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• Syrian refugees pursuing the Canadian dream: opening businesses in Ottawa - CTV News

  22-05-2019 23:40 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Syrian refugees pursuing the Canadian dream: opening businesses in Ottawa  CTV NewsThey came to Canada just a short time ago to flee a civil war, looking for a safe place to raise their families. Now several Syrian couples in Ottawa are living the ...
  
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• Ottawa mayor pushes back at Premier Ford’s offer to have city budget reviewed - Global News

  22-05-2019 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa mayor pushes back at Premier Ford’s offer to have city budget reviewed  Global NewsOttawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's “not prepared” to accept a third-party review of the city's budget in order to curb spending by four per cent at the provincial ...
  
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• Committee takes on task of measuring mental health in the public service

  22-05-2019 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Years after the federal government began adopting policies aimed improving mental health in the public service, there is a new focus on trying to measure it. Read More
  
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• Ottawa plans to table USMCA ratification bill as soon as next week - The Globe and Mail

  22-05-2019 21:49 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa plans to table USMCA ratification bill as soon as next week  The Globe and MailOttawa will introduce legislation to ratify Canada's new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico as soon as next week, according to a senior ...
  
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• Canadian Forces scrambling to figure out Vance’s statement on Kandahar memorial

  22-05-2019 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian Press is reporting that Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance has now acknowledged that last week’s low-key unveiling of the Kandahar memorial without the families of dead soldiers present was not handled properly. Read More
  
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• Police seek suspect in hotel room sexual assault

  22-05-2019 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Glavin: Canada's anemic response to China

  22-05-2019 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ottawa spin class continues to grow, keeping people fit for a good cause - OttawaMatters.com

  22-05-2019 19:49 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa spin class continues to grow, keeping people fit for a good cause  OttawaMatters.comMidweek mugging: Moffat Farm Cycling Club continues to grow after four years, with over $60000 donated to local charities.
  
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• Man wanted for alleged sexual assault - CTV News

  22-05-2019 19:44 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Man wanted for alleged sexual assault  CTV NewsOttawa Police are searching for a man they say committed a sexual assault downtown earlier this month.
  
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• Eastern Ontario public health units band together against amalgamation with Ottawa - Global News

  22-05-2019 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Eastern Ontario public health units band together against amalgamation with Ottawa  Global NewsSeveral eastern Ontario public health units are proposing that they be grouped together when the province chooses to amalgamate rather than join Ottawa's ...
  
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• Dining Out: In Bells Corners, Malabar House has stark ambience but big, South Indian flavours

  22-05-2019 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  A colleague of mine recently told me that years ago, when she was pregnant, her most common cravings were for Indian food. Read More
  
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• RCMP call for assistance in solving 1981 Ottawa missing person case - OttawaMatters.com

  22-05-2019 19:14 via ottawamatters.com
  RCMP call for assistance in solving 1981 Ottawa missing person case  OttawaMatters.comThe police agency sent out a new tweet Wednesday, asking if anyone has information on Lonnie Boudreau or his disappearance.
  
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• Airport CEO, Nav Canada boss named to 'blue ribbon' drone task force

  22-05-2019 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The heads of the Ottawa airport authority and NAV CANADA have been named to a task force on tackling the "critical" threat unauthorized drones pose to North American airports in the wake major disruptions to air traffic at Gatwick and Newark airports. Read More
  
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• Mike Pence is coming to Ottawa — but why hasn't Trump made a state visit to Canada yet? - CBC News

  22-05-2019 18:49 via cbc.ca
  Mike Pence is coming to Ottawa — but why hasn't Trump made a state visit to Canada yet?  CBC NewsU.S. Vice-President Mike Pence is coming to Canada next week to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss what the U.S. Embassy calls the "swift ...
  
