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• Ottawa’s Château Laurier renovation really has the town talking - Toronto Star

  08-07-2019 23:26 via thestar.com
  Ottawa’s Château Laurier renovation really has the town talking  Toronto StarA planned, boxy building extension to the landmark hotel has met fierce opposition and has turned the entire city into architecture critics, Susan Delacourt writes.
  
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• Updated — Highway 417 crash: Vehicle pursuit stemmed from sexual assault investigation - Ottawa Citizen

  08-07-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Updated — Highway 417 crash: Vehicle pursuit stemmed from sexual assault investigation  Ottawa CitizenThe reckless driver who crossed into the westbound lanes of Highway 417 and initiated a fatal six-car crash Sunday afternoon was the subject of a police ...
  
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• Downtown YMCA reopens after police called to deal with 'disturbed' person

  08-07-2019 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The YMCA daycare was evacuated Monday afternoon as police tried to communicate with a "disturbed" man inside the Argyle Avenue facility. Read More
  
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• Houseworks: Replacing a shed floor

  08-07-2019 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: What options do you recommend for replacing an existing shed floor? Read More
  
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• Mayor Watson tells staff to draw up CCTV plan in time for budget

  08-07-2019 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mayor Jim Watson wants to know ahead of the 2020 municipal budget process how much surveillance cameras in the ByWard Market would cost to acquire and operate. Read More
  
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• Suspected cocaine, meth seized in Spencerville-area traffic stop

  08-07-2019 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people are facing charges after OPP officers seized a "significant quantity" of substances suspected to be cocaine, crystal meth and methamphetamine tablets in a traffic stop near Spencerville. Read More
  
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• Viking to put special missions aircraft on tour – updates on defence industry developments

  08-07-2019 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC has announced its plans to hold a world demonstration tour for its Guardian 400 aircraft, the special missions variant of the Viking Series 400 Twin Otter. The world tour will include detailed briefings and demonstration flights in Europe, Africa, Middle East, India, South East Asia, Oceania, and North America, according to Esprit de Corps magazine. Read More
  
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• Smart homes are booming

  08-07-2019 22:23 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Echo's modern take brings boutique luxury condo living to the canal

  08-07-2019 22:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Life on the street; life on the canal — that’s exactly what a new condo building on Echo Drive is designed to emulate. Read More
  
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• 'Semi-finished' basement an economical compromise

  08-07-2019 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Finishing a basement is one of the most popular home improvement jobs in Canada, because it’s an effective way to increase living space in your house. The thing is, there are two drawbacks to finishing a basement in the usual way. First, it’s expensive. Not as expensive as building an addition onto your house, but it’s still easy to spend well into five figures finishing a basement as it’s typically done with insulation, drywall and floor coverings. And second, a typical
  
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• Antiques: Small bottle inks big history

  08-07-2019 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  AYou’re historical hunch is very good about your 120-year-old ink bottle. The vertical mold seam does not go to the very top edge of the opening and identifies a manufacturing process used circa 1890 to 1902. The likely maker – The Toronto Glass Company (Limited) – was located at the intersection now known as Sudbury Street and Dovercourt Road near Lake Ontario’s shore in downtown Toronto. It operated from 1893 to 1899 and continued operations there under new ownership by
  
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• Downtown Ottawa YMCA/YWCA put on lockdown, daycare evacuated: police - Global News

  08-07-2019 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Downtown Ottawa YMCA/YWCA put on lockdown, daycare evacuated: police  Global NewsOttawa police day the YMCA/YWCA on Argyle Avenue was placed on lockdown and the daycare was evacuated due what they described as a “distressed ...
  
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• Highway 417 crash: Vehicle pursuit stemmed from sexual assault investigation

  08-07-2019 19:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two more people were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, said Ontario Provincial Police community safety co-ordinator Sgt. Cynthia Savard. Read More
  
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• Amsterdam's Spaces to open first Ottawa location, three more in Toronto - BetaKit

  08-07-2019 19:24 via betakit.com
  Amsterdam's Spaces to open first Ottawa location, three more in Toronto  BetaKitSpaces, an Amsterdam-born workspace company, is opening four new co-working locations in Ontario.
  
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• Nominations are open now for the 2019 Best Ottawa Business Awards - Ottawa Business Journal

  08-07-2019 19:08 via obj.ca
  Nominations are open now for the 2019 Best Ottawa Business Awards  Ottawa Business JournalThe Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Board of Trade are looking for your nominations to recognize the city's top corporate performers.
  
