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• 'Meet me at Lansdowne, b—h:' Woman recounts terrifying Uber ride

  26-07-2019 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Uber ride Abby Yuill took to Lansdowne Tuesday night began like any other — until threats were made. Read More
  
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• Ottawa moves slowly when it comes to tackling racism - Toronto Star

  26-07-2019 23:39 via thestar.com
  Ottawa moves slowly when it comes to tackling racism  Toronto StarThe federal government published an anti-racism strategy last month, but it's a far cry from an actual plan to take action, Heather Scoffield writes.
  
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• Mounties in Manitoba are asking that anyone who may have unwittingly helped two teen homicide suspects leave the area where they were last seen to come forward. https://www.ottawamatters.com/national-news/rcmp-ask-anyone-who-may-have-helped-bc-suspects-f

  26-07-2019 23:16 via twitter.com
  Mounties in Manitoba are asking that anyone who may have unwittingly helped two teen homicide suspects leave the area where they were last seen to come forward.https://www.ottawamatters.com/national-news/rcmp-ask-anyone-who-may-have-helped-bc-suspects-flee-to-come-forward-1609734 …pic.twitter.com/diKsS7Ehpl
  
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• 'Meet me at Lansdowne, b---h:' Woman recounts terrifying Uber ride - Ottawa Citizen

  26-07-2019 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  'Meet me at Lansdowne, b---h:' Woman recounts terrifying Uber ride  Ottawa CitizenThe Uber ride Abby Yuill took to Lansdowne Tuesday night began like any other — until threats were made.Yuill, 22, documented part of the terrifying ...
  
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• STORY: A serious crash has closed highway 15 near Smiths Falls this afternoon. #ottnews #otttraffichttps://www.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/several-injured-one-critically-in-highway-15-pileup-south-of-smiths-falls-1609651 …

  26-07-2019 22:44 via twitter.com
  STORY: A serious crash has closed highway 15 near Smiths Falls this afternoon. #ottnews #otttraffichttps://www.ottawamatters.com/police-beat/several-injured-one-critically-in-highway-15-pileup-south-of-smiths-falls-1609651 …
  
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• Sexsomnia case: Dad who molested young teen daughter found not criminally responsible

  26-07-2019 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Eastern Ontario father who molested his 14-year-old daughter in 2016 has been found not criminally responsible because he was "suffering" from sexsomnia at the time. Read More
  
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• Sexsomnia case: Dad who molested young teen daughter found not criminally responsible - Ottawa Citizen

  26-07-2019 22:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sexsomnia case: Dad who molested young teen daughter found not criminally responsible  Ottawa CitizenAn Eastern Ontario father who molested his 14-year-old daughter in 2016 has been found not criminally responsible because he was “suffering” from sexsomnia ...
  
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• Chamberfest preview: Cannabis Cantata

  26-07-2019 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  One wonders if J.S. Bach would approve of a brand new composition co-commissioned by Chamberfest and set to be performed Monday night. Read More
  
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• Police warn of east end 'distraction thefts' — 30 in recent months

  26-07-2019 21:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  They approach seniors, often in store parking lots, and offer to help them carry their purchases, point out dropped money or spot car trouble. Read More
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat warning for Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  26-07-2019 21:51 via ottawamatters.com
  Environment Canada issues heat warning for Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comA slightly cooler air mass is expected to arrive on Tuesday.
  
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• Chamberfest preview: KUNÉ Canada's Global Orchestra embraces multiculturalism with its music

  26-07-2019 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Until 2017, "kuné" was just the word in Esperanto that means "together." Read More
  
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• Police report 30 distraction thefts in Ottawa's east end in recent months - OttawaMatters.com

  26-07-2019 21:13 via ottawamatters.com
  Police report 30 distraction thefts in Ottawa's east end in recent months  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* is investigating a number of distraction thefts throughout the east end of the city, targeting seniors. Officers say the thefts have been ...
  
