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• Official plan meeting: Worries over suburban mobility, girth of urban boundary unloaded

  09-12-2019 23:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Much of a public meeting Monday on the City of Ottawa's next official plan was just as much about improving roads and public transit in the suburban areas as it was about rewriting the planning bible for the city as a whole. Read More
  
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• Statement from Brian Casey's family

  09-12-2019 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  LeeEllen Carrol, the widow of Brian Casey, and his father, Gus Casey, issued this statement Monday regarding Christy Natsis being granted full parole: Read More
  
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• Worries over suburban mobility, girth of urban boundary unloaded at official plan meeting

  09-12-2019 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Much of a public meeting Monday on the City of Ottawa's next official plan was just as much about improving roads and public transit in the suburban areas as it was about rewriting the planning bible for the city as a whole. Read More
  
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• Elementary teachers ramp up job action this week by cancelling field trips, refusing to collect money

  09-12-2019 22:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The labour strife between education unions and the province will be felt mainly in Ottawa's elementary schools this week as teachers ramp up their job action. Read More
  
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• Ottawa pharmacy owner charged with sexual assault

  09-12-2019 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An Ottawa pharmacy owner faces two charges of sexual assault and a charge of assault following an investigation by Ottawa police. Read More
  
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• Gentile: A Canadian compromise could win UN Security Council seat

  09-12-2019 20:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canadians like to think of ourselves as global good guys: inventors of UN peacekeeping, supporters of multilateralism, human rights and the rule of law. Our flirtation with being global climate pariahs ended when we acceded to the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. We welcome refugees fleeing persecution. We’re the ninth-largest donor country in net U.S. dollars and the eighth-largest donor of programs promoting or integrating gender equality, according to the OECD. So when we decide to camp
  
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• Holiday benefit concert in memory of Jonathan Pitre

  09-12-2019 20:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A holiday benefit concert in memory of Jonathan Pitre will take place in Embrun this week to raise money towards the cause that animated his life: helping those with EB. Read More
  
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• Beyond 'hygge': Learning from Antwerp's artful approach to community-building

  09-12-2019 20:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In Canada and other northern countries, November can be one of the darkest, bleakest times of the year. With fall colours receding, the downtown cores of many cities become a monochrome mix of concrete, glass and steel. No wonder then, that many of us embrace the Danish practice of ‘Hygge’, which includes retreating indoors, bundling up, lighting candles and drinking mulled wine. Read More
  
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• House Works: How to choose a new furnace

  09-12-2019 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Anderson: Now's the time for MPs to strengthen Canadian politics

  09-12-2019 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Last week’s throne speech laid out the Liberal government’s agenda for our current minority Parliament. While the speech in 2015 had an entire section on “open and transparent government,” the new edition paid little attention to our democratic institutions. Read More
  
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• Police probe weekend shooting on Meadowlands Drive

  09-12-2019 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police's guns and gangs unit is asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity around the time of a weekend shooting on Meadowlands Drive to come forward. Read More
  
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• Residents of tent city near LeBreton Flats plan to fight NCC eviction notice

  09-12-2019 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The NCC posted an eviction notice at the tent city Sunday, saying the encampment near Bayview Station posed health and safety risks. The NCC cited exposure risk, fire risk, restricted access for emergency responders and "a lack of basic services and sanitation" at the site. Read More
  
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• One person dead in single-vehicle crash on County Road 43

  09-12-2019 16:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  One person is dead after their sedan slid off County Road 43 near Boundary Road and struck a tree at about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Read More
  
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• Residents of tent city near LeBreton Flats plan to fight eviction notice from NCC

  09-12-2019 15:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Citing health and safety risks, the National Capital Commission posted an eviction notice at a tent city near Bayview Station on Sunday, giving its residents until Monday to vacate the encampment with their belongings. Read More
  
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• Trevor Noah bringing Sorry, Not Sorry Tour to Ottawa

  09-12-2019 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Daily Show host Trevor Noah is coming back to the capital in 2020 after a pair of sold-out shows earlier this year. Read More
  
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• Learning from Antwerp's artful approach to community-building

  09-12-2019 15:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In Canada and other northern countries, November can be one of the darkest, bleakest times of the year. With fall colours receding, the downtown cores of many cities become a monochrome mix of concrete, glass and steel. No wonder then, that many of us embrace the Danish practice of ‘Hygge’, which includes retreating indoors, bundling up, lighting candles and drinking mulled wine. Read More
  
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• HouseWorks: How to choose a new furnace

  09-12-2019 15:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Throw out Sunflower Crisp salad kits, health officials warn as 16 sickened by E. coli

  09-12-2019 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Health and food safety officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli 0157 spanning five provinces they think is likely linked to Fresh Express brand Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kits and warn that more people may get sick. Read More
  
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• Your commute: Crash snarls Trim traffic, no significant wait times on LRT

  09-12-2019 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If your commute takes Trim Road expect some residual northbound delays near Highway 174 after a car versus bus crash Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Temperature rises to 6 C tomorrow, plummets to -20 C by Wednesday

  09-12-2019 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Trade your toque for an umbrella for a mild, rainy Monday but you'll need it again when temperatures tumble Tuesday and plunge Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Kassam: We can't judge Ontario doctors by their OHIP billings

  09-12-2019 13:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This week, like every week, my physician colleagues had the privilege of taking care of patients in need across the province. For me personally, this included helping an elderly grandmother who suffered a major stroke that left her without the ability to communicate with her grandchildren, a middle-aged husband who spontaneously broke his leg as a result of a newly diagnosed bone cancer, and a homeless refugee who was struck by a vehicle, causing significant brain injury. Read More
  
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• Flood and Thomas: Instead of two-tier medicine, fix wait times for all

  09-12-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Closing arguments were made recently in Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia, a multi-year trial that seeks to overturn laws that restrict opportunities for two-tier health care. The claimants, led by co-owner of the Cambie Clinic Dr. Brian Day, argue that long wait times in the public system infringe the Charter right to “life, liberty and security of the person.” They ask that the court remedy the problem, not by fixing wait times for all patients, but by clearing the w
  
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• A mother's grief: 'You're never there. There's always work to be done'

  09-12-2019 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Each day, Lynne Laramée does her best to honour the legacy left behind by her son, Matthew Koeck, which she distills into three simple, but sometimes elusive words: love, laughter and kindness. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Sandy Hill, a historic neighbourhood under threat

  09-12-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Sandy Hill is still a great neighbourhood Read More
  
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• DND employees to move again as exodus from downtown HQ frees up space

  09-12-2019 12:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Another major move of Defence department employees and Canadian military personnel is being planned, this time shifting workers from multiple office locations in Gatineau and Ottawa into the downtown headquarters at 101 Colonel By Dr. Read More
  
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• With eviction notice, NCC gives tent city residents one day to move out

  09-12-2019 01:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Citing health and safety risks, the National Capital Commission posted an eviction notice at a tent city near Bayview Station on Sunday, giving its residents until Monday to vacate the encampment with their belongings. Read More
  
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