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• COVID-19: 'We need to act as if the virus is here, circulating in our community' - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  COVID-19: 'We need to act as if the virus is here, circulating in our community'  Ottawa Citizen2 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa Thursday  CBC.ca2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 announced for Ottawa, total up to 16  Global NewsOTTAWA: As many as 19 local COVID-19 cases, as more identified  Ottawa SunTwo new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ottawa, total reaches 16  OttawaMatters.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• COVID-19: 'We need to act as if the virus is here, circulating in our community'

  19-03-2020 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Coronavirus crisis highlighting Ottawa’s misguided approach to reducing wireless prices - The Globe and Mail

  19-03-2020 23:05 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Coronavirus crisis highlighting Ottawa’s misguided approach to reducing wireless prices  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Ventilators will be crucial to saving people's lives, but Ottawa won't say how many Canada needs as COVID-19 continues to spread - Toronto Star

  19-03-2020 22:56 via thestar.com
  
  Ventilators will be crucial to saving people's lives, but Ottawa won't say how many Canada needs as COVID-19 continues to spread  Toronto Star
  
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• Out of the gloom, a portable COVID-19 test from Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Out of the gloom, a portable COVID-19 test from Ottawa  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Out of the gloom, a portable COVID-19 test from Ottawa

  19-03-2020 22:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For most of us, the COVID-19 virus has been a malevolent force, destroying jobs, wealth and social mobility. But for some, this new epoch is also an opportunity to draw on a lifetime of work to do good. Read More
  
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• Preliminary study suggests Ontario could face a "critical shortage of ventilators"

  19-03-2020 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A new report suggests that even under a best case scenario — a controlled spread of COVID-19 and an injection of new hospital resources — Ontario could face a critical shortage of ventilators within two months. Read More
  
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• Ottawa jail guards denied inmates access to lawyers because of COVID-19 fears - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa jail guards denied inmates access to lawyers because of COVID-19 fears  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa jail guards denied inmates access to lawyers because of COVID-19 fears

  19-03-2020 22:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Out of fear of COVID-19, some guards at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Wednesday denied inmates all access to their lawyers — even by video or phone. Read More
  
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• What are ventilators, and why are they so important in the COVID-19 pandemic?

  19-03-2020 22:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The mechanical breathing machines known as ventilators are an essential tool in the health care system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Exercise in the age of coronavirus: Ottawans find ways to keep moving

  19-03-2020 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With gyms, fitness studios, swimming pools and arenas all closed, Ottawa residents are finding other ways to keep moving, from taking exercise classes online to heading outside for a walk. Read More
  
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• Vodka-maker switches from booze to sanitizer to help zap coronavirus - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Vodka-maker switches from booze to sanitizer to help zap coronavirus  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Vodka-maker switches from booze to sanitizer to help zap coronavirus

  19-03-2020 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Dairy Distillery will switch from vodka production next week to make a tonic for our troubled times. Read More
  
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• Forget about closures: Here's what's open in Ottawa-Gatineau during the COVID-19 crisis - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Forget about closures: Here's what's open in Ottawa-Gatineau during the COVID-19 crisis  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa defence association tells lawyers to refuse in-person appearances at courthouse - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 22:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa defence association tells lawyers to refuse in-person appearances at courthouse  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa has billions of dollars ready to support Canadians. Now it has to ensure they can access it - iPolitics.ca

  19-03-2020 21:50 via ipolitics.ca
  
  Ottawa has billions of dollars ready to support Canadians. Now it has to ensure they can access it  iPolitics.ca
  
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• Planning for 'worst case scenario' by expanding desperately needed ventilators

  19-03-2020 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A hack used by a physician during the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting could become a game-changer in the battle against COVID-19 as a looming shortage of ventilators threatens. Read More
  
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• Ottawa defence association tells lawyers to refuse in-person appearances at courthouse

