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• Call to Ottawa Public Health not returned, says woman who returned ill from L.A. conference

  11-03-2020 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Public Health has stepped up its response to phone calls about COVID-19, but acknowledges that there have been delays getting back to people who fear they've contracted the virus. Read More
  
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• Gun put to dog walker's head in attempted robbery off Woodroffe

  11-03-2020 23:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A woman walking her dog in the west end Monday had a pellet gun put to her head by two youths intent on robbery. Read More
  
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• Pizzeria cook charged with seven voyeurism counts

  11-03-2020 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A ByWard Market line chef is the man police allege watched women in their Sandy Hill bedrooms over a span of nearly four months Read More
  
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• Ottawa’s coronavirus response risks being too little, too cautious - Toronto Star

  11-03-2020 23:01 via thestar.com
  
  Ottawa’s coronavirus response risks being too little, too cautious  Toronto Star
  
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• Ottawa's first coronavirus case a Ciena employee returning from Austria

  11-03-2020 22:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Telecommunications giant Ciena has confirmed an employee is the first person in Ottawa to have contracted the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Ottawa's COVID-19 spending likely just the beginning, economists say - Financial Post

  11-03-2020 22:49 via business.financialpost.com
  
  Ottawa's COVID-19 spending likely just the beginning, economists say  Financial Post
  
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• Ottawa police to use gas masks to protect against COVID-19

  11-03-2020 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Given a global shortage of N95 respirator masks, Ottawa police will don their force-issued gas masks as protection should a call dictate officers could be exposed to the novel coronavirus, according to the deputy chief. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police to use gas masks to protect against COVID-19 - Ottawa Citizen

  11-03-2020 22:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police to use gas masks to protect against COVID-19  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa's first coronavirus case a Ciena employee on a business trip from Austria

  11-03-2020 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Telecommunications giant Ciena has confirmed one of its employees is the first person in Ottawa to have contracted the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Traveling during March break: Advice from public health authorities about coronavirus - Ottawa Citizen

  11-03-2020 21:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Traveling during March break: Advice from public health authorities about coronavirus  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Traveling during March break: Advice from public health authorities about coronavirus

  11-03-2020 21:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As some families prepare to travel outside Canada for March break, Ottawa school boards say they are looking to public health authorities for guidance on how to continue to protect students from the novel coronavirus once school resumes. Read More
  
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• Update: First COVID-19 case identified in Ottawa — man was asymptomatic on flight from Austria - Ottawa Citizen

  11-03-2020 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Update: First COVID-19 case identified in Ottawa — man was asymptomatic on flight from Austria  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Stay home, Shopify tells its staff

  11-03-2020 20:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Shopify has been preparing for a long time to let employees work from remote locations, and in the novel coronavirus era it is making the practice mandatory. Read More
  
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• Update: First COVID-19 case identified in Ottawa — man was asymptomatic on flight from Austria

  11-03-2020 20:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa has recorded its first case of someone infected with the novel coronavirus, the same day the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. Read More
  
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• Kenney heads to Ottawa as coronavirus, oil price plunge threaten economy - Calgary Herald

  11-03-2020 19:52 via calgaryherald.com
  Kenney heads to Ottawa as coronavirus, oil price plunge threaten economy  Calgary Herald
  
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• Ottawa nears decision on delaying cruise ship season in Canada due to coronavirus, sources say - The Globe and Mail

  11-03-2020 19:35 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Ottawa nears decision on delaying cruise ship season in Canada due to coronavirus, sources say  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Atlético Ottawa adds Canadian fullback Kunle Dada-Luke - Canadian Premier League

  11-03-2020 19:35 via canpl.ca
  
  Atlético Ottawa adds Canadian fullback Kunle Dada-Luke  Canadian Premier League
  
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• NAC review: Fantastical Cats scratches the peak of escapist entertainment

  11-03-2020 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• What to do if you have symptoms of COVID-19 in Ottawa

  11-03-2020 19:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What should you do if you believe you have symptoms of novel coronavirus? Read More
  
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• SNC-Lavalin's Trillium Line expansion on time so far, but train delivery in 2021 will be real indicator

  11-03-2020 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Trillium Line expansion under SNC-Lavalin is "broadly" on time for the scheduled 2022 completion, but the city might not know for certain until roughly a year before the upgraded rail system opens. Read More
  
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• Bills, a new car and a 'little bit of fun' in Ottawa man's plan after $56K win - OttawaMatters.com

  11-03-2020 18:42 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Bills, a new car and a 'little bit of fun' in Ottawa man's plan after $56K win  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Best: The Bank of Canada can't keep rescuing us in times of crisis

  11-03-2020 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Like central banks around the world, the Bank of Canada has cut its target interest rate in order to tackle the economic effects of the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Fantastical Cats scratches the peak of escapist entertainment

  11-03-2020 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Flu season has claimed at least three victims, says Ottawa Public Health

  11-03-2020 17:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At least three people have died of influenza-related illness this season, Ottawa Public Health reports. Read More
  
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• Flu season has claimed at least three victims, says Ottawa Public Health - Ottawa Citizen

