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• Ottawa's bubbling condo market reveals a desire for more - The Globe and Mail

  26-03-2019 23:00
  Ottawa's bubbling condo market reveals a desire for more  The Globe and MailBoth prices and sales are up, but supply is strained.
  
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• Joshua Boyle attempts to flee courtroom after officer recounts arrest

  26-03-2019 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joshua Boyle stood up and bolted toward the door of an Ottawa courtroom Tuesday after hearing a police sergeant recount details of his arrest in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2017 in front of two of his children.
  “Sorry, Mr. Boyle, you can’t leave,” Ontario Court Justice Peter Doody interjected before Boyle reached the doors, his father in pursuit.
  Boyle slumped into the back row of the courtroom and a recess was ordered.
  The interruption came after Ottawa police Sgt. Shane Hende
  
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• As overdose deaths spike in Ottawa, supervised sites await news on funding - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 22:45
  As overdose deaths spike in Ottawa, supervised sites await news on funding  Ottawa CitizenThree Ottawa men were pronounced dead of suspected opioid overdoses within a few hours on Monday as the city's supervised consumption services awaited ...
  
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• Ottawa Judge will hear Charter application in Montsion case - CTV News

  26-03-2019 22:39
  Ottawa Judge will hear Charter application in Montsion case  CTV NewsAn Ottawa judge has agreed to hear arguments from Constable Daniel Montsion's Defence team as to why the manslaughter trial should be halted.
  
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• Enbridge Gas seeks as much as 11 per cent price increase in response to federal carbon tax

  26-03-2019 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Enbridge Gas has applied for a rate increase that could drive up the average customer’s bill by as much as $94 a year — and the company is blaming the looming carbon tax.
  The increase marks about an 11-per-cent jump. That’s based on what the company said in September was a typical residential customer’s annual bill:  $873.
  Enbridge, which recently merged with Union Gas, supplies 99.8 per cent of all natural gas customers in the province of Ontario.
  All increases to e
  
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• Sabres' Carter Hutton: Starting in Ottawa - CBSSports.com

  26-03-2019 22:29
  Sabres' Carter Hutton: Starting in Ottawa  CBSSports.comHutton will guard the cage in Tuesday's road game against the Senators, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports. Hutton struggled in his last start ...
  
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• Display of Hill 70 Victoria Cross medals unveiled at war museum

  26-03-2019 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  A special display of the medal sets of the six men to receive Victoria Cross medals for their valour at the Battle of Hill 70 was unveiled at the Canadian War Museum on Tuesday.
  This marks the first time the soldiers’ medals have been shown together. Four of the sets are part of the museum’s permanent collection, while two are on loan. The Victoria Cross is awarded for gallantry “in the presence of the enemy” and is the most prestigious among British honours. In Canada, i
  
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• Kamloops gets a post-budget visit from Ottawa - Kamloops This Week

  26-03-2019 21:23
  Kamloops gets a post-budget visit from Ottawa  Kamloops This WeekFederal Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng visited Kamloops on Tuesday. The MP from the Ontario riding of riding of Markham—Thornhill ...
  
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• Display of Hill 70 Victoria Cross medals unveiled at war museum - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 21:05
  Display of Hill 70 Victoria Cross medals unveiled at war museum  Ottawa CitizenA special display of the medal sets of the six men to receive Victoria Cross medals for their valour at the Battle of Hill 70 was unveiled at the Canadian War ...
  
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• Another section of Elgin Street to close Monday

  26-03-2019 21:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The southbound lane on Elgin Street from Laurier Avenue to Somerset Street will be closed starting Monday as part of the major construction work along the Centretown street.
  Elgin is currently undergoing construction from Gloucester Street to Isabella Street. This includes underground work on Waverley Street from Elgin Street to Metcalfe Street, and through Jack Purcell Park.
  The finished project will provide 16 blocks between Gloucester and Isabella Streets with wider sidewalks, infrastructure
  
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• Ottawa under pressure to tighten gun laws after swift action in New Zealand - CBC News

  26-03-2019 20:51
  Ottawa under pressure to tighten gun laws after swift action in New Zealand  CBC NewsNew Zealand's prime minister has won praise from gun control advocates around the world for her fast work in tabling restrictions on firearms after the ...
  
