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• Ottawa fighting First Nations groups over compensation for child welfare discrimination - CBC News

  17-04-2019 23:59 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa fighting First Nations groups over compensation for child welfare discrimination  CBC NewsThe federal government is battling First Nations organizations before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to avoid compensating First Nation children who ...
  
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• Ottawa fighting First Nation groups over compensation for child welfare discrimination - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 23:59 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa fighting First Nation groups over compensation for child welfare discrimination  CBC.caThe federal government is battling First Nations organizations before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to avoid compensating First Nation children who ...
  
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• City creates 'action plan' after scathing audit of leasing unit

  17-04-2019 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Reeling from an embarrassing audit of city leasing, management has appointed another worker to run the leasing unit, increased staff training and made plans to hire an advisor to help with a new leasing policy.
  In a memo sent to council Wednesday, corporate services general manager Marian Simulik and planning general manager Stephen Willis said Nicholas Delahousse had been appointed acting manager of the leasing unit on April 1. He previously worked on land acquisitions for the LRT project and,
  
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• 'A level of concern' as Ottawa and Gatineau prepare for potential flooding this weekend

  17-04-2019 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau and Ottawa are girding for flooding with weekend rain and melting snow expected to swell the Ottawa River.
  “There is a level of concern with respect to increasing water levels throughout the Ottawa River watershed and the city is absolutely preparing for that eventuality,” according to Ottawa’s head of emergency management, Pierre Poirier.
  Poirier said the city was prepared for potential flooding in many of the low-lying neighbourhoods across Ottawa, including Constanc
  
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• NAC goes to Europe to spread the good word about Canada's 'best kept secret'

  17-04-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada is known around the world for hockey, maple syrup and pop stars such as Drake and Justin Bieber.
  But the National Arts Centre is hoping to expand that perception of our culture by sending the NAC Orchestra on a major European tour next month that will not only showcase the musical abilities of the orchestra and its guest soloists, but also introduce the work of Canada’s contemporary classical composers.Part of the orchestra’s 50th-anniversary celebrations, the journey runs fro
  
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• Post-Alberta win, Kenney faces long court battle over constitutionality of Ottawa carbon tax - National Post

  17-04-2019 23:46 via nationalpost.com
  Post-Alberta win, Kenney faces long court battle over constitutionality of Ottawa carbon tax  National PostOTTAWA — Following his decisive election win in Alberta Tuesday, premier-designate Jason Kenney will now begin a long legal fight over the constitutional ...
  
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• Man who killed Ottawa cyclist obstructed justice because he feared racist police, avoids jail time - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Man who killed Ottawa cyclist obstructed justice because he feared racist police, avoids jail time  Ottawa CitizenAn Ottawa landscaper who covered his tracks and hid from police after a deadly hit-and-run has been spared jail time by a judge who accepted his explanation ...
  
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• Dog poop (and plastic bags) coming to Ottawa green bins by Canada Day

  17-04-2019 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The company that runs the organics-processing plant on Hawthorne Road says it’s on track to have its new equipment ready to accept plastic bags by Canada Day.
  Michael Leopold, general manager of Renewi Canada (formerly Orgaworld), said the company has told the city it will be ready to roll for the new program on July 1.
  “We’re well on pace for that,” Leopold said Wednesday.
  The city hasn’t announced the exact date when people can start tossing plastic bags and dog f
  
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• Canola group demands Ottawa 'consider all available options' in China seed dispute - BNNBloomberg.ca

  17-04-2019 23:27 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Canola group demands Ottawa 'consider all available options' in China seed dispute  BNNBloomberg.caChina's refusal thus far to accept a Canadian delegation to work out a solution to an ongoing canola seed trade dispute that's left farmers and exporters ...
  
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• Province, Ottawa spending $114m to reinforce Bay of Fundy dikes against rising seas - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  17-04-2019 23:12 via thechronicleherald.ca
  Province, Ottawa spending $114m to reinforce Bay of Fundy dikes against rising seas  TheChronicleHerald.caThe federal and provincial governments have announced $114 million in funding to strengthen and improve 64 km of dikes in the province to protect against ...
  
