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• City of Ottawa declares states of emergency | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  25-04-2019 23:30
  City of Ottawa declares states of emergency | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caA state of emergency has been declared in Ottawa. The city's flood levels are already predicted to rise well about the 2017 peak, and more rain in the forecast ...
  
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• Ottawa declares state of emergency as water keeps rising - CBC News

  25-04-2019 23:10
  Ottawa declares state of emergency as water keeps rising  CBC NewsThe City of Ottawa has declared a state of emergency as river levels continue to rise, threatening to surpass those reached when flooding devastated some ...
  
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• K-Pop boy group to judge Ottawa K-Pop cover dance festival in May - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 22:48
  K-Pop boy group to judge Ottawa K-Pop cover dance festival in May  Ottawa CitizenA Korean pop group will be flying all the way from Seoul to the National Capital Region to judge a K-Pop cover dance festival in Ottawa this May.The six-member ...
  
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• K-Pop boy group to judge Ottawa K-Pop cover dance festival in May

  25-04-2019 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Korean pop group will be flying all the way from Seoul to the National Capital Region to judge a K-Pop cover dance festival in Ottawa this May. Read More
  
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• Flooding: Ottawa declares state of emergency, army sending troops

  25-04-2019 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Update: Mayor Jim Watson said the city has declared a state of emergency as water levels continue to rise. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police end 2018 with $6.2M budget deficit

  25-04-2019 22:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police ended 2018 $6.2 million in the red and are attributing the lion’s share to shortfalls in expected revenue and overspending on overtime. Read More
  
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• Montreal declares state of emergency, Canadian Forces arrive in Ottawa as flood waters set to rise - The Globe and Mail

  25-04-2019 22:03
  Montreal declares state of emergency, Canadian Forces arrive in Ottawa as flood waters set to rise  The Globe and MailMontreal declared a state of emergency Friday afternoon. Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the city with 30 to 50 millimetres expected Friday ...
  
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• Ottawa opioid users find hope in program that promises safe drug supply - National Post

  25-04-2019 21:04
  Ottawa opioid users find hope in program that promises safe drug supply  National PostOTTAWA — Katrina Adams has thought about getting a tattoo for all of her friends who have died in the past two years from opioid overdoses but she doesn't ...
  
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• Toronto firms enter Ottawa-Gatineau market with $57M apartments acquisition - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-04-2019 20:48
  Toronto firms enter Ottawa-Gatineau market with $57M apartments acquisition  Ottawa Business JournalTwo Toronto real estate firms have staked their claim to the Ottawa-Gatineau market with a pair of apartment building acquisitions in the National Capital Region.
  
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• Ottawa LRT planner Chris Swail to step down: memo - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-04-2019 20:33
  Ottawa LRT planner Chris Swail to step down: memo  Ottawa Business JournalThe senior city official in charge of planning the extension to Ottawa's light-rail transit system will step down at the end of this week, according to a memo sent to ...
  
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• O-Train planner Chris Swail departing city hall

  25-04-2019 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's top rail planner has reached the end of the line at city hall. Read More
  
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• Flooding: City opens three emergency centres as rain forecast concerns officials

  25-04-2019 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city of Ottawa is opening three emergency community support as the 2019 flooding situation continues to worsen. Read More
  
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• City police kick off 'zero tolerance' campaign against disorder in Market, Vanier

  25-04-2019 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police say they'll be stepping up weekend patrols on Rideau Street and in the ByWard Market and Vanier targeting "disorderly behaviour" starting Thursday night with the help of bylaw officers, alcohol inspectors and OC Transpo security. Read More
  
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• The Ottawa Senators coaching search has heated up in the past week - Ottawa Sun

  25-04-2019 19:42
  The Ottawa Senators coaching search has heated up in the past week  Ottawa SunThe Ottawa Senators have stepped up their efforts to find a new head coach. Not only has Senators general manager Pierre Dorion already sat down to ...
  
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• The future of Ottawa meal delivery: Why Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes are a 'necessary evil' for some restaurants

  25-04-2019 19:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a recent Sunday morning at Kettleman's Bagel Company in the Glebe, business was unrelenting. Read More
  
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• Deadly opioid carfentanil detected in Ottawa drug supply - CTV News

  25-04-2019 18:28
  Deadly opioid carfentanil detected in Ottawa drug supply  CTV NewsA drug sample brought to a local supervised consumption site has tested positive for carfentanil.
  
