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• Bagnall: Melnyk's gambling debt defence gets complicated - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bagnall: Melnyk's gambling debt defence gets complicated  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• The bright side of my less-than-ideal LRT commute: It should only get better

  07-10-2019 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  There were, at least, people who had much worse commutes than I did on Monday, the opening day of mass changes to Ottawa's transit system. Read More
  
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• LRT trains were packed, but not to capacity during the morning commute, transit boss says

  07-10-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  LRT trains weren't at capacity during the morning peak-period service Monday, even though it might have seemed like no one else could have possibly squeezed on some rail vehicles, the head of OC Transpo said after the commute. Read More
  
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• Man faces numerous charges in string of alleged sex assaults in Ottawa - SooToday.com

  07-10-2019 22:50 via sootoday.com
  Man faces numerous charges in string of alleged sex assaults in Ottawa  SooToday.com
  
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• Fact Check: What's the cost of Scheer's promise to make national museums admission-free?

  07-10-2019 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  To the rest of the country it might seem like a niche campaign pledge, but Conservative leader Andrew Scheer's proposal to axe national museum admission fees would affect millions of museum-goers in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Riders frustrated by bus delays in the suburbs - CTV News

  07-10-2019 22:36 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  Riders frustrated by bus delays in the suburbs  CTV News
  
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• Tentative deal with support staff will restore hundreds of jobs cut at Ontario schools

  07-10-2019 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hundreds of education and support staff positions eliminated at Ontario schools will be restored under a tentative contract reached Sunday. Read More
  
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• Homecare gaps leave man soiled for 30 hours and without care, says wife

  07-10-2019 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Orléans woman says her husband developed bed sores after homecare workers failed to show up to care for him, leaving him in soiled briefs for 30 hours at a time. When caregivers did show up, they were told by their agency not to move him, so he has remained in his bed for weeks. Read More
  
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• Three cyclists struck by vehicles during morning commute

  07-10-2019 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Paramedics took two cyclists to the hospital during a Monday morning commute in which a total of three were struck by vehicles. Read More
  
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• The victims range in age, from teenagers to senior citizens. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181297153559298048 …

  07-10-2019 22:00 via twitter.com
  The victims range in age, from teenagers to senior citizens. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181297153559298048 …
  
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• The early-morning skirmish marked what was otherwise quiet day on the campaign trail as all the party leaders prepared for the evening's national English-language debate. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181292373591986176 …

  07-10-2019 21:38 via twitter.com
  The early-morning skirmish marked what was otherwise quiet day on the campaign trail as all the party leaders prepared for the evening's national English-language debate. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181292373591986176 …
  
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• Adreanna Bingham was last seen wearing a hooded black leather jacket and black pants. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181290612265349120 …

  07-10-2019 21:33 via twitter.com
  Adreanna Bingham was last seen wearing a hooded black leather jacket and black pants. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181290612265349120 …
  
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• Greens turf candidate in Glengarry–Prescott–Russell over social media posts about abortion

  07-10-2019 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Green Party has removed its candidate in Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, Marthe Lépine, over her social media posts about abortion. Read More
  
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• Extinction Rebellion wants to draw attention to what it's calling a climate emergency, as it pushes for governments to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2025. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181281928873332736 …

  07-10-2019 20:58 via twitter.com
  Extinction Rebellion wants to draw attention to what it's calling a climate emergency, as it pushes for governments to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2025. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181281928873332736 …
  
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• Monday morning a tale of 2 commutes in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  07-10-2019 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Monday morning a tale of 2 commutes in Ottawa  CBC.ca
  
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• Remember This? Chief, Diplomat, Peacemaker, Crowfoot visits Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  07-10-2019 20:27 via ottawamatters.com
  Remember This? Chief, Diplomat, Peacemaker, Crowfoot visits Ottawa  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Carleton

  07-10-2019 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• Missing girl, 12, last seen in Cobden on Sunday

  07-10-2019 19:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is asking for help to find a 12-year-old girl missing from Cobden since Sunday evening. Read More
  
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• Hundreds gather for officer's celebration of life

