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• Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese mourns the passing of Msgr. McDougald - Standard Freeholder

  28-08-2020 23:57
  
  Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese mourns the passing of Msgr. McDougald  Standard Freeholder
  
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• Highrises, park key elements in Colonnade BridgePort's east-end development proposal - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-08-2020 23:33
  
  Highrises, park key elements in Colonnade BridgePort's east-end development proposal  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• City closes backyard Bard production then offers compromise

  28-08-2020 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A backyard Shakespeare production shut down by a City of Ottawa bylaw officer will be staged in Old Ottawa South this weekend thanks to a hasty compromise hammered out at city hall. Read More
  
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• Ottawa public board high school students will take one course each week - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2020 23:03
  
  Ottawa public board high school students will take one course each week  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• 24 Nunavummiut identified as ‘low-risk’ contacts with positive case in Ottawa - Nunavut News

  28-08-2020 23:00
  24 Nunavummiut identified as ‘low-risk’ contacts with positive case in Ottawa  Nunavut News
  
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• Ottawa public board high school students will take one course each week

  28-08-2020 22:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the latest twist on back-to-school scheduling, high school students in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will take one course every day for one week and then will take their other course every day the following week. Read More
  
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• Air pistol pointed at mugging victim's head on Laurier Avenue East, police say

  28-08-2020 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police arrested a 23-year-old suspect and seized an air pistol, but two others fled in a reported early-morning mugging in Sandy Hill in which the weapon is alleged to have been pointed at the victim's head. Read More
  
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• Tran: Hit with a rock and verbally assaulted, my grandma’s only crime was not being white

  28-08-2020 22:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On Aug. 20, some time between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., my 80-year-old grandmother Thi Nga Doan was physically and verbally assaulted by a group of teenagers at our family home in Pembroke. Read More
  
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• Ottawa adds 17 coronavirus cases heading into weekend - Global News

  28-08-2020 22:34
  
  Ottawa adds 17 coronavirus cases heading into weekend  Global News
  
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• Ottawa author explores Black history in his latest comic book

  28-08-2020 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When Body Ngoy first came to Canada as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent three days wandering around Toronto’s Pearson Airport.  Read More
  
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• Ottawa embarks on uneven economic recovery - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-08-2020 22:08
  
  Ottawa embarks on uneven economic recovery  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Shady south-end crime 'haven' motel will be closing - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2020 22:04
  
  Shady south-end crime 'haven' motel will be closing  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Shady south-end crime 'haven' motel will be closing

  28-08-2020 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A notorious motel in south Ottawa could be checking out for good. Read More
  
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• Podcast: Ottawa in a pandemic economy, hope for convention facilities, chasing 'climate unicorns' - Ottawa Business Journal

  28-08-2020 21:48
  
  Podcast: Ottawa in a pandemic economy, hope for convention facilities, chasing 'climate unicorns'  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Ottawa pumps $3.7M into new, energy-saving Port Stanley fire station - London Free Press (Blogs)

  28-08-2020 21:17
  
  Ottawa pumps $3.7M into new, energy-saving Port Stanley fire station  London Free Press (Blogs)
  
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• Ottawa youth theatre group seeking solutions after bylaw bars backyard performance - Global News

  28-08-2020 20:52
  
  Ottawa youth theatre group seeking solutions after bylaw bars backyard performance  Global News
  
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• COVID-19: Long-term care residents will be allowed to leave facilities under new guidelines

  28-08-2020 20:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  After months of lockdown in their homes, Ontario long-term care residents are now being allowed to leave for short outings and overnight absences. The new freedom, granted on the advice of Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, is subject to a number of conditions. Read More
  
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• Ottawa runs $120B deficit in just three months as Canadian economy craters - National Post

  28-08-2020 20:33
  
  Ottawa runs $120B deficit in just three months as Canadian economy craters  National Post
  
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• COVID-19 update: 17 new cases in Ottawa; active cases rise - CTV News Ottawa

  28-08-2020 19:29
  
  COVID-19 update: 17 new cases in Ottawa; active cases rise  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• City closes backyard Bard production, but offers Windsor Park instead

  28-08-2020 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A backyard Shakespeare production shut down by a City of Ottawa bylaw officer may be staged in Windsor Park thanks to a hasty compromise hammered out at city hall. Read More
  
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• Ottawa youth theatre troupe fighting to keep back yard performance after bylaw complaint - CTV News Ottawa

  28-08-2020 18:42
  
  Ottawa youth theatre troupe fighting to keep back yard performance after bylaw complaint  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Today's letters: One stupid piece of plastic caused a whole lot of fuss

  28-08-2020 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Ottawa LRT to start late on Aug. 30 due to maintenance as fall schedule begins - Global News

  28-08-2020 18:16
  
  Ottawa LRT to start late on Aug. 30 due to maintenance as fall schedule begins  Global News
  
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• Man, 24, charged, as other suspects sought in string of ATM break-ins

  28-08-2020 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police probing a string of seven break-and-enters to automatic teller machines over two weeks have laid charges against a 24-year-old man but continue to seek other alleged accomplices. Read More
  
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• City bylaw says all the world is not a stage, closes backyard Bard production

  28-08-2020 17:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Proclaiming that all the world is not a stage, a City of Ottawa bylaw officer has shut down a backyard Shakespeare production in Old Ottawa South for failing to respect theatre zoning. Read More
  
