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• Ian Shugart replaces Michael Wernick as the country's top public servant

  18-03-2019 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Michael Wernick was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council in January 2016, it was clear that his time as the country’s top public servant would be limited: His first job was to offer the prime minister advice on how to choose his successor.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named that successor, Ian Shugart, Monday afternoon following Wernick’s retirement announcement.
  In his resignation letter, Wernick said it was essential that all political parties trust the clerk as “an imp
  
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• United We Roll! members share Ottawa convoy stories with supporters - Alberta Daily Herald Tribune

  18-03-2019 23:24
  United We Roll! members share Ottawa convoy stories with supporters  Alberta Daily Herald TribuneUnited We Roll! participants Pat King and Jay Riedel visited Grande Prairie with the purpose of sharing their experiences and dispelling rumors about last ...
  
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• Editorial: IN SNC-Lavalin affair, Michael Wernick had to go

  18-03-2019 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Prime Minister’s Office says it did not ask Michael Wernick to resign as Clerk of the Privy Council, that he made this decision himself. Well, at least someone understood what needed doing. It was just a matter of when.
  Wernick, who joined the public service in 1981, and served as deputy minister at Aboriginal Affairs for years before being named Clerk, appeared twice at the House of Commons Justice Committee probing the Jody Wilson-Raybould/SNC-Lavalin affair. Both times, he undermine
  
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• Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Signs Historic $116-Million Settlement With Ottawa | HuffPost Canada - HuffPost Canada

  18-03-2019 22:26
  Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Signs Historic $116-Million Settlement With Ottawa | HuffPost Canada  HuffPost CanadaOTTAWA — The federal government signed a historic agreement with an Algonquin First Nation Monday that includes a $116-million settlement, the largest the ...
  
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• Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Signs Historic $116-Million Settlement With Ottawa - HuffPost Canada

  18-03-2019 22:26
  Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Signs Historic $116-Million Settlement With Ottawa  HuffPost CanadaOTTAWA — The federal government signed a historic agreement with an Algonquin First Nation Monday that includes a $116-million settlement, the largest the ...
  
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• Former Cornwall priest accused of decades-old sex crime

  18-03-2019 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A former priest from Cornwall is facing another sex crime allegation more than 30 years after his conviction for the indecent assault of young boys.
  Gilles Deslauriers, 79, was arrested last week by the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment of the OPP and is now charged with two counts of indecent assault, according to a news release issued by police Monday. The charges stem from incidents that allegedly involved a young boy in 1976.
  Delauriers was one of the Catholic priests investigated du
  
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• 165 offence notices issued over St. Patrick's Day weekend, police say

  18-03-2019 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, 78 provincial offence notices were issued in the in ByWard Market and Sandy Hill area, Ottawa police reported on Monday.
  Police said in a release that officers dealt with 10 fights, five trespassing incidents, 15 bar walk-throughs, 14 open liquor infractions, two noise complaints and more than 100 liquor pour-outs.
  Police, Ottawa bylaw enforcement and the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario were in the ByWard Market and Sandy Hill area to address public
  
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• H&R Block partners with Ottawa Mission to do taxes for those in need - OttawaMatters.com

  18-03-2019 21:40
  H&R Block partners with Ottawa Mission to do taxes for those in need  OttawaMatters.comSome Ottawa Mission clients are getting benefits from the government they missed out on by not filing their taxes.
  
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• Ottawa 'Goosebuster' pilot wishes he could start bullying birds before June

  18-03-2019 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Steve Wambolt wants to hit the beach this month but he’ll have to wait until geese get cozy before buzzing the riverfront with his bird-terrorizing drones.
  Wambolt’s company, Aerial Perspective, just landed another City of Ottawa contract to scare geese away from Petrie Island between June and September using Goosebuster machines.
  Goosebuster first appeared at Petrie Island in 2013 as a pilot project to spook geese. The city liked the aerial assault method so much it invited Wambolt
  
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• St. Patrick’s Day weekend, back-to-school enforcement leads to charges: Ottawa police - Global News

  18-03-2019 21:33
  St. Patrick’s Day weekend, back-to-school enforcement leads to charges: Ottawa police  Global NewsWhile Ottawa police didn't appear to catch any alcohol-impaired drivers over the St. Patrick's Day weekend, they did charge one driver with drug-impaired ...
  
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• Ottawa 'Goosebuster' pilot wishes he could start bullying birds before June - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 21:27
  Ottawa 'Goosebuster' pilot wishes he could start bullying birds before June  Ottawa CitizenSteve Wambolt wants to hit the beach this month but he'll have to wait until geese get cozy before buzzing the riverfront with his bird-terrorizing drones.
  
