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• Tehran crash: 'It was horrible' — Kanata CEO's partner woke up expecting to hear from him

  09-01-2020 23:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Marie Tremblay woke up in the middle of the night Tuesday expecting to see a text from her partner, Ottawa tech chief executive Ali Pey. Read More
  
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• Tehran crash: Saeed Kashani

  09-01-2020 23:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Before flying home to Tehran for a holiday visit, Saeed Kashani hugged his roommate and fellow uOttawa PhD candidate, Andi Zahedi. Read More
  
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• Lawyers for both sides tout 'positive' and 'collaborative' work on Westboro bus crash settlements

  09-01-2020 23:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The people injured in the Westboro bus crash have gone through enough. And although it could take years to settle all of their claims for compensation, it's not because the city wants to put up a fight. Read More
  
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• Homicide victim remembered for his 'big heart and brilliant smile,' songs about hardship

  09-01-2020 23:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Manny Akol knew it was hard to escape the 'hood. Read More
  
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• Editorial: This time, all of Canada mourns plane-crash victims

  09-01-2020 21:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Almost 35 years ago, Canada suffered its greatest aviation disaster: the bombing of Air India Flight 182 en route from Toronto to Delhi via London. Aboard were 268 Canadian citizens, most of South Asian background. The prime minister of the day, Brian Mulroney, quickly called his Indian counterpart, Rajiv Gandhi, to offer condolences. Read More
  
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  09-01-2020 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Almost 35 years ago, Canada suffered its greatest aviation disaster: the bombing of Air India Flight 182 en route from Toronto to Delhi via London. Aboard were 268 Canadian citizens, most of South Asian background. The prime minister of the day, Brian Mulroney, quickly called his Indian counterpart, Rajiv Gandhi, to offer condolences. Read More
  
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• Trudeau reacts to intelligence that Ukraine airliner likely brought down accidentally by Iranian missiles

  09-01-2020 20:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian air defences, U.S. officials said Thursday, as President Donald Trump said he had a terrible feeling about the disaster. Read More
  
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• Inaugural edition of the Capital Music Awards will laud Ottawa bands, songs, videos in March

  09-01-2020 20:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Music Industry Coalition is kicking off the new decade with a project to celebrate music in the city through a half-dozen awards. Read More
  
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• Ukraine airliner likely brought down accidentally by Iranian missiles, U.S. says

  09-01-2020 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian air defences, U.S. officials said Thursday, as President Donald Trump said he had a terrible feeling about the disaster. Read More
  
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• Cost of Canada's military mission in Iraq expected to exceed $1 billion

  09-01-2020 19:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada’s military involvement in Iraq is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1 billion by the end of March, according to figures compiled by the Defence department. Read More
  
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• Jazzahead! 2020 announces its showcase bands, including eight from Canada

  09-01-2020 18:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jazzahead!, the high-profile international trade fair held annually each spring in Bremen, Germany, has announced its 2020 showcase bands, among which are eight Canadian groups that will perform on the event's opening night. Read More
  
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• Ukraine airliner likely brought down accidentally by Iranian missile, U.S. says

  09-01-2020 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the deadly crash of a Ukrainian plane could have been a mistake, adding that he had a terrible feeling about the downed airliner but offering no evidence. Read More
  
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• At his NAC dinner, Edmonton chef Ryan Hotchkiss piles on the umami

  09-01-2020 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When the Edmonton restaurant Bündok made enRoute magazine's 2018 list of top new Canadian restaurants, writer Nancy Matsumoto singled out chef-owner Ryan Hotchkiss's sea bream crudo, Parisienne gnocchi and citrus posset dessert for praise. Read More
  
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• GigSpace preview: Gordon Grdina starts off 2020 with Nomad Trio's debut recording

  09-01-2020 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Nomad is the new album from guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina, pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer Jim Black. The trio’s debut, released on Friday, the latest in a string of projects between Vancouver-based, Juno award-winner Grdina and assorted N.Y. jazz scene fixtures to result in a record. Read More
  
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• Missing youth, 16, known to frequent Orléans area

  09-01-2020 17:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are looking for public assistance in locating a 16-year-old youth missing since Monday. Read More
  
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• Smol: On military equipment, Canada lags behind Kuwait (which we once helped free)

