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Doug Hempstead

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As seen in: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CBBK-FM (Kingston, ON), CBCK-FM (Kingston, ON), CBOT-TV (Ottawa, ON), Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Sun
a.k.a Doug Hempstead: Recording artist, CBC broadcaster, record collector, music journalist. He/him.
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CBC traffic reporter Doug Hempstead describes how to steer clear of 417 closure

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By Doug Hempstead Verified
| CBC Ottawa Verified
This weekend's closure of a downtown section of the 417 features one of the most complicated detours we've seen for a so-called rapid bridge replacement so far. Crews have already constructed a brand new Percy Street bridge that's sat completed on the north side of the Trans-Canada Highway since the summer, waiting to be swapped out for the old one. The project has been delayed twice since August.
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NCC board only digs buried west LRT, give city manager earful

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By Doug Hempstead Verified
| Ottawa Sun Verified
The NCC seems unlikely to dig the western LRT if it isn’t buried. Deputy city manager Nancy Schepers appeared before the NCC board of directors Thursday seeking guidance as the city works towards a new proposal on the route of the western LRT expansion. She got an earful, instead — from a former Ottawa mayor. This would be the second revision of the plan, after the NCC previously said it would not allow trains to skirt across its property between Westboro and the Sir John A Macdonald Pkwy.
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Ottawa is somehow colder than Mars

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By Doug Hempstead Verified
| Ottawa Sun Verified
Author of the article: Doug Hempstead Publishing date: Jan 02, 2014  •   •  1 minute read Article content David Bowie once asked the musical question -- is there life on Mars? Step outside and see for yourself. According to NASA, its robotic rover Curiosity has been gathering temperatures in the red planet's Gale Crater -- 200 million km away. As of Dec. 21, the daily high temperatures ranged from -25 to -31C -- the latter being the coldest daily high recorded since the rover landed in Aug. 2012.
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