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• Ottawa sees first measles case in three years

  04-04-2019 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  A single case of measles, contracted by a person who travelled internationally and brought it back to Ottawa in recent days, is highlighting that some people are vulnerable, even in communities such as Ottawa where immunization rates are high.
  Ottawa Public Health confirmed Thursday the city’s first case of measles in three years. No information was made public about the person’s age, gender or where he or she travelled.
  Officials are asking people who were present at several locatio
  
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• Boyle Trial: Caitlan Coleman's worried sister warned the FBI to prepare a 'safety net,' court hears

  04-04-2019 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Caitlan Coleman’s sister says Joshua Boyle demeaned his wife, instructed her how to wear a hijab, and expected her to look after the children at all times — even when she was sick in hospital.
  JoAnn Rotenberry told court on Thursday that, after a text message exchange with her sister in November 2017, she became so concerned for Coleman’s safety that she contacted the FBI.
  Those texts were not read in court, but Rotenberry said that in them, her sister vented about her relation
  
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• City prepares for spring flooding with help from a slow snow melt

  04-04-2019 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa has started its flood watch as temperatures rise and water from the thick layer of snow slowly flows into the waterways.
  City hall has a heightened awareness of waterway levels in the spring after communities along the Ottawa River were flooded in 2017.
  One of the recommendations flowing from a review of the city’s response to the floods was to improve the communications, which led to more advance briefings, like the one held Thursday with Mayor Jim Watson and the heads
  
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• Doctors warning against vaccine misinformation, as Ottawa looks to prevent spread of measles - OttawaMatters.com

  04-04-2019 22:01
  Doctors warning against vaccine misinformation, as Ottawa looks to prevent spread of measles  OttawaMatters.comThe Ontario Medical Association has launched an awareness campaign, through social media, to combat myths around vaccines.
  
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• Ryan Hartman released on bail pending appeal in sexsomnia case

  04-04-2019 21:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  BROCKVILLE — Ryan Hartman, who was twice convicted for sexual assault related to an incident eight years ago, is again free on bail pending his appeal.
  Hartman, who used the “sexsomnia” defence for his assault on Bekah D’Aoust at an Oxford Mills house party in 2011, is appealing his conviction and one-year sentence levied last month. It marks the third time that Hartman has appealed his conviction.
  Hartman’s new lawyer, Chris Sewrattan of Toronto, launche
  
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• Students walk out at Ontario schools to protest proposed government cuts

  04-04-2019 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  TORONTO — High school students across Ontario began walk out of class Thursday afternoon to protest the provincial government’s recently announced changes to education.
  The Progressive Conservatives have come under fire for a series of recent announcements impacting several facets of the province’s education system. Announced plans include increasing class sizes, making students take more online courses and overhauling the autism program to introduce funding caps on services ma
  
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• Tech demos lead Ottawa firms' talent blitz at Discover TechNATA - Ottawa Business Journal

  04-04-2019 21:19
  Tech demos lead Ottawa firms' talent blitz at Discover TechNATA  Ottawa Business JournalHow do you stand out and attract *fresh* blood for your brand? There was no shortage of fun and unusual tactics in play at the annual Kanata career fair.
  
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• Thales Group doubles Ottawa headcount with Gemalto acquisition - Ottawa Business Journal

  04-04-2019 20:47
  Thales Group doubles Ottawa headcount with Gemalto acquisition  Ottawa Business JournalIn Ottawa, where the multi-faceted company's work largely revolves around the defence and security sector, Thales will add 250 Gemalto employees to its ...
  
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• Ottawa measles patient exposed to virus abroad - CBC News

  04-04-2019 20:24
  Ottawa measles patient exposed to virus abroad  CBC NewsThe patient at the centre of a confirmed case of measles in Ottawa contracted the highly contagious infectious disease while travelling abroad, the city's public ...
  
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• In the abandoned ruins of Ottawa - Macleans.ca - Maclean's

  04-04-2019 20:07
  In the abandoned ruins of Ottawa - Macleans.ca  Maclean'sPaul Wells: How did the SNC-Lavalin scandal manage to rattle this government so badly? Because it reveals some truths to Canadians about this Prime ...
  
