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• Ottawa watching food supply chain 'very, very carefully' after Alberta outbreak - CBC.ca

  21-04-2020 23:31
  
  Ottawa watching food supply chain 'very, very carefully' after Alberta outbreak  CBC.ca
  
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• Please come to see us, Ottawa hospitals ask after patients stay away for fear of COVID-19

  21-04-2020 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Some Ottawa residents could be following public health advice to the detriment of their own health. Read More
  
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• Orléans care home dealing with COVID-19 amid staff shortages

  21-04-2020 23:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the second day in a row, family members with loved ones in an Ottawa long-term care home are pleading for help amid rising COVID-19 cases and worsening staff shortages. Read More
  
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• Waste and recycling collection delayed in some Ottawa neighbourhoods this week - Ottawa Citizen

  21-04-2020 22:26
  Waste and recycling collection delayed in some Ottawa neighbourhoods this week  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• ClubLink golf courses eager to open 'immediately' after restrictions lifted

  21-04-2020 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Eager to tee off for the spring season, some local golf courses are planning to reopen “immediately” after provincial emergency restrictions are lifted. Read More
  
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• Pandemic puts Ottawa police budget in 'major financial risk'

  21-04-2020 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are warning that responding to the COVID-19 pandemic means a “major financial risk” for this year’s police budget. Read More
  
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• Confirmed cases of COVID-19 now above 2.5 million, deaths toll tops 175,000

  21-04-2020 22:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 21, 2020. Read More
  
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• Claridge Homes plans 25- and 30-storey highrises near Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats - Global News

  21-04-2020 21:56
  Claridge Homes plans 25- and 30-storey highrises near Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats  Global News
  
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• Waste and recycling collection delayed in some Ottawa areas - Ottawa Sun

  21-04-2020 21:33
  
  Waste and recycling collection delayed in some Ottawa areas  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Who stole spring? April is the coolest month

  21-04-2020 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  Spring has gone missing, and this month is tentatively on course to set a weather record we don't want: the chilliest high temperature of any April in the books. Read More
  
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• Vehicle hits pedestrian at Scott Street and Island Park Drive

  21-04-2020 20:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police warned motorists to avoid the intersection of Scott Street and Island Park Drive, which was closed in all directions, as first responders helped a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle. Read More
  
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• Employment fraudsters prey on COVID-19's unemployed

  21-04-2020 20:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fraud artists are targeting jobless people during the COVID-19 outbreak with scams aimed at stealing money or personal information, an employment expert says. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health releases stats on LTC outbreaks; province to help house-bound seniors - Ottawa Citizen

  21-04-2020 20:19
  COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health releases stats on LTC outbreaks; province to help house-bound seniors  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health releases stats on LTC outbreaks; province to help house-bound seniors

  21-04-2020 20:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health releases stats on LTC outbreaks; province to help house-bound seniors, disabled; $350 million federal fund for non-profits

  21-04-2020 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 21 - CBC.ca

  21-04-2020 19:56
  
  What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 21  CBC.ca
  
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• Waste and recycling collection delayed in some Ottawa neighbourhoods this week

  21-04-2020 19:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Waste and recycling collection will be pushed back in some neighbourhoods this week, city hall warned in a press release that blamed an unspecified "temporary operational delay" with one of its waste-collection contractors. Read More
  
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• Curb your enthusiasm, OPP tells delivery driver with obstructed view

  21-04-2020 19:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  While officers "can appreciate the enthusiasm," they had to put the brakes on a delivery driver who'd crammed their car so full of packages that they couldn't see out of the passenger side or back windows. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ford announces programs to help house-bound seniors, disabled; first case in city-run LTC home; $350 million federal fund for non-profits

  21-04-2020 19:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Town of Arnprior announces layoffs amid 'significant financial strain'

  21-04-2020 19:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Town of Arnprior is making cuts including layoffs affecting 45 mostly part-time positions and the suspension of its summer student program, citing the need to make "difficult decisions" balancing service delivery and the financial impacts of an "unprecedented" crisis. Read More
  
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• Cohen: COVID-19 – Yes, Canada can learn from Roosevelt's approach

  21-04-2020 19:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the numbers are right and the forecasts are correct, COVID-19 has peaked in much of Canada. This is good news, although what it means for the long-term economy is uncertain. A country cannot shut down trade and industry, close shops, restaurants, bars, theatres and spectator sports without a loss of jobs, income and capital. If this goes on – even intermittently – until there is a vaccine, it threatens economic ruin. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: First infection in city-run LTC home, $350 million fund set up to help non-profits, fewer new cases in Ontario

  21-04-2020 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
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• 600 plants sold in one night: During pandemic, online purchases blossom for tiny Preston Street shop

  21-04-2020 18:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Like many of us, Leslie MacDonald has experienced the last few weeks as one big blur. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa reports its first infection in city-run LTC home, Feds pledge $350M to help charities plug holes in funding

  21-04-2020 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 21, 2020. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa reports its first infection in city-run LTC home

  21-04-2020 17:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 21, 2020. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: First infection in city-run LTC home, $350 million fund set up for help to non-profits, fewer new cases in Ontario

