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• Anti-Ottawa messages abound at Calgary pipeline rally - BNNBloomberg.ca

  11-06-2019 23:04 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Anti-Ottawa messages abound at Calgary pipeline rally  BNNBloomberg.caCALGARY -- Western alienation bubbled up Tuesday as thousands of oil and gas industry supporters gathered on the Calgary Stampede grounds to hear ...
  
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• Parliamentary committee wants Transportation Safety Board to oversee highway safety

  11-06-2019 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A parliamentary committee has added its voice to those calling for the Transportation Safety Board to oversee highway safety across the country. Read More
  
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• The City of Ottawa will top one million people by Friday - CTV News

  11-06-2019 22:56 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  The City of Ottawa will top one million people by Friday  CTV NewsThe population of the city of Ottawa will reach a major milestone by this weekend.
  
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• Heritage: City gets earful in proposing to put 2,344 more properties on register

  11-06-2019 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tears were shed at the built-heritage subcommittee Tuesday as emotional landowners expressed opposition to city insistence that their properties should be on the register of important and interesting buildings. Read More
  
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• Bull: A better outcome for the Château Laurier addition is possible

  11-06-2019 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Over the past three years, the National Trust for Canada has watched the debate over the Château Laurier’s proposed addition unfold, with keen interest and guarded optimism. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's English public school board passes budget of nearly $1-billion

  11-06-2019 22:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's largest school board has passed a budget for the next school year that forestalls some of the changes coming because of reductions in provincial education funding. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's English public school board passes budget of nearly $1-billion - Ottawa Citizen

  11-06-2019 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's English public school board passes budget of nearly $1-billion  Ottawa CitizenOttawa's largest school board has passed a budget for the next school year that forestalls some of the changes coming because of reductions in provincial ...
  
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• Rates of teen visits to emergency departments for self-harm more than doubled since 2009

  11-06-2019 21:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of teenagers landing in Ontario emergency departments because of self-harm more than doubled between 2009 and 2017, raising questions about what is driving the worrisome trend. Read More
  
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• Charges laid in south Ottawa townhouse shooting - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 21:44 via ottawamatters.com
  Charges laid in south Ottawa townhouse shooting  OttawaMatters.comNo one was injured in the incident, in a neighbourhood near Hunt Club Road and Airport Parkway.
  
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• John Robson: Ottawa's proposed handgun ban is as dumb as all the others - National Post

  11-06-2019 20:58 via nationalpost.com
  John Robson: Ottawa's proposed handgun ban is as dumb as all the others  National PostOttawa councillor Mathieu Fleury, a handgun ban supporter, just asked 'Who carries a gun?' Uh, that'd be criminals.
  
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• Six arrested in Gatineau raids aimed at local drug rings

  11-06-2019 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Six people were arrested in three drug raids in Gatineau last week that netted methamphetamine, GHB and hundreds of prescription drug tablets plus a loaded shotgun and other weapons, Gatineau police said Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police say missing man, 85, found safe

  11-06-2019 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service said Wednesday that Jean Gaudreault, 85, who had been missing since Monday night has been found safe and sound. Read More
  
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• Visa issues fixed, Cuban national baseball team set for faceoff against Ottawa Champions

  11-06-2019 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Attention baseball fans, the Cuban national baseball team has cleared up its visa problems and will be in the capital against the Ottawa Champions this weekend. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police say missing man, 85, found safe - Ottawa Citizen

  11-06-2019 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say missing man, 85, found safe  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa Police *Service* said Wednesday that Jean Gaudreault, 85, who had been missing since Monday night has been found safe and sound.
  
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• Denley: Ottawa has utterly forgotten victims of the Westboro bus crash

  11-06-2019 19:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OC Transpo bus ran into a Westboro transit station overhang back in January, killing three people and injuring 23. Almost five months later, that’s pretty much all the public knows about the crash. Read More
  
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• Denley: City of Ottawa has utterly forgotten the victims of the Westboro bus crash - Ottawa Citizen

  11-06-2019 18:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Denley: City of Ottawa has utterly forgotten the victims of the Westboro bus crash  Ottawa CitizenRather than apologizing or explaining what they are doing to prevent it from happening again, our municipal leaders have created a public relations – and ...
  