  11-03-2020 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Flu season has claimed at least three victims, says Ottawa Public Health  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa man, 42, charged with luring seven-year-old child - CTV News

  11-03-2020 17:37 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa man, 42, charged with luring seven-year-old child  CTV News
  
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• Bust the coronavirus like a medical microbiologist

  11-03-2020 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What are safe and effective products to protect yourself against this coronavirus? Read More
  
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• Ottawa man, 42, charged with child-luring

  11-03-2020 17:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 42-year-old Ottawa man face a number of charges, including child luring, following a month-long investigation by Ottawa police. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man, 42, charged with child luring - Ottawa Citizen

  11-03-2020 17:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa man, 42, charged with child luring  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Quarantined Canadian at CFB Trenton tests positive for COVID-19

  11-03-2020 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An individual at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton has tested positive for COVID-19, having arrived March 9 aboard the flight of Canadians repatriated from the Grand Princess cruise ship off California. Read More
  
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• Cohen: Now, Biden must ease out Sanders without alienating his supporters

  11-03-2020 16:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In a magical kingdom, Sanders could still get there. But the odds are long and the cost great. Read More
  
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• First COVID-19 case identified in Ottawa

  11-03-2020 16:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa has recorded its first case of someone infected with the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• First case of coronavirus confirmed in Ottawa - CTV News

  11-03-2020 16:12 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  First case of coronavirus confirmed in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa councillor wants the details of winter test results for LRT - Ottawa Sun

  11-03-2020 16:00 via ottawasun.com
  
  Ottawa councillor wants the details of winter test results for LRT  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Shopify going fully remote as Ottawa tech firms brace for COVID-19 impacts - Ottawa Business Journal

  11-03-2020 15:42 via obj.ca
  Shopify going fully remote as Ottawa tech firms brace for COVID-19 impacts  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Ottawa gas prices plummet 10 cents a litre - CTV News

  11-03-2020 14:41 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa gas prices plummet 10 cents a litre  CTV News
  
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• Your commute: 11 trains running on the O-Train Line 1 after brake issue

  11-03-2020 12:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Only 11 trains made it into service onto the O-Train Line 1 for the Wednesday morning commute after the 12th had a brake issue that a technician wasn't able to repair, one of the city's citizen transit commissioners reported. Read More
  
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• Morning Update: Ottawa to release economic package to aid with fallout from coronavirus - The Globe and Mail

  11-03-2020 12:07 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Morning Update: Ottawa to release economic package to aid with fallout from coronavirus  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Shaver: How to help the health-care system cope with COVID-19

  11-03-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In 2003, SARS caused 774 deaths worldwide, with 43 in Canada. Nearly half of cases involved health workers. COVID-19 has spread to 115 countries with more than 4,000 deaths – more than five times more than SARS, in less time. We must look for short-term and longer-term mitigating measures, including for those persons who live “paycheque-to-paycheque” and have no sick leave. They may be working part-time or are self-employed. How can they be induced to remain in quarantine? Read
  
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• From Banff to Berlin: Songwriting residencies inspire Ottawa musician

  11-03-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Weather: Cold front skips town, but temps still on the chilly side

  11-03-2020 11:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The capital got a bit of a break Wednesday, as a cold front that was expected to hit town seems to have taken a turn on the way. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Light rail an example of how politics interferes with procurement

  11-03-2020 11:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Cause of the LRT fiasco was political Read More
  
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• Life in COVID-19 isolation: 'Every second is like a year' for researcher from Iran in Ottawa

  11-03-2020 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  He arrived in Ottawa on Sunday only to learn the Airbnb he had booked didn’t want him for fear of novel coronavirus and most hotels wouldn’t take him because he doesn’t have a credit card. Read More
  
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• Ducks’ Deslauriers gets natural hat trick in win over Ottawa - Global News

  11-03-2020 11:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ducks’ Deslauriers gets natural hat trick in win over Ottawa  Global News
  
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• Ottawa set to declare plastics as toxic substance - The Globe and Mail

  11-03-2020 11:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Ottawa set to declare plastics as toxic substance  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Sewing, seal stew and stories: Inuit women in Ottawa gather to share traditions - CBC.ca

  11-03-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sewing, seal stew and stories: Inuit women in Ottawa gather to share traditions  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa's Italian businesses feel effects of lockdown, from prosciutto to guided tours - CBC.ca

  11-03-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa's Italian businesses feel effects of lockdown, from prosciutto to guided tours  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa's first COVID-19 case worked at Ciena in Kanata - CTV News

  11-03-2020 08:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa's first COVID-19 case worked at Ciena in Kanata  CTV News
  
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• Mayor urges calm after Ottawa's first coronavirus case - CTV News

  11-03-2020 08:00 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Mayor urges calm after Ottawa's first coronavirus case  CTV News
  
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• Lt. Gen. Lanthier to retire, new VCDS to be named in the coming weeks

  11-03-2020 06:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier has told senior defence staff that he will be leaving the job as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and will retire this summer, this newspaper confirmed Tuesday night. Read More
  
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