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• Ottawa police seeing 70 per cent increase in break and enters over past month - OttawaMatters.com

  09-04-2020 23:00
  
  Ottawa police seeing 70 per cent increase in break and enters over past month  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• A guide to Ottawa's independent restaurants offering takeout and delivery

  09-04-2020 22:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Several weeks into novel coronavirus-based seclusion and with untold weeks to go, some self-isolationists might be feeling stumped in the kitchen, as if they've exhausted their go-to recipes. Read More
  
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• Construction clampdown both barrier and boon to Ottawa firms - Ottawa Business Journal

  09-04-2020 22:28
  Construction clampdown both barrier and boon to Ottawa firms  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• Updated: Ten COVID-19 deaths in Almonte long-term care home

  09-04-2020 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ten residents of the Almonte Country Haven long-term care home in Mississippi Mills have died of COVID-19, and two other residents in the home have died of other causes. Read More
  
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• Inside Almonte Country Haven: Exhaustion, isolation, death, and a call for help

  09-04-2020 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eileen Coyle has always been a kind and caring person with a twinkle in her eye, even after the severe dementia she suffers chipped away at much of her cognitive ability. And at 97, although she no longer plays Scrabble or backgammon, bakes pies, watches curling or cheers on Ottawa’s hockey and football teams, her tenderness can still be seen in the way she reaches out for your hand and curls it into the warmth of her body, or affectionately nudges you with an elbow and a laugh. Read More
  
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• Ontario toughens rules at long-term care homes but workers fear they remain at risk

  09-04-2020 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Amid growing numbers of deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes across the province, the Ontario government is strengthening protections for long-term care residents and staff, including making masks mandatory at all times. Read More
  
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• City of Ottawa service changes for Easter weekend - OttawaMatters.com

  09-04-2020 21:37
  
  City of Ottawa service changes for Easter weekend  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Ottawa's 'silly walk' sign catches John Cleese's eye - CBC.ca

  09-04-2020 21:33
  
  Ottawa's 'silly walk' sign catches John Cleese's eye  CBC.ca
  
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• Militaries around the world taking various roles in COVID-19 response

  09-04-2020 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian Forces personnel are being held in reserve in case the effects of the novel coronavirus gets worse but at this point military commanders expect most of their role for domestic operations to focus on dealing with spring floods and later forest fires. Read More
  
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• City still patching potholes, maintaining parks with smaller crews for physical distancing

  09-04-2020 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  As the city tackles the COVID-19 pandemic along with the spring freshet, potholes are still being patched and parks maintained with smaller crews to allow workers to physically distance from one another, but some services are being scaled back. Read More
  
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• Inspiring scripture no help to Renfrew drug suspects

  09-04-2020 20:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  An inspiring Biblical inscription was no help to three suspects arrested in Renfrew Wednesday with a quantity of drugs and an imitation handgun. Read More
  
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• Two more COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa, new case reported at Montfort Long-Term Care Centre - OttawaMatters.com

  09-04-2020 20:19
  
  Two more COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa, new case reported at Montfort Long-Term Care Centre  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• COVID-19: Life won't return to normal until we have a vaccine — 12 to 18 months, Trudeau says

  09-04-2020 19:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check this space regularly for the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here and abroad, as well as breaking news and important updates about the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Two new deaths in Ottawa; Canada anticipates 500 to 700 deaths by end of next week

  09-04-2020 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ten COVID-19 deaths in Almonte long-term care home

  09-04-2020 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ten residents of the Almonte Country Haven long-term care home in Mississippi Mills have died of COVID-19, and two others in the home have also died. Read More
  
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• Eight COVID-19 deaths in Almonte long-term care home

  09-04-2020 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eight residents of the Almonte Country Haven long-term care home in Mississippi Mills have died of COVID-19, and two others in the home have also died. Read More
  
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• Ottawa doctor says proof of immunity might be only way for fans to return to sports arenas - CBC.ca

  09-04-2020 18:24
  
  Ottawa doctor says proof of immunity might be only way for fans to return to sports arenas  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa Police seek to ID suspect in Meadowlands assault - CTV News Ottawa

  09-04-2020 18:20
  
  Ottawa Police seek to ID suspect in Meadowlands assault  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau lost 17200 jobs in March as COVID-19 pandemic hit: StatCan - CTV News Ottawa

  09-04-2020 18:20
  
  Ottawa-Gatineau lost 17200 jobs in March as COVID-19 pandemic hit: StatCan  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Online Easter services: Ottawa churches holding digital sermons - CTV News Ottawa

  09-04-2020 18:20
  
  Online Easter services: Ottawa churches holding digital sermons  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Restaurants in Ottawa and eastern Ontario offering an Easter dinner for take out or delivery - CTV News Ottawa

  09-04-2020 18:19
  
  Restaurants in Ottawa and eastern Ontario offering an Easter dinner for take out or delivery  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Employee at Ottawa's Amazon Fulfillment Centre tests positive for COVID-19 - CTV News Ottawa

  09-04-2020 18:19
  
  Employee at Ottawa's Amazon Fulfillment Centre tests positive for COVID-19  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• 'Nothing to investigate,' police watchdog says of man who broke wrist jumping from bridge

  09-04-2020 17:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province's civilian police watchdog has ended its investigation into the case of a man who broke his wrist after jumping off the Portage Bridge following an Ottawa Police Service traffic stop last month. Read More
  
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• Indigenous leaders want more help from Ottawa to fight COVID-19 - Radio Canada International (en)

  09-04-2020 17:50
  
  Indigenous leaders want more help from Ottawa to fight COVID-19  Radio Canada International (en)
  
