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• Watchdog investigating after man found dead following police standoff

  11-02-2020 23:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police officers were called to assist "court officials" at a home on Devista Boulevard in Alfred and Plantagenet Township just before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, OPP said. Read More
  
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• Ottawa parents scramble to find childcare solutions during teachers' strike - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 23:13
  
  Ottawa parents scramble to find childcare solutions during teachers' strike  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa parents scramble to find childcare solutions during teachers' strike

  11-02-2020 23:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For friends in need, Victoria Rintoul is a godsend. Read More
  
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• Montreal pair accused of trying to steal luxury SUV arrested after Limoges crash

  11-02-2020 22:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A pair of Montrealers were arrested at the scene of a crash in Limoges after a Blossom Park homeowner interrupted the theft of a high-end SUV from their driveway early Sunday morning. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man in good spirits while in quarantine at Trenton military base

  11-02-2020 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  One of Canada's most positive-minded citizens is sitting in quarantine at CFB Trenton, counting down the 10 remaining days until he can come home to his family in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man in good spirits while in quarantine at Trenton military base - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 22:36
  
  Ottawa man in good spirits while in quarantine at Trenton military base  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• University of Ottawa president addresses mental health crisis on campus - CTV News

  11-02-2020 22:32
  
  University of Ottawa president addresses mental health crisis on campus  CTV News
  
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• Record number of organ transplants performed in Ontario last year

  11-02-2020 22:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A record number of patients received organ transplants in Ontario last year, according to new figures from the Trillium Gift of Life Network. Read More
  
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• Coroner's inquest to be launched for Babak Saidi, who died in struggle with OPP

  11-02-2020 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A coroner's inquest will be launched in late March into the death of Babak Saidi, a mentally ill man who was shot five times — three times in the back — during a struggle with two OPP officers. Read More
  
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• 'Holy crap’: Ottawa woman who went viral for pizza box video makes cameo in Oscar-winning movie Parasite - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 22:04
  
  'Holy crap’: Ottawa woman who went viral for pizza box video makes cameo in Oscar-winning movie Parasite  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• 'Holy crap’: Ottawa woman who went viral for pizza box video makes cameo in Oscar-winning movie Parasite

  11-02-2020 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Many movie fans by now have watched Parasite, the four-time Oscar-winning movie that nabbed a surprise Best Picture trophy for its South Korean cast and crew this past weekend. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's new soccer team is called Atletico Ottawa - CTV News

  11-02-2020 21:19
  
  Ottawa's new soccer team is called Atletico Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa 'very concerned' about blockades as CN Rail says it will close 'significant' parts of its network - CBC.ca

  11-02-2020 20:57
  
  Ottawa 'very concerned' about blockades as CN Rail says it will close 'significant' parts of its network  CBC.ca
  
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• Montreal pair accused of trying to steal luxury SUV in Ottawa - CTV News

  11-02-2020 19:29
  
  Montreal pair accused of trying to steal luxury SUV in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Best bets, Feb. 13 to 19: Sandy Sharkey's photos, and cellist Rachel Mercer

  11-02-2020 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Ottawa is getting a new food and wine festival at the Shaw Centre, organizers hope for 'a tasteful night out'

  11-02-2020 19:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A new food and wine festival is to take place the first weekend of April at the Shaw Centre, attempting to fill the void left by the disappearance of the long-running Ottawa Wine and Food Festival. Read More
  
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• Ottawa is getting a new food and wine festival at the Shaw Centre, organizers hope for 'a tasteful night out' - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 19:11
  
  Ottawa is getting a new food and wine festival at the Shaw Centre, organizers hope for 'a tasteful night out'  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Montreal pair accused of trying to steal luxury SUV arrested in Limoges crash

  11-02-2020 18:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A pair of Montrealers were arrested at the scene of a crash in Limoges after a Blossom Park homeowner interrupted the theft of a high-end SUV from their driveway early Sunday morning. Read More
  
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• Ornge helicopter targeted by laser on approach to Ottawa-area hospital - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 18:15
  
  Ornge helicopter targeted by laser on approach to Ottawa-area hospital  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ornge helicopter targeted by laser on approach to Ottawa-area hospital

  11-02-2020 18:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A green laser beam struck an air ambulance as it approached an Ottawa-area hospital over the weekend. Read More
  
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• Via Rail cancels all Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa departures until Friday - CTV News

  11-02-2020 18:07
  
  Via Rail cancels all Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa departures until Friday  CTV News
  
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• Cohen: Tonight, New Hampshire could winnow the Democratic race for U.S. president

  11-02-2020 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  CONCORD, New Hampshire – Every four years, New Hampshire has a reliable way of clarifying, confirming or convulsing American presidential politics. Read More
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's Trillium Line maintenance contract could go off track too

  11-02-2020 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa is in the uncomfortable position of having a 30-year LRT maintenance contract with a group that seems pathetically unable to maintain a new transit system. At about $4.5 million a month, the Confederation Line maintenance deal makes a bad hockey contract look like chump change. Read More
  
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• Ottawa is getting a new food and wine festival at the Shaw Centre

  11-02-2020 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A new food and wine festival is to take place the first weekend of April at the Shaw Centre, attempting to fill the void left by the disappearance of the long-running Ottawa Wine and Food Festival. Read More
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's Trillium Line maintenance contract could go off track too - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 17:08
  
  Denley: Ottawa's Trillium Line maintenance contract could go off track too  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Resetting type 2 diabetes: researchers look to second wave of trial

  11-02-2020 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jo Harris knows what it means to be a diabetic. One of her sisters has Type 1 diabetes and two other sisters have Type 2, as did her father, who had an amputation before he died. Read More
  
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• Around the house: Black is back (although it never went away)

