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• Government communications strategy designed two years ago to justify F-35 purchase

  28-03-2022 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Government officials prepared a communications strategy two years ago to justify how the federal government could purchase the F-35 even though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claimed Canada wouldn’t buy the stealth fighter and had no use for it. Read More
  
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• 'A game changer': Ottawa families react to new child-care deal - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 23:49
  
  'A game changer': Ottawa families react to new child-care deal  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• City posts $52.2M surplus in 2021, helps police find money to offset $8M deficit

  28-03-2022 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  COVID-19 didn't stop city hall from racking up a huge surplus in 2021, but council will need to authorize an $8-million backstop for the Ottawa Police Service, which ended the year in the red. Read More
  
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• Site prep starts Tuesday on new Civic; 159 trees to be cut

  28-03-2022 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  After decades of discussion, on-site work is set to begin on The Ottawa Hospital's new Civic campus on Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Fortier, Collard and Fleury: Salvation Army still isn't listening to its Ottawa neighbours

  28-03-2022 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The following is offered in response to the March 18 article "The Salvation Army’s new centre is critical for Ottawa’s most vulnerable" by Marc Provost, Executive Director of the Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre:  Read More
  
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• Ottawa River swallows big gulp of raw sewage because of seal failure

  28-03-2022 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Thousands of litres of sanitary sewage spilled into the Ottawa River this month because a seal failed between two wells, the city said Monday. Read More
  
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• Police seek witnesses to serious Roger Stevens Drive collision

  28-03-2022 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a serious weekend collision on Roger Stevens Drive. Read More
  
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• Ottawa artists's postcard campaign to help Ukraine

  28-03-2022 22:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A campaign by 16 Ottawa artists to raise funds for emergency humanitarian aid to Ukraine by selling postcards is in its home stretch, having raised about $6,500 to date before its March 31 cutoff. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Hospital CEO tops sunshine list in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2022 22:04
  
  Ottawa Hospital CEO tops sunshine list in Ottawa  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa Hospital CEO tops sunshine list in Ottawa

  28-03-2022 22:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With an annual salary of $623,517 in 2021, The Ottawa Hospital’s president and chief executive officer Cameron Love is the highest paid provincial public sector employee in Ottawa, according to the annual sunshine list of public sector salaries. Read More
  
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• Sewage leak into Ottawa River caused by seal failure, city memo says - CBC.ca

  28-03-2022 21:30
  
  Sewage leak into Ottawa River caused by seal failure, city memo says  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa police seek witnesses to serious crash on Roger Stevens Drive - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 21:30
  
  Ottawa police seek witnesses to serious crash on Roger Stevens Drive  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• University of Ottawa dropping proof of vaccination and masking rules - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 21:23
  
  University of Ottawa dropping proof of vaccination and masking rules  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• COVID-19: What you need to know on Monday, March 28

  28-03-2022 21:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Woman found dead in Heatherington Road home; homicide unit is investigating

  28-03-2022 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The homicide unit is investigating after a woman was found dead in a residence on Heatherington Road near Albion Road North Monday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police investigating south end homicide | CTV News - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 20:28
  
  Ottawa police investigating south end homicide | CTV News  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Fortier, Collard and Fleury: Salvation Army still isn't listening to its Ottawa neighours

  28-03-2022 20:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The following is offered in response to the March 18 article "The Salvation Army’s new centre is critical for Ottawa’s most vulnerable" by Marc Provost, Executive Director of the Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre:  Read More
  
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• Ottawa police investigating homicide on Heatherington Road - CBC.ca

  28-03-2022 20:10
  
  Ottawa police investigating homicide on Heatherington Road  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa's coronavirus wastewater level as high as peak of 1st Omicron wave - CBC.ca

  28-03-2022 20:08
  
  Ottawa's coronavirus wastewater level as high as peak of 1st Omicron wave  CBC.ca
  
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• Sutcliffe: What Ottawa entrepreneurs have learned from the pandemic

  28-03-2022 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For Ottawa business owners, the past two years have been a period of constant change, continual adaptation and frustrating setbacks. But for many, it’s also been the greatest learning opportunity of their lives. Over the past few weeks, I’ve connected with more than 40 local business owners and CEOs to explore the lessons they’ve learned during the pandemic. What emerged was a level of hard-earned wisdom and maturity, a thoughtful perspective about values and priorities, and a
  
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• Police using helicopter in search for teen who went missing after house party in Alfred-Plantagenet

  28-03-2022 16:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Police were searching on the ground and by air Monday for an 18-year-old man who didn't come home from a house party on Concession Road 2 in Alfred-Plantagenet Township. Read More
  
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• Randy Hillier turns himself over to police, charged for 'Freedom Convoy' activities

