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• Businesses alleged to support the 'Freedom Convoy' protest face social media backlash

  01-02-2022 23:37 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  An online list that names, without providing details, 15 Ottawa businesses that allegedly support the convoy protesters has created a social media uproar and prompted several of those businesses to issue lengthy denials. Read More
  
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• Ottawa weather: Expect up to 20 cm of snow by Friday - CTV News Ottawa

  01-02-2022 23:34
  
  Ottawa weather: Expect up to 20 cm of snow by Friday  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Information briefing about ongoing demonstration - ottawa.ca

  01-02-2022 22:27
  Information briefing about ongoing demonstration  ottawa.ca
  
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• How do you avoid a truck protest on Wellington in the future? Build a tramway there

  01-02-2022 22:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Building a rail line and banning traffic on Wellington Street is one way to avoid another truck protest in the heart of Ottawa's Parliamentary Precinct. Read More
  
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• Firefighters handle roof fire in Orléans

  01-02-2022 22:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fire Service personnel used chainsaws and other gear to quell a roof fire in the city's east end Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Trucker convoy: Bruyère hospital staff report being harassed for wearing masks; 'I’m here until the end' — protesters revel on fifth day

  01-02-2022 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The "Freedom Convoy" that converged in Ottawa on the weekend started in response to the federal government's move to require that all Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the main advocacy body for truckers, has disavowed the protest, saying the vast majority of its members are fully vaccinated and are continuing to work. The core organizers of the protest insist that they are not anti-vaccine but instead oppose mandates that requir
  
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• Police seek witnesses to hit-and-run on Ramsayville Road Monday

  01-02-2022 21:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police want to speak with anyone who witnessed a collision that left a driver with serious injuries Monday, or who came upon the scene on Ramsayville Road after the crash. Read More
  
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• Game 40 Preview and Open Thread: Ottawa Senators @ New York Islanders - Silver Seven

  01-02-2022 21:14
  
  Game 40 Preview and Open Thread: Ottawa Senators @ New York Islanders  Silver Seven
  
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• Coe: An appeal to the protesting truckers in downtown Ottawa

  01-02-2022 21:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  First of all, I am writing this because I genuinely want to help you understand why people are so angry about the "Freedom Convoy." I hope that you will read this with an open mind, and try to understand where I am coming from, just as I am trying to understand your perspective. I do not want to fight with any of you, but I have seen a lot of misinformation being spread here recently and I would like to help clarify a few things. This is the time we all need to come together, but this protest is
  
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• Trucker convoy: 'I’m here until the end' — protesters revel on fifth day; Ford calls for return-to-normal

  01-02-2022 20:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The "Freedom Convoy" that converged in Ottawa on the weekend started in response to the federal government's move to require that all Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the main advocacy body for truckers, has disavowed the protest, saying the vast majority of its members are fully vaccinated and are continuing to work. The core organizers of the protest insist that they are not anti-vaccine but instead oppose mandates that requir
  
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• Gatineau police seek assistance on probe of fire that killed resident, 43

  01-02-2022 20:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gatineau police continue to seek witnesses to a fatal fire last Wednesday in the city's Lac Beauchamp district. Read More
  
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• Redekop: Make Ukraine into a neutralized state

  01-02-2022 20:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Given the ominous preparations for possible war between Ukraine and Russia, the time has come for a new initiative: multilateral negotiations that would lead to Ukraine becoming a neutralized state. Read More
  
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• Afghan athletes who thought they were headed for Canada plead with Ottawa: 'Don't break our hearts' - CBC.ca

  01-02-2022 20:00
  
  Afghan athletes who thought they were headed for Canada plead with Ottawa: 'Don't break our hearts'  CBC.ca
  
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• COVID-19: Eased measures could boost cases, hospitalizations, scientists; Ontario sees 63 new deaths; one more death in Ottawa

  01-02-2022 19:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 63 deaths related to COVID-19 and another 2,622 new confirmed cases Tuesday as the province’s science advisers are predicting new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase following Monday’s reopening. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Relaxed measures could increase cases, hospitalizations, scientists; Ontario sees 63 new deaths; one more death in Ottawa

  01-02-2022 18:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 63 deaths related to COVID-19 and another 2,622 new confirmed cases Tuesday as the province’s science advisers are predicting new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase following Monday’s reopening. Read More
  
