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• St. Pat's auto shop teacher denies molesting girls at school

  15-03-2019 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Robert Lavergne is not like the other teachers at St. Patrick’s Catholic High School.
  He’s an auto shop teacher, 55 years old — the one who hugged the girls as they walked into his class.
  Lavergne also bought his favourite students gifts, including a charm bracelet. He gave them clothes and brought in his wife’s home-cooked meals for his lunch club to feed “the poor kids.”
  He was the teacher who met teen girls at the auto shop on weekends. The kids had his cel
  
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• Tories' sex ed includes gender identity, but promises online modules for parents who opt out

  15-03-2019 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s new Health and Physical Education curriculum has angered the government’s most conservative supporters and disappointed progressives who say it doesn’t do enough to teach young people about issues such as gender identity.
  The curriculum, announced Friday by Education Minister Lisa Thompson, includes some elements of the 2015 sex ed program introduced by the previous Liberal government, although the topic of gender identity and gender expression is delayed until the se
  
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• Ottawa man wanted for a string of break and enters in Centretown - OttawaMatters.com

  15-03-2019 23:30 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa man wanted for a string of break and enters in Centretown  OttawaMatters.comPolice say he is facing 5 charges of breaking and entering and is an active suspect in numerous others.
  
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• Doggie doo assault prompts police investigation in Belleville

  15-03-2019 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  An alleged assault by dog poo has prompted a police investigation in Belleville.
  According to the city’s police service, a man was sitting in his stopped car near Tripp and Pepper avenues when a female “walked over and threw a bag of dog feces into the car, striking him and injuring his eye.”
  Police responded to a complaint about the incident at 2 p.m. on Thursday. The female suspect was located in a nearby home, police said, adding that the investigation was continuing.
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• Ottawa students join global march demanding climate action - Global News

  15-03-2019 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa students join global march demanding climate action  Global NewsMore than 300 students marched from the University of Ottawa to Parliament Hill Friday, joining hundreds of other protests worldwide in demanding action ...
  
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• High school students face larger classes, mandatory courses taught online, says province

  15-03-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  High school students will face some of the the biggest changes to their education under plans announced by the Ontario government, with larger classes and mandatory courses delivered online.
  The average size of high school classes will increase from 22 to 28, Ontario’s education ministry announced Friday.
  No changes were made to the caps now in place that restrict class sizes in kindergarten to Grade 3. The average size of classes in Grades 4 to 8 will increase by one student, Education Mi
  
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• After his depression reached a crisis point, an Ottawa funeral home employee created a lifeline for his peers - The Globe and Mail

  15-03-2019 23:05 via theglobeandmail.com
  After his depression reached a crisis point, an Ottawa funeral home employee created a lifeline for his peers  The Globe and MailHaunted by his job, Michael Dixon had decided to end his life. Instead, he reached out, then set up a support group to help others.
  
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• After depression nearly killed him, an Ottawa funeral home employee created a lifeline for his peers - The Globe and Mail

  15-03-2019 23:05 via theglobeandmail.com
  After depression nearly killed him, an Ottawa funeral home employee created a lifeline for his peers  The Globe and MailThe bodies blur together after a while, Michael Dixon says, because how else would anyone keep doing the job, travelling to homicides, accidents and suicides ...
  
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• 'I was horrified': Anger, sadness at Ottawa mosque over fatal shootings - CBC.ca

  15-03-2019 22:47 via cbc.ca
  'I was horrified': Anger, sadness at Ottawa mosque over fatal shootings  CBC.caHorror at what happened. Anger at the fact it did. Appreciation for the words of support. Those were just a few of the sentiments expressed in Ottawa following ...
  
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• Ottawa heading to trial in class action lawsuit by residential school day scholars - CBC.ca

  15-03-2019 21:50 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa heading to trial in class action lawsuit by residential school day scholars  CBC.caOttawa is heading to trial next month over a class action lawsuit involving students who attended residential schools during the day in which its lawyers have ...
  
