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Deportation to Gaza imminent fear for Ottawa man

Source: CBC News, Nov 20 2012, 4:53am CST

Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on smuggling tunnels on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on Monday. (Eyad Baba/Associated Press) An Ottawa father could soon be deported to the Gaza Strip as the ...

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occupied Palestinian territory: Changing lives in Gaza by providing access to credit - Case study: Salah Taha from Gaza

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:13pm CDT

"CHF-Ryada is helping me maintain stable future education for my children." Salah is 42 years old from Gaza. He is married and has 5 children. He asked CHF-Ryada for the first $4,000 in 2010 to start up his own ...

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'Gladue' court for Native offenders could be in Ottawa next year

Source: Ottawa Citizen  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:22pm CDT

OTTAWA â A specialized court that would improve sentencing reports for Aboriginal offenders could be up and running in Ottawa by early next year, according to the head of the cityâs defence lawyers association. Plans to create a Gladue court are sti ...

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"He wants a better life for us ... My husband's making all the money, so we couldn't afford to stay in our home and we'll probably end up homeless and being a burden on the taxpayer system."


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Ottawa’s first board-game café to (finally) open Tuesday night

Source: Ottawa Citizen  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:21pm CDT

OTTAWA — After a nearly year-long delay, Ottawa’s first board-game café will open Tuesday night on Somerset Street West. Monopolatte’s doors will open at 6 p.m. and according to owner David Narbaitz, people will have the option to choose fro ...

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Man shot twice in chest by cops June 4 charged [Photos]

Source: Ottawa Sun  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:12pm CDT

Ottawa Police investigate the scene of an incident where is man was shot by police in the Dollarama parking lot at 1777 Tenth Line Rd. in Orleans Tuesday, June 04, 2013. Darren Brown/Ottawa Sun/QMI Agency Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Ottawa -- Ot ...

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Ottawa’s cold wet spring ‘the definition of misery,’ says Canada’s weatherman

Source: Ottawa Citizen  |   Jun 18 2013, 1:25pm CDT

Cold, wet spring weather have made spring miserable, even as we approach the first day of summer. OTTAWA — We are Les Misérables this spring — cold and wet and wearing fall clothes. In fact, the only reason we haven’t challenged a re ...

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Man shot by police in Orléans faces criminal charges

Source: Ottawa Citizen  |   Jun 18 2013, 10:20am CDT

OTTAWA — The man shot by an Ottawa police officer in Orléans two weeks ago now faces criminal charges. Witnesses reported seeing a knife-wielding man in the area of Tenth Line and Innes roads on June 4. It is believed the man ju ...

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How Not to Talk about Gaza

Source: Boston Review  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:31am CDT

On the road to Damascus Talking about Gaza is like talking about God. We face the ineffable. We cannot talk about what we see. Or if we do, we are accused of lacking common sense, failing to take a realistic approach to a ...

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Cross-border squirrels: Ottawa residents deporting unwanted rodents to Quebec

Source: Vancouver Sun  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:21am CDT

OTTAWA — It started small, but a report to the Ottawa Citizen’s tip line is raising the question: Just how many people in the city's Westboro neighbourhood are driving live squirrels to Quebec, anyway? Click here for a g ...

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Ottawa raising offshore liability cap

Source: Metro News Toronto  |   Jun 18 2013, 8:28am CDT

HALIFAX – Ottawa is raising the liability cap for companies operating in Atlantic Canada’s offshore to $1 billion up from the current $30 million under new proposed legislation. Speaking today in Halifax, Nat ...

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