  07-10-2019 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shawna Button carried a small box with her husband’s ashes draped in a Canadian flag as the piper played. Read More
  
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• Hundreds gather for officer's celebration of life - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 19:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hundreds gather for officer's celebration of life  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Woman hides in store's ceiling to avoid shoplifting arrest.https://bit.ly/320kAW0 

  07-10-2019 19:30 via twitter.com
  Woman hides in store's ceiling to avoid shoplifting arrest.https://bit.ly/320kAW0 
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Orléans

  07-10-2019 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Ottawa West-Nepean

  07-10-2019 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Nepean

  07-10-2019 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• #OnAir from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. The Podcast Show with host @clairelbrassard. LISTEN: http://bit.ly/1uwtdOs  #ottnewspic.twitter.com/dgWCO3VmxW

  07-10-2019 18:55 via twitter.com
  #OnAir from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.The Podcast Show with host @clairelbrassard.LISTEN: http://bit.ly/1uwtdOs 
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• Extinction Rebellion group blocks access to major bridge in Halifax. https://bit.ly/35ex3Hp pic.twitter.com/Hv1IDDNkya

  07-10-2019 18:45 via twitter.com
  Extinction Rebellion group blocks access to major bridge in Halifax.https://bit.ly/35ex3Hp pic.twitter.com/Hv1IDDNkya
  
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• The transit operator notes that Confederation Line platforms were as busy as ever, but the only train issue was a two-minute delay in the early hours. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181245939987566593 …

  07-10-2019 18:38 via twitter.com
  The transit operator notes that Confederation Line platforms were as busy as ever, but the only train issue was a two-minute delay in the early hours. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181245939987566593 …
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Ottawa South

  07-10-2019 18:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Ottawa Centre - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Ottawa Centre  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Election 2019: What you need to know about the candidates in Ottawa Centre

  07-10-2019 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  We asked the main federal candidates in the Ottawa-area ridings to answer several questions so voters could get to know them better and get a sense of where they stand on important local issues. Read More
  
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• One dead after Hwy. 50 collision that police believe was intentional

  07-10-2019 18:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man is dead and another was severely injured in a head-on collision that police describe as a deliberate act of ramming. Read More
  
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• 'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record. https://bit.ly/2AQteKM pic.twitter.com/7DayZDVU1m

  07-10-2019 18:15 via twitter.com
  'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record.https://bit.ly/2AQteKM pic.twitter.com/7DayZDVU1m
  
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• One dead after Hwy. 50 collision that police believe was intentional - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 18:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  One dead after Hwy. 50 collision that police believe was intentional  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Freiheit: What do Ottawa's homeless people really need? - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Freiheit: What do Ottawa's homeless people really need?  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• 3 get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use oxygen. https://bit.ly/33eo4Ey pic.twitter.com/fVN3KUQLMB

  07-10-2019 16:52 via twitter.com
  3 get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use oxygen.https://bit.ly/33eo4Ey pic.twitter.com/fVN3KUQLMB
  
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• All three men are all recovering from minor injuries. #OttNewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181202398598979585 …

  07-10-2019 15:44 via twitter.com
  All three men are all recovering from minor injuries. #OttNewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181202398598979585 …
  
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• Monday rush hour flowing smoothly as OC Transpo riders face first major test of major service changes

  07-10-2019 15:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Things were flowing smoothly on both ends of Ottawa's LRT system early on the first Monday morning commute after OC Transpo made massive changes to bus routes. Read More
  
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• .@ExtinctionR Ottawa will be spilling buckets of 'blood' at the Federal Leaders’ Debate tonight, to protest against what the group says is the leaders inaction on the climate crisis. #ottnews #CDNvote2019 #elxn43pic.twitter.com/DvRe8Wwtud

  07-10-2019 15:37 via twitter.com
  .@ExtinctionR Ottawa will be spilling buckets of 'blood' at the Federal Leaders’ Debate tonight, to protest against what the group says is the leaders inaction on the climate crisis. #ottnews #CDNvote2019 #elxn43pic.twitter.com/DvRe8Wwtud
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Will tonight's leaders debate help you decide who to vote for? https://bit.ly/33djqpY  #CDNvote2019 #Elexn43 #cdnpoli

