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• The Beef Industry's Next Generation Meets In Ottawa - HighRiverOnline.com

  03-04-2019 23:49
  The Beef Industry's Next Generation Meets In Ottawa  HighRiverOnline.comYoung people representing the next generation of the Canadian beef industry recently traveled to Ottawa to talk growth strategies and issues of concern for their ...
  
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• Ottawa to release clean fuel regulations that will increase cost of gasoline, fossil fuels beyond carbon tax - The Globe and Mail

  03-04-2019 23:43
  Ottawa to release clean fuel regulations that will increase cost of gasoline, fossil fuels beyond carbon tax  The Globe and MailThe Clean Fuel Standard is due to take effect in three years, and would require companies that produce or import liquid fuels to reduce the carbon emissions ...
  
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• CTV In-Depth: ‘A City in Crisis’ Part 3 - CTV News

  03-04-2019 23:34
  CTV In-Depth: ‘A City in Crisis’ Part 3  CTV NewsAfter five deaths in one week by suspected drug overdoses, CTV Ottawa brings you an in-depth look into Ottawa's growing opioid crisis.
  
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• Justice department memo says Ottawa has wiggle room to allow SNC-Lavalin to bid on federal contracts even if convicted - Toronto Star

  03-04-2019 22:55
  Justice department memo says Ottawa has wiggle room to allow SNC-Lavalin to bid on federal contracts even if convicted  Toronto StarOTTAWA—The Liberal government could invoke a “public interest” exception that would allow SNC-Lavalin to avoid a 10-year federal contract ban even if it is ...
  
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• Ottawa students who join walkout against education changes won't be disciplined, say school boards

  03-04-2019 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  High school students in Ottawa who walk out of class on Thursday as part of a provincewide protest won’t face discipline, according to spokespeople for all four school boards.
  However, students who join the hour-long protest starting at 1:15 p.m. will be marked absent and their parents informed.
  Students across the province are organizing the walkout to protest education funding cuts and changes introduced by the provincial Conservative government, including an increase in average class si
  
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• Ottawa students who join walkout against education changes won't be disciplined, say school boards - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 22:43
  Ottawa students who join walkout against education changes won't be disciplined, say school boards  Ottawa CitizenHigh school students in Ottawa who walk out of class on Thursday as part of a provincewide protest won't face discipline, according to spokespeople for all four ...
  
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• Cornwall man pulled over with nearly 5 kilos in cannabis concentrate: OPP

  03-04-2019 22:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  When police stopped a “suspicious” vehicle on Highway 417 near Casselman early Tuesday morning, a search revealed more than $4,000 in cash and illegal cannabis products, Russell County OPP says.
  Police turned up nearly 5,000 packets that each contained a gram of cannabis concentrate and several containers of cannabis resin in the 12:15 a.m. traffic stop on the eastbound highway.
  Joey Markus Seguin, 24, of Cornwall is charged with possession of illicit cannabis, possession for the pur
  
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• China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says - Alberta Express

  03-04-2019 21:58
  China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says  Alberta ExpressOttawa | Reuters -- China has not escalated a dispute with Canada over the export of canola seeds and comments by the Canadian farm minister on the matter ...
  
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• Ottawa needs major review of clearing standards for snow and ice, transportation committee says

  03-04-2019 21:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city is poised to do a sweeping review of its standards for clearing snow and ice after the transportation committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend council launch a six-figure study.
  Coun. Theresa Kavanagh won support from councillors on the committee to review the 16-year-old winter maintenance quality standards, but it would take staff a couple of years to produce the results of a study.
  If council ratifies the committee recommendation next Wednesday, public works staff will s
  
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• Israeli president travels to Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto on state visit - rdnewsnow.com

  03-04-2019 21:52
  Israeli president travels to Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto on state visit  rdnewsnow.comOTTAWA - The president of Israel is in Ottawa on Monday, meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before laying a...
  
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• Techopia Live: AccelerateOTT taking 2019 pitchfest to 'next level' - Ottawa Business Journal

  03-04-2019 21:36
  Techopia Live: AccelerateOTT taking 2019 pitchfest to 'next level'  Ottawa Business JournalAn upcoming shot at $150,000 could represent more than just a major payday for a lucky Ottawa startup. As organizers for the capital's annual AccelerateOTT ...
  
