News of the day: Foreign companies buying key defence firms with no objection from feds; Soaring Civic campus price reflects new project scope, ministry says; Nine-storey building proposed for former CJOH siteFOREIGN COMPANIES BUYING KEY CANADIAN DEFENCE FIRMS WITH NO OBJECTION FROM FEDS

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It’s Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom:

FOREIGN COMPANIES BUYING KEY CANADIAN DEFENCE FIRMS WITH NO OBJECTION FROM FEDS

The federal government takes no action as foreign companies buy Canadian defence firms, despite Carney’s push to cut reliance on U.S. suppliers.

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 Construction crews were continuing work on the new Civic campus hospital near Carling Avenue in Ottawa on Monday.

SOARING CIVIC HOSPITAL CAMPUS PRICE REFLECTS NEW PROJECT SCOPE, HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS

The province recently confirmed its contribution to The Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic campus would be “just shy of $10 billion,” raising questions about who would pay for the rest.

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 An architectural rendering of a new nine-storey building proposed for Baseline Road with 264 residential units that would sit on the site of the former CJOH building.

NINE-STOREY BUILDING PROPOSED FOR FORMER CJOH SITE

The original CJOH building was demolished after a fire gutted the newsroom and studio in February 2010.

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 Florida Panther Brady Tkachuk gets kicked out of the game during the third period at the Canadian Tire Centre.

BRADY TKACHUK TRIES TO EXPLAIN COMMENT THAT STIRRED CONTROVERSY IN OTTAWA RETURN

“There’s been a lot of goals scored in that building. My thought was that it was just another one and that I just did it on the other side.”

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 Absinthe chef Patrick Garland with some of his fondue offerings.

‘LIFE IS SHORT AND FINITE’ — VETERAN OTTAWA CHEF PUTS HINTONBURG RESTAURANT UP FOR SALE

The chef-owner of Absinthe, the 23-year-old eatery famed for its steak frites, wants to hang up his apron.

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