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• Ottawa scientists turn attention to COVID-19 vaccine with help from 'fast grant'

  28-04-2020 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's foremost immunotherapy researcher has turned his attention to developing a vaccine for COVID-19 with the help of a $250,000 "fast grant" from The Thistledown Foundation, a charity established by the founder of Shopify and his wife. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Bluesfest cancels 2020 event - CBC.ca

  28-04-2020 23:16
  
  Ottawa Bluesfest cancels 2020 event  CBC.ca
  
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• Coldwater band asks Ottawa to intervene after Trans Mountain changes aquifer study plans - CBC.ca

  28-04-2020 23:04
  
  Coldwater band asks Ottawa to intervene after Trans Mountain changes aquifer study plans  CBC.ca
  
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• Wet'suwet'en agree to sign deal with BC, Ottawa on rights and title, despite Coastal GasLink pipeline dispute - The Narwhal

  28-04-2020 23:01
  
  Wet'suwet'en agree to sign deal with BC, Ottawa on rights and title, despite Coastal GasLink pipeline dispute  The Narwhal
  
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• Fitness advocates urge NCC to safely open trails, parkways, Gatineau Park

  28-04-2020 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  A group of high-profile fitness advocates is calling on the National Capital Commission to safely open its huge inventory of parks, trails and parkways to thousands of restless residents house-bound by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Man charged with sexual assault related to multiple downtown Ottawa incidents - Global News

  28-04-2020 22:24
  
  Man charged with sexual assault related to multiple downtown Ottawa incidents  Global News
  
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• 12 new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa, total cases surpasses 1200 - CTV News Ottawa

  28-04-2020 22:21
  
  12 new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa, total cases surpasses 1200  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Missing woman found deceased in Ottawa's south-end - CTV News Ottawa

  28-04-2020 22:19
  
  Missing woman found deceased in Ottawa's south-end  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• GARRIOCH: If the NHL does return this summer, don't expect Ottawa to be a neutral site - Ottawa Sun

  28-04-2020 22:15
  
  GARRIOCH: If the NHL does return this summer, don't expect Ottawa to be a neutral site  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Man arrested by police after groping incidents downtown

  28-04-2020 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have arrested a man for a series of groping incidents in downtown Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Magee House owner puts Hintonburg property up for sale for $3.2 million

  28-04-2020 21:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ovidio Sbrissa has put his "castle in the sky" in Hintonburg on the market, deciding the historic Magee House is probably a goner. Read More
  
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• Ottawa researchers attempting to repurpose cancer-fighting viruses for COVID-19 vaccine - OttawaMatters.com

  28-04-2020 20:49
  
  Ottawa researchers attempting to repurpose cancer-fighting viruses for COVID-19 vaccine  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Woman, 70, missing from Manotick, found deceased

  28-04-2020 20:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Police Services report that the 70-year-old woman, last seen in Manotick on Monday night, has been found deceased. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Inuit organization focuses on food security during pandemic - Nunatsiaq News

  28-04-2020 20:30
  
  Ottawa Inuit organization focuses on food security during pandemic  Nunatsiaq News
  
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• Popular Ottawa YouTuber featured in collab with Dr. Njoo for COVID-19 Q&A

  28-04-2020 20:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada's deputy chief public health officer scored some face time with several popular Canadian YouTubers to answer their questions about COVID-19, including an Ottawa public servant whose nail art channel has more than seven million subscribers. Read More
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's growth plan has bigger issues than expanding the urban boundary - Ottawa Citizen

  28-04-2020 19:52
  Denley: Ottawa's growth plan has bigger issues than expanding the urban boundary  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Using military reserves for COVID-19 response, natural disasters expected to cost $456 million

  28-04-2020 19:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The cost of employing 10,000 reservists as part of the Canadian military’s readiness efforts for the new coronavirus will cost $456 million, the Parliamentary Budget Officer reports. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Releases New COVID-19 Modelling Data - AM800 (iHeartRadio)

  28-04-2020 18:58
  
  Ottawa Releases New COVID-19 Modelling Data  AM800 (iHeartRadio)
  
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• Denley: Ottawa's growth plan has bigger issues than expanding the urban boundary

  28-04-2020 18:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  It really will be too bad if the discussion of Ottawa’s growth plan for the next 25 years devolves into a misguided battle over a minuscule addition to the city’s urban area. The far bigger question is how the city’s already-built areas will be able to handle the aggressive intensification city staff like to call “the balanced scenario.” Read More
  
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• New projections show total deaths in Canada could reach between 3,277 – 3,883 by May 5

  28-04-2020 18:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 28, 2020. Read More
  
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• Immunization clinic for babies, toddlers launched at CHEO

  28-04-2020 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  A new clinic was launched at CHEO Tuesday to make sure babies and toddlers don't miss their first immunizations due to COVID-19 related closures, risking outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the pandemic's wake. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New numbers show Canada’s epidemic growth is slowing; New cases in Ontario up; 12 new Ottawa deaths

  28-04-2020 18:37 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Cohen: American may need it, but Trump will never be empathizer-in-chief

  28-04-2020 18:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  There is a story of a bitterly cold night in Washington in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. A Secret Service agent stands in the Rose Garden outside the Oval Office. Kennedy opens the French doors and asks him to “come in and get warm.” The agent refuses. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New cases in Ontario up, while testing is down; 12 new Ottawa deaths

  28-04-2020 18:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a consecutive-day decline, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario rose by 525 – or 3.5 per cent – on Tuesday, while 59 additional deaths were reported. Read More
  
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• Grieving family left confused by late COVID-19 diagnosis - Ottawa Citizen