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• Ottawa needs major review of clearing standards for snow and ice, transportation committee says - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 21:36
  Ottawa needs major review of clearing standards for snow and ice, transportation committee says  Ottawa CitizenThe city is poised to do a sweeping review of its standards for clearing snow and ice after the transportation committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to ...
  
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• On her new album, Toronto singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez stresses duets and collaboration

  03-04-2019 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  For her new album, Libre, Toronto singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez called on new collaborators to tell stories about women finding their strength.
  Martinez, who sings in Spanish, launches her latest and most diverse disc on Friday with a sold-out concert in the National Arts Centre’s Azrieli Studio. Below, Martinez delves into her creative process.
  Q: What are some of the inspirations for the music on Libre?
  A: I wrote this album during a period of time when I was questioning my own path
  
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• Ottawa police charge 2 teens with assault, seek 2 more suspects in alleged Bayshore mall swarming - Global News

  03-04-2019 21:16
  Ottawa police charge 2 teens with assault, seek 2 more suspects in alleged Bayshore mall swarming  Global NewsThe two teenage boys have been charged with aggravated assault and robbery as well as assault with intent to steal, police said.
  
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• Manitoba Taking Ottawa To Court To Challenge Carbon Tax - SteinbachOnline.com

  03-04-2019 21:15
  Manitoba Taking Ottawa To Court To Challenge Carbon Tax  SteinbachOnline.comThe Premier for Manitoba has declared that the province will be taking the federal government to court to challenge carbon tax. “We're going to court, sadly, ...
  
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• Glavin: There's hope – however faint – for another Arab Spring

  03-04-2019 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  It may be too soon to call this week’s stunning upheaval in Algeria a sign of the Arab Spring’s second coming, but it’s the most encouraging victory Arab democrats have scored for themselves in years. While the revolutionary tumults that spread from Cairo’s Tahrir Square across North Africa and the Levant in 2011 were mostly crushed, Algeria has rekindled hopes. And masses of people are taking to the streets again, from Sudan to Gaza.
  On Tuesday night, following weeks of
  
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• China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says - Grainews

  03-04-2019 20:45
  China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says  GrainewsOttawa | Reuters -- China has not escalated a dispute with Canada over the export of canola seeds and comments by the Canadian farm minister on the matter ...
  
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• Aubry and company: Canada's no longer a leader in effective housing policy

  03-04-2019 20:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four years into the mandate of the Trudeau government, there is no sign that we are making progress nationally when it comes to ending homelessness.
  In November 2017, the federal government released a much-awaited National Housing Strategy. Guided by the “right to housing” principle, the 10-year strategy targets the most pressing problems in the housing sector for low-income individuals and families. Costed at $40 billion, it calls on contributions from all levels of government.
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• What about Ottawa? - Macleans.ca

  03-04-2019 20:22
  What about Ottawa?  Macleans.caCarleton University. “While Carleton is home to more than 28,000 students from every Canadian province, I have never felt like a number. Whether it was my ...
  
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• Sandra Oh Talks Coming Home To Ottawa And Season 2 Of 'Killing Eve' - HuffPost Canada

  03-04-2019 20:03
  Sandra Oh Talks Coming Home To Ottawa And Season 2 Of 'Killing Eve'  HuffPost CanadaCanada's own Sandra Oh will soon return to the National Arts Centre in her hometown of Ottawa to become one of seven laureates of the Governor General's ...
  
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• Editorial: Trudeau and the Liberals should be ashamed

  03-04-2019 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  In her unsuccessful written plea to remain a member of the federal Liberal caucus, Jody Wilson-Raybould wrote to her fellow MPs: “Ultimately the choice that is before you is about what kind of party you want to be a part of, what values it will uphold, the vision that animates it, and indeed the type of people it will attract.”
  Well, we now know – with dismaying clarity – which sort of values, vision and people “animate” the Liberal party, or at least which ar
  
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• Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras gets new opponent for UFC Ottawa card - Nanaimo News NOW

  03-04-2019 19:45
  Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras gets new opponent for UFC Ottawa card  Nanaimo News NOWTORONTO — Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras has a new opponent for the May 4 televised UFC card in Ottawa. The 30-year-old from ...
  
