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• Letting nature take its course: insurance, relocation may be part of the solution

  02-05-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Protecting flood victims in the future will likely include affordable flood insurance for people who live in areas prone to flooding and relocation incentives for those who live in the most vulnerable areas, says the vice-president of federal affairs with the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Read More
  
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• OMB back from the dead: Ontario PCs reverting to old rules for planning appeals

  02-05-2019 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are bringing back the old rules of land-use planning appeals, giving a provincial tribunal the power to override municipal decisions without giving consideration to city council's position on a development file. Read More
  
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• Evening Brief: Premier Kenney takes centre stage in Ottawa - iPolitics.ca

  02-05-2019 23:12
  Evening Brief: Premier Kenney takes centre stage in Ottawa  iPolitics.caTonight's Evening Brief is brought to you by Simon Fraser University. As Canada's engaged university, we mobilize knowledge to drive innovation that benefits ...
  
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• Canadian Forces adapting as requests for disaster-related assistance grow - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 23:01
  Canadian Forces adapting as requests for disaster-related assistance grow  Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — The first time Warrant Officer Andrew Buchan was called on to help provide disaster relief at home was the flooding in Quebec in 2017, after 15 ...
  
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• River's siege expected to continue for two weeks; second peak weather dependent

  02-05-2019 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa River's spring siege is expected to continue for two more weeks with high water levels remaining in place on most sections of the river. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Hospital denies closure of respected multiple sclerosis clinic after rumours circulate

  02-05-2019 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa multiple sclerosis patients say they want answers about the future of The Ottawa Hospital's respected MS clinic after persistent rumours have circulated that changes are on the way. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Hospital denies closure of respected multiple sclerosis clinic after rumours circulate - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 22:35
  Ottawa Hospital denies closure of respected multiple sclerosis clinic after rumours circulate  Ottawa CitizenOttawa multiple sclerosis patients say they want answers about the future of The Ottawa Hospital's respected MS clinic after persistent rumours have circulated ...
  
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• Alberta’s Jason Kenney warns of separatist angst in first visit to Ottawa - Toronto Star

  02-05-2019 22:15
  Alberta’s Jason Kenney warns of separatist angst in first visit to Ottawa  Toronto StarOTTAWA—Alberta's new premier sent a brazen message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, when he raised the spectre of a national unity crisis and ...
  
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• 2,300 Canadian Forces personnel now involved in flood response in three provinces

  02-05-2019 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  There are now more than 2,300 Canadian Forces personnel involved in the government’s response to flooding in three provinces, with the bulk of those in Ontario. Read More
  
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• China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, Ottawa says - BNNBloomberg.ca

  02-05-2019 20:37
  China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, Ottawa says  BNNBloomberg.caTORONTO -- China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters, including Quebec-based Olymel LP, apparently over package ...
  
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• UFC Ottawa main event fighter Al Iaquinta has skills in and out of cage - Sportsnet.ca

  02-05-2019 20:12
  UFC Ottawa main event fighter Al Iaquinta has skills in and out of cage  Sportsnet.caRanked fourth among UFC lightweights, Al Iaquinta works in real estate when not cage-fighting.
  
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• Manulife's business in China not impacted by Ottawa-Beijing dispute: CEO - BNNBloomberg.ca

  02-05-2019 20:12
  Manulife's business in China not impacted by Ottawa-Beijing dispute: CEO  BNNBloomberg.caTORONTO -- Tensions between Ottawa and Beijing have not had a direct impact on Manulife Financial Corp.'s (MFC.TO 0.71%) business in China, chief ...
  
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• Derek Brunson Is Looking To Capture Momentum At UFC Ottawa - The Official Website of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

  02-05-2019 20:09
  Derek Brunson Is Looking To Capture Momentum At UFC Ottawa  The Official Website of the Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipIf fighting styles determined results, there isn't a bigger discrepancy on paper than the UFC Fight Night Ottawa matchup between middleweights Derek Brunson ...
  
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• Pilots in fatal Carp crash not using optional anti-collision systems, TSB reports

  02-05-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  The pilots of two small planes that collided over the Carp Airport last fall didn't see each other in time to avoid the fatal collision, the Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report issued Thursday. Read More
  
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• Boys and Girls Club Ottawa starts day off right with successful 10th anniversary breakfast - Ottawa Business Journal

  02-05-2019 19:44
  Boys and Girls Club Ottawa starts day off right with successful 10th anniversary breakfast  Ottawa Business JournalClose to 400 business leaders raise record-breaking amount at new Tomlinson Family Foundation Clubhouse.
  
