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Joe Lofaro

@giuseppelo

3 years

Breaking: Just hours after it was tabled, Quebec's National Assembly has passed, unanimously, a new law to prevent anti-vaccine protests within 50 m of schools, daycares, hospitals, and COVID-19 testing/vaccine sites. The offence carries a max. fine of $12,000. Story coming.

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So Romana Didulo, the QAnon “Queen of Canada,” just burned a Canadian flag with a lighter in front of her followers on Parliament Hill. She’s calling for an end to all public health restrictions. Someone in the crowd could be heard saying “this is wrong.”

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NEW: @CanadiensMTL owner Geoff Molson called Alex Wojakowski today after reading my story about him allegedly being attacked in downtown Mtl Monday for wearing a Jets jersey. Molson is sending him a new @NHLJets jersey and a Habs cap. Police still investigating. Story coming.

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Sunwing, Air Transat, Air Canada refusing to board 'unruly' Quebec influencers returning from Mexico

Passengers arrive in Montreal following plane party controversy involving Quebec influencers

Multiple Canadian airlines say they will refuse to board a group of Quebec social media influencers and reality TV stars on their way back from Cancun who were seen partying maskless, vaping, and...

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6 years

The opening line of this court decision is out of this world. And, yes, it's from Ottawa.

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3 years

Updated story here:

Quebec swiftly passes new bill to prohibit anti-vaccine protests near schools, hospitals

After just a few hours of debate, Quebec's National Assembly voted unanimously Thursday evening to pass a new bill that would prohibit anti-vaccine protesters from demonstrating near schools,...

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4 years

Some personal news: I'll be going back to my roots as a reporter — and in a new city. I feel so fortunate and excited to be joining the @CTVMontreal newsroom as a digital reporter later this month. À bientôt!

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@giuseppelo

8 years

"In a lot of cases, CNN's Trump pundits are repeating the misinformation that CNN's serious journalists spend all day trying to debunk."

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@voxdotcom

8 years

CNN's approach to covering politics prioritizes drama and spectacle over truth telling.

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8 years

I guess now is a good time to share some personal news. I'm now working on the web desk at @CBCOttawa . Happy to join the team!

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2 years

People in Laval lay flowers, stuffed animals at a makeshift memorial on the hood of a police car near the scene of the daycare bus crash that killed two four-year-old children and injured six others. (🎥 @cosmoCTV )

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8 years

Canadian Judicial Council recommends Justice Robin Camp be removed from office for his "knees together" comments.

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6 years

🚨Some personal news: I'm leaving the CBC to join the @SenateCA as a digital content writer. It's been a privilege to work for the CBC, Citizen, and Metro over the last 7+ years. I'll miss the journo life but I'm excited for this new opportunity.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

A passenger on the Dec. 30 flight to Cancun told The Canadian Press she tested positive for COVID on Wednesday and fears dozens more could be infected. Now isolating in her Tulum hotel room, she says she feels "abandoned" by the organizer of the trip.

Passengers arrive in Montreal following plane party controversy involving Quebec influencers

Multiple Canadian airlines say they will refuse to board a group of Quebec social media influencers and reality TV stars on their way back from Cancun who were seen partying maskless, vaping, and...

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Here's the latest on the jersey story.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Another development: @waynefrommtl tells me he found a torn Jets jersey dangling from a trash can near St. Catherine/Stanley around 1:15 a.m. Tues. He took a pic as a joke and realizes now it's very likely Alex's stolen jersey. Says he's "really disappointed" about the attack.

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7 years

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the Oct. 22 shooting in Ottawa. Flowers rest on the plaque honouring Cpl. Nathan Cirillo.

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3 years

A Quebec gym is requiring proof of vaccination for its members. When I asked the owner today if he cares about potentially losing customers over the new policy he said, "I'm now honestly happy to lose them."

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@giuseppelo

2 years

@AndySwift hey Andy. I'm a reporter with CTV. Can we use your video on our platforms with credit to you?

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@giuseppelo

3 years

UPDATE: The SAQ says at the request of the Quebec government, it will pull the 10 or Russian products from its shelves as soon as possible.

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8 years

I'm sad to leave my Metro colleagues, but I'm thrilled to start a new position at the @OttawaCitizen as a reporter. I start on Aug. 29.