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• Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras gets new opponent for UFC Ottawa card - The Chronicle Journal

  03-04-2019 19:42
  Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras gets new opponent for UFC Ottawa card  The Chronicle JournalTORONTO - Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras has a new opponent for the May 4 televised UFC card in Ottawa.
  
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• Ottawa man, 30, faces child pornography, drug charges

  03-04-2019 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man is facing child pornography charges for what city police allege is an “extensive collection” along with drug charges laid by Cornwall Police Service officers who made the collar.
  The investigation began with several tips from social media platforms to the Ottawa Police Service’s internet child exploitation unit from November to January about the distribution of images.
  Through production orders on internet service providers, police tracked the activity to an addre
  
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• Ottawa man, 30, faces child pornography, drug charges - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 19:23
  Ottawa man, 30, faces child pornography, drug charges  Ottawa CitizenAn Ottawa man is facing child pornography charges for what city police allege is an “extensive collection” along with drug charges laid by Cornwall Police ...
  
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• Door-to-door water treatment sales company faces 112 charges under the Consumer Protection Act

  03-04-2019 19:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Province of Ontario has filed 112 charges against an Ottawa businessman and the corporations he has been running linked to a door-to-door water treatment sales business.
  According to a spokesman from the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Saeed Torbati is facing the charges under the Consumer Protection Act in relation to his role as director of Ontario Stars Corporation, which has allegedly also been carrying out business as another company calling itself Ontario Safety S
  
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• Ottawa home prices continue to march upwards; sales numbers drop due to low inventory

  03-04-2019 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of resale homes sold in Ottawa slid in March, as tight inventories put pressure on buyers to bid on limited offerings, pushing the prices of available homes even higher.
  March marked the first month in 2019 where the number of resale homes sold was lower than the same month last year. According to the Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB), agents sold a total of 1,511 homes last month, a drop of 8.6 per cent when compared to the 1,654 properties sold in March 2018.
  “Lack of inventory
  
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• Worried about the climate and carbon taxes? What to know about Ottawa’s new electric-vehicle incentive - Global News

  03-04-2019 19:15
  Worried about the climate and carbon taxes? What to know about Ottawa’s new electric-vehicle incentive  Global NewsThe federal budget earmarks $300 million for a new federal incentive for electric vehicles — but there are a few catches.
  
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• Lansdowne parking disabled by ransom-seeking malware attack

  03-04-2019 19:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A parking garage in the TD Place arena complex at Lansdowne Park was the victim of a hacking attack that left its automated system disabled, allowing visitors to take advantage of some unofficial free parking.
  Drivers were greeted by raised barriers at the mouth of the Lansdowne parking garage last Tuesday, alongside a note from the lot’s parking management organization, Precise ParkLink, which advised visitors that pay stations were not working.
  The lot is used by the nearby Whole Foods,
  
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• Ottawa home prices continue to march upwards; sales numbers drop due to low inventory - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 19:08
  Ottawa home prices continue to march upwards; sales numbers drop due to low inventory  Ottawa CitizenThe number of resale homes sold in Ottawa slid in March, as tight inventories put pressure on buyers to bid on limited offerings, pushing the prices of available ...
  
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• Two youths charged, two more sought in vicious Bayshore area swarming

  03-04-2019 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have charged two 15-year-olds in a swarming in which the teen victim was beaten unconscious on Bayshore Drive last month but are still seeking two other suspects in the crime.
  Four youths approached the victim, also 15, at 5:40 p.m. on March 14.
  They demanded money and when the boy refused to hand it over they punched and kicked him, leaving him with “serious” injuries.
  The robbery unit has charged the two youths with robbery and aggravated assault. They appear in court on Apr
  
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• Door-to-door water treatment sales company faces 112 charges under the Consumer Protection Act - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 18:52
  Door-to-door water treatment sales company faces 112 charges under the Consumer Protection Act  Ottawa CitizenThe Province of Ontario has filed 112 charges against an Ottawa businessman and the corporations he has been running linked to a door-to-door water ...
  