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• Ottawa Fringe Festival reviewing policies after confirming reports of two patrons drugged - OttawaMatters.com

  08-07-2019 18:58 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa Fringe Festival reviewing policies after confirming reports of two patrons drugged  OttawaMatters.comOn the final weekend of the festival, which ran from June 13 to 23, there were reports of drugs being put into two people's drinks.
  
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• We've done everything asked of us in designing addition, Château Laurier owner tells council

  08-07-2019 16:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The owner of the Château Laurier is telling city council it has done everything required by government agencies to follow through with a contemporary addition to the historic hotel. Read More
  
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• Bluesfest Review: The Killers, Psychedelic Furs wow audience with rocking set

  08-07-2019 16:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  With dramatic opera swelling from the speakers as the band hit the stage, singer Richard Butler took a deep bow, blew kisses to the adoring crowd and reached skyward as his mates launched into their '80s heyday hit Heaven. Read More
  
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• Traffic: construction, construction, sinkhole

  08-07-2019 15:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summer's in full swing so be ready for yet more construction projects around town this Monday morning. Read More
  
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• 'Things we can never un-see' — Voice of the Sens thanks emergency responders after deadly 417 crash

  08-07-2019 15:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dean Brown, the voice of the Senators on TSN1200, tweeted that he was among the people in the crash. Read More
  
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• Weather: Pure sunshine until a mid-week risk of rain

  08-07-2019 14:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wish we could start that weekend over! Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Don't 'box in' the Château Laurier, please

  08-07-2019 13:05 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Battle Château: Your guide to the design controversy ahead of a major council vote

  08-07-2019 13:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A national spotlight will shine on Ottawa city council Wednesday when municipal politicians decide whether the latest design concept for a contemporary addition to the historic Château Laurier is good enough for the picturesque, capital landscape. Read More
  
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• Boswell: The Château Laurier has always been a battleground between public and private interests

  08-07-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  We shouldn’t be too surprised by the firestorm that continues to rage over the controversial expansion plan for the Château Laurier. This is perhaps the most public of all private properties in Ottawa — an architectural landmark that, as soon as it was built 107 years ago, was viewed more like a cherished community trust than a standard chunk of commercial real estate. Read More
  
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• The Château Laurier: A by-the-numbers history of Ottawa's legendary hotel

  08-07-2019 12:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  2: The cost, in dollars, of a private room when the Château Laurier opened in 1912 at its picturesque site overlooking the Ottawa River and the locks of Rideau Canal. The castle-like building was one of a series of Canadian hotels constructed near railway stations. Read More
  
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• Egan: The Château Laurier and why we care

  08-07-2019 12:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  I checked into the Château Laurier for the first time on a muggy Saturday in June 1991, a nervous groom with a fresh haircut, and left the next day a married man holding a wrinkled tuxedo. Read More
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau commute updates for July 8 - CBC.ca

  08-07-2019 12:02 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa-Gatineau commute updates for July 8  CBC.caGood morning commuters! Highway 417 has reopened near Panmure Road after a five-vehicle fatal collision yesterday afternoon. Police watchdog investigating ...
  
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• Bluesfest Review: The Killers, Psychedelic Furs

  08-07-2019 05:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was another killer night at Bluesfest as one of the festival’s marquee acts took centre stage Sunday with The Killers making their much-anticipated return to the capital after rocking the festival’s 2014 edition. Read More
  
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• Remember James? The British band made their Ottawa debut at Bluesfest

  08-07-2019 03:51 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Two dead, two seriously injured after crash on Ottawa highway - CTV News

  08-07-2019 03:22 via ctvnews.ca
  Two dead, two seriously injured after crash on Ottawa highway  CTV NewsOntario's police watchdog is investigating after a crash on a major highway in Ottawa left two people dead on Sunday.
  
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• Two dead after police pursuit ends in six-car crash east of Arnprior

  08-07-2019 01:56 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ottawa's Marial Shayok signs with Philadelphia 76ers - CBC.ca

  08-07-2019 00:02 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's Marial Shayok signs with Philadelphia 76ers  CBC.caCanadian Marial Shayok signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Shayok, from Ottawa, was selected by the 76ers with the 54th ...
  
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