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• ‘The new norm’: Ottawa mayor says change is needed amid record-breaking floods - Global News

  29-04-2019 23:59
  ‘The new norm’: Ottawa mayor says change is needed amid record-breaking floods  Global NewsThe mayor says there is still much more that needs to be done, especially now that these events are happening more frequently.
  
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• Missing 12-year-old Ottawa girl found safe - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 23:56
  Missing 12-year-old Ottawa girl found safe  Ottawa CitizenAccording to police, Lily Izabayo of Ottawa has been missing since Monday at around 8:25 a.m..
  
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• Contingency plans in place on both sides of river to protect drinking water

  29-04-2019 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  City officials on both sides of the river say they have contingency plans in place to meet the need for drinking water if a treatment plant is forced to shut down during the flood. Read More
  
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• Canadian military has 2,000 personnel dealing with floods but provinces determine priorities

  29-04-2019 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of military personnel helping battle floods at home has reached 2,000 – more than the number of Canadian Forces deployed overseas – and the country’s defence minister says if more are needed to deal with rising waters they can be made available. Read More
  
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• Britannia makes last effort to hold back the river - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 23:25
  Britannia makes last effort to hold back the river  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa River was calm Monday as it pushed up against the concrete wall of the Britannia berm on Jamieson Street. But tension was palpable from residents ...
  
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• Britannia makes last effort to hold back the river

  29-04-2019 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa River was calm Monday as it pushed up against the concrete wall of the Britannia berm on Jamieson Street. But tension was palpable from residents who sandbagged next to it, making a last attempt to stop the water from swelling over the barrier. Read More
  
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• Zibi says it is building to weather a one-in-a-thousand year flood

  29-04-2019 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Zibi’s new seven-storey observation tower made from shipping crates opens to the public on Wednesday, offering a birds-eye view of the Ottawa River, the source of the worst spring flooding in recent memory. The opening comes just as the river is expected to peak in parts of Ontario and Quebec. Read More
  
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• Extraordinary efforts by volunteers to help with flood relief - CTV News

  29-04-2019 23:20
  Extraordinary efforts by volunteers to help with flood relief  CTV NewsNearly one million sand bags have been filled to date by volunteers working tirelessly throughout our community.
  
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• Byward Market needle-point robber nabbed

  29-04-2019 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A young Ottawa man has been arrested after a couple was terrorized in the Byward Market early Saturday, with a mugger grabbing a woman's purse while holding a needle to her throat, threatening to infect her with HIV. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Jazz Festival warns fans that NCC could boot it from Confederation Park next year

  29-04-2019 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival has heard loud and clear from festival-goers that they are against the possibility of the National Capital Commission kicking the event out of its long-standing site, Confederation Park, next year, the festival's executive producer said Monday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Jazz Festival warns fans that NCC could boot it from Confederation Park next year - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 22:54
  Ottawa Jazz Festival warns fans that NCC could boot it from Confederation Park next year  Ottawa CitizenThe TD Ottawa Jazz Festival has heard loud and clear from festival-goers that they are against the possibility of the National Capital Commission kicking the ...
  
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• ByWard Market needle-point robber nabbed - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 22:51
  ByWard Market needle-point robber nabbed  Ottawa CitizenA young Ottawa man has been arrested after a couple was terrorized in the ByWard Market early Saturday, with a mugger grabbing a woman's purse while ...
  
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• Cutting provincial tree program will hurt environment, worsen flooding: nursery official

  29-04-2019 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cutting Ontario's 50 Million Tree Program will mean job losses at a North Grenville forestry centre. More than that, it will make flooding worse and negatively impact the environment across the province, says Wes Herring, vice-president of Ferguson Forest Centre. Read More
  
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• Mapping flood risk is a never-ending calculation

  29-04-2019 22:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Flood plain maps are useful tools to show where there's too much risk to allow development, says an engineering professor who studies floods. Read More
  
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• Flood pain: more heavy rainfall forecast for Wednesday - CTV News

  29-04-2019 22:22
  Flood pain: more heavy rainfall forecast for Wednesday  CTV NewsThe fight against the Flood of 2019 will be hampered by another heavy rainfall. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement calling for 20 to 40 ...
  
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• Mapping flood risk is a never-ending calculation - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 22:21
  Mapping flood risk is a never-ending calculation  Ottawa CitizenFlood plain maps are useful tools to show where there's too much risk to allow development, says an engineering professor who studies floods.
  
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• Police ask for help to locate missing 12-year-old Ottawa girl

  29-04-2019 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 12 year old. Read More
  
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• Three Ottawa area restaurants make list of Canada's best brunch spots - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 21:45
  Three Ottawa area restaurants make list of Canada's best brunch spots  Ottawa CitizenVanitea Room on Somerset Street West, NeXT in Stittsville and Arôme in the Hilton Lac-Leamy are among Canada's 100 best brunch restaurants for 2019, ...
  