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• Small plane makes emergency landing near Rockcliffe airport

  02-05-2019 19:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one was hurt Thursday afternoon when a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway near Rockcliffe airport. Read More
  
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• African Swine Fever Forum Wraps Up In Ottawa - PembinaValleyOnline.com

  02-05-2019 19:17
  African Swine Fever Forum Wraps Up In Ottawa  PembinaValleyOnline.comThe first ever international forum on African Swine Fever (ASF) wrapped up in Ottawa on Wednesday. Over 150 leaders and decision makers from government ...
  
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• Small plane makes emergency landing near Rockcliffe airport - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 19:05
  Small plane makes emergency landing near Rockcliffe airport  Ottawa CitizenNo one was hurt Thursday afternoon when a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway near Rockcliffe ...
  
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• China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, says Ottawa - CTV News

  02-05-2019 18:55
  China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, says Ottawa  CTV NewsThe federal government says it has been notified that China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters.
  
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• Ottawa satellite firm Telesat swings to $172M profit in Q1 - Ottawa Business Journal

  02-05-2019 18:39
  Ottawa satellite firm Telesat swings to $172M profit in Q1  Ottawa Business JournalTelesat's revenues dipped slightly in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, a decline the Ottawa-based satellite communications company blamed on less demand for its ...
  
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• Ottawa leaves small businesses to pay the heaviest price for its climate agenda - Financial Post

  02-05-2019 18:39
  Ottawa leaves small businesses to pay the heaviest price for its climate agenda  Financial PostOpinion: The $12-million grant to Loblaws has deeply offended small-business owners from coast to coast.
  
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• Battle of the Atlantic Ceremony to be held Sunday at National War Memorial

  02-05-2019 18:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Battle of the Atlantic Ceremony to commemorate the service and sacrifice of the thousands of Canadians who fought in the North Atlantic during the Second World War will be held at the National War Memorial on Sunday morning. Read More
  
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• Guelph Storm face tough test in OHL finals against Ottawa 67’s - Global News

  02-05-2019 18:17
  Guelph Storm face tough test in OHL finals against Ottawa 67’s  Global NewsThe Ottawa 67's have swept all three of their playoff series, while the Guelph Storm have had to mount two comebacks on their road to the OHL finals.
  
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• Gary Bettman says the Ottawa Senators aren't for sale - Ottawa Sun

  02-05-2019 18:10
  Gary Bettman says the Ottawa Senators aren't for sale  Ottawa SunThere isn't a For Sale sign hanging outside the Canadian Tire Centre — and there won't be any time soon.While NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spent most of ...
  
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• Arson unit probes fire that engulfed Nepean barn

  02-05-2019 17:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters were on the scene until early Thursday morning putting out hotspots from a fire that engulfed a boarded-up Barrhaven barn overnight. Read More
  
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• Arson unit probes fire that engulfed Nepean barn - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 17:45
  Arson unit probes fire that engulfed Nepean barn  Ottawa CitizenFirefighters were on the scene until early Thursday morning putting out hotspots from a fire that engulfed a boarded-up Barrhaven barn overnight.
  
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• Water to stay high in Ottawa but second round of floods not expected, says Goodale - Toronto Star

  02-05-2019 17:39
  Water to stay high in Ottawa but second round of floods not expected, says Goodale  Toronto StarOTTAWA—Water levels are expected to peak by week's end in flood zones around the nation's capital, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said ...
  
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• Minister Goodale provides update on Ottawa, Quebec flooding | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  02-05-2019 17:17
  Minister Goodale provides update on Ottawa, Quebec flooding | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caMinister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale held a press conference in Rockland, Ontario on Thursday to provide an update on the flooding in Ottawa and Quebec, ...
  
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• Cappies review: Actors, music captivate A.Y. Jackson's Months On End

  02-05-2019 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
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• HASAR volunteers deployed to Ottawa - Goderich Signal Star

  02-05-2019 17:13
  HASAR volunteers deployed to Ottawa  Goderich Signal StarHuron County, ON – The first rotation of volunteers from Huron and Area Search and Rescue (HASAR) are on their way to Ottawa to help sandbag the shores of ...
  
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• Guelph Storm and Ottawa 67's set to collide in OHL final - GuelphToday

  02-05-2019 17:00
  Guelph Storm and Ottawa 67's set to collide in OHL final  GuelphTodayOttawa 67's coach André Tourigny was asked what he needs to do to beat the Guelph Storm. "Do you want me to explain to George what I think about his team?
  