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• B.C. seeks pipeline 'veto' in new court battle with Ottawa, Alberta - Financial Post

  18-03-2019 21:25
  B.C. seeks pipeline 'veto' in new court battle with Ottawa, Alberta  Financial PostCALGARY – British Columbia's government argued in court Monday that it should have the authority to limit oil shipments within the province, which could ...
  
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• The Afghan money pit – audit finds Afghan security forces confiscated $1 billion in equipment

  18-03-2019 21:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the U.S. government watchdog on the ongoing mission in Afghanistan, has another report out about how American tax dollars have been spent. In a review of three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts, valued collectively at over $1 billion U.S., the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) found that Afghan military and police personnel had
  
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• Lougheed: Vaccine-hesitant parents, please reach out for information

  18-03-2019 21:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  I recently took my infant son for his first set of immunizations. As a physician, I had seen vaccinations given hundreds of times and administered them hundreds more; as a process it was straightforward. What I didn’t expect however, was the flood of emotion that came over me as my son received his vaccinations, which caused me to reflect.
  I remembered the mother I met in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  She had travelled several days with her newborn son to the clinic, onl
  
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• Two charged after drug raid in Overbrook

  18-03-2019 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man and woman face drug charges after Ottawa police raided a home in Overbrook that is locally known for drug deals.
  Officers arrested the pair as they were leaving a home near the east end of Prince Albert Street. They were found in possession of crack cocaine and cash.
  That led to a raid with a warrant. Police had received past reports of drug trafficking, drug consumption and disturbances at the home.
  They arrested two men who were found inside, but later released them without charges. Howe
  
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• Carleton Place man charged with indecent acts: OPP

  18-03-2019 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 31-year-old Carleton Place man is facing four counts of doing an indecent act in a public place, Lanark County OPP reports.
  Police released few details in a press release Monday beyond that they received an initial complaint March 7 and their investigation revealed allegations of similar incidents dating back to last December.
  “The community proved to be of invaluable assistance with this investigation,” police said.
  Dean Herzberg was released on a promise to appear in court in Per
  
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• Two charged after drug raid in Overbrook - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 18:03
  Two charged after drug raid in Overbrook  Ottawa CitizenA man and woman face drug charges after Ottawa police raided a home in Overbrook that is locally known for drug deals.
  
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• Smol: Why it's smart to ban smartphones in Ontario classrooms

  18-03-2019 18:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  As an active teacher unionist and lifelong social democrat, I find it truly awkward coming out in support of the Ford government’s ban on cellphone use in the classroom.
  But regardless of which government initiated the long-overdue ban, it was inevitable that this technological cancer on student learning in Ontario would have to be eliminated before yet another cohort is allowed to sacrifice its precious and valuable classroom learning time to snapchat, play graphically violent and semi-po
  
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• Rochelle: Love and unity after the Christchurch mosque attacks

  18-03-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the aftermath of the slaughter of worshippers in a sacred space, it is easy to be angry. The targets of rage seem endless: callow politicians who peddle the basest of human emotions and sling hateful words that morph into weapons; white supremacy ideologies whose violence is rendered all the more malignant by the refusal to name it as such; the immediacy with which victims became political fodder for anti-migrant zealots, where, even as lives are extinguished, they are expected to answer for
  
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• Shots fired Saturday at vacant home in Orléans

  18-03-2019 17:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Guns and gangs investigators from the Ottawa police have recovered shell casings and one bullet after a shooting on Saturday morning where no one was hurt.
  The shooting took place at about 10:30 a.m. on Aspen Village Circle, a townhouse complex in Orléans.
  Police say the house where the evidence was found is vacant. There have been no arrests.
  Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call investigators at (613) 236-1222, extension 5050. Anonymous tips can be submit
  
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• Shots fired Saturday at vacant home in Orléans - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 17:38
  Shots fired Saturday at vacant home in Orléans  Ottawa CitizenGuns and gangs investigators from the Ottawa police have recovered shell casings and one bullet after a shooting on Saturday morning where no one was hurt.
  
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• Preview: City will like federal budget if there's predictability in housing and transit funding

  18-03-2019 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Municipalities crave predictability.
  So if the City of Ottawa can get any assurances for its financial future out of the federal budget on Tuesday, it will come away with a win.
  There isn’t a large infrastructure project for which the city needs immediate federal money. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced federal money for the city’s Stage 2 transit program in 2017, and in 2018 the federal budget earmarked money for the super library being built by the city and Library and Archiv
  
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• Ravaged by rare genetic disorder, Ottawa mother makes a public plea - CTV News

  18-03-2019 16:23
  Ravaged by rare genetic disorder, Ottawa mother makes a public plea  CTV NewsAn Ottawa-area mother suffering from a rare genetic disorder is overwhelmed with gratitude after a public campaign to raise money for a life-altering surgery was ...
  
