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_ ** Editor’s note: Ottawa Police have identified the woman found dead Monday as noted Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook. Foul play is not suspected. Here is a news release from police: ** _ (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police is asking for anyone with information regarding the movements of Annie POOTOOGOOK in the days leading up to the discovery of her body earlier this month to contact the Major Crime Section. ...

_ (press release) _ The University of Ottawa has launched an investigation into a missing external hard drive used to backup certain personal student information at its Student Academic Success Services (SASS) office earlier this month. The external hard drive contained personal information of approximatively 900 current and former students who used SASS’ Access Service to get academic accommodations. ...

Construction could begin next year for a proposed expansion of the iconic Château Laurier, which would move the parking garage underground while adding 200 more rooms. Details on the proposal were released Wednesday by the hotel’s owner, Larco Investments. The company said community consultations will be held before a site plan is submitted to the city. ...

_ (Via councillor George Darouze ) _ Dear Premier Wynne, Every day in the Province of Ontario, Hydro One customers are faced with the choice between feeding their families and turning on the lights. How can the province allow things to get so bad for its own citizens to choose between basic needs? ...

_ (press release) _ The National Capital Commission (NCC) announced the list of potential federal sites for the new Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital, as well as a series of draft criteria upon which each site will be assessed. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The Canada Games Council announced today that Ottawa is among the cities advancing to the second phase of the bid process to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. The Games are Canada’s largest multi-sport event for the next generation of national team athletes and represent the pinnacle of interprovincial/territorial sport competition. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Service Guns & Gangs Unit is investigating a shooting that occurred on Rideau Street. On the 11th of September, 2016, at approximately 3:00 am, Central patrol officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of Rideau Street. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)-Ottawa Police Collision Investigators have charged the driver of the September 1st collision at the intersection of Laurier Avenue West and Lyon Street North involving a large truck and a cyclist. The cyclist, a 23 year old female, succumbed to her injuries at the scene. ...

_ (press release) _ Ontario is holding nine community meetings across the province over the coming months to engage with the public on addressing systemic racism and eliminating barriers for Indigenous and racialized communities. The community meetings, hosted by Michael Coteau, Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism, will help further the public dialogue and identify priority areas for the province’s Anti-Racism Directorate as it applies an anti-racism perspective to government policies, programs and services. ...

** _ Update: 1310 NEWS reports the victim is expected to survive. _ ** (Ottawa)-Tonight, at 10:30 P.M., the Ottawa Police Service responded to a call of a male who was stabbed in the area of King Edward Avenue and Sussex Drive. ...