  07-10-2019 15:37 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Will tonight's leaders debate help you decide who to vote for?https://bit.ly/33djqpY #CDNvote2019#Elexn43#cdnpoli
  
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• Three cyclists struck during Ottawa morning commute - OttawaMatters.com

  07-10-2019 15:32 via ottawamatters.com
  Three cyclists struck during Ottawa morning commute  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Kin Community Canada Entertainment says Cruickshank's sit-down interview with Trudeau will kick off season 2 of the weekly show.https://bit.ly/2LU1ESV 

  07-10-2019 15:29 via twitter.com
  Kin Community Canada Entertainment says Cruickshank's sit-down interview with Trudeau will kick off season 2 of the weekly show.https://bit.ly/2LU1ESV 
  
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• The Best Bars and Pubs in Ottawa and Gatineau - Eater Montreal

  07-10-2019 15:00 via montreal.eater.com
  The Best Bars and Pubs in Ottawa and Gatineau  Eater Montreal
  
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• #OnAir 9AM-1PM #OttawaToday live with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS & @rogersottawa22 LISTEN: http://bit.ly/1uwtdOs  #ottnewspic.twitter.com/eIvn29zCnL

  07-10-2019 14:55 via twitter.com
  #OnAir 9AM-1PM#OttawaToday live with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS & @rogersottawa22LISTEN: http://bit.ly/1uwtdOs 
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• Passengers crowded on the platform at Tunney's Pasture station waiting for the train. @1310JasonWhite is there speaking with riders on the first weekday commute after the #ReallyBigServiceChange LISTEN: https://bit.ly/2MmWTQS  #ottnewspic.twitter.

  07-10-2019 14:51 via twitter.com
  Passengers crowded on the platform at Tunney's Pasture station waiting for the train.
  @1310JasonWhite is there speaking with riders on the first weekday commute after the #ReallyBigServiceChangeLISTEN: https://bit.ly/2MmWTQS  #ottnewspic.twitter.com/Jay2Lb5Al2
  
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• Traffic: Some bus lanes say bye bye as routes replaced by rail, new construction this week

  07-10-2019 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo's #ReallyBigServiceChange affects more than 100 bus routes for Monday's trip to work but car commuters will notice big changes too as downtown bus routes are replaced with the new LRT system. Read More
  
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• Dreessen: Ottawa's Official Plan is bold. Will council be bold too?

  07-10-2019 13:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  City staff should be congratulated for setting an ambitious goal with the "Five Big Moves" of Ottawa's new Official Plan. These are, indeed, big moves for the city. But creating the built environment is a political act. How will our local politicians approach these five planning goals? Read More
  
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• Kent: I don’t hate the Ottawa sign – I just like local history more - Ottawa Citizen

  07-10-2019 13:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  Kent: I don’t hate the Ottawa sign – I just like local history more  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Kent: I don’t hate the Ottawa sign – I just like local history more

  07-10-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Behind the Ottawa Sign – one of the city’s most popular tourist spots – lies an almost forgotten monument to the city’s past. The York Street Millennium Fountain celebrates the city providing clean drinking water to its residents since the 1840s. Read More
  
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• Tom Roberts, 35, died at Ottawa Police Headquarters on September 27. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181159001528000514 …

  07-10-2019 12:49 via twitter.com
  Tom Roberts, 35, died at Ottawa Police Headquarters on September 27. #ottnewshttps://twitter.com/OttawaMatters/status/1181159001528000514 …
  
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• Cohen: Most gun deaths are suicides. That's why we need more controls

  07-10-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gun violence, long thought of as an American problem, has been rising in Canada over the past several years. Statistics Canada reports a 42-per-cent increase in gun-related crimes between 2013 and 2017. In his re-election campaign, Justin Trudeau has promised new restrictions on guns, crucially a ban on assault-style rifles and empowering cities to ban handguns. Read More
  
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