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• Champlain LHIN head steps down

  11-07-2019 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Chantale LeClerc, who headed the Champlain LHIN for eight years, has left the role, sources have confirmed. Read More
  
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• Egan: With Château, Ottawa's urban councillors lose another one

  11-07-2019 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the last couple of weeks, two of the most contentious planning files ever to hit Ottawa city hall have followed the same plot line: urban councillors fight the good fight; urban councillors lose. Read More
  
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• Egan: With Château, Ottawa's urban councillors lose another one - Ottawa Citizen

  11-07-2019 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Egan: With Château, Ottawa's urban councillors lose another one  Ottawa CitizenIn the last couple of weeks, two of the most contentious planning files ever to hit Ottawa city hall have followed the same plot line: urban councillors fight the good ...
  
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• Ottawa city council votes ‘no’ to revoking Château Laurier’s heritage permit - Global News

  11-07-2019 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa city council votes ‘no’ to revoking Château Laurier’s heritage permit  Global NewsAfter a 24-hour delay, Ottawa city council has decided to allow the owners of the Château Laurier to build their planned addition which has been panned by ...
  
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• Ottawa police seeking man accused of June downtown mugging

  11-07-2019 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are seeking assistance in locating a man accused of violently robbing an individual in the downtown core in early June. Read More
  
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• Fourth woman files complaint to Ottawa police about accused rapist Paul Batchelor

  11-07-2019 22:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Another woman has filed a complaint with Ottawa police about accused rapist Paul Batchelor, making her the fourth woman to come forward since the former insurance man was acquitted in two unrelated rape trials in June. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police looking for suspect in downtown mugging - OttawaMatters.com

  11-07-2019 22:09 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa police looking for suspect in downtown mugging  OttawaMatters.comOfficers say the suspect assaulted his victim on Slater Street and stole items that the victim was carrying.
  
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• Editorial: More lessons for Ottawa Council from the Château Laurier

  11-07-2019 21:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Over two meetings this week, Ottawa Council reinforced its determination to let the owners of the Château Laurier proceed with a hotel extension that appears to please no one except its designers. A robust minority of councillors, led by Rideau-Vanier’s Mathieu Fleury, failed to persuade council to revoke the project’s heritage permit. Read More
  
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• Science of summer: The fungus that hunts for live meat

  11-07-2019 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  The oddest hunter in our forests is not a big wolf or an insect-eating plant, but of all things a fungus — one that traps tiny worm-like animals underground and sucks the nutrients out of them. Read More
  
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• Perfume-thief brandished knife in Glebe robbery: Police

  11-07-2019 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 34-year-old man is facing an armed robbery charge after police say a thief took perfume from a Glebe store then brandished a knife when confronted. Read More
  
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• Accused dealer charged with manslaughter in Picton man's carfentanil death

  11-07-2019 21:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man already accused of drug trafficking has been charged with manslaughter in a 34-year-old Picton man's March overdose death. Read More
  
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• Storm front expected to pass before Bluesfest showtime Thursday

  11-07-2019 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  A storm system is expected to hit the Ottawa area between 3 and 4:30 p.m. Thursday but it shouldn’t affect the programming at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest.  Read More
  
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• Council ends Battle Château, motion to pull heritage permit defeated

  11-07-2019 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  The owner of the Château Laurier has Ottawa city council's permission to pursue a boxy addition to the heritage hotel. Read More
  
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• Police back targeting downtown 'social disorder' this weekend

  11-07-2019 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  During a blitz last weekend, city police officers tackling big Bluesfest crowds and downtown partying poured out 53 drinks, ticketed three drunks and broke up half a dozen fights. Read More
  
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• Should pregnant mothers get flu shot? New study suggests the answer is, "Yes"

  11-07-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  A major new Ottawa study should reduce the anxiety that many pregnant women experience when confronted with the question of whether to get a flu shot. Read More
  
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• Cyclist charged with careless driving after collision with OC Transpo bus

  11-07-2019 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  A cyclist was charged with careless driving Wednesday night after he rode off the sidewalk into the Mackenzie King Bridge bus lane and collided with an OC Transpo bus. Read More
  
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• Fourth woman files complaint to Ottawa police about accused rapist Paul Batchelor - Ottawa Citizen

  11-07-2019 19:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fourth woman files complaint to Ottawa police about accused rapist Paul Batchelor  Ottawa CitizenAnother woman has filed a complaint with Ottawa police about accused rapist Paul Batchelor, making her the fourth woman to come forward since the former ...
  
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• Ottawa police appeal for witnesses after motorcycle driver dies from injuries in Barrhaven crash - Global News

  11-07-2019 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa police appeal for witnesses after motorcycle driver dies from injuries in Barrhaven crash  Global NewsOttawa police investigators are appealing for witnesses to a crash between a motorcycle and a vehicle in Barrhaven on Wednesday night that claimed the life of ...
  