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• ‘Park-and-cycle’ pilot at west Ottawa park gets thumbs up from transportation committee - Global News

  03-04-2019 18:44
  ‘Park-and-cycle’ pilot at west Ottawa park gets thumbs up from transportation committee  Global NewsAndrew Haydon Park in Ottawa's west end is one step closer to being the site of a “park-and-cycle” pilot program after the city's transportation committee ...
  
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• A modern love story: New artistic director revisits a classic at the NAC

  03-04-2019 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Giselle
  Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
  with the NAC Orchestra
  8 p.m. April 4-6, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
  Tickets: $64.25 and up, available at the box office and online at nac-cna.ca or ticketmaster.ca
  Giselle was Ivan Cavallari’s first ballet crush.
  A toddler at the time, he doesn’t specifically remember watching the romantic classic on his family’s black-and-white television while growing up in Italy but his parents tell him the production, starring
  
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• Dining Out: Dagu Rice Noodle Ottawa serves up hearty, hard-to-find 'crossing the bridge' noodle soup - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 17:52
  Dining Out: Dagu Rice Noodle Ottawa serves up hearty, hard-to-find 'crossing the bridge' noodle soup  Ottawa CitizenThe business with 400 locations in China and nine in Canada specializes in pork-based soups of varying flavours.
  
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• Developer pitches nine-storey apartment building in Sandy Hill - Ottawa Business Journal

  03-04-2019 17:49
  Developer pitches nine-storey apartment building in Sandy Hill  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa developer wants to build a nine-storey apartment building in Sandy Hill that would house 191 residential rental units, according to a site plan recently ...
  
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• Strong winds prompt weather statement for Ottawa and area - OttawaMatters.com

  03-04-2019 16:57
  Strong winds prompt weather statement for Ottawa and area  OttawaMatters.comEnvironment Canada says it's going to be strong enough that it could cause power outages.
  
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• Boyle Trial: 'I just hoped it was over for good,' Caitlan Coleman testifies

  03-04-2019 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Caitlan Coleman testified Joshua Boyle’s alleged physical abuse didn’t begin in captivity but escalated as time wore on and continued following their rescue and return to Canada.
  Under cross-examination by Boyle’s defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, Coleman recalled “a couple incidents” when her estranged husband was physically violent prior to their five years as hostages, which would usually follow a verbal argument.
  Coleman, 33, agreed Bolyle was “not an ove
  
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• Prepare for showers and high winds Wednesday, and there's still a chance of flurries

  03-04-2019 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  So, do you remember about the April showers and May flowers thing? Keep that in mind today, it’ll help.
  It will be a cloudy midweek day, with showers likely off and on through the day. The wind is expected to pick up in the afternoon, with gusts up to 60 km/h as the day wears on.
  Wednesday’s high is expected to hit 7 C.
  The weather office issued a special statement that strong winds could be expected for the rest of Wednesday.
  “The passage of a cold front is ushering in strong
  
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• Police seeking help to ID pair in Bank Street robbery

  03-04-2019 16:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Robbery detectives are asking the public to help them identify a pair of suspects who allegedly assaulted a clerk and took off with merchandise from a Bank Street business last month.
  The incident happened at 4 p.m. on Mar. 27 near the intersection of Alta Vista Drive.
  The suspects are described as in their late teens or early 20s and wearing dark hooded jackets.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the robbery unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5116.
  Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers
  
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• House Works: Your questions on water heaters, tubular skylights, finishing tabletops

  03-04-2019 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tankless or tank-style water heater? 
  Q: Should I replace my large gas-fired tank-style water heater with a tankless model? My wife and I are seniors living in our 2 storey, 4 bedroom home and we intend to stay here for at least another 10 years. We’ve upgraded our insulation, windows and doors.
   
  A: My short answer is “maybe”. If your current heater is less than 10 years old and in no obvious need of replacement, I’d recommend keeping it.
  Compared with tank-sty
  
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• Ottawa high school students to cut class to protest Ford education policies - Ottawa Citizen

  03-04-2019 16:35
  Ottawa high school students to cut class to protest Ford education policies  Ottawa CitizenStudents in some Ottawa high schools plan to walk out of class on Thursday as part of a provincewide protest against education policies announced by Ontario's ...
  
