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                      <title><![CDATA[‘Let's Build a Playground’ fundraiser to feature two Juno award winning musicians]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - Queen Elizabeth School wants to make sure that their students play as hard as they work with a fundraiser to build a new playground addition.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1618459</link>
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                      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:33 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Highlands police board mulls portable or trailer-mounted speed signs]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - The Lanark Highlands police services board (PSB) is trying to decide if it wants trailer-mounted or portable electronic speeding signs, or if it wants to sign on to another county-wide speed sign.]]></description>
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                      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:47:53 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[End poverty with even welfare paying field?]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - Welfare is a safety net that doesn't support Canadians, but instead binds them in poverty.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1618438</link>
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                      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:46:16 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Perth police board looks back with fondness on former cop service]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - The Perth Police Service (PPS) hasn’t been in the history books for long, but already town council has been given a lesson on the town’s proud policing past.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1618437</link>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:49 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[If you can’t beat them, join them]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[BLACKBURN - Over the years, the Blackburn Hamlet skate park has become covered with various graffiti tags, a random mesh of letters and colours that coat the entire area.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1618922</link>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:27 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Centretown fashion show to raise funds for vulnerable residents]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[With spring in full bloom and plenty of yard work to do, wouldn’t you like a personal laborer for a day?]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1618918</link>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:34:48 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Environmental laws threaten rural life, councils told]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[McNAB-BRAESIDE - Henry Tuck is urging rural councillors to beware environmental initiatives that will take away property-owners' rights.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/local/article/1618720</link>
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                      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16:49 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Dragonfly welcomes new club professional]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[RENFREW - Dragonfly has new look at the top.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/sports/article/1618656</link>
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                      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:59:17 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Donors make new hospital equipment possible]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[SMITHS FALLS - Thousands of area residents will be given the gift of sight in the next five years thanks to the recent purchase of hospital equipment needed to conduct cataract surgeries.]]></description>
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                      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:13:17 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Two friends and the fish that came between them]]></title>
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                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/opinion/opinion/article/1618450</link>
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                      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:42:43 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[MP Brown plans talks to exploit Rideau Canal’s UNESCO designation with tourists]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - The most recent battles over the future of the Rideau Canal may have been fought, but the war is not yet over.]]></description>
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                      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:38 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Newcomers in region invited to Newcomer Information Fair in Smiths Falls on May 21]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[SMITHS FALLS - Information fair in Smiths Falls for newcomers will be held Tuesday.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1617534</link>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:27:51 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[You can't hear the birds sing by the parkway]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[As much as people would like to have the whole thing over with, it’s likely that the public controversy over the west-end LRT route will go on and on.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/opinion/columns/article/1617525</link>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:40 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Teaching kids about social media]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[In the wake of Rehtaeh Parsons’ death, people came out to condemn her alleged attackers and the justice system that failed her.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/opinion/columns/article/1617503</link>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:05:24 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[No abduction, OPP concludes]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[RENFREW – The Renfrew OPP detachment says the report of a man trying to lure a 10-year-old student was false.]]></description>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:03:33 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Transmitters not cutting it, so far]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[HORTON –  Horton Township still trying to solve situation of nuisance pigeons.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1617483</link>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:12 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Residents caught off guard by ATV proposal]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[OSGOODE - News of a proposed ATV trail network that skirts along their road came as a surprise to some Osgoode residents.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/cityhall/article/1617221</link>
                      <category><![CDATA[news/cityhall]]></category>
                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:16:53 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Infill study gets down to brass tacks]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[OTTAWA - After spending the past year focused on infill parking issues, the city is finally ready to tackle bulky homes that seem to tower over older neighbours.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/cityhall/article/1617218</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:11:28 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Fire chief Joel Gorman rings out June 30]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[SMITHS FALLS - "My time's up," said outgoing Smiths Falls Fire Chief Joel Gorman following news of his retirement effective June 30, 2013.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1617209</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:05:01 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Blue Wings sold to local business leader]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[PERTH - The Perth Blue Wings have been sold.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/sports/article/1617200</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:55:48 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Good-news Renfrew budget]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[RENFREW - Owners of a $100,000 house, which rose by the average municipal assessment of 2.37 per cent, will pay $25 more in taxes.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1617135</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:15:08 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Looking to put Renfrew on running, tourist map]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[RENFREW – Veteran marathoner Colleen Berry is event director.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/sports/article/1617040</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:36:58 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Petition against year-round use of fireworks]]></title>
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                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1617032</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:21:41 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Debate over who should own historic right-of-way]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[HORTON TOWNSHIP – Debate continues over whether to lease or sell the starting point of the Opeongo settlement road.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/localprofile/localprofile/article/1617026</link>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:07:38 EST</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Kettle Island least expensive for new crossing]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[OTTAWA - The release of the latest interprovincial bridge report finds Kettle Island to be the most cost-effective option - despite carrying a price tag of more than $1 billion.]]></description>
                      <link>http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/news/article/1616733</link>
                      <category><![CDATA[news/news]]></category>
                      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:47:32 EST</pubDate>
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