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• Friday prayers a time of mourning for Ottawa Muslim community

  15-03-2019 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Abdel Felfel told his daughter, Rahmah, that he was going to prayer at the Ottawa Mosque on Friday, the nine-year-old, with thoughts of New Zealand’s mosque shootings fresh in her mind, became very concerned for her father’s safety.
  He told her not to worry and assured her that Canada is a much better place and that what happened in Christchurch couldn’t happen here. But Felfel, a trustee of the Ottawa Muslim Association, isn’t convinced that what he told her was tru
  
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• Friday prayers a time of mourning for Ottawa Muslim community - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Friday prayers a time of mourning for Ottawa Muslim community  Ottawa CitizenWhen Abdel Felfel told his daughter, Rahmah, that he was going to prayer at the Ottawa Mosque on Friday, the nine-year-old, with thoughts of New Zealand's ...
  
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• How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ottawa - Global News

  15-03-2019 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ottawa  Global NewsSt. Patrick's Day is right around the corner and there is no shortage of ways to celebrate the Irish holiday in the nation's capital this year.
  
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• Ottawa serves up a weekend plan for potholes and puddles - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 20:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa serves up a weekend plan for potholes and puddles  Ottawa CitizenOttawa has road crews on a variety of winter tasks in the coming days, as the city faces a chilly weekend but otherwise warmer weather as spring arrives, ...
  
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• Ottawa serves up a weekend plan for potholes and puddles

  15-03-2019 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa has road crews on a variety of winter tasks in the coming days, as the city faces a chilly weekend but otherwise warmer weather as spring arrives, creating two kinds of road hazards.The freeze-thaw cycle is weakening pavement and creating potholes. As well, snowbanks have been melting all over town while sewer grates are still covered in ice, causing ponding on streets and sidewalks because water can’t run off.
  Here what you need to know about the city’s work, summarized from
  
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• Long-time Putin confidant Yakunin among names on Ottawa’s latest Russian sanctions list - The Globe and Mail

  15-03-2019 20:19 via theglobeandmail.com
  Long-time Putin confidant Yakunin among names on Ottawa’s latest Russian sanctions list  The Globe and MailCanada has added dozens of names to its list of Russian companies and individuals targeted for sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine – including two ...
  
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• Ottawa Board of Trade unhappy with NCC's new direction for LeBreton Flats - Ottawa Business Journal

  15-03-2019 20:16 via obj.ca
  Ottawa Board of Trade unhappy with NCC's new direction for LeBreton Flats  Ottawa Business JournalThe Ottawa Board of Trade is urging the NCC to return to the negotiating table with previous bidders on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment in hopes of salvaging ...
  
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• Vigil to be held at Ottawa's Human Rights Monument in wake of New Zealand attacks - OttawaMatters.com

  15-03-2019 19:32 via ottawamatters.com
  Vigil to be held at Ottawa's Human Rights Monument in wake of New Zealand attacks  OttawaMatters.comOttawans are getting together to show support for their Muslim community in the wake of two terrorist attacks at New Zealand mosques, which left 49 people ...
  
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• RIP, Justin Haynes: Ottawa-raised musician dies at 46

  15-03-2019 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Toronto guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Justin Haynes
  Justin Haynes, a Toronto-based, Ottawa-raised guitarist and pianist whose talents, creativity and prolific output staggered his peers for more than two decades, died this week.
  He was 46, and his pursuit of his artistry came with personal struggles. In January, Haynes was homeless for several days and he wrote harrowingly on his website and in Now Toronto of his stay at Seaton House, Canada’s largest homeless shelter.
  Haynes’s
  
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• High schools students face larger classes, mandatory courses taught online, says province

  15-03-2019 19:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  High school students will face some of the the biggest changes to their education under plans announced by the Ontario government, with larger classes and mandatory courses delivered online.
  The average size of high school classes will increase from 22 to 28, Ontario’s education ministry announced Friday.
  The larger classes will “align secondary class sizes more closely to other jurisdictions across Canada,” the ministry said.
  No changes were made to the caps now in place that
  
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• RIP, Justin Haynes: Ottawa-raised musician dies at 46 - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 18:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  RIP, Justin Haynes: Ottawa-raised musician dies at 46  Ottawa CitizenJustin Haynes, a Toronto-based, Ottawa-raised guitarist and pianist whose talents, creativity and prolific output staggered his peers for more than two decades, ...
  
