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• Ottawa firm develops COVID-19 testing booth for 'safer, faster' swabs

  07-05-2020 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa firm has developed a COVID-19 testing booth that it says allows for safer, faster testing since it offers complete protection to those performing the swabs. Read More
  
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• 'Vast gulf' in urban boundary battle as poll suggests people OK with expansion

  07-05-2020 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  A poll commissioned by one of Ottawa's big development lobbyists illustrates the mountain small community groups have to climb if they're going to convince city council to refuse a staff recommendation to expand the urban boundary. Read More
  
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• Snowbirds fly over Ottawa as part of Operation Inspiration - CTV News

  07-05-2020 23:45 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Snowbirds fly over Ottawa as part of Operation Inspiration  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa Senators: Biggest Prospect Fallers of 2019-20 - SenShot

  07-05-2020 23:14 via senshot.com
  
  Ottawa Senators: Biggest Prospect Fallers of 2019-20  SenShot
  
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• COVID-19: Brazil one of world's emerging coronavirus hot spots; Canada hits one million tests conducted

  07-05-2020 22:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for May 7, 2020. Read More
  
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• PSW at Madonna Community Care dies from COVID-19, first health-care worker death in Ottawa

  07-05-2020 22:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  "He succumbed very quickly." Read More
  
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• Worker from Madonna Community Care first death of a health worker in Ottawa from COVID-19

  07-05-2020 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  "He succumbed very quickly." Read More
  
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• Passing the bucks: How maple syrup, vodka, meat pies and loose change are making a difference in Mississippi Mills

  07-05-2020 22:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  It started as a simple business transaction, in early February, before Everything Changed. Read More
  
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• Passing the bucks: How maple syrup, vodka, meat pies and loose change is making a difference in Mississippi Mills

  07-05-2020 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  It started as a simple business transaction, in early February, before Everything Changed. Read More
  
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• 'We need to raise the bar': Ottawa police launch ethics and respect directorate amid string of misconduct probes

  07-05-2020 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  After a spate of recent misconduct investigations involving multiple Ottawa police officers, the service has officially launched a new directorate to deal with workplace harassment, discrimination and ethics. Read More
  
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• Decor: Is your home making you happy?

  07-05-2020 21:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s often been said that happiness begins at home and as we continue to hunker down to help combat COVID-19, you might appreciate some mood-boosting design secrets for a happier, healthier you. Read More
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7 - CBC.ca

  07-05-2020 21:53 via cbc.ca
  
  What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7  CBC.ca
  
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• Beechwood Cemetery takes first steps to reopening Saturday

  07-05-2020 21:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Beechwood Cemetery will start a phased-in approach to reopening to the public starting on Saturday. Read More
  
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• Two deaths, 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa - CTV News

  07-05-2020 21:01 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Two deaths, 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• RCAF transport aircraft withdrawn from United Nations service because of COVID-19

  07-05-2020 20:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian military has pulled back its commitment of a transport aircraft for the United Nations. Read More
  
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• Suspect arrested, another sought in Gatineau break-in, attack

  07-05-2020 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  Gatineau police continue to hunt for a second suspect in connection with a residential break-in that left two people with serious injuries. Read More
  
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• Off-duty Ottawa police officer charged with impaired driving

  07-05-2020 19:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa police officer has been charged with impaired driving, following calls from the public Monday afternoon about an erratic driver in the area of Old Montreal Road and Dairy Drive, in Orléans. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Province releases framework to resume surgeries; national deal on 'top-up' pay for essential workers

  07-05-2020 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
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• Meet Crowvid19, Ottawa's wandering scrap metal crow - CBC.ca

  07-05-2020 19:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Meet Crowvid19, Ottawa's wandering scrap metal crow  CBC.ca
  
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• Off-duty Ottawa police officer charged with impaired driving - Global News

  07-05-2020 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Off-duty Ottawa police officer charged with impaired driving  Global News
  
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• Off-duty Ottawa cop charged with impaired driving - CTV News

  07-05-2020 18:44 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Off-duty Ottawa cop charged with impaired driving  CTV News
  
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• As COVID-19 disrupts Canada's beef supply chain, Ottawa-area farmers, grocers, consumers adapt - Ottawa Citizen

  07-05-2020 18:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  As COVID-19 disrupts Canada's beef supply chain, Ottawa-area farmers, grocers, consumers adapt  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• SIU drops investigation resulting from Ottawa altercation in March

  07-05-2020 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Special Investigations Unit has closed its investigation into an altercation that occurred between Ottawa Police Service officers and a 42-year-old man in March. Read More
  
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• Stone: The best of the Trump Flu diaries (or, how I spent my time in self-isolation)

  07-05-2020 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  In a series of daily Facebook postings he calls The Trump Flu Diaries — in honour of “the president’s mishandling of the pandemic” — former Ottawa Citizen movie critic Jay Stone has been documenting the experience of coping with weeks of self-isolation. Today, we excerpt from that collection — before it goes viral. Read More
  
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• Dining In: Mehfil Indian Cuisine's dishes pack spicy, flavourful punch

