’s Said The Whale. Door
  
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• Casselman woman's death sparks bill to improve Ontario's 911 system

  05-03-2019 21:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Kathryn Missen called 911 on Labour Day 2014 in the middle of a severe asthma attack, she whispered faintly “I need a…” then gasped for breath as the operator tried to speak to her.
  She died a short time later on the floor of her Casselman house, without ever getting the emergency medical care she needed.
  A private member’s bill, which was introduced Tuesday in the Ontario legislature, would help people like Missen whose so-called “no voice contact” to 9
  
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• Damaged Cyclone helicopter now repaired, test flights underway

  05-03-2019 21:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Cyclone helicopter damaged during a landing on a Canadian naval supply ship has been repaired and tests are being conducted
  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 were operating with HMCS Regina in the Pacific near Hawaii at the time.
  No serious injuries were reported during the incident, according to the Canadian Forces.
  The military described the incident as a “hard l
  
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• Two scandals: How political power really works in Ottawa and Queen’s Park - Toronto Star

  05-03-2019 20:45 via thestar.com
  Two scandals: How political power really works in Ottawa and Queen’s Park  Toronto StarThe SNC-Lavalin and Ontario Provincial Police scandals playing out in Ottawa and at Queen's Park make for good political theatre. But amid the intrigue and the ...
  
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• Closures on QED, Alexandra Bridge Wednesday

  05-03-2019 20:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Expect road closures Wednesday on northbound Queen Elizabeth Drive and the Alexandra Bridge.
  The drive will be closed near Lewis Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for work on two manholes, the National Capital Commission warned.
  The bridge, meanwhile, will be closed to motorists — cyclists and pedestrians can still cross — from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for repairs, Public Services and Procurement Canada said.
   
  PARTIAL CLOSURES | Section of the northbound lane on Queen Elizabeth Driveway cl
  
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• Closures on QED, Alexandra Bridge Wednesday - Ottawa Citizen

  05-03-2019 20:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Closures on QED, Alexandra Bridge Wednesday  Ottawa CitizenExpect road closures Wednesday on northbound Queen Elizabeth Drive and the Alexandra Bridge.
  
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• Aleksei Oleinik vs. Walt Harris targeted for UFC Ottawa - MMA Fighting

  05-03-2019 20:00 via mmafighting.com
  Aleksei Oleinik vs. Walt Harris targeted for UFC Ottawa  MMA FightingA pair of heavyweights will clash in Canada's capital city. A bout between Aleksei Oleinik and Walt Harris is targeted for UFC Ottawa on May 4, sources ...
  
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• MacDonald and Ashe: Here's what feminist governance looks like

  05-03-2019 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  As Canadians continue to debate the implications of the SNC-Lavalin affair, one thing is clear. Canada does have a feminist leader who is doing politics differently. Her name is Jody Wilson-Raybould. And now, in an act of unprecedented solidarity, Jane Philpott has resigned from cabinet in support of Wilson-Raybould and her defence of the rule of law. This is what game-changing feminist governance looks like.
  Justin Trudeau promised “real change” and to “do politics differently
  
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• 'It's pretty shocking': Allium's chef-owner hopes to re-open before year's end following devastating fire

  05-03-2019 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last Friday morning, while he was in Chicago for a short vacation, Arup Jana was awakened by a tumult of texts.
  “I woke up to my phone going crazy … ‘I’m sorry for your loss.’ I had no idea. It was a bit traumatic,” Jana, the chef-owner of Allium restaurant on Holland Avenue, said Tuesday.
  Soon enough, Jana learned that his business, which he opened in 2004, had been devastated by a fire that began in the wee hours Friday morning. Neighbours called 911 at 2:3
  
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• Police seize two kilos of cocaine, small arsenal in Kingston raids

  05-03-2019 19:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  An operation aimed at fighting cocaine trafficking and dubbed Project Sparrow has netted nearly two kilograms of the drug and a small arsenal of firearms, Kingston police report.
  The investigation was launched in January when police say drug enforcement unit officers learned of a ring distributing large quantities and culminated with half a dozen raids within city limits Feb. 22.
  Police also seized cash and two vehicles valued at $25,000.
  Kevin John Harpell, 25, Angus William O’Neil, 21, a
  
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• Kanata crash sends three to hospital - Ottawa Sun

  05-03-2019 19:38 via ottawasun.com
  Kanata crash sends three to hospital  Ottawa Sun"Keep your seatbelt on until firefighters arrive, especially if you happen to be upside down."
  
