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• No more: Historic elm tree on Parliament Hill is cut down

  13-04-2019 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  A century-old American elm that had stood just east of Centre Block on Parliament Hill was cut down by work crews on Saturday.
  Despite pleadings from local environmental groups and community associations, the tree that would have been in the middle of a construction zone was felled as part of preparatory work for the decade-long project to renovate Parliament.
  The American Elm near Centre Block on Parliament Hill was cut down on Saturday.
  All other American elms on Parliament Hill were wipe
  
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• Sunny, sunny day, with a whole bunch of rain on the way

  13-04-2019 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hope everyone enjoyed a beautiful Saturday.
  Sunday will be a whole different animal.
  Saturday’s temperature climbed all the way to a shorts and T-shirt high of 15.3 C, but those powerful winds you felt through the day — they were gusting up to 60 km/h — were blowing cooler air into the national capital area. And rain. Lots of it. About 30 to 40 mm are expected Sunday.
  Ottawa's forecast high today is 14 C. If we reach that, it will be the first time since Oct. 19. #ottnews
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• Kovacs: My 'grass roots' campaign for Rideau-Rockcliffe

  13-04-2019 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  I am running as a candidate in the Rideau-Rockliffe ward byelection because I want to continue the tradition of strong representation and forceful advocacy established by former councillor Tobi Nussbaum and be responsive to the needs of the entire community.
  Like Nussbaum, I am a lawyer by profession. I have experience in municipal, land use planning and zoning law, having worked in a municipal legal department. I have attended dozens of Ottawa City Council and committee meetings and understand
  
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• Rainfall warning issued for Ottawa, eastern Ontario - CBC.ca

  13-04-2019 22:13
  Rainfall warning issued for Ottawa, eastern Ontario  CBC.caEnvironment Canada is forecasting between 30 and 40 millimetres of rain for a wide swath of eastern Ontario, including Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian ...
  
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• Ottawa's Rolling Barber gearing up for a second season, looking for volunteers - OttawaMatters.com

  13-04-2019 21:30
  Ottawa's Rolling Barber gearing up for a second season, looking for volunteers  OttawaMatters.com"We aim to offer *service* to the homeless population, as well as low income families, students and other people in those situations," said Co-Founder and Director ...
  
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• 'We can't sit back': Vittoria Trattoria to re-emerge soon as 'pop up' after ByWard Market fire

  13-04-2019 18:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Much as Friday’s fire shocked him, Domenic Santaguida — co-owner of the heavily damaged Vittoria Trattoria restaurant in the ByWard Market — recognizes he is in some respects fortunate.
  “We’ve been in business for 27 years,” he said Saturday, “so we’ve got enough working capital to support a Plan B”.
  Just what that plan entails is still unclear he said but it could involve installing ‘pop up’ locations in the ByWard Market —
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed on Hwy. 401

  13-04-2019 15:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP report that a man was struck and killed by a passing tractor trailer on Hwy. 401 near Kingston.
  OPP officers from the Frontenac detachment responded to the incident just before 4 a.m. on Saturday morning.
  The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Neither the man’s name or his reason for being on foot along the highway were available.
  OPP Technical Collision Investigators are examining the scene.
  Highway 401 westbound lanes were detoured Saturday morning at Joyceville Road.
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• Ottawa firefighters battle Byward market blaze - Global News

  13-04-2019 15:21
  Ottawa firefighters battle Byward market blaze  Global NewsOttawa Fire Services spent most of Friday afternoon battling a blaze that tore through the Vittoria Trattoria Italian restaurant in Byward Market.
  
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• Editorial: Ontario, alcohol and public health

  13-04-2019 14:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario government seems to think the way to our hearts is through our vices – specifically through our collective thirst for booze. Yet, in its bid to make it easier for Ontarians to liquor up, the government may also be diluting the warning function communities rely on to remind them of the dangers of alcohol.
  Thursday’s budget pledges to let bars, restaurants and even golf courses serve drinks starting at 9 a.m., every day of the week. It will also let cities set the rules abo
  
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• Enjoy the sun, a special weather statement has been issued

  13-04-2019 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s going to be a beautiful day.
  Enjoy it.
  Because that’s all we’re getting.
  Yes, the sun will be out and we’ll hit a marvellous high of 14 C.
  On the back of strong winds, cooler air will move into the region and push out our blissful weather.
  Tonight’s low will plummet all the way down to -2 C with those pesky winds making it feel more like -6.
  Sunday’s high will eke up to 4 C and will be accompanied by either snow or rain or a mix of both. There is forecast
  
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• Keller-Herzog: Ottawa Council must have a plan to fight climate change - Ottawa Citizen

  13-04-2019 12:31
  Keller-Herzog: Ottawa Council must have a plan to fight climate change  Ottawa CitizenNo government is too small to join the fight on this issue, but the City of Ottawa has been hanging back.
  