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3 years

"If I was there, I would have stopped that for sure. I would have tried to prevent him from getting his jersey ripped and torn and burned," he says.

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8 years

Today was my last day at the @OttawaCitizen . It's been a privilege to work here for 5+ months. Looking forward to my next adventure.

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Who wore it better?

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Today is a sad day for local news. I worked at @metroottawa for nearly six years. They have some of the hardest working reporters in this city. Ottawa now has one less voice telling this city's story. #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

8 years

President Obama's motorcade just rolled through downtown Ottawa. #NALS2016 #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Ottawa cop docked 20 days' pay for calling in sick to go to Scouts Canada jamboree in Halifax Other Ottawa cop docked only 7 days' pay for punching a handcuffed teen twice in the face after unlawfully arresting him 🤔

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@giuseppelo

3 years

All Quebecers 18 and older will be eligible for a booster shot by Jan. 21, 2022. Here's the full schedule of the new roll-out announced today by the ministry of health.

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@giuseppelo

7 years

A mural created by Inuit youth from Cape Dorset, Nunavut has been unveiled in the ByWard Market. #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

8 years

I biked to work for the first time on a weekday. I guess this is the sort of thing that drives #ottbike nuts.

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9 years

Hundreds of people line up to see Justin Trudeau in Barrhaven at Chandra Arya's campaign office. #ottnews #elxn42 http://t.co/4WbkgvRNC2

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8 years

First time my byline has appeared in the @TorontoStar . I made A3!

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6 years

So, my story on unfounded sexual assaults in Ottawa has been scrubbed from the Internet thanks to the Torstar/Postmedia deal. Along with the work of my former Metro Ottawa colleagues. This makes me so effing mad.

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7 years

Now that @MetroNewsCanada is gone, so are the online archives of the Winnipeg and Ottawa editions that shuttered last fall:

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5 years

@CBCOttawa Just crossed the bridge into Gatineau during a jog no problem. So pedestrians are ok to cross for now.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Woman shouts "freedom" while standing on top of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, also the spot where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed during the 2014 Parliament Hill shooting. No words.

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3 years

After explaining to these less than fine Canadians of the hallowed grounds upon which they trode, this was their reaction in the name of Freedom. Unsat!

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2 years

Quebec man has been arrested by the RCMP and accused of being a Chinese spy while working for Hydro-Quebec. Yuesheng Wang, 35, allegedly “obtained trade secrets to benefit the People's Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada's economic interests,” according to the RCMP.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Breaking: Quebec to impose 'significant' financial penalty against people who refuse to get vaccinated

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Still working on my 2nd last day at the Citizen. I am not going to miss working in this stuffy press room in the courthouse slash yes I am.

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@giuseppelo

2 years

A viewer sent this video of a major fire by Highway 13 in Montreal.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Montreal-based MindGeek settles Pornhub lawsuit with 50 women, including four Canadians via @CTVMontreal

Pornhub owner settles lawsuit with 50 women, including four Canadians

Pornhub owner MindGeek has settled a U.S. lawsuit involving 50 women, including four Canadians, who had alleged they were duped into a massive sex-trafficking operation.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

In some parts of Montreal you'll have to wait 10 days (!!) or longer to get a COVID test at a government testing site, unless more capacity opens up. Unreal. At that point, should you just stay home and isolate for that many days? cc: @DonaldVinh

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@giuseppelo

7 years

When you have a dad who keeps *everything* and was a former journalist, this is what you find in his basement. Dated Dec. 23, 1977.

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@giuseppelo

9 years

A copy of a letter @JimWatsonOttawa sent to @calxandr expressing his support to accept Syrian refugees. #ottnews http://t.co/QPFJjprMDR

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@giuseppelo

7 years

CBS thinks very highly of Ottawa football players

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@giuseppelo

10 years

Reporters saying this is a suspect's car. Older model Toyota Corolla parked in front of Hill still running. #ottnews http://t.co/LH0pGhGaeB

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Wow. Thunder Bay's mayor AND police chief now facing criminal charges in separate police investigations.

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@giuseppelo

8 years

My future is uncertain at this point, but I'm still part of the Citizen newsroom for the next few weeks. I wish I could stay.

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@giuseppelo

8 years

I've only been a Citizen reporter for four months but I have loved every minute of it. I'm trying to remain positive going forward.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

So frustrating. Friends my age back home in Ottawa already got their third jab. Meanwhile, in Quebec...

