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• From math games to learn-to-draw videos: Ottawa school board posts resources to help students at home

  24-03-2020 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's largest school board has posted several dozen online resources to help elementary and high school students learn at home while classes are cancelled for an indefinite period because of COVID-19. Read More
  
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• Ottawa musicians livestream for tips during COVID-19 pandemic

  24-03-2020 23:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa musician Shawn Tavenier usually thinks of St. Patrick’s Day as the start of the busy season for live entertainment, a time when bookings ramp up in anticipation of spring concert dates and summer festivals and fairs.  Read More
  
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• Ottawa musicians "cyberbusking" for tips

  24-03-2020 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa musician Shawn Tavenier usually thinks of St. Patrick’s Day as the start of the busy season for live entertainment, a time when bookings ramp up in anticipation of spring concert dates and summer festivals and fairs.  Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

  24-03-2020 23:19 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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• Sens status report: Ottawa showing signs of a reversal of fortune in 2021? - TSN

  24-03-2020 22:42
  
  Sens status report: Ottawa showing signs of a reversal of fortune in 2021?  TSN
  
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• BAGNALL: The cruel math of the COVID-19 testing curve — getting ahead of it won't be easy

  24-03-2020 22:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The calls coming into Spartan Bioscience have come out of the blue, tinged with desperation. Certain U.S. states and hospitals are so eager for the Ottawa firm's COVID-19 testing technology they are offering to buy Spartan's entire future production. Read More
  
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• Ottawa may see up to 4,000 new cases a day, says top doctor

  24-03-2020 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa may see up to 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, Ottawa's medical officer of health said in a sobering teleconference with reporters Tuesday. Read More
  
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• up to 4,000 new cases days, says Etches

  24-03-2020 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa may see up to 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, Ottawa's medical officer of health said in a sobering teleconference with reporters Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Social distancing measures could cool Ottawa's hot real estate market: Realtors - Ottawa Business Journal

  24-03-2020 22:14
  Social distancing measures could cool Ottawa's hot real estate market: Realtors  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Ontario looks at closing playgrounds to slow spread of COVID-19

  24-03-2020 22:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is considering closing playgrounds in an attempt to prevent spread of novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Public health officials in 1919 also wrestled with social distancing

  24-03-2020 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Back in 1919, an army doctor treating cases of the lethal Spanish flu had a problem that sounds eerily familiar today: People insisted on mixing when he wanted them to stay apart, and this spread the disease. Read More
  
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• Senator Plett Flown To Ottawa To Approve Emergency Aid - SteinbachOnline.com

  24-03-2020 21:54
  Senator Plett Flown To Ottawa To Approve Emergency Aid  SteinbachOnline.com
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario cuts hydro rates; Ottawa could see up to 4,000 cases per day

  24-03-2020 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ottawa gas prices to drop to lowest level since December 2003 - CTV News

  24-03-2020 21:27
  
  Ottawa gas prices to drop to lowest level since December 2003  CTV News
  
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• Canadian Forces leadership to decide whether to cancel movement of thousands of military personnel to new jobs

  24-03-2020 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  As efforts continue to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Canadian Forces leadership is expected to soon decide whether to cancel the annual movement of thousands of military personnel and their families to new jobs across the country. Read More
  
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• Ottawa health unit backs away from idea to mine cell phone locations to gauge distancing

  24-03-2020 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Public Health doesn't have a plan to analyze location data from cell phones to see if people are congregating during this unprecedented time of physical distancing, the agency's leader said Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Egan: 'It could spread like wildfire' — COVID-19 in emergency housing motels

  24-03-2020 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Angèle Lafond has been living in "temporary" emergency housing for a year, a standard motel room with a mini-fridge, two beds and sealed windows. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa could see up to 4,000 cases per day; Ontario cuts hydro rates

  24-03-2020 20:07 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Knife-wielding robber changed into high-end designer garb: Police

  24-03-2020 19:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man demanded to see high-end designer clothes at an Elgin Street shop on March 13. He ducked into the change room and came out in a new outfit, toting his old clothes. Read More
  
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• 'Health workers need them more': Contractor calls for construction companies to give up masks

  24-03-2020 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It is beginning as a trickle, but an Ottawa contractor is hoping his call out to the construction industry will result in a flood of scarce respirator masks being donated to local hospitals. Read More
  
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• 'We were lucky': Canadians slowly return from abroad, while others remain stranded

  24-03-2020 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  Betty Dukes made it back, and so did Grace Welch. Kaitlin MacDonald also got home. Cari Soutar and her husband, John Hornung, and their daughters, Amy and Megan, were also among the fortunate Canadians who got out of Morocco, the four now self-isolating for two weeks in their Stittsville home. And after three straight days of travel and numerous non-refundable tickets cancelled, Jocy Medina and her boyfriend, Auday Edan, are finally back in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Canadian astronauts teach how to take command of isolation

  24-03-2020 19:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Astronauts are positive people, and two Canadian veterans of long-term flight on the International Space Station say we can use isolation on Earth to do good things and stay mentally healthy. Read More
  
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• Responding to new COVID-19 reality, Ottawa restaurants launch local delivery service

  24-03-2020 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mandated last week to offer only take-out and delivery service during the COVID-19 crisis, a handful of chef-run Ottawa restaurants have launched a local delivery service that competes with Uber Eats and its peers. Read More
  
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• Denley: Ottawa Council shouldn't be loaning $40 million to a Toronto film studio

  24-03-2020 19:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The all-encompassing effort to manage the COVID-19 virus has pushed most of the regular work of Ottawa Council to one side, and perhaps it’s just as well. It will give councillors a bit more time to reflect on the wisdom of giving a $40-million loan to a Toronto company so it can build movie and television sound stages here. Read More
  
