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• 'It is a war we are fighting': PSWs, other workers say they want better protection against COVID-19

  02-04-2020 23:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  As COVID-19 begins to leave a trail of illness and death across Ontario long-term care and retirement homes, workers there say they do not have the protection they need to keep themselves and residents safe. Read More
  
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• Police lay voyeurism charge after peeper reported

  02-04-2020 23:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Police have laid voyeurism charge and other charges against a 37-year-old man after answering a complaint about a man peeping into a Sandy Hill apartment window. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Hospital researchers join the global race to treat, prevent COVID-19

  02-04-2020 23:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have joined the global race to prevent and treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Ottawa could buy Alberta crude to help oil patch, RBC says - BNNBloomberg.ca

  02-04-2020 23:34
  
  Ottawa could buy Alberta crude to help oil patch, RBC says  BNNBloomberg.ca
  
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• City prepared to fine citizens who disregard COVID-19 restrictions

  02-04-2020 23:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa bylaw officers are prepared to charge residents who openly disregard the province’s COVID-19-related emergency orders. Read More
  
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• As Quebec restricts movements, residents wonder for how long

  02-04-2020 23:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Dale Smith and his wife went to their cottage on Grand Lake three weeks ago, they had no idea it might be a visit lasting into the summer. Read More
  
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• Man charged in George Street stabbing

  02-04-2020 23:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man wanted in a stabbing on George Street on Sunday has been arrested and charged. Read More
  
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• Q & A: What you should know about estate planning during a pandemic

  02-04-2020 23:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  You've filled your freezer, set up your home office and stocked your closet with as much toilet paper as it can hold. But are you ready for when things really go south? Read More
  
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• Essential-services designation a potential safety boost for funeral services industry during pandemic

  02-04-2020 23:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  New guidance from Ontario's Ministry of Health for funeral and bereavement services may not have much effect on how they are provided, but could eventually result in safer conditions for staff and grieving families. Read More
  
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• Accessing Quebec via Gatineau a crapshoot for Ottawa motorists

  02-04-2020 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  It will be a crapshoot whether motorists can get from Ottawa to Gatineau via one of the interprovincial crossings during the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
  
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• City of Ottawa to host virtual town hall on COVID-19 - OttawaMatters.com

  02-04-2020 22:22
  
  City of Ottawa to host virtual town hall on COVID-19  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Egan: Inside worker worries Canada Post plant will deliver coronavirus

  02-04-2020 22:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ordinary workers on the frontlines — at grocery and liquor stores, at pharmacies — the very places keeping us alive, really, suffer one other danger in this COVID-19 crisis. Read More
  
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• Ottawa overestimated cost of compensating First Nations children under tribunal order: budget officer - CBC.ca

  02-04-2020 21:46
  
  Ottawa overestimated cost of compensating First Nations children under tribunal order: budget officer  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa's first COVID-19 care clinic opens Monday - CTV News

  02-04-2020 21:27
  
  Ottawa's first COVID-19 care clinic opens Monday  CTV News
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa care clinic to open Monday; Ontario to release 'stark' data projections Friday

  02-04-2020 20:59 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, on who you can visit)

  02-04-2020 20:51 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 "safe" visiting (we’ll try to answer other questions as we receive them). Read More
  
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• NCC tightens rules, closes all urban parks except for walkthroughs

  02-04-2020 20:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission has tightened regulations on use of its recreation sites in the face of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Ottawa up to 252 cases of COVID-19, seven in ICU - OttawaMatters.com

  02-04-2020 20:17
  
  Ottawa up to 252 cases of COVID-19, seven in ICU  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Ottawa's OrKidstra shares free music-education video series

  02-04-2020 20:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa’s OrKidstra program is giving free access to its popular KiddlyWinks videos to help parents keep their children engaged with music while sequestered at home.  Read More
  
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• NCC closes urban parks in Ottawa due to COVID-19 - CTV News

  02-04-2020 20:11
  
  NCC closes urban parks in Ottawa due to COVID-19  CTV News
  
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• Nolan: COVID-19 preparation? Quebec's health care system has forgotten the Outaouais for years

  02-04-2020 20:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  We rarely distinguish much between Ottawa and Gatineau. We treat them as one entity for shopping, leisure and work. How many of us live in Gatineau and work in Ottawa – and vice versa? Until the police started patrolling the bridges over the Ottawa River, creating a distinction between the two, this was our reality. Read More
  
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• Two men and 15-year-old boy face charges after traffic stop turns up loaded handgun

  02-04-2020 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Two adults and a 15-year-old boy face a long list of charges after a loaded handgun was discovered in a vehicle Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Thursday sees another surge in COVID-19 cases in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  02-04-2020 19:59
  
  Thursday sees another surge in COVID-19 cases in Ottawa  CBC.ca
  
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• Fraudsters bilking businesses with remote sales using stolen cards: OPP

  02-04-2020 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fraudsters are using stolen credit cards and counterfeit drivers' licences to bilk eastern Ontario businesses including car and RV dealers, the OPP warns. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario to release 'stark' data projections Friday; Ottawa cases jump by 58

  02-04-2020 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 58 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa - CTV News

  02-04-2020 19:45
  
  58 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa backpacker stuck in Peru in COVID crisis makes it home

