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• Audit snapshot: fare evaders not counted, benefit fees overpaid, firefighter recruitment inefficient, but LRT land buys were OK

  26-11-2019 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The auditor general is urging OC Transpo to figure out how many people avoid paying the fare when boarding a bus or train. Read More
  
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• Dude Perfect YouTube stars coming to Ottawa in July

  26-11-2019 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  YouTube sports-comedy squad Dude Perfect announced plans for an Ottawa show on their North American tour next summer. Read More
  
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• Ottawa public school teachers withdraw some services

  26-11-2019 23:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Job action began by public school teachers across Ontario on Tuesday, but things were pretty low key in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Police identify drowning victim as that of 20-year-old Ottawa man

  26-11-2019 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Provincial police have identified the body of a man located in the St. Lawrence River Saturday as that of Adam Cloutier, 20, of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Police called in to help wrong-way bus driver on Highway 174

  26-11-2019 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police confirm that officers were called in to help right a wrong-way OC Transpo bus on Highway 174 early Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Should Ottawa take notes from other countries dealing with an opioid crisis?

  26-11-2019 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The United Nations’ World Drug Report estimates that 167,000 deaths resulted from drug use disorders in 2017, of which 110,000, or almost two-thirds, were opioid-related. Thirty-five million people on this planet, the report says, have drug use disorders requiring treatment services. Read More
  
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• Best bets, Nov. 28 to Dec. 4: A monstrous exhibit at the gallery, Current Swell, and the Blind Boys of Alabama

  26-11-2019 22:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• The Sens Panel S2 Ep. 012

  26-11-2019 22:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ken Warren is joined by Terry Marcotte, of CTV News, and Lee Versage from TSN 1200 to talk about the Ottawa Senators. Read More
  
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• City followed the rules in selecting SNC-Lavalin for LRT Stage 2 project, auditor general finds

  26-11-2019 19:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city followed the rules when it came to selecting SNC-Lavallin for the lucrative Trillium Line expansion contract, the auditor general has found. Read More
  
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• Missing man, 89, was last seen in Alexandria

  26-11-2019 19:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The OPP is asking the public to help them find an 89-year-old man who was last seen driving his red minivan in Alexandria Monday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Westboro bus crash driver trial set to commence in March 2021

  26-11-2019 18:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OC Transpo driver Aissatou Diallo will not stand trial until March 2021. She faces multiple counts of dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm following the fatal Westboro bus crash in January. Read More
  
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• On his new, made-in-Brooklyn album, Ottawa's Petr Cancura sings through his saxophone

  26-11-2019 18:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the last two years, Petr Cancura has traveled far and wide to get to his recording sessions. Read More
  
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• Boil water advisory for 10,000 Gatineau homes

  26-11-2019 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  About 10,000 Gatineau homes will be affected by a preventive boil water advisory in the city beginning Wednesday morning. Read More
  
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• Police identify drowning victim as 20-year-old Ottawa man

  26-11-2019 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Provincial police have identified the body of a man located in the St. Lawrence River Saturday as Adam Cloutier, 20, of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• AG recommends adding audit of OC Transpo's ridership forecasting to his 2020 work plan

  26-11-2019 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City auditor general Ken Hughes wants to audit OC Transpo's process to forecast ridership demand and create transit schedules as the agency grapples with stabilizing the $2.1-billion LRT system and improving the bus network. Read More
  
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• GoFundMe for family of boy killed in collision with moose tops $40,000

  26-11-2019 15:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A GoFundMe campaign for an Orléans family whose five-year-old son was killed and two-year-old daughter critically injured in a collision with a moose north of Montebello on Nov. 16 has raised more than $40,000 for the family's expenses. Read More
  
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• Cohen: Five good reasons to label this city 'Ottawa the Inept'

  26-11-2019 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For years, the argument against the City of Ottawa has been its absence of vision. Imagination is under house arrest here, or worse, confined to a witness protection program. Read More
  
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• Police called in to help wrong-way bus driver on Hwy. 174

  26-11-2019 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police confirm that officers were called in to help right a wrong-way OC Transpo bus on Highway 174 early Tuesday morning. Read More
  
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• Man wounded, two arrested in Montreal Road stabbing

  26-11-2019 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Two people were arrested Monday night after a 23-year-old man suffered critical injuries when he was stabbed on Montreal Road. Read More
  
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• Denley: Nothing in this vision will make people move to LeBreton Flats

  26-11-2019 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The National Capital Commission’s new “master concept plan” for LeBreton Flats strives for mediocrity and falls sadly short. The NCC’s “renewed vision” for the site includes housing, shops, services and plenty of grassy parks. If this were the plan for the next phase of Barrhaven, it would be impressive. Read More
  
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• Your commute: Carling onramp opens (really), stretch of Saint-René Blvd. W. closed

  26-11-2019 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Even the city's just-the-facts-ma'am traffic centre was gushing. Read More
  
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• Egan: Orléans residents huffing mad about inflatable dome at high school

  26-11-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What's going on in today's schoolyard? A new kind of hijinks, about seven storeys tall. Read More
  
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• Weather: Chilly temperatures return, with snow in sight for weekend

  26-11-2019 12:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  One more day of bearable temps before we're back to wintry temps and snow. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: A lightning-quick graffiti clean-up

  26-11-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Re: Nadal, Spain oust Canada to win Davis Cup, Nov. 25. Read More
  
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• The shame of opioids: Confronting the crisis by addressing stigma

  26-11-2019 12:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gord Garner tells the story of a man he worked with when he first moved to Ottawa from Barrie, where he grew up. The man was gay, and Garner said to him, “Gee, there weren’t any gay guys in my high school.” Read More
  
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• 'Demonstrable, continuous progress': Sloly reveals more of his vision for policing in Ottawa

  26-11-2019 02:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa's new police chief has his work cut out when it comes to juggling a slate of demands for force resources and reform, Monday's police board meeting underscored. Read More
  
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