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• Driver, 69, charged with stunt driving on Hwy. 417 east of Ottawa - CTV Edmonton

  09-02-2022 23:55
  
  Driver, 69, charged with stunt driving on Hwy. 417 east of Ottawa  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Council levers east-end road dispute in rejecting NCC's embassy plan for Mechanicsville

  09-02-2022 23:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The National Capital Commission's plan to build five embassies along a grassy swath of land at the edge of Mechanicsville received a strong rebuke from city council on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa spending $41 million to boost internet speeds in rural Alberta - Edmonton Journal

  09-02-2022 23:34
  
  Ottawa spending $41 million to boost internet speeds in rural Alberta  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Super Bowl LVI: Ottawa-based company providing state-of-the-art tech - CTV News Ottawa

  09-02-2022 23:31
  
  Super Bowl LVI: Ottawa-based company providing state-of-the-art tech  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Super Bowl LVI: Ottawa-based company providing state-of-the-art tech - CTV Edmonton

  09-02-2022 23:31
  
  Super Bowl LVI: Ottawa-based company providing state-of-the-art tech  CTV Edmonton
  
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• 'Our kids are living better than most kids': Protesters dismiss concerns about children on the scene

  09-02-2022 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Truckers and supporters said Wednesday they are proud to have their children with them at the protests that have shut down parts of Ottawa for nearly two weeks, saying they are there for their children's futures. Read More
  
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• Egan: '(Trucker) rights trump ours?' asks locked-out Rideau Centre worker - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 23:10
  
  Egan: '(Trucker) rights trump ours?' asks locked-out Rideau Centre worker  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Egan: '(Trucker) rights trump ours?' asks locked-out Rideau Centre worker

  09-02-2022 23:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the nearly 40-year history of the Rideau Centre (1983), nothing has forced the closure of its doors so completely, for so long, as the trucker convoy. Read More
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau regains spot as fourth largest metro area in 2021 Census

  09-02-2022 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The population of Ottawa-Gatineau grew from 1,371,576 in 2016 to 1,488,307 last year, leap-frogging Calgary into fourth place among urban Canadian centres. Read More
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau regains spot as fourth-largest metro area in 2021 census - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 22:52
  
  Ottawa-Gatineau regains spot as fourth-largest metro area in 2021 census  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Acklin: Ottawa was the team that believed in me the most, and that's where I wanted to sign - TSN

  09-02-2022 22:44
  
  Acklin: Ottawa was the team that believed in me the most, and that's where I wanted to sign  TSN
  
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• Waiting for America: Canopy Growth's ghostly assets still off the books

  09-02-2022 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At times, Canopy Growth CEO David Klein was a little wistful on Wednesday. The occasion was a conference call with analysts to explain his company's substandard financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31. Read More
  
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• Canadian truckers protesting in Ottawa appear set to stay - Al Jazeera English

  09-02-2022 22:18
  
  Canadian truckers protesting in Ottawa appear set to stay  Al Jazeera EnglishPolitical leaders clash as trucker convoy remains in Ottawa  Global NewsHow organizers with police and military expertise may be helping Ottawa convoy protest dig in  CBC.caOttawa police warn protesters of mischief charges for blocking streets  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsOttawa police warn protesters they could be charged for blocking downtown streets  CTV EdmontonView
  
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• City seeking public input on commemorative naming proposals - ottawa.ca

  09-02-2022 22:09
  City seeking public input on commemorative naming proposals  ottawa.ca
  
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• Regina senior pokes fun at truckers in song

  09-02-2022 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A retired Regina schoolteacher and singer-songwriter has captured the frustration of Ottawa residents dealing with the truckers’ protest in a light-hearted reworking of the Dean Martin 1950s classic, That’s Amore.  Read More
  
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• Toronto police close downtown streets over Ottawa truck protesters’ threat to relocate - Toronto Star

  09-02-2022 22:01
  
  Toronto police close downtown streets over Ottawa truck protesters’ threat to relocate  Toronto Star
  
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• Regina senior pokes fun at truckers in song - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 22:01
  
  Regina senior pokes fun at truckers in song  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks agree to terms with free-agent defensive backs Levels, Hunter - Alaska Highway News

  09-02-2022 22:00
  
  Ottawa Redblacks agree to terms with free-agent defensive backs Levels, Hunter  Alaska Highway News
  
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• Glavin: Taking on the truckers — could everyone please calm down?

