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• What you need to know about LRT - CTV News

  20-03-2019 23:32
  What you need to know about LRT  CTV NewsAlthough there is no date for when LRT will be up and running in Ottawa, the city has outlined what riders need to know once it is.
  
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• Wintersleep's Paul Murphy: 'A song is not really the place to tone down an idea'

  20-03-2019 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wintersleep
  with Caveboy
  8 p.m. Saturday, Bronson Centre Theatre, 211 Bronson Ave.
  Tickets: $25 and $28, available in person at Vertigo Records and online at ticketfly.com
  All-ages show; doors open at 7 p.m.
  Halifax-bred indie rockers Wintersleep are back on the road with their seventh album, In The Land Of, one of the most hotly anticipated Canadian records of the year. It’s a follow-up to The Great Detachment, the album that spawned Amerika, the biggest hit of the band’s decade-plu
  
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• Ottawa looks to speed airport security with new agency - Toronto Star

  20-03-2019 23:18
  Ottawa looks to speed airport security with new agency  Toronto StarOTTAWA—The federal government will turn responsibility for airport security screening to a not-for-profit corporation, a move it hopes will streamline passenger ...
  
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• Ottawa promises to make buying a home more affordable, but will it help in B.C.? - Global News

  20-03-2019 23:16
  Ottawa promises to make buying a home more affordable, but will it help in B.C.?  Global NewsOttawa is promising to make it more affordable for first-time homeowners to fulfill their dream of owning property while at the same time increase supply.
  
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• Ottawa police officer who shot stabbing suspect was justified: SIU

  20-03-2019 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect who had let out a “battle cry” and was likely to stab the officer if able, “was acting in the course of his lawful duties,” the civilian police watchdog has ruled.
  The decision comes more than a year after the Feb. 25, 2018 shooting. It finds that the officer, confined in a narrow, slippery space, shot at the suspect multiple times as he continued to advance on the officer with knife in hand.
  Const. Greg Bell wa
  
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• Ottawa police officer who shot stabbing suspect was justified: SIU - Ottawa Citizen

  20-03-2019 22:52
  Ottawa police officer who shot stabbing suspect was justified: SIU  Ottawa CitizenAn Ottawa police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect who had let out a "battle cry" and was likely to stab the officer if able, "was acting in the course of his ...
  
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• College gets $26 million from Ottawa - Whitehorse Star

  20-03-2019 22:40
  College gets $26 million from Ottawa  Whitehorse StarThe transition from Yukon College to Yukon University – YukonU – is being heralded in with a new $26-million science building. By Chuck Tobin on March 20, ...
  
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• Police make arrest after 'erratic driver' hits cars near University of Ottawa - CTV News

  20-03-2019 22:37
  Police make arrest after 'erratic driver' hits cars near University of Ottawa  CTV NewsA man is in police custody after an "erratic driver" smashed into several cars near the University of Ottawa.
  
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• City announces plan to revitalize Vanier - CTV News

  20-03-2019 22:33
  City announces plan to revitalize Vanier  CTV NewsMontreal Road in Vanier will soon be getting a $50-million makeover along with what the city hopes is major investment.
  
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• Call of the … tame? Loons are becoming less wild, broad survey suggests

  20-03-2019 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Loons are becoming tamer overall, according to a survey of loons on 200 Wisconsin lakes that began a quarter of a century ago.
  Individual birds do not become more comfortable around humans over time, biologist Walter Piper has found. But humans are still the cause of the change.
  Piper, from Chapman University in California, has been studying the behaviour of loons of northern Wisconsin since 1993.
  While he and his students are out banding and observing loons, they have measured and recorded how
  
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• Border agency watchdog will 'fill gap' for disgruntled travellers, Goodale says - Ottawa Citizen

  20-03-2019 22:00
  Border agency watchdog will 'fill gap' for disgruntled travellers, Goodale says  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel mistreated by Canada's border agency will be able to complain to an independent body ...
  
