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• Winter weather travel advisory ends in Ottawa after snowfall - OttawaMatters.com

  13-03-2019 23:50 via ottawamatters.com
  Winter weather travel advisory ends in Ottawa after snowfall  OttawaMatters.comThe advisory covered the entire Ottawa-Gatineau region.
  
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• Snow brings numerous collisions, weather travel advisory

  13-03-2019 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  A sudden dump of snow snarled traffic in and around Ottawa on Wednesday evening, with Environment Canada issuing a winter weather travel advisory at 5:45 p.m.
  “Snow, heavy at times, will affect the region this evening. Snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 cm are likely before the snow tapers off this evening,” the advisory stated. “Motorists should be prepared for challenging winter driving conditions including quickly accumulating snow on area highways.”
  At 5:23, the Ottawa police
  
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• City wants 'narratives' in $10M public art buy for Stage 2

  13-03-2019 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city’s $10-million public art program for the Stage 2 transit expansion is going international to find artists who can stitch together “narratives” for the rail lines.
  Just days after council voted to expand the Confederation Line and Trillium Line last week, the city sent out requests for artists to be pre-qualified on the art procurements for the $4.6-billion rail expansion project.
  Julie Dupont, the city’s manager of the public art program, said one of the lessons
  
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• Ottawa in a 'strong position' to finish Indigenous consultation on Trans Mountain in 90 days: Sohi - CBC News

  13-03-2019 23:31 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa in a 'strong position' to finish Indigenous consultation on Trans Mountain in 90 days: Sohi  CBC NewsNatural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says Indigenous consultation efforts on the Trans Mountain expansion project are expected to wrap up in 90 days, ...
  
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• Eyes on provincial government for hospital planning money - Ottawa Citizen

  13-03-2019 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eyes on provincial government for hospital planning money  Ottawa CitizenThe Ford government's first provincial budget, to be delivered in less than a month, could determine whether planning for a new Civic super hospital remains on ...
  
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• Eyes on provincial government for hospital planning money

  13-03-2019 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ford government’s first provincial budget, to be delivered in less than a month, could determine whether planning for a new Civic super hospital remains on track.
  The new multibillion-dollar Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital is in the early stages of planning. It is expected to open in 2026.
  The hospital is awaiting provincial funding to continue planning work, including major traffic and heritage studies and more detailed design work, among other things. If the money for the next st
  
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• Woman recounts sexual assault on day Abdi died - CTV News

  13-03-2019 22:31 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Woman recounts sexual assault on day Abdi died  CTV NewsSecurity measures have been increased at the manslaughter trial for Constable Daniel Montsion following an alleged incident yesterday. And court heard ...
  
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• Inquest into Innes Road jail suicide of Justin St. Amour to begin April 8

  13-03-2019 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A coroner’s inquest into the death of Justin St. Amour will begin in Ottawa on April 8.
  St. Amour hanged himself at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre on Dec. 8, 2016. St. Amour, 31, suffered from schizophrenia and was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance and assaulting a police officer after an altercation at The Ottawa Hospital, where he had gone to seek treatment.
  The inquest comes just months after the inquest into the death of 30-year-old Cleve Geddes, another man with sc
  
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• Crown drops case against Ottawa brothers accused in 2012 home invasion

  13-03-2019 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Richard and Geovanni Ellis stood in Ottawa court last month and braced for another fight to finally clear their names in a violent and bloody 2012 home invasion that targeted a reputed drug dealer and one-time pimp.
  Richard, 34, and brother Geovanni, 26, stood and pleaded not guilty, only for the Crown, without calling a single witness and saying it had no reasonable prospect of conviction, to ask Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips for a stay, which he granted right away.
  After a seve
  
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• Crown drops case against Ottawa brothers accused in 2012 home invasion - Ottawa Citizen

  13-03-2019 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Crown drops case against Ottawa brothers accused in 2012 home invasion  Ottawa CitizenRichard and Geovanni Ellis stood in Ottawa court last month and braced for another fight to finally clear their names in a violent and bloody 2012 home invasion ...
  
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• As academic year winds down, Ottawa's student newspapers face uncertain future - Ottawa Citizen

  13-03-2019 21:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  As academic year winds down, Ottawa's student newspapers face uncertain future  Ottawa CitizenAs the school year winds to a close, campus news organizations in Ottawa face an uncertain future as they grapple with the provincial government's decision to ...
  
