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It's the coldest Feb. 4 in 100 years but it will get warmer
Ottawa is experiencing its coldest Feb. 4 in 100 years but the temperature is expected to rise steadily Saturday and into Sunday.
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Couple's win forces Ontario town to revisit its approach to 'naturalized' lawns
A Smiths Falls, Ont., couple say they're pleased the town has rescinded an order to uproot their "naturalized" lawn, but fear the battle isn't over yet. Instead of a manicured lawn and garden, Beth and Craig Sinclair planted 150 trees and other native plant species in front of their bungalow. The couple, who moved to Smiths Falls from Seattle about a decade ago, said natural lawns like theirs are common in their former city.
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Tremendous Growth of Food Delivery Business
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Beyond Van Gogh
These images are from the Ottawa iteration of the Beyond Van Gogh immersive experience. It brought the work of one of history's greatest oil painters to life with 21st century computer animation and light technology. Even the floor was a living, moving work of impressionism à la Van Gogh.
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Trudeau announces $100M for food banks amid coronavirus pandemic
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is doubling pandemic aid for the nation’s food banks today. Another $100 million is being added to the Emergency Food Security Fund so food banks and Indigenous organizations can keep putting food on the table for Canadians struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic.
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Why Ottawa is hedging when it comes to handguns | CBC News
A weekend of extreme violence in Toronto has renewed calls for a national ban on handguns. But the federal Liberals are deferring action until after the fall election.
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You Can Watch Free Movies Under The Stars In Ottawa This Summer
Free movies all summer long!
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Ottawa River flood levels smash records | CBC News
According to the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board, the river is at record-breaking levels in Lac Coulonge, east of Pembroke, Ont., Arnprior, Ont., and Ottawa. Records for those areas date back to 1985 and 1950.
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Google plans to ban political ads before Canada election
Alphabet Inc's Google will ban political advertising on its platform before the Canadian federal election, after the country introduced stringent transparency rules. The Bill C-76, which was passed in December, requires online platforms to keep a registry of all political and partisan advertisements they directly or indirectly publish. "For the duration of the 2019 federal election campaign, Google will not accept advertising regulated by Bill C-76," Colin McKay, Google Canada's head of public policy, said in a statement.
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Councillor removes 'beg buttons' at Old Ottawa South crosswalks
An Ottawa city councillor has gotten rid of what he calls 'beg buttons' — the buttons pedestrians have to press if they want a crossing signal — along a busy stretch of Bank Street. The signals will now automatically appear.
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Youth choirs in concert cap weekend of musical remembrance at the NAC
Jack Layton believed in the power of young people to change the world. On the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, his inspiring words were sung by dozens of young people during a w…
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Ottawa moves to pardon Canadians with simple pot possession convictions
A senior Canadian official says the government will pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less. The development comes as Canada legalizes so-called recreational marijuana beginning Wednesday. The official said Tuesday that those convicted of possessing of 30 grams or less of marijuana will be eligible for a pardon, but they will have to apply for one.
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Trump says he rejected a meeting with Canada that Canada says it never requested
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he rejected a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly, but a spokeswoman for Trudeau’s government disputed that the meeting had ever been requested. “Yeah, I did,” Trump said during a press conference in New York when asked if he has rejected the meeting. “His tariffs are too high and he doesn’t seem to want to move and I told him ‘forget about it’ and, frankly, we’re thinking about just taxing cars coming in from Canada.”
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Trump: U.S. ‘Not Even Talking’ To Canada Right Now About NAFTA
Donald Trump is suggesting the United States has deliberately left Canada on the NAFTA sidelines as negotiations between Washington and Mexico have heated up in recent weeks. During a televised cabinet meeting today, the U.S. president said his administration isn't negotiating with Canada right now, before adding that its tariffs are too high and barriers too strong.
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Ottawa to phase out pesticides linked to bee deaths
In what is being hailed as a victory for troubled bee populations, the federal government is moving to ban the outdoor use of pesticides that are widely applied to canola, corn and soybean crops in Canada, the Star has learned. Beekeepers and environmentalists have blamed the pesticides — called neonicotinoids — for contributing to honeybee die-offs in recent years.
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Saudi Arabia literally crucified a man in Mecca while aggressively calling out Canada over human rights
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed a man by crucifixion in the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday amid waging a public-relations battle with Canada over human rights. The man, Elias Abulkalaam Jamaleddeen, was accused of murder, theft, and attempted rape, according to Bloomberg. Saudi Arabia, ruled by its interpretation of Islamic law, rarely carries out crucifixions, but capital punishment remains common.
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Egypt says it supports Saudi Arabia in rights row with Canada
Egypt said on Tuesday it supported Saudi Arabia in a political row with Canada, and stood in “solidarity” with the Gulf Arab kingdom against foreign interference in its domestic affairs. Cairo’s foreign ministry said on its Facebook page that it was “concerned by the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Canada, which is a result of the negative tendency by some international ... sides of meddling in the internal affairs of countries in the region,” without elaborating.
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Saudi Arabia expels Canada’s ambassador, freezes trade with Ottawa
Saudi Arabia has asked Canada’s ambassador to leave the country within 24 hours, just two days after Canada criticized the arrest of women’s rights and other civil society activists in the Arab kingdom. In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Canada of making “false” statements and interfering with Saudi internal affairs, and said ambassador...
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Decriminalize all drugs, Toronto health board urges Ottawa
Canada’s largest public health board is calling on Ottawa to decriminalize all drugs, arguing that saving lives is more important than stigma-laced arguments against the idea. Toronto’s public health board, a mix of city councillors and public appointees, voted 10-0 Monday to endorse the recommendation from Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city’s medical officer of health.
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Canadian government pushing back against Trump’s proposal for separate trade deals
The Canadian government is rejecting a push by the Trump administration to strike separate, bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico instead of pushing ahead with a stalled effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ottawa’s refusal Tuesday to pursue a one-on-one trade deal with the United States came after Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the president was serious about pursuing bilateral agreements with its NAFTA partners.
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