It’s Friday, March 27. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today.
OTTAWA MAYOR RESPONDS AFTER ‘GOOD MORNING’ PHOTO SERIES WENT VIRAL (IN A BAD WAY)
The dreary Fisher Park photo aside, Sutcliffe said the reaction to his “Good morning Ottawa” posts had been generally positive over the years.
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TREASURY BOARD PRESIDENT SAYS SPENDING REVIEW IS ‘ACTUALLY NOT A JOB-CUTTING EXERCISE’
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali rejects the idea that the federal government’s spending review is fundamentally about public service job cuts, even though thousands of workers are set to lose their positions in the coming months.
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WHY A SOUTH KOREAN SUBMARINE IS TRAVELLING 14,000 KILOMETRES TO CANADIAN WATERS
A South Korean navy submarine is headed to Canada for joint exercises as the multi-billion-dollar competition to purchase a new sub fleet heads into the final stretch.
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WHY HOSPITAL 50/50S WITH MASSIVE JACKPOTS NOW SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE
Every month, Glenn Craig of Thunder Bay gets on the phone to tell somebody they’ve won a lot of money.
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SENATORS LOSE WILD ONE TO THE PENGUINS, DROP OUT OF A PLAYOFF SPOT
The Ottawa Senators allowed one of goaltender Linus Ullmark’s best performances of the season to go to waste, dropping a critical game against the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.
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