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• Maple Leafs' Top 5 trouble spots - Ottawa Citizen

  17-03-2019 23:37
  Maple Leafs' Top 5 trouble spots  Ottawa CitizenMAC IS MISSEDThe scenario many feared — 'what if Freddy falters?' — could be playing out.Just as Mike Babcock was trying to figure how many more games ...
  
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• Ottawa mother issues public plea for help for life-altering surgery - CTV News

  17-03-2019 23:15
  Ottawa mother issues public plea for help for life-altering surgery  CTV NewsA young Ottawa mother is making a public plea for help to get a life-altering surgery.
  
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• NHL standings stalemate not good for Leafs - Ottawa Citizen

  17-03-2019 23:13
  NHL standings stalemate not good for Leafs  Ottawa CitizenCould the calm current in the Atlantic Division be a reason the Maple Leafs are struggling to get up for games?For weeks, their first-round playoff match-up has ...
  
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• Jagmeet Singh Officially Sworn In as MP in Ottawa - inbrampton.com

  17-03-2019 23:04
  Jagmeet Singh Officially Sworn In as MP in Ottawa  inbrampton.comIt's been a tough slog for Jagmeet Singh since he became leader of the federal NDP party, but Singh has finally been sworn in as a Member of Parliament after ...
  
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• Watershed authority presents updated natural hazard maps to Ottawa residents, March 28 - Nation Valley News

  17-03-2019 22:49
  Watershed authority presents updated natural hazard maps to Ottawa residents, March 28  Nation Valley NewsMETCALFE — South Nation Conservation (SNC) reduces risk to life and damage to property by providing municipalities and residents with advance notice of ...
  
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• Local athlete Luke Allan grabs gold at 2019 Canadian Ski Championships - Ottawa Citizen

  17-03-2019 22:36
  Local athlete Luke Allan grabs gold at 2019 Canadian Ski Championships  Ottawa CitizenOttawa's Luke Allan grabbed gold over heavily favoured Xavier McKeever in the juvenile boys skate–style sprint race at the 2019 Canadian Ski Championships ...
  
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• Bagnall: Spending millions fixing broken technology projects now a Liberal budget tradition

  17-03-2019 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  On this, the eve of the Liberal government’s fourth federal budget, a certain numbness has set in about the fortune being spent trying to fix broken technology projects.
  Budget after budget, finance minister Bill Morneau has shovelled hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of departments charged with modernizing the government’s technology infrastructure. Do not expect this to change Tuesday.
  Morneau has little choice. The government had under-invested in technology for dec
  
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• Ottawa pop duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine up for a Juno Award tonight - Alberta Daily Herald Tribune

  17-03-2019 20:40
  Ottawa pop duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine up for a Juno Award tonight  Alberta Daily Herald TribuneThe 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 ...
  
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• Congratulations to the 2019 jazz Juno Award winners

  17-03-2019 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  On Saturday night in London, Ont., many of the winners of this year’s Juno Awards were announced, including those who came out on top in the three jazz categories. In the list below, the winners are in bold:
  Group jazz album of the year
  Wander Wonder, Allison Au QuartetAtwood Suites, Andrew Rathbun Large EnsembleThe Seasons of Being, Andy Milne & Dapp TheoryLive at U of T, Liebman/Murley QuartetPath of Totality, Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX
  Solo jazz album of the year
  Sandstorm, Alexis
  
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• Ottawa and province announce funding for industrial park on Burin Peninsula - NTV News

  17-03-2019 19:48
  Ottawa and province announce funding for industrial park on Burin Peninsula  NTV NewsFederal and provincial politicians were on the Burin Peninsula this week to announce funding for a new industrial park. NTV's Ross Tilley reports.
  
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• Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks - battlefordsNOW

  17-03-2019 19:43
  Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks  battlefordsNOWVICTORIA — The federal and British Columbia governments are preparing to cast a net to find new ways of protecting wild salmon habitat and restoring stocks.
  
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• Charter challenge alleges Montsion's right to full and fair defence 'irreparably harmed'

  17-03-2019 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the temperature rises inside courtroom 34 with several “disturbing” incidents where members of the public gallery verbally accosted Const. Daniel Montsion, tensions behind the bar are also forming following a charter application arguing Montsion’s right to a full and fair defence has been “irreparably harmed.”
  The defence team of Michael Edelson and Solomon Friedman raised the stakes last week by serving court with a charter application asking the judge to stay a
  
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• Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks - National Observer

  17-03-2019 18:57
  Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks  National ObserverThe federal and British Columbia governments are preparing to cast a net to find new ways of protecting wild salmon habitat and restoring stocks.
  
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• CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of March 10 - CBC.ca

  17-03-2019 17:00
  CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of March 10  CBC.caHow closely did you follow the past seven days in local news? Take our quiz to find out.
  
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• People of Ottawa, rejoice: it's maple syrup season - OttawaMatters.com

  17-03-2019 16:56
  People of Ottawa, rejoice: it's maple syrup season  OttawaMatters.comWarmer days means one thing: maple syrup season.
  