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• Jail guards 'failed miserably' to save suicidal Ottawa inmate, mother says ahead of inquest

  04-04-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The mother of a man who hanged himself in his cell at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre says she blames jail guards for her son’s death.
  Justin St. Amour had been taken off suicide watch and placed in the jail’s medical ward on Nov. 30, 2016 when he told a guard he needed to see the guard’s supervisor or he would kill himself. The supervisor never came and less than an hour later guards found St. Amour hanging from his bedsheet. He died eight days later in hospital.
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• Jail guards 'failed miserably' to save suicidal Ottawa inmate, mother says ahead of inquest - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 19:52
  Jail guards 'failed miserably' to save suicidal Ottawa inmate, mother says ahead of inquest  Ottawa CitizenThe mother of a man who hanged himself in his cell at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre says she blames jail guards for her son's death. Justin St. Amour ...
  
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• Family grieves son, 20, as they rebuild lives after Orléans fire

  04-04-2019 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A friend has launched a fundraising effort for a grieving family who lost their home and 20-year-old son and brother in a fire in Orléans Wednesday.
  Axel Karuranga died in the fire that also cost his family — Pamela, Michael, Gael and Jacqueline — their Fallingbrook-area home, friend Sabrina April wrote in a Go Fund Me appeal that had already raised more than $18,000 Thursday.
  “Losing a house and starting from scratch is horrible, doing so without your son or brother is
  
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• Family grieves son, 20, as they rebuild lives after Orléans fire - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 19:28
  Family grieves son, 20, as they rebuild lives after Orléans fire  Ottawa CitizenA friend has launched a fundraising effort for a grieving family who lost their home and 20-year-old son and brother in a fire in Orléans Wednesday.
  
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• Officer who accidentally shot Almonte woman during dog attack cleared

  04-04-2019 19:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OPP officer who accidentally shot an Almonte woman who got between the officer and “two apparently aggressive and attacking pit bulls” won’t be charged, the director of the province’s civilian police watchdog has concluded.
  On the morning of June 12, 2018, officers arrived at a farmhouse in Almonte in search of a sexual assault suspect and knocked on the door.
  As a 64-year-old woman opened it, two dogs ran out of the house, attacking and biting both officers during the
  
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• Ottawa considers approval of B.C. methane rules called ‘weak’ in report - Nelson Star

  04-04-2019 18:54
  Ottawa considers approval of B.C. methane rules called ‘weak’ in report  Nelson StarUnder B.C.'s proposals, a leaking well could emit more than twice the amount of methane than Ottawa will allow.
  
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• NAC Preview: Singer-songwriter Ben Caplan sings to those seen as 'others'

  04-04-2019 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ben Caplan
  with Geoff Berner
  7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre
  Tickets: $27.55, available at NAC box office and ticketmaster.ca 
  Dog-whistling politicians don’t usually inspire great art. But inspiration can be a strange thing.
  Halifax-based singer-songwriter Ben Caplan says one of the earliest sparks for both his album Old Stock and the theatre production based on the same songs came from an unlikely source, albeit in a negative way. In
  
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• $50-million fine for predatory publisher that swallowed up Canadian science journals

  04-04-2019 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A judge in Nevada has fined the world’s biggest publisher of fake science journals more than $50 million, quoting evidence from this newspaper that helped demonstrate the publisher’s deceptive practices.
  Omics International, based in India, operates more than 700 science journals. In recent years, it has bought up two reputable science Canadian publishers — Pulsus Group and Andrew John Publishing — and converted them to companies that will publishing anything for cash.
  It
  
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• Goose fight! Breeding-time battle captured at Mud Lake

  04-04-2019 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Take a gander at this knock-down, drag-out fight. And is it the goose whose affections they’re fighting over who arrives to egg them on?
  “Canada geese can be quite aggressive during mating season,” said nature lover Sharad Gupta, who captured the epic battle on Mud Lake at the west-end Britannia Conservation Area Wednesday morning, and shared it on Twitter.
  If it was a breeding battle Gupta captured, the stakes are high: Canada geese breed for life, although they’ll take
  
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• Two people extricated from vehicles in Riverside Drive crash

