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• Man charged in ByWard Market homicide had been a shooting victim in January

  10-06-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The 18-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ottawa hip-hop artist Markland "Jahiant" Campbell in the ByWard Market on Friday night was himself wounded in a shooting in Vanier earlier this year. Read More
  
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• Man who had wheelchair stolen skeptical he'll get new one, despite outpouring of support

  10-06-2019 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  After having his electric wheelchair stolen, Robert Simser said he finds it hard to trust people.Read More
  
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• Ottawa to turn to a third shipyard to build Canada's polar icebreaker - Radio Canada International - ENGLISH

  10-06-2019 23:19 via rcinet.ca
  Ottawa to turn to a third shipyard to build Canada's polar icebreaker  Radio Canada International - ENGLISHThe federal government intends to turn to a third Canadian shipyard for the construction of its long-awaited polar ice breaker, according to officials at the ...
  
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• The Ottawa River's history re-told in musical notes

  10-06-2019 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  To tell the history of the Ottawa River, Cristina Wood translated her research data into the 88 musical notes of a piano keyboard. Read More
  
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• Proposed ban on plastic puts City of Ottawa in difficult spot - CTV News

  10-06-2019 23:07 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Proposed ban on plastic puts City of Ottawa in difficult spot  CTV NewsThe federal government's proposed ban on single use plastic is putting the City of Ottawa in a difficult spot.
  
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• Man charged in Market homicide was himself January shooting victim - Ottawa Sun

  10-06-2019 23:07 via ottawasun.com
  Man charged in Market homicide was himself January shooting victim  Ottawa SunThe 18-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ottawa hip-hop artist Markland “Jahiant” Campbell in the ByWard Market on ...
  
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• The Ottawa River's history re-told in musical notes - Ottawa Citizen

  10-06-2019 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa River's history re-told in musical notes  Ottawa CitizenTo tell the history of the Ottawa River, Cristina Wood translated her research data into the 88 musical notes of a piano keyboard.
  
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• Quebec restaurant chain Foodtastic acquires Ottawa's Big Rig Brewery - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-06-2019 22:28 via obj.ca
  Quebec restaurant chain Foodtastic acquires Ottawa's Big Rig Brewery  Ottawa Business JournalA Quebec-based restaurant chain has bought the Ottawa region's second-largest craft brewery in a bid to tap into the Ontario food and beer market. Foodtastic ...
  
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• Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada - CTV News

  10-06-2019 22:11 via ctvnews.ca
  Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada  CTV NewsKeeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed Monday, drawing celebrations from activists ...
  
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• Helicopter crash lands onto roof of midtown Manhattan skyscraper, killing at least one - Ottawa Citizen

  10-06-2019 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Helicopter crash lands onto roof of midtown Manhattan skyscraper, killing at least one  Ottawa CitizenNEW YORK — A helicopter crashed onto the fog-shrouded roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing at least one person and unnerving a city ...
  
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• Ottawa passes law that bans whale and dolphin captivity - Keremeos Review

  10-06-2019 21:48 via keremeosreview.com
  Ottawa passes law that bans whale and dolphin captivity  Keremeos ReviewBut bill exempts two places with existing cetaceans in captivity, including the Vancouver Aquarium.
  
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• Police seek fedora-wearing suspect in Wellington West burglary

  10-06-2019 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Break and enter unit detectives are asking the public to help them identify a suspect in a burglary at a Wellington Street West business last month. Read More
  
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• Ottawa startup Spiderwort raises $500K to further biomaterial mission - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-06-2019 21:03 via obj.ca
  Ottawa startup Spiderwort raises $500K to further biomaterial mission  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa startup looking to change how the health-care sector regrows parts of the human body has raised $500000 from a group of friends, family and some ...
  
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• Newfoundland artist Peter Lewis receives heart transplant in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  10-06-2019 20:59 via cbc.ca
  Newfoundland artist Peter Lewis receives heart transplant in Ottawa  CBC.caAbout six months after relocating to Ottawa to wait for a new heart, artist and gallery owner Peter Lewis got the call he'd been waiting for, his sister says.
  
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• Firefighters twice help people in cardiac arrest in weekend carbon monoxide campaign

  10-06-2019 20:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Having working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms saves lives. Read More
  
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• Pre-op exercise program for elderly patients scores early results at The Ottawa Hospital

  10-06-2019 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just six weeks after lung cancer surgery, golf enthusiast Marie Lapointe was back on the tee box. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks' new-look offence will be under the microscope in 2019 - The Globe and Mail

  10-06-2019 19:52 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa Redblacks' new-look offence will be under the microscope in 2019  The Globe and MailOttawa Redblacks quarterback Dominique Davis stretches at the team's training camp in Ottawa on May 19, 2019. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The Ottawa ...
  
