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• NCC adds two more parkways to car-free pilot project

  14-05-2020 23:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  The NCC will be partially closing part of both the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway and the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway to give pedestrians and cyclists more room to roam while respecting physical distancing. Read More
  
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• Half of hospital workers excluded from Ontario front-line pay subsidy despite facing risks: CUPE

  14-05-2020 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Half of Ontario hospital workers are sharing the risks during the COVID-19 pandemic but don't qualify for the $4-an-hour pay boost the province is giving its front-line health care workers, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Read More
  
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• Appeal court reinstates giant wind farm south of Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

  14-05-2020 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Appeal court reinstates giant wind farm south of Ottawa  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Pandemic prompts Ottawa mental health agencies to launch 'one-stop' website for counselling - Ottawa Citizen

  14-05-2020 23:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Pandemic prompts Ottawa mental health agencies to launch 'one-stop' website for counselling  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Average Ottawa rents fall 8.7% in April, report says - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-05-2020 23:14 via obj.ca
  Average Ottawa rents fall 8.7% in April, report says  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• What's open and closed in Ottawa over the Victoria Day long weekend

  14-05-2020 22:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  It's bound to be a quieter May long weekend than most of us are used to, thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• NCC closing parkways along Ottawa River to vehicles over upcoming weekends - Globalnews.ca

  14-05-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  NCC closing parkways along Ottawa River to vehicles over upcoming weekends  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Police investigating south Ottawa commercial break-in - OttawaMatters.com

  14-05-2020 22:43 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Police investigating south Ottawa commercial break-in  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Egan: Judges blow away minister's order, $200-million wind farm restarts

  14-05-2020 22:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  There was always something suspicious about Ontario Environment Minister Jeff Yurek's decision in December to stop a $200-million wind farm in the countryside south of Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Ottawa printing company says plan to produce medical masks stuck in limbo - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-05-2020 22:28 via obj.ca
  Ottawa printing company says plan to produce medical masks stuck in limbo  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• N.S. premier says province would play 'support' role if Ottawa probes shooting - EverythingGP

  14-05-2020 22:26 via everythinggp.com
  
  N.S. premier says province would play 'support' role if Ottawa probes shooting  EverythingGP
  
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• Ottawa man charged after phone threat to shoot Gatineau police over border roadblock

  14-05-2020 21:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Tensions at the border crossings into Quebec reached a boiling point late Tuesday when a 70-year-old Ottawa man allegedly threatened to shoot Gatineau police officers and their cars if the COVID-19-related checkpoints were not removed. Read More
  
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• 18 new coronavirus cases in Ottawa on Thursday, 1,725 in total - Globalnews.ca

  14-05-2020 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  18 new coronavirus cases in Ottawa on Thursday, 1,725 in total  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Canadian Forces urges patience as personnel ask when they’ll receive posting messages

  14-05-2020 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian military is moving ahead with posting messages for its personnel but is doing so with regard to provincial restrictions aimed at dealing with the new coronavirus. Read More
  
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• Ottawa man allegedly threatens to shoot police over border checkpoints - CTV News

  14-05-2020 20:38 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ottawa man allegedly threatens to shoot police over border checkpoints  CTV News
  
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• Mixed messages: Ottawa, Moe differ on Indigenous ceremonies during pandemic - CTV News

  14-05-2020 20:23 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Mixed messages: Ottawa, Moe differ on Indigenous ceremonies during pandemic  CTV News
  
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• Two loaded handguns, cashed seized in raid on Debra Avenue

  14-05-2020 20:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Police Service's street crime unit made three arrests and seized a pair of loaded handguns and an unspecified amount of cash while executing a search warrant on Debra Avenue near Meadowlands Drive East Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Police seeking suspects after stolen access pass used to enter Bayshore building

  14-05-2020 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police are asking the public to help them identify two suspects in a break and enter on Carling Avenue last month. Read More
  
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• Police seeking suspects after stolen access pass used to enter Bayshore-area building

  14-05-2020 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  City police are asking the public to help them identify two suspects in a break and enter on Carling Avenue last month. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario unveils list of businesses than can reopen; Canada to open some parks, historic sites June 1

  14-05-2020 19:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  What you need to know, at a glance Read More
  
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• Victoria Day long weekend schedule changes in Ottawa - CTV News

  14-05-2020 19:11 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Victoria Day long weekend schedule changes in Ottawa  CTV News
  
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• Hunt focussing on Ottawa's new Canadian Premier League club - OttawaMatters.com

  14-05-2020 19:00 via ottawamatters.com
  
  Hunt focussing on Ottawa's new Canadian Premier League club  OttawaMatters.com
  
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• Charlebois: Don’t blame farmers for euthanizing animals and dumping milk. We have the good industry we deserve

  14-05-2020 19:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Millions of litres of milk are being thrown away, more than two million eggs are eliminated from the food chain, and pigs and chickens are being euthanized. There is horror in the countryside. Read More
  
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• Prescott man, 54, struck and killed by train in South Dundas Township

  14-05-2020 18:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  An unidentified Prescott man was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a train on the CN Railway line in South Dundas Township. Read More
  
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• Mintzberg: One way to fix the manpower crisis in long-term care – let the families back in

  14-05-2020 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  We have hit the tip of the iceberg. The ship is rapidly taking on water and needs a quick fix to repair the damage, so as to avoid it completely sinking. But this is no Titanic. Rather, it is a health-care system in crisis that has our government and medical officials scrambling to find quick solutions for the catastrophe unfolding in long-term care facilities during this COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Pembroke bans fireworks, Ottawa Public Health encourages physical distancing for personal fireworks - CTV News

