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• Wellington West residents steel themselves for pot shop opening

  30-03-2019 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only two days before Ottawa’s first three legal cannabis shops were set to open, about 30 people attended an town hall about a new pot shop in Wellington West.
  Superette, which has a sales floor of approximately 2,400 square feet, has set up shop in the ground floor of a five-storey building at 1306 Wellington St. W., near Warren Avenue.
  The shop will open Monday at 10 a.m., as will Fire & Flower York Street Cannabis in the ByWard Market and Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store on Bank Str
  
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• Flood warnings issued in Rideau Valley - CTV News

  30-03-2019 22:29
  Flood warnings issued in Rideau Valley  CTV NewsResidents in the Rideau Valley are bracing for potential flooding this weekend. After record-setting snowfall in Ottawa this January, along with mounds of ice and ...
  
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• Music community mourning loss of Ottawa guitarist - CTV News

  30-03-2019 22:26
  Music community mourning loss of Ottawa guitarist  CTV NewsThe Ottawa music community is mourning the loss of local guitarist Tyler Hay. The 22-year-old Ottawa native died this week of a suspected drug overdose.
  
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• Bail hearing to continue for Kingston teen facing terrorism charges

  30-03-2019 21:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  KINGSTON — Court has scheduled a third day for a bail hearing for a Kingston youth charged in late January with terrorism offences.
  The 16-year-old has been held at a youth detention centre since his arraignment on Jan. 25 on initial charges of facilitating a terrorist activity between Dec. 20 and Jan. 22 and with counselling someone during that time period to deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive or other lethal device with intent to cause death or serious injury.
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• How the Ottawa-Gatineau bridge closures will affect your commute - CBC.ca

  30-03-2019 21:06
  How the Ottawa-Gatineau bridge closures will affect your commute  CBC.caThe federal government and National Capital Commission are rolling out four years of staggered construction across three of the five bridges connecting Ottawa ...
  
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• Firefighters combat slippery slope in Fitzroy Harbour blaze - Ottawa Citizen

  30-03-2019 19:14
  Firefighters combat slippery slope in Fitzroy Harbour blaze  Ottawa CitizenFreezing rain and ice pellets forced Ottawa Fire Services into problem-solving mode Saturday to combat a dramatic blaze in an isolated home in the city's rural ...
  
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• Firefighters combat slippery slope in Fitzroy Harbour blaze

  30-03-2019 19:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Freezing rain and ice pellets forced Ottawa Fire Services into problem-solving mode Saturday to combat a dramatic blaze in an isolated home in the city’s rural west end.
  Responders were called to the residence on Old Quarry Road, in the Fitzroy Harbour area, about 40 km west of downtown at about 11 a.m.
  They found the home fully engaged in flames.
  The main problem they faced was water supply, as the rural lane had no hydrants and firefighters had to set up relay chains with pumpers travell
  
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• Traffic gets tricky as snow, ice pellets, freezing rain hit capital region Saturday

  30-03-2019 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Our friends at Environment Canada have put off spring yet again with a freezing rain warning in effect for at least Saturday.
  This covers both the Ottawa North (Kanata to Orléans) and Ottawa South (Richmond to Metcalfe) weather regions.
  In short, freezing rain is expected today.
  In more detail, it should start snowing early Saturday morning with a few centimetres of accumulation possible. Winds will be out of the east.
  Snow had changed to ice pellets by the noon hour, and it was expected
  
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• Freezing rain warning for Ottawa - CTV News

  30-03-2019 16:29
  Freezing rain warning for Ottawa  CTV NewsIt may be spring but Ottawa is seeing another blast of winter weather this weekend.
  