  04-04-2019 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters had to free two people trapped in their vehicles after a crash on Riverside Drive west of the Smyth Road overpass Thursday morning.
  The fire department closed the northbound lanes as they forced the door of one vehicle and pulled the door off the other and rolled the dash to access the trapped occupant.
  Two men were taken to hospital with minors injuries following the 10:47 a.m. crash, paramedics said.
  They were in stable condition.
  Crews on scene of 3 vehcollision on Riverside &
  
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• One year on: 'I wake up thinking of him,' says Jonathan Pitre's mother

  04-04-2019 17:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a cherry tree next to Jonathan Pitre’s gravestone hangs a single glass angel.
  The Christmas ornament — a gift from his aunt and uncle — is a metaphor of sorts for Jonathan, a boy who was at once fragile and full of light.
  “I wake up thinking of him,” says Jonathan’s mother, Tina Boileau. “I miss his voice, but I’m lucky enough that I can hear it because he’s online everywhere: I can hear his laugh, I can hear his voice. But it doesn’
  
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• Ottawa now Canada's fourth-most-expensive housing market: Royal LePage - Ottawa Business Journal

  04-04-2019 17:52
  Ottawa now Canada's fourth-most-expensive housing market: Royal LePage  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa's aggregate home price surpassed Calgary's for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2019 – making the capital the fourth-most-expensive housing ...
  
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• Man who fatally stabbed uOttawa student with broken beer bottle sentenced to 10 years

  04-04-2019 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man who killed a vulnerable university student just trying to escape a confrontation at an east-end bar has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Joe-Bryan Ndikuriyo, 29, with credit for time served, is expected to spend another 6.5 years behind bars.Ndikuriyo was found guilty of manslaughter for the November 2016 fatal stabbing of Solomon Odekunle, 21.
  Ndikuriyo stabbed him in the neck once with a broken beer bottle after a night out at the now-defunct Pipers Bar and Grill on St. Laurent Boule
  
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• Ottawa committee will debate climate change emergency on April 16 - CTV News

  04-04-2019 17:24
  Ottawa committee will debate climate change emergency on April 16  CTV NewsOttawa's environment committee will be debating on April 16th whether Ottawa should declare a climate emergency.
  
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• Diochnos: Why Ontario should stop cutting corners on education

  04-04-2019 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  If there is one thing Ontario’s government should learn from new student protests against education cuts, it’s that high school students are already plenty resilient. They are willing to stand up and speak out against Education Minister Lisa Thompson’s narrow-minded and unconvincing attempts to change Ontario’s education system. That resilience is important because it represents the more intangible benefits of education, which are being overlooked.
  Parents should take not
  
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• Retail Guide: Superette Cannabis Store, Ottawa - Leafly

  04-04-2019 16:59
  Retail Guide: Superette Cannabis Store, Ottawa  LeaflyWe toured Superette cannabis store in Ottawa. The retailer is among the first to open in the nation's capital.
  
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• Adam: Ottawa city council failed us on LRT Stage 2 procurement

  04-04-2019 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The push for the City of Ottawa’s auditor general to investigate the controversial Stage 2 LRT procurement process is like shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.
  An audit of how SNC-Lavalin won the $1.6-billion contract for the Trillium Line extension despite failing to meet the city’s technical standard would be decidedly after the fact. Even if the auditor general found some impropriety or wrongdoing in the procurement, it would make no difference. The SNC-Lavalin &ldqu
  
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• Ottawa police charge alleged burglar, 18, in Barrhaven break-and-enter - Global News

  04-04-2019 16:35
  Ottawa police charge alleged burglar, 18, in Barrhaven break-and-enter  Global NewsA 15-year-old Barrhaven teen came home on Tuesday afternoon to find a young man in the house, according to Ottawa police.
  
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• Traffic: Hull HOV blitz, construction, Orléans water main fixed

  04-04-2019 16:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dare we say that Thursday morning’s commute looks — so far — trouble free? Cue the mayhem.
  Just after 7:30 a.m., a crash on Highway 417 eastbound at Moodie Drive blocked the one left lane and shoulder, the MTO warned. The incident was cleared shortly after.
  The eastbound Queensway was the scene of a two-lane slowdown near Parkdale following a collision. The incident cleared shortly after 10 a.m.
  Elsewhere, the only incident to report was the continued closure of Amiens Street b
  
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• Adam: Ottawa city council failed us on LRT Stage 2 procurement - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 16:32
  Adam: Ottawa city council failed us on LRT Stage 2 procurement  Ottawa CitizenThe push for the City of Ottawa's auditor general to investigate the controversial Stage 2 LRT procurement process is like shutting the barn door after the horse ...
  