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@CTVMontreal

3 years

As Omicron rises, Quebec still won't say when people under 60 can get COVID-19 booster shots

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@giuseppelo

7 years

There seems to have been some confusion about where yesterday's game was held.

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@giuseppelo

7 years

How a police officer's act of compassion put this Ottawa man on a road to recovery from mental illness #ottnews

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Joe Lofaro

@giuseppelo

8 years

I've been getting many messages of support in the last 24 hours, which means a lot. Yesterday was a difficult day for me and many others.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

'From little parties to medium parties': All of Quebec going into the green zone next week

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'He lived his passion to the end': Quebec alpinist and palliative care doctor Richard Cartier, 60, dies on world's second-highest mountain

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@giuseppelo

3 years

SPVM says there is a complete review of the dress code underway while some officers have been spotted wearing "thin blue line" patches on their uniforms via @CTVMontreal

Montreal police under scrutiny after some officers wear 'thin blue line' patches

The rules around uniforms for Montreal police officers are under scrutiny after some were seen in recent weeks wearing controversial 'thin blue line' patches -- a symbol other police forces in Canada...

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@giuseppelo

3 years

Quebecers 35 and older can now book an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine by visiting

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@giuseppelo

8 years

The scene at the LRT tunnel collapse. Rescue operation underway for the three workers who are believed to be safe, Fleury says. #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Ottawa police were praised for their work on the child abuse case. Here's Det. Johanne Marelic, in her own words.

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@giuseppelo

9 years

This @CanadiensMTL prank story by @EmmaEJackson will make you laugh. #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

7 years

"Get in the house!" Eyewitness to dramatic Amber Alert arrest describes what she saw. Read more here: #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Heart wrenching. Anderson Cooper struggles to read out the names of the Orlando shooting victims during a live hit.

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@giuseppelo

9 years

Checking out the crime map in the new @OttawaPolice Android app. It's now available in the Google Play store.

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@giuseppelo

8 years

This birthday cake is too much, but I love it. #dirtythirty .

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@giuseppelo

1 year

Pics of damage in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que. 2 barns destroyed and power lines down in the wake of the storm. (📸 @cosmoCTV )

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Check out the Obama dress on Felicia Agyare-Kwamena. She said her relatives sent her this dress from Ghana. #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Martin O’Hanlon, head of media union @cwacanada1 , wants case dropped against Radio-Canada reporter. “It is outrageous that a journalist would be arrested for doing his job and asking questions.This sort of thing cannot be allowed in a democracy.”

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@giuseppelo

6 years

This is not Breaking Bad. This is a decontamination of a home in Aylmer, Que. after a family of seven was exposed to toxic coral from their home aquarium. #ottnews

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6 years

I don't get why they couldn't just keep the site up so there could be a public record. My colleagues and I had really important work on there. Now it's up to readers to use the clunky site to dig through the archives, which is kind of pathetic.

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@giuseppelo

3 years

New: Quebec to use vaccine passports to limit access to non-essential services if COVID-19 worsens

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@giuseppelo

7 years

GUYS, WE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER AGAIN #twins

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@giuseppelo

3 years

At least 2 provinces -- Ontario and Nova Scotia -- have said they would ban Russian liquor in solidarity with Ukraine. Quebec is considering the same.

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3 years

BREAKING: Quebec is reporting 305 new COVID-19 cases. The last time we had more than 300 cases in one day was May 30, 2021 (315 cases) Today, Premier Legault said the province will launch a vaccine passport.

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@giuseppelo

9 years

Touching moment. Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau lay a wreath together at the memorial.

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2 years

Breaking: Correctional officer suspended after 21-year-old Nicous D'Andre Spring died from injuries he sustained inside Montreal's Bordeaux jail last weekend.

Montreal correctional officer suspended after man, 21, dies from injuries in jail

A correctional officer has been temporarily relieved of his duties after a detainee died following an altercation inside a Montreal jail on Christmas Eve. The Ministry of Public Safety confirmed in...

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@giuseppelo

7 years

Scoop: After 3 years of negotiations, Ottawa police to adopt Philadelphia Model for sexual assault cases #ottnews

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@giuseppelo

8 years

From the #Budget2017 : "...improved data is necessary to better understand the prevalence and impact of sexual assault in Canada."

