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• Some city-run long-term care homes restart window visits after controversial ban

  06-05-2020 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa's four long-term care homes will restart window visits on Thursday after making a hugely controversial decision to shut them down last week. Read More
  
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• While Ford critiques local testing, mayor says Dr. Etches 'deserves praise for a job very well done'

  06-05-2020 23:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa is on track to have completed COVID-19 testing of every resident and staff member in the 28 long-term care homes in the city by or before a provincial deadline of May 15. It's also expanded testing criteria beyond what's prescribed by the province to offer a COVID-19 test to anyone aged 60 and older experiencing symptoms. Read More
  
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• Greenspon: Good journalism in Canada has become mission-critical. Here's how to help it survive

  06-05-2020 23:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadians want a fire department of news — a dependable system they can ignore most days yet will rush to the rescue when they smell smoke. But who will pay? Read More
  
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• City opens up grassy areas of parks, but playgrounds and benches still off limits

  06-05-2020 23:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Go fly a kite. Green spaces in City of Ottawa parks are open again. Read More
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 6 - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 23:35
  
  What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 6  CBC.ca
  
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• May and Blanchet declare the oilpatch 'dead,' warn Ottawa against financial supports - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 23:23
  
  May and Blanchet declare the oilpatch 'dead,' warn Ottawa against financial supports  CBC.ca
  
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• Spezza, Heatley react to Sens All-Time 7 inclusion - TSN

  06-05-2020 22:41
  
  Spezza, Heatley react to Sens All-Time 7 inclusion  TSN
  
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• Shopify blows past Q1 revenue forecasts, claims title as country's most valuable firm

  06-05-2020 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify edged out the Royal Bank of Canada in late trading Wednesday to became the country’s most valuable corporation, a feat it accomplished in 15 short years.  It did so by relentlessly pursuing a single mission with focus: to equip the globe’s retail entrepreneurs to become online merchants. Read More
  
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• Ottawa restores access to green space in parks, window visits at long-term care homes - Global News

  06-05-2020 22:27
  
  Ottawa restores access to green space in parks, window visits at long-term care homes  Global News
  
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• Ottawa Aces hope to have coach in place by end of May - Sportsnet.ca

  06-05-2020 22:15
  
  Ottawa Aces hope to have coach in place by end of May  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Police release new photos of missing Ottawa man, not seen since spring 2019 - OttawaMatters.com

  06-05-2020 22:02
  
  Police release new photos of missing Ottawa man, not seen since spring 2019  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Saudis pay U.S. firm more than $1 billion after new deal reached with Canada on weapons

  06-05-2020 21:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  U.S. defence giant General Dynamics has received more than $1 billion in payments from Saudi Arabia as a result of Canada’s decision to resume arms shipments to the middle east country. Read More
  
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• Scientists forecast a risky summer for forest fires

  06-05-2020 21:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  This summer is likely to bring an above-average risk of forest fires across most of Canada, including some extra risk to our own region, federal forestry scientists believe. Read More
  
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• Up to 80 per cent of students won't return to Quebec elementary schools Monday

  06-05-2020 21:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Only about one in five English students in West Quebec is expected to attend elementary school on Monday as the province attempts to restart its public education system. Read More
  
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• Ottawa police officer suspended for allegedly filming himself mocking mentally ill women in custody

  06-05-2020 21:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police patrol officer is under investigation for allegedly filming himself mocking women with mental health issues who were in police custody and then circulating those videos in a chat group of fellow officers, this newspaper has learned. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa allows greater access to parks; Ontario eases restrictions on retail stores

  06-05-2020 20:53 via ottawacitizen.com
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• COVID-19: Ottawa opens parks for public use; Ontario eases restrictions on retail stores; new cases in province up again

  06-05-2020 20:47 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Ottawa opens greenspaces in parks, but playground structures and fields remain closed - CTV News

  06-05-2020 20:46
  
  Ottawa opens greenspaces in parks, but playground structures and fields remain closed  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa Hospital researchers study links between blood clots, COVID-19

  06-05-2020 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The connection between blood clots and COVID-19 was first noticed by doctors in China. Now researchers and physicians at The Ottawa Hospital are taking the lead in trying to reduce the risk to patients and better understand the connection. Read More
  
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• Glavin: Fear of China explains Canada's reluctance on probe into origins of COVID-19

  06-05-2020 20:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  There is a reasonably plausible hypothesis making the rounds that accounts for Canada’s strange distinction among the world’s leading democracies as the silent outlier, the one government that isn’t either demanding or providing a proper explanation about how it came to pass, exactly, that a virus outbreak that began in China managed to go on to kill more than 250,000 people around the world, among them more than 4,000 Canadians. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario eases restrictions on retail stores; new cases in province up again

  06-05-2020 20:18 via ottawacitizen.com
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• COVID-19: Ontario eases restrictions on retail stores; new cases in Ontario up again

  06-05-2020 19:52 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Police seeking ID of two suspects in Bell Street North bike thefts

  06-05-2020 18:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service is asking the public to help them identify two suspects in a break-in to a residential parking area on Bell Street North near Gladstone Avenue in which two bikes were stolen. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New cases in Ontario up again, emergency orders extended past Victoria Day

  06-05-2020 17:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario is creeping up once again, after a recent downward trend that had many across the province feeling optimistic. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Orléans Superstore reopens after worker tests positive for virus

  06-05-2020 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  A worker at the Orléans Real Canadian Superstore at 4270 Innes Rd. in Orléans has tested positive for COVID-19. Read More
  
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• Arrest after witness calls police to MacLaren Street laundry room break-in