  19-03-2020 21:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa — noting exceptional times and a dirty courthouse — has told its members they should refuse all in-court hearings that can't be done remotely in an effort to 'flatten the curve' during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Businesses signing off as COVID-19 shuts down Ottawa - CBC.ca

  19-03-2020 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Businesses signing off as COVID-19 shuts down Ottawa  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa's opioid crisis takes a turn for the worse during coronavirus pandemic - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa's opioid crisis takes a turn for the worse during coronavirus pandemic  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa's opioid crisis takes a turn for the worse during coronavirus pandemic

  19-03-2020 21:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  While the opioid crisis in Ottawa has faced serious challenges in recent years, frontline workers are reporting that the additional burden of the novel coronavirus outbreak has made the situation much more dire. Read More
  
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• New assessment centres to open, but testing will focus on health workers and high-risk people: Etches

  19-03-2020 20:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A second and possibly third COVID-19 assessment centre will be ready to go in Ottawa within a week, Ottawa’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches said Thursday. Read More
  
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• Murray Street closed after stabbing causing 'serious injuries'

  19-03-2020 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Murray Street is closed between King Edward Avenue and Cumberland Street, a block west of King Edward, after an afternoon stabbing. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Death toll in Italy surpasses China's; up to 2,000 cases in Ottawa alone and more news

  19-03-2020 20:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  News concerning the the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is in a constant state of flux. Numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, Canada and worldwide are changing rapidly. Federal and provincial government recommendations are being adapted as the response to the pandemic grows. Local government and Ottawa medical officials are also updating their plans and advice for citizens as needed. It's a daunting task to sort through all of the news - and the noise - so we will do our best to
  
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• Love Local Delivery food service aims to help Ottawa restaurants in tough times - Ottawa Business Journal

  19-03-2020 20:05 via obj.ca
  Love Local Delivery food service aims to help Ottawa restaurants in tough times  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Ottawa eyes credit options to help hard-hit smaller businesses - The Globe and Mail

  19-03-2020 19:59 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Ottawa eyes credit options to help hard-hit smaller businesses  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic shows how quickly OPH adapts to an emergency, health board chair says

  19-03-2020 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The current four-year term for Ottawa Public Health's board of directors looked like it was going to be packed with governance quandaries, not demanding health operations. Read More
  
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• Health Canada employee at Tunney’s Pasture one of Ottawa’s COVID-19 cases - OttawaMatters.com

  19-03-2020 19:56 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Health Canada employee at Tunney’s Pasture one of Ottawa’s COVID-19 cases  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Pembroke man charged in two Stittsville-area robberies

  19-03-2020 19:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Pembroke pair were to appear in court Thursday after a man claiming to be heavily armed demanded narcotics at a pharmacy on Stittsville Main Street. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police board unable to meet, charged deputy chief remains in job - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police board unable to meet, charged deputy chief remains in job  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa police board unable to meet, charged deputy chief remains in job

  19-03-2020 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal will remain in his role as a growing COVID-19 pandemic has made it so that the police board cannot meet in person to discuss misconduct charges laid against him. Read More
  
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• Letter from the Amazon: Canadian father and son can't leave Peru

  19-03-2020 19:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Canadian father and his 14-year-old son are travelling upriver by boat in Peru's Amazon basin, hiding from police and the military and desperately trying to find safety in a country under martial law because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Bonaparte: COVID-19 guidance is needed for clinics and private practice too

  19-03-2020 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In today’s medical climate, not all specialists have their office and clinics in the hospital; in fact, most of us work outside the hospital. I am a Head and Neck Surgeon in Ottawa and I see patients at three sites: Carleton Place Hospital; I rent a room at a hearing aid clinic (in which I see everything from stuffy noses to ear infections to hearing loss); and at a private practice. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Death toll in Italy surpasses China's; up to 1,000 cases in Ottawa alone and more news

