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• Editorial: Ottawans are enraged; politicians may finally be listening

  14-02-2022 23:51
  
  We want our city back. Now. Read More
  
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• No more fireworks: Judge grants city injunction against convoy protesters

  14-02-2022 23:28
  
  The city was granted its injunction Monday afternoon to restrain aspects of the ongoing self-described “Freedom Convoy.” Read More
  
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• Weekend counter-protest at Bank and Riverside was ‘spontaneous’ - CityNews Ottawa

  14-02-2022 23:20
  
  Weekend counter-protest at Bank and Riverside was ‘spontaneous’  CityNews Ottawa
  
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• COVID-19 in Ottawa: Business owners excited about accelerated reopening - CTV News Ottawa

  14-02-2022 23:15
  
  COVID-19 in Ottawa: Business owners excited about accelerated reopening  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Valentine's Day: An Ottawa couple's love story, from kindergarten to engaged to be married | CTV News - CTV News Ottawa

  14-02-2022 22:44
  
  Valentine's Day: An Ottawa couple's love story, from kindergarten to engaged to be married | CTV News  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Truck convoy: Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act; Judge approves city's injunction; 'Several' trucks moved off residential streets: Watson

  14-02-2022 22:38
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated to avoid testing and quarantine requirements, 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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• Reported hack of convoy protest crowdfund reveals nearly 500 alleged Ottawa donors - CTV News Ottawa

  14-02-2022 22:13
  
  Reported hack of convoy protest crowdfund reveals nearly 500 alleged Ottawa donors  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Canada protests: Residents in Ottawa stage counterprotest over 'Freedom Convoy' - The Washington Post

  14-02-2022 22:11
  Canada protests: Residents in Ottawa stage counterprotest over 'Freedom Convoy'  The Washington Post
  
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• Peter MacKay and Vern White: What's happening in Ottawa is not freedom, it’s anarchy - National Post

  14-02-2022 22:06
  
  Peter MacKay and Vern White: What's happening in Ottawa is not freedom, it’s anarchy  National Post
  
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• Ottawa, Newfoundland say Muskrat Falls financing terms are signed, as Innu Nation cries foul - The Globe and Mail

  14-02-2022 21:35
  
  Ottawa, Newfoundland say Muskrat Falls financing terms are signed, as Innu Nation cries foul  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Ottawa Housing Market Supply Level Hits a Critical Low - RE/MAX News

  14-02-2022 21:34
  
  Ottawa Housing Market Supply Level Hits a Critical Low  RE/MAX News
  
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• Kindra: Trucker protest — COVID restrictions may never have been the real issue

  14-02-2022 21:16
  
  The Freedom Convoy wants a “free Canada." As well, the protesters want to be “free." But free from what? What kind of free Canada do they envision? Is it really a protest against COVID restrictions? Or is it symptomatic of deeper social unrest? Read More
  
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• Ontario to end vaccine passports, lift restrictions 'in spite' of protests

  14-02-2022 21:07
  
  Ontario will remove most pandemic restrictions, including vaccine passports, by March 1 and loosen capacity limits sooner, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday. Masks will still be required indoors in public spaces until at least mid-March. Read More
  
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• No more fireworks: Judge grants city injunction against convoy protestors

  14-02-2022 21:07
  
  The city was granted its injunction Monday afternoon to restrain aspects of the ongoing self-described “Freedom Convoy.” Read More
  
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• Pedestrian struck, killed by backhoe in Hawkesbury, OPP says

  14-02-2022 20:57
  
  Police are investigating after a 51-year-old man was struck and fatally injured by a backhoe in Hawkesbury Saturday morning. Read More
  
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• Egan: It's not about the army. It's about the field generals

  14-02-2022 20:52
  
  Does anyone know what the hell is going on anymore? Read More
  
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• Dumont: Trucker protest — what kind of freedom do they mean?

  14-02-2022 20:34
  
  Winter, according to Algonquin tradition, is a time of peace and appreciation of spirit — yours, mine and that of all our relations. We are instructed by Creator to be as quiet as we possibly can whilst pass the cold moons of winter. We do so to allow sacred Mother Earth time for rest so she can rejuvenate her energies properly. Read More
  
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• Victim pepper sprayed in one of a string of online sales thefts, Gatineau police warn

  14-02-2022 20:17
  
  Gatineau police say they've gotten a string of complaints from people who've been victims of theft after meeting up for deals set up on sales sites including Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji. Read More
  
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• Truck convoy: Trudeau reportedly invoking emergency powers; Judge approves city's injunction; 'Several' trucks moved off residential streets: Watson

  14-02-2022 20:06
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated to avoid testing and quarantine requirements, 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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• Judge grants injunction against noise, idling, fireworks in Ottawa as protests continue - Global News

  14-02-2022 19:41
  
  Judge grants injunction against noise, idling, fireworks in Ottawa as protests continue  Global News
  
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• Truck convoy: Trudeau reportedly invoking emergency powers; Judge approves city's injunction; Noon deadline in mayor's deal with convoy

  14-02-2022 19:36
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated to avoid testing and quarantine requirements, 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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• Editorial: Ottawans are enraged; and they're ready to act if no one else does

  14-02-2022 19:06
  
  We want our city back. Now. Read More
  
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• GARRIOCH: The Ottawa Senators will welcome all their fans back March 1 - Ottawa Sun

  14-02-2022 18:08
  
  GARRIOCH: The Ottawa Senators will welcome all their fans back March 1  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Sutcliffe: Trucker protest shows the wheels have completely fallen off our political leadership

  14-02-2022 17:48
  
  Think of a business with a few hundred employees. In a crisis, the owners introduce a necessary but constrictive new employment policy. It isn’t initially popular but over time, the majority of workers say they support it. What should the owners do about the small minority who don’t? Read More
  