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• Ottawa man, 20, charged in Mar. 9 Dynes Road stabbing

  15-03-2019 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arrested a 20-year-old man Thursday in connection with a stabbing on Dynes Road last weekend.
  A man in his 20s was taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was found by officers responding to the call near Prince of Wales Drive at about 1:20 a.m. Mar. 9.
  Khaled Maayteh appeared in court Friday and was charged with aggravated assault, as well as being unlawfully in a dwelling and possession of a dangerous weapon.ALSO IN THE NEWS: 
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• Ottawa man, 20, charged in Mar. 9 Dynes Road stabbing - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 18:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa man, 20, charged in Mar. 9 Dynes Road stabbing  Ottawa CitizenPolice arrested a 20-year-old man Thursday in connection with a stabbing on Dynes Road last weekend.A man in his 20s was taken to the hospital with injuries ...
  
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• Services start Saturday for Ethiopian crash victims with Ottawa links

  15-03-2019 18:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Celebrations of life are scheduled for Saturday for two victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash nearly a week ago.
  Pius Adesanmi, the Nigerian-born director of Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies, will be remembered in a service at 1 p.m. at the Metropolitan Bible Church, 2176 Prince of Wales Dr.
  One of 18 Canadians who died Sunday when the jet crashed in Addis Ababa shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board, Carleton University remembered Adesanmi as “a r
  
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• Cornwall MPP stands by staff's decision to call police on autism parents

  15-03-2019 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  CORNWALL — Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell is standing behind his staff member’s decision to call the police on a group of parents came into his Cornwall constituency office with their children earlier this week.
  The parents came in to demand they get to speak to someone about the changes the Progressive Conservative government is making to the funding model for therapy and support programs for kids with autism.
  McDonell is recovering from hip surgery and was not at
  
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• McKee: Canada's politicians should address unfair tax havens

  15-03-2019 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Politicians talk about what they want to talk about and not what’s necessarily important and relevant to Canadians. There are taboo subjects that no political party will address.  Tax laws that legally allow affluent Canadians to use tax havens to avoid paying tax are highly relevant to all Canadians. They’re also at the top of the list of taboo topics political parties refuse to talk about. Canada’s tax regulations have created a two-tier tax system, one for the rich and
  
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• McKee: Canada's politicians should address unfair tax havens - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  McKee: Canada's politicians should address unfair tax havens  Ottawa CitizenThis lost revenue would enhance the lives of all Canadians, instead of benefiting only Canada's affluent.
  
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• Board of trade calls on NCC to sign up Devcore Canderel DLS to get the job done at LeBreton Flats

  15-03-2019 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Board of Trade wants the National Capital Commission to partner with Devcore Canderel DLS to transform LeBreton Flats with a grand vision, rather than seeing the federal agency hive off chunks for redevelopment.
  Ian Faris, president and CEO of the board of trade, said Friday the business community wants the NCC to take a “visionary approach” to LeBreton Flats, not a “modular approach.”
  “We’d like them to go back to the other proponents because we th
  
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• Climate marches underway in downtown Ottawa-Gatineau - CBC.ca

  15-03-2019 17:28 via cbc.ca
  Climate marches underway in downtown Ottawa-Gatineau  CBC.caThere's a climate march to keep an eye out for this afternoon and a St. Patrick's Day parade coming tomorrow morning.
  
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• Hickey on Hockey: Canadiens' playoff push stalls as offence disappears - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hickey on Hockey: Canadiens' playoff push stalls as offence disappears  Ottawa CitizenThe Canadiens have only two wins in their last six games and the offence has produced only 12 goals during that span.
  
