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• Lisa MacLeod, personal finance guru in Twitter brouhaha

  29-06-2019 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Veteran MPP Lisa MacLeod and money maven Gail Vaz-Oxlade and their supporters on both sides are embroiled in a Twitter donnybrook after Vaz-Oxlade used a crude expression to describe MacLeod on social media. Read More
  
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• Updated: Some Ottawa beaches closed due to E. coli concerns

  29-06-2019 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Significant rainfall this week has prompted the City of Ottawa to post no-swimming advisories at some of its beaches because of concerns of elevated E. coli bacteria counts. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's Jonathan David leading Canadian men at CONCACAF Gold Cup - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 21:12 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's Jonathan David leading Canadian men at CONCACAF Gold Cup  CBC.caOttawa's Jonathan David is set to play the biggest game of his young soccer career. The 19-year-old, who was playing club soccer in Ottawa just a couple years ...
  
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• Ottawa beaches closed due to E. coli concerns

  29-06-2019 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Significant rainfall over the past 24 hours has prompted the city of Ottawa to post no swimming advisories at all of its beaches due to concerns of elevated E. coli bacteria counts. Read More
  
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• From mental health to Sherlock Holmes, Music and Beyond offers diverse program

  29-06-2019 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Turning 10 this year, Ottawa's Music and Beyond Festival will swell to program 100 events during its two-week run, including, in keeping with its "beyond" branding, combinations of classical music with everything from circus performances to readings of Sherlock Holmes stories, to discussions of mental health. Read More
  
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• 'A real loss for the community:' Rideau Bakery closes after almost 90 years

  29-06-2019 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's historic Rideau Bakery has closed. Read More
  
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• Busy week for Kingston's veteran titanium-toothed canine officer

  29-06-2019 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  KINGSTON — It’s been a busy week for Kingston police’s canine Zeus, who helped arrest four people in four days. Read More
  
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• Weather warnings in effect across the region - CTV News

  29-06-2019 18:16 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Weather warnings in effect across the region  CTV NewsAs residents enjoy the first long weekend of the summer, much of the region is under a severe thunderstorm watch.
  
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• Tornado, thunderstorm warnings lifted around Ottawa - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 18:13 via cbc.ca
  Tornado, thunderstorm warnings lifted around Ottawa  CBC.caEnvironment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Ottawa area Saturday.
  
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• Severe storms sweep across Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Citizen

  29-06-2019 17:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Severe storms sweep across Eastern Ontario  Ottawa CitizenOn Saturday, for the third consecutive day, the national capital region and much of eastern Ontario were hit by thunderstorms. At 5:50 p.m., Environment Canada ...
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch kicks off mixed bag of weather for Canada Day weekend

  29-06-2019 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here we go again. Read More
  
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• 3 Ottawa Homes Were Struck By Lightning On Thursday Night And The Pictures Are Terrifying - Narcity

  29-06-2019 16:26 via narcity.com
  3 Ottawa Homes Were Struck By Lightning On Thursday Night And The Pictures Are Terrifying  NarcityCanadians across the country just can't seem to catch a break with the weather at the moment. Most recently, Ottawa lightning struck three different homes, ...
  
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• 3 Ottawa Homes Were Struck By Lightening On Thursday Night And The Pictures Are Terrifying - Narcity

  29-06-2019 16:26 via narcity.com
  3 Ottawa Homes Were Struck By Lightening On Thursday Night And The Pictures Are Terrifying  NarcityCanadians across the country just can't seem to catch a break with the weather at the moment. Most recently, Ottawa lightning struck three different homes, ...
  