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• Retiring Algonquin College president Jensen hopes to leave legacy of entrepreneurship - Ottawa Business Journal

  26-03-2019 20:49
  Retiring Algonquin College president Jensen hopes to leave legacy of entrepreneurship  Ottawa Business JournalAlgonquin College president Cheryl Jensen announced Tuesday she will step down when her five-year term expires at the end of this year. The longtime ...
  
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• Another section of Elgin Street to close Monday - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 20:28
  Another section of Elgin Street to close Monday  Ottawa CitizenThe southbound lane on Elgin Street from Laurier Avenue to Somerset Street will be closed starting Monday as part of the major construction work along the ...
  
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• Going out best bets, March 28 to April 3 - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 20:11
  Going out best bets, March 28 to April 3  Ottawa CitizenRockLegendary rockers KISS are going out with a bang after 45 years on the road, apparently stashing their wigs, platform boots and pyro for good. Your last ...
  
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• Going out best bets, March 28 to April 3

  26-03-2019 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Legendary rockers KISS are going out with a bang after 45 years on the road, apparently stashing their wigs, platform boots and pyro for good. Your last chance to see them in Ottawa is Wednesday, April 3, when their End of the Road world tour lumbers into the Canadian Tire Centre. Tickets start at $58, including fees and taxes, available at http://www.Ticketmaster.ca, http://www.canadiantirecentre.com, by phone at 1-877-788-3267, and in person at most Sens Store locations, or the CTC box of
  
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• Denley: Maverick MPP Randy Hillier proved a poor fit for party politics

  26-03-2019 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some people just aren’t cut out for party politics. After a dozen years in office, Randy Hillier should have realized he was one of them.
  The Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP, recently ejected from the PC caucus, was an outspoken maverick before he got into politics and he has been an outspoken maverick ever since he was elected. Personally, I am in favour of outspoken mavericks, but if they are to succeed as politicians, they need to understand the nature of the game.
  Being elected under a p
  
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• Trial: After 911 call to report wife missing, Joshua Boyle worried about what she might tell police

  26-03-2019 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  After calling 911 to report that his wife was missing and suicidal, Joshua Boyle told an Ottawa police sergeant that he was also worried what she might tell authorities when she was found.
  “He told me he was concerned, as any husband would be, with what Caitlan (Coleman) would say to us when we found her,” Sgt. Shane Henderson told court Tuesday.
  Henderson was one of the first officers to respond to Boyle’s 911 emergency call late on the night of Dec. 30, 2017. A recording of t
  
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• Ottawa Public Health issues alert after local drug overdose-related deaths - OttawaMatters.com

  26-03-2019 19:40
  Ottawa Public Health issues alert after local drug overdose-related deaths  OttawaMatters.comThe agency is reminding the public about how to stay safe and keep others safe from illicit drugs which may contain opioids.
  
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• Three dead in suspected fentanyl-tainted cocaine overdoses Monday

  26-03-2019 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three people died Monday in accidental overdoses involving what police suspect was fentanyl-laced cocaine.
  In all, police and other responders were called to four incidents over 14 hours involving six people who had apparently taken the tainted narcotics.
  Paramedics said that a man in his 20s was pronounced dead early Monday morning at a MacLaren Street apartment despite their “extensive” resuscitation efforts.
  Another man was pronounced dead in an apartment near Baseline Road and Wo
  
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• As overdose deaths spike in Ottawa, supervised sites await news on funding

  26-03-2019 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three Ottawa men were pronounced dead of suspected opioid overdoses within a few hours on Monday as the city’s supervised consumption services awaited news from the province on whether they will be funded past the end of the month.
  On Feb. 1, the province announced it was extending the approvals for supervised consumption services to the end of March while the health ministry reviewed applications. The approvals, which confer funding on the sites, had originally been set to expire on Jan.
  