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• Driver arrested after uOttawa students witness multiple collisions with other cars

  20-03-2019 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Students and faculty at the uOttawa campus are safe but shaken, and a man is in custody following a downtown police chase that saw a driver collide with multiple other vehicles before eventually being stopped and arrested.
  Ottawa police spokesperson Const. Amy Gagnon said a call came in at 3:59 p.m Wednesday, reporting that one vehicle had struck another at the intersection of Laurier and King Edward avenues, and then “taken off.”
  “The call came in as a possible intoxicated dri
  
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• GAME DAY PREVIEW- GAME 74: CANUCKS vs OTTAWA - Nucks Misconduct

  20-03-2019 21:46
  GAME DAY PREVIEW- GAME 74: CANUCKS vs OTTAWA  Nucks MisconductYou think you got problems? You could be a Senators fan.
  
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• Veteran players lead Ottawa 67’s into OHL playoffs - Global News

  20-03-2019 21:30
  Veteran players lead Ottawa 67’s into OHL playoffs  Global NewsWith the OHL playoffs on the horizon, the Ottawa 67's are leaning on their core of veteran players to lead the way as they prepare for a first-round date with the ...
  
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• Carleton students walk out in protest of province's tuition changes

  20-03-2019 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than a hundred Carleton University students staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest the provincial government’s decision to alter post-secondary funding, joining students of more than a dozen other post-secondary institutions across Ontario.
  The Progressive Conservative government’s changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) include cutting free tuition for low-income students, a 10 per cent reduction in tuition fees and the introduction of a new initiative which
  
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• 'I doubted every good piece of me': Truck driver sentenced to year in jail in 'sexsomnia' rape case

  20-03-2019 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bekah D’Aoust says she spent years after her sexual assault drinking herself into oblivion, starving herself, binge eating and barely coping.
  “I doubted who I was, my worth, my purpose to live, my beauty, my intelligence. I doubted every good piece of me,” D’Aoust, 31, said in a victim impact statement read in a Brockville court, during the sentencing hearing of her abuser, Ryan Hartman.
  Hartman was sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail by Judge Kimberly Moore, who said
  
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• Game 73, Full Coverage: Ottawa Senators @ Vancouver Canucks - Silver Seven

  20-03-2019 21:06
  Game 73, Full Coverage: Ottawa Senators @ Vancouver Canucks  Silver SevenFull Coverage of the March 20, 2018 game between the Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks.
  
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• Ottawa considers expanding program to help religious sites guard against attacks - Toronto Star

  20-03-2019 21:00
  Ottawa considers expanding program to help religious sites guard against attacks  Toronto StarReligious institutions may soon be able to use federal funding for training for specialized first aid and active shooter scenarios to better protect against attacks, ...
  
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• 'People should be celebrating this': Catherine McKenna endorses federal budget's interprovincial bridge revival

  20-03-2019 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Centre MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says people should be celebrating her government’s decision, announced in this week’s federal budget, to revive the development of a new interprovincial bridge in the National Capital Region.
  “It is a bit strange that we have heavy-duty trucks going though the centre of Ottawa. I think everyone would agree that’s sub-par,” McKenna told this newspaper Wednesday. “This is an opportunity to step back and
  
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• LRT testing going well, Transpo boss says, but warns things won't be 'pretty' on days trains face trouble

  20-03-2019 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a Plan B for days when the LRT runs into trouble. It involves extra buses, but OC Transpo’s general manager warns that it won’t be “pretty.”
  John Manconi said Wednesday that he expects high reliability once the LRT gets running.
  There are 20 trains doing test runs this week and “all the critical elements are progressing well,” he told the city’s transit commission.
  It also performed well last week during sudden heavy snow, he said.
  Still, h
  
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• Headliners announced for UFC Fight Night in Ottawa - Global News

  20-03-2019 20:10
  Headliners announced for UFC Fight Night in Ottawa  Global NewsIn total, the UFC has lined up seven Canadian fighters for the event at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 4.
  