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• Immigration consultants should not be propped up by Ottawa - The Globe and Mail

  17-04-2019 23:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Immigration consultants should not be propped up by Ottawa  The Globe and MailAs Canada welcomes more permanent and temporary residents than ever before, and as the number of consultants continues to multiply, stories of negligence ...
  
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• Dog poop (and plastic bags) coming to Ottawa green bins by Canada Day - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dog poop (and plastic bags) coming to Ottawa green bins by Canada Day  Ottawa CitizenThe company that runs the organics-processing plant on Hawthorne Road says it's on track to have its new equipment ready to accept plastic bags by Canada ...
  
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• Charlie Bouchard steps down from Lockheed Martin Canada’s top job

  17-04-2019 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Charles Bouchard announced his decision Wednesday to retire as Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin Canada effective April 30. Bouchard, a retired lieutenant general, served in the role for nearly six years. He had a 37-year career in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
  “I have thoroughly enjoyed serving Lockheed Martin Canada and Lockheed Martin Corporation and while the time has come for me to retire, I will remain an ardent supporter and advocate of the work Lockheed Martin does to deliver the be
  
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• Forecast of significant rain puts Ottawa waterways at risk of flooding - Global News

  17-04-2019 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Forecast of significant rain puts Ottawa waterways at risk of flooding  Global NewsThe board is concerned that levels may reach the same as those experienced in April 2017 when the city endured major flooding.
  
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• Ottawa's LRT Stage 3 in jeopardy due to lack of provincial gas tax cash - OttawaMatters.com

  17-04-2019 22:00 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's LRT Stage 3 in jeopardy due to lack of provincial gas tax cash  OttawaMatters.comOttawa City Councillor Diane Deans blames the failed promises of the provincial government for putting the city in more debt when it comes to light rail.
  
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• Joshua Boyle's criminal trial could be put on hold for months

  17-04-2019 22:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle could be put on hold for months so that the Supreme Court of Canada can decide whether to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling in the case.
  That ruling, issued Wednesday by Ontario Court Justice Peter K. Doody, opened the door to a limited number of defence questions about the sexual history of Caitlan Coleman, Boyle’s estranged wife, and the key Crown witness in the case.
  Doody ruled that defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon could ask
  
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• 'This was truly unexpected': Renfrew fears for paramedic service - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  'This was truly unexpected': Renfrew fears for paramedic service  Ottawa CitizenFor years, Renfrew County's paramedic *service* has been rewriting the book on how to deliver health care in rural areas with the help of drones, high-tech ...
  
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• 'This was truly unexpected': Renfrew fears for paramedic service

  17-04-2019 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  For years, Renfrew County’s paramedic service has been rewriting the book on how to deliver health care in rural areas with the help of drones, high-tech innovation and game-changing ideas.
  The paramedic service has drawn attention from around the world for thinking outside the box. It delivers everything from floatation devices to defibrillators by drone, and it digitally monitors the health of chronically ill patients in their homes. In mostly rural Renfrew County, paramedics also fill a
  
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• Impaired, dangerous driving charges after Queensway tip

  17-04-2019 21:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are thanking a Good Samaritan for calling in “dangerous” driving on the Queensway after laying charges against a motorist alleged to have blown almost three times the legal limit when pulled over Tuesday afternoon.
  Ottawa OPP officers responded to a witness’s report that a vehicle was travelling erratically on the westbound highway just after 1 p.m.
  Officers “safely intercepted” the vehicle on March Road.
  Elena Melekhovets, 51, is charged with dangerous drivi
  
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• Arrest made in pepper-spray robbery on Bank Street

  17-04-2019 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thanks to an anonymous tip, police report they’ve collared a suspect in a Bank Street robbery in which a loss prevention officer was pepper-sprayed last month.
  Joshua Palmer-Waugh, 27, is charged with robbery, administering a noxious substance, assault with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon, possession of a prohibited weapon, escape lawful custody and breach of recognizance.
  He appeared in court Wednesday.
  Police officers were called to a store south of Walkley
  