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• Suspect, victim who died in Highway 417 wrong-way crash identified

  11-07-2019 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two people who died Sunday in a horrific head-on six-car collision on Highway 417 were identified by family members Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Elghawaby and Farber: Quebec shows why we fear tyranny of the majority

  11-07-2019 17:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  As a Canadian Muslim and a Canadian Jew, we are both deeply concerned with the curtailments of religious freedoms in one of the nation’s largest provinces. Read More
  
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• Ottawa set to host Montreal in battle of East Division rivals - Ottawa REDBLACKS

  11-07-2019 17:08 via ottawaredblacks.com
  Ottawa set to host Montreal in battle of East Division rivals  Ottawa REDBLACKSAfter suffering their first loss of the 2019 CFL calendar in Week 4 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Ottawa REDBLACKS return to TD Place just over a ...
  
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• Don't call 911 to complain about Amber Alerts: OPP

  11-07-2019 16:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP "will not apologize for using all of the tools available to help locate a child" as the force again reports that people are calling 911 to complain about being awakened by a provincewide alert that two youngsters had been abducted. Read More
  
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• Precipitation, perspiration, severe thunderstorm watch are in the forecast

  11-07-2019 16:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you have a special place, a shady, breezy getaway spot, you might want to head there now if you haven't already. Read More
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Ottawa - CTV News

  11-07-2019 16:12 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Ottawa  CTV NewsEnvironment Canada says severe storms capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy downpours are possible this afternoon and evening.
  
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• Police seek witnesses after motorcyclist, 33, dies of injuries after Barrhaven crash

  11-07-2019 15:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 33-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle and a passenger vehicle collided on Greenbank Road in Barrhaven Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Suspect, victim who died in Highway 417 wrong-way crash identified - Ottawa Citizen

  11-07-2019 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Suspect, victim who died in Highway 417 wrong-way crash identified  Ottawa CitizenTwo people who died Sunday in a horrific head-on six-car collision on Highway 417 were identified by family members Wednesday.Michael Bourque, 36, and ...
  
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• Hundreds of dead fish found in Ottawa River - CTV News

  11-07-2019 14:14 via ctvnews.ca
  Hundreds of dead fish found in Ottawa River  CTV NewsAn investigation has been launched after hundreds of dead fish were discovered in the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario.
  
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• Traffic: New water main break in east end, construction aplenty

  11-07-2019 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  The good news for commuters from the city's rural east end: Highway 174 has reopened between Old Montreal and Canaan roads after city crews repaired a collapsed culvert. Read More
  
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• Can Ottawa support the new and proposed high-rise condos along its LRT line?

  11-07-2019 13:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  From the 23rd floor of Ottawa's newest apartment complex at 100 Frontier Path Private, the east end of the city stretches in great green swatches towards Montreal, bisected neatly by Highway 417. Read More
  
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• Our Bluesfest daily picks: Taz and Shakey Graves

  11-07-2019 13:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  RBC Bluesfest returns to LeBreton Flats for 10 days of musical revelry from July 4 to 14. We'll be bringing you our top picks for every day of the festival. For Thursday, July 11, check out Taz and Shakey Graves. Read More
  
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• Ottawa housing market becoming 'seller's territory': Royal LePage - Ottawa Business Journal

  11-07-2019 13:32 via obj.ca
  Ottawa housing market becoming 'seller's territory': Royal LePage  Ottawa Business JournalRobust employment in the National Capital Region has helped push Ottawa's hot housing market firmly into “seller's territory,” Royal LePage said in its latest ...
  
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• Winning Lotto 6/49 ticket sold in Gatineau - CTV News

  11-07-2019 13:24 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Winning Lotto 6/49 ticket sold in Gatineau  CTV NewsLoto-Quebec says the winning ticket for Wednesday's $7 million Lotto 6/49 draw was sold in Gatineau.
  
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• Precipitation, perspiration (and maybe thunderstorms) are in the forecast

  11-07-2019 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you have a special place, a shady, breezy getaway spot, you might want to head there now if you haven't already. Read More
  
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• Can Ottawa support the new and proposed high-rise condos along its LRT line? - Ottawa Citizen

  11-07-2019 13:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Can Ottawa support the new and proposed high-rise condos along its LRT line?  Ottawa CitizenFrom the 23rd floor of Ottawa's newest apartment complex at 100 Frontier Path Private, the east end of the city stretches in great green swatches towards ...
  
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• GUNTER: Premiers can use their numbers to push Ottawa into action - Edmonton Sun

  11-07-2019 13:00 via edmontonsun.com
  GUNTER: Premiers can use their numbers to push Ottawa into action  Edmonton SunThe 10 provincial and three territorial premiers are gathering this week in Saskatoon at what is called the Council of the Federation. It's the first ministers ...
  