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• 'People should be celebrating this': Catherine McKenna endorses federal budget's interprovincial bridge revival - Ottawa Citizen

  20-03-2019 20:09
  'People should be celebrating this': Catherine McKenna endorses federal budget's interprovincial bridge revival  Ottawa CitizenOttawa Centre MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says people should be celebrating her government's decision, announced in this week's ...
  
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• City's $50M Montreal Road renewal looks to help some, but not all, businesses to fix up their property

  20-03-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa has officially announced plans for a major renewal of Montreal Road through Vanier, which includes a bid to encourage property owners to fix up their real estate.
  New water mains and sewers will be installed and the road is being resurfaced between North River Road and St. Laurent Boulevard.
  Electrical lines are expected to be buried in order to expand sidewalks. New community spaces and parks are to be added.Bike lanes, in the form of elevated cycling paths, will be cons
  
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• Gatineau man, 26, arrested in string of garbage bin arsons

  20-03-2019 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police pulled surveillance video footage and called in a sniffer dog to help collar a suspect in three fires set in garbage bins in the city’s Hull district early Wednesday morning.
  Detectives are now investigating whether the 26-year-old man, whose identity was not released, is linked to similar incidents in recent months.
  Police were called to the three fires in quick succession. The first was at 12:50 a.m at Charron House at 164 Laurier St. The second fire at about 1 a.m. damag
  
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• Ottawa police looking for 'persons of interest' - OttawaMatters.com

  20-03-2019 19:32
  Ottawa police looking for 'persons of interest'  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* is asking for the public's help to identify two "persons of interest." No details are given about the case in which the pair are related ...
  
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• On thin ice: OPS marine, trail unit warn of spring thaw danger

  20-03-2019 19:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  The police officers who patrol the city’s waterways and trails are warning people to stay away from open bodies of water due to thinning ice and the potential for powerful freshets.
  “Considering the heavy snowfall we received this winter and expected springtime warmer weather, we may see increases in groundwater runoff and possible flooding,” said Sgt. Nelson Rowan of the Ottawa Police Service’s marine, dive and trails unit.
  “Historic ice thaw patterns can be affect
  
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• 'I doubted every good piece of me': Truck driver to be sentenced in 'sexsomnia' rape case Wednesday

  20-03-2019 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bekah D’Aoust says she spent years after her sexual assault in February 2011 drinking herself into oblivion, starving herself, binge eating and barely coping.
  “I doubted who I was, my worth, my purpose to live, my beauty, my intelligence. I doubted every good piece of me,” D’Aoust, 31, said in a victim impact statement read in a Brockville court Wednesday morning, during the sentencing hearing of her abuser, Ryan Hartman.
  Judge Kimberly Moore is expected to hand down a se
  
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• OPINION: As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  20-03-2019 18:21
  OPINION: As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy  TheChronicleHerald.caHeather Rollwagen, Ryerson University and Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University Ottawa has finally announced the details of how it will offer financial assistance to ...
  
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• Segal: Canada's Opposition Conservatives can't win without good ideas

  20-03-2019 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The allure of scandals – real, imagined, flimsy or hefty – for opposition parties and their coverage by a free press is indisputable. We only need to look at countries where press freedom is absent or political dissent is illegal to know how important the responsibility of the media and opposition is to holding governments accountable.
  That said, opposition parties who want to form government by claiming revulsion at alleged government improprieties are often disappointed at election
  
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• Ottawa's Slice Labs partners with Nationwide on flexible insurance app for rideshare drivers - Ottawa Business Journal

  20-03-2019 18:08
  Ottawa's Slice Labs partners with Nationwide on flexible insurance app for rideshare drivers  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa-born tech firm is working with a well-known name in insurance to bridge coverage gaps for drivers in the ride-sharing industry.
  