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• As academic year winds down, Ottawa's student newspapers face uncertain future

  13-03-2019 21:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the school year winds to a close, campus news organizations in Ottawa face an uncertain future as they grapple with the provincial government’s decision to allow university students to opt out of fees deemed “non-essential.”
  In January, the Progressive Conservatives announced a host of post-secondary education reforms — including a contentious decision to revamp the Ontario Student Assistance Program and end free tuition for low-income students — in a bid to trim
  
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• U.S. Army officer stationed in Ottawa among Ethiopian Airlines crash dead - CBC.ca

  13-03-2019 21:51 via cbc.ca
  U.S. Army officer stationed in Ottawa among Ethiopian Airlines crash dead  CBC.caAn American army captain on a military exchange in Ottawa is among the dead in the Ethiopian Airlines crash according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy.
  
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• Montsion defence team alleges mishandling of critical evidence, formally requests stay on all charges

  13-03-2019 21:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Const. Daniel Montsion’s defence team has formally asked for a stay on all charges after serving court with a charter application alleging evidence was “lost or destroyed” and alleging “abuse of process” in the mishandling of critical video evidence showing the fatal arrest of Abdirahman Abdi.
  The defence team of Michael Edelson and Solomon Friedman on Wednesday served court with the application, one of three potential charter motions the defence told the judge it w
  
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• SIU: Witnesses sought after teen hurt in altercation with Ottawa police

  13-03-2019 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is making a public appeal for witnesses after a 19-year-old man was seriously injured while being stopped by Ottawa police outside Herongate Mall last week.
  In a news release, the SIU said police were called to the south-end mall at about 11 a.m. on March 7 to deal with “a person of interest.”  When police arrived, the man in question fled. He was pursued and “apprehended” on Walkley Road, near the Food Basics store.
  
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• SIU: Witnesses sought after teen hurt in altercation with Ottawa police - Ottawa Citizen

  13-03-2019 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  SIU: Witnesses sought after teen hurt in altercation with Ottawa police  Ottawa CitizenThe province's Special Investigations Unit is making a public appeal for witnesses after a 19-year-old man was seriously injured while being stopped by Ottawa ...
  
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• Veteran Tory MP warns he'll sever financial support for Ontario PCs after Hillier suspended from caucus

  13-03-2019 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Veteran Conservative MP Scott Reid has pledged to sever his financial support for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party unless his provincial counterpart, MPP Randy Hillier, is invited back into the PC caucus. 
  Hillier, the MPP for Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston, was ousted from the Ontario PC caucus on Feb. 20 following dismissive remarks he was alleged to have made toward a group of parents of children with autism in the public gallery at Queen’s Park.
  Premier Doug Ford
  
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• Clover Food | Drink, a cosy and well-regarded eatery in Centretown, to close in mid-April

  13-03-2019 21:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clover Food | Drink, a well-regarded and socially progressive restaurant in Centretown, is to close next month after almost five years in business, its “exhausted” chef and co-owner West de Castro said Wednesday.
  De Castro broke the news on Twitter early Wednesday morning, writing: “We will be serving our last diners on April 13. ‘Til we lock the doors for the final time, we hope you can join us for a drink, a meal, or even a chat.”
  May ‘14: leased 155 Bank St
  
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• Police probe Queensway crash after car flips in collision with truck

  13-03-2019 20:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police are investigating a crash between a tractor-transport and a car on the Queensway at Maitland Avenue Wednesday morning that left one man injured and blocked the expressway for an hour.
  The crash occurred around 10:15 a.m.
  An investigation by Ontario Provincial Police found that the 71-year-old male driver of the car had experienced “medical distress” before his vehicle crashed into a traffic barrier. The car then landed in the driving lane and was hit by the tractor.
  
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• Glavin: Whatever we do about China, it can't be more of the same

  13-03-2019 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  One day, it’s the revelation of a vast cyberhacking operation run out of Beijing targeting military-value oceanographic technology research at more than two dozen universities in North America and Southeast Asia. The next day, it’s a lurid story out of Florida about the operator of a chain of massage parlours whose intimate associations with U.S President Donald Trump and his inner circle are as numerous as her affiliations with a shadowy overseas influence-peddling and asset-recruit
  
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• Four injured, one critically, in three-vehicle crash in Findlay Creek

