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• Ottawa's next police chief faces daunting challenges - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 23:55
  Ottawa's next police chief faces daunting challenges  Ottawa CitizenThe police board has hired recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson to head the concurrent national searches for both a new chief and a new chief administrative ...
  
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• City braces for impact from changes to land-use, heritage law

  06-05-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Proposed changes to land-use planning and heritage protection would have a direct impact on how the City of Ottawa approves projects, starting with the compressed timelines for making planning decisions. Read More
  
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• Transpo revenue was $1.7M less than expected in first quarter

  06-05-2019 22:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo didn't receive about $1.7 million in revenue that the agency budgeted to collect in the first quarter of the year, according to a financial report published Monday. Read More
  
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• Former Ottawa real estate lawyer facing fraud charges - OttawaMatters.com

  06-05-2019 21:53
  Former Ottawa real estate lawyer facing fraud charges  OttawaMatters.comThe Ontario Provincial Police has charged a former real estate lawyer with two counts of fraud following an investigation into the misappropriation of money from ...
  
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• Gatineau police lay 13 new charges in dating app drugging case - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 20:52
  Gatineau police lay 13 new charges in dating app drugging case  Ottawa CitizenGatineau police said they “honour the courage of the victims who dared to come forward” as they announced new charges Monday against men accused of ...
  
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• Gatineau police lay 13 new charges in dating app drugging case

  06-05-2019 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police said they "honour the courage of the victims who dared to come forward" as they announced new charges Monday against men accused of drugging and sexually assaulting victims who were lured with dating apps. Read More
  
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• Russell man killed when farm tractor struck by car

  06-05-2019 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 63-year-old man from the Town of Russell died Sunday evening when his stopped farm tractor was struck by a car on Marionville Road. Read More
  
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• 'Remain vigilant' even as floodwaters recede, officials warn Monday

  06-05-2019 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Gatineau reported Monday morning that water levels at five monitoring stations within its limits dropped four to nine centimetres overnight but it's warning residents to "remain vigilant" until waters fully recede. Read More
  
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• Manera: Plan to link education funding and standards will be tricky

  06-05-2019 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The recently announced plan by the Ontario government to link funding of colleges and universities to certain metrics, such as graduates’ earnings and employment rates, as well as compliance with free speech policies, needs to be closely examined before it is implemented. Although on the surface this plan appears well-intentioned, there could be negative unintended consequences. Read More
  
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• Man, 63, killed in car-tractor collision southeast of Ottawa - Global News

  06-05-2019 18:08
  Man, 63, killed in car-tractor collision southeast of Ottawa  Global NewsA 63-year-old man died after a car crashed into his farm tractor on Marionville Road in Russell, southeast of Ottawa, on Sunday night, Ontario Provincial Police ...
  
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• Robber armed with box cutter tries to flee on bus: Police

  06-05-2019 17:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 36-year-old Ottawa man is facing an armed robbery charge after police say a robbery suspect swung a box cutter at a security guard at a Bank Street grocery store then tried to flee on an OC Transpo bus Saturday morning. Read More
  
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• Charges laid in Bank St. robbery - CTV News

  06-05-2019 16:58
  Charges laid in Bank St. robbery  CTV NewsCharges have been laid after a robbery at a grocery store on Bank St. over the weekend.
  
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• Motorist charged after wrong-way crash on Queensway

  06-05-2019 16:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 43-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges including impaired driving and dangerous driving causing bodily harm after a crash police say involved a wrong-way driver colliding with another vehicle on Highway 417 early Sunday morning. Read More
  
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• Police appeal for information after weekend stabbing on Prince of Wales Dr.

  06-05-2019 16:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  The condition of a man in his 50s who suffered a potentially life-threatening stab wound early Saturday on Prince of Wales Drive has been upgraded to serious but stable, police said Monday as they appealed for information about the incident. Read More
  
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• Motorist charged after wrong-way crash on Queensway - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 16:23
  Motorist charged after wrong-way crash on Queensway  Ottawa CitizenA 43-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges including impaired driving and dangerous driving causing bodily harm after a crash police say involved a ...
  
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• Body found in ashes of Killaloe-area home after fire on Sunday

  06-05-2019 15:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The remains of one person, who has yet to be identified, were found in the wreckage of a home after a fire just southwest of Killaloe on Sunday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Firefighters free man with head injury in Queensway wreck

  06-05-2019 15:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 50s was taken to the trauma centre with a head injury early Monday morning after his car flipped on the eastbound Queensway at Castlefrank Road. Read More
  
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• Royal Canadian Navy frigate to take part in missile firing exercise off coast of Scotland

  06-05-2019 15:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship St. John’s is off the coast of Scotland to participate in missile firings as part of a U.S.-led exercise. Read More
  
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• Search continues for teenager who plunged from rail bridge into Petawawa River

  06-05-2019 15:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OPP helicopter was called in to assist Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, an OPP emergency response team and the Petawawa Fire Department on Sunday. Read More
  
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• Traffic — Construction closed part of Bronson Avenue, flood impact lingers

  06-05-2019 14:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the midst of spring flooding, welcome to summer construction. Read More
  
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• Traffic — Construction closed part of Bronson Avenue, flood impact lingers - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 14:34
  Traffic — Construction closed part of Bronson Avenue, flood impact lingers  Ottawa CitizenIn the midst of spring flooding, welcome to summer construction.
  
