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• Farm Boy to move into former Sobeys space on Metcalfe Street

  05-06-2019 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Popular grocery chain Farm Boy is set to expand downtown by taking over a location on Metcalfe Street that was previously occupied by Sobeys. Read More
  
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• More pedestrian crossovers are coming to Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  05-06-2019 22:01 via ottawamatters.com
  More pedestrian crossovers are coming to Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comA local study found some drivers are having trouble with the rules around these new crosswalks.
  
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• Ottawa's spring floods put last round of infrastructure repairs to the test - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-06-2019 21:55 via obj.ca
  Ottawa's spring floods put last round of infrastructure repairs to the test  Ottawa Business JournalPathways around Parliament Hill rebuilt to resist high water after flooding in 2017 didn't all hold up in the flood of 2019.
  
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• Murder in Normandy: Remembering a notorious Nazi war crime in the days after D-Day

  05-06-2019 21:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is a dark chapter in the story of the D-Day invasion. Read More
  
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• Ottawa throws lifeline to 50 Million Tree Program cut by Ontario government - CBC News

  05-06-2019 20:12 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa throws lifeline to 50 Million Tree Program cut by Ontario government  CBC NewsThe federal government is putting up $15 million over four years to rescue the 50 Million Tree Program which was cut by the Ontario government of Doug Ford in ...
  
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• Two arrested in robbery at Merivale Road business

  05-06-2019 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arrested two men, aged 28 and 58, after tracking suspects in a Tuesday night Merivale Road commercial robbery to a nearby apartment unit. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's 'Hey Sugar' putting new spin on old favourites: lollipops - OttawaMatters.com

  05-06-2019 20:07 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's 'Hey Sugar' putting new spin on old favourites: lollipops  OttawaMatters.comMidweek Mugging: With her homemade and custom candy, Debra Cowie has offerings for both kids and adults, including alcohol-infused snacks.
  
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• Glavin: The day the tide turned against the Nazis. Remember it

  05-06-2019 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Terry Glavin is an author and journalist. Read More
  
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• Ottawa festivals dealing with 'catastrophic' provincial funding cut - CBC.ca

  05-06-2019 19:55 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa festivals dealing with 'catastrophic' provincial funding cut  CBC.caSome Ottawa festivals have been left reeling after finding out they won't be receiving provincial funding they were relying on.
  
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• Ottawa tech leader Anastasia Valentine takes over reins of Startup Canada - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-06-2019 19:33 via obj.ca
  Ottawa tech leader Anastasia Valentine takes over reins of Startup Canada  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa-based organization that aims to help grow Canada's next generation of entrepreneurs has tapped a well-known local tech executive to be its new ...
  
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• Farm Boy to move into old Sobeys space on Metcalfe

  05-06-2019 18:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Popular grocery chain Farm Boy is set to expand downtown by taking over a location on Metcalfe Street that was previously occupied by Sobeys. Read More
  
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• No front tire, Cantley driver registers 2.5 times legal alcohol limit, police say

  05-06-2019 18:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  When police pulled over a vehicle in Cantley early Wednesday morning one front tire had long passed flat. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man facing charges after allegedly viewing child pornography at library - CTV News

  05-06-2019 18:26 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa man facing charges after allegedly viewing child pornography at library  CTV NewsOttawa Police say a 77-year-old man is facing a charge of accessing child pornography after he was allegedly caught viewing it at an Ottawa Public Library ...
  
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• Water polo coach charged with sexually assaulting teen girl

  05-06-2019 18:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 55-year-old water polo coach is charged with sexual assault and sexual interference in connection with alleged incidents involving a teen girl over a period of months last year. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's condo market drives increase in May home sales - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-06-2019 18:18 via obj.ca
  Ottawa's condo market drives increase in May home sales  Ottawa Business JournalAn active resale market, especially around Ottawa's condo units, helped to drive up home sales in the nation's capital last month, according to statistics released ...
  
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• Curler Rachel Homan, husband welcome tiny addition to rink

  05-06-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kanata-born curling hero Rachel Homan and her husband, Shawn Germain, welcomed a baby boy into the world Sunday. Read More
  
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• Worker in critical condition after fall from scaffolding in Carp

  05-06-2019 18:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  A construction worker suffered serious head and chest injuries in a three-metre fall from scaffolding Wednesday morning. Read More
  
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• Ottawa water polo coach charged with sexual assault - OttawaMatters.com

  05-06-2019 18:00 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa water polo coach charged with sexual assault  OttawaMatters.comAn Ottawa man is facing sexual assault-related charges after alleged incidents which happened over several months in 2018. The Ottawa Police *Service* says a ...
  