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• Ottawa to announce plans for talks with Indigenous groups on Trans Mountain equity stake, revenue sharing - CBC News

  18-03-2019 14:34
  Ottawa to announce plans for talks with Indigenous groups on Trans Mountain equity stake, revenue sharing  CBC NewsOttawa will soon announce plans for exploratory talks with Indigenous groups on possible equity and revenue-sharing arrangements on the Trans Mountain ...
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: Madden makes his mark in the NCAA playoffs - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 13:01
  Canucks prospects tracker: Madden makes his mark in the NCAA playoffs  Ottawa CitizenIt's the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Vancouver Canucks' highest-profile prospects:
  
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• Low of -13 C tonight but warmer weather – and rain (or snow) – ahead

  18-03-2019 12:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sunday night’s red-tinged sunset didn’t lie.
  Monday morning dawned a brisk –11 C that felt like –16 but we’re headed to a sunny –1 C with days hitting the high single digits by the weekend.
  Wind of up to 15 km/h will make Monday afternoon feel like –6 with a UV index — a UV index! — of 4 or moderate.
  Overnight, expect the breeze to hang around with a low of –13 C and a few clouds.
  Mixed skies, wind up to 15 km/h and a high of 2 C are on
  
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• Back-to-school blitz, road work impacting Monday traffic

  18-03-2019 12:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  What a difference a weekend makes!
  Many roads and sidewalks are clear of treacherous ice for the first time in months but expect back-to-normal traffic on the first Monday after March break.
  The Ottawa Police Service’s traffic unit warns that they’ll be out in full force as kids return to class.
  “Drivers should watch their speed, obey school crossing guards, and respect stop signs,” officers aid, adding #leavethephonealone.
  “The safety of children is paramount!&rdqu
  
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• Startups to watch: Ottawa's APX lays out the blueprint for a smarter, safer city - Ottawa Business Journal

  18-03-2019 12:16
  Startups to watch: Ottawa's APX lays out the blueprint for a smarter, safer city  Ottawa Business JournalA local startup's software is not only giving Ottawa firefighters valuable insights before arriving at a frenzied scene, but could also lay the foundations for a ...
  
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• Ottawa Home and Garden Show - CTV News

  18-03-2019 11:38
  Ottawa Home and Garden Show  CTV NewsWin your way into Ottawa's most-anticipated indoor garden display!
  
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• Freedhoff: Canada's Senate must pass bill that restricts food marketing to kids - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 11:31
  Freedhoff: Canada's Senate must pass bill that restricts food marketing to kids  Ottawa CitizenI was as happy as anyone with the release of the revised Canada's Food Guide earlier this year. There was not much to complain about and, in fact, much to ...
  
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• Campbell: Two bills on criminal pardons. One of them gets it right - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 11:31
  Campbell: Two bills on criminal pardons. One of them gets it right  Ottawa CitizenOur medieval ancestors had some interesting ideas about crime. They favoured the swiftness and sureness of physical punishments, and branding with a hot ...
  
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• Notten: Here's the real news on Canada's poverty-reduction targets

  18-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  “Government announces meeting its 2020 poverty target in 2017.” Say again?
  Sometimes government messages seem straightforward even when they are not. Take the recent announcement by Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos stating that Canada’s first poverty reduction target was met three years ahead of schedule. The message also credits the Liberal’s Canada Child Benefit for its contribution to reaching that target. Good news and great job,
  
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• Freedhoff: Senate must OK bill that restricts food marketing to kids

  18-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  I was as happy as anyone with the release of the revised Canada’s Food Guide earlier this year. There was not much to complain about and, in fact, much to praise. This is as true for what was in the guide – sensible guidance around cooking more and consuming less processed food, as it was for what was left out – dairy as a category, chocolate milk as a healthy beverage, and juice being a fruit or vegetable equivalent.
  The new guide warns Canadians to be aware of food marketing
  
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• Carment and co.: Trudeau earns a lacklustre C+ on foreign policy

  18-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Despite repeated claims that Canada is a fully engaged player in diplomacy, development, defence and trade, the Trudeau government’s foreign policy record is weak, fraught with scandal and far more conservative than voters appreciate. Canada is falling behind in competitiveness because our foreign policy has focused on the dominance of an established power at the expense of building relationships with emerging markets, supporting a sustainable multilateral presence and showing real leaders
  
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• Campbell: Two bills on criminal pardons. One of them gets it right

  18-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Our medieval ancestors had some interesting ideas about crime. They favoured the swiftness and sureness of physical punishments, and branding with a hot iron had particular efficiencies. It not only punished the offender, it also left the record of criminality visible for all to see. Nothing like a “T” branded on your face or hand to permanently record your offence of theft.
  The passage of time brought some reconsideration, and moral punishment became more attractive than physical. &
  
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• Ottawa auto insurance among cheapest in Ontario - OttawaMatters.com

  18-03-2019 11:24
  Ottawa auto insurance among cheapest in Ontario  OttawaMatters.comA new ranking warns Ottawa's relative insurance bargain may one day come to an end.
  
