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• First legal cannabis lounge in Ontario to be staged in middle of a beer festival

  28-03-2019 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  People attending a craft beer festival in Toronto in June will be able to smoke pot there, too, in what organizers say will be the first legal cannabis lounge in the province.
  The “POTio” will be created in an outdoor area normally reserved for cigarette smokers at the provincially-owned Ontario Place.
  The lounge is billed as a place where festival goers can “come down” from the beer and explore the world of cannabis while being educated about how to consume it responsibl
  
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• What to expect when Ottawa's legal pot shops open on April 1

  28-03-2019 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nearly six months after Canada legalized pot, people in Ottawa will be able to walk into three stores on Monday and buy some.
  The shops in the ByWard Market, Centretown and Wellington West Village are among only a handful that will open across the province.
  The province had wanted 25 cannabis stores to open by April 1, but many won’t be ready on time.
  Ontario residents have been able to buy online at the Ontario Cannabis Store since Canada legalized recreational marijuana on Oct. 17. But b
  
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• What to expect when Ottawa's legal pot shops open on April 1 - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2019 23:04
  What to expect when Ottawa's legal pot shops open on April 1  Ottawa CitizenNearly six months after Canada legalized pot, people in Ottawa will be able to walk into three stores on Monday and buy some.The shops in the ByWard Market, ...
  
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• Plane lands safely in Ottawa after bird strike - CBC.ca

  28-03-2019 22:57
  Plane lands safely in Ottawa after bird strike  CBC.caAn Air Canada flight with 170 passengers on board landed safely after striking birds during its descent to the Ottawa International Airport shortly after midnight.
  
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• Crawford and Veronneau on Ottawa native's addition to team | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  28-03-2019 22:14
  Crawford and Veronneau on Ottawa native's addition to team | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caMax Veronneau grew up in the Ottawa area watching the Senators play hockey. Now he's one of them and coach Marc Crawford says his intelligence and vision ...
  
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• Tories and NDP leave rebel MPP Amanda Simard's question hanging

  28-03-2019 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  What began as a minor accident that left Amanda Simard convalescing at home for a few days has turned into a political scrap over the rights of independent MPPs.
  Simard, who recently left the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in protest over the treatment of Franco-Ontarians, was all set to ask a question about OHIP+ during question period on Wednesday. She represents Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
  Then came an accident at her home — colleagues were unsure what happened but she needed st
  
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• Today's letters: Don't sign the contract until we have answers

  28-03-2019 21:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let’s hold off on that O-Train contract
  It is heartening to see that Mayor Watson is so co-operative and sees no roadblocks to adding transit concerns to city auditor-general Ken Hughes’ future work plans.
  That should mean the mayor has no problems asking the auditor to review LRT Stage 1 delays, extra costs and its too-favourable contract terms, along with reviewing the propriety of awarding the Trillium line expansion contract to SCN Lavalin despite the firm reportedly not making t
  
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• Ottawa's Thermal Energy taps repeat customer for $2.3M heat recovery deal - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-03-2019 21:23
  Ottawa's Thermal Energy taps repeat customer for $2.3M heat recovery deal  Ottawa Business JournalCleantech firm Thermal Energy International continues to score lucrative contracts.
  
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• Ottawa biotech firm Avivagen closes $5.3M financing amid US market push - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-03-2019 21:19
  Ottawa biotech firm Avivagen closes $5.3M financing amid US market push  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa-based biotech firm that makes a line of natural health products designed to replace antibiotics in livestock feed has announced a multimillion-dollar ...
  
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• New local band Psychedelic Sundaes to debut with groovy tunes, liquid light show

  28-03-2019 21:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new Ottawa band that’s been rehearsing for two years will play their debut gig at Irene’s Pub on Saturday, with a 60s-inspired liquid light show designed and executed by the veteran Ottawa artist Arthur II.The band calls itself Psychedelic Sundaes, and it’s led by guitarist Doug Gouthro, formerly of the esteemed Ottawa country-rock outfit The John Henrys. He’s joined by John Henrys’ drummer, Geoff Ward, bassist Ian Halman and multi-instrumentalist Ken Kanwisher on
  
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• Major development, feared to worsen a bad Ottawa intersection, approved by planning committee - Global News

  28-03-2019 21:17
  Major development, feared to worsen a bad Ottawa intersection, approved by planning committee  Global News"Even without this development, [traffic is] bad enough and getting worse. And now we're just going to make it even worse without a good solution to handle it," ...
  