  28-04-2020 17:28
  Grieving family left confused by late COVID-19 diagnosis  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• U.S. nearing 1 million cases; UK now says no children have died from syndrome linked to COVID-19

  28-04-2020 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 28, 2020. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New cases in Ontario up, while testing is down

  28-04-2020 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a consecutive-day decline, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario rose by 525 – or 3.5 per cent – on Tuesday, while 59 additional deaths were reported. Read More
  
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• 106.1 CHEZ t-shirt campaign raises $30K for Ottawa Food Bank - OttawaMatters.com

  28-04-2020 16:11
  
  106.1 CHEZ t-shirt campaign raises $30K for Ottawa Food Bank  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Bluesfest cancels 2020 edition due to COVID-19

  28-04-2020 16:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  For the first time in 26 years, there will be no Bluesfest rocking the summer in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• 2019-20 Ottawa Senators Prospect Awards: Best Defenceman - Silver Seven

  28-04-2020 16:00
  
  2019-20 Ottawa Senators Prospect Awards: Best Defenceman  Silver Seven
  
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• Missing woman, 70, was last seen in Manotick late Monday night

  28-04-2020 15:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police missing persons investigators are asking the public to help them find a 70 year-old woman who was last seen on South River Drive near Bridge Street late Monday night. Read More
  
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• Ottawa cops won't block bridges if Quebec reopens before Ontario: Watson - CTV News

  28-04-2020 14:53
  
  Ottawa cops won't block bridges if Quebec reopens before Ontario: Watson  CTV News
  
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• Getting around: Highway lane closures, share the road and pathways

  28-04-2020 13:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Highway drivers will be sharing the road with construction workers Tuesday as Ottawa police reminds that spring means more cyclists, walkers and runners out and about with the COVID-19 pandemic putting a new twist on pathway safety. Read More
  
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• Weather: Tuesday is sunny and 14 C but wet weather is on the way

  28-04-2020 13:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tuesday is the time to get out in the garden or take a stroll with sunny skies and a high of 14 C ahead of what could be a string of rainy days. Read More
  
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• Wilson: COVID-19 funding gaps widen existing inequalities in Canadian society

  28-04-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It seems like with every daily briefing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces another pot of money for those affected by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. This might give the impression that the federal government has "got us covered." Unfortunately, despite the billions funding already announced, there are important gaps in who has been included, and more importantly, excluded. These gaps threaten to exacerbate existing inequalities within our society, and are a stark reminder of the implicit
  
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• Today's letters: A dubious description of the Great Depression

  28-04-2020 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Depression wasn't about 'poverty chic' Read More
  
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• Grieving family left confused by late COVID-19 diagnosis

  28-04-2020 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shon Besharah first learned about the COVID-19 outbreak at his mother’s long-term care home from the local newspaper as he was sitting in the parking lot of the Stoneridge Manor Long Term Care Home in Carleton Place waiting to see his mom for the last time. Read More
  
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• U.S. nearing 1 million cases; UK says some children have died from syndrome linked to COVID-19

  28-04-2020 12:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for April 28, 2020. Read More
  
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• Odyssey Theatre pulls plug on summer show; launches online initiatives

  28-04-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Families, volunteers push Ottawa to repatriate Canadians still stuck in India - CBC.ca

  28-04-2020 12:00
  
  Families, volunteers push Ottawa to repatriate Canadians still stuck in India  CBC.ca
  
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• Farmers markets to open in Ottawa, mayor says - CBC.ca

  28-04-2020 10:00
  
  Farmers markets to open in Ottawa, mayor says  CBC.ca
  
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• Basement kitchen fire renders house uninhabitable

  28-04-2020 04:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• How is Ottawa going to pay off its COVID-19 debt? With any luck, it won’t have to - The Globe and Mail

  28-04-2020 04:07
  
  How is Ottawa going to pay off its COVID-19 debt? With any luck, it won’t have to  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Surveillance images lead to arrests in downtown Ottawa break and enters - Ottawa Citizen

  28-04-2020 03:27
  Surveillance images lead to arrests in downtown Ottawa break and enters  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Ottawa police grappling with effects of pandemic and alleged misconduct

  28-04-2020 02:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  On top of dealing with a pandemic in the past several weeks, the Ottawa Police Service has dealt with major misconduct allegations, Chief Peter Sloly told the police board Monday. Read More
  
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• Toronto and Vancouver are in a financial freefall, and Ottawa has noticed - National Observer

  28-04-2020 02:23
  
  Toronto and Vancouver are in a financial freefall, and Ottawa has noticed  National Observer
  
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• Five Lexus vehicles stolen since April 19 in Ottawa - CTV News

  28-04-2020 01:34
  
  Five Lexus vehicles stolen since April 19 in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Post-mortem adds one more to COVID-19 toll at Almonte Country Haven

  28-04-2020 01:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The person, whose name was not released, tested negative for COVID-19 at the time of death, but a recent post-mortem test confirmed the presence of the virus, the long-term care home's administrator, Carolyn DellaForesta, said Monday. Read More
  
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• Bluesfest, festival organizers on 'pins and needles': Watson

  28-04-2020 00:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mayor Jim Watson says RBC Bluesfest and other festival organizers are on "pins and needles" as they wait to see whether the pandemic will ease in time to lift restrictions on large social gatherings. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police officer in alleged tow-truck kickback scheme charged with planning ATM heist

  28-04-2020 00:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police officer accused of leaking information about collisions to a tow truck company in exchange for kickbacks was planning an ATM heist at the time of his arrest, national police allege. Read More
  
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