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• Weather: Mainly sunny Tuesday, but 'multi-day snow event' in the works

  01-02-2022 18:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s finally out of the deep freeze, now it’s into the snow globe. Read More
  
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• Ottawa shelter harassed by protesters receives over 10,000 donations | News - Daily Hive

  01-02-2022 18:39
  
  Ottawa shelter harassed by protesters receives over 10,000 donations | News  Daily Hive
  
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• UK motorist nabbed going triple the speed limit: Killaloe OPP

  01-02-2022 18:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A 36-year-old driver from London, U.K. was clocked at 189 km/h in a 60 km/h zone on Highway 60 in the Township of South Algonquin, according to the Ontario Provincial Police Read More
  
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• Denley: Trucker convoy is disruptive, but the issue of COVID restrictions needs a good airing

  01-02-2022 18:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The magnitude and nature of the Freedom Convoy disruption in downtown Ottawa is drowning out the point the protesters hope to make, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have one. Read More
  
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• Trucker convoy: Ford asks protesters to 'let the people of Ottawa live their lives'

  01-02-2022 17:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The "Freedom Convoy" that converged in Ottawa on the weekend started in response to the federal government's move to require that all Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the main advocacy body for truckers, has disavowed the protest, saying the vast majority of its members are fully vaccinated and are continuing to work. The core organizers of the protest insist that they are not anti-vaccine but instead oppose mandates that requir
  
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• COVID-19: Relaxed measures could increase cases, hospitalizations, science table; Ontario sees 63 new deaths

  01-02-2022 17:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 63 deaths related to COVID-19 and another 2,622 new confirmed cases Tuesday as the province’s science advisers are predicting new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase following Monday’s reopening. Read More
  
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• Committee approves surplus land transfer for affordable housing - ottawa.ca

  01-02-2022 17:16
  Committee approves surplus land transfer for affordable housing  ottawa.ca
  
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• Conklin: Change long-term care by involving the people who care the most

  01-02-2022 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada’s long-term care sector must change. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Relaxed measures could increase cases, hospital admissions, science table; Ontario sees 63 new deaths

  01-02-2022 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 63 deaths related to COVID-19 and another 2,622 new confirmed cases Tuesday as the province’s science advisers are predicting new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase following Monday’s reopening. Read More
  
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• 'Security challenges' force NAC to postpone this week's shows

  01-02-2022 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The National Arts Centre will remain closed this week because of the "security challenges" posed by the trucker protest in the Parliament Hill area. Read More
  
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• Trucker convoy: Shutdown continues for fifth day; Shepherds of Good Hope overwhelmed by donations

  01-02-2022 15:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The "Freedom Convoy" that converged in Ottawa on the weekend started in response to the federal government's move to require that all Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the main advocacy body for truckers, has disavowed the protest, saying the vast majority of its members are fully vaccinated and are continuing to work. The core organizers of the protest insist that they are not anti-vaccine but instead oppose mandates that requir
  
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• Weather: Mainly sunny, -2 C Tuesday, snow may start overnight

  01-02-2022 13:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Tuesday starts out at -17 C with a wind chill of -25 but you may be stripping off some layers by afternoon — and shovelling soon. Read More
  
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• Li, Sung and Hui: Beijing Olympics — The Genocide Games demand some collective soul-searching

  01-02-2022 13:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Despite global calls to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics, or to move the Games from China to a free country, Western democracies have opted to send our Olympians to Beijing. Unfortunately, this decision will have a detrimental effect on all of us. Read More
  
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• Riddled with shortages: Key sectors await the fix of higher interest rates, wind-down of COVID

  01-02-2022 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the fog of the early pandemic, Myers Automotive CEO Cyril Leeder put close to 40 per cent of his workforce on temporary layoff. He had little choice — the bulk of the region’s drivers had put off maintenance, delayed buying new vehicles and, because they were driving shorter distances, had less need of Myers’ collision repair shops. Read More
  
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• Bissett: Canada's refugee system has become seriously dysfunctional

  01-02-2022 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The following is written in response to the article Lessons from Roxham Road show it's time to scrap the safe third country agreement, which appeared in the Citizen Jan. 7: Read More
  