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• Police step up patrols at Ottawa mosques, chief sends open letter to faith leaders after Christchurch attacks

  15-03-2019 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  While city police say there’s no intelligence suggesting a local threat, they’ll step up patrols and be a visible presence around the city’s mosques Friday after dozens of people were killed in shootings during Friday prayers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
  “We have no intelligence to suggest that any group in Ottawa is allied with the suspects in New Zealand but the possibility of a copycat lone actor is always a concern,” Chief Charles Bordeleau said in a
  
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• Ottawa Board of Trade urging NCC to negotiate with previous LeBreton Flats bidders - OttawaMatters.com

  15-03-2019 16:42 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa Board of Trade urging NCC to negotiate with previous LeBreton Flats bidders  OttawaMatters.comIt believes this would be the best way of speeding up the process, to see the area redeveloped.
  
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• Rural Ottawa-area residents to lose joint transit passes with OC Transpo

  15-03-2019 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa will cancel its joint transit passes with Kemptville, Clarence-Rockland and other rural bus services, forcing residents from outside Ottawa to buy two passes a month to commute to work.
  The changes take effect April 1.
  A notice from Clarence-Rockland tells residents: “Please note that the City of Ottawa has abolished its agreements with the rural partners and CRTranspo users will no longer have access to OC Transpo services at no charge as of April 1st, 2019.” (CRTranspo is Cl
  
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• N.L., Ottawa pledge $40 million in greenhouse gas reduction programs - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  15-03-2019 16:32 via thechronicleherald.ca
  N.L., Ottawa pledge $40 million in greenhouse gas reduction programs  TheChronicleHerald.caST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ottawa and Newfoundland and Labrador have pledged more than $40 million to programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions ...
  
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• Rural Ottawa-area residents to lose joint transit passes with OC Transpo - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 16:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rural Ottawa-area residents to lose joint transit passes with OC Transpo  Ottawa CitizenOttawa will cancel its joint transit passes with Kemptville, Clarence-Rockland and other rural bus services, forcing residents from outside Ottawa to buy two ...
  
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• Ottawa-based CENGN seeks broadband proposals for northern Ontario communities - Ottawa Business Journal

  15-03-2019 16:11 via obj.ca
  Ottawa-based CENGN seeks broadband proposals for northern Ontario communities  Ottawa Business JournalStartups looking to improve broadband access for remote and rural communities in northern Ontario could soon receive funding from an Ottawa-based ...
  
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• Kevin Vickers announces he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kevin Vickers announces he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership  Ottawa CitizenNEWCASTLE, N.B. — Kevin Vickers, hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, is making a leap to politics.The former House of ...
  
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• Police credit 'overwhelming' public response for recovery of stolen pendants containing ashes of loved ones

  15-03-2019 16:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have credited “overwhelming” public response for the recovery of three keepsake pendants containing the ashes of a deceased relative that were stolen in a January break-in in Vanier.
  “These precious items containing a dearly missed and loved one were returned to an overwhelmed and grateful family,” the police central break and enter unit said in a news release.
  “Without the assistance of the public in this matter, this family would not have had their d
  
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• COPS: 'Overwhelming' public response led recovery of stolen ashes - Ottawa Sun

  15-03-2019 16:01 via ottawasun.com
  COPS: 'Overwhelming' public response led recovery of stolen ashes  Ottawa SunOttawa police have credited “overwhelming” public response for the recovery of three keepsake pendants containing the ashes of a deceased relative that were ...
  
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• City hall blog: The public doesn't get bus performance stats anymore — but that could change

  15-03-2019 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  There could be a return of regular performance reporting on some services provided by Ottawa’s municipal government.
  That’s right.
  Council doesn’t receive regular updates — none that are shared with the rest of the public, anyway — on how city operations are faring.
  It used to be that the city proactively published a quarterly performance report on various city services. The reports covered a range of operations: how much waste people were recycling, what kind of by
  
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• Ottawa's Muslim community 'shocked' by New Zealand shootings - OttawaMatters.com

  15-03-2019 15:46 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's Muslim community 'shocked' by New Zealand shootings  OttawaMatters.com"We believe that if people knew Muslims personally...the likelihood of such events (like the Christchurch shootings) would decrease," an Imam told 1310 NEWS.
  
