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• Smaller holiday gatherings, new capacity limits as province, city scramble to slow spread of Omicron

  17-12-2021 23:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Holiday gatherings will be limited to 10 indoors and 25 outdoors with 50 per cent capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses in Ontario as Omicron cases continue their exponential growth across the province. Read More
  
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• Here’s how Ottawa’s new COVID-19 measures overlap with Ontario’s restrictions - Globalnews.ca

  17-12-2021 22:57
  
  Here’s how Ottawa’s new COVID-19 measures overlap with Ontario’s restrictions  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Ottawa reveals its latest plan to plant 2 billion trees by 2030 - CBC News

  17-12-2021 22:45
  
  Ottawa reveals its latest plan to plant 2 billion trees by 2030  CBC News
  
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• Ottawa's north-south light rail transit line facing nine-month construction delay - CTV News Ottawa

  17-12-2021 22:39
  
  Ottawa's north-south light rail transit line facing nine-month construction delay  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• LRT Stage 2 timeline: From preferred proponents to project delays

  17-12-2021 22:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It's been almost three years since council members learned who came out on top of the O-Train Stage 2 procurement process, and embarked on a whirlwind of controversy around the SNC-Lavalin-led Trillium Line extension in particular. Read More
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 17 - CBC.ca

  17-12-2021 21:24
  
  What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 17  CBC.ca
  
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• Trillium Line facing nine-month delay, with a longer delay potentially for west LRT extension

  17-12-2021 21:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Trillium Line expansion by SNC-Lavalin won't be done until May 2023, nine months later than the completion date in the construction contract, and the western LRT extension could be delayed even longer. Read More
  
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• FREE-AGENT FRENZY?: Look for Ottawa Redblacks to be major players ahead of 2022 season - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2021 21:09
  
  FREE-AGENT FRENZY?: Look for Ottawa Redblacks to be major players ahead of 2022 season  Ottawa Sun
  
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• COVID 19: Ottawa Public Health imposes capacity limits in Omicron fight; Ontario cases soar by 3,124; 309 in Ottawa

  17-12-2021 20:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Capacity limits will be reinstated as of Monday in a number of indoor spaces, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches announced on Friday. Read More
  
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• Traffic impacts in Ottawa beginning Friday, December 17 - ottawa.ca

  17-12-2021 20:36
  Traffic impacts in Ottawa beginning Friday, December 17  ottawa.ca
  
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• Ottawa youth worker, 28, faces child pornography charges after raid on Baseline Road

  17-12-2021 19:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An Ottawa man who works as a youth worker faces five counts of possession of child pornography after police executed a search warrant on Baseline Road near Navaho Drive Thursday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa youth worker, 28, faces child pornography charges after raid on Baseline Road - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2021 19:38
  
  Ottawa youth worker, 28, faces child pornography charges after raid on Baseline Road  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Today's letters: Omicron for the holidays, carriage rides in the Market, more LeBreton ideas

  17-12-2021 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Please stay out of hospital for the holidays Read More
  
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• Carly Rae Jepsen concert with NAC Orchestra cancelled

  17-12-2021 19:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa concert that was to be Carly Rae Jepsen's second live performance of 2021 has been cancelled because of the province's recently announced Omicron-prompted restrictions on venues with a capacity of 1,000 or more seats. Read More
  
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• Pellerin: Secularism is worth defending, but Quebec's secularist law is not

  17-12-2021 19:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The problem with Bill 21, the so-called secularist law in Quebec, is that it’s not about secularism. It’s not even about religion, or religious minorities. It’s about culture and identity, and who gets to express who they are, and how visibly. Read More
  
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• Ford government announces Ottawa LRT inquiry will be overseen by a judge

  17-12-2021 19:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ontario Progressive Conservative government on Friday announced a judge will oversee the public inquiry into the Stage 1 LRT program, with a report filed as early as Aug. 31, 2022. Read More
  
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• South Dundas man, 40, charged with attempted murder after woman seriously injured in assaults - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2021 18:57
  