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• Ottawa's L5 test facility aims to pave the way for a driverless future - Ottawa Business Journal

  20-03-2019 17:59
  Ottawa's L5 test facility aims to pave the way for a driverless future  Ottawa Business JournalA 16-kilometre track in Ottawa's south end will provide a four-season proving ground for the latest in autonomous vehicle technology.
  
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• Ottawa estimates up to 10,000 Canadians could be pardoned by proposed cannabis amnesty bill - The GrowthOp

  20-03-2019 17:52
  Ottawa estimates up to 10,000 Canadians could be pardoned by proposed cannabis amnesty bill  The GrowthOpBefore legalization, possession of 30 g of cannabis or less was punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1000 fine.
  
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• Police probe apparent suicide at Gatineau jail

  20-03-2019 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate in the Gatineau jail Tuesday night.
  Sûreté du Québec spokesman Sgt. Marc Tessier confirmed the death, saying investigators have “no reason to suspect any criminal involvement at this time.”
  Police were called to the jail around the dinner hour.
  Police did not release the prisoner’s identity or the charges he was facing.ALSO IN THE NEWS:
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• Ottawa Will Triple Length of City's Rail Transit Network - Next City

  20-03-2019 17:04
  Ottawa Will Triple Length of City's Rail Transit Network  Next CityPlus Melbourne officials sign off on new airport link plans, and more in our weekly New Starts.
  
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• Ottawa police officer cleared in fatal shooting - CBC.ca

  20-03-2019 17:03
  Ottawa police officer cleared in fatal shooting  CBC.caAn Ottawa police officer who shot and killed a stabbing suspect outside a grocery store last year will not face charges, Ontario's police watchdog said ...
  
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• As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists' loyalties are tough to buy - National Post

  20-03-2019 17:02
  As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists' loyalties are tough to buy  National PostAuthors: Heather Rollwagen, Associate Professor of Sociology, Ryerson University and Ivor Shapiro, Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University.
  
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• 100 Men Who Care Ottawa surpasses $100K mark for charities - Ottawa Business Journal

  20-03-2019 16:49
  100 Men Who Care Ottawa surpasses $100K mark for charities  Ottawa Business JournalPhilanthropic social group meets quarterly to give back to the community in simple and easy way.
  
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• Rogers improves wireless networks in Ottawa and Guelph, Ontario - MobileSyrup

  20-03-2019 16:00
  Rogers improves wireless networks in Ottawa and Guelph, Ontario  MobileSyrupToronto-based national carrier Rogers announced it is improving wireless services in areas across Ottawa and Guelph, Ontario according to two separate press ...
  
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• Ottawa Public Health launches new videos, aiming to help newcomers to Canada with mental health - OttawaMatters.com

  20-03-2019 15:19
  Ottawa Public Health launches new videos, aiming to help newcomers to Canada with mental health  OttawaMatters.comIt's an expansion of the OPH mental health video series which has received more than a million views on YouTube.
  
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• Ottawa to spend more on border security and processing claimants - Radio Canada International - ENGLISH

  20-03-2019 14:53
  Ottawa to spend more on border security and processing claimants  Radio Canada International - ENGLISHThe federal government plans to spend $1.18 billion over the next five years to tighten border security and speed up the processing of asylum claims. The plan ...
  
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• House Works: Home buying experience needs more transparency

  20-03-2019 14:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  I don’t suppose many homeowners make it to 56 years old without ever having bought a house, but that’s me. Since I still live in the house I built when I was in my 20s, I’ve never had to sift through dozens of prospective property listings, negotiating for price, dealing with agents and lawyers.
  All this changed last month when my wife and I got involved helping our daughter, Katherine, and son-in-law, Paul, find their first home.
  As an outsider experiencing the reality of buyi
  
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• Ottawa business looking to stay ahead of Canada's organic food curve - OttawaMatters.com

  20-03-2019 14:30
  Ottawa business looking to stay ahead of Canada's organic food curve  OttawaMatters.comMidweek Mugging: Farm2Fork is looking to create more transparency in the process of getting food from the farm to your dinner table.
  