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• Two displaced in early-morning rowhouse fire in New Edinburgh

  30-03-2019 16:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  At least two people were displaced after a two-alarm fire struck a New Edinburgh rowhouse Saturday morning.
  Ottawa Fire Services received two 911 calls at about 5:30 a.m. reporting a basement fire at 221 Crichton St., the end unit of an eight-unit rowhouse complex.
  A second alarm was called at 6:06 a.m. as firefighters dealt with both the initial blaze and preventing the fire from spreading to adjacent units.
  “Ottawa paramedics transported one person to hospital with a non-fire-related inj
  
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• Two displaced in early-morning rowhouse fire in New Edinburgh - Ottawa Citizen

  30-03-2019 16:00
  Two displaced in early-morning rowhouse fire in New Edinburgh  Ottawa CitizenAt least two people were displaced after a two-alarm fire struck a New Edinburgh rowhouse Saturday morning.Ottawa Fire Services received two 911 calls at ...
  
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• Five overdose deaths this week has health officials stepping up warnings

  30-03-2019 15:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  After first responders raised the alarm of five deaths suspected to be linked to drugs this week, public health officials were stepping up warnings, a local pharmacist reports an uptick in demand for the opioid antidote naloxone and the region’s coroner is working to investigate the causes of death.
  Two men died Thursday at a home on Hinchey Avenue in Mechanicsville where police and paramedics responded at 5:38 p.m. The deaths “were not suspicious, but drug use is being investigated
  
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• Bail hearing continues for Kingston teen facing terrorism charges

  30-03-2019 15:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  KINGSTON — Court has scheduled a third day for a bail hearing for a Kingston youth charged in late January with terrorism offences.
  The 16-year-old has been held at a youth detention centre since his arraignment on Jan. 25 on initial charges of facilitating a terrorist activity between Dec. 20, 2018 and Jan. 22 this year and with counselling someone during that time period to deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive or other lethal device with intent to cause death or serious inj
  
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• Baseball stadium on list of potential redevelopment sites for affordable housing

  30-03-2019 14:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  If professional baseball doesn’t have a future at the taxpayer-owned stadium on Coventry Road, it could be torn down to give low-income families a place to live.
  Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park has been identified by city staff as one of 20 possible locations to build affordable housing, giving council a clear option of what to do with the aging baseball stadium after the current lease expires: either continue supporting professional baseball in the capital or unlock the development pot
  
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• Freezing rain warning, snow, ice pellets, then rain for your Saturday

  30-03-2019 13:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Our friends at Environment Canada have put off spring yet again with a freezing rain warning in effect for at least Saturday.
  This covers, both the Ottawa North (Kanata to Orléans) and Ottawa South (Richmond to Metcalfe) weather regions.
  In short, freezing rain is expected today.
  In more detail, it should start snowing early Saturday morning with a few centimetres of accumulation possible. Winds will be out of the east.
  Snow is expected to mix with or change to freezing rain later this mo
  
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• Ottawa Community Housing: $70M suit alleges sexual harassment, assault

  30-03-2019 12:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A family of female contractors who say they endured a decade of sexual harassment at the hands of employees of Ottawa Community Housing are suing the men and the city-owned corporation for nearly $70 million.
  An explosive statement of claim filed last week alleges that 13 men subjected the women to a range of harassment, from outright sexual assault to subtle innuendo about their gender preventing them from being able to do what they say their tormentors said was a man’s job. Among the inc
  
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• Injuries in early-morning rowhouse fire in New Edinburgh

  30-03-2019 12:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services are reporting that they received two 911 calls reporting a fire in the basement of a row house at 221 Crichton Street in New Edinburgh early Saturday morning.
  The fire started in an end unit of the 8 unit complex.
  Firefighters were met by two occupants outside when they arrived at 5:30 a.m., and were still on the scene. 
  Ottawa Fire on scene of a 2-Alarm fire at 221 Crichton StreetThe fire is in an end unit of a 2-storey 8 unit residential row. One occupant in the care
  
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• Breaking barriers: accessibility at home a costly process

  30-03-2019 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s just a few centimetres high, but the sill of the sliding glass door that leads to the back deck of her Barrhaven home is a mountain to Jennifer Glanz.
  “It’s little, but I can’t get over it,” said Glanz, who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. Glanz and her husband, Eli, have already installed a $4,000 electric lift in their garage so that Jennifer can get out of the house, and recently completed a renovation to make their bathroom barrier free.
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• Today's letters: A street-level call for action