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• Anderson: Rage, rejection and reverence – the passion of Notre-Dame

  17-04-2019 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  In Cassis, a normally bustling seaside resort in the south of France, the streets were deserted.  During the long and tense evening of April 15, when the fate of Notre-Dame de Paris hung in the balance, the silence was unearthly: the hiss and suck of the waves, normally pushed to the back of consciousness, seemed unnaturally loud. There were no pedestrians to sidle past, and no cars on the narrow streets. Blue light shone through the village’s windows as families clustered around thei
  
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• Invest Ottawa gets $17M to boost local tech firms - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 19:48 via cbc.ca
  Invest Ottawa gets $17M to boost local tech firms  CBC.caOver the next five years, Invest Ottawa will be using $16.9 million in federal funding to develop and grow eastern Ontario tech firms, with the goal of helping at ...
  
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• Ottawa monastery's Buddha statue vandalized for the third time - The Guardian

  17-04-2019 19:47 via theguardian.pe.ca
  Ottawa monastery's Buddha statue vandalized for the third time  The GuardianMembers of a Heron Road Buddhist community say they are fearful after a statue of the Buddha was vandalized for the third time. A surveillance camera caught ...
  
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• Report critical of Ottawa's infrastructure spending in the North - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 19:41 via cbc.ca
  Report critical of Ottawa's infrastructure spending in the North  CBC.caA report from the parliamentary budget officer questions the value of a key federal government attempt to stimulate infrastructure spending in Canada, but some ...
  
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• 45 years and running: A look back at Ottawa's great race - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 18:57 via cbc.ca
  45 years and running: A look back at Ottawa's great race  CBC.caA new exhibit at the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame looks back at 45 years of the Ottawa Marathon. Eleanor Thomas remembers that first race well.
  
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• Rideau Street McDonald’s changes hours following CTV Exclusive - CTV News

  17-04-2019 18:55 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Rideau Street McDonald’s changes hours following CTV Exclusive  CTV NewsThe embattled Rideau Street McDonald's will no longer be a 24-hour establishment, according to an update to CTV Ottawa from franchisee Adeel Hashmi.
  
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• Ottawa man accused of sexually assaulting teen girls

  17-04-2019 18:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 34-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges after police launched an investigation into allegations he sexually assaulted two young girls in their teens in 2008-9 and in 2016.
  Donald McNeil was charged Jan. 3 with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference, police said in a release Wednesday. He’s in custody after an allegation that he breached the conditions of his release, police said.
  Detectives with the sexual assault and child abuse section, who launched their in
  
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• Ottawa Jeopardy! contestant has misfortune of playing one of game's all-time greatest

  17-04-2019 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Answer: What is the worst time to finally make it on Jeopardy!?
  People have been telling Megan McLeod she should be on the long-running game show since her Reach for the Top days at Nepean High School. She didn’t know she would be competing against “maybe the best player who has ever played the game.”
  In an episode that was shot in February but aired Monday, McLeod went up against streaking pro sports gambler James Holzhauer who has a take-no-prisoners style of play honed by ri
  
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• Jason Kenney won big — and the Ottawa-Alberta relationship is about to get unruly - CBC News

  17-04-2019 18:42 via cbc.ca
  Jason Kenney won big — and the Ottawa-Alberta relationship is about to get unruly  CBC NewsThe New Democrats' defeat in last night's Alberta provincial election marked the end of a remarkable chapter in the province's politics — Alberta's first-ever NDP ...
  
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• Glavin: Notre-Dame's long story of redemption

  17-04-2019 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is a peculiar thing, the way some stories are told and retold down through the ages, the way history coils around itself and unspools again as the Earth hurtles through the firmament. And every now and then, humanity quietly redeems itself in some small way, as it did this week, when a horrific cloud of smoke blackened the skies above the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
  We need to start about 3,000 years ago, in the vicinity of what is now the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil, just a few kilom
  
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• Ottawa Jeopardy! contestant has misfortune of playing one of game's all-time greatest - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Jeopardy! contestant has misfortune of playing one of game's all-time greatest  Ottawa CitizenPeople have been telling Megan McLeod she should be on the long-running game show since her Reach for the Top days at Nepean High School. She didn't ...
  
