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• 8,000 customers still without power from storm Hydro Ottawa head calls 'our worst nightmare'

  30-05-2022 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Eight thousand Ottawa Hydro Ottawa customers remained without power Monday, nine days after a storm that the head of Hydro Ottawa described as the equivalent of “an F2 tornado that was six miles wide.” Read More
  
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• Meet the Newsroom: Ask our editorial team about the Ontario election campaign

  30-05-2022 23:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of six interactive sessions. We want invite you to meet the journalists who work in our newsroom: chat with us live in the comment section below. We look forward to hearing your questions! Read More
  
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• Analysis: Military has ignored past sexual misconduct reports — will that happen again?

  30-05-2022 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• 8,000 customers still without power from storm Ottawa Hydro head calls 'our worst nightmare'

  30-05-2022 22:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Eight thousand Ottawa Hydro Ottawa customers remained without power Monday, nine days after a storm that the head of Ottawa Hydro described as the equivalent of “an F2 tornado that was six miles wide.” Read More
  
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• Power outages, staffing issues: Ottawa Centre returning officer is ready for everything on election day

  30-05-2022 22:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dave Allston is ready for anything on provincial election day this Thursday — even power outages. Read More
  
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• Ontario election 2022: Ford defends government's autism record

  30-05-2022 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford said he inherited a "broken autism system" when he became premier four years ago and has since doubled the province's spending on services for children and their families. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: What you need to know on Monday, May 30

  30-05-2022 21:48 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 95% of Hydro Ottawa customers have power, crews still working on small pockets - CBC.ca

  30-05-2022 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
  95% of Hydro Ottawa customers have power, crews still working on small pockets  CBC.ca
  
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• Committee shifts Stage 3 LRT alignment off residential properties - Atlético Ottawa

  30-05-2022 20:16 via ottawa.ca
  Committee shifts Stage 3 LRT alignment off residential properties  Atlético Ottawa
  
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• Grover: Ontario election — Widening Ottawa's Highway 417 won’t fix congestion. Instead, it'll just hurt the planet

  30-05-2022 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  During a press conference in Ottawa this morning, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford focused on his plan to "help" commuters by widening a five-kilometre stretch of Highway 417 from six lanes to eight because this is, clearly, the defining election issue for Ottawa voters. Reviving this plan, originally drafted in 2016, is puzzling since construction of the city's LRT Line 2 is now underway on that exact stretch. Read More
  
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• Grover: Ontario election — Widening Ottawa's Highway 417 won't fix congestion. It'll just hurt the planet - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2022 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Grover: Ontario election — Widening Ottawa's Highway 417 won't fix congestion. It'll just hurt the planet  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ford wants MPPs to stop taking allowances from riding associations

  30-05-2022 20:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford doesn't like MPPs taking allowances from their riding associations on top of receiving six-figure salaries from taxpayers. Read More
  
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• Ford wants MPPs to stop taking allowances from riding associations; touts highway widening in Ottawa visit - Ottawa Citizen

  30-05-2022 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ford wants MPPs to stop taking allowances from riding associations; touts highway widening in Ottawa visit  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa announces $247-million to create 25000 apprenticeship positions across Canada - The Globe and Mail

  30-05-2022 18:56 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Ottawa announces $247-million to create 25000 apprenticeship positions across Canada  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Canada Day returns live to new site at Lebreton Flats with headliners Charlotte Cardin, Johnny Reid

  30-05-2022 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Muggah: Ontario election — Fixing health care starts by fixing primary care

  30-05-2022 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Two years into an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has left our health system with significant cracks, another crisis is looming that threatens to make it harder for patients to get the care they need. Read More
  
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• Debenture Committee to meet June 1 - Atlético Ottawa

  30-05-2022 18:32 via ottawa.ca
  Debenture Committee to meet June 1  Atlético Ottawa
  
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• Doug Ford defends decision to not visit Ottawa for more than a week after storm - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  30-05-2022 18:08 via cp24.com
  
  Doug Ford defends decision to not visit Ottawa for more than a week after storm  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ford defends not visiting Ottawa sooner after storm, doesn’t tour impacted areas - Global News

  30-05-2022 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ford defends not visiting Ottawa sooner after storm, doesn’t tour impacted areas  Global News
  
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• Police seek witnesses after motorcycle rider, 61, seriously hurt in Aviation Parkway crash

  30-05-2022 17:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 61-year-old Ottawa man was rushed to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries Sunday afternoon after a crash on the Aviation Parkway near Montreal Road, police said. Read More
  
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• Wellar: What happened to Ontario's consultation on improving accountability of municipal politicians?

