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• Quinte Conservation testifies in Ottawa - Quinte News

  04-06-2019 23:33 via quintenews.com
  Quinte Conservation testifies in Ottawa  Quinte NewsQuinte Conservation headed to Ottawa this week to testify at the Federal Environment Committee, which is study...
  
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• Ottawa renews annual spending on women and children’s health, rights and ups it to $1.4 billion a year - Vancouver Sun

  04-06-2019 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  Ottawa renews annual spending on women and children’s health, rights and ups it to $1.4 billion a year  Vancouver SunPrime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement at Tuesday's opening plenary at the Women Deliver conference on gender equity in Vancouver.
  
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• Ottawa-area Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr - Ottawa Citizen

  04-06-2019 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa-area Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr  Ottawa CitizenThe one-day holiday marks the end of Ramadan, a 29 to 30 day fast during daylight hours — the end of which is determined by the new moon.
  
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• Ottawa-area Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

  04-06-2019 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a month of dawn till dusk fasting, Muslims across Ottawa are celebrating Eid al-Fitr.Read More
  
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• How much would it take for you to stay a loyal OC Transpo customer?

  04-06-2019 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  City council will consider how much money might be needed to buy the loyalty of OC Transpo customers, while the agency struggles to maintain confidence in a public transit system that desperately needs the LRT. Read More
  
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• All boating restrictions now removed along Ottawa River - CBC.ca

  04-06-2019 23:10 via cbc.ca
  All boating restrictions now removed along Ottawa River  CBC.caAll remaining boating restrictions on the Ottawa River have been lifted, the federal transport minister announced Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• ‘Absolutely crazy experience’: Pilot shoots video of Ottawa tornado from above - Global News

  04-06-2019 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  ‘Absolutely crazy experience’: Pilot shoots video of Ottawa tornado from above  Global NewsWhile airborne over Ottawa, a pilot captured video of a large funnel cloud that ripped through the city’s east end on Sunday evening. Jonathan Hilaire was aboard an Aero L-29 Delfin, a plane used by the Russians during the Cold War, and en route from an air show in Montreal when the funnel cloud formed. “It was an absolutely crazy experience, one I felt humbled to see,&rdq
  
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• Ottawa city councillor wants a fare decrease as city deals with light rail delays - OttawaMatters.com

  04-06-2019 22:55 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa city councillor wants a fare decrease as city deals with light rail delays  OttawaMatters.comThe mayor and head of the transit commission would rather consider continuing a fare freeze.
  
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• Ottawa woman apologizes for kidnapping, torturing men in "recreational violence"

  04-06-2019 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Laura Brahaney has finally apologized for her week-long trail of gratuitous violence that terrorized and later haunted three men. Read More
  
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• Ottawa woman apologizes for kidnapping, torturing men in 'recreational violence' - Ottawa Citizen

  04-06-2019 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa woman apologizes for kidnapping, torturing men in 'recreational violence'  Ottawa CitizenLaura Brahaney has finally apologized for her week-long trail of gratuitous violence that terrorized and later haunted three men.
  
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• Insurance headaches after September’s tornado - CTV News

  04-06-2019 22:35 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Insurance headaches after September’s tornado  CTV NewsDays after a second tornado ripped through the capital in less than a year, homeowners affected by the first storm are offering some advice.
  
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• 'I was treated differently than my white colleagues': police inspector tells human rights hearing

  04-06-2019 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The group of Ottawa police officers — sometimes called the radicals, insubordinates, angry or furious five, and widely thought to be challenging former Chief Charles Bordeleau — wanted the best for the force, an Ottawa police inspector testified at his human rights hearing Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Young moose succumbs to apparent stress, exhaustion after tranquilization

  04-06-2019 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A young female moose that was captured and tranquilized after roaming through an Orléans neighbourhood Tuesday morning has died, apparently due to "stress and exhaustion" caused by the incident, police say. Read More
  
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• Moose dies after getting lost in Orléans: Ottawa police - Global News

  04-06-2019 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  Moose dies after getting lost in Orléans: Ottawa police  Global NewsAccording to police, the animal seemed to have succumbed to exhaustion and stress after the several-hours-long ordeal.
  
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• KSS Jazz Band students return from Ottawa with glowing reviews - Parksville Qualicum Beach News

  04-06-2019 21:18 via pqbnews.com
  KSS Jazz Band students return from Ottawa with glowing reviews  Parksville Qualicum Beach NewsMusic students at Kwalikum Senior Secondary have returned from MusicFest in Ottawa with plenty of pride in themselves and praise for their fellow students.
  
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• Moose on the lam in Orleans has died - CTV News

  04-06-2019 20:58 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Moose on the lam in Orleans has died  CTV NewsA young moose that was spotted in Orléans Tuesday morning was safely tranquilized but died soon after from 'stress and exhaustion'.
  