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• 10 Things to Know for Today - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 11:12
  10 Things to Know for Today  Ottawa CitizenYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. WHERE NEW ZEALAND SHOOTING SUSPECT GOT ...
  
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• Why do Ottawa lawyers love LRT? There are 18.7 million reasons why - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 11:01
  Why do Ottawa lawyers love LRT? There are 18.7 million reasons why  Ottawa CitizenTransit riders haven't yet seen any benefits from the multi-billion-dollar LRT system, but lawyers sure have.Outside consultants are feasting off the city's LRT ...
  
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• Why do Ottawa lawyers love LRT? There are 18.7 million reasons why

  18-03-2019 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Transit riders haven’t yet seen any benefits from the multi-billion-dollar LRT system, but lawyers sure have.
  Outside consultants are feasting off the city’s LRT project and the legal fights that have come with it.
  An analysis of council-received reports shows city hall paid law firms more than $18.7 million between 2011 and 2018 to help pore over contracts and give advice as the municipality builds the O-Train network.
  It would have been 2011 when the contract work would have heated
  
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• Former LHIN chair says system brought innovation and cost savings to regional health

  18-03-2019 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ten days after losing his job as chair of the Champlain LHIN board, Jean-Pierre Boisclair is defending the LHIN system and questioning whether revamping health care will save Ontario money.
  “There is work to be done and somebody has to do it, regardless of how the system is organized,” he said.
  Boisclair was one of 10 Champlain LHIN board members who received word on March 7 that their appointments would be revoked the following day.
  The move didn’t surprise Boisclair.
  “M
  
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• Class size increase 'bad news for kids,' Ottawa teachers say - CBC.ca

  18-03-2019 09:00
  Class size increase 'bad news for kids,' Ottawa teachers say  CBC.caSome Ottawa teachers say a move by the Ontario government to increase the average class sizes in grades 9 to 12 will leave some students without the ...
  
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• Prime Minister visits Ottawa mosque - CTV News

  18-03-2019 08:41
  Prime Minister visits Ottawa mosque  CTV NewsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau visited an Ottawa mosque Sunday evening, to show solidarity with the Muslim community following the attacks in New Zealand.
  
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• Here's what St. Patrick's Day was like in Ottawa - Ottawa Sun

  18-03-2019 01:48
  Here's what St. Patrick's Day was like in Ottawa  Ottawa SunAs darkness fell on St. Patrick's Day in Ottawa, enforcement and emergency responders had their fingers crossed that the night would remain as calm as the day.
  
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• Revellers savour a peaceful St. Patrick's Day

  18-03-2019 01:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  As darkness fell on St. Patrick’s Day in Ottawa, enforcement and emergency responders had their fingers crossed that the night would remain as calm as the day.
  Ottawa, Gatineau and Ontario Provincial Police reported no arrests related to green-themed celebrations Sunday, while Ottawa Paramedic Service said there were no serious injuries.
  On Russell Avenue in Sandy Hill, where over-exuberant university students have historically proved themselves nuisances and caused headaches for many home
  
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• Revellers savour a peaceful St. Patrick's Day - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 01:06
  Revellers savour a peaceful St. Patrick's Day  Ottawa CitizenAs darkness fell on St. Patrick's Day in Ottawa, enforcement and emergency responders had their fingers crossed that the night would remain as calm as the day.
  
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• Frontenacs finish off season with a loss in Ottawa - The Kingston Whig-Standard

  18-03-2019 00:43
  Frontenacs finish off season with a loss in Ottawa  The Kingston Whig-StandardWhen the top team in a league plays the bottom team, the results are usually predictable.And the Ottawa 67's, who recently clinched first place in the Ontario ...
  
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• Ottawa's Luke Allan wins surprising gold at Canadian Ski Championships - Ottawa Sun

  18-03-2019 00:40
  Ottawa's Luke Allan wins surprising gold at Canadian Ski Championships  Ottawa SunOttawa'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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• Warriors receive further recognition — and pizza — for good deeds - Ottawa Citizen

  18-03-2019 00:37
  Warriors receive further recognition — and pizza — for good deeds  Ottawa Citizen"Our community was destroyed and it seemed like the right thing to do."
  
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• Warriors receive further recognition — and pizza — for good deeds

  18-03-2019 00:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the Ottawa area was devastated by tornadoes last Sept. 21, countless lives were upended.
  Of the 11 buildings on Katrina Anderson’s Kinburn farm, for example, 10 were hit by the twisters — one so badly that the Andersons had to use a drone to find it, ultimately on their neighbour’s property. Farm equipment was destroyed, tools scattered to who knows where, and fences blown away.
  In an online post afterward, Anderson observed how trees turned into matchsticks and a wheelbar
  
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