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@giuseppelo

8 years

"Are we there yet?" The 10k was so much fun I might even run again next year. Congrats to all the runners!

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Here Is Facebook's First Serious Attempt To Fight Fake News

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@giuseppelo

3 years

A 35-year-old Quebec doctor who is caring for Ukrainians at a refugee camp in Hrebenne, Poland tells me he's seeing people severely dehydrated, some with burns or who left their medication back home. "I'm supporting them as much as I can."

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6 years

Oh, and the ear biter was convicted of aggravated assault. He appealed and lost. Sad ending, part deux.

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3 years

Possible legal consequences begin for Sunwing passengers after feds spot 12 alleged infractions. More infractions to come, I'm told.

Possible legal consequences begin for Sunwing passengers after feds spot 12 alleged infractions

Health Canada confirmed it has sent notices of infractions to Quebec’s top prosecutor over some of the passengers on the infamous Sunwing flight to Cancun on Dec. 30.

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@giuseppelo

8 years

Ottawa terror suspect Tevis Gonyou-McLean is back in custody for violating the conditions of his release for the second time. #ottnews

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8 years

Skepticism about peace bonds after arrest of alleged ISIL supporter for second time in two weeks @nationalpost

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3 years

Here's your first look at what Quebec's vaccine passport app will look like. The QR code reading app will be available to download the week of Aug. 23. Pics courtesy of @sante_qc

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10 years

Was just evacuated from the building I was in. Streets are eerily quiet, but lots of police cars everywhere. Downtown core at a standstill.

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7 years

Massive mural on Bell Media building on George St. took 11 days to paint. "It looks amazing," says designer Parr Josephee, 18. #ottnews

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9 years

The first beer has been spilled at the College Square Loblaws. Remember to contain your excitement.

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8 years

Metro has come a long way & has an impact on this city. @steve_rennie @MetroLucy @EmmaEJackson @hyritchie work their asses off every day.

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There's a rainbow crosswalk at Bank/Somerset. @JimWatsonOttawa + @cmckenney officially opening it Thursday. #ottnews

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8 years

Yes, this is my relative playing an accordion through the sunroof on Montreal Rd. after Portugal won the cup. 🏆🇵🇹

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8 years

Footage of a large chunk of road collapsing into the sinkhole. Hole continues to get bigger. #ottnews

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7 years

Favourite #LaMachine quote: "We got adults to become kids agin. It was so amusing to see adults running on the streets giggling..."

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Organizers tweaking plans for La Machine finale as attendance soars #ottnews #ottawa

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Ottawa woman awarded $4,100 after 2 seconds of footage of her jogging in Westboro was used in a commercial. Her lawyer says this privacy case sets a precedent in Ontario. #ottnews

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10 years

Here's what the fan experience will be like during the @FIFAWWC Trophy Tour. http://t.co/YC0uJXC6eI

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2 years

Smart use of social media here by Quebec's Crown prosecutor office showing real-life consequences for people who are posting threatening messages online about elected officials during the election campaign.

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"You shouldn’t be afraid of her, you should be afraid of me," bus driver tells man harassing Muslim woman #ottnews

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Min. @Yasir_Naqvi said "status quo cannot continue." Vows to change correctional system in all jails in Ontario.

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2 years

UPDATE: Ice storm cuts power to 1 million customers across Quebec; 459K in Montreal in the dark

Ice storm: 1 million Quebec households without power, 459K in Montreal in the dark

As hundreds of thousands of Montrealers were plunged into darkness Wednesday amid a major ice storm, Hydro-Quebec said it could take up to 36 hours for power to be restored in some areas. Across...

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3 years

"If you're going to do it in a library, why are you not doing it in a classroom?" McGill University to require vaccine passport for libraries, but many still calling for campus-wide vaccine mandate

McGill University to require vaccine passport for libraries, but many still want it to be mandatory...

“The logic of it makes no sense. If you're going to do it in a library, why are you not doing it in a classroom?” said Richard Gold, a McGill University law professor.

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Police are reminding residents to "share the road" as 500+ Hells Angels bikers will head to Ottawa for a convention July 22-24. #ottnews

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Victims say house arrest not enough for former priest convicted of molesting altar boys #ottnews

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