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• Outaouais raids lead to seizure of drugs and weapons

  04-06-2019 20:53 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Federal government to spend $2.95B on clean energy fitups in Ottawa-Gatineau - Ottawa Business Journal

  04-06-2019 20:47 via obj.ca
  Federal government to spend $2.95B on clean energy fitups in Ottawa-Gatineau  Ottawa Business JournalThe federal government has awarded a massive contract to a consortium of designers and developers to install and maintain clean energy systems across the ...
  
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• Police charge two minors after attempted robbery near Algonquin College

  04-06-2019 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have laid charges against two boys under the age of 18 after an attempted robbery on Monday. Read More
  
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• Police charge two minors after attempted robbery near Algonquin College - Ottawa Citizen

  04-06-2019 19:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police charge two minors after attempted robbery near Algonquin College  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police have laid charges against two boys under the age of 18 after an attempted robbery on Monday.
  
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• NL woman stranded in Ottawa with newborn son for 10 weeks - NTV News

  04-06-2019 18:54 via ntv.ca
  NL woman stranded in Ottawa with newborn son for 10 weeks  NTV NewsA Newfoundland woman says the government is failing her baby. Dawn-Marie Desroches has been stranded in Ottawa with her newborn son for 10 weeks.
  
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• Going out best bets, June 6 to 12: One-night-only dinner at NeXT, and an Israeli film festival

  04-06-2019 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Wild bird centre caring for tiny tornado orphans

  04-06-2019 18:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  When their mom was struck and killed by a tornado-toppled tree in Orléans Sunday, the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre stepped in to play parent to a pair of baby pileated woodpeckers. Read More
  
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• Floating Priests hammer Nazis – Canadian innovation on display during D-Day

  04-06-2019 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last year a number of articles emerged about the U.S. Marines experimenting with new techniques such as strapping a Light Armoured Vehicle on to a ship’s flight deck and using the gun on the LAV to destroy small boats and other threats. Read More
  
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• How Ottawa became the country's hottest real estate market — and why this distinction could soon end

  04-06-2019 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  It still takes some getting used to, this idea that Ottawa has the country's hottest housing market. Read More
  
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• How Ottawa became the country's hottest real estate market — and why this distinction could soon end - Ottawa Citizen

  04-06-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  How Ottawa became the country's hottest real estate market — and why this distinction could soon end  Ottawa CitizenIt still takes some getting used to, this idea that Ottawa has the country's hottest housing market.
  
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• Suspect in alleged reno scam arrested: Police

  04-06-2019 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police say they arrested Roger William Decarie Tuesday morning in connection with an alleged renovation scam in which victims paid deposits for work that was never done. Read More
  
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• Suspect arrested in Sussex Drive break-and-enters

  04-06-2019 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 55-year-old man has been arrested in a pair of break-and-enters to ByWard Market businesses, police said Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Cohen: To impeach or not impeach is tricky territory for House Democrats

  04-06-2019 17:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  WASHINGTON – More than three-quarters of Democrats want the House of Representatives to impeach Donald Trump, but fewer than half of Americans overall support impeachment. No wonder Nancy Pelosi isn’t rushing to hold a hootenanny in this minefield. Read More
  
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• Lots at stake in Ottawa-Alberta conflict - Innisfail Province

  04-06-2019 17:45 via innisfailprovince.ca
  Lots at stake in Ottawa-Alberta conflict  Innisfail ProvinceDuring the 2011 federal election, successful attack ads run by the Conservative Party dismissed Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff as “just visiting” for the ...
  
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• Baby woodpeckers orphaned by tornado rescued - CBC.ca

  04-06-2019 17:30 via cbc.ca
  Baby woodpeckers orphaned by tornado rescued  CBC.caTwo pileated woodpecker nestlings that survived Sunday's tornado in Orléans were rescued and are now in the care of the city's Wild Bird Care Centre.
  
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• Light rail transit will not be handed to City of Ottawa by Canada Day - OttawaMatters.com

  04-06-2019 17:07 via ottawamatters.com
  Light rail transit will not be handed to City of Ottawa by Canada Day  OttawaMatters.comAnother light rail construction deadline is about to come and go and the City of Ottawa will not have control of the system. City officials thought the Rideau Transit ...
  