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• Wrong-way Highway 50 driver scores double legal limit for alcohol

  02-05-2019 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police had to move fast to intercept a motorist who was going west in the eastbound Highway 50 before he did and damage to eastbound traffic Tuesday night. Read More
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Doomsday rhetoric - Ottawa Sun

  02-05-2019 16:35
  YOU SAID IT: Doomsday rhetoric  Ottawa SunDOOMSDAY RHETORICThis just in, climate change is real. Here's the reality, though, it has been happening since the Earth has been in existence. Yes, I agree ...
  
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• Brockville police say missing woman could be in Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  02-05-2019 16:18
  Brockville police say missing woman could be in Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comDori MacIntosh was last seen on Tuesday in Brockville.
  
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• Cappies review: Actors, music captivate A.Y. Jackson's In Months On End

  02-05-2019 15:33 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Thursday floods: Weather reprieve leads to stabilization of flood levels

  02-05-2019 15:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  With a reprieve from what had been expected to be a heavy rainstorm Wednesday, floodwatchers in the capital region are cautiously hopeful that water levels could be settling, at least a bit. Read More
  
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• UPDATE: Petawawa River Bridge reopened to traffic

  02-05-2019 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  PETAWAWA – The Petawawa River Bridge has been reopened to traffic. Read More
  
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• Traffic: Lane closures on SJAM Parkway, no word on Chaudière reopening

  02-05-2019 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  For Ottawa-bound Quebec commuters, some good news. Read More
  
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• MP: Money stuck in Ottawa - Penticton News - Castanet.net

  02-05-2019 14:00
  MP: Money stuck in Ottawa - Penticton News  Castanet.netThe federal Conservative party's shadow minister for infrastructure, communities and urban affairs is swinging through the South Okanagan this week, meeting ...
  
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• Weather: Sunshine ahead! (But first, some cloud and drizzle)

  02-05-2019 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Things are looking up in the capital, weatherwise. Read More
  
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• Traffic: Lane closures on SJAM Parkway, no word on Chaudière reopening - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 13:40
  Traffic: Lane closures on SJAM Parkway, no word on Chaudière reopening  Ottawa CitizenFor Ottawa-bound Quebec commuters, some good news.Three lanes are open on Highway 50 at the Draveurs Bridge Thursday morning.The traffic lights at the ...
  
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• Ottawa-based retail analytics firm omNovos acquires Vancouver company - Ottawa Business Journal

  02-05-2019 13:27
  Ottawa-based retail analytics firm omNovos acquires Vancouver company  Ottawa Business JournalA few years after spinning off from parent company DataKinetics, omNovos is finding enough success in the retail industry to make a major purchase of its own.
  
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• 'I was wrong': Media reports play unexpectedly prominent role in Montsion manslaughter trial

  02-05-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  David Thyne mimicked the pounding strikes of a police baton for television cameras and described a scene of police brutality as he stood outside 55 Hilda St. sharing his eyewitness account of the events of July 24, 2016. Read More
  
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• Cappies review: A.Y. Jackson presents Months on End

  02-05-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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• A full picture of Abdirahman Abdi's final moments has finally been painted

  02-05-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Abdirahman Abdi swung a 30-pound road construction weight above his head as he tried to fend off the officer pursuing him through a Hintonburg public square that Sunday morning. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Floods prompt both blame and acts of kindness

  02-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bone-headed development has added to the problem Read More
  
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• Kilgour: Despite conflicting views, Canada leads on immigration policy

  02-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada, like the United States, is an immigrant nation, with waves of newcomers predating Confederation and many millions more arriving in the 20th and 21st centuries. Read More
  
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• The Scars Aligned: How an Ottawa poet tackled his cancer battle in verse - Ottawa Citizen

  02-05-2019 12:00
  The Scars Aligned: How an Ottawa poet tackled his cancer battle in verse  Ottawa CitizenThe cancer that almost killed Bradley Buchanan also gave him a gift that only a poet could love: a new language.
  
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• The Scars Aligned: How an Ottawa poet tackled his cancer battle in verse

  02-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The cancer that almost killed Bradley Buchanan also gave him a gift that only a poet could love: a new language. Read More
  
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• Selling in the flood zone: "anticipating a big slowdown"

  02-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  On a cold, dreary Saturday, dozens of volunteers are lined up near Fitzroy Harbour at a sand bagging station. The bags are for the residents of Moorhead Drive, where the Ottawa River has encircled many of the homes and cottages, and is sending shallow tributaries here and there to the other side of the Drive. Read More
  
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