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• Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary - CTV News

  26-03-2019 19:23
  Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary  CTV NewsAn Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, with the money earmarked to ...
  
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• Joshua Boyle attempts to flee courtroom after officer recounts arrest - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 19:17
  Joshua Boyle attempts to flee courtroom after officer recounts arrest  Ottawa CitizenJoshua Boyle stood up and bolted toward the door of an Ottawa courtroom Tuesday after hearing a police sergeant recount details of his arrest in the early hours ...
  
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• Ottawa unveils principles for Indigenous ownership of pipeline - CTV News

  26-03-2019 19:15
  Ottawa unveils principles for Indigenous ownership of pipeline  CTV NewsFinance Minister Bill Morneau says the government remains committed to putting the Trans Mountain pipeline and its proposed expansion back in private hands ...
  
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• Ottawa harm reduction program director: New strategy needed to prevent more opioid deaths - OttawaMatters.com

  26-03-2019 19:14
  Ottawa harm reduction program director: New strategy needed to prevent more opioid deaths  OttawaMatters.comRob Boyd of the Oasis Program at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre is suggesting a well-regulated supply be available for those who are ...
  
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• Ottawa announces $150M for flood mitigation across GTA - CBC News

  26-03-2019 18:08
  Ottawa announces $150M for flood mitigation across GTA  CBC NewsThe federal government on Tuesday pledged $150 million for four flooding and storm mitigation projects in Toronto and York Region, after a summer in which ...
  
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• Salvation Army to close Pembroke ops after 130 years

  26-03-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Salvation Army is closing its doors in Pembroke immediately after more than 130 years of operation in the city.
  The organization issued a release this week saying the agency’s local family services, food bank, soup kitchen, youth outreach centre and Christmas Hamper Program will no longer be available.
  The closure means two employees will lose their jobs. The agency’s properties on downtown Pembroke Street will be put up for sale.
  The Salvation Army is proud of the role it has pl
  
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• Classless and Embarrassing — How Ottawa Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk has Hit a New Low - Last Word on Hockey

  26-03-2019 17:53
  Classless and Embarrassing — How Ottawa Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk has Hit a New Low  Last Word on HockeyEugene Melnyk has had his fair share of embarrassing moments for as long as Ottawa Senators fans can remember, and it seems like it won't be going away.
  
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• Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary - CityNews

  26-03-2019 17:30
  Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary  CityNewsAn Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, with the money earmarked to ...
  
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• City proposes to try commuter park-and-bike at Andrew Haydon Park

  26-03-2019 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa could allow a handful of commuters to park their vehicles and bike from Andrew Haydon Park for at least three years, but that would be the extent of any municipal park-and-cycle initiatives for now.
  Under the zoning rules, it’s illegal for motorists to use City of Ottawa parking lots as park-and-cycle lots. The lots are meant for the people using the amenity, like a park.
  That has put a stick in the spokes of motorists/cyclists who want to split their trip between drivin
  
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• No signs of foul play in Ottawa teen's drowning at Montreal music fest: Quebec coroner

  26-03-2019 16:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa teen drowned soon after disappearing from a Montreal music festival last summer but there’s no evidence that he was the victim of a crime, the Quebec coroner concluded in a report released Tuesday.
  “This is a traumatic death whose exact circumstances could not be determined,” Dr. Gilles Sainton concluded in his report on the death of Collins Obiagboso.
  The École secondaire publique De La Salle student, who had just turned 18, was visiting family in Montreal whe
  
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• Facebook group fosters friendships for newcomers to Ottawa - CBC.ca

  26-03-2019 15:54
  Facebook group fosters friendships for newcomers to Ottawa  CBC.caMimi Do started the Newcomers in Ottawa Facebook group to bring people together and create a support system. Do has watched the group grow from just a ...
  