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• Some residents in downtown Ottawa standing up to the trucker convoy - CTV Edmonton

  01-02-2022 09:00
  
  Some residents in downtown Ottawa standing up to the trucker convoy  CTV Edmonton
  
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• ‘Like we’re being held hostage’: Ottawa residents frustrated as truck protesters refuse to leave - Globalnews.ca

  01-02-2022 09:00
  
  ‘Like we’re being held hostage’: Ottawa residents frustrated as truck protesters refuse to leave  Globalnews.ca
  
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• 'Absolutely not sustainable': Stretched Ottawa paramedics are at the limit, says president - Ottawa Citizen

  01-02-2022 09:00
  
  'Absolutely not sustainable': Stretched Ottawa paramedics are at the limit, says president  Ottawa Citizen
  
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• Player Grades: Edmonton Oilers comeback streak comes to end against Ottawa Senators - Edmonton Journal

  01-02-2022 08:43
  
  Player Grades: Edmonton Oilers comeback streak comes to end against Ottawa Senators  Edmonton Journal
  
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• NAC to resume post-lockdown programming Feb. 14

  01-02-2022 06:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The National Arts Centre reopens for in-person performances Thursday, the same day that tickets go on sale for a new slate of events covering the rest of the 2021-22 season.  Read More
  
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• Tyler Ennis finding form in second stint with Ottawa Senators - Edmonton Sun

  01-02-2022 04:16
  
  Tyler Ennis finding form in second stint with Ottawa Senators  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Ottawa police setting up hate crime hotline after reports of assaults, threats - CBC.ca

  01-02-2022 03:07
  
  Ottawa police setting up hate crime hotline after reports of assaults, threats  CBC.ca
  
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• Protesters told to leave Ottawa after 3rd day of disrupting Canadian capital | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  01-02-2022 02:49
  
  Protesters told to leave Ottawa after 3rd day of disrupting Canadian capital | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• City defends Ottawa protest response - Winnipeg Free Press

  01-02-2022 01:33
  
  City defends Ottawa protest response  Winnipeg Free Press
  
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• Top employers flex to retain top Ottawa talent

  01-02-2022 01:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In the unique employment market of Canada’s capital region, finding a job outside of politics has always held unique challenges, but 2021’s combination of global and province-wide factors arguably presented the most uncertain hiring market yet. Still, that uncertainty may be benefiting Ottawa’s workers as much as its big employers — a trend that can be seen by looking at some of the most popular and successful companies in the country. Read More
  
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• Ottawa’s best companies are embracing remote work culture

  01-02-2022 00:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As global pandemic conditions become the new normal for just about any company without a physical store-front, companies across Canada are racing to adapt faster than the competition. One of the most prominent realities of the new labour market is that many companies are allowing their employees to work at least partially from home. Read More
  
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• 'The core is in chaos': Local politicians criticize protest for impact on downtown residents

  01-02-2022 00:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The city of Ottawa's downtown, where people raise their families, run small businesses and count on social services, has been under turmoil because of the truck convoy protest, a city councillor says. Read More
  
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• Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Ottawa - CTV News Ottawa

  01-02-2022 00:40
  
  Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Ottawa  CTV News Ottawa
  
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• Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Ottawa - CTV Edmonton

  01-02-2022 00:40
  
  Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Ottawa  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Trucker convoy: Some protesters leaving, but situation remains volatile, police chief warns

  01-02-2022 00:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The 'Freedom Convoy' that converged in Ottawa on the weekend started in response to the federal government's move to require that all Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S. border be fully vaccinated. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the main advocacy body for truckers, has disavowed the protest, saying the vast majority of its members are fully vaccinated and are continuing to work. The core organizers of the protest insist that they are not anti-vaccine but instead oppose mandates that requir
  
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• Trudeau speaks out on anti-vaccine mandate convoy in Ottawa - CBC.ca

  01-02-2022 00:31
  
  Trudeau speaks out on anti-vaccine mandate convoy in Ottawa  CBC.ca
  
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• Update on surgeries at The Ottawa Hospital - ottawahospital.on.ca

  01-02-2022 00:05
  
  Update on surgeries at The Ottawa Hospital  ottawahospital.on.ca
  
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