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• Excuses, excuses as traffic cop hears some doozies

  04-04-2019 16:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s lame excuse Thursday!
  Const. Jon Hall heard some doozies while handing out tickets Thursday morning in a 40 km/h zone near Louis Riel High School on Bearbrook Road that commuters like to use to zip around traffic.
  The city police traffic section laid nine speeding charges for lead-foots going between 71 and 85 km/h in the 40 km/h school zone.
  The very lamest excuse? “I didn’t get the memo.”
  Other motorists blamed the hill, claimed they were following the speed of tra
  
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• Man arrested after teen flees burglar inside Barrhaven home

  04-04-2019 15:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 15-year-old Barrhaven resident arrived home early Tuesday afternoon to what must have been a scary surprise.
  After discovering a man inside, the teen fled the house and immediately called 911, police said.
  Minutes later, patrol officers arrived and arrested a suspect who was still inside the home on Southam Way near Clearbrook Drive.
  Yezen Al-Katta, 18, is charged with break, enter and commit theft, mischief under $5,000 and possession of break and enter instruments.
  West district break-and-en
  
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• Intruder harasses Glebe students in 'disconcerting' incident

  04-04-2019 15:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police confirm they’re investigating after the school’s principal reported to parents that a young male entered Glebe Collegiate Institute Wednesday and was “harassing” female students and “made inappropriate gestures of a sexual nature.”
  The school’s resource officer headed to Glebe to tackle the incident at 10:18 a.m., city police said. Further information about his investigation wasn’t yet available Thursday morning.
  Principal Steve Massey alert
  
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• Traffic: Broken water main in Orléans, Hull HOV blitz

  04-04-2019 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dare we say that Thursday morning’s commute looks — so far — trouble free? Cue the mayhem.
  Just after 7:30 a.m., a crash on Highway 417 eastbound at Moodie Drive blocked the one left lane and shoulder, the MTO warned. The incident was cleared shortly after.
  Elsewhere, the only incident to report was the continued closure of Amiens Street between St-Georges Street and Queenswood Crescent in Orléans due to a broken water main.
  The water main broke Wednesday afternoon and i
  
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• Committee asks staff to review maintenance program for Ottawa roads, sidewalks during winter - Global News

  04-04-2019 14:07
  Committee asks staff to review maintenance program for Ottawa roads, sidewalks during winter  Global NewsAfter challenging winter for Ottawa, councillors approved two motions asking staff to explore short- and long-term solutions for improving winter road and ...
  
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• Kingston teenage terror accused granted bail

  04-04-2019 13:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  After 68 days in custody, the Kingston teenager arrested in late January on terrorism charges has been granted bail with strict conditions governing his movements and activities in the community.
  Justice of the peace Herbert Kreling released the 16-year-old to family members after they agreed to monitor him and ensure that he attends court and abides by all of the conditions imposed by the court. They also promised to immediately notify local police and the RCMP if he fails to abide by any of hi
  
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• It's sunny but don't put away your jacket because winter's cold, icy fingers just won't let go

  04-04-2019 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The good news? How are you enjoying that sunshine?! The bad news: The winter coat can stay out a little longer, there’s still a little snow in the forecast.
  Wind chills of about -10 greeted early risers Thursday,  as the temperatures began to creep towards the expected “high” of 2 C.
  Thursday night is expected to be cloudy, with continued gusty winds and a low of -12 C, with a wind chill of about -15 if you’re outdoors after midnight.
  Friday’s looking like incr
  
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• One year later: 'I wake up thinking of him,' says Jonathan Pitre's mother, Tina Boileau

  04-04-2019 13:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a cherry tree next to Jonathan Pitre’s gravestone hangs a single glass angel.
  The Christmas ornament — a gift from his aunt and uncle — is a metaphor of sorts for Jonathan, a boy who was at once fragile and full of light.
  “I wake up thinking of him,” says Jonathan’s mother, Tina Boileau. “I miss his voice, but I’m lucky enough that I can hear it because he’s online everywhere: I can hear his laugh, I can hear his voice. But it doesn’
  
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• King: Let’s combat the scourge of poverty in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 12:31
  King: Let’s combat the scourge of poverty in Ottawa  Ottawa Citizenmy campaign is focused on fighting poverty by advocating for more affordable housing and transit. Conditions in public housing need to be improved and waiting ...
  