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• Boswell: How the Notre-Dame blaze reveals an uplifting chapter of … Canadian history

  29-04-2019 21:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was an unfathomable, fiery tragedy that left millions of Roman Catholic faithful with a devastating sense of loss. The nation’s most important Catholic church — a centuries-old cathedral called Notre-Dame — was consumed by flames just days before one of the holiest dates on the Christian calendar. Read More
  
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• Monday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Bridge and road closures, 20-40 mm of rain expected

  29-04-2019 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The waters continue to rise in the Ottawa River and more rain is on the way as homeowners and thousands of volunteers in Cumberland, Gatineau, Britannia Bay and Constance Bay spent a frantic weekend sandbagging to try to protect homes. Read More
  
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• Ottawa: Floodwaters already a record, still haven't peaked - The Weather Network

  29-04-2019 21:00
  Ottawa: Floodwaters already a record, still haven't peaked  The Weather NetworkOttawa River is forecast to peak Tuesday or Wednesday, but record water levels have already been set.
  
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• Special weather statement calls for more rain for Ottawa - CBC.ca

  29-04-2019 20:58
  Special weather statement calls for more rain for Ottawa  CBC.caRain is expected to return to the region Wednesday morning with 20 to 40 millimetres of precipitation in the forecast.
  
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• Photo gallery: Ottawa River flooding - Kitchissippi Times

  29-04-2019 20:39
  Photo gallery: Ottawa River flooding  Kitchissippi TimesWe're collecting reader photos of the flooded areas in Kitchissippi. If you have any to contribute, send them to [email protected]. Thank you! [Click photos ...
  
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• Troops from Waterloo Region join flood relief effort in Ottawa - TheRecord.com

  29-04-2019 20:27
  Troops from Waterloo Region join flood relief effort in Ottawa  TheRecord.comOn Saturday, the 31 Combat Engineer Regiment based in Waterloo and St. Thomas, sent 38 reservists to Ottawa, where a state of emergency was declared by ...
  
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• Ottawa flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military - Global News

  29-04-2019 20:07
  Ottawa flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military  Global NewsThe City of Ottawa says more than 8650 people, since April 19, have helped fill sandbags, set up walls to slow the water from reaching properties and deliver ...
  
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• Ottawa track coach Ken Porter fired following sex abuse investigations - The Journal Pioneer

  29-04-2019 20:06
  Ottawa track coach Ken Porter fired following sex abuse investigations  The Journal PioneerLongtime coach Ken Porter was fired this morning from his volunteer position of president of the Ottawa track and field club in the wake of sex abuse allegations ...
  
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• Ottawa gymnastics instructor charged with sex assault

  29-04-2019 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have laid sexual assault charges against a gymnastics instructor stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred in March and April. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's Shopify partners with Facebook, Snap on new ad-creation apps - Ottawa Business Journal

  29-04-2019 19:39
  Ottawa's Shopify partners with Facebook, Snap on new ad-creation apps  Ottawa Business JournalShopify is partnering with two of the world's leading social media companies to make it easier for businesses to advertise on their platforms. The Ottawa-based ...
  
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• 'Please, not Ottawa': The Simpsons throw shade on beleaguered Ottawa Senators

  29-04-2019 19:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sunday's Canadian-themed episode of The Simpsons was dubbed D'Oh Canada but it was Ottawa that got the drubbing in a scene that had Ottawa Senators fans laughing through their Monday. Read More
  
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• 'Please, not Ottawa': The Simpsons throw shade on beleaguered Ottawa Senators - Ottawa Citizen

  29-04-2019 19:19
  'Please, not Ottawa': The Simpsons throw shade on beleaguered Ottawa Senators  Ottawa CitizenSunday's Canadian-themed episode of The Simpsons was dubbed D'Oh Canada but it was Ottawa that got the drubbing in a scene that had Ottawa Senators ...
  
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• Deputy mayor Darouze describes emotionally draining weekend as he hands reigns back to Watson

  29-04-2019 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  George Darouze handed the reigns of a city under a state of emergency back to Mayor Jim Watson on Monday morning after witnessing "chaos" caused by the bloated Ottawa River over the weekend. Read More
  
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• BAE Systems withdraws from Canadian military aircrew training competition

  29-04-2019 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  BAE Systems is no longer in the running to bid on a new program to provide Canada with military aircrew training services. Read More
  
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• The game's afoot in Ottawa as the moment nears for Jason Kenney to implement his 'revenge platform' - rabble.ca

  29-04-2019 18:13
  The game's afoot in Ottawa as the moment nears for Jason Kenney to implement his 'revenge platform'  rabble.caJason Kenney will be sworn in tomorrow as the 18th premier of Alberta, so we should know very soon if he really meant his oft-repeated pledge to make the ...
  
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• Drowsy dog diverts traffic in Oxford Mills

  29-04-2019 17:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  An apparently dog-tired pooch diverted traffic in Oxford Mills on the weekend until police picked him up to continue his snooze in the back of an OPP cruiser. Read More
  
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• What makes Ottawa a creative city? - CBC.ca

  29-04-2019 17:57
  What makes Ottawa a creative city?  CBC.caThis month, CreativeMornings Ottawa is hosting 'lightning talks' with five speakers, rather than just one. So, we thought we'd ask each of the speakers: What ...
  