  South Dundas man, 40, charged with attempted murder after woman seriously injured in assaults  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• South Dundas man, 40, charged with attempted murder after woman seriously injured in assaults

  17-12-2021 18:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A South Dundas man is in custody on a string of charges including attempted murder and forcible confinement after his partner was taken to hospital with serious injuries earlier this month. Read More
  
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• COVID 19: Boosters only by appointment, no walk-ins at city facilities, says OPH; Ontario cases soar by 3,124; 309 in Ottawa

  17-12-2021 18:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Drop-ins at COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be limited to those receiving a first or second dose of vaccine as of Friday, Ottawa Public Health has announced. Read More
  
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• Westover: The magic of a COVID Christmas, when Santa makes socially distanced house calls

  17-12-2021 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Our daughter has had her photo taken with Santa every year. The tradition began at CHEO, when she was just two days old. There’s a picture of her with a kind-eyed Santa, as he holds a teddy bear above her incubator, while tubes run into her nose and a Christmas quilt stitched by a good Samaritan lies at her feet. Read More
  
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• Ford government appoints commissioner for Ottawa LRT public inquiry - CTV News Ottawa

  17-12-2021 17:50
  
  Ford government appoints commissioner for Ottawa LRT public inquiry  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• MacDougall: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells Canadians — just watch meh

  17-12-2021 17:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
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• Border restrictions tighten once again as Ottawa orders PCR tests for trips less than 72 hours - Business in Vancouver

  17-12-2021 17:33
  Border restrictions tighten once again as Ottawa orders PCR tests for trips less than 72 hours  Business in Vancouver
  
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• COVID 19: Boosters only by appointment, no walk-ins at city facilities, says OPH; Ontario cases soar by 3,124; 294 in Ottawa

  17-12-2021 16:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Drop-ins at COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be limited to those receiving a first or second dose of vaccine as of Friday, Ottawa Public Health has announced. Read More
  
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• COVID 19: Booster shots only by appointment, no walk-ins at city facilities, says OPH

  17-12-2021 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Drop-ins at COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be limited to those receiving a first or second dose of vaccine as of Friday, Ottawa Public Health has announced. Read More
  
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• Ottawa announces $700K in funding to support Cowessess First Nation's efforts at former residential school - CBC.ca

  17-12-2021 15:55
  
  Ottawa announces $700K in funding to support Cowessess First Nation's efforts at former residential school  CBC.ca
  
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• The frustration of vaccine hunting is back, say Ottawa residents - CBC.ca

  17-12-2021 15:52
  
  The frustration of vaccine hunting is back, say Ottawa residents  CBC.ca
  
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• No COVID-19 rapid tests at Ottawa LCBOs Friday morning - CTV Edmonton

  17-12-2021 15:37
  
  No COVID-19 rapid tests at Ottawa LCBOs Friday morning  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Weather: Falling temperatures forecast for Friday, periods of snow Saturday

  17-12-2021 14:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  After a high of 15.5 C Thursday — a Dec. 16 record for Ottawa — Friday is forecast to feel more wintry for kids' last day of school before the Christmas break. Read More
  
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• Missing man, 20, last seen near North Gower found safe

  17-12-2021 14:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police say a 20-year-old last seen at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday around Prince of Wales Drive and Third Line Road South, near North Gower, has been found safe. Read More
  
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• Missing man, 20, last seen at Prince of Wales and Third Line Road

  17-12-2021 14:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  City police are asking the public to help them find a 20-year-old who was last seen at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday around  Prince of Wales Drive and Third Line Road South, near North Goswer. Read More
  
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• Ottawa weather: Cloudy skies on Friday ahead of snow this weekend - CTV Edmonton

  17-12-2021 13:52
  
  Ottawa weather: Cloudy skies on Friday ahead of snow this weekend  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Year-end interview: Ottawa mayor ‘very confident’ LRT is back on track after derailments - Globalnews.ca