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• Anti-abortion ad on Ottawa bus angers two councillors

  25-04-2019 18:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OC Transpo bus ad from an anti-abortion lobby group has raised the ire of two Ottawa councillors who are demanding the sign be removed. Read More
  
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• Anti-abortion ad on Ottawa bus angers two councillors - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 18:19
  Anti-abortion ad on Ottawa bus angers two councillors  Ottawa CitizenAn OC Transpo bus ad from an anti-abortion lobby group has raised the ire of two Ottawa councillors who are demanding the sign be removed.The ad from ...
  
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• Canada renews military commitment to Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai

  25-04-2019 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government has renewed Operation CALUMET, the Canadian military’s contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. The Canadian contribution will continue until March 31, 2022 under the renewal. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police asking to lease 400 Tasers as part of force-wide rollout

  25-04-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are set to roll out 400 more Tasers to officers, pending approval from the police board. Read More
  
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• FORCE-WIDE ROLLOUT: Ottawa cops seek to lease 400 Tasers - Ottawa Sun

  25-04-2019 18:09
  FORCE-WIDE ROLLOUT: Ottawa cops seek to lease 400 Tasers  Ottawa SunOttawa police are set to roll out 400 more Tasers to officers, pending approval from the police board.The force is asking the board to approve the leasing of the ...
  
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• Fatality-free long weekend but too many still not buckling up: OPP

  25-04-2019 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP says it's happy to report a "zero-fatality" long weekend on the roads they patrol but too many of us aren't doing enough to keep it that way. Read More
  
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• How Ottawa's Fauna restaurant fought back to overcome a $900K landlord dispute - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-04-2019 17:39
  How Ottawa's Fauna restaurant fought back to overcome a $900K landlord dispute  Ottawa Business JournalAfter spending months preparing to launch his new Centretown restaurant Fauna, Jon Svazas received a troubling phone call around midnight just hours before ...
  
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• Ontario budget delivers cuts — and confusion — to Ottawa - CBC.ca

  25-04-2019 17:26
  Ontario budget delivers cuts — and confusion — to Ottawa  CBC.caThe PC government's first provincial budget delivered on some big-ticket items for Ottawa. But almost immediately, it has become clear the budget will also cost ...
  
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• Metric and July Talk arrive in Ottawa with a promise of new material, renewed energy

  25-04-2019 16:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  There are those moments in music when a tour comes together that gets fans giddy with excitement long in advance of the show date. Such is the case with the Metric tour in support of the Toronto band’s latest album Art of Doubt, with opening act July Talk. Read More
  
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• Metric and July Talk arrive in Ottawa with a promise of new material, renewed energy - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 16:39
  Metric and July Talk arrive in Ottawa with a promise of new material, renewed energy  Ottawa CitizenThere are those moments in music when a tour comes together that gets fans giddy with excitement long in advance of the show date. Such is the case with the ...
  
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• Only B.C. has taken up Ottawa's offer to split costs for abandoned bus routes, minister says - CBC.ca

  25-04-2019 16:32
  Only B.C. has taken up Ottawa's offer to split costs for abandoned bus routes, minister says  CBC.caTransport Minister Marc Garneau says the federal government will also pay half the cost for the B.C. Bus North *service* the province began last year at an ...
  
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• Here are Ottawa-Gatineau's 2019 Forty Under 40 recipients - Ottawa Business Journal

  25-04-2019 15:27
  Here are Ottawa-Gatineau's 2019 Forty Under 40 recipients  Ottawa Business JournalOBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade have announced the 2019 recipients of the Forty Under 40 awards.
  
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• Flooding: 100 more register as evacuees in Gatineau, officials concerned about rain advisory

  25-04-2019 15:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Gatineau saw 100 more people register as evacuees of flood stricken areas on Wednesday, as water levels in the Ottawa River continue to swell.
  To date, 517 people have registered with the city, including 431 adults and 86 children, for a total of 242 households.
  About 100 of the affected residences are around hard-hit Hurtubise Boulevard, anout another 100 from the Pointe Gatineau district. There have been no registrations from Aylmer district to date.
  Making things worse is a specia
  
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• Boswell: Let's get OC Transpo working for its passengers again - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 15:01
  Boswell: Let's get OC Transpo working for its passengers again  Ottawa CitizenNot so long ago, our transit system just ticked away in the background, quiet and reliable enough to keep people using it.
  