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• 'We're not monsters:' Ottawa bylaw officers crack down on drivers in no stop zones - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 18:33 via ottawamatters.com
  'We're not monsters:' Ottawa bylaw officers crack down on drivers in no stop zones  OttawaMatters.comOttawa police and bylaw officers have teamed up to send a message to drivers in the downtown core and to help ease some of the congestion caused by ...
  
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• Ottawa's population blooms to 1M - CBC.ca

  11-06-2019 18:18 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's population blooms to 1M  CBC.caOttawa is about to reach a major population milestone: the city will officially join the one million club on Friday, Mayor Jim Watson announced Tuesday.
  
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• Cohen: John Turner, at 90, is still first among equals

  11-06-2019 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Something strange and wondrous took place in Ottawa on Monday. In a political culture that has become rancorous, shrill and coarse, our political class had a moment of levity, sentimentality and generosity. Read More
  
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• Police issue new appeal for help as robbery suspects elude them

  11-06-2019 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police issued a second appeal Tuesday for help finding a pair of robbery suspects wanted for "multiple thefts and robberies" across the city. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's JAIL hotline takes nearly 1500 calls in first six months - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 17:13 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's JAIL hotline takes nearly 1500 calls in first six months  OttawaMatters.comSome inmates have claimed that they were delayed in getting access to emergency healthcare as a punitive measurement.
  
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• Langille: A handgun ban in Ottawa would not prevent local shootings

  11-06-2019 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  I am writing on behalf of the Eastern Ontario Shooting Club in response to your June 9 news story, "Ottawa councillor says he'll ask for support in joining calls for handgun ban." Read More
  
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• 20 DND staff involved in writing letter after drunken junket article angers military leadership

  11-06-2019 17:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The leadership of the Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence have always been sensitive about media coverage of the taxpayer-funded “Party Flight.” Read More
  
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• Napanee-area woman pleads guilty to infanticide

  11-06-2019 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  NAPANEE — A Napanee-area woman who was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her newborn infant has pleaded guilty to infanticide. Read More
  
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• Langille: A handgun ban in Ottawa would not prevent local shootings - Ottawa Citizen

  11-06-2019 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Langille: A handgun ban in Ottawa would not prevent local shootings  Ottawa CitizenThe criminals responsible for shooting deaths in Ottawa have already ignored laws against murder. Yet people think these same criminals will adhere to a ...
  
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• Man, 63, dead in Kingston-area house fire

  11-06-2019 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  First responders found a 63-year-old man's body inside as they answered a call for a house fire in Colebrook northwest of Kingston Monday night. Read More
  
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• OTTAWA TRAFFIC: Cops hand out 60 tickets on first day of 'mobility' plan - Ottawa Sun

  11-06-2019 16:51 via ottawasun.com
  OTTAWA TRAFFIC: Cops hand out 60 tickets on first day of 'mobility' plan  Ottawa SunThe city's downtown mobility plan aimed at getting traffic to flow again around a host of construction projects yielded 60 tickets for stopping in a no-stopping zone ...
  
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• Ottawa robbery suspects continue crime spree as police maintain search - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 16:51 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa robbery suspects continue crime spree as police maintain search  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* is again asking for the public's help in tracking down a pair of suspects in multiple robberies, the most recent of which happened on ...
  
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• Welcoming Ottawa Week 2019 - CBC.ca

  11-06-2019 16:37 via cbc.ca
  Welcoming Ottawa Week 2019  CBC.caThe seventh annual Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) will take place from June 17 to 30, 2019 at various venues around the city. This event celebrates the ways ...
  
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• Former pro golfer encourages open dialogue about suicide at Royal Ottawa Foundation golf tournament - Ottawa Business Journal

  11-06-2019 16:17 via obj.ca
  Former pro golfer encourages open dialogue about suicide at Royal Ottawa Foundation golf tournament  Ottawa Business JournalRetired Canadian golfer Ian Leggatt could have been at the Raptor's NBA Finals game in Toronto on Monday night, as a season-ticket holder. Instead, he chose ...
  
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• Residents of hydro-impacted communities bring message to Ottawa - APTN News

  11-06-2019 14:44 via aptnnews.ca
  Residents of hydro-impacted communities bring message to Ottawa  APTN NewsJustin Brake APTN News To the federal government and some provinces, hydro dams represent a pathway from fossil fuels and toward a lower-carbon future.
  