  09-01-2020 17:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Anyone with a moderate grasp of Canadian military history cannot help but note the irony of our tiny Iraqi contingent’s recent retreat – or “redeployment” as we like to spin it – to the relative safety of Kuwait. Yes, the exact same Kuwait our forces helped liberate from Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War of 1990-91. Read More
  
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• Malek: For Iran's diaspora, plane crash brings grief across oceans and borders

  09-01-2020 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As Iranians the world over watched news of the retaliatory Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base housing U.S. troops on Jan. 7, the fear and uncertainty of what could unfold next left many of us shaken and glued to our screens. But for Iranians in Canada, within just a few hours that fear turned into distress, shock and, ultimately, heartbreak. The crash of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 sent Iranian-Canadians scrambling for information, whether frantically texting loved ones on
  
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• Elderly woman dies after struck by shuttle bus Tuesday

  09-01-2020 16:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An elderly woman has died after being hit Tuesday morning by a hospital shuttle bus while crossing Carling Avenue in front of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus. Read More
  
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• Police seek suspect linked to knife-point robbery of taxi driver

  09-01-2020 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police are asking the public to help them identify a suspect alleged to have robbed a taxi driver at knifepoint after being ferried from Bells Corners to Sandy Hill. Read More
  
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• Kilgour and Korah: It's time for Canada to stand up for Taiwan's democracy

  09-01-2020 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On Jan. 11, Taiwan will elect its next president, vice-president and national legislators. Read More
  
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• Westboro bus crash claims: City says it will only need to pay $3M before insurance kicks in

  09-01-2020 15:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The lawsuits collectively demand more than $180 million from the City of Ottawa, but the municipal government says it will only need to pay $3 million out of pocket for settling claims related to the Westboro double-decker bus crash, with its insurers providing any additional compensation owed to victims and families. Read More
  
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• Your commute: New water main breaks, a few lingering backups

  09-01-2020 13:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There are a couple of new broken water mains to tell you about this nippy Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Adam: Six projects that could transform Ottawa in the 2020s

  09-01-2020 13:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Looking back at the last 10 years, it’s fair to say we did nothing consequential to transform the capital. Read More
  
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• With -31 wind chill this morning, cover all exposed skin and stand by for details on weekend storm

  09-01-2020 13:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It looks nice through the window, but cover every exposed body part Thursday because it's cold out there. Read More
  
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  09-01-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Looking back at the last 10 years, it’s fair to say we did nothing consequential to transform the capital. Read More
  
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• Kanata's tech community mourns the loss of Ottawa startup CEO - CTV News

  09-01-2020 09:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Kanata's tech community mourns the loss of Ottawa startup CEO  CTV News
  
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• Tehran crash: Eight of those who perished were Ottawans returning home

  09-01-2020 03:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At least eight Ottawa residents have been identified among the 176 people who died on a Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed in Iran. Read More
  
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• Eight of those who perished in Iran plane crash were Ottawans returning home

  09-01-2020 03:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At least eight Ottawa residents have been identified among the 176 people who died on a Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed in Iran. Read More
  
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• Eight of those who perished Iran plane crash were headed to Ottawa

  09-01-2020 03:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At least eight Ottawa residents have been identified among the 176 people who died on a Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed in Iran. Read More
  
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• Tehran crash: University department 'devastated' by loss

  09-01-2020 00:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A tight-knit university community is grieving after it was confirmed three University of Ottawa students were among the victims of the deadly Tehran plane crash. Read More
  
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• Gilmour street homicide victim was a young west-end rapper and former football star

  09-01-2020 00:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police homicide detectives are probing the city’s first killing of the New Year after an 18-year-old man from Ritchie Street was shot dead and three other males were injured in early morning gunfire at an Airbnb in Centretown, the latest incident of targeted gunfire at a short-term rental. Read More
  
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• Tehran crash: 30-year-old poised to finish PhD next year

  09-01-2020 00:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Tehran crash: 'He always had a smile’ — Friends mourn loss of Kanata entrepreneur Read More
  
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• Tehran crash: uOttawa student's goals were to meet new people and make friends this year

  09-01-2020 00:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  University of Ottawa student Mehraban Badiei had cheery plans for 2020. Read More
  
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