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• The number of false 911 calls in the first three months of 2024, down 42 per cent from the previous year. The Ottawa Police Services Board credits the reduction to a software update to Android phones, which made setting off the emergency SOS feature harder. (Josh Pringle at CTV)
  

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Laurence Wall

• The longtime broadcaster with CBC Ottawa has announced his retirement, effective May 30. Wall began his career at CKY Radio Winnipeg in 1979, moving to Ottawa in 1993. Many may recall Wall’s mellifluous tones as the voice of the National Research Council's official time signal. (Trevor Pritchard at CBC) 
  

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It’s just kind of steamrolled into something that probably shouldn't have gotten to this point and I think it was handled in bad taste

• Stittsville resident Rob Lafleur who was one of several residents on Kearnsley Way ticketed by Ottawa ByLaw for having basketball nets on their lawns which could be used by their kids on the street. Lafleur suspects the tickets may be in retaliation for a complaint that he made to the City. Residents on neighbouring streets with similar basketball nets were not ticketed. (Sam Houpt at CTV)
  

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