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• Health unit looking for social-distancing data, including cellphone locations

  23-03-2020 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The City of Ottawa's top public health adviser said Monday that officials want to know whether people are heeding their advice about keeping safe distances from each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic, including potentially using location data from cellphones. Read More
  
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• Health unit looking for social-distancing data, including cellphone locations - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 23:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Health unit looking for social-distancing data, including cellphone locations  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• ANALYSIS: Expect Ottawa to declare national COVID-19 emergency only when premiers want one - Global News

  23-03-2020 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  ANALYSIS: Expect Ottawa to declare national COVID-19 emergency only when premiers want one  Global News
  
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• Ottawa archbishop calls for prayer as Catholic churches close - The B.C. Catholic

  23-03-2020 23:04 via bccatholic.ca
  
  Ottawa archbishop calls for prayer as Catholic churches close  The B.C. Catholic
  
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• NAC-Facebook livestream initiative gets another $100K to help artists

  23-03-2020 22:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The #CanadaPerforms livestream series launched last week by the National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada is proving to be a runaway hit, attracting more than 2,800 applications from artists, hundreds of thousands of viewers and an additional $100,000 donation from Slaight Music.  Read More
  
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• Ottawa homicide victim a former child soldier who battled addiction, PTSD - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 22:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa homicide victim a former child soldier who battled addiction, PTSD  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Inside Ottawa’s ‘light-speed’ epidemic-driven overhaul - Maclean's

  23-03-2020 22:30 via macleans.ca
  Inside Ottawa’s ‘light-speed’ epidemic-driven overhaul  Maclean's
  
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• Ottawa homicide victim a former child soldier who battled addiction, PTSD

  23-03-2020 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gholam Alisalehie survived being shot twice, an opioid addiction and seeing his fellow soldiers die in the Iran-Iraq war. Read More
  
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• Gatineau Park closes to reduce COVID-19 risk

  23-03-2020 22:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The National Capital Commission announced that Gatineau Park would close as of 9 p.m. Monday to limit the spread of COVID-19 to employees and visitors. Read More
  
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• Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19

  23-03-2020 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Robin Morash didn’t wait for a call. Two years after retiring from The Ottawa Hospital as an advance practice nurse working with cancer patients, she put up her hand to volunteer in the fight against novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19 - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 21:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Social distancing and self-isolation: a guideline to what they mean

  23-03-2020 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mayor Jim Watson says he was upset on the weekend to see a bunch of kids playing together at a park. Read More
  
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• Customers respond to Glebe bookstore's blunt appeal for help

  23-03-2020 21:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A small bookstore that has been a fixture in the Glebe for more than 40 years says its story will end unless it sells $10,000 worth of books this month. Read More
  
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• Customers respond to Glebe bookstore's blunt appeal for help - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 21:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Customers respond to Glebe bookstore's blunt appeal for help  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa Public Health says there could be 4000 undetected cases of coronavirus in city - www.insideottawavalley.com/

  23-03-2020 20:58 via insideottawavalley.com
  
  Ottawa Public Health says there could be 4000 undetected cases of coronavirus in city  www.insideottawavalley.com/
  
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• Why Ottawa doesn’t need to declare a state of emergency - tvo.org

  23-03-2020 20:49 via tvo.org
  
  Why Ottawa doesn’t need to declare a state of emergency  tvo.org
  
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• UPDATED: COVID-19 Ottawa closures, cancellations and major changes: What you need to know - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  UPDATED: COVID-19 Ottawa closures, cancellations and major changes: What you need to know  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Atlético Ottawa adds Center-back Brandon John to its roster - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 20:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Atlético Ottawa adds Center-back Brandon John to its roster  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa releasing $5-billion in additional lending capacity to farmers - My Stratford Now

  23-03-2020 20:08 via mystratfordnow.com
  
  Ottawa releasing $5-billion in additional lending capacity to farmers  My Stratford Now
  
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• Ottawa convention facilities offer space for emergency medical centres, if necessary

  23-03-2020 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city has received offers from businesses that normally host weddings and trade shows to use their facilities for emergency medical centres, if necessary. Read More
  
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• Drive-by birthday celebration makes up for party cancelled by pandemic

  23-03-2020 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  You only turn nine once, so when the novel coronavirus outbreak ruined not just one, but two of Lincoln Ouellette’s birthday party plans, his parents staged an impromptu and upbeat drive-by celebration. Read More
  
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• Ottawa convention facilities offer space for emergency medical centres, if necessary - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 20:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa convention facilities offer space for emergency medical centres, if necessary  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario to close all non-essential businesses; Schools won't reopen April 6

  23-03-2020 19:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• MP Zimmer to stay home as Ottawa meets to pass COVID-19 measures - Alaska Highway News

  23-03-2020 19:03 via alaskahighwaynews.ca
  
  MP Zimmer to stay home as Ottawa meets to pass COVID-19 measures  Alaska Highway News
  
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• Distress Centre of Ottawa sees 30% spike in calls during COVID-19 pandemic - CTV News

  23-03-2020 18:45 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Distress Centre of Ottawa sees 30% spike in calls during COVID-19 pandemic  CTV News
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario to close all non-essential businesses; three new cases in Ottawa

  23-03-2020 18:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Pellerin: COVID and the Conservatives – an effective opposition matters