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• Ottawa man facing sexual assault charges in case involving two teen girls - OttawaMatters.com

  17-04-2019 17:48 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa man facing sexual assault charges in case involving two teen girls  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* has one man in custody after an investigation into sexual assault incidents, dating back to 2008. The OPS' Sexual Assault and Child ...
  
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• Cohen: An Albertan's scorn for Trudeau didn't make him go away

  17-04-2019 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six years ago, I ran into a prominent Conservative at one of those boring diplomatic receptions in Ottawa. He was unusually animated that day, as if shaken by some biblical reordering of the natural universe, like an earthquake or volcano, threatening the end of the world. Then again, given his Vesuvian anger, it could have been all those things.
  A few days earlier, on April 13, 2013, Justin Trudeau had become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. For my friend, this seemed a great abnormality,
  
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• Flood warning on Ottawa River with rapid rise likely this weekend

  17-04-2019 17:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau is girding for flooding with weekend rain and melting snow expected to swell the Ottawa River.
  The Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board warns that with up to 55 mm of rain forecast to start falling Thursday and snowmelt runoff, “flows and levels along the Ottawa River are expected to rise rapidly into the coming weekend.”
  The City of Gatineau said that water levels are expected to pass “minor” flooding levels over the Easter weekend and could rise further depen
  
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• Ottawa airport traffic approaches record monthly highs in March - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-04-2019 17:05 via obj.ca
  Ottawa airport traffic approaches record monthly highs in March  Ottawa Business JournalThe Ottawa airport saw traffic rise across the board in March, as domestic, transborder and international passenger volumes all increased year-over-year and ...
  
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• Ottawa monastery's Buddha statue vandalized for the third time

  17-04-2019 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Members of a Heron Road Buddhist community say they are fearful after a statue of the Buddha was vandalized for the third time.
  A surveillance camera caught a vandal hitting the statue with a piece of wood early Wednesday morning, the monastery’s chief incumbent monk Rev. Nugegalayaye Jinananda Thero said.
  On the wood was written the First Commandment from the Bible: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
  Police confirmed they were called to a mischief complaint at the monastery Wednesda
  
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• Ottawa monastery's Buddha statue vandalized for the third time - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 16:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa monastery's Buddha statue vandalized for the third time  Ottawa Citizen"This is the third time and the whole Buddhist community is threatened by this — it's not only vandalizing a statue."
  
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• 'A level of concern' as Ottawa and Gatineau prepare for potential flooding this weekend - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  'A level of concern' as Ottawa and Gatineau prepare for potential flooding this weekend  Ottawa CitizenSome sand and sandbags have already been deployed to neighbourhoods along the Ottawa River.
  
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• Local bike mechanic looking to grow Ottawa cycling culture by adding personal touch - OttawaMatters.com

  17-04-2019 15:15 via ottawamatters.com
  Local bike mechanic looking to grow Ottawa cycling culture by adding personal touch  OttawaMatters.comMidweek Mugging: Offering everything from customized bikes, built from scratch, to regular repairs, Woodward Bicycle Co. hopes to set itself apart with thorough ...
  
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• More than 300 teacher jobs at risk in Ottawa public schools due to provincial cuts to education

  17-04-2019 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s largest school board estimates the provincial government’s plan to increase class sizes and cut some programs will shave about $32 million from its nearly billion-dollar budget.
  The largest single cut is to high school teachers. Fewer would be required if the province implements a plan to increase the average class size from 22 to 28. High-school students would also have to take mandatory online courses, which would have an average class size of 35.
  Class sizes in Grades 4 t
  
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• More than 300 teacher jobs at risk in Ottawa public schools due to provincial cuts to education - Ottawa Citizen

  17-04-2019 14:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than 300 teacher jobs at risk in Ottawa public schools due to provincial cuts to education  Ottawa CitizenOttawa's largest school board estimates the provincial government's plan to increase class sizes and cut some programs will shave about $32 million from its ...
  