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• Lage Lund CD reviewed

  26-03-2019 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Terrible Animals (Criss Cross Jazz)Lage Lund
  The cover for Terrible Animals, the latest album from New York-based guitarist Lage Lund, has a decidedly retro feel to it.
  Jazz aficionados will recognize the cover’s red border and casual sketch of Lund as a nod to the look of selected Criss Cross Jazz album covers from the early 1980s, i.e., a time when Lund, who is 40 now, was still a pre-schooler in Norway, years away from picking up his first guitar.
   That said, the album’s rend
  
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• House Works: Your questions on adding exterior insulation, attic frost

  26-03-2019 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Adding Exterior Insulation
  Q: What’s the best way to add insulation to the outside of my house? My friend is planning to apply vertical vinyl siding and wants to upgrade energy performance as part of the job. What’s the best plan of attack?
   
  A: Assuming your friend is working from bare wall sheathing outwards, the best approach I know of is to apply extruded polystyrene foam to the outside walls, then the siding.
  This kind of foam is completely waterproof and retains insulation
  
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• Vanier-area fire leaves Ottawa firefighter injured, four residents displaced - Global News

  26-03-2019 14:25
  Vanier-area fire leaves Ottawa firefighter injured, four residents displaced  Global NewsOne firefighter was hurt and four people were displaced after a home east of the downtown core caught fire late on Monday night, according to the Ottawa Fire ...
  
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• Thieves cutting catalytic converters from Hondas - CTV News

  26-03-2019 14:12
  Thieves cutting catalytic converters from Hondas  CTV NewsPolice say there have been nine reported incidents since February 28, which involve thieves sawing off the catalytic converters on older model Hondas.
  
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• Two dead in suspected fentanyl-tainted cocaine overdoses Monday

  26-03-2019 14:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people died Monday in accidental overdoses involving what police suspect was fentanyl-laced cocaine.
  In all, police and other responders were called to four incidents over 14 hours involving six people who had apparently taken the tainted narcotics.
  Paramedics said that a man in his 20s was pronounced dead early Monday morning at a downtown apartment despite their “extensive” resuscitation efforts.
  Another man was pronounced dead in an apartment near Baseline Road and Woodroffe A
  
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• Algonquin College president Jensen to retire in September at end of five-year term

  26-03-2019 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Algonquin College is searching for a new president after Cheryl Jensen has announced she’ll retire at the end of her five-year term.
  The college’s first female president, Jensen was appointed in 2014.
  Peter Nadeau, the chairman of the college’s board, said in a news release Tuesday that the search will begin immediately and that the college is “truly indebted” to Jensen for her service.
  “Under her leadership, we have broken enrolment records, opened the cuttin
  
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• Firefighter hurt, four displaced by east-end fire

  26-03-2019 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  When there was silence on the other end of a 911 call Monday night, fire dispatchers mapped the cellphone call to an east-end intersection to track down a house fire that left four homeless and a firefighter injured.
  Police, paramedics and firefighters responded to the 10 p.m. call to an “unknown situation” which by 10:04 a.m. was determined to be a working fire at a home on Marguerite Avenue near the intersection of McArthur Avenue and the Vanier Parkway.
  The flames were under contr
  
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• Lansdowne Park revenues, visitor numbers up but losses persist - Ottawa Business Journal

  26-03-2019 13:28
  Lansdowne Park revenues, visitor numbers up but losses persist  Ottawa Business JournalRising visitor numbers, more major events and an uptick in leasing are bringing in more revenues to the operators of Lansdowne Park, but higher-than-expected ...
  
