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• Students say they were misled about provincially funded PSW training program

  06-12-2021 23:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A group of students at an Ottawa private career college say they were misled about the financial support they would receive while taking part in the provincially funded personal support worker training program. Read More
  
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• Students say they were misled about provincially funded PSW training program - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2021 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Students say they were misled about provincially funded PSW training program  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Public interest or bullying? Homeowners sued for defamation over searing online reviews of 'construction project gone wrong'

  06-12-2021 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A judge will allow an Ottawa design firm and a construction company to sue two homeowners for defamation over the couple's searing online reviews, which the judge said were more about bullying than they were about warning other consumers. Read More
  
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• Canada’s ambassador to China steps down as Ottawa faces pressure from Biden administration - Globalnews.ca

  06-12-2021 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s ambassador to China steps down as Ottawa faces pressure from Biden administration  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Canada’s ambassador to China steps down as Ottawa faces pressure from Biden administration - Global News

  06-12-2021 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s ambassador to China steps down as Ottawa faces pressure from Biden administration  Global News
  
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• Pharmacies already booking COVID-19 boosters for people 50 and older - CTV News Ottawa

  06-12-2021 23:01 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Pharmacies already booking COVID-19 boosters for people 50 and older  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Windsor West MP urges Ottawa to match U.S. electric-vehicle incentives for Canadian-built products - CBC.ca

  06-12-2021 22:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Windsor West MP urges Ottawa to match U.S. electric-vehicle incentives for Canadian-built products  CBC.ca
  
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• City recognizes Ottawa's best in urban design - ottawa.ca

  06-12-2021 22:34 via ottawa.ca
  City recognizes Ottawa's best in urban design  ottawa.ca
  
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• Relaxed restaurant patio rules poised to be legacy of COVID-19

  06-12-2021 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Restaurant pandemic patios on private property are one step closer to become a policy legacy of COVID-19 in the City of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Police arrest 22 people, lay 185 charges in Ottawa Valley drug bust - CTV News Ottawa

  06-12-2021 22:01 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police arrest 22 people, lay 185 charges in Ottawa Valley drug bust  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Man, 23, arrested in alleged sexual assault of infant in Gracefield, Que.

  06-12-2021 20:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Quebec provincial police said investigators with the Gatineau major crimes division have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with an alleged sexual assault on an infant in Gracefield, about 80 km north of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Suspect in Halloween assault in Kingston may be from Ottawa or Toronto - CTV News Ottawa

  06-12-2021 20:21 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Suspect in Halloween assault in Kingston may be from Ottawa or Toronto  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• NAC's Tomson Highway tribute postponed

  06-12-2021 20:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This weekend’s National Arts Centre show in honour of Indigenous playwright Tomson Highway has been postponed because a cast member tested positive for COVID-19.  Read More
  
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• Benslimane, Doyle and Piché: Building a new jail in Kemptville isn't going to ease overcrowding in Ottawa's detention centre - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2021 20:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Benslimane, Doyle and Piché: Building a new jail in Kemptville isn't going to ease overcrowding in Ottawa's detention centre  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa Public Health quashes false rumour of child's death after COVID-19 vaccine - CTV News Ottawa

  06-12-2021 20:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa Public Health quashes false rumour of child's death after COVID-19 vaccine  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Benslimane, Doyle and Piché: Building a new jail in Kemptville isn't going to ease overcrowding in Ottawa's detention centre

  06-12-2021 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A severe crowding nightmare has returned to Ottawa’s jail. Just five years ago, in April 2016, Ontario’s then-minister responsible for imprisonment, Yasir Naqvi, appointed a 13-person task force to address longstanding abhorrent conditions of confinement at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC), following reports of triple-bunking and imprisoned people sleeping in shower areas. Five years later, people confined at OCDC are again reporting triple-bunking and deteriorating condit
  
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• Shovelling snow linked to risks including heart attack, paramedics warn after two calls within an hour

  06-12-2021 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Snow shovelling can be linked to health risks, from back injuries to heart attacks, paramedics warned after tackling two emergency calls within an hour as Ottawa dug out Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Committee focus turns to 15-minute neighbourhoods - ottawa.ca

  06-12-2021 19:43 via ottawa.ca
  Committee focus turns to 15-minute neighbourhoods  ottawa.ca
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario reports 887 new cases and three deaths; 55 new cases in Ottawa

  06-12-2021 19:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario reported 887 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and three more deaths. Read More
  
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• Ottawa home prices rose 19% year-over-year in November: real estate board - Globalnews.ca

  06-12-2021 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa home prices rose 19% year-over-year in November: real estate board  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Matt Gurney: Omicron is a test, and Ottawa is failing once again - National Post

  06-12-2021 18:31 via nationalpost.com
  
  Matt Gurney: Omicron is a test, and Ottawa is failing once again  National Post
  
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• Ottawa says border testing contracts worth up to $631-million - The Globe and Mail

  06-12-2021 18:22 via theglobeandmail.com
  Ottawa says border testing contracts worth up to $631-million  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Most of the Monday mix of weather warnings lift in the Ottawa area - CBC.ca

  06-12-2021 18:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Most of the Monday mix of weather warnings lift in the Ottawa area  CBC.ca
  
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• 'A targeted attack' — One man dead, one wounded in early-morning shooting on Elmira Drive in west Ottawa

  06-12-2021 18:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating after one man died and a second man was injured in a shooting in west Ottawa overnight. Read More
  
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• Police investigating after woman found lifeless in her home in Gatineau

  06-12-2021 18:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gatineau polices said they're investigating the cause and circumstances of a woman's death after she was found lifeless in her home on Rene-Marengere Street Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Readers' generosity helps fill Ottawa school library - Ottawa Citizen