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• Bluesfest adds alt-J to opening night lineup

  28-03-2019 21:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  The oddball English indie band, alt-J, are coming to Ottawa this summer, booked to headline RBC Bluesfest on opening night.The 25th annual edition of the festival runs from July 4-14 on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum at LeBreton Flats Park.The engaging band, which operates somewhere between rock, electronica and folk, won Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize in 2012 for their debut album, An Awesome Wave, and have seen their fame skyrocket ever since, selling out London’s O2 A
  
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• Bluesfest adds alt-J to opening night lineup - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2019 20:47
  Bluesfest adds alt-J to opening night lineup  Ottawa CitizenThe 25th annual edition of the festival runs from July 4-14.
  
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• Ottawa developers espouse the responsibility – and business case – for ethical artificial intelligence - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-03-2019 20:16
  Ottawa developers espouse the responsibility – and business case – for ethical artificial intelligence  Ottawa Business JournalAs the capabilities of artificial intelligence grow, developers in Ottawa are increasingly concerned about a world in which AI goes unchecked.
  
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• Ottawa's stock option tax plan could cost Shopify and other big tech firms more than a fortune - Financial Post

  28-03-2019 20:05
  Ottawa's stock option tax plan could cost Shopify and other big tech firms more than a fortune  Financial PostMore important than money, higher taxes on options will cost the tech sector talent, insiders say.
  
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• Ottawa couple among WOW Air passengers stranded in Iceland - CBC.ca

  28-03-2019 20:05
  Ottawa couple among WOW Air passengers stranded in Iceland  CBC.caAn Ottawa couple currently in Iceland says it's going to cost them an extra $2000 to get back home after the airline they booked flights with abruptly ceased ...
  
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• Charges in 2017 crash that killed two Renfrew-area teen hockey players

  28-03-2019 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Greater Madawaska Township woman is charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death and two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in connection with the single-vehicle crash that killed two 18-year-old members of the Renfrew Timberwolves hockey team.
  Two other players, also 18, were badly hurt in the crash on Calabogie Road shortly after midnight on Oct. 27, 2017 which the OPP concluded was alcohol-related.
  Driver Brandon Thomas Hanniman of Admaston Bromley Township di
  
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• Chief of Ottawa's new cybersecurity agency makes pitch to hackers' favourite targets — banks - Financial Post

  28-03-2019 19:30
  Chief of Ottawa's new cybersecurity agency makes pitch to hackers' favourite targets — banks  Financial PostThe leader of the federal government's new cybersecurity agency made a pitch Thursday to some of the “big fish” for hackers — bankers — asking lenders to ...
  
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• Adam: Will Canadian voters care about Trudeau's deficits?

  28-03-2019 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justin Trudeau is taking flak from assorted experts for racking up deficits.
  Economists, think-tanks and credit rating agencies all warn that the prime minister’s big spending could spell trouble for the economy. And in a swipe at Trudeau, Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says balancing the budget would be a top priority under a Conservative government.
  But the big question is, do people really care about deficits? Do voters reward deficit hawks and punish free-spenders? Polling on the issu
  
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• Councillors gripe about failing Hunt Club/Riverside intersection, but approve major development anyway

  28-03-2019 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  You can’t get worse than an F.
  Unless it’s an F-minus.
  That’s the city’s dismal traffic grade for the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Riverside Drive, and on Thursday, council’s planning committee voted unanimously in favour of an application proposing to build a new mixed-use development on 11.5 hectares of land at the northwest quadrant.
  The development vision put forward by St. Mary’s Development Corp., which is Taggart Realty company, includes a car dea
  
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• Wellington mainstay Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli to cut its space in half with spring renovation

