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• Man spotted hanging on to moving truck on Hwy. 401: OPP

  19-12-2019 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Joshua Boyle walks free on all charges, stage set for child custody fight

  19-12-2019 23:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Former hostage Joshua Boyle walked out of court a free man Thursday after an Ottawa judge dismissed all of the domestic violence charges brought against him by his estranged wife, Caitlan Coleman. Read More
  
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• Boyle walks free on all charges, stage set for child custody fight

  19-12-2019 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Former hostage Joshua Boyle walked out of court a free man Thursday after an Ottawa judge dismissed all of the domestic violence charges brought against him by his estranged wife, Caitlan Coleman. Read More
  
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• Ariganello: How to make the holidays greener, without being a Grinch

  19-12-2019 18:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  I recently wrote an article about how to gift "green," but there are many other things we can do over the holidays to lessen our impact. Here’s a handy list tied up in a nice, reused bow: Read More
  
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• Man spotted hanging onto moving truck on Hwy. 401: OPP

  19-12-2019 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Watchdog clears police after car theft suspect's jaw broken following wild chase, brawl

  19-12-2019 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The province's Special Investigations Unit has found no reason to lay charges against police after a 26-year-old man suffered a broken jaw in an arrest following a dramatic chase that ended at Carlingwood Mall. Read More
  
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• Police seeking suspects in Bayshore jewelry store smash-and-grab

  19-12-2019 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police detectives are asking the public to help them identify two suspects accused of smashing a jeweller's display case at Bayshore Shopping Centre then making off with four engagement rings. Read More
  
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• MacDougall: Does Justin Trudeau still want to be prime minister?

  19-12-2019 17:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With everyone focused on Andrew Scheer’s clown car exit from party leadership, I fear we’re not spending enough time wondering if Justin Trudeau is also planning his next act. Read More
  
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• Pellerin: Why 'they' is a great choice as word of the year

  19-12-2019 17:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What do democracy, blog, integrity, bailout, austerity, socialism, science, culture, feminism and justice have in common? Take your time. I’ll go fetch myself a cup of tea while you work on it. Read More
  
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• Police arrest Glebe break-in suspect following short foot chase

  19-12-2019 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Fleet Ottawa parole officers arrested an 18-year-old Ottawa man in the Glebe early Thursday following a call for a break-in in progress. Read More
  
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• Police seek repeat offender known to frequent Ottawa

  19-12-2019 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Provincial police are seeking a 45-year-old repeat offender wanted on a federal warrant for breach of statutory release. Read More
  
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• Former financial officer charged with bilking $200,000 from non-profit daycare

  19-12-2019 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 50-year-old Gatineau man has been charged with defrauding a charitable Ottawa daycare of more than $200,000 over six years. Read More
  
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• Quebec shipyard selected to be new partner under shipbuilding program – will construct six icebreakers

  19-12-2019 16:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Canadian government announced today that Chantier Davie has been pre-qualified to become the third strategic partner under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. The NSS's third yard will build six program icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. Davie has demonstrated it meets initial requirements related to experience, capability and capacity, as defined in the Invitation to Qualify issued on August 2, the federal government noted. Read More
  
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• Former financial officer charged with bilking $200,000 from non-profit day care

  19-12-2019 16:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 50-year-old Gatineau man has been charged with defrauding a charitable Ottawa daycare of more than $200,000 over six years. Read More
  
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• Cohen: For Trump, impeachment is worse than electoral defeat

  19-12-2019 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  No matter how much he denies the process and demeans his prosecutors, Donald J. Trump knows that things changed forever for him at 8:24 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2019, when the United States House of Representatives approved the first article of impeachment against him. Read More
  
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• Labour code changes impacted number of drivers available to OC Transpo's beleaguered bus system

  19-12-2019 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Federal labour code changes last September have severely impacted the number of drivers available to fulfil OC Transpo bus service, the city's transportation boss says. Read More
  
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• Feels like -33? Capital enters the frozen zone, frostbite conditions continue

  19-12-2019 14:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It's all about staying covered. Read More
  
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• Newsmaker of the decade – Confederation Line LRT: 'A new beginning for public transit'

  19-12-2019 14:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Less than two weeks into a new decade, council approved the functional plan for a 12.5-kilometre light rail transit system through the heart of the city. Read More
  
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• Your commute: Santa is watching, cancelled bus trips

  19-12-2019 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  "Be nice on the road," city police tweeted at motorists this frigid Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• The cost of loneliness: Canadians are facing a solitary future — and it's affecting their health

  19-12-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ken Roberts' life in the past few years has been the perfect storm of loneliness and social isolation. Read More
  
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• Newsmaker of the decade – Confederation Line LRT: 'A new beginning for public transit in Ottawa'

  19-12-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Less than two weeks into a new decade, council approved the functional plan for a 12.5-kilometre light rail transit system through the heart of the city. Read More
  
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• Newsmaker of the decade — Confederation Line LRT (a timeline)

  19-12-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jan. 13, 2010: Council approves the functional plan for the LRT system. Read More
  
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• Cohousing is a potentially key way to combat loneliness — but it's difficult to get off the ground

  19-12-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mary Huang is 54 years old, unmarried with no children and a career that has taken her all over the globe. Read More
  
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• Capital enters the frozen zone, frostbite conditions through to Saturday

  19-12-2019 12:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It's all about staying covered. Read More
  
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• Blair: Don't feel Christmassy? Here are a few suggestions

  19-12-2019 12:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Are you feeling Christmassy yet? Read More
  
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• Today's letters: The federal deficit, the Conservative leadership

  19-12-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Clough: An end to the telling of lies on schizophrenia

  19-12-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A psychiatrist once told me: "It’s something you have to lie about." Many patients would agree with him and for years I did lie about it. I believed my livelihood depended upon it. I didn’t tell anyone that I was schizophrenic and had had brief periods of homelessness. I thought I was justified. Read More
  
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• From sea urchin to take-out pasta, the Citizen's favourite dishes of 2019

  19-12-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Looking back at my eighth year of reviewing restaurants, I see a 2019 that was filled with an even bigger glut than usual of great dishes. Read More
  
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• Nile Rodgers and Chic, Femi Kuti, Bill Frisell, Tom Harrell booked for 2020 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival

  19-12-2019 08:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Niles Rodgers and his legendary disco band Chic, as well as Nigerian Afrobeat star Femi Kuti, will play the 2020 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, the event announced Wednesday in an email. Read More
  
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• Ex-Carleton criminology student sent to prison for child porn

  19-12-2019 02:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jason William Sawyer majored in criminology at Carleton University to gain insight into his dark compulsion for children. Read More
  
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• Southbound Highway 416 at Spencerville reopened after collision

  19-12-2019 02:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario Provincial Police reported at 8:18 p.m. that Highway 416 southbound lanes and an entrance ramp at Spencerville had been reopened following a collision. Read More
  
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• Southbound Highway 416, entrance ramp closed at Spencerville after collision

  19-12-2019 01:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Woman found dead after fire in Anderson Road home

  19-12-2019 01:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An elderly woman was found dead in her Anderson Road home in Ottawa’s rural southeast Wednesday evening after police and fire were called to the scene because of a fire. Read More
  
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• Federal labour code changes deliver another gut punch to Transpo's beleaguered bus system

  19-12-2019 00:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Federal labour code changes last September have severely impacted the number of drivers available to fulfil OC Transpo bus service, the city's transportation boss says. Read More
  
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