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• Shaver: Pharmacare report highlights some flaws in Canada Health Act

  29-06-2019 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Should we replace all existing private and public drug insurance plans and set up a new government bureaucracy? Read More
  
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• A mixed bag of weather for Canada Day weekend

  29-06-2019 13:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  According to Environment Canada, we're in for a little bit of everything this Canada Day long weekend. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Talking about trash, the Mark Norman settlement, OSAP

  29-06-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Trash-bag limit would be open to abuse Read More
  
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• Khan: Canada's trying far too hard to make the world notice us

  29-06-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  This Canada Day is a decisive one. It may be the last one for a sitting prime minster and his government (or, it may not!). But at least we don’t have a Brexit or a Donald Trump to contend with. Or a Narendra Modi or a Xi Jinping, for that matter. No matter who wins, Canada is not heading back into the dark ages anytime soon. That’s a lot to be thankful for this Canada Day. Read More
  
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• Your choice for Ottawa's best spot to watch fireworks - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Your choice for Ottawa's best spot to watch fireworks  CBC.caThis summer, we're asking people in Ottawa to tell us about their favourite places. Now, we're revealing the best locations to watch the Canada Day fireworks.
  
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• Ottawa's Rideau Bakery shuts down after almost 90 years - OttawaMatters.com

  29-06-2019 09:00 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's Rideau Bakery shuts down after almost 90 years  OttawaMatters.comThe bakery began operations at Rideau and Nelson streets, in 1930. A second location, on Bank Street, opened in the 1970s.
  
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• NOTHING TO CELEBRATE: Illegally parked in downtown event area on Canada Day? You'll be towed - Ottawa Sun

  29-06-2019 04:39 via ottawasun.com
  NOTHING TO CELEBRATE: Illegally parked in downtown event area on Canada Day? You'll be towed  Ottawa SunOttawa Bylaw tweeted out Friday that illegally parked vehicles would be removed from downtown streets starting in the wee hours of Canada Day.
  
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• Illegally parked vehicles will be towed from downtown event areas Canada Day

  29-06-2019 04:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Bylaw tweeted out Friday that illegally parked vehicles would be removed from downtown streets starting in the wee hours of Canada Day. Read More
  
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• Lightning strikes three Ottawa homes in one night, sparking fires - CTV News

  29-06-2019 03:57 via ctvnews.ca
  Lightning strikes three Ottawa homes in one night, sparking fires  CTV NewsLightning strikes sparked three fires across Ottawa during Thursday night's thunderstorm, leaving the homeowners and their families dealing with the aftermath.
  
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• Three injured in gun-related incident near Plantagenet

  29-06-2019 03:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario Provincial Police say they're investigating a gun-related incident that left three people with injuries at a home in Curran, near Plantagenet, about an hour's drive east of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Three more women file complaints to Ottawa police about accused rapist

  29-06-2019 03:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Days after insurance salesman Paul Batchelor was acquitted in two rape trials, three more Ottawa women have complained to police about the accused rapist. Read More
  
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• In dissent on carbon pricing, a 'traditionalist' judge puts Ottawa in its place - National Post

  29-06-2019 02:22 via nationalpost.com
  In dissent on carbon pricing, a 'traditionalist' judge puts Ottawa in its place  National PostJustice Grant Huscroft saw the carbon pricing case as an instance of overreach: 'In effect, Canada has asked the court to sanction a change to the constitutional ...
  
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• Ottawa won’t say how it will try to get $1.2 million back from private recycling company that shipped garbage to Philippines - Toronto Star

  29-06-2019 02:02 via thestar.com
  Ottawa won’t say how it will try to get $1.2 million back from private recycling company that shipped garbage to Philippines  Toronto StarVANCOUVER—The Philippines garbage fiasco will cost Canadian taxpayers almost $1.2 million, but the federal government won't say how it's going to get the ...
  
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• Three injured in firearms-related incident in Curran - CTV News

  29-06-2019 01:56 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Three injured in firearms-related incident in Curran  CTV NewsOntario Provincial Police are investigating after three people were injured following a firearms-related incident in Curran, south of Plantagenet.
  
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• Three more women file complaints to Ottawa police about accused rapist - Ottawa Citizen

  29-06-2019 01:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three more women file complaints to Ottawa police about accused rapist  Ottawa CitizenDays after insurance salesman Paul Batchelor was acquitted in two rape trials, three more Ottawa women have complained to police about the accused rapist.
  
