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American comedian Amy Schumer says she has lost her voice and had to cancel her shows in Canada this week. Schumer made the announcement Tuesday in a video posted to Instagram. “I’m so sorry, Canadians, sweet people,” she said. [ Sorry Canada! ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa, ON) –The Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has investigated a lost wheel incident on Highway 417. At approximately 6:18pm on November 06th 2016, a pick-up truck was traveling E/B on Highway 417 near Riverside Dr. ...

Here’s a list of places to watch the U.S. election Tuesday: ** Mother McGintys - 5 p.m. ** Democrats Abroad Canada in the National Capital Region is planning the biggest USA Election Viewing party in the area. Election night is Tuesday, November 8. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** The City of Ottawa reminds residents of the following schedule changes for Remembrance Day, Friday, November 11. The flags at all City of Ottawa facilities will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset to honour the memory of all Canadians who have served their country in time of war. ...

What easily could have been the ultimate Canadian event - an outdoor NHL game on Parliament Hill - won’t happen after all. The Heritage Ministry announced Friday it was abandoning the idea because of security and logistics challenges. Instead, the department says it will look at bringing other events to the Hill for winter. ...

_ ** iPolitics ** _ reported Thursday on more cuts coming to the Postmedia-owned ** _ Ottawa Citizen _ ** _ and _ ** _ Ottawa Sun _ ** . According to the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, Postmedia will reduce the amount of local coverage in the print editions of the two papers. ...

_ (press release) _ Ontario is strengthening consumer protections by introducing new rules for home inspections, door-to-door sales and payday loans. Minister of Government and Consumer Services Marie-France Lalonde made the announcement today in Toronto. The proposed new rules are part of the government’s _ Putting Consumers First Act _ , and are aimed at protecting consumers in transactions with common household and financial services. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA, Nov. 1, 2016 /CNW/ - Nobody But Michael ! CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) confirmed today that multi-Grammy and JUNO Award-winner Michael Bublé is set to take the reins as host of CTV’s broadcast of ** THE 2017 JUNO AWARDS ** , returning to the Nation’s Capital during the year-long celebrations marking the 150 ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)-The results of the Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project (TSRDCP) were released today by the York University Research Team. The studyhttps://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/news-and-community/Traffic-Stop-Race-Data-Collection-ProjectTSRDCP.asp examines the relationship between race, sex, age and traffic stops conducted by the Ottawa Police Service between June 27, 2013 and June 26, 2015. ...

_ ** Update: The female driver of the car has died. There were no other injuries. ** _ https://twitter.com/OttawaPolice/status/790638004549234692 _ (press release) _ Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) were advised at 2:40 p.m. of a collision between a bus and a car in the 1700 block area on Regional Road 174 between Trim Road and Quigley Hill Road. ...