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• The bonuses paid to medical imaging technicians at Papineau and Maniwaki hospitals in Gatineau but will not be paid to the same workers at Wakefield and Shawville hospitals. Québec’s health ministry is paying the bonuses to help keep technicians from crossing the bridge to Ontario but won’t say why some hospitals in the Outaouais were excluded.  (CBC)
  

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• The yellow lab therapy dog celebrates 10 years of visits to CHEO and and Ronald McDonald House. (Tyler Fleming at CTV) 
  

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How could the NCC not know about the business practices of Live Nation? It either went into the deal knowingly or did appalling due diligence. Neither option is good

• – Ken Gray in Ottawa Bulldog questioning the wisdom of the National Capital Commission entering into a deal with Live Nation to operate a concert venue in the Commission-owned former Chapters store on Rideau. The United States Department of Justice last weeklaunched an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, claiming ‘Live Nation threatened venues working with rival companies with losing the promoter’s concerts’.