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• Your picks for Ottawa's worst intersections - CBC.ca

  05-03-2019 19:33 via cbc.ca
  Your picks for Ottawa's worst intersections  CBC.caCBC traffic reporter Doug Hempstead picked four, then you sent in more.
  
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• Puppy love from airport dogs to little U.S. girl with brain cancer

  05-03-2019 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa airport’s canine unit took a break from sniffing out trouble Tuesday to join a continent-wide pack sending love to a little girl with an inoperable brain tumour.
  Seven-year-old Emma Mertens of Milwaukee suburb of Hartland loves dogs.
  And dogs are loving her right back thanks to kind owners as far away as Australia who want to bolster Emma’s spirits as she battles what CNN reported was a rare and incurable form of cancer.
  “We know that we can’t give you a hug be
  
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• Three people and pet displaced by east-end fire

  05-03-2019 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Red Cross and Salvation Army have been called to assist three people and a pet who were forced from a home by a fire in the city’s east end Tuesday.
  Firefighters responded to 370 Enfield Ave. near McArthur Avenue at about 11 a.m. on reports of black smoke coming from an upstairs bedroom in a multi-unit apartment building..
  Initial reports had indicated there was a person inside the building, but it was reported that all residents had left.
  Fire fighters initiated an aggressive interior
  
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• Three people and pet displaced by east-end fire - Ottawa Citizen

  05-03-2019 18:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people and pet displaced by east-end fire  Ottawa CitizenNo one was hurt but the Red Cross and Salvation Army were on their way to help three people and their pet left forced by their home by a fire in the city's east ...
  
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• West-end traffic stop yields drugs and a shotgun: Police

  05-03-2019 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  When patrol officers made a traffic stop in the city’s west end Friday night, they turned up a shotgun and cash.
  What they suspect were illegal drugs have also been sent off for analysis.
  City police report that they pulled over the vehicle on Carling Avenue near Kirkwood Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. and “during the interaction with the driver” the man was arrested.
  Dimisteris Voulgaridis, 28, is charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, possession of a prohi
  
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• Cohen: Philpott, Wilson-Raybould have put their achievements at risk

  05-03-2019 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  What was Jody Wilson-Raybould thinking when she left cabinet?
  If the answer is clear, the cost is not. Wilson-Raybould had to leave a government that had put “inappropriate” pressure on her as minister of justice. In her j’accuse, she airily invoked Watergate and the Saturday Night Massacre.
  “I am a truth-teller,” she declares, claiming a monopoly on truth, even if her truth brings down her government.
  Conservatives and New Democrats applaud, lamenting “moral
  
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• Ottawa sees modest rise in February home sales - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-03-2019 18:14 via obj.ca
  Ottawa sees modest rise in February home sales  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa realtors continued to sell residential properties at a brisk pace in February, though the year-over-year increase tapered off last month after the market's ...
  
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• Ottawa Bluesfest announces lineup for 2019, the festival’s 25th year - Global News

  05-03-2019 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa Bluesfest announces lineup for 2019, the festival’s 25th year  Global NewsThe lineup for Bluesfest 2019 was announced Tuesday morning and the festival will feature acts from all genres. Headlining the festival this year are The Killers, ...
  
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• Khan: How Justin Trudeau just proved the existence of white privilege

  05-03-2019 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is both ironic and tragic that an Indigenous woman, representing two causes Prime Minister Trudeau has supposedly championed, has initiated his fall from grace.
  Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony to the House of Commons Justice Commission exposed the many failings of high power. But perhaps the most incriminating of these is what many white people see as a “myth”: white privilege.
  It has reared its head in all its unsavoury glory, whether we like to admit it or not.
  Amid all t
  
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• First video of fatal Abdirahman Abdi arrest shown in Montsion trial

  05-03-2019 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two and a half years after the fatal arrest of Abdirahman Abdi, the trial of the Ottawa police officer charged in his death saw the first frames of video capturing the critical moments that, according to prosecutors, caused Abdi’s death.
  Const. Daniel Montsion has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
  The defence team of Michael Edelson and Solomon Friedman on Monday screened the first few frames of the controversial CCTV video that has dominated
  
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• Ottawa re-ups with PAL Aerospace on aerial surveillance contract | Truro News - Truro Daily News

  05-03-2019 17:09 via trurodaily.com
  Ottawa re-ups with PAL Aerospace on aerial surveillance contract | Truro News  Truro Daily NewsPAL Aerospace will continue to provide aerial surveillance for Canada's inland, coastal and offshore waters on behalf of the Government of Canada after having ...
  