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• Charlie Major, playing Westfest this weekend, reflects on lessons learned with drunk driving

  05-06-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Charlie Major wrote It Can’t Happen To Me in the late 80s, he had lost friends in a drunk-driving accident and wanted to convey a message. Read More
  
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• No criminal charges for police in arrest that may have concussed accused drug dealer

  05-06-2019 17:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 22-year-old accused drug dealer "may well" have suffered a concussion during a takedown after the sale of Xanax and cocaine to an undercover Ottawa police officer outside an east-end Pizza Pizza, the province's civilian police watchdog concluded in a report issued Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Canadian navy plans to use Asterix supply ship even more next year – vessel to be at sea for 229 days

  05-06-2019 17:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sometime this month the frigate, HMCS Regina, and the naval replenishment ship Asterix, along with a CP-140 aircraft, will be involved in monitoring sanctions against North Korea. Read More
  
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• Durflinger: How we've remembered D-Day over the years

  05-06-2019 16:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  I first visited Normandy in 1987 — the site of D-Day, the Allied invasion — and I’ve returned about 15 times. Visiting Juno Beach, where the Canadians landed, is an intensely personal experience permeated with an abiding sense of loss. Juno is more than a pilgrimage site; in 1999, the Canadian government declared the assault on Juno a National Historic Event. It is the Second World War equivalent of the battle for Vimy Ridge. Read More
  
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• Ottawa adds $10 million to investments in women-owned businesses - National Observer

  05-06-2019 15:49 via nationalobserver.com
  Ottawa adds $10 million to investments in women-owned businesses  National ObserverThe Trudeau government has added $10 million in direct federal investments in companies owned and led by women, after receiving a flood of applications for ...
  
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• Man, 77, arrested for viewing child pornography at public library

  05-06-2019 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 77-year-old man is facing charges after he was spotted viewing child pornography at an Ottawa Public Library branch in the city's west end. Read More
  
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• Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to save Ontario’s tree-planting program - Global News

  05-06-2019 14:55 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to save Ontario’s tree-planting program  Global NewsOTTAWA – The federal government is promising to spend $15 million to save a tree-planting program in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government cancelled the 50 million trees program amid various other budget cuts. A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the money comes from Ottawa’s low-carbon economy fund. READ MORE: Ontario gover
  
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• Two arrested after man found badly injured after fall from high-rise balcony

  05-06-2019 14:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man in his 20s remained in serious condition at the hospital Wednesday morning after apparently falling from a highrise balcony Rosenthal Avenue, near Merivale Road, Tuesday evening. Read More
  
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• Ottawa getting its very own 'Jurassic Park' - OttawaMatters.com

  05-06-2019 14:33 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa getting its very own 'Jurassic Park'  OttawaMatters.comJurassic Park is coming to the capital! Modeled after the City of Toronto Raptors viewing area, Ottawa will now be able to take in the NBA finals in a large group ...
  
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• Tireless Cantley driver registers 2.5 times legal alcohol limit, police say

  05-06-2019 14:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  When police pulled over a vehicle in Cantley early Wednesday morning one front tire had long passed flat. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Police seek witnesses to assault in Carlington - CTV News

  05-06-2019 14:13 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa Police seek witnesses to assault in Carlington  CTV NewsA man in his 20s was found with serious injuries on Rosenthal Ave. Tuesday evening.
  
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• Traffic: Highway 50 work wraps up, but Gatineau Grand Prix road closures begin

  05-06-2019 14:10 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Farm Boy to replace Sobeys on Metcalfe Street - Ottawa Business Journal

  05-06-2019 13:46 via obj.ca
  Farm Boy to replace Sobeys on Metcalfe Street  Ottawa Business JournalThe owner of two well-known grocery chains says it's swapping its downtown Ottawa Sobeys store for a Farm Boy.
  
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• Tenants displaced after car smashes into Gatineau building

  05-06-2019 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Thirteen tenants have been temporarily displaced after a car crashed into a ground-floor room in an apartment building in Aylmer Tuesday night. Read More
  
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• Weather: Stay strong! Sunshine, warmth just around the corner

  05-06-2019 13:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summer's on the way, it really is. But we just have to be patient a little longer. Read More
  
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• From döner to tacos, your guide to the newest restaurants in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  05-06-2019 13:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  From döner to tacos, your guide to the newest restaurants in Ottawa  Ottawa CitizenOttawa's restaurant scene has heavily churning in recent months to generate a wealth of new and in some cases eagerly anticipated eateries.
  
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• Charged priest uses Charter freedoms in strike at abortion bubble-zone law

  05-06-2019 13:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Father Anthony Van Hee is a fixture in downtown Ottawa for his 30-year protest against abortion, a mission he quietly goes about in oversized sunglasses and, often, a floppy white hat. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Celebrate saturated fats, don't malign them

  05-06-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Saturated fats aren't the enemy Read More
  
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• From döner to tacos, your guide to the newest restaurants in Ottawa

  05-06-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  With the year not even at the halfway point, there's already been a flurry of notable restaurant openings in Ottawa. This week's column, then, will be less of a review and more of a recap, so that foodies who delight in trying new spots can make their reservations. Read More
  
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• Ottawa festivals scramble after last-minute loss of provincial funding

  05-06-2019 12:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival and Glowfair are among several Ottawa festivals scrambling to make last-minute cuts after being passed over for a major source of provincial funding.Read More
  
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• Charged Ottawa priest uses Charter freedoms in strike at abortion bubble-zone law - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  05-06-2019 12:51 via thechronicleherald.ca
  Charged Ottawa priest uses Charter freedoms in strike at abortion bubble-zone law  TheChronicleHerald.caFather Anthony Van Hee is a fixture in downtown Ottawa for his 30-year protest against abortion, a mission he quietly goes about in oversized sunglasses and, ...
  