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• Boswell: Let's get OC Transpo working for its passengers again

  25-04-2019 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  I’ve taken OC Transpo my entire life; my family didn’t have a car for much of my childhood and my husband and I still don’t have a car now. I’m an avid transit user and I remember what Ottawa’s transit system looked like when it worked.
  I remember when you could look at a paper schedule and bet on a bus arriving within a few minutes of that time. I bused to junior high, high school, university and a whole range of jobs and I was rarely late because the buses were mo
  
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• Powerful drug carfentanil detected at supervised consumption site

  25-04-2019 14:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Potentially-deadly carfentanil was detected Wednesday in the street drug known as “blue fentanyl” in testing at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.
  Rob Boyd, director of the Oasis program at the centre, warned drug users via Twitter to use drugs at supervised consumption sites and not alone, to avoid mixing drugs and to carry opioid antidote naloxone.
  Carfentanil was previously found in a rock of crack cocaine tested by the health centre last summer.
  It’s 100 times more pow
  
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• Ottawa Valley in for up to 50 mm of rain this weekend - OttawaMatters.com

  25-04-2019 14:35
  Ottawa Valley in for up to 50 mm of rain this weekend  OttawaMatters.comEnvironment Canada predicts a total of 20 to 35 mm of rain in Ottawa by Saturday morning, with higher amounts west of the city.
  
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• Special weather statement: 'Significant' rainfall expected for capital, 20-35 mm by Saturday

  25-04-2019 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment Canada has issued a significant rainfall alert for the capital region, with a possible 35 mm on the way by Saturday morning.
  “Rain, heavy at times, will move into Eastern Ontario Friday morning and continue into Friday evening,” the forecasters say.
  “This heavy rain is associated with a Texas low that will track across Southern Ontario.”
  Today’s high is expected to hit 16 C.
  Things are then expected to cloud over, sliding to a low of 4 C.
  However, more c
  
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• Traffic: Rising flood water ramp up road, ferry closures

  25-04-2019 13:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  There were new road and ferry closures affecting the commute in Gatineau Thursday morning as city officials also appealed to the public to avoid flooded areas out of respect for victims and to allow first responders to do their work.
  The on and off ramps of Highway 50 are closed both east and westbound at Rue Saint-Louis.
  The Traversiers Bourbonnais ferries, which connects Cumberland with Masson-Angers in Gatineau,won’t be running “for an indefinite period.”
  ECOLOS, the ferry b
  
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• Weather: Mini heat wave Thursday, rain forecasts recede

  25-04-2019 13:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the spirit of grabbing whatever good news we can, it may be time for sunscreen: The capital forecast is sounding almost summery Thursday.
  OK, there’s a mixture of cloud and sun, but no precip and the forecasters are calling for a toasty high of 16 C, through the day, with an UV index of  6 or high.
  Things are expected to cloud over, sliding to a low of 4 C.
  However, more clouds are in the forecast for Friday with periods of rain beginning in the morning. Winds should become gusty a
  
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• The future of food delivery in Ottawa: Why Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes are a 'necessary evil' for some restaurants - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 13:00
  The future of food delivery in Ottawa: Why Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes are a 'necessary evil' for some restaurants  Ottawa CitizenOn a recent Sunday morning at Kettleman's Bagel Company in the Glebe, business was unrelenting.During the blur between breakfast and lunch, most of the ...
  
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• The future of food delivery in Ottawa: Why Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes are a 'necessary evil' for some restaurants

  25-04-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a recent Sunday morning at Kettleman’s Bagel Company in the Glebe, business was unrelenting.
  During the blur between breakfast and lunch, most of the eatery’s tables were filled with diners. The line-up of new arrivals, which stretched from the front door to the cash, never seemed to shorten. For a dozen or so deli staffers, it was all hands on deck to expedite bagels, pastries, coffees and juices to a steady stream of customers.
  However, the most harried-looking Kettleman’s
  
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• Charlebois: Some Métro stores allow reusable containers. Good for them

  25-04-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Metro family of grocery stores announced recently that it would become the first major grocery store chain in the country to allow customers to bring their own reusable containers for packaging. The policy only applies in the province of Quebec and it took effect on April 22. Even though other grocers are likely to make similar announcements soon, this is a benchmark policy that clearly sets a precedent. A good decision from the Quebec-based grocer, but such an approach does come with its sh
  
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• Gorman: Development at Hunt Club and Riverside defies logic, Ottawa Council - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 12:31
  Gorman: Development at Hunt Club and Riverside defies logic, Ottawa Council  Ottawa CitizenClearly, dollar signs meant more than heritage, imagination and logic in Ottawa Council's passing, on April 10, of a bylaw amendment authorizing development ...
  