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• Nation Township man allegedly exposes himself in traffic, grabs OPP officer's genitals

  28-08-2020 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 55-year-old man is accused of standing "completely exposed" as he blocked traffic on a county road in North Glengarry Township before allegedly resisting arrest and grabbing a male OPP officer's genitals once in custody. Read More
  
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• Montreal man, 32, dead in apparent drowning in Prince Edward County

  28-08-2020 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 32-year-old Montreal man is dead after one member of a family failed to surface during a swim at North Beach Provincial Park in Prince Edward County on Thursday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Six more deaths in Ontario; uOttawa planning to open a testing centre

  28-08-2020 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario reported 122 new cases of COVID-19 Friday and six additional deaths – the largest rise in the province's coronavirus death toll since mid-July. Read More
  
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• Adam: For a mom with Stage 4 cancer, sending her child back to school is a calculated risk

  28-08-2020 17:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Parents everywhere are agonizing over sending their children back to school in the middle of a pandemic, but none more so than Sarah Fountain. The mother of two is fighting Stage 4 cancer and the stakes couldn’t be higher as she prepares to send her daughter to kindergarten. Read More
  
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• Loaded handgun seized, two arrested in Caldwell Avenue traffic stop

  28-08-2020 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police made two arrests Thursday afternoon in a traffic stop in Carlington that yielded a loaded handgun. Read More
  
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• Shoebridge: Teachers are the new front-line workers. Let's give them our constant support

  28-08-2020 16:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Starting soon, teachers will be our new front-line workers, and they are going to need all the support we can give them. Read More
  
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• University of Ottawa to open coronavirus testing site on campus this fall - Global News

  28-08-2020 16:16
  
  University of Ottawa to open coronavirus testing site on campus this fall  Global News
  
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• Atletico Ottawa beats Cavalry FC for first win in club history - Global News

  28-08-2020 15:34
  
  Atletico Ottawa beats Cavalry FC for first win in club history  Global News
  
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• University of Ottawa opening COVID-19 Assessment Centre for students and faculty - CTV News Ottawa

  28-08-2020 14:56
  
  University of Ottawa opening COVID-19 Assessment Centre for students and faculty  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Police service boards, including Ottawa, grapple with diversity, inclusion amid calls for change - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2020 14:27
  
  Police service boards, including Ottawa, grapple with diversity, inclusion amid calls for change  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Weather: Return of more seasonal temperatures, humidity ahead of rainy Saturday

  28-08-2020 14:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  After Thursday's high of just 16 C, Friday's forecast features a return to more seasonal temperatures and some humidity. Read More
  
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• Missing girl, 14, last seen in Cumberland, found safe

  28-08-2020 14:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Missing persons investigators say a 14-year-old girl who went missing on Thursday evening has been found safe and sound. Read More
  
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• Missing girl, 14, last seen in Cumberland, may be with 31-year-old woman

  28-08-2020 14:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Missing persons investigators are asking the public to help them find a 14-year-old girl last seen on Emmett Road in Cumberland at about 9:20 p.m. Thursday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man accused of arson in Cornwall - Cornwall Seaway News

  28-08-2020 13:05
  
  Ottawa man accused of arson in Cornwall  Cornwall Seaway News
  
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• NBA boycott resonates on Ottawa's local basketball courts - Ottawa Citizen

  28-08-2020 12:39
  
  NBA boycott resonates on Ottawa's local basketball courts  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• NBA boycott resonates on Ottawa's local basketball courts

  28-08-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Jamil Abiad hopes the young athletes who signed up for his Summer Grind basketball camp can perfect their jump shots, get in shape and safely socialize after a summer cooped up because of the pandemic. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Police say missing boy found safe - CTV Edmonton

  28-08-2020 12:21
  
  Ottawa Police say missing boy found safe  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Ottawa Police searching for missing 14-year-old girl - CTV News Ottawa

  28-08-2020 12:15
  
  Ottawa Police searching for missing 14-year-old girl  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Ottawa Police searching for missing 14-year-old girl - CTV Edmonton

  28-08-2020 12:15
  
  Ottawa Police searching for missing 14-year-old girl  CTV Edmonton
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Trim the fat, Jim - Ottawa Sun

  28-08-2020 12:14
  
  YOU SAID IT: Trim the fat, Jim  Ottawa Sun
  
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• CBC Ottawa News August 27, 2020 - CBC.ca

  28-08-2020 12:02
  
  CBC Ottawa News August 27, 2020  CBC.ca
  
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• Egan: Suspended, still paid. Not always a badge of honour for police.

  28-08-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Among the questions being asked about the case of Const. Nermin Mesic — beyond "this guy is a cop?" —  is the obvious follow-up: did the Ottawa Police Service really pay him NOT to work for more than four years? Read More
  
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• Man's body pulled from Ottawa River days after he jumped into marina: SIU - OttawaMatters.com

  28-08-2020 11:23
  
  Man's body pulled from Ottawa River days after he jumped into marina: SIU  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Sunshine in the forecast for Ottawa today, but heavy rain is on the way Saturday - CTV News Ottawa

  28-08-2020 11:11
  
  Sunshine in the forecast for Ottawa today, but heavy rain is on the way Saturday  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Sunshine in the forecast for Ottawa today, but heavy rain is on the way Saturday - CTV Edmonton

  28-08-2020 11:11
  
  Sunshine in the forecast for Ottawa today, but heavy rain is on the way Saturday  CTV Edmonton
  
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