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• Preventing similar tragedies: Inquest called into deaths of Basil Borutski's three murder victims

  28-08-2019 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  An inquest has been called into the deaths of three Ottawa Valley women murdered on the same day by Basil Borutski — a man twice convicted for domestic violence and banned from possessing firearms. Read More
  
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• Syphilis rates jump 400% in Ottawa over 5 years - CTV News

  28-08-2019 23:41 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Syphilis rates jump 400% in Ottawa over 5 years  CTV NewsA disease we once thought we could eradicate is now rapidly on the rise around the world and here in Ottawa.
  
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• McKenna belatedly announces pre-election cash for affordable seniors housing in Ottawa Centre - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 23:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  McKenna belatedly announces pre-election cash for affordable seniors housing in Ottawa Centre  Ottawa CitizenOttawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna announced at $7.84-million federal commitment to the construction of new affordable rental units for Ottawa seniors ...
  
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• CityFolk: Lineup for Marvest festival, featuring local musicians, announced

  28-08-2019 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Local musicians and music-lovers will get a chance to know each other this September during the CityFolk Marvest event, a two-day festival of musicians whose lineup was announced Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Stress an issue for frontline Ottawa Mission workers during incident-filled summer - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2019 23:20 via ottawamatters.com
  Stress an issue for frontline Ottawa Mission workers during incident-filled summer  OttawaMatters.comThe Mission is working with the City of Ottawa to find a solution to overcrowding before this winter.
  
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• Context: Ottawa-area Catholic, French school boards have excelled in past testing results

  28-08-2019 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The new testing results released from the Education Quality and Accountability Office show trends across the entire province, but data specific to boards and schools won't be available until Sept. 25. That means that, for now, we don't know how Ottawa did in comparison to other cities. Read More
  
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• Opinion | News and notes from my first AMO Conference in Ottawa - The New Hamburg Independent

  28-08-2019 23:11 via newhamburgindependent.ca
  Opinion | News and notes from my first AMO Conference in Ottawa  The New Hamburg IndependentIn mid-August, I attended the AMO (Association of Municipalities Ontario) conference in Ottawa to meet with members of provincial parliament and other council ...
  
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• Context: Ottawa-area Catholic, French school boards have excelled in past testing results - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Context: Ottawa-area Catholic, French school boards have excelled in past testing results  Ottawa CitizenThe new testing results released from the Education Quality and Accountability Office show trends across the entire province, but data specific to boards and ...
  
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• Dining Out: Some pretty dishes bloomed, others wilted at Tulip Restaurant

  28-08-2019 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the fall of 2017, when David Vinoya was the chef of Wild Sage Kitchen & Bar in Regina, he won that city's Gold Medal Plates competition after wowing judges with a striking dish that he had enigmatically dubbed "The Nest." Read More
  
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• Dining Out: Some pretty dishes bloomed, others wilted at Tulip Restaurant - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Dining Out: Some pretty dishes bloomed, others wilted at Tulip Restaurant  Ottawa CitizenTulip Restaurant & Bar 361 Queen St. (inside the Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Downtown), 613-234-6363, tulipottawa.com. Open: Daily from noon to 2:30 p.m. and ...
  
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• City of Ottawa identifies employee killed in workplace incident - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2019 22:55 via ottawamatters.com
  City of Ottawa identifies employee killed in workplace incident  OttawaMatters.comA memorial *service* is set for Michel Ethier.
  
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• Women more likely to die after bypass surgery: Ontario study

  28-08-2019 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Women are more likely than men to die after cardiac surgery, a study of more than 72,000 Ontario cardiac patients has found. Read More
  
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• THIS JUST IN: The City of Ottawa have identified the man who died when two garbage tucks collided on August 19th as 55-year-old Michel Ethier. Flags will fly at half-mast until Saturday, September 14th, the day of the memorial service #ottnews

  28-08-2019 22:46 via twitter.com
  THIS JUST IN: The City of Ottawa have identified the man who died when two garbage tucks collided on August 19th as 55-year-old Michel Ethier. Flags will fly at half-mast until Saturday, September 14th, the day of the memorial service #ottnews
  
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• Women more likely to die after bypass surgery: Ontario study - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 22:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Women more likely to die after bypass surgery: Ontario study  Ottawa CitizenWomen are more likely than men to die after cardiac surgery, a study of more than 72000 Ontario cardiac patients has found.The study, which was recently ...
  
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• Women more likely to die after bypass surgery: study - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Women more likely to die after bypass surgery: study  Ottawa CitizenWomen are more likely than men to die after cardiac surgery, a study of more than 72000 Ontario cardiac patients has found.The study, which was recently ...
  
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• CFL BLITZ: Picks and rankings for the coming week - Ottawa Sun

  28-08-2019 22:23 via ottawasun.com
  CFL BLITZ: Picks and rankings for the coming week  Ottawa SunPOSTMEDIA PICKSWinnipeg (8-2) at Saskatchewan (6-3)Sunday (3 p.m., ET)This isn't the same Roughriders team that lost its opening two games of the ...
  
