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ONTARIO ELECTION

• Where to watch today's Ontario election announcements

  All four leaders of Ontario’s major political parties squared off in the first and only televised debate Monday night. Now, they're back on the campaign trail, making stops across the province to secure votes ahead of the June 2 election.

  

• Election campaign signs defaced in Ottawa

  Two Ottawa candidates in the provincial election have had multiple signs defaced and destroyed within the last week.

• Ottawa police issue warning that damaging election signs is illegal

  Ottawa police are reminding the public that damaging campaign signs is illegal, after several candidates in the Ontario election reported damage to campaign signs.

• Three new COVID-19 deaths reported in Ottawa Tuesday

  Ottawa Public Health is reporting three new COVID-19 deaths in the city. The number of residents in hospital because of an active case of COVID-19 has dropped to its lowest level since early March.

  

• One new COVID-19 death reported in Ottawa over the weekend

  Ottawa Public Health is reporting a single COVID-19 death in the city over the weekend, with hospitalizations and the viral signal on the decline.

• Masks no longer mandatory in most indoor settings in Gatineau, Que.

  Across Quebec, masks are no longer mandatory in most indoor public places like bars, restaurants, shopping centres, cinemas, venues, school and sports facilities, and museums.

• Biker protest cost up to $3M to police, sustainable solution needed: board chair

  The 'Rolling Thunder' protest in the national capital over the weekend cost an estimated $2.5 to $3 million to police, says the chair of Ottawa's police services board.

  

• Police investigating 'hate-motivated mischief' at Ottawa bikers' church

  Ottawa police say they are investigating an incident of 'hate-motivated mischief' at a Vanier church, discovered three hours before a service was held as part of the 'Rolling Thunder' biker rally, after reports of thumbtacks strewn across the ground and graffiti on one of the church's walls.

• 'Rolling Thunder Ottawa' event wraps up with bikers' church service

  Hundreds of people packed a church in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood for a 'bikers' church service,' the final scheduled event of the 'Rolling Thunder Ottawa' biker event this weekend. The service was held just hours after Ottawa police launched an investigation into 'hate-motivated mischief' over graffiti spray-painted on the church’s walls.