  13-03-2019 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four people were injured, including a critically injured older woman, after a three-car collision Wednesday morning at Findley Creek Drive and Albion Road in the city’s south end.
  The crash occurred at about 12:45 a.m.
  Ottawa firefighters were at the scene to extricate an elderly woman from a vehicle.
  Paramedics reported the woman was in critical condition with “multi-system trauma.” An elderly man was reported in serious condition with back and neck injuries.
  Scene of a three
  
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• Police seek to ID man in west-end investigation

  13-03-2019 18:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Detectives are asking the public to help them identify a man as part of what they will only say is an ongoing investigation in the city’s west end.
  Investigators would like to speak to the man who is described as white and in his 30s with dark hair and a full beard.
  He speaks English and carries a black bag similar to a laptop bag.
  Anyone with information regarding his identity is asked to call the west criminal investigations unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 2666. Anonymous tips can be made to C
  
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• Dining Out: Rabbit Hole livens up Sparks Street with hip vibe, crowd-pleasing plates

  13-03-2019 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rabbit Hole208 Sparks St., 613-695-0500, rabbitholeott.caOpen: Monday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., closed SundayPrices: pizzas $18 to $20, mains $17 to $26Access: no steps to front door, seating upstairs and downstairs, washrooms on both levels
  Given the perennial problem of enlivening downtown Ottawa once its offices shut down for the night, the hopes for Rabbit Hole on Sparks Street are especially high.
  Located a few steps east of Bank St
  
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• Police probe Queensway crash after car flips after collision with truck

  13-03-2019 18:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police are investigating a crash between a tractor-transport and a car on the Queensway at Maitland Avenue Wednesday morning that left one man injured and blocked the expressway for an hour.
  The crash occurred shortly after 10 a.m. when the vehicles apparently collided, causing the car to flip.
  All eastbound lanes of the Queensway were blocked at Maitland Avenue as responders worked on the scene.
  The left shoulder and two westbound lanes were also blocked, the city’s traffic cen
  
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• What Ottawa travellers need to know after Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes grounded

  13-03-2019 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Travellers coming to and from Ottawa’s airport have been advised to expect delays in rebooking after the federal transport minister announced the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes over safety concerns.
  Transport Minister Marc Garneau is grounding the aircraft after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed all 157 passengers on board, including 18 Canadians.
  In a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday morning, delayed twice by what Garneau said was incoming new informati
  
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• What Ottawa travellers need to know after Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes grounded - Ottawa Citizen

  13-03-2019 18:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  What Ottawa travellers need to know after Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes grounded  Ottawa CitizenTravellers coming to and from Ottawa's airport have been advised to expect delays in rebooking after the federal transport minister announced the grounding of ...
  
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• ONTARIO: Province lands $11M from Ottawa to combat guns, gang violence - ElliotLakeToday.com

  13-03-2019 18:13 via elliotlaketoday.com
  ONTARIO: Province lands $11M from Ottawa to combat guns, gang violence  ElliotLakeToday.comWe have to invest in our kids and our communities to address the circumstances that give rise to violence,” federal minister Bill Blair says at Aurora ...
  
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• Paramedics respond to serious crash just south of Ottawa airport - OttawaMatters.com

  13-03-2019 17:57 via ottawamatters.com
  Paramedics respond to serious crash just south of Ottawa airport  OttawaMatters.comOttawa paramedics say an elderly woman is in hospital with multi-system trauma, while an elderly man is in serious condition following a three-vehicle crash on ...
  
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• House Works: Your questions on woodworking with logs, coating garage floors

  13-03-2019 17:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Woodworking with logs
  Q: Is it possible to make something from the oak tree I cut down at my place? I don’t have many tools, but I’d really like to make something from at least part of the wood.
  Sawing small logs into “lumber” is a fun way of getting free wood for woodworking projects. Steve is sawing this quarter section of oak log into boards with a bandsaw
  A: That’s an interesting project you’ve got in mind, and yes, you can make things directly from your t
  
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• Midway through Florida vacation, Trudeau jets back to Ottawa for day of 'private meetings' - National Post

  13-03-2019 17:51 via nationalpost.com
  Midway through Florida vacation, Trudeau jets back to Ottawa for day of 'private meetings'  National PostLess than two days after taking the prime ministerial jet to Florida for his spring vacation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used it to quietly return to Ottawa for a ...
  
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• Thomas Chabot out week-to-week with broken toe - Ottawa Sun

  13-03-2019 17:46 via ottawasun.com
  Thomas Chabot out week-to-week with broken toe  Ottawa SunThe Ottawa Senators may be forced to finish their season with out all-star defenceman Thomas Chabot.After blocking a shot and finishing the game in a 3-2 loss ...
  