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• Boswell: Wilson-Raybould's last act as justice minister a big reform

  05-03-2019 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four days after Jody Wilson-Raybould learned she was being shuffled out of her job as minister of justice and attorney general, and just three days before she left that office to become — briefly — the veterans affairs minister, the former B.C. prosecutor and regional First Nations chief issued an 11th-hour directive designed to radically transform Crown-Indigenous legal relations in Canada.
  The significance of the order’s timing only became clear when Wilson-Raybould, during h
  
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• LRT builder nets unflattering hat trick after city confirms RTG will miss third handover deadline

  05-03-2019 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Confederation Line LRT system won’t be ready by the end of March.
  City staff confirmed on Tuesday that the Rideau Transit Group won’t be able to hand over the $2.1-billion transit line by the latest deadline. The other missed handover deadlines were May 24, 2018 and Nov. 2, 2018.
  RTG says it can give the city the LRT system in the second quarter of 2019, but there isn’t an exact date.
  Another missed deadline comes with another $1-million penalty for RTG, which was also rung
  
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• Retired Ottawa hospital kitchen worker celebrating $199K lottery win - OttawaMatters.com

  05-03-2019 16:44 via ottawamatters.com
  Retired Ottawa hospital kitchen worker celebrating $199K lottery win  OttawaMatters.comGail Pommainville of Ottawa is $199,265.30 richer after playing OLG's Poker Lotto All In game. Part of those winnings came as a $5,000 win, playing the instant ...
  
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• Kanata's Instant Pot maker announces merger with kitchenware giant Corelle Brands - Ottawa Citizen

  05-03-2019 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kanata's Instant Pot maker announces merger with kitchenware giant Corelle Brands  Ottawa CitizenOttawa's Instant Brands Inc., maker of the popular Instant Pot, has agreed to a deal that will see it join houseware giant Corelle Brands LLC.
  
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• Handover of Ottawa’s Confederation LRT line delayed for a third time - Global News

  05-03-2019 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  Handover of Ottawa’s Confederation LRT line delayed for a third time  Global NewsOne day before voting on the $4.66-billion deal for Stage 2 of Ottawa's light-rail transit (LRT) system, the mayor and city councillors have learned that the ...
  
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• Kingston man, 34, arrested for 'multiple' threats to kill parents

  05-03-2019 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Kingston police responded to a dispute between neighbours Sunday, they discovered a more sinister threat: allegations that a 34-year-old man had been terrorizing his parents in their own home.
  Police arrived at the downtown residence at about 1:30 p.m. A man wanted police to warn his neighbour to stay away from his home.
  Officers spoke to the neighbour who agreed not to return but while they were there, the neighbour’s parents confided that they were worried by his behaviour and both
  
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• Police STEP program 'schooling' drivers like dunce at 49 km/h over limit

  05-03-2019 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  And the F for traffic safety goes to the motorist going 89 km/h in a school zone in Barrhaven Tuesday morning.
  Right behind is the pair of drivers going 40 klicks over the 40 km/h speed limit near St. Joseph High School on Greenbank Road.
  For the month of March, the Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s selective traffic enforcement (STEP)  program will focus on school zone safety and impaired driving.
  There were 858 collisions involving school buses or in school zones r
  
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• Traffic: Clear, dry in the capital, but watch for snow squalls on Hwy 401

  05-03-2019 14:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  We could get used to these clear, dry roads!
  Tuesday’s trip to work is — so far — trouble-free.
  OC Transpo had about three dozen cancelled trips by 8:15 a.m.
  Expect snarls at Jeanne d’Arc and Orléans boulevards where traffic signals are not working, the city’s traffic centre warned. It was cleared just before 9 a.m.
  But watch out for some snags outside the city.
  Heading west?
  East Region OPP is warning motorists in the Kingston and Quinte area to be ready for
  