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• Ottawa high school students to cut class to protest Ford education policies

  03-04-2019 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Students in some Ottawa high schools plan to walk out of class on Thursday as part of a provincewide protest against education policies announced by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government.
  The hour-long protest could involve tens of thousands of Ontario students.
  Organizers said students at more than 600 schools have registered their interest, including 34 schools in Ottawa, although it’s difficult to know how widespread the protest will be.
  On the list of things students are
  
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• One man dead, two people injured in east end fire

  03-04-2019 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was pronounced dead on the scene of a fire in a rowhouse unit on Boake Street in Orléans’ Fallingbrook district Wednesday morning.
  Firefighters rescued a man from the building on arrival at about 7 a.m. and began resuscitation efforts.
  Paramedics soon arrived and took over but said the man, who was in critical condition, didn’t respond to treatment and succumbed to his injuries.
  A woman was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation and a firefighter was treated at the
  
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• Kilgour: Beijing's human rights abuses are only getting worse

  03-04-2019 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. State Department’s recently released Human Rights Report for 2018 is its yearly attempt to hold other governments accountable, while saying nothing about controversial American government actions during the year.
  The aim is to enhance generally the basic human rights listed in the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and end international abuses, such as “extrajudicial killing, torture, and extended arbitrary detention.”
  This year, Russia is one of the countri
  
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• Man dead in Orléans townhouse fire; woman, firefighter sustain minor injuries - Global News

  03-04-2019 14:57
  Man dead in Orléans townhouse fire; woman, firefighter sustain minor injuries  Global NewsA 20-year-old man died after being rescued in critical condition from a townhouse that caught fire in the city's east end on Wednesday morning, Ottawa Fire ...
  
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• New sex assault allegation at 'sexsomnia' case bail hearing

  03-04-2019 14:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A second woman has made allegations of sexual assault against Ryan Hartman, who was convicted last month in the sexsomnia case.
  Crown attorney Claudette Breault told the Ontario Superior Court Tuesday that a woman approached police Monday on the eve of Hartman’s bail hearing to say she was assaulted by Hartman when she was 15 years old in 2011.
  The prosecutor raised the new allegation during a hearing to determine whether or not Hartman should get bail while courts hear his third appeal of
  
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• Gatineau police seeking suspect in serious 2017 assault case

  03-04-2019 14:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police are asking the public to help them find a 53-year-old man wanted in connection with an assault that left the victim with irreversible damage to one eye.
  Paul Brisebois is wanted on an arrest warrant in the July 2017 incident in which he hit the victim, whom he knew, during an altercation.
  Police have been unable to locate Brisebois who they say lived in Gatineau at the time.
  He’s described as white, five feet, four inches tall with a medium to heavy build and brown hair and
  
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• Cornwall man pulled over with nearly $170,000 in cannabis products: OPP

  03-04-2019 14:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  When police stopped a “suspicious” vehicle on Highway 417 near Casselman early Tuesday morning, a search revealed more than $4,000 in cash and illegal cannabis products with an alleged street value of nearly $170,000, Russell County OPP says.
  Police turned up nearly 5,000 packets that each contained a gram of cannabis concentrate and several containers of cannabis resin in the 12:15 a.m. traffic stop on the eastbound highway.
  Joey Markus Seguin, 24, of Cornwall is charged with posses
  
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• Traffic: Walkley crash, don't forget Elgin closures, Champlain slowdowns

  03-04-2019 14:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The morning commute started with a bang Wednesday: a crash on eastbound Walkley Road near Conroy Road that blocked all lanes and backed up traffic.
  Two vehicles were involved in the 6:44 a.m. crash at Harding Road, police said.
  The scene was cleared by about 7:45 a.m.
  Meanwhile, the city’s traffic centre reminded commuters of closures for Elgin Street construction and helpfully tweeted the map below.
  Reminder: New street closures associated with construction on Elgin. #otttraffic pic.twitt
  
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