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• Average Ottawa home sale prices approach $500K mark - Ottawa Business Journal

  06-05-2019 13:35
  Average Ottawa home sale prices approach $500K mark  Ottawa Business JournalLess than three years ago, in 2016, average prices were barely flirting with the $400000 mark.
  
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• Sunny then showers Monday, more rain by Thursday

  06-05-2019 13:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Get out and enjoy the sunshine before a few showers arrive Monday afternoon and then cool, wet weather later in the week. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: More on the Wellington Street pedestrian mall proposal

  06-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wellington Promenade could be grand Read More
  
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• Swearing, punching, spitting: staff report experiencing more violence at Ottawa's largest school board - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 12:30
  Swearing, punching, spitting: staff report experiencing more violence at Ottawa's largest school board  Ottawa CitizenWhen her youngest child was in junior kindergarten, an Ottawa mom says scissors were banned from the classroom because teachers feared one of the might ...
  
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• Swearing, punching, spitting: staff report experiencing more violence at Ottawa's largest school board

  06-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  When her youngest child was in junior kindergarten, an Ottawa mom says scissors were banned from the classroom because teachers feared one of the might use them as a weapon. Read More
  
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• MacLellan: Leaders need to shore up trust in Canadian democracy

  06-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Earlier this year, the federal government announced it had assembled a small team of top-level public officials whose task for 2019 would be to watch for foreign interference in the fall election. Armed with a “critical incident public protocol,” the so-called Security and Intelligence Threats to Election Taskforce has a mandate to sound the alarm if Chinese or Russian agents hack the race. Read More
  
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• When foreigners began attacking Canada’s oil industry, Ottawa turned a blind eye. Now it's getting worse - Financial Post

  06-05-2019 12:15
  When foreigners began attacking Canada’s oil industry, Ottawa turned a blind eye. Now it's getting worse  Financial PostDiane Francis: Foreign money funds anti-pipeline lobbyists resulting in Liberals' economically suicidal legislation like Bill C-69.
  
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• Egan: Mother Nature flooded the Ottawa River. Did the city flood Brantwood Park? - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2019 12:00
  Egan: Mother Nature flooded the Ottawa River. Did the city flood Brantwood Park?  Ottawa CitizenThe City of Ottawa is spending $10.5 million on a complete overhaul of six streets in the Brantwood Park area, by the Rideau River in Old Ottawa East.
  
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• Egan: Mother Nature flooded the Ottawa River. Did the city flood Brantwood Park?

  06-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa is spending $10.5 million on a complete overhaul of six streets in the Brantwood Park area, by the Rideau River in Old Ottawa East. Read More
  
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• Bruce and Vicki Heyman on being America's voice in Ottawa - CBC News

  06-05-2019 10:00
  Bruce and Vicki Heyman on being America's voice in Ottawa  CBC NewsBruce and Vicki Heyman are revealing new insights about what it's like to be America's voice in Canada's capital, in a new book that reveals a lot about the ...
  
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• Canada's 'Godfather' of prison reform guilty of arson: 'What I did was stupid"

  06-05-2019 04:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eighty-one-year-old Gaston Nicholas, known as the Godfather of prison reform, might be going back to prison after setting fire to two rental homes in 2016 because he was angry at his landlords. Read More
  
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• Delegation to press Ottawa on extradition agreement between Hong Kong and China - The Globe and Mail

  06-05-2019 03:36
  Delegation to press Ottawa on extradition agreement between Hong Kong and China  The Globe and MailA Hong Kong delegation of pro-democracy politicians and activists is heading to Ottawa to urge the Canadian government to oppose the territory's extradition ...
  
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• Search launched after woman plunges from rail bridge into Petawawa River

  06-05-2019 03:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  A woman was missing Sunday after she plunged into the Petawawa River from a rail bridge in the north end of town, Ontario Provincial Police said. Read More
  
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• Ottawa worried about fallout from jailing of N.B. farmer in Beirut, documents show - CTV News

  06-05-2019 00:24
  Ottawa worried about fallout from jailing of N.B. farmer in Beirut, documents show  CTV NewsDocuments filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New ...
  
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• When the Ottawa River flooded in 1928 it affected us differently

  06-05-2019 00:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the flood waters rose along the Ottawa River 91 years ago, the Ottawa Evening Citizen ran an odd little story about a Fort Coulonge man catching a pickerel in his living room. Read More
  
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