  09-02-2022 21:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As the Loud Truckist Noise in Ottawa carried on this week, it was perhaps understandable that certain of the civic leaders in the nation’s capital and quite a few otherwise respectable members of the Canadian establishment would become a bit unhinged. By now, the rest of us should be sufficiently entertained by the flights of rhetoric that have been coming from all quarters about what it all means, and what to do about it, to come to some decision about whose shouts we like the most. But n
  
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• Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest 'freedom convoy' protesters? - The Conversation CA

  09-02-2022 20:47
  
  Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest 'freedom convoy' protesters?  The Conversation CAMapping the trucker convoy in Ottawa: ‘no one’s leaving here’  Global NewsWonder what the protest in Ottawa is really like? (29 photos)  BradfordTodayOttawa police chief says more resources needed to end convoy protest  The Globe and MailOttawa police chief says he needs more officers to enforce new provincial powers  CTV EdmontonV
  
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• Johnston: Divisions over COVID are dealing a death knell to democratic dialogue - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 20:08
  
  Johnston: Divisions over COVID are dealing a death knell to democratic dialogue  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• These eight Ottawa restaurants are among the most romantic in Canada - CTV News Ottawa

  09-02-2022 20:02
  
  These eight Ottawa restaurants are among the most romantic in Canada  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• These eight Ottawa restaurants are among the most romantic in Canada - CTV Edmonton

  09-02-2022 20:02
  
  These eight Ottawa restaurants are among the most romantic in Canada  CTV Edmonton
  
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• The Ottawa Senators Could Be Trade Deadline Sellers and Buyers - The Hockey News

  09-02-2022 20:00
  
  The Ottawa Senators Could Be Trade Deadline Sellers and Buyers  The Hockey News
  
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• Johnston: Divisions over COVID are dealing a death knell to democratic dialogue

  09-02-2022 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was recently asked if he would ever consider negotiating directly with the “Freedom Convoy” protesters to get them to leave. Trudeau will not. He feels the discussion was recently addressed, fully, at the ballot box: "(s)o having a group of people who disagree with the outcome of an election, who want to go a different way and bring in an alternative government, is a non-starter in a responsible democracy.” Read More
  
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• Explainer-How Ottawa's anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally - SaltWire Network

  09-02-2022 19:48
  
  Explainer-How Ottawa's anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally  SaltWire Network
  
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• Trucker convoy: City looking into injunction, but no action yet; 154 bylaw tickets laid

  09-02-2022 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require that Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated, but has evolved into a protest of all public health measures aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers say they will not end their protest until all measures are dropped. Read More
  
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• Cohen: In the United States, Canada is having a moment

  09-02-2022 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The other day Tucker Carlson, the star of Fox News, turned his fleeting attention and his large audience to Canada. Here was the great mouth in great distress. Read More
  
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• Cohen: In the United States, Canada is having a moment - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 19:13
  
  Cohen: In the United States, Canada is having a moment  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• KINSELLA: Ottawa 'freedom fighters' think they know more than experts - Toronto Sun

  09-02-2022 19:06
  
  KINSELLA: Ottawa 'freedom fighters' think they know more than experts  Toronto Sun
  
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• Truckers misrepresenting employers by joining Ottawa protest, companies say - CBC.ca

  09-02-2022 18:37
  
  Truckers misrepresenting employers by joining Ottawa protest, companies say  CBC.ca
  
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• Three more COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa as hospitalizations drop - CTV Edmonton

  09-02-2022 18:36
  
  Three more COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa as hospitalizations drop  CTV Edmonton
  
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• COVID-19: Province expands free rapid test availability to grocery stores, other sites; Three new deaths in Ottawa