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• Today's letters: On the ousting of Wilson-Raybould and Philpott

  04-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadians are not stupid, Mr. Trudeau
  Re: ‘The trust … has been broken,” April 3.
  What is wrong with the Trudeau government? Does it not see that by kicking out Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, it is just adding fuel to the fire of looking guilty and adding to the cover-up? What is wrong with this country that there is no ongoing investigation into this affair? Why is there a shift as to the ethics of a taped phonecall rather than what went on to make Wilson-Raybould fe
  
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• King: Let’s combat the scourge of poverty in Ottawa

  04-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 2018, a report by Campaign 2000 examined the level of child poverty in Canada. My area of the city, Rideau-Rockcliffe, was ranked one of the most highly impoverished in the country, with nearly 6,000 children living below the poverty line.
  Levels of poverty like these are shameful and are the result of a lack of political will. That is why I am running in the April 15 byelection, because I know that our municipal government can do better. After years of underfunding, the city has finally anno
  
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• Crews respond to a pair of fires in Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  04-04-2019 12:20
  Crews respond to a pair of fires in Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comOttawa Fire Services responded to two fires Wednesday afternoon. The first call came in around 3:45 p.m., from the homeowner of 1310 Birchmount Drive ...
  
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• Canadiens at Washington Capitals: Five things you should know - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 12:05
  Canadiens at Washington Capitals: Five things you should know  Ottawa CitizenThe Canadiens have been getting solid efforts from almost every player during their recent push for a playoff berth.
  
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• Cappies review: St. Patrick’s High School presents Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast"

  04-04-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #10: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
  Where: St. Patrick’s High School
  Director: Fadi El-Saikali
  Zaina Khan, CriticElmwood School
  “They can sing! They can dance!” St. Patrick’s High School invited us to “be their guest” in their enchanted production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, reminding us to “not be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”
  Adapted from the timeless classic 1991 Disney film, Beauty and the Beast chr
  
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• Ottawa considers approval of B.C. methane rules called 'weak' in report - Times Colonist

  04-04-2019 10:00
  Ottawa considers approval of B.C. methane rules called 'weak' in report  Times ColonistThe federal government has proposed accepting British Columbia's rules to cut methane emissions that cause climate change despite an independent report ...
  
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• Ottawa sees first measles case in three years - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 09:00
  Ottawa sees first measles case in three years  Ottawa CitizenA single case of measles, contracted by a person who travelled internationally and brought it back to Ottawa in recent days, is highlighting that some people are ...
  
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• GAMEDAY: Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres - Ottawa Sun

  04-04-2019 05:12
  GAMEDAY: Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres  Ottawa SunIt's Gameday! Check out The Big Matchup, Five Keys to the Game and the Gameday lineup.
  
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• Ottawa Public Health warns public after confirmed measles case in city - Global News

  04-04-2019 05:04
  Ottawa Public Health warns public after confirmed measles case in city  Global NewsThe health agency says it is working with area health-care providers and hospitals to contact individuals and families who may have been exposed to the highly ...
  
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• Concert review: One long KISS goodbye

  04-04-2019 05:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Goodbye, KISS.The band that set a high-decibel, fire-spewing standard of showmanship for rock concerts gave an epic farewell at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday in front of a close-to-sold-out crowd of just over 15,000 souls, many in face paint and costumes that paid tribute to their musical heroes.  
  Original members Paul “The Starchild” Stanley and Gene “The Demon” Simmons, joined by longtime drummer Eric “The Cat” Singer and guitarist Tommy “The
  
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• Concert review: One long KISS goodbye - Ottawa Citizen

  04-04-2019 04:46
  Concert review: One long KISS goodbye  Ottawa CitizenGoodbye, KISS. The band that set a high-decibel, fire-spewing standard of showmanship for rock concerts gave an epic farewell at Canadian Tire Centre on ...
  
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