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• On the Rise: Ottawa Edition - UFC

  29-04-2019 17:28
  On the Rise: Ottawa Edition  UFCThere are a number of up-and-coming talents and promising new arrivals set to step into the Octagon this weekend. Here's a closer look at three of those ...
  
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• Monday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Bridge and road closures as waters continue to rise

  29-04-2019 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The waters continue to rise in the Ottawa River as homeowners and thousands of volunteers in Cumberland, Gatineau, Britannia Bay and Constance Bay spent a frantic weekend sandbagging to try to protect homes. Read More
  
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• Ocean Industries to build four tugs for the Royal Canadian Navy

  29-04-2019 16:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ocean Industries Inc. will build four tugs for the Royal Canadian Navy, the federal government announced Monday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault - CBC.ca

  29-04-2019 16:45
  Ottawa gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault  CBC.caOttawa police have charged a 27-year-old gymnastics coach with sexual assault in relation to incidents alleged to have occurred in the last two months.
  
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• Flooding overwhelms parts of Ottawa, Montreal - CBC.ca

  29-04-2019 16:07
  Flooding overwhelms parts of Ottawa, Montreal  CBC.caSpring flooding is starting to overwhelm parts of Ottawa, Montreal and the surrounding areas. Rising waters have closed a major Ottawa bridge and forced more ...
  
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• Lighthouse at Pembroke Marina scuttled by Ottawa River's rising waters | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  29-04-2019 16:05
  Lighthouse at Pembroke Marina scuttled by Ottawa River's rising waters | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caA lighthouse located on the banks of the Ottawa River was toppled over the weekend, as the level of the river continues to rise, threatening dozens of ...
  
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• Thrill seeker rides jet-ski through Ottawa rapids despite flooding - CTV News

  29-04-2019 16:04
  Thrill seeker rides jet-ski through Ottawa rapids despite flooding  CTV NewsMinister of Transportation Marc Garneau banned non-emergency boats from the flood-swollen Ottawa River between the national capital and the Carillon dam ...
  
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• Ottawa riverfront park left almost underwater during flood emergency | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  29-04-2019 16:00
  Ottawa riverfront park left almost underwater during flood emergency | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caBritannia Park along the Ottawa River was left almost underwater on Sunday as floodwaters continued to impact residents and the river surged prompting all ...
  
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• Lobby Wrap: Trans Canada Trail lobbying Ottawa for funding - iPolitics.ca

  29-04-2019 15:58
  Lobby Wrap: Trans Canada Trail lobbying Ottawa for funding  iPolitics.caThe charity responsible for developing a 24,000-kilometre multi-use national trail system that stretches to the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans is appealing for ...
  
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• Monday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Second person dies, bridge and road closures as waters continue to rise

  29-04-2019 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The flood has claimed its second life in the region after a 34-year-old Arnprior man was found dead in the water on a flooded road Sunday night. Read More
  
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• 'Expect delays and be patient' as flooding closes roads, Chaudière Bridge

  29-04-2019 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  It's the first weekday commute since the Chaudière Bridge was closed due to rising floodwaters and public service managers are being asked to give staff who live or work in Gatineau "maximum flexibility" over their work arrangements. Read More
  
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• Monday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Second person dies, bridge and road closures as waters continue to rise - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  29-04-2019 15:36
  Monday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Second person dies, bridge and road closures as waters continue to rise  TheChronicleHerald.caReal test yet to come as Ottawa River expected to peak Wednesday or Thursday  CBC.caMonday flood updates in Ottawa and Gatineau: Bridge and road closures, 20-40 mm of rain expected  Ottawa CitizenChaudière Crossing closed as Ottawa River water levels rise  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa residents rush to save home
  
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• Ford government's health care changes see little support in Ottawa PC territory: survey - OttawaMatters.com

  29-04-2019 15:35
  Ford government's health care changes see little support in Ottawa PC territory: survey  OttawaMatters.com1500 people living in PC-held ridings were surveyed on the recent shakeups to health funding in this province.
  
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• Politics Briefing: Amid flooding in Ottawa, MPs return to House - The Globe and Mail

  29-04-2019 15:12
  Politics Briefing: Amid flooding in Ottawa, MPs return to House  The Globe and MailGood morning,. The House of Commons is set to return to action today after a two-week break. And with the nation's capital still fighting the threat of rising flood ...
  
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• Ottawa River flooding expected to exceed "once-a-century" mark set in 2017 - North Country Public Radio

  29-04-2019 15:08
  Ottawa River flooding expected to exceed "once-a-century" mark set in 2017  North Country Public RadioOfficials estimate the Ottawa River will rise nearly a metre within the next few days, well above its peak during the 2017 flood that was thought — at the time — ...
  
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