  09-02-2022 18:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The province is rolling out widespread public access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) and has expanded ways to use the tests. Read More
  
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• Nasrallah: Trucker protest marks Ottawa's loss of innocence - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 18:22
  
  Nasrallah: Trucker protest marks Ottawa's loss of innocence  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Nasrallah: Trucker protest marks Ottawa's loss of innocence

  09-02-2022 18:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa we knew is gone. In the past two weeks, the city we came to live in and love has lost its legendary innocence and civil virginity. Read More
  
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• Joint statement from Canada's unions on the Ottawa occupation - Canadian Labour Congress

  09-02-2022 17:52
  
  Joint statement from Canada's unions on the Ottawa occupation  Canadian Labour Congress
  
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• COVID-19: Province expands free rapid test availability to grocery stores, other sites; Hospital cases continue to drop;

  09-02-2022 17:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The province is rolling out widespread public access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) and has expanded ways to use the tests. Read More
  
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• Get excited for this year's March Break programs! - ottawa.ca

  09-02-2022 17:17
  Get excited for this year's March Break programs!  ottawa.ca
  
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• Reevely: How the Ambassador Bridge protest could add to Canada’s supply-chain woes

  09-02-2022 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Protesters in Windsor, Ont., have blocked the Ambassador Bridge since Monday evening, a trade route that Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair called “a vital artery of supply for the province of Ontario.” Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Hospital cases continue to drop; Rapid tests to be distributed to grocery stores, other sites

  09-02-2022 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to drop in Ontario Wednesday, as the province reported 2,049 patients in hospital, a drop of 195 patients from Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Trucker convoy: Protest enters 13th day in Ottawa, border crossings in Alberta, Windsor paralyzed

  09-02-2022 15:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require that Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated, but has evolved into a protest of all public health measures aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers say they will not end their protest until all measures are dropped. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's urban champion - Ottawa Citizen

  09-02-2022 15:15
  
  Ottawa's urban champion  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa shows that democracy under extremist occupation isn’t democracy at all - TVO

  09-02-2022 15:14
  
  Ottawa shows that democracy under extremist occupation isn’t democracy at all  TVO
  
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• Ottawa's urban champion

  09-02-2022 15:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Rosaline Hill is a study in contrasts. Architect, bush camping enthusiast, urban advocate, nature lover, entrepreneur, artist, approvals expert, and Ottawa’s designer of the year. Read More
  
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• Ottawa weather: Chance of flurries or rain on Wednesday - CTV Edmonton

  09-02-2022 14:02
  
  Ottawa weather: Chance of flurries or rain on Wednesday  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Wudrick: Vaccine mandates should end – but the trucker convoy might have to go home first

  09-02-2022 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For many of the more than 50 per cent of Canadians — myself included — who believe our governments should end vaccine mandates and lift most of the restrictions we have been forced to endure for nearly two years, the size of the convoy protest in Ottawa has served as further evidence that disquiet about governments’ pandemic intrusions on our freedoms is far from a fringe position. Read More
  
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• Weather: High of 1 C Wednesday with chance of flurries or rain, snow by Friday

  09-02-2022 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It was -10 C at the Ottawa airport as the sun rose Wednesday, but we're not expected to get temperatures this chilly again for days. Read More
  
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• Brougham: Truck protest — it's about as far from a 'freedom convoy' as you can get

  09-02-2022 13:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  While the truckers’ grievances have partly to do with making a living and partly to do with the effect of regulations on their private lives, it seems others with only an anti-vaccine/anti-mask agenda — and some with an anti-government agenda — have turned the demonstration in Ottawa into an occupation. Read More
  
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• Dining Out: More than ample culinary thrills and value at Perch

  09-02-2022 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The last time I ate something from chef Justin Champagne-Lagarde's kitchen, it was an intimidatingly hefty deep-dish pizza that held smoked meat, sauerkraut and three kinds of cheese in its bready embrace. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: For Ottawa's disabled, the protest has meant less freedom

  09-02-2022 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Protest is a huge barrier for disabled  Read More
  
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