  28-03-2022 15:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier walked into Ottawa police headquarters Monday morning to face nine charges stemming from his actions during the weeks-long "Freedom Convoy" occupation of downtown Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Randy Hillier turns himself over the police, charged for 'Freedom Convoy' activities

  28-03-2022 14:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier walked into Ottawa police headquarters Monday morning to face nine charges stemming from his actions during the weeks-long "Freedom Convoy" occupation of downtown Ottawa. Read More
  
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• MPP Hillier granted bail as he faces 9 charges related to Ottawa convoy protest - CBC.ca

  28-03-2022 14:23
  
  MPP Hillier granted bail as he faces 9 charges related to Ottawa convoy protest  CBC.ca
  
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• Snow, ice pellets and freezing rain possible this week - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 13:52
  
  Snow, ice pellets and freezing rain possible this week  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Weather: Wintry start to the week with -13 C Monday morning, high of just -8 C

  28-03-2022 13:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Hope your parka isn't packed away for the season with a Monday morning low of -13 C and wind chill of -23 at the Ottawa airport. Read More
  
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• Rubin: How to improve the badly needed inquiry into Ottawa's LRT

  28-03-2022 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As long ago as January 2019, before Ottawa's Confederation had even started operating, I said in a letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen that the time had already arrived to hold a public inquiry. The shoddy construction of, and delays in, the $2.1-billion light-rail transit system warranted this and I said that the $4.7-billion LRT second phase should be paused rather than rushed forward. Read More
  
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• Mirzad: What about Canada's promises to Afghanistan's refugees?

  28-03-2022 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As the horrors of the war in Ukraine persist and the entire eastern European continent opens its doors and hearts to Ukrainian refugees, thousands — if not millions — of vulnerable and at-risk Afghan women, girls and ethnic minorities fear being forgotten. Read More
  
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• Ukraine: Voices from Ottawa — 'There’s such a huge demand for tourniquets right now'

  28-03-2022 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The shots being fired in Ukraine have been heard, and felt, around the world — by residents there, by expats, by the sons and daughters of émigrés, and by people with no direct connection to the country who are nonetheless deeply troubled by what's taking place. We're reaching out to people in the Ottawa area to learn their thoughts and stories. Read More
  
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• Ottawa patients, surgeon call for national endometriosis strategy

  28-03-2022 12:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “It’s like someone taking crushed glass and dragging it across your insides.” Read More
  
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• Ottawa police board meeting being held in-person, which activists worry may limit public participation

  28-03-2022 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Police Services Board's Monday meeting will be held in person for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some community activists fear the lack of a hybrid meeting model will curb public participation. Read More
  
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• City hopes dealmaking strategy for LRT can convince NCC to unlock greenbelt for east-end road

  28-03-2022 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  After a 100-day negotiation secured federal land for the LRT expansion in Ottawa's west end seven years ago, city council thinks the same strategy could unlock greenbelt land for a $306-million roadway and transit project in the east. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies from illness at 62 - The Associated Press - en Español

  28-03-2022 09:00
  
  Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies from illness at 62  The Associated Press - en Español
  
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• Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dead at 62 after an illness - CBC.ca

  28-03-2022 09:00
  
  Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dead at 62 after an illness  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa firefighters battle blaze on Bank Street - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2022 04:16
  
  Ottawa firefighters battle blaze on Bank Street  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa firefighters battle blaze on Bank Street

  28-03-2022 04:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at a multi-use building on Bank Street between Nepean and Lisgar streets on Sunday evening. Read More
  
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• Ontario signs $10.2-billion child-care deal with federal government - Ottawa Citizen

  28-03-2022 04:10
  
  Ontario signs $10.2-billion child-care deal with federal government  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ontario reaches $10.2-billion child-care deal with Ottawa, sources say - The Globe and Mail

  28-03-2022 03:04
  
  Ontario reaches $10.2-billion child-care deal with Ottawa, sources say  The Globe and Mail
  
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• University of Ottawa announces investment of $5 million in Francophonie on campus - The Fulcrum

  28-03-2022 02:35
  
  University of Ottawa announces investment of $5 million in Francophonie on campus  The Fulcrum
  
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• Ottawa soccer fans celebrate Canada qualifying for the World Cup - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 01:21
  
  Ottawa soccer fans celebrate Canada qualifying for the World Cup  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• 'Traumatic experience': Ottawa business upset after vehicle convoy rolls into town - CTV News Ottawa

  28-03-2022 00:17
  
  'Traumatic experience': Ottawa business upset after vehicle convoy rolls into town  CTV News OttawaVehicle convoy rolls through downtown Ottawa on its way to Vankleek Hill  Global News'Next generation' convoy slow-rolls in and out of Ottawa  Ottawa CitizenConvoy protesters were expected to leave Ottawa during 1st week, city says  CBC.caProtest convoy passed though downtown Ottawa Saturday; police say no incidents to report  Ottawa.CityNews.caView
  
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