  23-03-2020 18:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Conservative leadership campaign is not top of mind for most of us, but having a strong, effective Official Opposition matters anyway. Especially in times of crisis. Right now, we don’t have one. We need it and not sometime later. I urge Conservatives not to postpone their leadership campaign. In fact, I want them to settle it now and get on with the job Canadians entrusted them with. Read More
  
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• Pandemic's impact on City of Ottawa budget to be 'very dramatic:' Mayor Jim Watson - OttawaMatters.com

  23-03-2020 17:59 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Pandemic's impact on City of Ottawa budget to be 'very dramatic:' Mayor Jim Watson  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Man, 19, charged in connection with Orléans heist of cigarettes, bagels - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 17:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Man, 19, charged in connection with Orléans heist of cigarettes, bagels  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Arrests in four weekend burglaries include five youth at Blackburn Hamlet-area school

  23-03-2020 17:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police credit quick work by patrol officers for a string of arrests in break and enters to three businesses and a school over the weekend. Read More
  
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• Man, 19, charged in connection with Orléans heist of cigarettes, bagels

  23-03-2020 17:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A masked man walked into a Chapel Hill store Sunday night and told the clerk it was a robbery before fleeing on foot with cigarettes and bagels, city police said. Read More
  
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• Kassam: Soldiers need armour, COVID-19 doctors need protective equipment. Now

  23-03-2020 17:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  This is war, against a ruthless enemy that doesn’t discriminate based on nationality, ethnicity or political philosophy. It is quick, silent and deadly. In a span of several months it has destabilized global economies and brought health care systems to their knees. The COVID-19 battle is one of the most acute threats humanity has faced in a generation, and in Canada, we’re at the tip of the spear. Read More
  
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• Ottawa promises $192m for vaccine production, Vancouver company among recipients - Business in Vancouver

  23-03-2020 17:12 via biv.com
  Ottawa promises $192m for vaccine production, Vancouver company among recipients  Business in Vancouver
  
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• Pot industry lobbies Ottawa for economic aid amid virus fallout - Article - BNN - BNNBloomberg.ca

  23-03-2020 16:48 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  
  Pot industry lobbies Ottawa for economic aid amid virus fallout - Article - BNN  BNNBloomberg.ca
  
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• COVID-19: Three new cases confirmed in Ottawa as Ontario total passes 500

  23-03-2020 16:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Three more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ottawa as Ontario added 77 to its number of confirmed cases Monday morning, bringing the province's total to 503. Read More
  
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• 19-year-old charged after allegedly stealing bagels, cigarettes in Ottawa - Global News

  23-03-2020 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  19-year-old charged after allegedly stealing bagels, cigarettes in Ottawa  Global News
  
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• COVID-19 isolation, treatment centre for homeless opens in Ottawa - Global News

  23-03-2020 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 isolation, treatment centre for homeless opens in Ottawa  Global News
  
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• 'It shouldn't be up to tenants': Ottawa business calls for rent help - CBC.ca

  23-03-2020 15:16 via cbc.ca
  
  'It shouldn't be up to tenants': Ottawa business calls for rent help  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa athletes support Canada's refusal to attend Tokyo Games - CTV News

  23-03-2020 14:56 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa athletes support Canada's refusal to attend Tokyo Games  CTV News
  
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• No need for speed, avoid unnecessary trips, say police - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 13:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  No need for speed, avoid unnecessary trips, say police  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• No need for speed, avoid unnecessary trips, say police

  23-03-2020 13:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There's one thing that COVID-19 is not slowing down: speeders. Read More
  
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• Weather: Up to 6 cm of snow, risk of freezing drizzle – it's going to be a messy week

  23-03-2020 12:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As if we needed another reason to stay home if we can, up to 6 cm of snow is on the way Monday with the risk of freezing drizzle by late evening and overnight. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: By this time next week, cases could hit 16,000 in Ottawa if we don't 'do our part'

  23-03-2020 12:15 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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• Ottawa weighs 'stronger measures' to enforce public health warnings about keeping your distance - Toronto Star

  23-03-2020 12:08 via thestar.com
  
  Ottawa weighs 'stronger measures' to enforce public health warnings about keeping your distance  Toronto Star
  
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• Ottawa actors make do as theatre companies stay dark

  23-03-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa theatre artist Bronwyn Steinberg is wondering how she will get through the next couple of months after income that she was counting on suddenly evaporated because of the novel coronavirus-induced shutdown of live entertainment. Read More
  
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• Benoit: Learning outside the classroom is challenging institutions and students alike

  23-03-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada slows down to a crawl to mitigate COVID-19. Citizens’ activities, business services, indeed much of our daily lives now trickle to a halt due to social distancing. Meanwhile, post-secondary education institutions are accelerating, urgently migrating online to save the school year. Read More
  
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• Morning Update: Ottawa to intervene in test backlog; Business groups urge Trudeau to pay wage subsidy - The Globe and Mail

  23-03-2020 11:35 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Morning Update: Ottawa to intervene in test backlog; Business groups urge Trudeau to pay wage subsidy  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Today's letters: COVID-19 front-line workers deserve financial reward

  23-03-2020 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Let's give our front-line heroes real recognition Read More
  
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• Gros and Muscati: Canada’s immigration detainees at higher risk in pandemic - Ottawa Citizen

  23-03-2020 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gros and Muscati: Canada’s immigration detainees at higher risk in pandemic  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Gros and Muscati: Canada’s immigration detainees at higher risk in pandemic

  23-03-2020 11:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the hundreds of immigration detainees across Canada? Fear. Read More
  
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