  28-03-2019 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli, a linchpin West Wellington business that has catered to food lovers for 35 years, is to undergo a renovation this spring that will cut its 7,000-square-foot space in half.
  “We will be right-sizing … It’s time for a change,” owner Liliana Piazza said Thursday.
  She was glad to put to rest rumours that her business was closing outright. The Bagelshop, Piazza said, plans to stay open during the renovations, which will likely begin in May and la
  
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• Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli "right-sizing", not closing - Edmonton Sun

  28-03-2019 19:14
  Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli "right-sizing", not closing  Edmonton SunThe Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli, a linchpin West Wellington business that has catered to food lovers for 35 years, is to undergo a renovation this spring that will ...
  
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• Wellington mainstay Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli to cut its space in half with spring renovation - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2019 19:09
  Wellington mainstay Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli to cut its space in half with spring renovation  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli, a linchpin West Wellington business that has catered to food lovers for 35 years, is to undergo a renovation this spring that will ...
  
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• Former Ottawa Police Chief not ruling out bid to get his old job back - OttawaMatters.com

  28-03-2019 19:03
  Former Ottawa Police Chief not ruling out bid to get his old job back  OttawaMatters.comConservative Senator and Former Ottawa Police Chief Vernon White told Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe that he's "very interested' in the soon-to-be-vacant ...
  
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• Woman charged in 2017 Ottawa Valley fatal crash - CTV News

  28-03-2019 18:46
  Woman charged in 2017 Ottawa Valley fatal crash  CTV NewsA woman has been charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death as a result of a fatal Ottawa Valley crash October 27, 2017.
  
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• Air Canada flight forced to land at Ottawa airport due to bird strike - Global News

  28-03-2019 18:38
  Air Canada flight forced to land at Ottawa airport due to bird strike  Global NewsAn Air Canada flight was forced to make a speedy landing at MacDonald-Cartier International Airport early Thursday morning after striking a flock of birds.
  
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• Air Canada flight lands safely in Ottawa after Mayday call when plane struck flock of birds - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  28-03-2019 18:15
  Air Canada flight lands safely in Ottawa after Mayday call when plane struck flock of birds  TheChronicleHerald.caAn Air Canada flight had a “bit of a hairy landing” at the Ottawa Airport early Thursday after the plane hit a flock of birds. An Air Canada spokeswoman said that ...
  
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• Air Canada flight lands safely after Mayday call when plane struck flock of birds

  28-03-2019 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Air Canada flight had a “bit of a hairy landing” at the Ottawa Airport early Thursday after the plane hit a flock of birds.
  An Air Canada spokeswoman said that flight AC342, with 170 passengers on board, which was scheduled to arrive from Vancouver at 12:46 a.m., made contact with birds on the descent and “as per our operating procedures airport services were called.”
  “The flight landed safely and no one was hurt,” she added.
  The plane, which made it to the
  
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• South Stormont man charged in domestic assaults

  28-03-2019 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 23-year-old South Stormont man was charged with a number of assault charges following an incident this week that left a woman with serious injuries.
  Police were called to a home in the area near Cornwall just after midnight Mar. 25.
  The police investigation determined the man allegedly assaulted his spouse, stepson and stepdaughter. He was also allegedly in contravention of a probation order.
  A woman was transported to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. A young man suffe
  
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• Work to begin Saturday on Portage Bridge cycle track, HOV lane

  28-03-2019 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The second phase of work to improve Portage Bridge cycle track and repave the northbound high-occupancy vehicle lane starts first thing Saturday morning.
  Work on the cycling track includes widening it by 10 cm to 2.6 metres and adding a barrier between cars and the growing number of cyclists, the National Capital Commission said.
  The Portage Bridge cycling lanes are used by more than 300,000 cyclists per year, a number that’s growing by four per cent each year, the NCC said.
  Construction s
  
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• Ottawa expected increase in New Brunswick's housing budget, not cuts - CBC.ca

  28-03-2019 16:38
  Ottawa expected increase in New Brunswick's housing budget, not cuts  CBC.caFederal Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says that while he can't tell the province what to do with its money, everything was in place for the ...
  