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• Gatineau housing starts hit 50-year high in May - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-06-2019 19:48 via obj.ca
  Gatineau housing starts hit 50-year high in May  Ottawa Business JournalFuelled by a wave of apartment construction, housing starts in Gatineau hit a 50-year high in May as builders in the National Capital Region continued to launch ...
  
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• Where in Ottawa you can watch the Raptors take on the Warriors in Game 5 - Global News

  10-06-2019 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Where in Ottawa you can watch the Raptors take on the Warriors in Game 5  Global NewsToronto Raptors fans Benny and Menhar celebrated on Friday after the team toppled Golden State Warriors in Game 4, giving them a 3-1 lead in the series and ...
  
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• Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada - Toronto Star

  10-06-2019 19:21 via thestar.com
  Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada  Toronto StarMarineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., and the Vancouver Aquarium in B.C. are the only two places that currently keep captive whales and dolphins.
  
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• Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Nick Ebert to two-way deal - Sportsnet.ca

  10-06-2019 18:54 via sportsnet.ca
  Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Nick Ebert to two-way deal  Sportsnet.caOTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Nick Ebert to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$700,000 in the NHL and $300,000 ...
  
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• Corbett: It's time media told real story of murdered Indigenous women

  10-06-2019 18:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Last week, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report, concluding that the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls is a “Canadian genocide.” In finding that the MMIWG epidemic constitutes an act of genocide, the inquiry has reframed the narrative around MMIWG. Read More
  
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• Driver freed from rolled SUV after Carlington-area crash

  10-06-2019 18:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Firefighters had to free the driver through the sunroof of a sport-utility vehicle that landed on its side in a two-vehicle crash in Carlington Monday morning. Read More
  
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• G2 driver going 136 km/h in an 80 zone — in dad's car

  10-06-2019 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bet dad was plenty mad. Read More
  
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• Police say missing man, 80, has been located

  10-06-2019 18:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Missing persons unit investigators are thanking the public for their assistance after an 80-year-old man who had been reported missing was located safely. Read More
  
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• Minor injuries after rollover in Carlington - CTV News

  10-06-2019 18:08 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Minor injuries after rollover in Carlington  CTV NewsOttawa Fire says it was able to safely extricate a trapped driver after a crash on Kirkwood Ave. Monday morning.
  
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• Today's letters: D-Day column misses one important event

  10-06-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Beware of bylaw officers and tow trucks: Crackdown begins Monday on downtown motorists breaking traffic laws

  10-06-2019 17:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday kicks off what the mayor dubbed the downtown mobility plan, with police and bylaw cracking down on motorists making illegal turns, blocking intersections and parking illegally. It's a bid to get traffic flowing. Read More
  
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• Egan: Mom barred from dream flight to Paris for smudged passport photo

  10-06-2019 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Katya Feder and her daughter Sarah had picture-postcard plans for a milestone trip to Paris — until Air Canada saw her picture. Read More
  
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• Ottawa basketball fans gear up for the Raptors' Game 5 - OttawaMatters.com

  10-06-2019 17:27 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa basketball fans gear up for the Raptors' Game 5  OttawaMatters.com"You made friends with pretty much everyone in the line around you, because it really was a group effort to get through it," said one Ottawa fan who travelled and ...
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Pass on Spezza, Karlsson - Ottawa Sun

  10-06-2019 17:18 via ottawasun.com
  YOU SAID IT: Pass on Spezza, Karlsson  Ottawa SunPASS ON SPEZZA, KARLSSONA couple of weeks ago when I was listening to the sports show on 1200 on my way home, I just about ran off the Queensway.
  
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• RCAF launches further initiatives to retain skilled personnel

  10-06-2019 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  RCAF commander Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinger has announced a series of measures in the hopes of retaining military personnel in the air force. “These initiatives are vital in face of an unprecedented level of global competition for the skills of pilots, technicians, highly trained aviation specialists and support personnel,” he noted in an internal message. “We are at risk of losing the depth of experience that our more senior personnel possess and, thus, the ability to ment
  
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• Ottawa councillor onside for support for federal handgun ban

  10-06-2019 17:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Coun. Rawlson King says he'll ask city council for support in calling on the upper governments to ban the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators Draft Profiles: Pick #19 Forwards - Silver Seven

  10-06-2019 16:00 via silversevensens.com
  Ottawa Senators Draft Profiles: Pick #19 Forwards  Silver SevenKicking off our draft series with four forwards who could be possible targets for the Sens at pick #19.
  