  07-05-2020 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The spice-averse teenager among us was doing her best to assuage the heat and sourness that was making her mouth throb. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario's LTC system to be reviewed, Fullerton; national deal on 'top-up' pay for essential workers

  07-05-2020 17:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario's long-term care system will undergo a review once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton announced Thursday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: National deal reached on 'top-up' pay for essential workers; new cases down in Ontario

  07-05-2020 17:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The federal government has arrived at an agreement with all provinces and territories to provide “a wage top-up” to essential workers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Read More
  
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• MacDougall: On China, Chairman Trudeau needs to sound more like warrior O’Toole

  07-05-2020 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  One wonders what’s going through the minds of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig as they rot in the Chinese prison system. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: New cases drop in Ontario; cottage country urges seasonal residents to stay away

  07-05-2020 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario was down, slightly, on Thursday, to 399 from 412 the day before. Read More
  
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• Adam: COVID-19 and private care homes – 'the logic of profit is not the same as the logic of care'

  07-05-2020 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  These days, the death tolls in Ontario long-term care are released quietly. Sometimes, the information comes from grieving families. No big headlines. Perhaps we’ve all been numbed by news of so much death. Read More
  
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• Do's and Don'ts in Ottawa's parks during the COVID-19 pandemic - CTV News

  07-05-2020 16:56 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Do's and Don'ts in Ottawa's parks during the COVID-19 pandemic  CTV News
  
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• Ottawa, provinces and territories reach $4B deal to boost essential workers' pay - CBC.ca

  07-05-2020 16:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa, provinces and territories reach $4B deal to boost essential workers' pay  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa entering 'unknown territory' as businesses reopen during COVID-19 pandemic: Dr. Etches - CTV News

  07-05-2020 16:19 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa entering 'unknown territory' as businesses reopen during COVID-19 pandemic: Dr. Etches  CTV News
  
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• Polar Vortex brings arctic air, chance of flurries to Ottawa and eastern Ontario - CTV News

  07-05-2020 15:47 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Polar Vortex brings arctic air, chance of flurries to Ottawa and eastern Ontario  CTV News
  
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• We must stop meeting like this: Brockville man charged twice within hours in separate incidents

  07-05-2020 15:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  If it’s true that good and bad things come in threes, Brockville police and a 53-year-old resident there must be wondering when and where their paths will next cross. Read More
  
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• We must stop meeting like this: Brockville man charged in separate incidents

  07-05-2020 15:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  If it’s true that good and bad things come in threes, Brockville police and a 53-year-old resident there must be wondering when and where their paths will next cross. Read More
  
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• Snowbird Squadron flypast scheduled for Thursday afternoon

  07-05-2020 14:34 via ottawacitizen.com
  Keep your fingers crossed, Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Weather: High of 14 C today, rain – or flurries! – later as low plummets to -3 C

  07-05-2020 13:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  It looks like the old saying, 'April showers bring May flurries' was right once again. Read More
  
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• Top 5 locations for red-light camera violations at Ottawa intersections - CTV News Ottawa

  07-05-2020 13:20 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Top 5 locations for red-light camera violations at Ottawa intersections  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• One death, 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday - CTV News Ottawa

  07-05-2020 13:20 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  One death, 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• As COVID-19 disrupts Canada's beef supply chain, Ottawa-area farmers, grocers, consumers adapt

  07-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It took a matter of days for the impact of Canada's largest pandemic outbreak, which struck a massive beef-processing plant in High River, Alta., to be felt on the shelves of B&H Your Community Grocer in Kemptville. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 news: Brazil is now one of the world’s emerging coronavirus hot spots

  07-05-2020 12:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for May 7, 2020. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Let's be smart about outdoor activity

  07-05-2020 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Outdoor rules should be common-sense-based Read More
  
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• VE-Day 75 years later: 'The greatest mass demonstration of relief and joy ever to be witnessed in Canada's Capital'

  07-05-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  N. Ann Smith was on duty at a radar station on England's barren and windswept east coast when she heard that the war in Europe was over. Read More
  
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• Ottawa orders temporary shutdown of Maritime elver fishery - CBC.ca

  07-05-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa orders temporary shutdown of Maritime elver fishery  CBC.ca
  
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• On your bike, Ottawa: Let's look back at cycling through the decades - CBC.ca

  07-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  On your bike, Ottawa: Let's look back at cycling through the decades  CBC.ca
  
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• The formation of the Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese announced - Ottawa Citizen

  07-05-2020 03:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  The formation of the Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese announced  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• The formation of the Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese announced

  07-05-2020 03:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  CORNWALL — After having spent the past five years as Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie, Marcel Damphousse will once more be returning to the Cornwall region, this time as coadjutor archbishop of the newly unveiled Ottawa-Cornwall Archdiocese. Read More
  
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• Firefighters douse grass fire near Carp

  07-05-2020 03:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  On the same day Ottawa Fire Services lifted a burn ban aimed at preventing brush fires, firefighters rushed to put out a blaze that had spread over about an acre of land near Carp. Read More
  
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• Fighter jet bid deadline pushed to July 31, Canadian government confirms

  07-05-2020 03:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian government has once again extended its deadline to accept bids for new fighter jets. Read More
  
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