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• Ottawa parking garage system hit by ransomware, entry system crippled - IT World Canada

  28-03-2019 16:29
  Ottawa parking garage system hit by ransomware, entry system crippled  IT World CanadaSometimes malware gives a gift to ordinary people. That's what happened Tuesday at an Ottawa parking garage when apparently an Internet-connected parking ...
  
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• Ottawa photographer Jeff Thomas receives GG award for visual art

  28-03-2019 15:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Forty years ago, a car accident changed Jeff Thomas’ life.In 1979, the Indigenous photographer was driving home to Buffalo, N.Y., after a visit to his family’s Southern Ontario reserve, Six Nations of the Grand River, with his then-wife (actor Monique Mojica) and young son (A Tribe Called Red’s Bear Witness) in the car.They had plans to move to the reserve and build a home, but Thomas still had to get back in time for his shift at the auto factory. Despite trying to push throug
  
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• Ottawa photographer Jeff Thomas receives GG award for visual art - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2019 15:53
  Ottawa photographer Jeff Thomas receives GG award for visual art  Ottawa CitizenIn 1979, the Indigenous photographer was driving home to Buffalo, N.Y., after a visit to his family's Southern Ontario reserve, Six Nations of the Grand River, with ...
  
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• Ottawa 67's sweep Hamilton Bulldogs to advance to Round 2 - CBC.ca

  28-03-2019 15:34
  Ottawa 67's sweep Hamilton Bulldogs to advance to Round 2  CBC.caThe Ottawa 67's have won a playoff round for the first time since 2012, knocking out the OHL's defending champions in four games. Ottawa's 7-2 win in Hamilton ...
  
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• Loved ones, Ottawa music community in mourning after fatal overdoses claim three lives - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  28-03-2019 15:29
  Loved ones, Ottawa music community in mourning after fatal overdoses claim three lives  TheChronicleHerald.caMusic fuelled the bright life of Tyler Hay, and it's a significant part of the way a grieving community is now remembering him. At the beginning of March, Hay took ...
  
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• Quebec's bill to ban religious symbols sparks condemnation in province and Ottawa - The Globe and Mail

  28-03-2019 15:26
  Quebec's bill to ban religious symbols sparks condemnation in province and Ottawa  The Globe and MailWaves of condemnation washed over Quebec's move Thursday to ban some public-sector workers from wearing religiously symbolic articles, despite Premier ...
  
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• Ottawa ambulance lights change colour - OttawaMatters.com

  28-03-2019 14:54
  Ottawa ambulance lights change colour  OttawaMatters.comThe change is not just about helping ambulances respond to emergency calls more quickly, but also to avoid paramedics getting struck by vehicles while at an ...
  
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• Tunney's, Westboro, Dominion Transitway stations closed Sunday

  28-03-2019 14:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo’s Tunney’s Pasture, Westboro and Dominion Transitway stations will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday for LRT testing.
  The service warns that it’s running a bus operations test at Tunney’s Pasture Station to prepare for O-Train Line 1 service. Routes 11, 16, 54, 61, 62, 63, 80, 86, 87, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98, and 153 will bypass Tunney’s Pasture, Westboro and Dominion stations and serve stops 3B and 4A on the local platform at Lincoln Fields Station.
  
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• Antiques: Historic pistol formative in Canadian and American history

  28-03-2019 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q:  I have a pistol from the early 1800s. The plate, on one side is marked with an eagle above ‘U.STATES’ and ‘S.NORTH, BERLIN, CON.’ If you can help appraise this I would appreciate it.
  Suzanne, Toronto, Ontario
   
  A:  This is a rare American Army flintlock pistol identified as a ‘Simeon North M1811 Army.’ It uses a stone or other sparking material in the clamp/hammer which ignites the powder charge expelling the projectile.
  There were 606 of th
  
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• Justin Champagne, chef at Bar Lupulus, brings fine-dining flair to "beer food"

