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• Russia launches new icebreaker as country focuses on economic potential of the Arctic

  28-05-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Russia rolled out a new nuclear-powered icebreaker on the weekend as it signals its further efforts to take advantage of the Arctic’s economic potential. Read More
  
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• Bus safety a priority, transport minister Garneau says

  28-05-2019 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Transport Canada is making bus safety a priority, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau has assured a frustrated Ottawa man whose former partner was among those injured in the deadly Jan. 11 OC Transpo double-decker crash. Read More
  
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• Canadian Olympic officials urge Ottawa to fast-track citizenship for star U.S. softball player - National Post

  28-05-2019 23:15 via nationalpost.com
  Canadian Olympic officials urge Ottawa to fast-track citizenship for star U.S. softball player  National PostKristen Brown wants to join her prospective Canadian teammates as they try to qualify for next year's Olympics. There's one hitch — she's not yet Canadian.
  
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• Man, 22, charged with second-degree murder after shooting in Ottawa - National Post

  28-05-2019 23:07 via nationalpost.com
  Man, 22, charged with second-degree murder after shooting in Ottawa  National PostOttawa police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after turning himself in to police on Tuesday.Investigators say the man is accused of ...
  
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• Ottawa announces clean energy investments at CEM conference - Business in Vancouver

  28-05-2019 23:00 via biv.com
  Ottawa announces clean energy investments at CEM conference  Business in VancouverThe federal government is taking advantage of the Clean Energy Ministerial conference taking place in Vancouver this week to make a series of clean energy ...
  
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• Opinion: Mike Pence comes to Ottawa - and Justin Trudeau better play nice - The Globe and Mail

  28-05-2019 23:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Opinion: Mike Pence comes to Ottawa - and Justin Trudeau better play nice  The Globe and MailThe U.S. Vice-President's trip to Ottawa could be chance for some rare bipartisanship between the U.S. and Canada.
  
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• Victim in Monday's homicide second in family to be shot to death in two years

  28-05-2019 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two brothers slain within two years. One family’s immeasurable loss. Read More
  
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• Hotel addition can't be a 'Disneyland interpretation' of Château Laurier, design review chair says

  28-05-2019 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The chair of city hall's urban design review panel says the addition to the Château Laurier simply can't be a replica of the historic hotel, observing that the project architects have responded to expert advice in developing a modern concept. Read More
  
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• 'It's a struggle for people out there:' Demand for community meals up sharply at area shelters

  28-05-2019 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Demand for community meals at The Ottawa Mission and the Shepherds of Good Hope are up sharply. And one likely reason is that people are being forced to choose between paying rent and buying food, say shelter administrators. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks staging competition for starting QB role - Sportsnet.ca

  28-05-2019 22:53 via sportsnet.ca
  Ottawa Redblacks staging competition for starting QB role  Sportsnet.caThe Ottawa Redblacks don't know who their starting quarterback will be when they open the CFL season next month, but the team sees no reason to worry ...
  
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• Missing 15-year-old girl found safe - CTV News

  28-05-2019 22:44 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Missing 15-year-old girl found safe  CTV NewsThe Ottawa Police *Service* says missing 15-year-old Kiersta Goldsmith has been safely located. She had been missing since Saturday, May 18, 2019.
  
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• Ottawa’s cold, wet spring continues - CTV News

  28-05-2019 22:42 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa’s cold, wet spring continues  CTV NewsOnly a few days left in the month of May, Ottawa's cold, wet spring continues.
  
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• Police appeal for help finding 15-year-old girl missing for over a week

  28-05-2019 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in locating a 15-year-old girl who was last seen over a week ago. Read More
  
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• Missing 15-year-old girl found safe and sound - Ottawa Citizen

  28-05-2019 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Missing 15-year-old girl found safe and sound  Ottawa CitizenA 15-year-old girl reported who had been missing for more than a week has been found safe and sound, Ottawa police said Wednesday. ALSO IN THE NEWS ...
  
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• No one driving when garbage truck trashed vehicles, pole, building

  28-05-2019 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  No one was behind the wheel of large garbage truck when it rolled down a slope into two vehicles and a hydro pole before shearing off the front of an apartment building in Sandy Hill Monday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa tech firms land $1M in funding from Canadian Space Agency - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-05-2019 21:54 via obj.ca
  Ottawa tech firms land $1M in funding from Canadian Space Agency  Ottawa Business JournalA pair of Ottawa space tech companies collectively secured nearly $1 million in *fresh* funding this week from the Canadian Space Agency to add some rocket ...
  