  30-05-2022 17:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  More than a year ago, the Ottawa Citizen reported on the announcement of a public consultation by Ontario Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark on strengthening the accountability of members of municipal councils. In Ottawa, the announcement was greeted with particular interest because it involved College ward Coun. Rick Chiarelli. Read More
  
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• CBC Ottawa wins national investigative journalism award - CBC.ca

  30-05-2022 17:24 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Ottawa wins national investigative journalism award  CBC.ca
  
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• Kaplan-Myrth: Ontario election — COVID-19 isn't over. Vote for the party that will act on this reality

  30-05-2022 16:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “I’m sorry, but it is likely COVID-19 again.” These are words we say daily to our patients, in May 2022. Parents of young children in day care or kindergarten, not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, respond, “But they told us COVID-19 is over,” or, “How can they let this happen?” Read More
  
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• Weather: Mixed skies, sticky high Monday, chance of showers Tuesday

  30-05-2022 13:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There's a 40 per cent chance of showers early Monday morning then the forecast is for some sunshine to peek out of mixed skies with a high of 30 C, expected to feel like 33. Read More
  
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• Scott: One year after Indigenous children's remains located at Kamloops, the search for truth continues

  30-05-2022 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Just over a year ago, we stood witness as the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced that it had located the potential remains of more than 200 children of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. This announcement helped inspire searches at former residential school sites across Canada and has driven action in other important ways. I believe that the spirits of the little ones have guided us in a milestone year on the journey of truth and reconciliation. Read Mo
  
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• Bradley: Ottawa storm 2022 — we need a more reliable electricity grid

  30-05-2022 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “Unprecedented” has been used so much when it comes to natural disasters of the 21st century, it has become almost meaningless. However, no one outside of meteorological circles even knew what a "derecho" was until last weekend. But after 600,000 people in Ontario and Quebec lost power in the wake of that storm on May 21, it would seem that “unprecedented” has struck again. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Ontario election — The biodiversity of this province is at stake

  30-05-2022 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the election coverage and debate in Ontario, a profound crisis is being overlooked: the destruction of Ontario’s nature and the species that inhabit it. This election may determine the fate of species who have been here for thousands of years. Read More
  
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• Ottawa-area farmers try to stay positive after devastating storm - CBC.ca

  30-05-2022 13:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa-area farmers try to stay positive after devastating storm  CBC.ca
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze on MacNeil Court in Kanata

  30-05-2022 13:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa firefighters responded to a blaze on MacNeil Court late Sunday afternoon after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting heavy, black smoke and flames in the second storey of a rowhouse. Read More
  
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• Ottawa has one last chance to get its most belaboured climate policy right - The Globe and Mail

  30-05-2022 13:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Ottawa has one last chance to get its most belaboured climate policy right  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Judge to decide whether township can proceed with 'vexatious litigant' case against Almonte resident Steve Maynard

  30-05-2022 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A looming Superior Court decision will determine whether the Municipality of Mississippi Mills can proceed with its efforts to brand resident Steve Maynard a “vexatious litigant” or whether the case should be dismissed as a “strategic” lawsuit intended to silence public dissent. Read More
  
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• In limbo and in danger: Advocates fighting to bring Afghan women's rights activist to Ottawa

  30-05-2022 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Farzana Adell Ghadiya, an Afghan women's rights activist, is in hiding in an undisclosed country where Afghan refugees are in constant danger of being apprehended and sent back into the hands of the Taliban. Even going to the neighbourhood grocery store is dangerous. Read More
  
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• Ottawa storm: Hundreds of small outages remain | CTV News - CTV News Ottawa

  30-05-2022 09:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa storm: Hundreds of small outages remain | CTV News  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze on MacNeil Court

  30-05-2022 03:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa firefighters responded to a blaze on MacNeil Court late Sunday afternoon after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting heavy, black smoke and flames in the second storey of a rowhouse. Read More
  
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• Postmedia's James Bagnall honoured for 'scoop' on COVID-19 tests

  30-05-2022 02:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Postmedia's James Bagnall was honoured Saturday by the Canadian Association of Journalists for his expose on the race to build a made-in-Canada test for COVID-19. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Race Weekend returns after pandemic hiatus - CBC.ca

  30-05-2022 01:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa Race Weekend returns after pandemic hiatus  CBC.ca
  
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• Frustration and gratitude: Eight days without power, but neighbours helping neighbours in Riverside Park South

  30-05-2022 01:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The hum of generators and the buzz of chainsaws filled the air in a pocket of Riverside Park South on Sunday as crews and residents tackled the clean up from last weekend's storm amid a power outage that had stretched more than eight long days. Read More
  
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• Anglican Diocese hosts gala to raise funds for a local Inuit elders program

  30-05-2022 01:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa's Anglican Diocese is raising funds for a charity initiative that helps older people in Ottawa's Inuit community stay connected, hosting a virtual gala on Thursday that featured throat singing, cultural foods and a performance by hit singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark. Read More
  
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• Community Support Centres to open across Ottawa - Atlético Ottawa

  30-05-2022 00:44 via ottawa.ca
  Community Support Centres to open across Ottawa  Atlético Ottawa
  
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