  28-03-2019 14:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Justin Champagne, chef de cuisine at Bar Lupulus, calls himself “a beer geek.”
  “It’s always been my drink of choice,” the 32-year-old says.
  At the Wellington Street West restaurant since last June, Champagne has been pairing his distinctive approach to food with one of Ottawa’s best and most varied beer and wine lists. And while Bar Lupulus is decidedly casual, Champagne’s food is informed by the skills and palate he developed working in such fine-dining
  
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• Traffic: Colonel By closures, school zone tickets, watch for cyclists

  28-03-2019 13:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Queensway traffic was heavy and slow from the get-go Thursday morning but don’t try to make up time in neighbourhood traffic — there are lane closures, school zones and cyclists’ safety to warn you about.
  A section of the northbound lane of Colonel By Drive between the Mackenzie King and Laurier bridges will be closed on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. so heavy machinery can be delivered.
  The National Capital Commission is asking motorists and pedestrians to be careful, respect working
  
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• Ottawa hemp firm LiveWell closes $16.3M funding deals to boost US operations - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-03-2019 12:57
  Ottawa hemp firm LiveWell closes $16.3M funding deals to boost US operations  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa-based hemp firm has raised a sizeable chunk of funding to improve its U.S. production prospects.
  
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• Wind gusts, rain and snow are all in the forecast

  28-03-2019 12:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  You could let a smile be your umbrella Thursday, but you’re probably better off taking a real brolly.
  The forecast is pretty soggy for the next while. And we’re including possible snow in that outlook.
  Thursday morning’s cloudy skies should lead to showers by noon, with gusty winds up to 50 km/h at times and a high near 7 C.
  Expect showers into the evening, ending overnight and a low near zero.
  Clouds are back Friday morning, with a risk of freezing drizzle and a 40 per cent ch
  
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• Ottawa climate change activists target town hall hosted by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna - iPolitics.ca

  28-03-2019 12:00
  Ottawa climate change activists target town hall hosted by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna  iPolitics.caClimate Justice Ottawa is hoping to bring “hundreds of residents of Ottawa Centre” to a public town hall hosted by local Liberal MP Catherine McKenna, who is, ...
  
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• Ottawa taxi companies hurting, three years after Uber - OttawaMatters.com

  28-03-2019 11:57
  Ottawa taxi companies hurting, three years after Uber  OttawaMatters.comTaxi companies say their regulations are more strict than those for companies like Lyft and Uber, and have led to an uneven playing field.
  
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• Today's letters: Police lawsuit may mean it's time for a change

  28-03-2019 11:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lawsuit may mean it’s time for a change 
  Re: Police union files $500,000 lawsuit against chief;  March 26
  It is unfortunate the relationship between Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau and union leader Matt Skof has reached the point of a lawsuit. Whatever the underlying reasons are and which may be unknown to the general public, the residents of Ottawa need the cloud hanging over the OPS to be cleared. With Mr. Bordeleau retiring perhaps this may also be a good time for change
  
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• Loved ones, Ottawa music community in mourning after fatal overdoses claim three lives

  28-03-2019 11:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Music fuelled the bright life of Tyler Hay, and it’s a significant part of the way a grieving community is now remembering him.
  At the beginning of March, Hay took to Facebook to share his excitement about an upcoming tour with punk rock band Letdown. The Ottawa native, according to his Facebook profile, was filling in on guitar, and was set to play shows across the U.S. for almost a month, starting March 28.
  Days before the first show, Hay succumbed to a fatal overdose. Ottawa authorities
  
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• YOU SAID IT: We need LRT answers - Ottawa Sun

  28-03-2019 11:11
  YOU SAID IT: We need LRT answers  Ottawa SunWE NEED LRT ANSWERSApparently SNC-Lavalin won the contract for the $4-billion-plus construction of Stage 2 of Ottawa's LRT project even though it didn't ...
  
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• Loved ones, Ottawa music community in mourning after fatal overdoses claim three lives - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2019 11:00
  Loved ones, Ottawa music community in mourning after fatal overdoses claim three lives  Ottawa CitizenOttawa authorities suspect fentanyl-laced cocaine was a factor in six overdoses and three deaths in the span of 14 hours.
  
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