  21-04-2020 17:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government is establishing a $350-million emergency fund to support charities and non-profit organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa reports its first infection in city run long-term care homes

  21-04-2020 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 21, 2020. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: First infection in city-run LTC home, province reports fewer new cases

  21-04-2020 17:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa has recorded its first case of COVID-19 in one of the four long-term care homes it operates. Read More
  
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• Denley: The NCC's bold plan to close part of one road bravely reflects the spirit of Ottawa

  21-04-2020 16:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission is showing bold leadership by opening part of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway to cyclists and pedestrians for nine days. In both directions, one might add. Let’s just pray that the public does not abuse the privilege it has been granted. Read More
  
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• Update: Perth senior gets her grocery cash back, Good Samaritans clamour to help

  21-04-2020 16:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP said the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing out both “the best and the worst in people” after a suspected theft of a Perth senior’s grocery money from her front door. Read More
  
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• Watch for moose in the Ramsayville area, city bylaw says

  21-04-2020 15:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa bylaw is asking residents to give a wide berth to two moose spotted in the Ramsayville area. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man, 20, charged in Meadowlands Drive aggravated assault

  21-04-2020 14:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police are thanking the public for their help identifying a suspect in a Meadowlands Drive aggravated assault after laying charges against a 20-year-old Ottawa man. Read More
  
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• Weather: -13 wind chill and 2 cm of snow in the forecast but a string of sunny days is also on the way

  21-04-2020 14:06 via ottawacitizen.com
  Hang in there for three days of sunshine starting Thursday capped off by a driveway drinks-worthy Saturday with a forecast high of 13 C. Read More
  
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• NCC pop-up bistros served up costs, not profits, documents show

  21-04-2020 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pop-up outdoor bistros that appeared last summer were designed as revenue earners for the National Capital Commission. But as budgets more than doubled, the project shrank and revenues fell. Read More
  
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• Getting around: Highways aren't speedways and this week in new construction

  21-04-2020 13:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  A driver going 189 km/h on Highway 401 tried to claim he was racing to Ottawa to pick up his passport but now he's going nowhere fast. Read More
  
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• Where does pandemic rank on the City of Ottawa's list of vulnerabilities?

  21-04-2020 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa keeps a ranking of all the bad things that could befall the municipality as part of its emergency management plans, including public health emergencies like the COIVID-19 crisis. So where does pandemic rank? Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Nova Scotia shooting – Canada needs better firearms controls

  21-04-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The issue of gun registration must not and cannot be limited to its impact on criminals. There are compelling reasons and widespread consensus in favour of compulsory gun registration. Gun registration provides vital safety information to police officers and is a valuable tool in detecting stolen or smuggled firearms and the prosecution of related crimes. While police always assume a firearm may be present at any call, more information will always be to their advantage. Read More
  
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• Denmark will not allow public gatherings to exceed 500 people until at least Sept. 1

  21-04-2020 12:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 21, 2020. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Police searching for Ottawa man last seen one year ago - CTV News Ottawa

  21-04-2020 06:20
  
  Ottawa Police searching for Ottawa man last seen one year ago  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Flood Watch lifted for Ottawa River - CTV News Ottawa

  21-04-2020 06:20
  
  Flood Watch lifted for Ottawa River  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Hydro Ottawa receives 200 complaints about suspicious calls threatening to turn off power - CTV News Ottawa

  21-04-2020 06:19
  
  Hydro Ottawa receives 200 complaints about suspicious calls threatening to turn off power  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Laurier Manor 'under siege' from COVID-19 say family members

  21-04-2020 04:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  With dozens of cases of COVID-19 among residents and staff, members of the family council at Laurier Manor are pleading for help to get the long-term care home through the crisis. Read More
  
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• Etches sees little evidence COVID-19 infections in Ottawa have peaked just yet

  21-04-2020 03:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  At a late-afternoon briefing by the Ottawa Board of Health during which the easing of some restrictions was discussed, Etches warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over with the overwhelming majority of Ottawa's population is still at risk. Read More
  
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• Board of Health running $750,000 deficit because of COVID-19

  21-04-2020 03:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's Board of Health will push the province to relax its emergency measures to allow community gardens and allotment plots to open this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic and is also looking to develop an app to allow the tracking of infectious people. Read More
  
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• Kenney renews call for oil and gas sector help from Ottawa as prices go to negative - Edmonton Journal

  21-04-2020 03:03
  Kenney renews call for oil and gas sector help from Ottawa as prices go to negative  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Board of Health to push province to allow community gardens to open

  21-04-2020 02:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's Board of Health will push the province to relax its emergency measures to allow community gardens and allotment plots to open this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic and is also looking to develop an app to allow the tracking of infectious people. Read More
  
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• John Ivison: Prisoners are sitting ducks as Ottawa lets COVID-19 sweep through Canadian jails - National Post

  21-04-2020 02:35
  
  John Ivison: Prisoners are sitting ducks as Ottawa lets COVID-19 sweep through Canadian jails  National Post
  
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