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• Ottawa pop duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine up for a Juno Award tonight

  17-03-2019 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  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 out to the world.   
  But after their triumphant performance on The Launch, they exploded into the Canadian consciousness with the edgy, electro-pop single, Ain’t Easy. They
  
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• Last-place Ottawa Senators upset provincial rival Toronto Maple Leafs - OttawaMatters.com

  17-03-2019 14:37
  Last-place Ottawa Senators upset provincial rival Toronto Maple Leafs  OttawaMatters.comOTTAWA — The best thing the Toronto Maple Leafs can say about this week is that it's over. The Leafs lost 6-2 to the last-place Ottawa Senators on Saturday ...
  
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• Ottawa Senators Hope Max Veronneau Breaks College UFA Trend - The Hockey Writers

  17-03-2019 14:25
  Ottawa Senators Hope Max Veronneau Breaks College UFA Trend  The Hockey WritersThe Ottawa Senators signed NCAA free agent Max Veronneau. A part of a long list of Senators college free agent signings, Veronneau might just be the best.
  
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• You Said It: A bike intersection. Seriously? - Ottawa Sun

  17-03-2019 13:30
  You Said It: A bike intersection. Seriously?  Ottawa SunA BIKE INTERSECTION. SERIOUSLY? I've endured nearly half a year of construction on the Fisher Avenue/Dynes Road intersection, expecting improvements ...
  
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• St. Paddy's weather report: sun, cloud, chance of flurries

  17-03-2019 12:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Your St. Patrick’s Day Sunday looks clear and cold. Just like your beverage of choice.
  Sunday will be somewhat true to it’s name; mainly sunny, with cloud periods in the morning and afternoon.
  The early morning temperature was -9 C, but it will feel much colder thanks to a wind chill of -14 C. There’s a fun 40 per cent chance of flurries too.
  Luck of the Irish, huh?
  If the sun wins the battle against the clouds, it should warm up slightly, to a Sunday high of -2 C.
  Those brave
  
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• St. Paddy's weather report: sun, cloud, chance of flurries - Ottawa Citizen

  17-03-2019 12:47
  St. Paddy's weather report: sun, cloud, chance of flurries  Ottawa CitizenYour St. Patrick's Day Sunday looks clear and cold. Just like your beverage of choice.Sunday will be somewhat true to it's name; mainly sunny, with cloud ...
  
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• Who's laughing now? In '89, NCC mocked Andy Haydon's stadium on LeBreton Flats - Ottawa Citizen

  17-03-2019 12:00
  Who's laughing now? In '89, NCC mocked Andy Haydon's stadium on LeBreton Flats  Ottawa CitizenNow, 30 years later, the NCC is regrouping after years of begging to get a stadium/arena built a few metres away from Andy's "Haydome."
  
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• Who's laughing now? In '89, NCC mocked Andy Haydon's stadium on LeBreton Flats

  17-03-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When we pull into the driveway, Andy Haydon, now 86, is tidying up the house — maybe part of his past — by carrying a bag of trash across the floor of the garage at his Barrhaven home.
  The barking starts. “Be careful. There’s four of them, but only one is mine. Can you imagine I live with four dogs?”
  At the kitchen table, he flips open a legal-sized folder, full of photographs. In 1989, while he was still chairman of Ottawa-Carleton’s “regional governmen
  
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• Housing minister wants more help from Ottawa - DrydenNow.com

  17-03-2019 10:27
  Housing minister wants more help from Ottawa  DrydenNow.comAcross the district, a lack of affordable housing has been a top issue, as communities rebound from the last recession. With jobs available in the resource sector, ...
  
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• GARRIOCH GAME REPORT: Senators toast Leafs for St. Paddy's Day - Ottawa Sun

  17-03-2019 04:26
  GARRIOCH GAME REPORT: Senators toast Leafs for St. Paddy's Day  Ottawa SunSenators 6, Maple Leafs 2On St. Patrick's Day, the Ottawa Senators will be able to raise a toast to their performance in the Battle of Ontario.The Senators did ...
  
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• Ottawa professor killed in Ethiopia Airlines crash remembered as 'a true superstar' - CTV News

  17-03-2019 01:38
  Ottawa professor killed in Ethiopia Airlines crash remembered as 'a true superstar'  CTV NewsHundreds of mourners gathered in Ottawa on Saturday to say goodbye to Pius Adesanmi, an accomplished university professor and father of two whose ...
  
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• Hundreds gather to celebrate life of Carleton prof killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  17-03-2019 00:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 2013, as part of a writing exercise, Pius Adesanmi was asked to pen his own epitaph. “Here lies Pius Adesanmi,” he wrote, “who tried as much as he could to put his talent in the service of humanity and flew away home one bright morning when his work was over.”
  Friends, family and colleagues of Adesanmi, who died last Sunday when the Ethiopian Airlines jet he was on crashed outside Addis Ababa, were reminded of this and the fact that he did put his talents in the servic
  
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