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• Other tales of obstructed turning views from across Ottawa - CBC.ca

  11-07-2019 12:35 via cbc.ca
  Other tales of obstructed turning views from across Ottawa  CBC.caIt seems there are a few people with similar stories of well-meaning things making it more difficult to see ongoing traffic.
  
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• Bombardier succeeds at delivering a Toronto-Ottawa spat - Maclean's

  11-07-2019 12:30 via macleans.ca
  Bombardier succeeds at delivering a Toronto-Ottawa spat  Maclean'sPolitics Insider for July 11: The feds pledge support for Canadian beef, a Liberal escapes punishment for rule-breaking, and the Supreme Court gets a new ...
  
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• iPolitics AM: Singh pitches 'national cycling strategy' at Ottawa bike shop as Trudeau heads west - iPolitics.ca

  11-07-2019 12:15 via ipolitics.ca
  iPolitics AM: Singh pitches 'national cycling strategy' at Ottawa bike shop as Trudeau heads west  iPolitics.caALSO TODAY: Bernier takes pre-campaign tour to Red Deer — Scheer in Winnipeg for 'thank you event'. A day after facing off against an anti-pipeline protester ...
  
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• Woman says OC Transpo driver reluctant to help harassed female passengers: 'He was so indifferent'

  11-07-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo says it is investigating after a woman said one of its drivers was reluctant to help female passengers who were being harassed by a male passenger. Read More
  
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• Ottawa may sidestep Pallister on retrofit cash - Winnipeg Free Press

  11-07-2019 10:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Ottawa may sidestep Pallister on retrofit cash  Winnipeg Free PressOTTAWA — The federal Liberals are ready to go over Manitoba's head to allocate carbon-tax money for energy retrofits, as the levy continues to be stuck in a ...
  
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• N.W.T. unknown Crook The Kid steps out at Bluesfest

  11-07-2019 05:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Crook The Kid, born Dylan Jones, hails from Fort Good Hope, a subarctic community of about 400 people in northern Northwest Territories, 500 kilometres north of Yellowknife and about 10 kilometres below the Arctic Circle.  Read More
  
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• Ottawa police charge three Montreal residents with identity fraud

  11-07-2019 04:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service charged three Montreal residents after they attempted to open bank accounts with fraudulent identification in Ottawa last week. Read More
  
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• Small majority oppose Quebec's religious symbols law, but don't want Ottawa to intervene - The Globe and Mail

  11-07-2019 03:09 via theglobeandmail.com
  Small majority oppose Quebec's religious symbols law, but don't want Ottawa to intervene  The Globe and MailA number of politicians and advocates for civil liberties have spoken out against Bill 21, however the federal government has decided to stay out of a court ...
  
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• Suspect, victim who died in Highway 417 crash identified

  11-07-2019 02:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A sex-assault suspect who had been pursued by police and an Ottawa woman, both of whom died in Sunday's head-on six-car collision on Highway 417 on Sunday, have been identified. Read More
  
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• Ottawa city council gives controversial Chateau Laurier addition go-ahead - Toronto Star

  11-07-2019 01:54 via thestar.com
  Ottawa city council gives controversial Chateau Laurier addition go-ahead  Toronto StarOTTAWA—A controversial addition to the historic Chateau Laurier was approved Wednesday, but Ottawa's city council will meet again Thursday to vote on it one ...
  
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• Egan: Château rescue plan dies in knots of our own making

  11-07-2019 01:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was something sad and circus-like about how the Château Laurier saga unfolded on Wednesday, strangled in procedural knots — with a touch of poison — to its last breath. Read More
  
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• Premiers ask Ottawa to negotiate exemption to ‘damaging’ Buy American policies - Global News

  11-07-2019 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  Premiers ask Ottawa to negotiate exemption to ‘damaging’ Buy American policies  Global NewsCanada's premiers want the federal government to seek an exemption from the United States for its Buy American measures.
  
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• Abenaki town crier in Ottawa unveils new talking stick - APTN News

  11-07-2019 01:01 via aptnnews.ca
  Abenaki town crier in Ottawa unveils new talking stick  APTN NewsA year after Daniel Richer had his original talking stick stolen, the Abenaki town crier in Ottawa is ready to rock with his new one.
  
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• Flu vaccine safe for pregnant women, fetuses, Ottawa study shows - CBC.ca

  11-07-2019 00:30 via cbc.ca
  Flu vaccine safe for pregnant women, fetuses, Ottawa study shows  CBC.caAn Ottawa study shows no link between pregnant women receiving the H1N1 vaccine in 2009 and the health of their children in their first five years.
  
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• Ottawa's Rideau Bakery being bought by Farm Boy - OttawaMatters.com

  11-07-2019 00:27 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa's Rideau Bakery being bought by Farm Boy  OttawaMatters.comFarm Boy has announced that it has agreed to buy Rideau Bakery from the Kardish family.
  
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