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• Three taken to hospital after Kanata crash

  05-03-2019 14:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters had to free two people from a car with a crushed door late Monday night after a two-vehicle crash at March and Herzberg roads.
  Police called in firefighters to extricate them at 11:53 p.m., Ottawa Fire Services said. The two people were free at 12:05 a.m.
  Paramedics transported three people to the hospital but their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. There were no road closures in the area, police said.
  The fire department said that if motorists are trapped after a c
  
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• Flurries Tuesday, but you can see spring in the distance

  05-03-2019 13:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Look at it this way: Get through Tuesday and you’re looking at spring.
  Almost.
  Just one more sleep and then it’ll be sunny for a while.
  After a sunny morning Tuesday that felt like -25 with the windchill, some light snow was expected for the morning. The precip should end by the afternoon, with cloudy skies and a high of -11 C, which will feel like -18 in the wind. There’s a risk of frostbite, mostly if you stand around with no gloves on.
  Tuesday night’s low is expected t
  
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• Ottawa-based maker of Instant Pot to merge with U.S. kitchenware company Corelle - Global News

  05-03-2019 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa-based maker of Instant Pot to merge with U.S. kitchenware company Corelle  Global NewsThe company that makes the Instant Pot kitchen appliance has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Corelle Brands LLC.
  
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• Ottawa 2036: new official plan charts city's future - OttawaMatters.com

  05-03-2019 12:46 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa 2036: new official plan charts city's future  OttawaMatters.comThe city wants to know what you think Ottawa should look like over the next few decades, as it begins consultations on a new official plan. The city's goal is to ...
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Your Ottawa Expos - Ottawa Sun

  05-03-2019 12:43 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Your Ottawa Expos  Ottawa SunYOUR OTTAWA EXPOSWell folks, welcome to the Ottawa Expos. You remember that baseball team in Montreal that would take all those young talents, develop ...
  
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• Here's when spring is expected to arrive in Ottawa

  05-03-2019 12:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Days are getting long and the sky is turning deeper blue, but Eastern Ontario is locked into at least a week of unseasonably cold weather before it will start to feel like spring.
  “It’s a little too early to write the final chapter on winter,” notes David Phillips of Environment Canada.
  Ottawa’s long-term average temperatures for this time of year are a high of 0 and a low of -9.
  But the reality this week is much colder: highs ranging from a stingy -11 on Tuesday to -3 by
  
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• Today's letters: Should we approve LRT Phase 2 this week?

  05-03-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let’s see LRT Phase 1 in action first
  Re: Stage 2 LRT deadline arriving in a rush, March 4.
  We have no idea at this point whether Phase 1 of the LRT will work reliably in the winter, nor what the costs might be to make it work reliably, and who will end up paying those costs. Meanwhile, city council is being pressured to approve the $4.7-billion LRT Phase 2 expansion.
  Before taking on a huge new contractual obligation for LRT Phase 2, the city should insist on seeing Phase 1 operate smooth
  
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• Here's when spring is expected to arrive in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  05-03-2019 12:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here's when spring is expected to arrive in Ottawa  Ottawa CitizenDays are getting long and the sky is turning deeper blue, but Eastern Ontario is locked into at least a week of unseasonably cold weather before it will start to feel ...
  
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• Toronto Real Estate Board joins calls for Ottawa to modify mortgage stress test amid falling home sales - The Globe and Mail

  05-03-2019 11:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto Real Estate Board joins calls for Ottawa to modify mortgage stress test amid falling home sales  The Globe and MailMany groups working in the mortgage sector have called on the government to make changes that would make it easier for first-time homebuyers to get into the ...
  
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• Inside Ottawa's traffic nerve centre - CBC.ca

  05-03-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Inside Ottawa's traffic nerve centre  CBC.caFrom a nondescript city building in Hintonburg, controllers monitor roads and manipulate signals to keep traffic flowing on Ottawa's increasingly congested ...
  
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• Here are 4 of Ottawa's worst intersections - CBC.ca

  05-03-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Here are 4 of Ottawa's worst intersections  CBC.caI'm going to give you four intersections which are not only among the worst, but are also miserable in their own unique way.
  
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