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• Police pour out booze, break up fight in weekend bar blitz

  22-05-2019 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police say that when they visited 23 bars Friday and Saturday night officers did 50 alcohol "pour outs" and responded to three reports of injury, one fight and a single intoxicated person. Read More
  
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• Stop arm cameras to be mounted on Ottawa school buses

  22-05-2019 18:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  When a 2016 pilot project put an automated stop arm camera on an Ottawa school bus, it captured an average of five vehicles passing the bus as kids got on or off every single day. Read More
  
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• Ottawa school buses to get stop arm cameras - Ottawa Sun

  22-05-2019 18:14 via ottawasun.com
  Ottawa school buses to get stop arm cameras  Ottawa SunWhen a 2016 pilot project put an automated stop arm camera on an Ottawa school bus, it captured an average of five vehicles passing the bus as kids got on or ...
  
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• Ali Khan: During Ramadan, let's count our blessings and reach out

  22-05-2019 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  In this blessed month of Ramadan, I get overwhelmed when pondering the blessings Allah has bestowed on me even though I did not deserve them. So I was not upset when diagnosed with incurable, slowly developing blood cancer. I have already crossed a Canadian male’s life expectancy, 81. Who can expect to emulate the Prophet Noah (peace be on him), who lived to be 900? Who would even want to, given that old age brings helplessness, pain and dependence on others? Read More
  
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• Amazon hiring for Ottawa-area fulfillment centre - OttawaMatters.com

  22-05-2019 15:32 via ottawamatters.com
  Amazon hiring for Ottawa-area fulfillment centre  OttawaMatters.comThe Amazon fulfillment centre, slated to open in the Ottawa-area, is looking to fill more than 600 full-time positions. Anyone interested in working at the facility on ...
  
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• Leiper: New Ontario bill undercuts sensible, community-based planning

  22-05-2019 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s core neighbourhoods are changing fast under the city’s intensification policies. Infill is transforming many of our streets, and new apartment towers are changing the skyline. Amidst all this growth, residents are legitimately concerned that the liveability of our neighbourhoods is being diminished: less sun, fewer trees, more pavement and a real strain on parks, recreation facilities, libraries and the other amenities that provide a break from the concrete jungle. Read More
  
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• Traffic: Cyclists roll for justice, construction clogs

  22-05-2019 14:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hey motorists — today and every other day, watch for cyclists. Read More
  
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• Calls up, crime down in Gatineau in 2018, police report

  22-05-2019 14:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  While calls to police were up slightly in Gatineau in 2018, only two in 10 were to report crime and crime overall dropped four per cent, police reported Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Beautiful Wednesday, but thunderstorm, humidex on horizon

  22-05-2019 13:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Yes, that's indeed bright sunshine outside the window on this fine Wednesday. Read More
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Put us out of our misery - Ottawa Sun

  22-05-2019 12:36 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Put us out of our misery  Ottawa SunPUT US OUT OF ITS MISERYSo the Phoenix (payroll system) has risen again and reared its ugly head. A Parliamentary Budget Office report has stated that IBM ...
  
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• Today's letters: Your thoughts on the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

  22-05-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
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• More elementary students in Ottawa's public school board are facing suspensions for bad behaviour - Ottawa Citizen

  22-05-2019 12:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  More elementary students in Ottawa's public school board are facing suspensions for bad behaviour  Ottawa CitizenThe number of elementary students suspended for bad behaviour at Ottawa's largest school board is on the rise.
  
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• More elementary students in Ottawa's public school board are facing suspensions for bad behaviour

  22-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of times elementary students at Ottawa's largest school board are suspended for bad behaviour is on the rise. Read More
  
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• Ottawa putting $2.5M into Indigenous tourism - Winnipeg Free Press

  22-05-2019 11:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Ottawa putting $2.5M into Indigenous tourism  Winnipeg Free PressOTTAWA — Indigenous Manitobans want the world to experience their foods and cultures, accordin... - Local - Winnipeg Free Press.
  
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• Activists urge Ottawa to pass Canadian accessibility law before summer - The Globe and Mail

  22-05-2019 11:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Activists urge Ottawa to pass Canadian accessibility law before summer  The Globe and MailDisabled Canadians and their supporters are pushing Ottawa to pass a bill enshrining their right to more accessible and inclusive federal workplaces before the ...
  
