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• Richard Starnes, 1944-2019: Ottawa Citizen journalist was a 'jack of all trades' - Ottawa Citizen

  23-07-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Richard Starnes, 1944-2019: Ottawa Citizen journalist was a 'jack of all trades'  Ottawa CitizenVeteran newspaperman Richard Starnes was unflappable and relentlessly cheerful in a business known for managed chaos and short tempers, a jack of all ...
  
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• Possible EpiPen shortage has allergy patients, professionals worried

  23-07-2019 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Despite reassurances from Health Canada, the recent announcement of a potential EpiPen shortage by pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, has allergists and allergy sufferers concerned. Read More
  
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• A lifeguard shortage is mainly due to a large turnover in staff and extensive requirements for a part-time job. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153770042409885698 …

  23-07-2019 22:56 via twitter.com
  A lifeguard shortage is mainly due to a large turnover in staff and extensive requirements for a part-time job. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153770042409885698 …
  
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• Ottawa lifeguard shortage leading unknown future for city pools - OttawaMatters.com

  23-07-2019 22:51 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa lifeguard shortage leading unknown future for city pools  OttawaMatters.comA lifeguard shortage is mainly due to a large turnover in staff and extensive requirements for a part-time job.
  
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• More than 700 kilograms of tobacco seized in St. Lawrence patrol

  23-07-2019 22:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two Quebec men face charges in connection with the seizure of more than 700 kilograms of contraband tobacco after border watchers spotted a boat speeding without lights along the St. Lawrence River earlier this month. Read More
  
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• Boucher: Ignore the climate 'emergency' and have those babies

  23-07-2019 22:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  “The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children," according to Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb. His theory that the human race was on the brink of disaster due to over-population was debunked by reality and the dismal sub-replacement rate in most of the developed world. Read More
  
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• 'Not just in their heads': Scientists find anomalies in brains of 'Havana Syndrome' patients

  23-07-2019 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Scientists have discovered unique anomalies in the brains of U.S. diplomats affected by so-called Havana Syndrome —  evidence that supports claims by American and Canadian diplomats that something happened to them in Cuba. Read More
  
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• Players who test positive face a two-game suspension for a first doping violation, a nine-game suspension for a second violation, a one-year suspension for a third violation, and a lifetime ban for a fourth violation. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMat

  23-07-2019 21:41 via twitter.com
  Players who test positive face a two-game suspension for a first doping violation, a nine-game suspension for a second violation, a one-year suspension for a third violation, and a lifetime ban for a fourth violation. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153751666916638720 …
  
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• Cool, wet spring causes double trouble: bugs and allergies

  23-07-2019 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spring's lousy weather is still causing trouble for anyone who wants to go outdoors, though the makers of insect repellent and antihistamines must be laughing. Read More
  
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• RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C. #ottnews https://www.ottawamatters.com/national-news/two-teens-thought-to-be-missing-now-suspects-in-3-

  23-07-2019 21:08 via twitter.com
  RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C. #ottnews
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• One dead in St-Isidore house fire, a second person missing

  23-07-2019 21:07 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Going out best bets, July 25 to 31: Michael Bublé comes to the CTC

  23-07-2019 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Op-ed: What Ottawa can learn from Europe's best cities - Ottawa Business Journal

  23-07-2019 20:54 via obj.ca
  Op-ed: What Ottawa can learn from Europe's best cities  Ottawa Business JournalIn part two of a three-part series, OBJ columnist Bruce Firestone looks at what Vienna and Rotterdam are doing to win the increasingly competitive race for talent.
  
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• 'Right now, to be a grower or a gardener is cool': Cultivating urban gardeners – even in condos

  23-07-2019 20:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the interest in urban gardening and farming continues to grow, you might want to rethink how you’re using your condo balcony. It may be small, but it has the potential to be mighty. Read More
  
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• More than 700 kg of tobacco seized in St. Lawrence patrol

  23-07-2019 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two Quebec men face charges in connection with the seizure of more than 700 kg of contraband tobacco after border watchers spotted a boat speeding without lights along the St. Lawrence River earlier this month. Read More
  
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• Tom Green hosting picnic Saturday to #SaveTheChateauLaurier

  23-07-2019 19:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  When comedian Tom Green was a teen in Ottawa, he'd skateboard back from nights in Hull and take in the capital view of the Château Laurier and Parliament Hill against the Ottawa River. Read More
  
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• Cohen: A timeless summer trip to Lake Temagami

