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• Carleton music prof drums up 40 daily videos to get his chops back after brain surgery

  04-05-2020 23:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canoe paddles, sea shells, bird calls and a cardboard box. To most people, this random assortment of items sounds like junk they might have in the basement. Read More
  
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• 'Pandemic puppies' on the rise, but is pet adoption right for you?

  04-05-2020 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For Wilson and others like him, these are perhaps the best of times. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man faces numerous firearms charges - Ottawa Citizen

  04-05-2020 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
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• The trouble with COVID-19 swabs: The case of Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience

  04-05-2020 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On May 1, Spartan Bioscience founder Paul Lem was in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime company expansion. Then he slammed into reality. Read More
  
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• Ottawa will need post-mortem review of coronavirus response: Trudeau - Global News

  04-05-2020 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa will need post-mortem review of coronavirus response: Trudeau  Global News
  
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• Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus declares coronavirus outbreak in emergency department - Global News

  04-05-2020 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus declares coronavirus outbreak in emergency department  Global News
  
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• It’s time for Ottawa to take on Google and Facebook - The Globe and Mail

  04-05-2020 23:02 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  It’s time for Ottawa to take on Google and Facebook  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Egan: When back-to-school jitters conjure life-and-death worries

  04-05-2020 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Educators in Gatineau and the Outaouais returned to elementary schools Monday, anxious about next week's arrival of hundreds of pupils in a vastly changed academic climate. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man faces several firearms charges - Ottawa Sun

  04-05-2020 22:51 via ottawasun.com
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa records 35 new deaths; Ontario now leads the country in testing, says Premier Ford

  04-05-2020 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ceremony to honour Cyclone helicopter crash victims to be held Wednesday

  04-05-2020 22:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  The body of Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough who was killed last week in the crash of a Canadian military Cyclone helicopter will arrive back in Canada on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man faces numerous firearms charges

  04-05-2020 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 27-year-old Ottawa man faces numerous firearms charges after he told police he was going to retrieve a pellet gun — which police say turned out to be a handgun. Read More
  
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• Toronto's Crown Realty acquires 23-building portfolio in Ottawa - Ottawa Business Journal

  04-05-2020 21:17 via obj.ca
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• Ottawa man charged after allegedly dangling machete outside of moving vehicle - Global News

  04-05-2020 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa man charged after allegedly dangling machete outside of moving vehicle  Global News
  
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• Ceremony to honour Cyclone helicopter crash victims expected to be held Wednesday

  04-05-2020 20:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The body of Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough who was killed last week in the crash of a Canadian military Cyclone helicopter is expected to arrive back in Canada on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario now leads the country in testing, says Premier Ford

  04-05-2020 20:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario has gone from being a COVID-19 testing laggard to "leading the country" in the volume of COVID-19 tests processed daily, according to Premier Doug Ford. Read More
  
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• Dias: To save local news, government must stand up to Facebook and Google

  04-05-2020 20:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s news organizations are in mortal peril, and it’s time for the federal government to take on the two marauding tech giants who are largely to blame. Read More
  
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• Man arrested after motorist spotted with machete in east end

  04-05-2020 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police patrol officers were summoned to an east-end neighbourhood Sunday by a report of a motorist who was speeding and slowing down in the area – while dangling a machete out of the window. Read More
  
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• 2 men charged after kidnapping, assault in downtown Ottawa: police - Global News

  04-05-2020 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  2 men charged after kidnapping, assault in downtown Ottawa: police  Global News
  
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• Dias: Federal government must stand up to Facebook and Google – for the sake of local news

  04-05-2020 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada’s news organizations are in mortal peril, and it’s time for the federal government to take on the two marauding tech giants who are largely to blame. Read More
  
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• OPP divers locate body of canoeist south of Smiths Falls

  04-05-2020 18:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP have recovered the body of a 38-year-old man who went missing on Otter Creek south of Smiths Falls over the weekend. Read More
  
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• ByWard and Parkdale markets to open this month, bolstered by online ordering

  04-05-2020 17:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Adapting to the constraints of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, vendors at the ByWard and Parkdale markets will begin making their products available to customers this month through an online ordering system. Read More
  
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• Xue: Ottawa Council should reject sprawl, for the sake of the climate

  04-05-2020 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Council will shape the city’s growth for decades to come when it votes on expanding its suburbs in the near future. City staff recently released a report that recommended adding up to 1,650 hectares to the urban boundary. This leads to a scenario where nearly half of new housing built by 2046 is on currently undeveloped land. However, if council was serious when it declared a climate emergency last year, it must reject the expansion and embrace a denser Ottawa, because urban sprawl
  
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• Man kidnapped, assaulted in ByWard Market incident: Police

  04-05-2020 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries early Sunday when he was attacked by two men, put in a vehicle then assaulted again when he jumped out in a bid to flee, Ottawa police said. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New cases in Ontario decline, yet again, while select businesses reopen

  04-05-2020 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is again observing a major drop in the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 370 confirmed cases reported Monday, compared to 434 cases Sunday. Read More
  
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• Patrol officers, police dog tracks down suspect in Cassidy Road break-in

  04-05-2020 17:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  A police dog helped track down one suspect in a weekend break-in at a business on Cassidy Road in the Bells Corners area, Ottawa police said. Read More
  
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• OPP divers, plane looking for missing canoeist south of Smiths Falls

  04-05-2020 16:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP's emergency response team, marine unit, underwater search and recovery unit and a fixed-wing aircraft were all searching Monday for a man who went missing on Otter Creek south of Smiths Falls over the weekend. Read More
  