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• Ottawa Senators top prospects will participate in rookie tourney - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Senators top prospects will participate in rookie tourney  Ottawa CitizenThe Ottawa Senators will have no shortage of talent on their roster for the rookie tournament that gets under way next Friday at the CAA Arena in Belleville.
  
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• Cornwall police arrest two Ottawa men after drugs, loaded handgun found - Ottawa Sun

  28-08-2019 22:18 via ottawasun.com
  Cornwall police arrest two Ottawa men after drugs, loaded handgun found  Ottawa SunCornwall police have arrested two Ottawa men and seized a "significant quantity" of drugs, as well as a loaded handgun and cash as part of a continuing ...
  
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• Matthews release the latest twist in Blue Bombers soap opera - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Matthews release the latest twist in Blue Bombers soap opera  Ottawa CitizenThey're in first place with eight games remaining in the season and are still among the Grey Cup favourites and yet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have also ...
  
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• Cyclist critically injured in Orléans dies in Israeli hospital - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 21:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cyclist critically injured in Orléans dies in Israeli hospital  Ottawa CitizenThe cyclist critically injured in an accident in Orléans on Aug. 7 has died in Israel, where he was airlifted by his family last week.Ottawa police say they were ...
  
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• Cyclist critically injured in Orléans dies in Israeli hospital

  28-08-2019 21:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The cyclist critically injured in an accident in Orléans on Aug. 7 has died in Israel, where he was airlifted by his family last week. Read More
  
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• Tracking the globetrotting path of Invest Ottawa's new VP of global expansion - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-08-2019 21:24 via obj.ca
  Tracking the globetrotting path of Invest Ottawa's new VP of global expansion  Ottawa Business JournalJens-Michael Schaal is on a mission to sell companies from around the world on the merits of doing business in the capital – a sales pitch he's personally ...
  
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• 'Unspeakably terrifying': Manotick girl continues life-saving treatment as third bone marrow registry clinic planned

  28-08-2019 21:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  It has been a difficult week for Hillary McKibbin, the six-year-old Manotick girl being treated for a rare blood disease, and her family. Read More
  
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• Ontario appeals to Supreme Court in fight against Ottawa's carbon price - National Observer

  28-08-2019 20:48 via nationalobserver.com
  Ontario appeals to Supreme Court in fight against Ottawa's carbon price  National ObserverThe Doug Ford government is taking its fight against the federal government's price on pollution to the highest court in the country.
  
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• Inquest called into deaths of Basil Borutski's three murder victims

  28-08-2019 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  An inquest has been called into the deaths of three Ottawa Valley women murdered by Basil Borutski. Read More
  
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• Preventing similar tragedies: Inquest called into deaths of Basil Borutski's three murder victims - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 20:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Preventing similar tragedies: Inquest called into deaths of Basil Borutski's three murder victims  Ottawa CitizenAn inquest has been called into the deaths of three Ottawa Valley women murdered on the same day by Basil Borutski — a man twice convicted for domestic ...
  
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• JUST IN: The Ontario government has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada over the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision on the constitutionality of the federal carbon tax. #ottnews

  28-08-2019 20:17 via twitter.com
  JUST IN: The Ontario government has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada over the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision on the constitutionality of the federal carbon tax. #ottnews
  
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• Brazil’s Gripen E makes first flight, F-35 parts deal underway and other defence industry news

  28-08-2019 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Saab says it completed a successful flight for Brazil’s first Gripen E fighter jet. This aircraft is the first Brazilian production aircraft and will be used in the joint test program as a test aircraft, according to the firm. Read More
  
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• Cornwall police charge men from Ottawa in drug bust - Standard Freeholder

  28-08-2019 19:26 via standard-freeholder.com
  Cornwall police charge men from Ottawa in drug bust  Standard FreeholderSummary of charges from drug investigation released by Cornwall Police *Service* on Aug. 28, 2019.
  
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• Glavin: Nobody knows what Canadians will even be voting about in October

  28-08-2019 19:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The scripts are air tight, the talking points are nailed down, the candidates are all carefully rehearsing their lines and no matter what happens, the Conservatives, the Liberals, the New Democrats and the Greens will each strive to ensure that nothing gets in the way of what they’ve decided the upcoming federal election should be about. But a lot can happen in the seven weeks between now and polling day, and the thing that ends up making the difference will be, as likely as not, something
  
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• Ottawa landlord ordered to forfeit part of property rented to unsanctioned pot dispensaries - Global News

  28-08-2019 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa landlord ordered to forfeit part of property rented to unsanctioned pot dispensaries  Global NewsA landlord in Ottawa says he's waiting to reclaim a building he owns on Preston Street after he was ordered to forfeit part of the property because he had rented ...
  
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• Two Ottawa men arrested after drugs, loaded handgun found in Cornwall arrest

  28-08-2019 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cornwall police have arrested two Ottawa men and seized a "significant quantity" of drugs, as well as a loaded handgun and cash as part of a continuing investigation. Read More
  
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• Two Ottawa men arrested after drugs, loaded handgun found in Cornwall arrest - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two Ottawa men arrested after drugs, loaded handgun found in Cornwall arrest  Ottawa CitizenCornwall police have arrested two Ottawa men and seized a "significant quantity" of drugs, as well as a loaded handgun and cash as part of a continuing ...
  