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• Beware of police with tow trucks: Crackdown begins Monday on downtown motorists breaking traffic laws

  10-06-2019 15:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Monday kicks off what the mayor dubbed the downtown mobility plan, with police and bylaw cracking down on motorists making illegal turns, blocking intersections and parking illegally. It's a bid to get traffic flowing. Read More
  
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• Police nab speeders in Ottawa construction zones - OttawaMatters.com

  10-06-2019 14:58 via ottawamatters.com
  Police nab speeders in Ottawa construction zones  OttawaMatters.comOne of the stunt driving charges was laid against a G2 driver while driving his father's car.
  
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• Police seek help to find missing man, 80, last seen in Walkley and Bank area

  10-06-2019 14:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Missing persons unit investigators are asking the public to help them find an 80-year-old man who was last seen leaving his home in the Walkley Road and Bank Street area Sunday morning on his new bicycle. Read More
  
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• Hot, wet weather to start the week then cooler, sunny

  10-06-2019 14:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  After Sunday's glorious 30 C with pure sunshine, Monday is a sticky 28 C with showers starting in the afternoon and falling through morning. Read More
  
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• City of Ottawa ramping up traffic controls to ease congestion in downtown core - Ottawa Business Journal

  10-06-2019 14:08 via obj.ca
  City of Ottawa ramping up traffic controls to ease congestion in downtown core  Ottawa Business JournalHigh levels of construction and numerous road closures in the National Capital Region have pushed the city to take extra steps to alleviate traffic congestion for ...
  
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• Cotler and Kara-Murza: To free the Kremlin’s political prisoners, we must sanction their jailers

  10-06-2019 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Decades of sexual abuse at one Ottawa high school - CBC.ca

  10-06-2019 13:58 via cbc.ca
  Decades of sexual abuse at one Ottawa high school  CBC.caDozens of students were sexually abused over several decades at one Ottawa high school. Today on Front Burner, senior reporter Julie Ireton on her new CBC ...
  
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• Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day - National Observer

  10-06-2019 13:03 via nationalobserver.com
  Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day  National ObserverA move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said on Friday, June 7, 2019.
  
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• Forbes and Chisholm: If you lose a limb, you might have a tough time getting the care you need

  10-06-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  By Brian N. Forbes, chairman of The War Amps Executive Committee, and Danita Chisholm of the War Amps Advocacy Program. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police searching for missing elderly man - OttawaMatters.com

  10-06-2019 12:24 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa police searching for missing elderly man  OttawaMatters.comCedric Williams, 80, was last seen on Sunday leaving his home.
  
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• Companies eyeing Ottawa for investment rank talent far ahead of transit - Ottawa Citizen

  10-06-2019 12:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Companies eyeing Ottawa for investment rank talent far ahead of transit  Ottawa CitizenAccess to public transit isn't one of the major issues for prospective companies as they consider establishing a presence in the City of Ottawa, Invest Ottawa's ...
  
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• TRAFFIC Today we'll see how much help downtown Ottawa commuters need Doug Hempstead News - CBC.ca

  10-06-2019 12:02 via cbc.ca
  TRAFFIC Today we'll see how much help downtown Ottawa commuters need Doug Hempstead News  CBC.caReach out to our traffic desk to let us know how the first day of the city's crackdown goes for you.
  
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• Today we'll see how much help downtown Ottawa commuters need - CBC.ca

  10-06-2019 12:02 via cbc.ca
  Today we'll see how much help downtown Ottawa commuters need  CBC.caReach out to our traffic desk to let us know how the first day of the city's crackdown goes for you.
  
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• Defence Watch podcast: The military's sexual misconduct problem

  10-06-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In 2015, former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps released a major report on sexual misconduct in the Canadian Forces. It described a “hostile sexualized environment” in the military, particularly among recruits and the junior ranks, which included everything from swearing and sexual innuendo to “dubious relationships” between junior female staff and high-ranking men. It also included rape. Read More
  
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• Companies eyeing Ottawa for investment rank talent far ahead of transit

  10-06-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Access to public transit isn't one of the major issues for prospective companies as they consider establishing a presence in the City of Ottawa, Invest Ottawa's president and chief executive says. Read More
  
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• Fight over Ottawa River nuclear waste dump getting political, but Liberals downriver standing behind the project—or staying quiet - The Hill Times

  10-06-2019 06:00 via hilltimes.com
  Fight over Ottawa River nuclear waste dump getting political, but Liberals downriver standing behind the project—or staying quiet  The Hill TimesA plan to bury low-level nuclear waste at a site near the Ottawa River is raising opposition from municipalities and environmentalists. The company behind the ...
  
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