  06-12-2021 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Readers' generosity helps fill Ottawa school library  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Readers' generosity helps fill Ottawa school library

  06-12-2021 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “I will never have another week like this,” says school librarian Denise Natyshak, after readers of this newspaper and others responded in number to her fundraising plight, turning her modest hopes of selling enough books to earn enough to buy 10 more into something of a bonanza. Read More
  
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• Influence policy that matters. Grow your business. - Ottawa Business Journal

  06-12-2021 17:46 via obj.ca
  Influence policy that matters. Grow your business.  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario reports 887 new cases and three deaths

  06-12-2021 17:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario reported 887 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and three more deaths. Read More
  
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• Walters: The Ottawa Police Service needs to be fully diverse, without delay

  06-12-2021 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In camouflaged acknowledgement of the huge elephant in the room, the ball of the Ottawa Police Service's budget has been tossed to the sole Black member of the Ottawa Police Services Board, Rawlson King, to carry into the end zone. King introduced a recent successful motion at the board to approve a two-per-cent budget increase for the OPS, instead of the 2.86 per cent the force had asked for. Read More
  
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• Ottawa releases Ransomware Playbook to help Canadian organizations fight attacks - IT World Canada

  06-12-2021 17:10 via itworldcanada.com
  
  Ottawa releases Ransomware Playbook to help Canadian organizations fight attacks  IT World Canada
  
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• Braedley: Ontario's Bill 37 on long-term care ignores what's best for seniors

  06-12-2021 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Public hearing or selected hearing? In the rushed public hearings on Bill 37, the proposed legislation regulating publicly funded long-term care homes in Ontario, it’s clear the Doug Ford government is not listening to families, staff and older people. If the bill is any indication, the government didn't listen to the 85 recommendations made by the government-appointed Long-term Care Commission either. Read More
  
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• 67's Losing Streak Mounts With Loss to Kingston Frontenacs - The Hockey Writers

  06-12-2021 15:35 via thehockeywriters.com
  
  67's Losing Streak Mounts With Loss to Kingston Frontenacs  The Hockey Writers
  
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• Where Ottawans want to live - Ottawa Business Journal

  06-12-2021 15:09 via obj.ca
  
  Where Ottawans want to live  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Weather: Freezing rain warning, school buses cancelled, parking ban

  06-12-2021 14:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A freezing rain warning is in effect for Ottawa on Monday from Kanata to Orléans and Richmond to Metcalfe. Read More
  
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• Delivery delays for Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun Monday morning due to storm

  06-12-2021 14:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A significant snowfall in the capital overnight is causing delays to the delivery of the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun Monday. Read More
  
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• One man dead, one wounded in early-morning shooting on Elmira Drive in west Ottawa

  06-12-2021 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating after one man died and a second man was injured in a shooting in west Ottawa overnight. Read More
  
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• Weather: Winter storm warning, school buses cancelled, parking ban

  06-12-2021 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A winter storm warning was called for Ottawa Monday with the risk of freezing rain until to mid to late morning on top of a blanket of fresh snow. Read More
  
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• Man shot dead overnight in west Ottawa - CTV Edmonton

  06-12-2021 13:32 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Man shot dead overnight in west Ottawa  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Bradley and Waller: City of Ottawa must budget for preventative approach to tackling violence

  06-12-2021 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Police Services Board has approved another increase to the police budget without any discussion of evidence-based prevention. City Council will vote on the budget this week. The same pattern will be repeated next year unless the city embraces preventative approaches that can reduce street and gender-based violence. Read More
  
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• Public Service: Federal government faces 90 individual labour grievances on mandatory vaccine policy

  06-12-2021 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The federal government faces at least 90 individual labour grievances related to its mandatory vaccination policy, with civil servants demanding reinstatement, compensation for lost wages and damages. Read More
  
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• Pellerin: To fix gender-based violence, focus on healing everyone

  06-12-2021 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The anniversary of Polytechnique is upon us again. Thirty-two years since Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured another 10. Violence against women and girls — whether physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or financial — is as big a problem as it ever was. Actually, bigger. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: LeBreton Flats — we just want something done

  06-12-2021 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• FIRST READING: Ottawa doesn't care that our skies are full of UFOs - National Post

  06-12-2021 12:36 via nationalpost.com
  
  FIRST READING: Ottawa doesn't care that our skies are full of UFOs  National Post
  
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• DND investigations into ombudsman’s staff exposed as shoddy, lacking in evidence

  06-12-2021 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  National Defence had to pay significant financial settlements after its investigations into alleged wrongdoing by staff in the Canadian Forces Ombudsman’s office were exposed as shoddy and lacking in any real evidence. Read More
  
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• Bars, restaurants reconsidering Plexiglas protection as COVID-19 focus shifts to ventilation, air circulation

  06-12-2021 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At Irene's Pub, Plexiglas is passé. Read More
  
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• ANALYSIS: Council's budget debate this week is the start of Campaign 2022

  06-12-2021 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Wednesday's budget meeting might as well be the kickoff to the next municipal election campaign, even though candidates can't sign up until May. Read More
  
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• Ottawa woman in two-week quarantine says she couldn't access ArriveCan app - CTV News Ottawa

  06-12-2021 10:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa woman in two-week quarantine says she couldn't access ArriveCan app  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Ottawa needs a whole new approach to national security threats, experts say - CBC.ca

  06-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa needs a whole new approach to national security threats, experts say  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa needs a whole new approach to national security threats, experts say - CBC News

  06-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa needs a whole new approach to national security threats, experts say  CBC News
  
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