  06-05-2020 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  A suspect was arrested early Wednesday morning after a witness called 911 to report an intruder who'd broken into a building, headed to the laundry room and started breaking into the coin-operated machines, police said. Read More
  
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• Gower and Bergeron: Official Plan should focus on how we build, not where

  06-05-2020 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Between now and 2036, 400,000 new residents will come to live in Ottawa, and city planners are writing a new Official Plan to help guide that growth. On May 11, the planning committee will decide how to manage this growth while maintaining the quality of life, employment opportunities and affordability that make Ottawa a great place to live. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Public Health reports 31 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths - Global News

  06-05-2020 16:20
  
  Ottawa Public Health reports 31 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths  Global News
  
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• Shopify blows past Q1 revenue forecasts but spending to accelerate: guidance for 2020 remains unclear

  06-05-2020 15:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Shopify posted higher-than-expected revenues of US$470 million in the first quarter — up 47 per cent year over year — but signalled it is preparing to spend heavily to support its base of customers, many of them small businesses that have been hurt by the spread of COVID-19. The consensus estimate as calculated by Thomson Reuters, called for revenues of US$443 million. Read More
  
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• 56 per cent fewer Ottawa homes sold in April, price gains slow markedly - Ottawa Sun

  06-05-2020 15:42
  
  56 per cent fewer Ottawa homes sold in April, price gains slow markedly  Ottawa Sun
  
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• The All-Time 7: TSN's Ottawa Senators All-Time Team - TSN

  06-05-2020 15:39
  
  The All-Time 7: TSN's Ottawa Senators All-Time Team  TSN
  
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• Ottawa Fire Services lifts burn ban but warns permits still needed

  06-05-2020 15:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fire Services has lifted a ban on burning aimed at preventing brush fires imposed but reminds residents that they still need a permit to have an open-air fire. Read More
  
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• Gardening centres and nurseries open in Ottawa during COVID-19 pandemic - CTV News Ottawa

  06-05-2020 14:20
  
  Gardening centres and nurseries open in Ottawa during COVID-19 pandemic  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Eleven deaths, 31 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Tuesday - CTV News Ottawa

  06-05-2020 14:20
  
  Eleven deaths, 31 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Tuesday  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Burn ban lifted for Ottawa | CTV News - CTV News Ottawa

  06-05-2020 14:20
  
  Burn ban lifted for Ottawa | CTV News  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• From coffee to clothing, Ottawa businesses eager to open during pandemic - CTV News Ottawa

  06-05-2020 14:19
  
  From coffee to clothing, Ottawa businesses eager to open during pandemic  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Councillors want to open Ottawa green spaces during COVID-19 pandemic - CTV News Ottawa

  06-05-2020 14:19
  
  Councillors want to open Ottawa green spaces during COVID-19 pandemic  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Getting around: consider wearing a non-medical mask, OC Transpo asks passengers

  06-05-2020 14:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  OC Transpo is asking passengers to "please consider wearing a non-medical mask" while riding the bus, train or Para Transpo. Read More
  
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• Hopper: Women and children first? It's too soon to open Quebec elementary schools

  06-05-2020 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  As an elementary school teacher and a mother of young children, I am struggling to understand the rationale behind the hasty decision to open Quebec elementary schools, during the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Read More
  
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• Spence: Older adults could be our ticket to prosperity after the pandemic

  06-05-2020 13:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  I continue to marvel at how very blind we, as a society, are to ageism. Doesn’t anyone else notice that when there’s a cry for help in a crisis, we turn to the older, often retired professionals to lend a helping hand? Read More
  
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• Weather: Get out for a walk – Wednesday is the warmest day for a while (-6 C is coming)

  06-05-2020 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  Wednesday's the day for that sanity walk with potentially record-breaking cold temperatures ahead. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Mysterious illness in children that may be linked to COVID-19 seen in Montreal

  06-05-2020 12:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for May 6, 2020. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Great planning at the Queensway Carleton Hospital

  06-05-2020 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bravo to the Queensway Carleton Hospital Read More
  
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• House hunters facing extra hurdles during lockdown

  06-05-2020 12:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Eric Scharf and his partner Tanya signed the paperwork on the purchase of their first home last month, they had to sift through three additional pages of clauses, all related to the novel coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Howard Tweddle was 'a gem' — Ottawa COVID-19 victim was a gifted jazz musician, engineer - Ottawa Citizen

  06-05-2020 12:01
  Howard Tweddle was 'a gem' — Ottawa COVID-19 victim was a gifted jazz musician, engineer  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Howard Tweddle was 'a gem' — Ottawa COVID-19 victim was a gifted jazz musician, engineer

  06-05-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Howard Tweddle was convinced it was stomach flu. Read More
  
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• Egan: The original O-Train, a $26.4M pilot, and the runaway train it spawned

  06-05-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  When the original O-Train was launched on Oct. 15, 2001, it was late and over budget, a little Thomas-We-Told-You-So ahead of its time. Read More
  
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• OPP recover body of kayaker who went missing near Eganville

  06-05-2020 04:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OPP underwater search and recovery unit has recovered the body of a 54-year-old Bonnechere Valley man who had been missing since Friday night. Read More
  
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• City of Ottawa pledges $3.5 million to Ottawa Y - MyWebTimes.com

  06-05-2020 04:38
  
  City of Ottawa pledges $3.5 million to Ottawa Y  MyWebTimes.com
  
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• Ottawa cancels summer events, including Riverfest - MyWebTimes.com

  06-05-2020 03:33
  
  Ottawa cancels summer events, including Riverfest  MyWebTimes.com
  
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