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• Sunny day in forecast, but rain (and snow) on the horizon

  26-03-2019 12:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Enjoy the sunshine today and pretend it’s warmer as the region continues its s-l-o-w advance to spring.
  After morning wind chill readings of about -11, skies are expected to remain clear as temps reach a high of 3 C.
  Clear skies should continue through the evening, with temperatures hitting a low of -9 C.
  Clouds will remain scarce on Wednesday, according to the weather office, with a high of 6 C and overnight low of -3 C.
  Then it gets wet.
  Thursday dawns cloudy, with a 60 per cent chance o
  
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• Today's letters: Yes, we need another bridge across the Ottawa River

  26-03-2019 12:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Views of a few shouldn’t postpone bridge
  Re: Today’s letters: Building bridges is good for Ottawa, March 25.
  This letter about the need for another bridge to Quebec is so on point. How much money has been spent on environmental and feasibility studies, which are probably in someone’s filing cabinet? The opinion of a few (neighbours near the proposed sight) should not dictate what is needed by the majority.
  Last week, I was at the beautiful Ottawa Art Gallery. Upon exiting we we
  
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• Ottawa police getting ready for 911 system changes - CBC.ca

  26-03-2019 12:01
  Ottawa police getting ready for 911 system changes  CBC.caThe Ottawa Police Services Board signed off on a nearly $650000 contract Monday night to get the force ready for major upgrades coming next year to the 911 ...
  
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• Today's letters: Yes, we need another bridge across the Ottawa River - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 11:31
  Today's letters: Yes, we need another bridge across the Ottawa River  Ottawa CitizenViews of a few shouldn't postpone bridgeRe: Today's letters: Building bridges is good for Ottawa, March 25.This letter about the need for another bridge to ...
  
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• Five fires keep firefighters busy - CTV News

  26-03-2019 09:34
  Five fires keep firefighters busy  CTV NewsFour people are homeless after an evening fire at a home on Margueritte Ave.
  
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• Ottawa blows through snow budget for 7th straight year - CBC.ca

  26-03-2019 09:00
  Ottawa blows through snow budget for 7th straight year  CBC.caFor the seventh year in a row, the City of Ottawa overspent its budget for clearing snow and ice from the area's streets and sidewalks, ending 2018 with a ...
  
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• No signs of foul play in Ottawa teen's drowning at Montreal music fest: Quebec coroner - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 08:00
  No signs of foul play in Ottawa teen's drowning at Montreal music fest: Quebec coroner  Ottawa CitizenAn Ottawa teen drowned soon after disappearing from a Montreal music festival last summer but there's no evidence that he was the victim of a crime, the ...
  
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• Two fatal overdoses in Ottawa on Monday - CTV News

  26-03-2019 07:44
  Two fatal overdoses in Ottawa on Monday  CTV NewsOttawa Police responded to three incidents involving possible drug overdoses in a 14-hour period on Monday. Two people died from suspected drug overdoses.
  
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• Crown will not call original arresting officer, other police or SIU in Montsion trial

  26-03-2019 02:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The judge presiding over Const. Daniel Montsion’s manslaughter and assault trial will consider arguments heard Monday on the merits of a charter application to stay all charges against the Ottawa officer, or to dismiss testimony from key witnesses.
  Court also heard there will be fewer Crown witnesses than initially thought, and less testimony for Justice Robert Kelly to consider, after prosecutors presented a list of all the remaining witnesses the Crown intends to call.
  Court heard the in
  
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• Cause of garage fire in rural south Ottawa under investigation

  26-03-2019 01:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa Fire Investigator is working to determine the cause of a garage fire at 2283 Stagecoach Rd. on Monday.
  Ottawa Fire responded to a 911 call for a fire at a detached garage just after 5 p.m. Flames were visible through the building’s roof.
  The fire was put out just after 6 p.m., Ottawa Fire Services said. No injuries were reported.
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• Cause of garage fire in rural south Ottawa under investigation - Ottawa Citizen

  26-03-2019 00:53
  Cause of garage fire in rural south Ottawa under investigation  Ottawa CitizenAn Ottawa Fire Investigator is working to determine the cause of a garage fire at 2283 Stagecoach Rd. on Monday.
  
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