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• Police seek to identify alleged Carlingwood shoplifter

  24-03-2020 18:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are looking for public assistance in locating a man suspected in a shoplifting case at a Carlingwood area store earlier this month. Read More
  
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• The list of essential businesses allowed to stay open in Ottawa and eastern Ontario - CTV News

  24-03-2020 18:56
  
  The list of essential businesses allowed to stay open in Ottawa and eastern Ontario  CTV News
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario cutting hydro rates; Ottawa adds three more cases

  24-03-2020 18:24 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 12 Ottawa Small Businesses That You Can Support From Home Right Now - Narcity

  24-03-2020 17:57
  
  12 Ottawa Small Businesses That You Can Support From Home Right Now  Narcity
  
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• IDENTIFIED: Ottawa police searching for Carlingwood shoplifter - OttawaMatters.com

  24-03-2020 17:47
  
  IDENTIFIED: Ottawa police searching for Carlingwood shoplifter  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, the flu shot)

  24-03-2020 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Citizen has asked a group of medical and research experts to answer reader questions about COVID-19. Here’s today’s query, on fu vaccines (we’ll try to answer other questions as we receive them). Read More
  
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• Thanks for your interest, but please stay home, La Pêche mayor urges

  24-03-2020 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The municipality of La Pêche prides itself on being a welcoming community, but Mayor Guillaume Lamoureux says the time has come to tell visitors to stay home. Read More
  
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• Trudeau: 'If people do not respect the measures, we will put stricter measures in place'

  24-03-2020 17:05 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: Ottawa adds three more cases, Ontario's total climbs to 588

  24-03-2020 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As Ontario's non-essential businesses prepared to close their doors by midnight Tuesday, the province announced 85 new cases of COVID-19 infections, including three new cases in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Cohen: Why Canada's response to COVID-19 is so different from that of the U.S.

  24-03-2020 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Comparing the character of nations is risky and imprecise. In the Age of Contagion, though, it offers a window into how the peoples of the world are coping. Read More
  
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• Three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa - CTV News

  24-03-2020 16:48
  
  Three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Brockville area officials work to block returning RVers from entering city stores

  24-03-2020 16:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  BROCKVILLE — Brockville area municipal officials continue to try to block recreational vehicle travellers returing to Canada from heading straight to the city stores. Read More
  
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• Police seek suspect in Bank Street robbery

  24-03-2020 16:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in identifying one of two men involved in a downtown attempted commercial robbery last week. Read More
  
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• Ottawa medical device manufacturer working on quick COVID-19 test, waiting on federal contract - OttawaMatters.com

  24-03-2020 16:16
  
  Ottawa medical device manufacturer working on quick COVID-19 test, waiting on federal contract  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Diamond and Jenkins: Teachers should teach, COVID virus or no COVID virus

  24-03-2020 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Over the March break, we were happy to receive an email from the principal of a public elementary school describing efforts to ensure learning continues through the current crisis. The email shared online office hours for staff, as well as plans for online teaching and a loaner laptop distribution program starting right after break. This message didn’t come from our kids’ school in Ottawa. It came from their previous public school, out of province. Read More
  
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• Speed traps still busy, nine nabbed on Highway 401 in Leeds County

  24-03-2020 15:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Leeds County OPP is working to slow things down on the road, nabbing nine speeders traveling more than 50 km/h over the posted limit on Highway 401 between Brockville and Gananoque in three days. Read More
  
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• Limit travel between Ottawa and Gatineau, mayors urge - Global News

  24-03-2020 14:56
  
  Limit travel between Ottawa and Gatineau, mayors urge  Global News
  
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• Ottawa man with COVID-19 back home after travel ordeal from Spain - CBC.ca

  24-03-2020 14:50
  
  Ottawa man with COVID-19 back home after travel ordeal from Spain  CBC.ca
  
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• Coronavirus, March 24: Quebec cases jump to 1,013; Ottawa mulls 'stricter measures' - Montreal Gazette

  24-03-2020 14:38
  
  Coronavirus, March 24: Quebec cases jump to 1,013; Ottawa mulls 'stricter measures'  Montreal Gazette
  
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• Ottawa, Gatineau mayors ask residents to limit interprovincial travel to essential trips

  24-03-2020 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The mayors of Gatineau and Ottawa are asking for interprovincial solidarity — by staying at home. Read More
  
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• Drive-in COVID-19 testing launches in Smiths Falls, by referral only

  24-03-2020 13:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A drive-in COVID-19 assessment centre opens Tuesday at the Smiths Falls site of the Smiths Falls and Perth District Hospital but health officials warn that it's by appointment and referral only. Read More
  
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• ONroute stops still open on Highway 401, broken water main in Vanier

  24-03-2020 13:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The digital traffic is likely off the charts but it appears all quiet on the real-word commute Tuesday morning in the age of COVID-19. Read More
  
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• We've made the Ottawa Citizen online much faster and easier to read

  24-03-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We are pleased to announce the launch of our all-new Ottawa Citizen website. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: As worldwide cases approach 400,000, are 16% of Canadians really not taking the pandemic seriously?

  24-03-2020 12:47 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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• Quebec's wide business shutdowns cited as Le Droit, partners, move to Saturday only publication

  24-03-2020 12:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A Quebec newspaper cooperative, including Ottawa-Gatineau's Le Droit daily, has announced it will move to Saturday only publication, in part due to the widespread closure of businesses announced by the Quebec government this week in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: As worldwide cases cross 377,000, are 16% of Canadians really not taking the pandemic seriously?

  24-03-2020 12:38 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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