  17-12-2021 13:30
  
  Year-end interview: Ottawa mayor ‘very confident’ LRT is back on track after derailments  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Ottawa extends pandemic support programs - Canadian HR Reporter

  17-12-2021 13:29
  
  Ottawa extends pandemic support programs  Canadian HR Reporter
  
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• Recent COVID-19 exposures in Ottawa at live shows - CBC.ca

  17-12-2021 13:11
  
  Recent COVID-19 exposures in Ottawa at live shows  CBC.ca
  
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• Ottawa vaccination rates by zodiac sign - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2021 13:09
  
  Ottawa vaccination rates by zodiac sign  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Which zodiac signs in Ottawa are the best and worst at getting vaccinated?

  17-12-2021 13:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As regular subscribers of Ottawa Public Health's and other organizations' COVID-19 dashboards and studies already know, the numbers involved in this pandemic have been crunched seven ways to Sunday. We can look at cases by age, by gender, by date, by neighbourhood, by vaccination status, by institution, by hospitalization and by so many other angles until we're blue in the face. It can be daunting, dark and dispiriting. Read More
  
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• Kaplan-Myrth: A wish for a more equitable and inclusive health care system

  17-12-2021 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For most parents and children, 2021 has been a very long year. In being able to give children their first COVID vaccines, we get to end it with tears of joy, a true celebration of science. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 ruins family's long-awaited holiday reunion - Ottawa Citizen

  17-12-2021 12:55
  
  COVID-19 ruins family's long-awaited holiday reunion  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• COVID-19 ruins family's long-awaited holiday reunion

  17-12-2021 12:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It has been two years since Nancy Olaoye has seen her family back in Ottawa. Read More
  
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• Ottawa pledges $40 billion for child welfare victims - KenoraOnline: Kenora, Ontario's latest news, sports, weather, community events. - KenoraOnline.com

  17-12-2021 12:01
  
  Ottawa pledges $40 billion for child welfare victims - KenoraOnline: Kenora, Ontario's latest news, sports, weather, community events.  KenoraOnline.com
  
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• Ex-Ottawa biker boss Bobby Pilon, in prison for murder, wins earlier chance for parole

  17-12-2021 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Robert (Bobby) Pilon, onetime president of the Outlaws biker gang's Ottawa chapter, looks older, and surprisingly more refined after 18 years in prison and this week presented himself in court as a changed man, far removed from the afternoon — Feb. 5, 2004 — he shot a rival in the back at a funeral reception for children. Read More
  
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• YOU SAID IT: Qualities I'd like to see - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2021 11:37
  
  YOU SAID IT: Qualities I'd like to see  Ottawa Sun
  
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• Ottawa rocker Les Emmerson wrote the hippie anthem Signs - The Globe and Mail

  17-12-2021 11:00
  
  Ottawa rocker Les Emmerson wrote the hippie anthem Signs  The Globe and Mail
  
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• What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: Dec. 17-19 - CTV News Ottawa

  17-12-2021 10:00
  
  What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: Dec. 17-19  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• City committee set to receive updates on Ottawa's light rail transit projects - CTV Edmonton

  17-12-2021 10:00
  
  City committee set to receive updates on Ottawa's light rail transit projects  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Ottawa Public Health announces capacity limits and additional public health measures - ottawa.ca

  17-12-2021 09:00
  Ottawa Public Health announces capacity limits and additional public health measures  ottawa.ca
  
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• COVID-19 rapid tests arrive at some Ottawa LCBOs - CTV News Ottawa

  17-12-2021 09:00
  
  COVID-19 rapid tests arrive at some Ottawa LCBOs  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Ottawa Senators Fall 2-1 to Tampa Bay Lightning - Silver Seven

  17-12-2021 05:00
  
  Ottawa Senators Fall 2-1 to Tampa Bay Lightning  Silver Seven
  
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• NHL faces another COVID outbreak - Ottawa Sun

  17-12-2021 03:59
  
  NHL faces another COVID outbreak  Ottawa Sun
  
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