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• Only one Cornwall Watchtower convention this year; English meetings move to Ottawa - Cornwall Newswatch

  05-06-2019 12:43 via cornwallnewswatch.com
  Only one Cornwall Watchtower convention this year; English meetings move to Ottawa  Cornwall NewswatchCORNWALL – A religious convention which has brought millions of dollars to the local economy and thousands of people has scaled back its Cornwall ...
  
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• Ottawa festivals scramble after last-minute loss of provincial funding - Ottawa Citizen

  05-06-2019 12:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa festivals scramble after last-minute loss of provincial funding  Ottawa CitizenThe TD Ottawa Jazz Festival and Glowfair are among several Ottawa festivals scrambling to make last-minute cuts after being passed over for a major source of ...
  
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• Ottawa constructors convicted following 2016 death from falling ice - Daily Commercial News

  05-06-2019 11:05 via canada.constructconnect.com
  Ottawa constructors convicted following 2016 death from falling ice  Daily Commercial NewsOTTAWA — Two Ottawa construction firms and their site supervisors have been fined for their roles in a 2016 incident in which a worker was killed after being ...
  
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• Ottawa earmarks $50-million for three cleantech funds, but they may not need the money - The Globe and Mail

  05-06-2019 11:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa earmarks $50-million for three cleantech funds, but they may not need the money  The Globe and MailSmall Business Minister Mary Ng said Ottawa had earmarked $20-million apiece for Montreal's Cycle Capital Management and Vancouver-based Renewal ...
  
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• Federal government steps up with $15M to replace Ontario's funding cut from tree-planting program

  05-06-2019 10:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna was to announce $15 million in funding Wednesday for Forests Ontario, an organization that wants to plant 50 million trees in the province by 2025. Read More
  
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• After years of legal wrangling, Ottawa moves to ban shark fin imports - CBC News

  05-06-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  After years of legal wrangling, Ottawa moves to ban shark fin imports  CBC NewsWith the global population of sharks now depleted by 90 per cent following decades of overfishing, the federal Liberal government is poised to ban shark fin imports in Canada. Although shark finning in domestic waters was outlawed in 1994, Canada is the third largest importer of shark fins outside of Asia. The top importers of shark fins globally are mainland China and Hong Kong, where shark fin soup is a po
  
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• Prescott-Russell paramedics refusing calls to Ottawa - CTV News

  05-06-2019 05:46 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Prescott-Russell paramedics refusing calls to Ottawa  CTV NewsThe United Counties of Prescott and Russell are pulling their paramedics from responding to neighbouring communities, including Ottawa.
  
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• Heart condition, ‘aggravating’ factors contributed to Abdi’s death, pathologist testifies in Ottawa constable’s trial - Global News

  05-06-2019 04:37 via globalnews.ca
  Heart condition, ‘aggravating’ factors contributed to Abdi’s death, pathologist testifies in Ottawa constable’s trial  Global NewsAbdirahman Abdi died because he had a “significant” and unknown underlying heart condition that put him at risk of cardiac arrest “at any time,” according to Dr.
  
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• Abdi’s facial injuries contributed to heart attack, pathologist testifies in Ottawa police officer’s trial - Global News

  05-06-2019 04:37 via globalnews.ca
  Abdi’s facial injuries contributed to heart attack, pathologist testifies in Ottawa police officer’s trial  Global NewsAbdirahman Abdi died because he had a “significant” and unknown underlying heart condition that put him at risk of cardiac arrest “at any time,” according to Dr. Christopher Milroy, the forensic pathologist who conducted Abdi’s post-mortem examination. But the struggle, physical exertion and “extensive” facial injur
  
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• 'Hard-nosed' Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye leaving Ottawa post for 'promotion' to Paris - National Post

  05-06-2019 03:55 via nationalpost.com
  'Hard-nosed' Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye leaving Ottawa post for 'promotion' to Paris  National PostOTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada, Lu Shaye, is leaving his post this month, the National Post has confirmed. Former Canadian ambassador to China ...
  
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• Montsion trial: Abdi's facial injuries 'more extensive' than those typically inflicted by a punch

  05-06-2019 02:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The injuries Abdirahman Abdi suffered to his face were “more extensive” than typically inflicted by a punch, according to testimony from the forensic pathologist who presided over Abdi’s autopsy. Read More
  
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