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• Man arrested after shots fired inside Hunt Club-area home

  11-06-2019 14:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was arrested on the scene after reports of gunfire inside a home on Pimlico Crescent early Monday evening. Read More
  
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• Feds announce $3.65 million for affordable housing in Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 14:11 via ottawamatters.com
  Feds announce $3.65 million for affordable housing in Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comIn addition to federal funds, the $11-million project has also received funding from the province and the City of Ottawa.
  
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• One dead in four-vehicle crash on Hwy. 401 east of Johnstown

  11-06-2019 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The driver of a box truck was killed Monday afternoon after the vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer in a construction zone on Highway 401 east of Johnstown. Read More
  
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• Traffic: Downtown mobility plan yielding host of tickets

  11-06-2019 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don't get a ticket and a tow Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Gunshots fired in south-end Ottawa townhouse complex - OttawaMatters.com

  11-06-2019 13:33 via ottawamatters.com
  Gunshots fired in south-end Ottawa townhouse complex  OttawaMatters.comPolice were called to a home on Pimlico Crescent, around 6:30 p.m., Monday.
  
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• Weather: Damp, but summer returns Wednesday for one-day engagement

  11-06-2019 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Well, it seems that little summer experiment last week went so well there'll be a 24-hour return engagement on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: On plastics, the LRT, the tornadoes

  11-06-2019 12:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  There are alternatives to plastic bags Read More
  
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• Ottawa's Big Rig Brewery sold to Quebec company - CBC.ca

  11-06-2019 12:46 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's Big Rig Brewery sold to Quebec company  CBC.caOttawa's Big Rig Kitchen & Brewery has been bought by a Montreal restaurant franchising firm.
  
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• Bronson Consulting: The hits keep coming in wake of $750M contract loss

  11-06-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  David Baird, the principal owner of Bronson Consulting, thought he knew his way around the federal government contracting scene. He's learned the hard way the government does not like its decisions challenged. Read More
  
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• Drizzle no match for Ottawa Raptors fans

  11-06-2019 05:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  If all the hype in Ottawa could have done it, they would have won. Every bar in the Byward Market was packed with fans hoping the Raptors would win it all on home court. Read More
  
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• Drizzle no match for Ottawa Raptors fans - Ottawa Citizen

  11-06-2019 04:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Drizzle no match for Ottawa Raptors fans  Ottawa CitizenIf all the hype in Ottawa could have done it, they would have won. Every bar in the Byward Market was packed with fans hoping the Raptors would win it all on ...
  
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• Police seek assistance finding missing man, 85, from Kanata

  11-06-2019 04:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service asked Monday night for public assistance in finding 85-year-old Jean Gaudreault. Read More
  
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• City of Ottawa begins 2-week traffic blitz to reduce downtown gridlock - Global News

  11-06-2019 01:00 via globalnews.ca
  City of Ottawa begins 2-week traffic blitz to reduce downtown gridlock  Global NewsThe city put drivers on notice Monday as it kicked off a two-week traffic and parking enforcement blitz downtown. In one day, bylaw officers issued a total of 101 ...
  
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• 'Break the silence': Human rights group urges Ottawa to help free Russian political prisoners - CBC News

  11-06-2019 00:36 via cbc.ca
  'Break the silence': Human rights group urges Ottawa to help free Russian political prisoners  CBC NewsOttawa should do more to help political prisoners in Russia as President Vladimir Putin's regime accelerates a crackdown on dissent, says an international ...
  
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• Big Rig acquired by Montreal restaurateur, Toronto location in the works

  11-06-2019 00:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Quebec-based franchisor of various brands has acquired Ottawa's Big Rig Kitchen & Brewery for an undisclosed amount. Read More
  
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• 'The third team on the field':  Carol Anne Chénard supported by fellow soccer refs after cancer diagnosis

  11-06-2019 00:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was just two days before Ottawa referee Carol Anne Chénard was set to fly to France for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Read More
  
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• Vehicles already being towed as 'downtown mobility plan' comes into effect

  11-06-2019 00:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only 14 hours into the newly implemented plan to decongest Ottawa, six vehicles had already been towed. Read More
  
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