  11-02-2020 16:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Cool kids have declared that incorporating black in decor and design is new, cool, edgy and chic! And they’re absolutely right – except for the new part. Black has been a striking decorative element forever: as far back as 600 BC, Athenian potters created ornamental motifs with a form of clay that turned black during firing. Read More
  
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• Around the house: Black beauty

  11-02-2020 16:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Cool kids have declared that incorporating black in decor and design is new, cool, edgy and chic! And they’re absolutely right – except for the new part. Black has been a striking decorative element forever: as far back as 600 BC, Athenian potters created ornamental motifs with a form of clay that turned black during firing. Read More
  
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• House Works: Simple stair-building basics

  11-02-2020 16:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Late last fall I got an email from a friend, John, looking for advice on building a new set of stairs going down into the basement of the house he’s renovating. John is pretty handy with tools, but designing the support structure for stairs was new to him. His question and my answers apply to any stair-building project you might run into, so I thought you’d like to listen in and learn. Stairs seem complicated, but the basics of creating the shape and angle of the staircase skeleton i
  
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• Top 10 real estate trends for 2020 - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 15:47
  
  Top 10 real estate trends for 2020  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Top 10 real estate trends for 2020

  11-02-2020 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  How the 2020 real estate market unfolds is anybody’s guess, but experts are already noting trends that reflect changing expectations, preferences and behaviours in the market. Read More
  
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• HouseWorks: Simple stair-building basics

  11-02-2020 15:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Late last fall I got an email from a friend, John, looking for advice on building a new set of stairs going down into the basement of the house he’s renovating. John is pretty handy with tools, but designing the support structure for stairs was new to him. His question and my answers apply to any stair-building project you might run into, so I thought you’d like to listen in and learn. Stairs seem complicated, but the basics of creating the shape and angle of the staircase skeleton i
  
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• Police investigating early morning fire at St-Vincent de Paul in Aylmer

  11-02-2020 14:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Firefighters quickly doused a blaze at the St-Vincent de Paul outlet in Aylmer early Tuesday morning but the cause of the fire remains under investigation by Gatineau police. Read More
  
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• Your commute: 'full operation' on O-Train Line 1, fewer school buses on the road

  11-02-2020 13:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Thirteen trains were running for "full operation" on O-Train Line 1 Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the transit service's general manager. Read More
  
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• Weather: risk of flurries, freezing drizzle on the way to a very balmy high

  11-02-2020 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There's a 30 per cent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle on the way but Tuesday's high will be a mild 2 C before snow and frigid temperatures make a comeback later in the week. Read More
  
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• Possible freezing drizzle in Ottawa | CTV News - CTV News

  11-02-2020 13:11
  
  Possible freezing drizzle in Ottawa | CTV News  CTV News
  
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• This Ottawa man spent his life collecting. Now he's giving his possessions away - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 13:00
  
  This Ottawa man spent his life collecting. Now he's giving his possessions away  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• This Ottawa man spent his life collecting. Now he's giving his possessions away

  11-02-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Everyone, it seems, loves something, whether it’s collecting teaspoons or shoes, playing Dungeons & Dragons, or root, root, rooting for the home team. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we spoke to a few Ottawans whose extraordinary loves typically don’t get their own day to be celebrated. Read More
  
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• Ottawa still considering carbon tax relief for farmers - 620 CKRM.com

  11-02-2020 13:00
  
  Ottawa still considering carbon tax relief for farmers  620 CKRM.com
  
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• Galbraith: What Lord Tweedsmuir's story teaches Canada about challenging times

  11-02-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Democracy in retreat. Authoritarian leaders on the increase. International rules breached. Ineffective international organizations. An isolationist United States. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Get LRT maintenance under control, Ottawa Council - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 12:32
  
  Today's letters: Get LRT maintenance under control, Ottawa Council  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Today's letters: Get LRT maintenance under control, Ottawa Council

  11-02-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Portable flagpole, red carpet, Lululemon jacket: The fine details of hosting Royals in Canada

  11-02-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It was the spring of 2017, and Canadian Heritage officials had a problem: Where do you find a 400-foot red carpet for British royals in Iqaluit? Read More
  
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• Ottawa pilot project lets paramedics treat palliative patients on scene - OttawaMatters.com

  11-02-2020 12:26
  
  Ottawa pilot project lets paramedics treat palliative patients on scene  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Local student returns from Ottawa after week of everything politics - Medicine Hat News

  11-02-2020 12:20
  Local student returns from Ottawa after week of everything politics  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Disgraced Ottawa lawyer turned child-sex fugitive taught kids while on the lam - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 12:01
  
  Disgraced Ottawa lawyer turned child-sex fugitive taught kids while on the lam  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Disgraced Ottawa lawyer turned child-sex fugitive taught kids while on the lam

  11-02-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When disgraced Ottawa lawyer J.D. Coon fled the country as a child-sex fugitive in December 2013, he went to Cambodia to teach at a children's school. Read More
  
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• GUNTER: Ottawa faction appears to be readying 'green-jobs retraining' rather than approve Frontier mine - Edmonton Sun

  11-02-2020 11:30
  
  GUNTER: Ottawa faction appears to be readying 'green-jobs retraining' rather than approve Frontier mine  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Stand down, say McDavid and Oilers, McBruise is nothing serious - Ottawa Citizen

  11-02-2020 11:02
  
  Stand down, say McDavid and Oilers, McBruise is nothing serious  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa 3, Concordia 1: Ottawa Stuns First Place Stingers Women's Hockey At Home | Sports - The Link

  11-02-2020 06:04
  
  Ottawa 3, Concordia 1: Ottawa Stuns First Place Stingers Women's Hockey At Home | Sports  The Link
  
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