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• Police don't want to come to your St. Patrick's Day party

  13-03-2019 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  After door-knocking at known party houses Tuesday, on Wednesday police warned revellers that there will be a “large and sustained” police presence in Sandy Hill and the ByWard Market along with bylaw officers and liquor inspectors this St. Patrick’s weekend.
  Officers visited addresses that have been the subject of past noise and other complaints Tuesday night, Const. Amy Gagnon said.
  The police presence will kick off Friday night. then continue Saturday and into St. Patrick&rsq
  
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• Ottawa establishing investigation unit, national toll-free helpline to address abuse in sport - CBC News

  13-03-2019 17:18 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa establishing investigation unit, national toll-free helpline to address abuse in sport  CBC NewsOne month after a CBC News and Sports investigation revealed at least 222 coaches involved in amateur sports over 20 years have been convicted of sexual ...
  
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• The birds and the bees: Gatineau opens door to urban farmers

  13-03-2019 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  After two phases of a pilot project went well, Gatineau is opening the henhouse door to urban farmers. Also the beehive door.
  People with a property of at least 350 square metres can build a shed for up to five hens that lay eggs, or keep a beehive.
  Formal approval is expected at a council meeting next Tuesday. Assuming that goes through, people will have to apply online to Gatineau anytime on or after March 20, and there are some rules:
  • Production of hens or honey is allowed for personal
  
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• Ottawa band up for a Juno, but not for its music - CBC.ca

  13-03-2019 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa band up for a Juno, but not for its music  CBC.caAn Ottawa band and artist are on the ballot for Sunday evening's Juno Awards in London, Ont., for the artwork on its latest album. Jack Pine and The Fire is ...
  
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• Questions remain about Harjit Sajjan’s $161,000 photo bill

  13-03-2019 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last month I had an article about taxpayers spending $161,000 for photographers to take images of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on his various trips. The Liberal government says these photographs are proof that Canada is re-engaging on the world stage.
  The amount covers 26 trips since late 2015 to locations such as India, Trenton, Yellowknife, Brussels, Ukraine, Latvia, Iraq and Africa.
  Sajjan’s spokeswoman, Renée Filiatrault, said in an email that such photographers are used by th
  
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• Queensway blocked at Maitland as vehicle flips, traps occupant

  13-03-2019 16:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  All eastbound lanes of the Queensway were blocked at Maitland Avenue mid-morning Wednesday after a crash that catapulted a vehicle onto its roof and left an occupant trapped.
  The left shoulder and two westbound lanes were also blocked, the city’s traffic centre reported.
  The fire department said that they were summoned on reports of an unconscious patient trapped in the vehicle.
  The patient was freed from the wreck by about 10:35 a.m.
  Paramedics took the patient. There was no immediate wor
  
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• Abdirahman support group 'denounces' alleged anti-Semitic remarks at trial

  13-03-2019 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition issued a statement Wednesday morning saying that it “strongly denounces” all racist and anti-Semitic acts and “stands firmly against such hateful ideologies.”
  “The coalition was shocked to hear reports of alleged intimidation of Constable Daniel Montsion and defence counsels Solomon Friedman and Michael Edelson,” the group tweeted.
  The acts allegedly occurred Tuesday during Montsion’s trial on charges including mansla
  
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• Why the Belleville Senators are Ottawa's only hope - theScore

  13-03-2019 15:23 via thescore.com
  Why the Belleville Senators are Ottawa's only hope  theScoreTORONTO - Early on the morning of Feb. 22, a few hours before the Ottawa Senators traded point-per-game center Matt Duchene to Columbus, the team ...
  
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• Canadian port of entry arrests anger Akwesasne dispensary supporters

  13-03-2019 14:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  AKWESASNE — Supporters of cannabis dispensaries that have been operating on Cornwall Island without licences issued by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) are fuming over arrests at the Cornwall border checkpoint since Friday.
  People with connections to the dispensaries or the organizations running them have been detained by the Canada Border Services Agency when they attempted to cross through the checkpoint because of warrants for their arrest put out by the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Ser
  
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• Woman's body found in vacant Aylmer Road home

  13-03-2019 14:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police detectives and the Quebec coroner are investigating to determine the cause of death after the body of a woman was found in a long-vacant home on the Aylmer Road Tuesday evening.
  Few details were released but police said that the death did not immediately appear suspicious.
  A citizen discovered the body at about 8:30 p.m.
  Investigators and forensic officers analyzed the scene Tuesday night but had cleared the premises near the Champlain Bridge by Wednesday morning, a police spokes
  
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• Ottawa's 'Wild West' towing industry must change, officer says - CBC.ca

  13-03-2019 13:35 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's 'Wild West' towing industry must change, officer says  CBC.caA veteran Ottawa police officer is calling for licensing of tow truck drivers and greater oversight of the industry in Ottawa following another complaint about high ...
  