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• Ottawa’s CHEO opens first virtual pediatric emergency room in Canada amid coronavirus pandemic - Global News

  04-05-2020 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa’s CHEO opens first virtual pediatric emergency room in Canada amid coronavirus pandemic  Global News
  
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• Windy Monday in Ottawa - CTV News Ottawa

  04-05-2020 16:20 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Windy Monday in Ottawa  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• 14 more deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa - CTV News Ottawa

  04-05-2020 16:20 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  14 more deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Walking direction requests spike in Ottawa as temperatures rise: Apple Mobility Trends - CTV News Ottawa

  04-05-2020 16:19 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Walking direction requests spike in Ottawa as temperatures rise: Apple Mobility Trends  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Ottawa's medical officer of health answers kids questions about COVID-19 - CTV News Ottawa

  04-05-2020 16:19 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa's medical officer of health answers kids questions about COVID-19  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• OPP launches 'intensive search' for Pembroke teen missing since autumn

  04-05-2020 15:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP officers will be "highly visible" in the Pembroke area over the next two weeks as the force's emergency response team and marine unit launch an "intensive" search for any sign of a missing teen or evidence of his disappearance. Read More
  
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• OPP launches 'intensive search' for Pembroke team missing since autumn

  04-05-2020 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  OPP officers will be "highly visible" in the Pembroke area over the next two weeks as the force's emergency response team and marine unit launch an "intensive" search for any sign of a missing teen or evidence of his disappearance. Read More
  
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• Suspect arrested inside McArthur Avenue business after break-in: Police

  04-05-2020 15:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 34-year-old Ottawa man was arrested inside in an east-end business after a witness heard smashing glass then the alarm blaring early Friday morning, police allege. Read More
  
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• Getting around: Alexandra Bridge still closed, Trillium Line shutdown among flurry of new projects

  04-05-2020 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Traffic is light in the COVID-19 era but construction is putting up plenty of orange cones in motorists' paths this Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Industry groups call on Ottawa to loosen social and financial requirements in $187-B infrastructure plans - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  04-05-2020 13:55 via thechronicleherald.ca
  
  Industry groups call on Ottawa to loosen social and financial requirements in $187-B infrastructure plans  TheChronicleHerald.ca
  
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• Watch out for frost with below-zero lows and flurries in the forecast

  04-05-2020 13:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There's no sugar-coating it: the frigid forecast even includes a chance of flurries later the the week. Read More
  
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• That was then: Ottawa hosts the Divine Sarah, 'lithe and graceful' at 61

  04-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A regular weekly look-back at some offbeat or interesting stories that have appeared in the Ottawa Citizen over its 175-year history. Today, the farewell tour of Sarah Bernhardt:  Read More
  
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• Pellerin: Yes, debate and political oversight can improve in the post-COVID-19 period

  04-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the refreshing lack of political partisanship since the beginning of the pandemic. I suggested it would be swell if we took advantage of this otherwise perfectly ghastly crisis to insist that politicians engage with each other in a constructive manner and never go back to partisan nonsense. A kind reader wrote to say that she would be very interested to hear more about “consensus government with debate and oversight of an articulate press.” Re
  
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• Golubović: Arms trade, pandemic combine to reveal the human costs of war in Yemen

  04-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  On April 9, with the world focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada quietly lifted its ban on military exports to Saudi Arabia. The next day, Yemen reported its first case of COVID-19. These two events are not unrelated. While Canada insists its exports to Saudi Arabia will not be used to enable human rights abuses, the arrival of COVID-19 to Yemen exposes the indirect human costs of war, as the country confronts the pandemic with a devastated health care system. Read More
  
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• Councillor Shawn Menard calls on Ottawa to open public parks - OttawaMatters.com

  04-05-2020 12:59 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Councillor Shawn Menard calls on Ottawa to open public parks  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• COVID-19: Trump says as many as 100,000 Americans could die and will travel bubbles become the new norm?

  04-05-2020 12:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for May 4, 2020. Read More
  
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• Families, ex-staff raise concerns about home where 29 residents have died from COVID-19

  04-05-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ken Williams chokes up when asked what he would have said to his father if he had the chance. Read More
  
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• CHEO opens Canada's first pediatric virtual emergency department

  04-05-2020 11:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  CHEO begins taking emergency care directly to its patients on Monday, becoming the first pediatric hospital in Canada to offer a virtual emergency department. Read More
  
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• Ottawa doctors embrace telemedicine as Nunavut sees 1st COVID-19 case - CBC.ca

  04-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa doctors embrace telemedicine as Nunavut sees 1st COVID-19 case  CBC.ca
  
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• Paramedics use automated chest compression machine to resuscitate fallen shopper

  04-05-2020 03:14 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 'This hurts a lot:' Ottawa's gun ban leaves N.B. business owner at a loss - CBC.ca

  04-05-2020 01:39 via cbc.ca
  
  'This hurts a lot:' Ottawa's gun ban leaves N.B. business owner at a loss  CBC.ca
  
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• OPP search for missing kayaker near Eganville

  04-05-2020 01:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Provincial police from the Killaloe detachment were continuing their search Sunday for a 54-year-old man who set out on Lake Clear, southwest of Eganville, in a kayak on Friday night. Read More
  
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• Ottawa puts up $175 million to back COVID-19 treatment research by B.C. company - Vancouver Sun

  04-05-2020 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  Ottawa puts up $175 million to back COVID-19 treatment research by B.C. company  Vancouver Sun
  
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