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• MacDougall: During COVID-19, I’m rooting for Andrew Scheer, and you should too

  09-04-2020 17:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  In the nervous days of "Team Canada" and the extraordinary policy response to COVID-19, it takes guts to be the skunk in the room. Who wants to be the spanner in all of the public works being erected to shield us from the effects of novel coronavirus? Read More
  
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• COVID-19: 26 more deaths in Ontario; Canada anticipates 500 to 700 deaths by end of next week

  09-04-2020 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is reporting 26 more COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, just after the federal government released modelling data showing that even with strict physical distancing measures, the novel coronavirus could still cost at least 11,000 Canadian lives. Read More
  
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• Adam: COVID-19 – We don't really need all these 'projections' to make us act properly

  09-04-2020 16:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government, some provincial governments and the City of Ottawa have now released harrowing projections on how many Canadians could die from COVID-19. But there remains a big question amidst all this doom and gloom: If, as experts say, modelling isn’t a prediction of the future – and the numbers shouldn't be taken literally – what’s the point? Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Best case scenario in Canada? 11,000-22,000 dead. Worst case? More than 350,000 dead

  09-04-2020 16:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check this space regularly for the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here and abroad, as well as breaking news and important updates about the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• Capital region loses 17,200 jobs in March

  09-04-2020 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region's jobless rate jumped to 5.1 per cent in March from 4.3 per cent in February as the local economy shed 17,200 jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 virus emergency. Read More
  
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• Ottawa opens second COVID-19 care clinic in the southeast end near Heron and Alta Vista

  09-04-2020 15:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa is opening a second COVID-19 care clinic. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Canada projects 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die in the coming months

  09-04-2020 15:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check this space regularly for the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here and abroad, as well as breaking news and important updates about the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• Second COVID-19 care clinic opening in south Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  09-04-2020 15:25
  
  Second COVID-19 care clinic opening in south Ottawa  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Capital region loses 21,500 jobs in March

  09-04-2020 15:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  The capital region's jobless rate jumped to 5.1 per cent in March from 4.3 per cent in February as the local economy shed 17,200 jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 virus emergency. Read More
  
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• Suspect sought in Meadowlands Drive aggravated assault

  09-04-2020 15:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service is asking the public to help them identify a suspect in an aggravated assault on Meadowlands Drive that left the victim badly hurt after being hit in the head with an unknown weapon. Read More
  
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• Two youths, one tracked by K9, arrested in Kanata stolen vehicle case

  09-04-2020 14:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  Residents in the area of Castlefrank and Hazeldean roads might have noticed a flurry of police activity in the area Wednesday evening as police arrested a pair of youths in connection with a stolen vehicle, one with the help of a police dog. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 UPDATES: Canada lost 1,011,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate rises to 7.8%

  09-04-2020 14:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check this space regularly for the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here and abroad, as well as breaking news and important updates about the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• OPP stops lawn tractor driver towing six kids in a trailer

  09-04-2020 14:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 65-year-old Picton man is facing counts of operating while prohibited after Prince Edward County OPP got a report of a lawn tractor pulled a trailer loaded with children on a county road. Read More
  
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• Transpo delays spring service change, upcoming construction detours

  09-04-2020 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OC Transpo is putting the brakes on switching to a spring service schedule . Read More
  
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• Police ID two suspects in Billings Bridge-area swarming

  09-04-2020 13:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have identified a pair of suspects in a March 6 swarming on Bank Street in the Billings Bridge area that left the victim with minor injuries. Read More
  
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• Your commute: Transpo delays spring service change, upcoming construction detours

  09-04-2020 13:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OC Transpo is putting the brakes on switching to a spring service schedule . Read More
  
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• Three people, including teenage girl, charged in Belleville homicide

  09-04-2020 13:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  BELLEVILLE — Three people, including a 16-year-old girl, have been charged in connection with a homicide earlier this week in Belleville. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: COVID-19 talks with the U.S. – Trudeau's the adult in the room

  09-04-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Sympathy for our neighbours in the United States Read More
  
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• Weather: More showers, flurries tonight, weekend looking cloudy

  09-04-2020 12:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  It's not looking very good out there, but at least there's no snow in the forecast. Well, not a lot of snow. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Canada is quickly approaching 20,000 confirmed cases

  09-04-2020 12:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  Check this space regularly for the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here and abroad, as well as breaking news and important updates about the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
  
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• Ottawa expands summer jobs program for young people - National Observer

  09-04-2020 12:10
  
  Ottawa expands summer jobs program for young people  National Observer
  
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• Ottawa had a playbook for a coronavirus-like pandemic 14 years ago. What went wrong? - The Globe and Mail

  09-04-2020 11:01
  
  Ottawa had a playbook for a coronavirus-like pandemic 14 years ago. What went wrong?  The Globe and Mail
  
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• 5 charts that show us where Ottawa might be heading - CBC.ca

  09-04-2020 10:00
  
  5 charts that show us where Ottawa might be heading  CBC.ca
  
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• Why Thursday's jobs report won't matter - Ottawa Citizen

  09-04-2020 04:00
  
  Why Thursday's jobs report won't matter  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• City of Ottawa faces nine-figure revenue hit because of COVID-19 restrictions - Ottawa Citizen

  09-04-2020 03:32
  
  City of Ottawa faces nine-figure revenue hit because of COVID-19 restrictions  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa father alleges bylaw officer punched him in the face, city denies 'any improper conduct' during ticketing altercation - Ottawa Citizen

  09-04-2020 03:18
  Ottawa father alleges bylaw officer punched him in the face, city denies 'any improper conduct' during ticketing altercation  Ottawa Citizen
  
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