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• Sedated moose returned to habitat after morning stroll through Orléans

  04-06-2019 16:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Officials have loaded a tranquilized young moose onto a vehicle for transport to its more natural habitat after the animal caused a Tuesday morning sensation with a stroll through an Orléans neighbourhood. Read More
  
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• LRT delayed again, won't be ready by end of June

  04-06-2019 16:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Rideau Transit Group won't meet an anticipated June 30 handover date for the $2.1-billion LRT system, city staff told council members Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Denley: Let's end Ontario's ludicrous monopoly on beer

  04-06-2019 16:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ending Ontario’s oddball beer-retailing regime seems like it should be one of the easier fights the Doug Ford government faces, but Ontarians’ embrace of the status quo and distaste for anything Ford proposes is making it an uphill struggle. The issue is further complicated by absurd claims by The Beer Store and its union. Read More
  
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• Could Erik Karlsson return to the Ottawa Senators? - FanSided

  04-06-2019 16:24 via senshot.com
  Could Erik Karlsson return to the Ottawa Senators?  FanSidedIt was difficult for Ottawa Senators fans to see captain Erik Karlsson leave the club last season, but reports suggest he could be open to a return. The Ottawa Senators traded their star defenceman and captain Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks last summer, with the fan-favourite not viewed as being in the club's long-term plans. This came despite reports that the Senators had attempted to re-sign Karlsson, but hadn't been a
  
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• Coldest June 4 in 55 years recorded in Ottawa - CTV News

  04-06-2019 15:41 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Coldest June 4 in 55 years recorded in Ottawa  CTV NewsThe unseasonably cool spring weather continues with a new temperature record.
  
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• Ottawa, Quebec announce $500 million reconstruction of Lafontaine Tunnel - National Observer

  04-06-2019 15:40 via nationalobserver.com
  Ottawa, Quebec announce $500 million reconstruction of Lafontaine Tunnel  National ObserverThe federal and Quebec governments have announced a $500-million reconstruction project for Canada's longest highway tunnel — the Louis-Hippolyte-La ...
  
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• Young moose on the loose in Orléans' Fallingbrook area

  04-06-2019 15:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drive carefully — it's a baby but a big one. Read More
  
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• Gunfire damages windows of east-end home overnight

  04-06-2019 15:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Patrol officers found damage to windows of a home in the east-end Quarries neighbourhood after responding to 911 calls reporting possible shots fired early Tuesday morning. Read More
  
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• Shots fired in east Ottawa neighbourhood - OttawaMatters.com

  04-06-2019 15:07 via ottawamatters.com
  Shots fired in east Ottawa neighbourhood  OttawaMatters.comMultiple gunshots entered the windows of at least one nearby home.
  
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• Environment Canada to review public alert system after Ottawa tornado - CHCH News

  04-06-2019 15:06 via chch.com
  Environment Canada to review public alert system after Ottawa tornado  CHCH NewsEnvironment Canada is reviewing its public alert system after receiving a number of complaints from Ottawa residents following a tornado. The region was hit by ...
  
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• Traffic: Big Bike Event, SJAM lane reduction, uOttawa-Hurdman MUP open

  04-06-2019 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  In Gatineau, Brodeur Street is closed between the Lac-des-Fées Parkway and Lionel-Émond Boulevard and expect to see lots of activity around the Vélo Village on nearby Bisson Street as organizers ready for the event starting Thursday. Read More
  
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• Coroner called after inmate, 25, found dead in Millhaven

  04-06-2019 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A prisoner serving a sentence for armed robbery has died in the maximum security Millhaven Institution near Kingston. Read More
  
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• Wilson: I was there during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. 30 years later, I can't forget it

  04-06-2019 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  I never saw “Tank Man” until two months after I returned from China. I replayed over and over a video of the slight young man in a white shirt and dark pants, standing unarmed in front of a line of tanks rolling into Tiananmen Square. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's wild weather 'the tip of the iceberg,' some experts say - CBC.ca

  04-06-2019 13:36 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's wild weather 'the tip of the iceberg,' some experts say  CBC.caOttawa-Gatineau has experienced seven tornadoes and two floods in two years. Does that mean we're in for more?
  
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• Château Laurier design should be rejected: Heritage sub-committee

  04-06-2019 13:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  An overwhelming number of the City of Ottawa's official heritage protectors say council's planning committee should reject the latest design of a proposed addition to the historic Château Laurier. Read More
  
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• Showery and cool Tuesday, but the weekend's looking brilliant

  04-06-2019 13:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The sun was pretty swell very early Tuesday, but things are looking damp and chilly for the rest of the day. Read More
  
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• French immersion may be hampering English program, board trustee says

  04-06-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The wild popularity of French immersion education in Ottawa's English public schools may be creating a system of "social sorting" among students that is probably unique in the province, trustee Rob Campbell says. Read More
  
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• Emergency mobile command centre to be back in Orléans following tornado

  04-06-2019 05:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  A City of Ottawa emergency mobile command centre will be in Orléans again on Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to continue co-ordinating the emergency response to Sunday night's tornado, Orléans Coun. Matthew Luloff tweeted on Monday night. Read More
  
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