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• SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

  SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT | Freezing rain could be on the way this week

  Less than a week after extreme cold, Ottawa could see freezing rain and temperatures well above average.

  

• PM Trudeau presents premiers $196B health-care funding deal, with $46B in new funding over the next decade

  The federal government is pledging to increase health funding to Canada's provinces and territories by $196.1 billion over the next 10 years, in a long-awaited deal aimed at addressing Canada's crumbling health-care systems with $46.2 billion in new funding.

  

• Smiths Falls, Ont. couple loses $8,000 in 'grandparent scam'

  Police in Smiths Falls are issuing a warning about a scam targeting the elderly population.

  

• Closed Mallorytown, Ont. clinic could reopen, but timeline unclear

  A walk-in health clinic in the village of Mallorytown, southwest of Ottawa, may soon reopen, but instead of doctors, a nurse practitioner would lead the clinic.

  

• Federal union files complaint against CRA over work-from-home rules

  One of Canada's largest unions representing public servants has filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against the Canada Revenue Agency over what it's calling an "about-face" on the issue of working from home.

• Ottawa's Turkish community rallies to help earthquake victims

  Ottawa's Turkish community is working tirelessly to collect and send supplies to the earthquake zones after Monday's devastating quake.

• Thieves cut huge hole in Ottawa restaurant wall to get at jewelry store next door

  An Ottawa restaurateur says he was shocked to find his restaurant broken into and even more surprised to discover a giant hole in the wall that led to the neighbouring jewelry store.

• EXCLUSIVE

  EXCLUSIVE | Homeowners left with unfinished projects after Ottawa construction company suddenly closes

  Homeowners and employees have been left reeling after an Orléans construction company suddenly closed its doors, walking away from half-built houses and projects worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Snow, ice pellets and risk of freezing rain Tuesday afternoon

  Environment Canada’s weather forecast is calling for snow, heavy at times, mixed with ice pellets Tuesday afternoon.

• Emergencies Act commission report to be delivered Feb. 20

  The federal commission looking into the Liberal government's decision to use the Emergencies Act is being granted an extension to deliver its report to the cabinet and the public at the same time this month.

• Stittsville family recounts barefoot escape from devastating fire

  An Ottawa family fled a fire in their home Saturday barefoot and in their pyjamas, suffering frostbite in the bitter cold. They're now waiting for it to be safe to return and assess the damage.

• Canada announces $10 million in aid to Turkiye, Syria after deadly earthquake

  Ottawa says Canada will contribute $10 million to earthquake relief efforts in Turkiye and Syria as part of an initial aid package.

• Flood displaces more than 40 vulnerable Ottawa residents

  More than 40 Ottawa residents have been forced from their homes and are facing an uncertain future after a flood in their building over the weekend.

• 'We are desperate': Family of slain Toronto tech CEO renews $250,000 reward in unsolved murder case

  Nearly five years after Matthew Staikos was gunned down in Toronto, the family of the tech CEO has renewed a $250,000 reward in the unsolved murder case.