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• NCC reopens pathway from Portage Bridge to history museum

  26-07-2019 21:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Just in time for weekend walks and bike rides, the National Capital Commission's Voyageurs Pathway fully reopened Friday. Read More
  
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• .@PoliceGatineau is identifying of the victim of the city's first homicide of 2019 as Jeffrey Claude Godin, 42, of Ottawa. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154828259550326784 …

  26-07-2019 20:59 via twitter.com
  .@PoliceGatineau is identifying of the victim of the city's first homicide of 2019 as Jeffrey Claude Godin, 42, of Ottawa. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154828259550326784 …
  
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• Gatineau police identify homicide victim as Ottawa man, 42

  26-07-2019 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police have identified the city's first homicide victim of 2019 as Jeffrey Claude Godin, 42, of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Uncle Tetsu cheesecake diehards line up early for Elgin Street debut

  26-07-2019 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Adam Smiley got to 280 Elgin St. around 7:45 a.m., with hopes of being one of the first to sample the city's most sought after cheesecake. Read More
  
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• Ottawa racks up $1.4 billion deficit in the first two months of fiscal year - Financial Post

  26-07-2019 20:22 via business.financialpost.com
  Ottawa racks up $1.4 billion deficit in the first two months of fiscal year  Financial PostOTTAWA — A new preliminary estimate says the federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.4 billion through the first two months of the current fiscal ...
  
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• Gatineau police identify homicide victim as Ottawa man, 42 - Ottawa Citizen

  26-07-2019 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police identify homicide victim as Ottawa man, 42  Ottawa CitizenGatineau police identify homicide victim as Ottawa man, 42.
  
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• Former good feeling between public servants and Liberals is gone, PSAC says

  26-07-2019 20:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Federal public servants have become disaffected with the Liberal government, says the leader of their biggest union, and they will be "actively" involved in October's election. Read More
  
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• Uncle Tetsu cheesecake diehards line up early for Elgin Street debut - Ottawa Citizen

  26-07-2019 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Uncle Tetsu cheesecake diehards line up early for Elgin Street debut  Ottawa CitizenUncle Tetsu cheesecake diehards line up early for Elgin Street debut.
  
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• Kurl: Digesting poll results properly means chewing the data slowly

  26-07-2019 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Like grief (OK, not entirely), there appear to be five stages to the way journalists, political junkies and various interested folks consume political polls. Read More
  
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• Former Kingston youth worker arrested on historic sex charges

  26-07-2019 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police in Kingston are looking for possible victims of sexual abuse after arresting and charging a Nova Scotia man who previously worked in Kingston. Read More
  
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• Police nab two drunk drivers Friday morning ahead of 'MegaRIDE'

  26-07-2019 18:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police in the region are planning RIDE checks on roads and waterways during Friday night revelry but in Ottawa, officers had nabbed two drunk drivers by breakfast time. Read More
  
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• How OREB increases confidence among Ottawa commercial real estate buyers and sellers - Ottawa Business Journal

  26-07-2019 18:21 via obj.ca
  How OREB increases confidence among Ottawa commercial real estate buyers and sellers  Ottawa Business JournalThere are many commercial real estate professionals in Ottawa, but when it comes to standards of conduct, the commercial Realtors registered with the Ottawa ...
  
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• The Best Coffee Shops in Ottawa and Gatineau - Eater Montreal

  26-07-2019 18:01 via montreal.eater.com
  The Best Coffee Shops in Ottawa and Gatineau  Eater MontrealSimple espresso, frothy lattes, and good ol' cups of black java in the nation's capital.
  
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• Odyssey Theatre preview: A trip to the public library kickstarted idea for The Bonds of Interest 

  26-07-2019 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 2 men arrested after shots fired in Lowertown: Ottawa police - Global News

  26-07-2019 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  2 men arrested after shots fired in Lowertown: Ottawa police  Global NewsOfficers were called to Murray Street in downtown Ottawa at 1:30 a.m., according to the police *service*. No charges have been laid in the incident.
  
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• Chamberfest preview: Pianist Hinrich Alpers is ready to run the Beethoven marathon

  26-07-2019 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  "You may find it hard to believe, but as a teenager I really didn't enjoy playing Beethoven's piano music all that much," says German pianist Hinrich Alpers. Read More
  
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• 'Projectile' that struck vehicle on 401 linked to white SUV

  26-07-2019 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are hunting for a new white SUV in connection with two Prescott-area mischief incidents last month, including one that could have killed someone. Read More
  
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• With the temperature expected to feel like the mid-40's this weekend. This is good news! #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/ottawahealth/status/1154753906645225472 …

  26-07-2019 16:04 via twitter.com
  With the temperature expected to feel like the mid-40's this weekend. This is good news! #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/ottawahealth/status/1154753906645225472 …
  
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• ICYMI: The popular bakery is now open! #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154374778569936899 …

  26-07-2019 16:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: The popular bakery is now open! #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154374778569936899 …
  