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• SJAM Parkway, Island Park intersection closed until 6 p.m. due to crash

  28-05-2019 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  A heads up for rush-hour motorists: Stay away from the busy intersection of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway and Island Park Drive. Read More
  
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• High school in Alta Vista in 'shelter in place' mode following threat, two schools reopen

  28-05-2019 21:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  One school remains in "shelter in place" mode Tuesday afternoon following an anonymous threat early in the day. Read More
  
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• Senator wants Sajjan, Gen. Vance and Vice Admiral Norman to testify about Norman case

  28-05-2019 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Going out best bets, May 30 to June 5: A Mercadito feast and Syrian food

  28-05-2019 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Norris excited at chance to join longtime friend Tkachuk in Ottawa - Ottawa Senators

  28-05-2019 19:30 via nhl.com
  Norris excited at chance to join longtime friend Tkachuk in Ottawa  Ottawa SenatorsFollowing two years at the University of Michigan, Sens prospect Josh Norris made the decision to turn pro on Monday and signed his three-year, entry level cont ...
  
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• Godfrey: Ontario on the right track with animal protection bill

  28-05-2019 19:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ontario SPCA has been prioritizing power and money over the welfare of animals. As the former Chair of this once great organization, I am saddened to see this happen. Read More
  
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• Butt out better, fire department warns after $25,000 blaze

  28-05-2019 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  One person is displaced and damages are pegged at $25,000 after firefighters doused a downtown apartment fire that began in cabinetry under the kitchen sink. Read More
  
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• Denley: LeBreton Flats needs to be the city's biggest attraction

  28-05-2019 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, I argued that the National Capital Commission is taking the wrong approach by breaking the 53-acre LeBreton Flats site into pieces and selling them to developers when there is demand. The NCC’s goal is to use money from the land sales to build a public space along the Ottawa River eventually, but that’s not a plan that’s going to energize the public. Read More
  
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• 'Those bullets could easily go through walls' neighbour fears as police probe south-end homicide

  28-05-2019 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  As her young kids slept peacefully upstairs, their mother heard shouting, a pursuit and then a burst of fireworks from the living room of her Heatherington Road townhouse late Monday night. Read More
  
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• Cohen: Wilson-Raybould and Philpott begin their journey to obscurity

  28-05-2019 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, Our Ladies of Lavalin, have now written the coda to their long-running personal psychodrama, which, single-handedly, is strangling this government. Read More
  
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• Ottawa firefighters extricate trapped resident after car smashes through east-end home - Global News

  28-05-2019 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa firefighters extricate trapped resident after car smashes through east-end home  Global NewsOttawa Fire Services says it's "a miracle" only one person sustained minor injuries after a car smashed through the living room of a home on Ingram Crescent on ...
  
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• Police investigating potential threat at Alta Vista-area school - CTV News

  28-05-2019 17:35 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Police investigating potential threat at Alta Vista-area school  CTV NewsOttawa Police say three schools on Alta Vista Dr. near Heron Rd. are in shelter-in-place mode following reports of a threat.
  
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• Alta Vista schools in 'shelter in place' mode following unconfirmed threat

  28-05-2019 17:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three schools in the Alta Vista area were in "shelter in place" mode Tuesday following an anonymous threat early in the day. Read More
  
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• Cannabis Retail Guide: Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store, Ottawa - Leafly

  28-05-2019 17:12 via leafly.com
  Cannabis Retail Guide: Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store, Ottawa  LeaflyHobo Recreational Cannabis Store made its debut on Bank Street in April 2019, and while it's the first of its kind, it won't be the last. The store is part of the ...
  
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• Marathon deaths remain rare, says Ottawa heart doctor - CBC.ca

  28-05-2019 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Marathon deaths remain rare, says Ottawa heart doctor  CBC.caThough deaths during races do happen, the risk of collapsing or even dying during a marathon is relatively low, according to an Ottawa cardiologist who studies ...
  
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• Rafting company wants back on Ottawa River - CBC.ca

  28-05-2019 17:05 via cbc.ca
  Rafting company wants back on Ottawa River  CBC.caA local river rafting company is questioning why a recreational boating ban remains in place along a more than 400 kilometre stretch of the Ottawa River.
  