  19-03-2020 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  News concerning the the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is in a constant state of flux. Numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, Canada and worldwide are changing rapidly. Federal and provincial government recommendations are being adapted as the response to the pandemic grows. Local government and Ottawa medical officials are also updating their plans and advice for citizens as needed. It's a daunting task to sort through all of the news - and the noise - so we will do our best to
  
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• COVID-19: Death toll in Italy surpasses China; p to 1,000 cases in Ottawa alone and more news

  19-03-2020 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  News concerning the the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is in a constant state of flux. Numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, Canada and worldwide are changing rapidly. Federal and provincial government recommendations are being adapted as the response to the pandemic grows. Local government and Ottawa medical officials are also updating their plans and advice for citizens as needed. It's a daunting task to sort through all of the news - and the noise - so we will do our best to
  
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• Throwing the book at coronavirus: Ottawa business gets creative in battling the outbreak - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Throwing the book at coronavirus: Ottawa business gets creative in battling the outbreak  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Throwing the book at coronavirus: Ottawa business gets creative in battling the outbreak

  19-03-2020 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When co-owners Vaughn MacDonald and Steven Yong locked up their Black Squirrel bookstore and coffeeshop at the end of the day on Monday, they did so with heavy hearts and great uncertainty. Read More
  
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• Letter from the Amazon: Canadian father and son trapped in Peru

  19-03-2020 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Canadian father and his 14-year-old son are travelling upriver by boat in Peru's Amazon basin, hiding from police and the military and desperately trying to find safety in a country under martial law because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• What Ottawa's Pandemic Aid Package Means for You - TheTyee.ca

  19-03-2020 18:33 via thetyee.ca
  
  What Ottawa's Pandemic Aid Package Means for You  TheTyee.ca
  
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• Chicken Farmers of Canada support Ottawa Food Bank during COVID-19 pandemic - CTV News

  19-03-2020 18:25 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Chicken Farmers of Canada support Ottawa Food Bank during COVID-19 pandemic  CTV News
  
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• ‘We’re not going to abandon you’: Ottawa doctor reassures homeless population - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  ‘We’re not going to abandon you’: Ottawa doctor reassures homeless population  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• ’We’re not going to abandon you’: Ottawa doctor reassures homeless

  19-03-2020 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa doctor Jeff Turnbull and a team of medical professionals are working hard to protect the city’s most vulnerable — notably to identify a downtown space to isolate the homeless during the outbreak. Read More
  
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• Construction of new Arctic ships, maintenance of frigates halted because of COVID-19

  19-03-2020 18:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Construction of the Royal Canadian Navy’s new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships and maintenance of its frigates has been halted because of the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Severe wind mixed with possible thunderstorm headed for Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  19-03-2020 18:16 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Severe wind mixed with possible thunderstorm headed for Ottawa  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Laundry room fire causes $65,000 in damages

  19-03-2020 18:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A fire in a basement laundry room caused about $65,000 to a home on Heatherington Road in the Ledbury/Herongate area Friday during the noon hour. Read More
  
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• Environment Canada warns of strong winds Friday, along with 29-degree temp swoop

  19-03-2020 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Things could get very gusty Friday as a cold front moves in in the afternoon, bringing with it winds with "gusts near or in excess of 90 km/h," Environment Canada cautioned Thursday. Read More
  
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• Environment Canada warns of strong winds Friday, along with 29-degree temp swoop - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 18:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Environment Canada warns of strong winds Friday, along with 29-degree temp swoop  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• 'A very dangerous situation': Ottawa couple in their 70s trapped in Spain - Ottawa Citizen

  19-03-2020 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  'A very dangerous situation': Ottawa couple in their 70s trapped in Spain  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• 'A very dangerous situation': Ottawa couple in their 70s trapped in Spain

  19-03-2020 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mel and Joanne Dunlop left their home in Almonte on Feb. 24 for a month-long trip to Spain. That same day, the first Spanish case of COVID-19 was confirmed. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Two new cases identified in Ottawa; One new death in Ontario

  19-03-2020 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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