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• MacDougall: Headwinds, headaches on the road to Trudeau’s re-election

  25-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six months out from an election is usually when an incumbent party at the helm of a first-term majority government is setting the table for its re-election.
  There is action on all fronts: one or two people-pleasing bills left to pass in the House of Commons and Senate; a raft of policies to finalize for the next platform; more star candidates to recruit to carry the banner; and one maturing leader to prep for another campaign.
  It is a time of industry and focus.
  For Justin Trudeau and his Libera
  
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• Gorman: Hunt Club-Riverside development defies logic, Ottawa Council

  25-04-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Clearly, dollar signs meant more than heritage, imagination and logic in Ottawa Council’s passing, on April 10, of a bylaw amendment authorizing development on the tract of land bordered by the northwest corner of Hunt Club Road and Riverside Drive. Permitted are an auto dealership, a high-rise apartment building, and a retirement home. There is also mention of a park, presumably a concession to what currently exists.
  I was one of three members of the public, living in the area, who made a
  
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• Cappies review: Merivale High School presents Newsies

  25-04-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Show #16: Newsies
  Where: Merivale High School
  Director: Cynthia Wood
  Jonah Nung, CriticColonel By Secondary School
  How’s this for a headline: “Merivale Gives Historic Strike New Life!” Or what about: “Students Prove Power of Perseverance!” No matter how you choose to phrase it, Merivale High School’s production of Newsies exuberantly captured the struggles and triumphs of working youngsters at the dawn of a new century in America.
  Based on the 1992 film with m
  
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• Ottawa 67's eye OHL record with 3rd playoff sweep - CBC.ca

  25-04-2019 11:28
  Ottawa 67's eye OHL record with 3rd playoff sweep  CBC.caDone shattering their own records, the Ottawa 67's now appear firmly focussed on making Ontario Hockey League history.
  
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• City of Ottawa declares state of emergency due to flooding concerns - CTV News

  25-04-2019 09:00
  City of Ottawa declares state of emergency due to flooding concerns  CTV NewsOttawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency over flooding along the Ottawa River and other waterways.
  
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• B.C. strikes deal with Ottawa to keep funding BC Bus North on routes that Greyhound abandoned - Global News

  25-04-2019 06:33
  B.C. strikes deal with Ottawa to keep funding BC Bus North on routes that Greyhound abandoned  Global NewsBus *service* that replaced routes abandoned by Greyhound in northern B.C. last year will stay in place after the provincial and federal governments reached a ...
  
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• F-35 Demonstration Team coming to Aero Gatineau-Ottawa air show - Ottawa Citizen

  25-04-2019 05:47
  F-35 Demonstration Team coming to Aero Gatineau-Ottawa air show  Ottawa CitizenThe U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team is now confirmed as coming to the Aero Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 air show. The team will be conducting ...
  
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• F-35 Demonstration Team coming to Aero Gatineau-Ottawa air show

  25-04-2019 05:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team is now confirmed as coming to the Aero Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 air show. The team will be conducting only two displays outside the U.S. this year. The Aero Gatineau-Ottawa air show runs Sept. 6-8.
  The RCAF Snowbirds and the CF-18 Hornet Demo team will also be at the show among other attractions.
  In addition on Aug. 13 the Royal Air Force nine plane precision aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, will be coming to Gatineau-Ottawa for the first
  
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• Concert review: Cher says farewell (again) in extravagant fashion

  25-04-2019 05:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  CherCanadian Tire CentreReviewed Wednesday
  Cher joined the parade of artists bidding farewell to Ottawa fans this year with a joyous extravaganza of a concert at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday.
  This time she dubbed the tour Here We Go Again, a cheeky reminder that she’s been in this position before, having already said goodbye on two previous farewell tours in the last 15 years. Every time she’s ready to hang up the fishnets and wigs, her career seems to get another boost.
  The lat
  
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• Saint-André-Avellin floods force state of emergency

  25-04-2019 05:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The municipality of Saint-André-Avellin has declared an emergency and evacuated about 100 people from the Château Saint-André seniors’ home due to flooding of the Petite-Nation River. Several homes are also evacuated.
  Mayor Jean-René Carrière now reports there are some signs of stabilizing in water levels. He says he is waiting for a decision that would let the seniors return home.
  “There have been no serious incidents,” he says on the municipa
  
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