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Ottawa police 'responded appropriately' to maintain public safety during dress code protest, chief says
Ottawa's interim police chief is defending the police response to a dress code protest outside a French Catholic secondary school on Friday, saying officers "responded appropriately with the intention of maintaining public safety."
Man drowns in Mississippi River west of Ottawa
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Canoes stolen from Army Cadets in Orleans
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Ottawa police hiring 80 new officers in 2022
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Ottawa RedBlacks stage walk out
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Mask mandate lifting in Quebec
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Arnprior Volunteer Fair
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CFRA celebrating 75th anniversary with special programming
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Campaign for June 2 Ontario election to begin Wednesday
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Masks no longer mandatory in most indoor settings in Gatineau, Que.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease in Ottawa on Friday
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Biker protest cost up to $3M to police, sustainable solution needed: board chair
The 'Rolling Thunder' protest in the national capital over the weekend cost an estimated $2.5 to $3 million to police, says the chair of Ottawa's police services board.
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Police investigating 'hate-motivated mischief' at Ottawa bikers' church
Ottawa police say they are investigating an incident of 'hate-motivated mischief' at a Vanier church, discovered three hours before a service was held as part of the 'Rolling Thunder' biker rally, after reports of thumbtacks strewn across the ground and graffiti on one of the church's walls.
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'Rolling Thunder Ottawa' event wraps up with bikers' church service
Hundreds of people packed a church in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood for a 'bikers' church service,' the final scheduled event of the 'Rolling Thunder Ottawa' biker event this weekend. The service was held just hours after Ottawa police launched an investigation into 'hate-motivated mischief' over graffiti spray-painted on the church’s walls.
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'We're scraping the bottom of the barrel': Tenants search for reasonable rental units in Halifax
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Canadian national security concerns delay court battle over New Zealand warship upgrades
A court battle over upgrades to a pair of New Zealand navy warships in Canada is now facing years of potential delays over national security concerns.
Opium was hidden in a gift-wrapped speaker then shipped from Germany to Canada: B.C. RCMP
A man from British Columbia was sentenced to several years behind bars following the import of opium to Canada.
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