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• The Grizzlies: Locals star in inspiring film that confronts issues facing Indigenous communities

  17-04-2019 14:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Grizzlies
  Directed by Miranda de Pencier
  Opens Friday, April 19 at Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa (formerly SilverCity Gloucester)
  The inspiring true story of a lacrosse team from Kugluktuk, Nunavut is portrayed in the powerful new Canadian film, The Grizzlies, which also provides an unflinching look at many of the issues that affect Indigenous communities across the country. The film opens in Ottawa — and stars two local actors — and other major cities on Friday, with a wider release
  
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• Pack your shades for the morning commute (and avoid these closures)

  17-04-2019 13:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  There’s a traffic hazard we delight in telling you about: brilliant sunshine.
  One motorist tweeted from the Queensway Wednesday morning that skies were so bright, you gotta wear shades.
  “Expect some slowness,” as your fellow motorists squint at the morning sun.
  It won’t last long and the traffic forecast was otherwise sunny as the commute got underway with just a few washed out roads remaining from the weekend’s wet weather.
  Carp Road is closed between Kinburn to Ga
  
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• 'Ecstatic but exhausted': Rawlson King ready to get to work as Ottawa's first black city councillor

  17-04-2019 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King hardly has time to get settled in at city hall.
  Freshly elected to city council, King only has days to learn about municipal governance, where new councillors usually have weeks before a new term begins. He’ll also need to decide on which committees he would like to sit, though ultimately the committee membership is up to council. He’ll also need to hire staff for his office.
  “I feel ecstatic but exhausted,” King said Tuesday during a
  
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• Sunshine, a high of 14 C and then a string of soggy days

  17-04-2019 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Get out and enjoy the sunshine before the risk of rain returns and remains through the weekend.
  Wednesday is sunny with a high of 14 C and UV index — remember those? — of 6 or high.
  The clouds roll in overnight with a few showers beginning after midnight and ending in the morning. The low is 3 C.
  For Thursday, expect cloudy skies and rain beginning in the afternoon, easterly winds at 20 km/h become southerly as the high reaches 15 C.
  Overnight, the forecast is for a 60 per cent chanc
  
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• Kenneth Green: Subsidy-powered vehicles get a tune-up from Ottawa - Calgary Sun

  17-04-2019 13:00 via calgarysun.com
  Kenneth Green: Subsidy-powered vehicles get a tune-up from Ottawa  Calgary SunWith the election behind us, here's something completely different.It's long been known that government subsidies drive electric vehicle sales — not their price or ...
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Not safe in Ottawa - Ottawa Sun

  17-04-2019 12:22 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Not safe in Ottawa  Ottawa SunNOT SAFE IN OTTAWARe: Billings Bridge stabbing was targeted attack, police say; online edition, April 12I am a 17-year-old female who regularly travels ...
  
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• Ottawa's English public school board to lose millions in funding due to provincial cuts to education

  17-04-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s largest school board estimates the provincial government’s plan to increase class sizes and cut some programs will shave about $32 million from its nearly billion-dollar budget.
  The largest single cut is to high school teachers. Fewer would be required if the province implements a plan to increase the average class size from 22 to 28. High-school students would also have to take mandatory online courses, which would have an average class size of 35.
  Class sizes in Grades 4 t
  
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• ER visits for suicidal behaviour among kids are up, but why?

  17-04-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There has been a 53-per-cent increase in the number of CHEO emergency department mental health visits in the past four years in which suicidal ideation or suicide attempt was the primary diagnosis.
  The 2014-18 CHEO figures, released upon a request from this newspaper, come in the wake of an eye-opening study by Canadian researchers that found annual visits in U.S. emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among children aged five to 18 almost doubled between 2007 and 2015, from
  
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• A few flooded roads in rural west Ottawa, with more rain coming - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A few flooded roads in rural west Ottawa, with more rain coming  CBC.caAt least it's not raining (today) but there are still some washouts and flooded areas.
  
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