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• The news comes on the same day that John Fogerty, who performed at the original 1969 festival with Creedence Clearwater Revival, pulled out of the anniversary event.https://bit.ly/2LJFAMc 

  26-07-2019 15:57 via twitter.com
  The news comes on the same day that John Fogerty, who performed at the original 1969 festival with Creedence Clearwater Revival, pulled out of the anniversary event.https://bit.ly/2LJFAMc 
  
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• No charges in crash that killed Perth woman, 72

  26-07-2019 15:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Lanark County OPP is thanking the people who stopped to help a Perth woman who was fatally injured when her car collided with a tractor trailer on Highway 7 Thursday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Driver killed in overnight Oxford Mills crash

  26-07-2019 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was killed early Friday after his car crashed in Oxford Mills, about 70 km south of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• St-Isidore fire victims IDed, police find no criminal wrongdoing

  26-07-2019 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police have concluded that there was no criminal wrongdoing in a fire Tuesday that killed two men at a farmhouse in St-Isidore, about 75 kilometres east of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• UPDATE: Ottawa Police say the elderly man found wandering near the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club on Wednesday has been identified and is in the care of his family. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaPolice/status/1154726175954100225 …

  26-07-2019 14:30 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Ottawa Police say the elderly man found wandering near the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club on Wednesday has been identified and is in the care of his family. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaPolice/status/1154726175954100225 …
  
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• Elderly man wandering in east end identified, in care of family

  26-07-2019 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  An elderly man found in the south-end of the city has been identified and is back in the care of his family, police said Friday morning. Read More
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Do you share the Mayors confidence that LRT will be ready to ride in September? https://bit.ly/2OizYKR  #ottnews

  26-07-2019 14:03 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Do you share the Mayors confidence that LRT will be ready to ride in September?https://bit.ly/2OizYKR 
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• Two arrested after shots fired at vehicle in Lower Town

  26-07-2019 14:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two men were arrested early Friday morning after shots were fired at a vehicle in a Murray Street parking lot. Read More
  
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• Friday traffic: Closures for Chinatown market, triathlon, 417 construction

  26-07-2019 13:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Summertime Friday traffic is notoriously light in Ottawa but there are a bunch of closures and detours for those of us who aren't on vacation. Read More
  
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• Friday traffic: Closures for Chinatown market, triathlon, 417 construction - Ottawa Citizen

  26-07-2019 13:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Friday traffic: Closures for Chinatown market, triathlon, 417 construction  Ottawa CitizenFriday traffic: Closures for Chinatown market, triathlon, 417 construction.
  
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• Shots fired in Lowertown - CTV News

  26-07-2019 13:29 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Shots fired in Lowertown  CTV NewsOttawa Police are investigating a report of shots fired in Lowertown overnight.
  
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• RTG plans to hand over the system to the city on August 16. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154713129370058753 …

  26-07-2019 13:25 via twitter.com
  RTG plans to hand over the system to the city on August 16. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154713129370058753 …
  
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• Ottawa police say shots were fired Friday around 1:30 a.m. in Lower Town. There were no injuries. Two men have been arrested. #OttNewspic.twitter.com/0AUhCdKhv4

  26-07-2019 13:22 via twitter.com
  Ottawa police say shots were fired Friday around 1:30 a.m. in Lower Town. There were no injuries.
  Two men have been arrested. #OttNewspic.twitter.com/0AUhCdKhv4
  
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• Weather: Capital region on broil setting for the weekend, showery Sunday

  26-07-2019 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital will be on an uncomfortable broil setting for the next few days with very high temps and humidity. Read More
  
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• Ottawa to release findings after reviewing case of extradited professor Hassan Diab - Global News

  26-07-2019 13:01 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa to release findings after reviewing case of extradited professor Hassan Diab  Global NewsThe federal government is expected to release findings today of an independent review of an extradition that resulted in Ottawa professor Hassan Diab spending ...
  
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• Water rescue units out for moonlight assist for leaky sailboat

  26-07-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Service water rescue was called out for some moonlight assistance early Friday. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: A Château Laurier thought, Falun Gong and tall buildings

  26-07-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Londoners would not be amused Read More
  
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• Temperatures will approach heat wave conditions with highs in the 30's, and humidity levels in the 40's. #OttNewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154696395598622720 …

  26-07-2019 12:19 via twitter.com
  Temperatures will approach heat wave conditions with highs in the 30's, and humidity levels in the 40's. #OttNewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1154696395598622720 …
  
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