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• Idan Azrad, 27, was stuck by a vehicle on Renaud Road earlier this month. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1166747538667401216 …

  28-08-2019 18:21 via twitter.com
  Idan Azrad, 27, was stuck by a vehicle on Renaud Road earlier this month. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1166747538667401216 …
  
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• Lineup for Marvest festival, featuring local musicians, announced

  28-08-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Local musicians and music-lovers will get a chance to know each other this September during the CityFolk Marvest event, a two-day festival of musicians whose lineup was announced Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Cost per square foot of Ottawa-Gatineau housing rising at fastest clip in Canada: Royal LePage - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-08-2019 18:04 via obj.ca
  Cost per square foot of Ottawa-Gatineau housing rising at fastest clip in Canada: Royal LePage  Ottawa Business JournalRoyal LePage said Wednesday that the median price per square foot of condominium space rose 17.9 per cent year-over-year in the first seven months of 2019 ...
  
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• Belliveau: Canadians should take heed of the humanitarian crisis at the US/Mexican border

  28-08-2019 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Joe Belliveau is the executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Canada. Read More
  
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• Ottawa anti-smoking expert worried by vape-related U.S. lung illnesses - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2019 17:31 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa anti-smoking expert worried by vape-related U.S. lung illnesses  OttawaMatters.comThe country's top expert on smoking cessation is concerned by an outbreak of severe lung illnesses in multiple U.S. states, and is renewing his calls for stricter ...
  
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• Power restored after south end outage

  28-08-2019 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hydro Ottawa reported power was restored in the city's south end after more than 3,700 customers were left in the dark Wednesday morning. Read More
  
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• Power has been restored in Ottawa's south end after impacting thousands - Ottawa Sun

  28-08-2019 17:23 via ottawasun.com
  Power has been restored in Ottawa's south end after impacting thousands  Ottawa SunMore than 3700 Hydro Ottawa customers were without power Wednesday morning.
  
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• Power restored after south end outage - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Power restored after south end outage  Ottawa CitizenMore than 3700 Hydro Ottawa customers were without power Wednesday morning.
  
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• Three arrested, gun and drugs seized following Westboro traffic stop

  28-08-2019 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three men are facing charges after a loaded handgun and a quantity of drugs and cash was seized by police following a traffic stop on Churchill Avenue North Wednesday morning. Read More
  
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• Three arrested, gun and drugs seized following Westboro traffic stop - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three arrested, gun and drugs seized following Westboro traffic stop  Ottawa CitizenThree men are facing charges after a loaded handgun and a quantity of drugs and cash was seized by police following a traffic stop on Churchill Avenue North ...
  
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• Bombers release receiver Chris Matthews - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 16:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bombers release receiver Chris Matthews  Ottawa CitizenChris Matthews, a former NFLer who played in a Super Bowl and won the CFL most outstanding rookie award in 2012, has been released by the Winnipeg Blue ...
  
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• Ottawa driver charged after fatal collision south of Perth

  28-08-2019 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man was charged with impaired driving after a fatal single vehicle collision in Rideau Lakes on Tuesday night. Read More
  
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• Ottawa elementary students' math scores decline on standardized test - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2019 16:42 via ottawamatters.com
  Ottawa elementary students' math scores decline on standardized test  OttawaMatters.comEQAO scores are down in the city and across the province.
  
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• Ottawa eyes satellite-based landing systems at small airports - Nunatsiaq News

  28-08-2019 16:30 via nunatsiaq.com
  Ottawa eyes satellite-based landing systems at small airports  Nunatsiaq NewsOttawa is earmarking $7.4 million for a Nav Canada project to look at installing a new global navigation satellite system in selected northern airports, Transport ...
  
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• Minto Communities commemorates former Ottawa Justice of the Peace with honorary street naming in Quinn's Pointe community - Canada NewsWire

  28-08-2019 16:11 via newswire.ca
  Minto Communities commemorates former Ottawa Justice of the Peace with honorary street naming in Quinn's Pointe community  Canada NewsWireOTTAWA, Aug. 28, 2019 /CNW/ - Former Ottawa Justice of the Peace, Lynn Coulter, was honoured at a street naming ceremony in Minto Communities' Quinn's ...
  
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• POWER OUTAGE in the Findlay Creek Area. 3719 customers are affected. The estimated time of restoration is today at 1 p.m. #ottnewspic.twitter.com/GQ8PbYZO9f

  28-08-2019 16:08 via twitter.com
  POWER OUTAGE in the Findlay Creek Area.3719 customers are affected.The estimated time of restoration is today at 1 p.m. #ottnewspic.twitter.com/GQ8PbYZO9f
  
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• Bitcoin is surging. Could smaller rivals be due for rallies, too? - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2019 15:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bitcoin is surging. Could smaller rivals be due for rallies, too?  Ottawa CitizenCryptocurrencies have rallied this year thanks to expectations of greater institutional adoption and plans by Facebook Inc. to launch its own stablecoin.
  
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