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• Traffic: After winter, comes construction season

  20-03-2019 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Winter is officially over  — cue the jackhammers.
  But, first, a few crashes, in a quietish early commute.
  Northbound Woodroffe Avenue was reduced to one lane between Vaan Drive and Hunt Club Road near the Nepean Sportsplex after a two-vehicle collision at 8:05 a.m. A school bus that was behind one of the vehicles wasn’t involved in the crash, police said. It was cleared about an hour later.
  City police warned just before 7:30 a.m. that motorists should expect delays for a few ho
  
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• Gatineau police 'busy' dismantling illegal pot networks

  20-03-2019 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police say they have a team of detectives “busy” tracking and taking down illegal cannabis distribution networks in the city with a Quebec-funded project that resulted in a 26-year-old man’s arrest earlier this month.
  Police raided his home on Boulevard des Hautes-Plaines in Hull March 6 and seized 1.3 kg of cannabis, 23.5 g of hash, 18.2 grams of wax, 5 g of cocaine, a Ford Escape worth $8,000, cash and a safe.
  The weeks-long investigation began with a tip from the pu
  
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• Shirtless Kingston driver in one boot arrested after assaulting Samaritan, fleeing crash

  20-03-2019 13:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Kingston man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly hit several vehicles in a parking lot, flipped his car, assaulted a woman who had pulled over to help him, and then fled the scene before police arrived.
  On Monday at about 1:45 a.m., a driver spotted a second car speeding on Bath Road. The second driver followed him.
  As the two vehicles approached Collins Bay Road, the first car left the roadway and hit several cars in a parking lot before flipping over onto its roof.One of the vehicl
  
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• Gatineau police 'busy' dismantling illegal pot networks - Ottawa Citizen

  20-03-2019 13:07
  Gatineau police 'busy' dismantling illegal pot networks  Ottawa CitizenGatineau police say they have a team of detectives “busy” tracking and taking down illegal cannabis distribution networks in the city with a Quebec-funded ...
  
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• It's the first day of spring! Ignore the potential snow in the forecast

  20-03-2019 12:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Happy first day of spring.
  Didn’t you notice?
  The day started on the brisk side, at about -6 C in the early going, but the thermometer should climb to a high of about 8 C, under mixed skies.
  Things will cloud up Wednesday night, bringing periods of rain or snow beginning overnight.
  No major accumulation is expected, and the low should be 1 C.
  Then comes three days of scattered precipitation, including snow at times.
  Periods of rain, or possibly snow are expected to hit on Thursday, with gu
  
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• In Ottawa, there’s another election campaign about to begin - Red Deer Advocate

  20-03-2019 12:30
  In Ottawa, there’s another election campaign about to begin  Red Deer AdvocateFor his first question in the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh asked the prime minister whether he was going to make housing more affordable ...
  
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• Cohen: When disaster strikes a world away but hits close to home

  20-03-2019 11:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Before the religious massacre in New Zealand – a millennium ago in the revolutions of the news cycle – there was the airplane crash in Ethiopia. Before the evil of mass murder in a crowded mosque, there was the whim of fate on a barren plain.
  When I heard of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, I paused, winced and shrugged. It’s Ethiopia, I thought, far from home. It’s a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, I thought, not London to Toronto. It was an accident, I th
  
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• Today's letters: A positive experience at Rideau Regional Centre

  20-03-2019 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A positive experience at Rideau Regional
  Re: Gone, not forgotten, March 16.
  I read Catherine McKercher’s article with much empathy; my family and I have walked that same road. However, your heading “Failure and inhumanity at residential institutions” tends to equate the Smiths Falls establishment with those others of infamous repute, where Indigenous children were taken from their families for the specific purpose of forcibly changing their identity and their culture, a misdire
  
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