Matthew Lapierre

Crime reporter at The Ottawa Citizen. YUL native Contact me at [email protected]

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The race in Rideau-Vanier is coming down to the wire, but with only a dozen vote tabulators today go, Stéphanie Plante holds a 350 vote lead over Laura Shantz.

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For more info, check out this piece by @citizenduffy https://t.co/OEaI3JPNJA

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Streetcorners in Vanier along major roads look like this. Ten candidates have put their name forward to represent Rideau-Vanier on city council, the most of any ward race.

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I’ll be covering the election results tonight in Rideau-Vanier. Longtime councillor Mathieu Fleury isn’t running this time around, leaving the seat up for grabs. Keep up to date with full results on our live blog: https://t.co/5PywA5HcAm

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The parade has ended and the marchers are dispersing. Everyone is a bit damp from the spitting rain but everyone I spoke to said the ceremony was a fitting goodbye to The Queen.

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Troy Dexter waves a Union Jack bearing the Queen’s likeness as he walks alongside the parade
“For so many of us she was like a grandmother or a great-grandmother or even a mother,” he said. “She was a constant in all of our lives for so many years. It’s like losing a loved one.

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I’ll be watching a memorial parade to honour the Queen as it winds it’s way from City Hall to Christchurch Cathedral. People are lining the route, although the cold and the rain seems to have kept some at home.

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Ukrainian AHS Krab in between fire missions

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Crowd elated after bylaw issues no ticket for the table.

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Quite the spectacle as bylaw officers considered ticketing a couple of women wearing F* Trudeau shirts who set up a table to sell freedom gear. Crowd chanted a prayer and said it was a religious ceremony. Cheered as the officers left.

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Line of police converge and begin to push crowds down O’Connor.

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Second line of cops including mounted units comes eastward down Wellington. Protesters are being funneled down. O’Connor.

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Second line of cops including mounted units comes eastward down Wellington. Protesters are being funneled down. O’Connor.

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Police enter the back of a trailer and they push demonstrators further back.

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Police have claimed a wooden tower the protesters built. Moments earlier a protester stood atop it.

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Protesters who notably object to mask mandates don masks as it appears police are using tear gas. Crowd backing up fast.

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Police just fired crowd dispersal grenades and pushed the crowd past the soundstage. Arrested one trucker after taking him out of his cab. Crowd choking but still chanting freedom.

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Protesters grabbing ear plugs from a box. They are preparing for crowd dispersal weapons.

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Different tone from the police today. Pepper spray taken out more quickly. Batons. Trucks are still honking at them in defiance.