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• Today's letters: Please, parents, don't hesitate: Vaccinate your whole family

  13-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Please, please vaccinate
  Re: “Ottawa sees first measles case in three years”, April 4
  Many of us are becoming more hesitant about vaccinating our children. We wonder if vaccines are really necessary. They most definitely are.
  Through vaccinating your children, you are protecting your child as well as those who cannot protect themselves. There are several vulnerable groups. The first are infants. Infants cannot get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine until they are 12 months old. T
  
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• Keller-Herzog: Ottawa must show it has a plan to fight climate change

  13-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Recently, a stunning 1.4 million children walked out of class in 2,233 cities and towns in 128 countries to protest lack of action by governments, political leaders and adults in general on runaway climate change. “We need a whole new way of thinking,” said 16-year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. “We proved that it does matter what you do and that no one is too small to make a difference.”
  No government is too small, either. Much can be done by individuals at
  
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• Cappies review: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School presents The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy

  13-04-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #13: The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
  Where: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
  Directors: Student Onnika Caldeira & Teacher Liza Wilson
  Zaina Khan, CriticElmwood School
  “When you’re an Addams,” crazy is the new normal. Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School’s devilish rendition of The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy followed the story of a dysfunctional family that was definitely crazier than you.
  First debuted on Broadway in 2010 with
  
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• The provincial budget just cost Ottawa $1B in transit cash. So why is Jim Watson smiling? - CBC.ca

  13-04-2019 10:00
  The provincial budget just cost Ottawa $1B in transit cash. So why is Jim Watson smiling?  CBC.caThe city was banking on a big boost in provincial gas tax transfers to fund Stage 2 LRT and other future transit projects. So when the PC government cancelled ...
  
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• Damage from ByWard Market restaurant fire pegged at $2M

  13-04-2019 03:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Water poured down the front steps of Vittoria Trattoria restaurant late Friday in the devastating aftermath of a four-alarm fire that gutted the historic building in the ByWard Market.
  Two fire investigators were on scene to determine the cause of the blaze, which is believed to have started in the roof area of the century-old, two-storey stone building.
  Roofers were doing work on the building when the fire broke out Friday morning, according to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who expressed immense rel
  
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• "Revolutionary" new funding to shake up Ontario's colleges and universities

  13-04-2019 00:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario’s plan to tie funding for colleges and universities to their performance is a shakeup that could be revolutionary, one education expert says.
  The province’s plan to become a national leader in “outcomes-based funding” is a good idea in principle, Alex Usher, president of the consulting firm Higher Education Strategy Associates, said Friday.
  “But the devil is in the details.”
  The province will tie 60 per cent of post-secondary funding to performance by
  
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• "Revolutionary" new funding to shake up Ontario's colleges and universities - Ottawa Citizen

  13-04-2019 00:47
  "Revolutionary" new funding to shake up Ontario's colleges and universities  Ottawa CitizenOntario's plan to lead Canada in "outcomes-based funding" is good in principle, an expert says, "but the devil is in the details."
  
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• Guard seen in disturbing jail video says he tried to warn others of suicide threat

  13-04-2019 00:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The rookie jail guard who saw Justin St. Amour preparing to hang himself in his cell at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre in November 2016 testified Friday that he warned his sergeant that the troubled inmate was threatening suicide and had made a rope from his bed sheet.
  Jurors at the inquest into St. Amour’s death watched jail surveillance videos Friday that showed the guard, Abdul Henriksen, speaking with other correctional officers in the office of the jail’s segregation unit.
  
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• Ottawa restaurant owners see little benefit in 9 a.m. alcohol sales

  13-04-2019 00:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some Ottawa restaurant owners and managers say they don’t see any real benefit in legislation that will allow them to sell alcohol in the morning.
  The Ontario budget on Thursday included proposals that licensed establishments throughout the province would potentially be allowed to serve alcohol starting at 9 a.m., along with other legislation updating gambling laws and combat sport regulations.
  While the change will give some establishments increased windows for selling booze, several in t
  
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• Ottawa restaurant owners see little benefit in 9 a.m. alcohol sales - Ottawa Citizen

  13-04-2019 00:04
  Ottawa restaurant owners see little benefit in 9 a.m. alcohol sales  Ottawa CitizenThe proposal was included in the provincial government budget announced Thursday.
  
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