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• Ottawa pumps $58.5 million into new tourism game plan - Times Colonist

  22-05-2019 06:04 via timescolonist.com
  Ottawa pumps $58.5 million into new tourism game plan  Times ColonistA new Canadian tourism strategy is designed to boost international visits to Canada during non-peak seasons by more than a million people and get visitors to ...
  
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• Hundreds attend meeting for Gatineau flood victims - CTV News

  22-05-2019 04:51 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Hundreds attend meeting for Gatineau flood victims  CTV NewsMore than 300 people attended a meeting on financial assistance for flood victims in Gatineau.
  
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• Worried Gatineau residents seek answers about flood reparations

  22-05-2019 04:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  More than a thousand frustrated and concerned Gatineau residents crowded into a public meeting Tuesday night to learn how the province will help them recover from the devastating spring flood of 2019. Read More
  
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• Experts agree on steps to prevent money laundering, but watchdog says Ottawa is still dragging its feet - Toronto Star

  22-05-2019 03:55 via thestar.com
  Experts agree on steps to prevent money laundering, but watchdog says Ottawa is still dragging its feet  Toronto StarThe federal minister in charge of organized-crime reduction declined to say whether the government plans to create a public registry to unmask company ...
  
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• Ottawa to buy two more Arctic ships from Irving to prevent layoffs - StCatharinesStandard.ca

  22-05-2019 03:18 via stcatharinesstandard.ca
  Ottawa to buy two more Arctic ships from Irving to prevent layoffs  StCatharinesStandard.caUnlike the first six, which are being built for the navy, a government source says the seventh and eighth will be built for the Canadian Coast Guard.
  
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• 'I didn't stab him,' accused killer tells Ottawa jury - Ottawa Citizen

  22-05-2019 02:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  'I didn't stab him,' accused killer tells Ottawa jury  Ottawa CitizenAwale Hussein took the stand in his own defence Tuesday, telling a jury he didn't slash Brian Boucher to death after a night of drugs and booze at a basement ...
  
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• 'I didn't stab him,' accused killer tells Ottawa jury

  22-05-2019 02:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Awale Hussein took the stand in his own defence Tuesday, telling a jury he didn't slash Brian Boucher to death after a night of drugs and booze at a basement apartment in the east end. Read More
  
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• Sens interview Roy, coaching decision could come as early as weekend - TSN

  22-05-2019 02:01 via tsn.ca
  Sens interview Roy, coaching decision could come as early as weekend  TSNThe Ottawa Senators interviewed Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy for their vacant head coach position on Tuesday and could make a decision as early as this ...
  
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• Senators general manager Pierre Dorion and Patrick Roy spotted in Montreal - Ottawa Sun

  22-05-2019 02:00 via ottawasun.com
  Senators general manager Pierre Dorion and Patrick Roy spotted in Montreal  Ottawa SunAfter wrapping up an interview with Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy in Tuesday in Montreal, it didn't take long for the word to leak out he had sat down with ...
  
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• Ottawa to spend millions to ease shelter pressure for B.C. asylum claimants - Straight.com

  22-05-2019 01:35 via straight.com
  Ottawa to spend millions to ease shelter pressure for B.C. asylum claimants  Straight.comAmid concerns about the rising number of asylum seekers entering Canada in recent years, the federal government announced it is providing $6 million to B.C. ...
  
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• Caleb Holley hopes to unleash potential with Ottawa Redblacks - Ottawa Sun

  22-05-2019 01:35 via ottawasun.com
  Caleb Holley hopes to unleash potential with Ottawa Redblacks  Ottawa SunCaleb Holley is looking to make an impact in his new football home. After spending three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the 6-foot-4, 28-year-old ...
  
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• Trudeau to make Canadian Coast Guard announcement Wednesday

  22-05-2019 01:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make an announcement Wednesday in Vancouver about the future of the Canadian Coast Guard. Read More
  
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• Tulip festival a big draw in Ottawa this year - CBC.ca

  22-05-2019 00:49 via cbc.ca
  Tulip festival a big draw in Ottawa this year  CBC.caDespite late blooming flowers and a lightning strike, organizers say this year's Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa was a success.
  
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