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• Mingarelli: Now, more than ever, we need a kindness revolution

  14-02-2022 16:58
  
  If there was ever a time when we needed more acts of kindness, it is now. Bullying, harassment and racism have been at the forefront of mainstream media reports in Canada recently. A lot of people have been hurt and are being hurt. Read More
  
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• North Bay police charge Ottawa man after wild chase - CTV News Northern Ontario

  14-02-2022 16:57
  
  North Bay police charge Ottawa man after wild chase  CTV News Northern Ontario
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario to ease COVID-19 restrictions, end vaccine passports, open boosters to youths

  14-02-2022 16:57
  
  Ontario will start removing COVID-19 public health restrictions a few days earlier than planned and end the requirement for vaccine passports on March 1, Premier Doug Ford said on Monday. Read More
  
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• Weather: Extreme cold warning ended, sunny high of -14 C

  14-02-2022 16:54
  
  Wear your woolies if you're hitting the newly reopened Rideau Canal Skateway this Valentine's Day — an extreme cold warning was still in effect Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Truck convoy: Trudeau reportedly invoking emergency powers; Noon deadline in mayor's deal with convoy

  14-02-2022 16:25
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated to avoid testing and quarantine requirements, 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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• Wark: Is it time for the federal Emergencies Act?

  14-02-2022 16:20
  
  In 1919, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats penned a dark and alarming vision where “things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.” He laid bare a world in which “the best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” The poem ended with a memorable image and question mark: “and what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Read More
  
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• Truck convoy: Day 18 in Ottawa; Noon deadline in mayor's deal with convoy, PM talking to premiers

  14-02-2022 15:07
  
  The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated to avoid testing and quarantine requirements, 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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• Robertson: Passive policing won't work in the current trucker crisis - Ottawa Citizen

  14-02-2022 14:06
  
  Robertson: Passive policing won't work in the current trucker crisis  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Robertson: Passive policing won't work in the current trucker crisis

  14-02-2022 14:00
  
  Our communities face significant challenges as a result of the unlawful actions of protesters. These challenges are symptoms, however, of policing problems that include: lack of leadership; strategic analysis; experience; and in some cases moral courage. The inability of police to control individuals and organizations who openly commit criminal acts is eroding public trust and is unacceptable In Canada. Read More
  
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• Ottawa weather: Extreme cold warning in effect - CTV Edmonton

  14-02-2022 13:59
  
  Ottawa weather: Extreme cold warning in effect  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Weather: Extreme cold warning in effect Monday morning, sunny high of -14 C

  14-02-2022 13:40
  
  Wear your woolies if you're hitting the newly reopened Rideau Canal Skateway this Valentine's Day — an extreme cold warning was still in effect Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Simoneau: Valentine's Day — Yes, love is all around us

  14-02-2022 13:15
  
  I’m a man in my mid-20s. I walk into the cafeteria that one morning. At a table, she sits with friends and laughs breezily. She’s in jeans, a white T-shirt, and her hair is perfectly tousled. She radiates when I approach. Read More
  
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• Siu: A precious rediscovery of family, and of history

  14-02-2022 13:00
  
  My husband has a formidable collection of narratives, photographs, even personal artifacts from family members in his distant past. On his dad’s side, he can trace one of his family lineages back to 1453. His mother’s family tree is even more impressively informed. Her last name at birth was “Reesor” and there exists an entire non-profit society established to celebrate, maintain and preserve a written history of the Reesor family in Canada starting from the 1700s. Enormo
  
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• Canada Opens Blockaded Bridge, but in Ottawa, Truckers Won’t Budge - The New York Times

  14-02-2022 12:49
  
  Canada Opens Blockaded Bridge, but in Ottawa, Truckers Won’t Budge  The New York Times
  
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• A uOttawa law professor who studies protests has boots on the ground

  14-02-2022 12:00
  
  Joao Velloso has been doing fieldwork at the protest downtown. Read More
  
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• YOU SAID IT: How do people back him? - Ottawa Sun

  14-02-2022 11:37
  
  YOU SAID IT: How do people back him?  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Judge grants injunction against noise, idling, fireworks in Ottawa - CTV News Ottawa

  14-02-2022 09:00
  
  Judge grants injunction against noise, idling, fireworks in Ottawa  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Feds should use emergency powers to end Ottawa occupation: expert - CTV News Ottawa

  14-02-2022 09:00
  
  Feds should use emergency powers to end Ottawa occupation: expert  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Examining the police response to Ottawa protests - CBC.ca

  14-02-2022 04:55
  
  Examining the police response to Ottawa protests  CBC.ca
  
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• Pedestrian, 13, suffers critical injuries in collision; vehicle leaves the scene

  14-02-2022 02:15
  
  A 13-year-old pedestrian was taken to hospital with critical injuries after being struck by a vehicle in the area of Meadowlands Drive and Fisher Avenue on Sunday at about 4 p.m. Read More
  
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• OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video - CTV Toronto

  14-02-2022 01:45
  
  OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video  CTV Toronto
  
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• OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video - CTV News Toronto

  14-02-2022 01:45
  
  OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video  CTV News Toronto
  
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• OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  14-02-2022 01:41
  
  OPP launch investigation into officer who appeared to support Ottawa convoy protest in video  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Outgoing special forces members under military investigation for alleged involvement in Ottawa protests - CTV News

  14-02-2022 00:23
  
  Outgoing special forces members under military investigation for alleged involvement in Ottawa protests  CTV News
  
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• Day 17 of the Freedom Protests: Ottawa working with protest organizers to move trucks from residential areas - National Post

  14-02-2022 00:14
  
  Day 17 of the Freedom Protests: Ottawa working with protest organizers to move trucks from residential areas  National Post
  
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