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• Firefighters free person trapped by car that crashed through Beacon Hill home

  28-05-2019 16:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police officers were forced to call for help from the fire department Monday evening when a person was partly trapped after a vehicle crashed through a Beacon Hill home. Read More
  
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• Only one minor injury after two vehicles smash through Ottawa residences - OttawaMatters.com

  28-05-2019 15:43 via ottawamatters.com
  Only one minor injury after two vehicles smash through Ottawa residences  OttawaMatters.comA garbage truck hit an apartment building in Sandy Hill, while a vehicle ran through a home in Beacon Hill North.
  
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• Thieves make off with laptops, cellphones from Gatineau Red Cross flood assistance centre

  28-05-2019 15:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officials with the Red Cross reporting for work their Gatineau victim's assistance centre Monday morning to find laptops and iPhones had been stolen from the property. Read More
  
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• Posthaste: Big Tech in hot seat in Ottawa, $600B bill for trade wars and Scotiabank's miss - Financial Post

  28-05-2019 14:33 via business.financialpost.com
  Posthaste: Big Tech in hot seat in Ottawa, $600B bill for trade wars and Scotiabank's miss  Financial PostAn International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy will hear from Facebook, Google and Twitter in Ottawa, but Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ...
  
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• Police investigate late-night homicide on Heatherington Road

  28-05-2019 13:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police remain on the scene of a shooting that took the life of a man Monday night. Read More
  
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• Pair turned away from Official Languages Act anniversary

  28-05-2019 13:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people who signed up to attend a symposium marking 50 years of the Official Languages Act say they were refused entry Monday, and they believe their political views are the reason. Read More
  
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• Chilly with showers, as summer remains a rumour

  28-05-2019 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don't put those umbrellas away yet. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Can we get a little respite from traffic chaos?

  28-05-2019 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Make the traffic madness stop! Read More
  
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• Ottawa police investigate 3 hate graffiti incidents - CBC.ca

  28-05-2019 13:14 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa police investigate 3 hate graffiti incidents  CBC.caOttawa police are asking the public for information after three incidents of hate graffiti in the last week.
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Bring on the layoffs - Ottawa Sun

  28-05-2019 12:34 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Bring on the layoffs  Ottawa SunBRING ON THE LAYOFFSRe: Layoffs loom after cuts, Watson warns, May 23How is this a bad thing? Heck, we're not getting much in the way of services ...
  
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• Pair turned away from Official Languages Act anniversary - Ottawa Citizen

  28-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pair turned away from Official Languages Act anniversary  Ottawa CitizenTwo people who signed up to attend a symposium marking 50 years of the Official Languages Act say they were refused entry Monday, and they believe their ...
  
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• Anatomy of a highway tragedy: Two years later, fatal wheel separation results in small fines, few answers

  28-05-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Early on the morning of Feb. 10, 2017, while driving on the Queensway, Gennadi Brianski was struck dead as if by a cruise missile. Read More
  
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• Murder suspect surrenders to police - CBC.ca

  28-05-2019 11:40 via cbc.ca
  Murder suspect surrenders to police  CBC.caThe unidentified victim appears to have been shot outside a building on Heatherington Road at about 10:40 p.m. Monday.
  
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• Family of Quebecer imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa’s help to bring him home - Global News

  28-05-2019 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Family of Quebecer imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa’s help to bring him home  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, says Global Affairs Canada is aware of a Canadian ...
  
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• City recommends ward boundary review and wants to give Premier Ford a heads-up about it

  28-05-2019 00:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa wants to review the size of its 23 wards, while giving the Ontario Progressive Conservative government fair warning in case Premier Doug Ford has plans to trim more municipal councils. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Police Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal will not serve as interim chief

  28-05-2019 00:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa deputy police chief embroiled in allegations of misconduct at his former police service will not serve as interim chief of Ottawa, the police board chair announced Monday. Read More
  
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• An excited Josh Norris signs an entry-level deal with the Ottawa Senators - Ottawa Sun

  28-05-2019 00:21 via ottawasun.com
  An excited Josh Norris signs an entry-level deal with the Ottawa Senators  Ottawa SunThe 20-year-old centre was one of the key parts of the package the NHL club received for trading Erik Karlsson to the Sharks last fall.
  
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• 'Just you watch, I will walk again': Ottawa bus crash victim files $19 million lawsuit - CTV News

  28-05-2019 00:13 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  'Just you watch, I will walk again': Ottawa bus crash victim files $19 million lawsuit  CTV NewsMarcie Stevens, who lost both legs in the January 11th Westboro Station bus crash, files $19 million lawsuit against city, OC Transpo and bus driver.
  
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