CBC News Online - Ottawa Digest - 2015-03-09

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Wife having affair with conman 'needed' husband dead: Crown Mon, 9 Mar 2015 14:47:04 EDT Wife having affair with conman 'needed' husband dead: Crown Mon, 9 Mar 2015 14:47:04 EDT The first-degree murder trial of a woman accused of drugging her husband amid an affair with a conman in the Dominican Republic began in Ottawa Monday morning. Read More Ottawa man builds hybrid car from scratch despite Parkinson’s Mon, 9 Mar 2015 18:46:31 EDT An Ottawa man midway through a dream project to build a futuristic, three-wheeled car from scratch is getting a helping hand from the community after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Read More Rideau Canal Skateway to close at 10 p.m. Mon, 5 Jan 2015 20:01:32 EST The red flags will be going up on the Rideau Canal Skateway at 10 p.m. Monday, ending a record-breaking 59 consecutive days of skating, the National Capital Commission told CBC News. Read More 1 sister back home after liver transplant, as twin awaits donor Mon, 9 Mar 2015 14:41:10 EDT A three-year-old Kingston, Ont., girl is back home after receiving part of her father's liver in a transplant surgery, while her twin sister is still waiting for a donor to be found. Read More 'Nobody will fill his shoes': Barrhaven community leader Ken Ross mourned Mon, 9 Mar 2015 10:56:05 EDT The co-owner of the Your Independent Grocer location in Barrhaven died on Sunday and is being mourned by his family and the community he was active in. Read More More Headlines Ottawa electrician says he wasn't told about asbestos at federal building Sens survive with shootout win after Flames' furious comeback Man arrested after shooting incident near Pembroke, OPP say Sgt. Andrew Doiron, Canadian soldier killed in Iraq, made military his 'mission' Ottawa police investigate reports of shots fired Quebec snowmobile deaths at 7-year high Daylight saving time 2015: 6 eye-opening facts about the time change Dustin Cook captures World Cup super-G bronze Ottawa news quiz for week of March 2 to 8 Ernest Côté, WW II veteran, remembered as 'old-school gentleman'