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• Chilly precip still in the forecast, but milder temps in sight

  13-03-2019 12:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The long and arduous trek towards spring continues Wednesday, and that means more chilly precipitation for the next few days.
  Wednesday will become increasingly cloudy through the day, with periods of snow in the afternoon, headed towards a high of 0 C, with light winds.
  The snow is expected to end, but there’s a chance of freezing drizzle and a low of -2 C, slightly chillier in the wind.
  Thursday looks mainly cloudy, with both a high and low of 6 C.
  Friday looks like more of the same, exc
  
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• 'Don't take your organs to Heaven': Orléan's man turns truck into a billboard for organ donors

  13-03-2019 12:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three times a week, 52 weeks a year, Steve Dunn makes the trek from his Orléans home and settles into a comfy chair in the basement of the Riverside Hospital. He’ll be there for the next 4 1/2 hours as his blood pumps through a life-saving kidney dialysis machine.
  It’s a routine he’s been doing for five years.
  “It’s like a part-time job, really,” said Dunn, 47.
  Frustrated by his half-decade wait for a kidney donor, Dunn has turned the back of his GMC pi
  
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• How Ottawa blew its half-hearted attempts at matching America’s energy tax competitiveness - Financial Post

  13-03-2019 12:00 via business.financialpost.com
  How Ottawa blew its half-hearted attempts at matching America’s energy tax competitiveness  Financial PostWith Canada's beleaguered oil and gas industry facing challenges to export to other countries, one might think that our governments would focus on some ...
  
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• Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine talk new music, Juno Awards and touring with Marianas Trench

  13-03-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
  Opening for Marianas Trench, 7 p.m. Saturday, TD Place
  Tickets: Start at $35, plus fees, available at tdplace.ca and in person at the box office, 613-232-6767.
  The lives of Elijah Woods and Jamie Fine changed in a big way after The Launch.Before winning an episode of the reality-TV talent competition last year, the made-in-Ottawa pop duo, known as Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, toiled in obscurity, writing and recording their own songs without much of a plan to push them ou
  
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• 'Butcher of Gatineau' granted parole, wants to live quiet life as new person

  13-03-2019 11:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Khaled Farhan, dubbed The Butcher of Gatineau by the press in 1999 after killing and then dismembering his lover days later, has won parole with the hopes of starting a new, quiet life as a transgender woman at an undisclosed halfway house.
  Farhan, now 46 and legally named Zahra Farhan, was found guilty in 2000 for the second-degree murder of her live-in girlfriend Karina Janveau, 24.
  After a hearing in January, Farhan was granted day parole for six months to help her reintegrate into society.
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• Today's letters: Why did councillors approve LRT Stage 2?

  13-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  LRT doubters should have voted No
  Re: Council OKs $4.6B Stage 2 transit contracts, March 7.
  I would like to know why some city councillors voted yes when they had doubts about the LRT Phase 2 project. Coun. Carol Anne Meehan asked, “Are we supposed to rubber stamp this project?” If that was how she felt, she should have voted No. I agree with Coun. Diane Deans’s position of voting No because she said she did not get enough information on the project.
  It is time council and the
  
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• Midway through Florida vacation, Trudeau jets back to Ottawa for day of 'private meetings' - Calgary Herald

  13-03-2019 08:00 via calgaryherald.com
  Midway through Florida vacation, Trudeau jets back to Ottawa for day of 'private meetings'  Calgary HeraldThe 4200-km round trip comes just as the prime minister is stepping up talk of his climate change agenda.
  
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• Firefighters extinguish Barrhaven strip mall blaze

  13-03-2019 02:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa firefighters put out a fire at a strip mall in Barrhaven around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
  Dispatch received several 911 calls around 8:55 p.m. reporting smoke and flames at 808 Greenbank Rd., near Fallowfield Road.
  Fire crews declared a working fire and “quickly knocked” it down. Firefighters remained on scene Tuesday night. There were no reported injuries. The cause was under investigation.
  
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