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  NEW THIS MORNING | Thirty-two new OC Transpo drivers start Monday as transit service deals with hundreds of cancelled trips

  OC Transpo says 4.5 per cent of all bus trips were cancelled across the city of Ottawa this week as the transit service continued to deal with a shortage of operators.

  

• NEW THIS MORNING

  NEW THIS MORNING | Ottawa Public Health 'encouraged' with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine for children and babies

  Ottawa Public Health says it is encouraged with the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Ottawa, with more than 3,000 children receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  

• Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after he was stabbed on lecture stage in New York

  Salman Rushdie, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.

  

• One Eastern Ontario ER closed overnights this weekend as Premier says 'everything on the table' to fix system

  Emergency departments across the province have either shut down or reduced hours this summer because of a severe shortage of nurses.

  

• What you need to know about road closures, O-Train disruptions in Ottawa this weekend

  CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at road closures and service disruptions around Ottawa this weekend.

• One person killed in crash on ramp from Highway 401 to 416

  One person is dead after a head-on crash on a ramp from the Highway 401 to Highway 416 south of Ottawa.

• Gas prices set to drop seven cents a litre in Ottawa this weekend

  The rollercoaster ride for motorists filling up the gas tank will continue this weekend, with prices set to drop seven cents a litre on Saturday.

• Doug Ford swallows bee during live news conference

  Doug Ford's live news conference on Friday was unexpectedly interrupted after the premier swallowed and choked on a bee.

• Five new COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa this week

  Ottawa Public Health says the level of COVID-19 in the community remains high during the second week of August, but indicators are "showing a decrease."

• Police step up enforcement after 73 people charged with impaired driving in Ottawa last month

  Ottawa police say officers will be conducting impaired driving enforcement on roads across the capital this weekend, after new statistics show dozens of drivers are driving while impaired this summer.

• 19th century cheese-making a tradition at Upper Canada Village

  There are no smart phone apps or digital machines used at the Union Cheese Factory at Upper Canada Village (UCV), as 19th century cheddar cheese is still being produced the old fashioned way.

• Fire damages restaurant in Chelsea, Que.

  Emergency crews responded to a fire at the Meech and Munch restaurant on Old Chelsea Road at approximately 2:45 p.m.

• Hockey Quebec launching independent investigation into racism allegations involving Gatineau, Que. team

  Six players on the u15 AAA Intrepide de Gatineau team were suspended from all team activities last spring following allegations of racism targeting two players.

• Three people arrested following thefts of luxury cars in Gatineau, Que.

  Three people are facing charges in connection to the thefts of luxury vehicles from a car dealership in Gatineau, Que.