  30-03-2019 10:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another season of the pothole is upon us
  As the glacier that blankets Ottawa in winter slowly recedes, it exposes the city’s principal crop … potholes.
  We must live in the only city in the world where driving in a straight line is prima facie evidence of impairment. As we drove around the capital, a recent visitor from overseas asked, in all seriousness, if we had suffered an earthquake.
  I have three questions for the mayor and his staff at city Hall.
  First, will you restore the fun
  
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• New Ottawa water bills mean you pay even if you don't use - CBC.ca

  30-03-2019 09:00
  New Ottawa water bills mean you pay even if you don't use  CBC.caThe City of Ottawa has revamped its water bills so everyone contributes toward keeping up pipes and water facilities, even if they don't use a drop. The new rate ...
  
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• Lime eager to roll out e-scooters in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  30-03-2019 09:00
  Lime eager to roll out e-scooters in Ottawa  CBC.caOttawa city councillors are being lobbied to allow shareable electric scooters in the capital, but provincial road rules are foggy on whether or not they're allowed.
  
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• Province to stop funding Ottawa supervised injection site as overdose crisis worsens

  30-03-2019 03:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a deadly week in which five people died of overdoses in Ottawa and more than a dozen overdoses were reversed, the province announced Friday it would continue funding three supervised consumption sites in the city, but would no longer support a fourth.
  Officials with the three sites that will remain hope were breathing sighs of relief, but outrage was growing Friday that the province would close a busy site — one run by Ottawa Public Health — during the most deadly week of drug
  
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• Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot - The Guardian

  30-03-2019 02:46
  Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot  The GuardianFor the first time, patrons of Ottawa's Jazzfest at Confederation Park will have a fenced-off area where they can smoke or vape … whether it's tobacco or pot.
  
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• City hall blog: Auditor general says it's hard to avoid the 'buzz' on Stage 2

  30-03-2019 02:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Auditor general Ken Hughes says his work plan for the year isn’t finalized until he’s sitting in front of the Cit of Ottawa’s audit committee and asking for the committee’s endorsement.
  So, just because an audit related to the $4.6-billion Stage 2 O-Train expansion doesn’t appear on his recommended work plan for the year doesn’t mean it won’t be added by the end of the audit committee meeting on April 8.
  In an interview Friday, Hughes said he had been &l
  
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• Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  30-03-2019 01:10
  Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot  TheChronicleHerald.caFor the first time, patrons of Ottawa's Jazzfest at Confederation Park will have a fenced-off area where they can smoke or vape … whether it's tobacco or pot.
  
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• Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot - The Journal Pioneer

  30-03-2019 01:06
  Major Ottawa festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot  The Journal PioneerFor the first time, patrons of Ottawa's Jazzfest at Confederation Park will have a fenced-off area where they can smoke or vape … whether it's tobacco or pot.
  
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• NCC tells major festivals to create designated areas for smoking cigarettes, pot

  30-03-2019 00:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the first time, patrons of Ottawa’s Jazzfest at Confederation Park will have a fenced-off area where they can smoke or vape … whether it’s tobacco or pot.
  The change comes at the request of the National Capital Commission, which says it will ask organizers of all major events held on its land to create designated smoking areas.
  The change comes as the city heads into the first summer festival season since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada.
  The issue won&
  
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• Downtown Perth evacuated after crash causes gas leak

  30-03-2019 00:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person was flown by air ambulance to Ottawa and part of downtown Perth was evacuated Friday afternoon after a vehicle struck a building, causing a gas leak.
  By Friday evening, the gas leak at Gore and Herriott streets had been sealed, but evacuations remained in place and emergency services were monitoring gas density in the area, Ontario Provincial Police said.
  Police were called to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Gore and Herriott streets at 2:40 p.m. A vehicle had struck a
  
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