  23-07-2019 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  LAKE TEMAGAMI, Ont. – It has been uncomfortably hot this month in Lake Temagami. Not as hot as last year, when wildfires consumed the parched woods, forcing some cottagers to flee. But hot enough to know that this magical place isn’t immune to climate change – as if it ever were. Read More
  
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• Ottawa officially requests bids for fighter jet replacement deal - Global News

  23-07-2019 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa officially requests bids for fighter jet replacement deal  Global NewsCanada is officially asking four companies to send in their bids to supply a new fleet of fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
  
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• Around the House: Paint with personality

  23-07-2019 19:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Feel sheepish that you can’t tell a Picasso from a Pollock? Who cares? After all, it probably wouldn’t faze Annie Sloan, who’s got a decidedly un-snooty approach, despite having a fancy degree in fine arts and a successful global decorative paint company. Read More
  
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• Looking back at Ottawa's Victorian splendour

  23-07-2019 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Almonte’s mill history will be on display July 27 when several homes connected to the mill owners and workers who first developed the town will be open to the public. Read More
  
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• Tom Green hosting picnic Saturday to #SaveTheChateauLaurier - Ottawa Citizen

  23-07-2019 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tom Green hosting picnic Saturday to #SaveTheChateauLaurier  Ottawa CitizenTom Green is asking Ottawans to come out for a picnic on Saturday at Major's Hill Park to help save the Château Laurier.
  
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• The Canadian government is providing $1-million for the renovation and expansion of the Blackburn Arena in Gloucester. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153698567753572352 …

  23-07-2019 18:12 via twitter.com
  The Canadian government is providing $1-million for the renovation and expansion of the Blackburn Arena in Gloucester. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153698567753572352 …
  
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• HouseWorks: Installing a pine floor

  23-07-2019 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: What are the options for installing a pine floor over an existing wood floor? Friends of ours are planning this project and need advice. Read More
  
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• A former chair of the transit commission says she continues to hear of problems on the Confederation Line. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153674413482528775 …

  23-07-2019 17:28 via twitter.com
  A former chair of the transit commission says she continues to hear of problems on the Confederation Line. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1153674413482528775 …
  
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• Satanic Temple of Ottawa growing, seeing interest from other Canadian cities - OttawaMatters.com

  23-07-2019 17:02 via ottawamatters.com
  Satanic Temple of Ottawa growing, seeing interest from other Canadian cities  OttawaMatters.comIt's active members have gone from a group of three of four to 30 or 40 in just a couple of years. And the temple's leader adds, it might not be what you think.
  
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• Denley: Ottawa Council still hasn't fixed the city's policing problem

  23-07-2019 16:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa police service’s abandonment of specialized squads that dealt with problem areas and hot issues was a crime against common sense that is only now being rectified. Senior police management certainly deserve their share of the blame for turning our police service into little more than a team of generalists responding to 911 calls, but let’s not forget who’s really responsible. Read More
  
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• Ottawa City Councillor hopeful but skeptical on LRT readiness - OttawaMatters.com

  23-07-2019 16:29 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa City Councillor hopeful but skeptical on LRT readiness  OttawaMatters.comA former chair of the transit commission says she continues to hear of problems on the Confederation Line.
  
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• Lifeguard 'vacuum' putting squeeze on pool hours - CBC.ca

  23-07-2019 15:14 via cbc.ca
  Lifeguard 'vacuum' putting squeeze on pool hours  CBC.caFaced with a shortage of new lifeguards and a high turnover rate of existing ones, the City of Ottawa is regularly at risk of cutting its swimming pool hours and ...
  
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• Teen cyclist struck in Britannia area

  23-07-2019 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  A cyclist in her late teens suffered what appeared to be minor injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in the Britannia area Tuesday morning. Read More
  
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• Tuesday traffic: New construction, texting could cost you nearly $1,000

  23-07-2019 14:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Texting at traffic lights may be tempting but it isn't just dangerous — it's very, very expensive. Read More
  
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• Weather: Seasonal temps ahead, with slight chance of showers

  23-07-2019 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tuesday kicks off four days of fine weather, sunny skies with a hint of clouds and a high of 26 C. There's a touch of humidity, and the UV index should be 7 or high. Read More
  
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• Rivet: Château Laurier fight shows our heritage sites are defenceless

  23-07-2019 13:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  It is now official: With Ottawa Council voting in favour of the design of a controversial addition to the beloved Château Laurier, a national historic site a mere hundred metres from Parliament Hill and the Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, nowhere in our country are our national symbols safe from abuse and neglect. Read More
  
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