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• Onion Lake Cree Nation and Ottawa partner to build new high school - My Lloydminster Now

  29-06-2019 01:44 via mylloydminsternow.com
  Onion Lake Cree Nation and Ottawa partner to build new high school  My Lloydminster NowOnion Lake Cree Nation has broken ground on a new high school. This week, Minister of Indigenous Services Seamus O'Regan was in the indigenous ...
  
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• Fire marshal probes death of 62-year-old man in camper

  29-06-2019 01:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The fire marshal's office has been called after a 62-year-old man was found dead in a camper at Brockville's St. Lawrence Park on Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Fire damages Al's Steakhouse on Elgin Street

  29-06-2019 01:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fire damaged an Elgin Street institution on Friday. Read More
  
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• Retiring, departing doctors will leave 2,100 in Perth without family physicians

  29-06-2019 01:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the next few months, one of Perth's doctors will retire and a second will leave general practice. Read More
  
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• Amid ballooning warship contract, here's eight other times Ottawa spent billions all in one place - National Post

  29-06-2019 01:06 via nationalpost.com
  Amid ballooning warship contract, here's eight other times Ottawa spent billions all in one place  National PostOTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer recently estimated that the federal government's order of 15 warships could now cost taxpayers as much as $70 ...
  
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• The New Canadians: Syrian family among the first to become Canadian citizens

  29-06-2019 00:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Abdel-Raouf Salloum decided Damascus was no longer safe for his family and crossed the border into Lebanon seven years ago, he thought they would be gone three months. Read More
  
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• Inuvik's airport gets $22M for runway renovations from Ottawa, N.W.T. gov't - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 00:46 via cbc.ca
  Inuvik's airport gets $22M for runway renovations from Ottawa, N.W.T. gov't  CBC.caThe Mike Zubko Airport in Inuvik, N.W.T., is getting $22 million to widen its runway and taxiway embankments, the territorial and federal governments announced ...
  
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• Barrhaven Canada Day organizers tout new security measures - Ottawa Citizen

  29-06-2019 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Barrhaven Canada Day organizers tout new security measures  Ottawa CitizenDarrell Bartraw says Barrhaven's Canada Day event is meant to be a safe space for families who aren't into the commotion of downtown, and this year's new ...
  
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• Barrhaven Canada Day organizers tout new security measures

  29-06-2019 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Darrell Bartraw says Barrhaven's Canada Day event is meant to be a safe space for families who aren't into the commotion of downtown, and this year's new security measures are meant to keep it that way after last year's celebrations ended in a clash between a group of teenagers and police officers. Read More
  
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• City cancels Ottawa Champions' lease at the baseball stadium, allows team to rent the field in new deal

  29-06-2019 00:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city has thrown out the Ottawa Champions' lease at the municipal baseball stadium on Coventry Road, but the team owner says he plans to keep the team playing there for several more years. Read More
  
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• Edmonton-area counties get help from Ottawa for coal transition - CBC.ca

  29-06-2019 00:17 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton-area counties get help from Ottawa for coal transition  CBC.caThe federal government is spending $3.2 million to help Alberta communities move away from coal. The funding is earmarked for retraining workers and ...
  
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• 'I felt there was no warning,' eyewitness testifies in Montsion trial - Ottawa Citizen

  29-06-2019 00:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  'I felt there was no warning,' eyewitness testifies in Montsion trial  Ottawa CitizenAn eyewitness to the fatal arrest of Abdirahman Abdi told court that Const. Daniel Montsion punched Abdi with “no warning” once he arrived on the scene on July ...
  
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• 'I felt there was no warning,' eyewitness testifies in Montsion trial

  29-06-2019 00:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  An eyewitness to the fatal arrest of Abdirahman Abdi told court that Const. Daniel Montsion punched Abdi with “no warning” once he arrived on the scene on July 24, 2016. Read More
  
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