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• Forecast: Living Landscapes promise spring blossoms at Ottawa Home and Garden Show

  15-03-2019 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spring is closer than you think. Really.
  At least that’s true for the upcoming Ottawa Home and Garden show. Even if snow is still covering the city, flowers will bloom at the EY Centre from March 21 to 24 for the annual event.
  The “crown jewel” of the show is the Living Landscapes feature, says show manager Robert Johnstone. Now in its fourth year, it’s an indoor garden display that will take up a whopping 30,000 square feet and showcase seven never-before-seen garden dis
  
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• NZ MOSQUE SHOOTINGS: Shooter's rifles bore white-supremacist references - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  NZ MOSQUE SHOOTINGS: Shooter's rifles bore white-supremacist references  Ottawa CitizenThe self-proclaimed racist who attacked a New Zealand mosque conducting Friday prayers during an assault that killed 49 people opened fire with rifles covered ...
  
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• Police keeping eye on Ottawa-Gatineau mosques after New Zealand attacks - CBC.ca

  15-03-2019 15:38 via cbc.ca
  Police keeping eye on Ottawa-Gatineau mosques after New Zealand attacks  CBC.caExpect to see more police officers around the capital's mosques after the deadly attacks in New Zealand.
  
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• Canada’s real corruption scandal: How Ottawa bungled a flawed OECD code and triggered the SNC crisis - Financial Post

  15-03-2019 15:32 via business.financialpost.com
  Canada’s real corruption scandal: How Ottawa bungled a flawed OECD code and triggered the SNC crisis  Financial PostAs OECD rules were brought in, Ottawa set in motion a process that could destroy companies, a penalty no other country imposed.
  
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• Canada’s real corruption scandal: How Ottawa bungled a flawed OECD anti-bribery code and triggered the SNC crisis - Financial Post

  15-03-2019 15:23 via business.financialpost.com
  Canada’s real corruption scandal: How Ottawa bungled a flawed OECD anti-bribery code and triggered the SNC crisis  Financial PostAs OECD rules were brought in, Ottawa set in motion a process that could destroy companies, a penalty no other country imposed.
  
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• Police step up patrols at Ottawa mosques, chief sends open letter to faith leaders after Christchurch attacks - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police step up patrols at Ottawa mosques, chief sends open letter to faith leaders after Christchurch attacks  Ottawa CitizenWhile city police say there's no intelligence suggesting a local threat, they'll step up patrols and be a visible presence around the city's mosques Friday after ...
  
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• Fire crews tackle smoking shredding truck

  15-03-2019 14:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Looks like some documents slated for shredding got scorched for good measure.
  Officer workers got a birdseye view of firefighters tackling a fire in the cargo area a shredding truck Friday morning.
  A company that offers mobile shredding services called the fire department at 9 a.m. reporting smoke in the back of the truck, which was parked near 1600 James Naismith Dr. in the Pineview area.
  Firefighters were dousing the truck within seven minutes and had stopped further fire damage by 9:19 a.m.
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• Road closures for Ottawa's St. Patrick's Day parade - OttawaMatters.com

  15-03-2019 14:48 via ottawamatters.com
  Road closures for Ottawa's St. Patrick's Day parade  OttawaMatters.comCelebrating Irish culture in the capital will mean a few road closures in Centretown and the Glebe, Saturday. The parade will start at City Hall on Laurier Avenue ...
  
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• Increased high school class sizes, sex-ed curriculum among education reforms - Ottawa Citizen

  15-03-2019 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Increased high school class sizes, sex-ed curriculum among education reforms  Ottawa CitizenTORONTO — Ontario is increasing high school class sizes and introducing a new sex-ed curriculum that will return to teaching gender identity and consent in ...
  
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