  14-05-2020 18:24 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Pembroke bans fireworks, Ottawa Public Health encourages physical distancing for personal fireworks  CTV News
  
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• Signing of Wet'suwet'en agreement could land Ottawa in court - CBC.ca

  14-05-2020 18:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Signing of Wet'suwet'en agreement could land Ottawa in court  CBC.ca
  
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• Mintzburg: One way to fix the manpower crisis in long-term care – let the families back in

  14-05-2020 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  We have hit the tip of the iceberg. The ship is rapidly taking on water and needs a quick fix to repair the damage, so as to avoid it completely sinking. But this is no Titanic. Rather, it is a health-care system in crisis that has our government and medical officials scrambling to find quick solutions for the catastrophe unfolding in long-term care facilities during this COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Leave healthy wildlife alone as 'rehabbers' overwhelmed, humane society warns

  14-05-2020 17:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Humane Society is asking people to stay away from wildlife in their neighbourhoods and not to rescue healthy baby animals whose mothers likely aren't far away. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Canada to open some parks, historic sites June 1; Ontario widens testing guidelines

  14-05-2020 17:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is opening up COVID-19 testing to anyone with symptoms, Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Ottawa Has Huge Plans For Patio Season This Year & It Could Be Bigger Than Ever - Narcity Canada

  14-05-2020 17:43 via narcity.com
  
  Ottawa Has Huge Plans For Patio Season This Year & It Could Be Bigger Than Ever  Narcity Canada
  
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• Ottawa unveils $469 million aid package for fish harvesters - Cape Breton Post

  14-05-2020 17:42 via capebretonpost.com
  
  Ottawa unveils $469 million aid package for fish harvesters  Cape Breton Post
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario opens up testing guidelines; province sees lowest number of new cases in weeks

  14-05-2020 16:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is opening up COVID-19 testing to anyone with symptoms, Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario opens up testing; province sees lowest number of new cases in weeks

  14-05-2020 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ontario is opening up COVID-19 testing to anyone with symptoms, Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Appeal court reinstates giant wind farm south of Ottawa

  14-05-2020 16:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ontario appeal court has cleared the way for the restarting of a $200-million wind farm south of Ottawa, quashing a last-minute cancellation ordered by Environment Minister Jeff Yurek in December. Read More
  
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• Op-ed: City of Ottawa's financial health and future not immune to COVID-19 - Ottawa Business Journal

  14-05-2020 16:18 via obj.ca
  Op-ed: City of Ottawa's financial health and future not immune to COVID-19  Ottawa Business Journal
  
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• 'That looks like what he had': Ottawa mother says son's illness similar to other mysterious COVID-related cases - Ottawa Citizen

  14-05-2020 15:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  'That looks like what he had': Ottawa mother says son's illness similar to other mysterious COVID-related cases  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• MOM: Ottawa boy, 16, had illness similar to mysterious COVID-related cases - Ottawa Sun

  14-05-2020 15:21 via ottawasun.com
  
  MOM: Ottawa boy, 16, had illness similar to mysterious COVID-related cases  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Egan: Ottawa may move boundary but the middle holds. It always does. - Ottawa Citizen

  14-05-2020 15:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  Egan: Ottawa may move boundary but the middle holds. It always does.  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• When the skateboard revolution reached suburban Ottawa in the '80s - CBC.ca

  14-05-2020 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  When the skateboard revolution reached suburban Ottawa in the '80s  CBC.ca
  
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• Getting around: OC Transpo adding extra trips on seven routes, O-Train Line 1 running again

  14-05-2020 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  As more businesses begin reopening, OC Transpo is adding extra weekday trips to seven bus routes. Read More
  
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• Stephens: Blaming China for the pandemic is not productive

  14-05-2020 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  There has been no shortage of voices in Canada seeking to point the finger of blame for the current COVID-19 crisis squarely at China – and in truth, China has a lot to answer for. How did the virus get "out of the box" and why were early warnings from people on the ground suppressed? In time, there will be science-based answers regarding the source of the virus, and it may well be that inadequate control of wet markets will be identified as the primary reason. Read More
  
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• 'How do you recoup $195,000?': Ottawa landlords and tenants at odds over rent payments - Ottawa Citizen

  14-05-2020 13:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  'How do you recoup $195,000?': Ottawa landlords and tenants at odds over rent payments  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Weather: sunny skies to start but overnight showers likely, 20 C by Saturday

  14-05-2020 13:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Is the capital finally frost-free? Read More
  
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• COVID-19 unknowns: Kidney injuries, superbugs and children's inflammatory syndrome

  14-05-2020 13:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  Here are your local, national and worldwide COVID-19 updates for May 14, 2020. Read More
  
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• The Royal speeds rollout of COVID urgent care clinic

  14-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The C in The Royal's new C-PROMPT Urgent Care Clinic stands for COVID. Read More
  
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• Pandemic prompts Ottawa mental health agencies to launch 'one-stop' website for counselling

  14-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  While the COVID-19 pandemic has shut their doors to walk-in patients, 13 Ottawa health agencies have opened another — online. Read More
  
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• 'How do you recoup $195,000?': Ottawa landlords and tenants at odds over rent payments

  14-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Natalie Peterman has been working hard to keep her business afloat. Read More
  
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• Today's letters: Sorting out police, examining long-term care, reopening libraries

  14-05-2020 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  Good luck cleaning up police culture Read More
  
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• 'That looks like what he had': Ottawa mother says son's illness similar to other mysterious COVID-related cases

  14-05-2020 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When the Ottawa mother started seeing news stories about a mysterious syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children, she couldn’t believe it. Read More
  
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