  02-04-2020 19:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hailey Lowden has made it home, after being stuck in Peru for days when regular commercial travel was suddenly cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario to release 'stark' data projections Friday; Ottawa Senators temporarily reduce workforce

  02-04-2020 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Senators temporarily reduce workforce; Ontario to release coronavirus data projections Friday

  02-04-2020 19:27 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Margaret Atwood kicks off livestream readings by Canadian authors on Thursday

  02-04-2020 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre’s burgeoning livestream series, #CanadaPerforms, has received another $100,000 to expand into the literary world, with none other than Margaret Atwood kicking off the new chapter.  Read More
  
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• 3 seriously injured, taken to hospital after single-car crash in Ottawa’s east end: paramedics - Global News

  02-04-2020 18:17
  
  3 seriously injured, taken to hospital after single-car crash in Ottawa’s east end: paramedics  Global News
  
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• Coronavirus: Ottawa Senators announce temporary layoffs, salary reductions due to COVID-19 - Global News

  02-04-2020 18:12
  
  Coronavirus: Ottawa Senators announce temporary layoffs, salary reductions due to COVID-19  Global News
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Senators temporarily reduce workforce; 16 new deaths in Ontario

  02-04-2020 17:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Senators have been forced to reduce their workforce because of the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
  
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• Adam: The trick to surviving our collective COVID-19 isolation is routine

  02-04-2020 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Let me acknowledge that being home alone for nearly three weeks with virtually no social life or personal human contact is not fun. Actually, it’s tough. But, if we’re going to succeed in fighting this implacable enemy called COVID-19, staying home is an absolute necessity. No ifs and buts. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man, 21, arrested, two imitation firearms seized following Centretown incident - Ottawa Citizen

  02-04-2020 17:44
  Ottawa man, 21, arrested, two imitation firearms seized following Centretown incident  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa man, 21, arrested, two imitation firearms seized following Centretown incident

  02-04-2020 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 21-year-old Ottawa man is in custody and two imitation firearms were seized following a disturbance Wednesday afternoon in the Centretown district. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Senators reduce workforce; 16 new deaths in Ontario

  02-04-2020 17:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Senators have been forced to reduce their workforce because of the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
  
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• Musical CATS rescheduled for mid-summer at the National Arts Centre

  02-04-2020 17:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The remainder of the Broadway Across Canada run of the musical CATS that was postponed last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been rescheduled for mid-summer.  Read More
  
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• COVID-19: 16 new deaths in Ontario, case count now over 2,700

  02-04-2020 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario's COVID-19 death toll jumped by 16 in a single day, according to new case data released by the province Thursday morning, with 53 people now having died after contracting the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began. Read More
  
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• Three men taken to hospital after single-vehicle crash in Orléans

  02-04-2020 16:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three men were taken to the hospital in serious condition after a dramatic crash at the intersection of Bearbrook Road and St.Joseph Boulevard Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• House Works: Point-of-sale payments now a home reno thing

  02-04-2020 16:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Look back 10 years and you’ll probably realize that you now carry less cash and you use plastic and online systems like Paypal more often. Email money transfers and online banking have become normal, and the continued penetration of digital financial systems hasn’t stopped, either. Read More
  
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• Point-of-sale payments now a home reno thing

  02-04-2020 16:11 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Modern chic: Living large, open spaces

  02-04-2020 16:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Filling a gap in its portfolio of model homes to tour, Minto Communities has opened five townhome models in Barrhaven to whet buyers’ appetites. Read More
  
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• Around the House: Household gear that's both attractive and useful

  02-04-2020 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Having to choose between what’s pretty and what’s practical can be a dilemma for homeowners, especially as spaces get smaller and we become more aware of the real costs of waste. Maybe that’s why there’s such an appetite right now for household gear that’s both useful and attractive. Read More
  
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• Pretty is as pretty does

  02-04-2020 15:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Having to choose between what’s pretty and what’s practical can be a dilemma for homeowners, especially as spaces get smaller and we become more aware of the real costs of waste. Maybe that’s why there’s such an appetite right now for household gear that’s both useful and attractive. Read More
  
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• Jenny: 'We lived in constant fear' – coping as a nursing student during the polio epidemic

  02-04-2020 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was 1953 and I was a second-year nursing student when I was suddenly sent to do a three-month stint at the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Montreal’s isolation hospital. Normally, students rotated to specialty clinical areas during their final year only, but this was the time of the last great poliomyelitis (polio) epidemic. Read More
  
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• Gatineau transit authority to cut service by 50 per cent starting Monday

  02-04-2020 14:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Starting next Monday, the Société de transport de l'Outaouais is cutting its daily service in half, as ridership continues to fall due to the COVID-19 preventive measures. Read More
  
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• Watch for police checkpoints on bridges to Quebec, weekend closure on Highway 174

  02-04-2020 13:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It's the first morning of an unprecedented time for getting around the region. Read More
  
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• Your commute: Watch for police checkpoints on bridges to Quebec, weekend closure on Highway 174

  02-04-2020 13:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  It's the first morning of an unprecedented time for getting around the region. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: A different side of broadcasting during COVID-19

  02-04-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Radio programming, home-style, has its virtues Read More
  
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