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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 18, 2021   2:14pm  
(Ottawa) — The Robbery Unit is looking for public assistance to identify a man involved in a Robbery in the 1500 block of Woodroffe Avenue on March 14 th , 2021.
At approximately 11:40pm, a lone man entered a business, assaulted the cashier, and took an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register. The cashier did not sustain serious injuries.
The suspect is described as a Black man...
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My family comes from two cultures which had emerged from the hardships of World War Two and set off to live in a third unfamiliar culture.  My mother was from Japan, my father from Germany, but he had recently emigrated to Canada. He trained as a precision mechanic with Siemens but in Canada completed studies to become a teacher.
My parents met in Tokyo while my father took a break to do a world trip.  Despite neither speaking the other’s language, they clearly...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 7, 2021           1:21pm
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Robbery Unit would like to thank the public for its help in identifying the suspect in the April 9 th , 2021 robbery on Iris Street. 
The man has been identified and the investigation is ongoing. 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 6, 2020             12:23pm (Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Break and Enter Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a woman involved in a Break and Enter that occurred on April 14 th , 2021 in a residence located on the 300 block of Knox Crescent.
Debit cards were stolen in the Break and Enter, and the woman subsequently fraudulently used them at several...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 28, 2021   10:38am
(Ottawa)— In April, the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse (SACA) Unit charged a 54 year old man from Ottawa following an investigation into an incident on April 2 nd where a male exposed himself to two people under age of 18 years.
At the time of the incident, two young women were approached by a male in the Billings Bridge Plaza parking lot where he exposed himself to them...
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