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• 'It just breaks my heart': friends grieve as mother dead, son charged

  07-04-2019 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Friends of Abigail Ootoova are grieving her death as a tragedy but say that Jed Ootoova, the son accused of second-degree murder in the gifted Inuit artist’s killing on Saturday, would never have meant to harm her.
  “They’re both wonderful people, just beautiful people,” Donn Hope, who has lived in the same Vanier low-rise as the mother and son since they moved in a decade ago, said on Sunday morning.
  Hope, who also volunteers at the same Anglican church where 54-year-old
  
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• Freezing rain warning issued with up to 5 mm 'quite likely'

  07-04-2019 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Will it ever end?
  The Monday morning commute may be slick and slow. Environment Canada issued a freezing rain warning Sunday afternoon that a layer of freezing rain was on the way, expected to arrive after midnight and stick around “well into Monday morning.”
  Freezing rain was expected or already happening Sunday afternoon and w was likely last through Monday morning, according to a warning from Environment Canada.
  “Ice accretion amounts near 5 mm are quite likely in many areas
  
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• Aspiring Ottawa homeowners camp out to scoop up spot in housing development - CTV News

  07-04-2019 18:34
  Aspiring Ottawa homeowners camp out to scoop up spot in housing development  CTV NewsHouse hunters camped out overnight to view plans for a new building development, as the housing market heats up in Canada's capital.
  
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• Ottawa to pay more than $400,000 in compensation to Roxham Road residents - CANOE

  07-04-2019 17:43
  Ottawa to pay more than $400,000 in compensation to Roxham Road residents  CANOEMONTREAL — Quebecers living near the Canada-United States border, where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017, will ...
  
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• Man, 29, charged, female victim, 54, identified in Vanier homicide

  07-04-2019 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service Major Crime Section has charged Jed Ootoova, a 29 year-old man, in relation to the homicide of Abigail Ootoova, aged 54.
  This is  the second homicide in 2019 on Jolliet Avenue in Vanier.
  Police found the body of Abigail Ootoova around 5 p.m. Saturday. The man, believed to be the woman’s son, called 911 and was arrested at the scene. He remained in custody Saturday night.
  Jed Ootoova has been charged with 2nd degree murder.
  Major crime detectives were see
  
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• Missing woman, 77, has been located

  07-04-2019 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police reported late Saturday night that a 77-year-old woman who had been missing had been found safe and sound.
  Kyungja Hwang had been reported missing after being last seen around lunchtime Saturday in the area of Stoneway Drive and Woodroffe Avenue.
  Hwang’s family had been concerned for her safety, Ottawa Police Service said in a media release issued Saturday evening.
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• Man, 29, charged, female victim, 54, identified in Vanier homicide - Ottawa Citizen

  07-04-2019 16:26
  Man, 29, charged, female victim, 54, identified in Vanier homicide  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa Police *Service* Major Crime Section has charged Jed Ootoova, a 29 year-old man, in relation to the homicide of Abigail Ootoova, aged 54. This is the ...
  
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• Spring sprung? Nope. Special weather statement predicts (yet another) freezing rain bout

  07-04-2019 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  To start on a positive note, Saturday’s high hit 10.3 C, and that felt much warmer with the sunshine. Some Ottawans even dared to take off their puffy jackets.
  But that was just a tease.
  And now, back to reality, in the year the spring seems to have forgot.
  Our pals at Environment Canada have issued special weather statement for Sunday night into Monday morning.
  Rain is expected to begin this evening, and that may transition to freezing rain or freezing drizzle overnight and persist into M
  
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• To drive or not to drive? Something to consider after a concussion

  07-04-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Even casual fans have heard or read references to players being in “concussion protocol” for one sports league or another.
  That usually means the athlete is sidelined for a week or more while progressing through mandatory stages of recovery such as a rest period, cognitive tests, increasing levels of physical activity and contact and medical or training staff clearance before returning to competition.
  “Return to work” and “return to classroom” protocols exist,
  
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• TV star Justin Hartley dazzles fans near Ottawa - CBC.ca

  07-04-2019 10:00
  TV star Justin Hartley dazzles fans near Ottawa  CBC.caThe American actor has been spotted shooting a new movie in towns and suburbs around Ottawa.
  
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• Pedestrian taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by vehicle

  07-04-2019 05:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 24-year-old male pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Booth and Albert streets on Saturday night, Ottawa police said.
  The police had initially issued a release informing the public of an investigation and road closures resulting from the incident, but when contacted at about 11:30 p.m. they stated that all roads would be re-opened soon.
  The man was hit by the vehicle — police did not release any description
  
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• Missing woman has been located

  07-04-2019 05:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police reported late Saturday night that a 77-year-old woman who had been missing had been found safe and sound.
  Kyungja Hwang had been reported missing after being last seen around lunchtime Saturday in the area of Stoneway Drive and Woodroffe Avenue.
  Hwang’s family had been concerned for her safety, Ottawa Police Service said in a media release issued Saturday evening.
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• Woman, 77, missing from Barrhaven

  07-04-2019 03:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking the public to help them find a 77-year-old woman who was last seen around lunchtime Saturday in the area of Stoneway Drive and Woodroffe Avenue.
  Kyungja Hwang’s family is concerned for her safety, Ottawa Police Service said in a media release issued Saturday evening.
  Hwang is described as Asian, five feet, one inch tall and weighing 110 pounds. She has brown eyes and mostly dark hair with some white. She was last seen wearing a light pink winter coat, checked dress pants
  
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• Woman dead, man arrested in Vanier homicide

  07-04-2019 03:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Police Service major crime detectives are investigating the second homicide this year on Jolliet Avenue in Vanier.A woman was dead and a man was under arrest Saturday evening. and police were still on the scene, including two marked cruisers.Major crime detectives were seen entering the low-rise apartment building at 147 Jolliet Ave., then beginning a canvas of neighbouring residences as darkness fell.It was the fifth homicide of the year in the city overall.On Feb. 24, police arrested M
  
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• Back-to-back Jacks for Ottawa 67's in draft; Chiodo continues torrid pace against Wolves - Ottawa Citizen

  07-04-2019 01:00
  Back-to-back Jacks for Ottawa 67's in draft; Chiodo continues torrid pace against Wolves  Ottawa CitizenJan Egert, a rising star among junior hockey executives as the assistant GM and director of scouting with the Ottawa 67's, was quick with the quip that the 67's ...
  
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• Orleans family mourns loss of son, brother - CTV News

  07-04-2019 00:41
  Orleans family mourns loss of son, brother  CTV NewsAn Orleans family is mourning the loss of 20-year-old Axel Karuranga; who died in Wednesday morning house fire.
  
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• Embrun man, 54, charged in assault at Russell business

  07-04-2019 00:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 54-year-old Embrun man is facing assault charges after Russell County OPP officers and members of the detachment’s crime unit responded to an altercation between two men at a business in Russell on Friday.
  Officers were called to the disturbance at an unidentified Concession Street establishment at about 4:40 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police said.
  Prescott-Russell paramedics assessed one man for injuries, but he was able to get to a hospital himself.
  Kenneth Ross was held for a bail hearin
  
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