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• Ontario changes eye exam eligibility for seniors under OHIP

  Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors.

  

• Education workers threaten Monday strike at Carleton University

  CUPE local 4600 says its members "overwhelmingly" rejected the university's latest offer and plan to go on strike Monday if a new deal is not reached for more than 3,000 graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants and contract instructors.

  

• Board of Health member speaks out against body shaming and President Biden visits Ottawa: Top five stories this week

  CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

  

• Ottawa receives extra $7.48 million to help cover 2022 OC Transpo deficit

  The Ontario government is dropping another $7.48 million into OC Transpo's fare box to help cover its 2022 deficit, but it will not be enough to keep the transit service out of the red.

  

• Eastern Ontario pharmacists ready for more expanded powers

  On Thursday, the Ontario government announced in its 2023 budget that pharmacists are being given the power to prescribe new medications come the fall.

• Cornwall, Ont. girls' hockey team, local charity celebrate Good Deeds Cup win

  An eastern Ontario girls' hockey team has won a major award, all by performing good deeds throughout their community. Not only did it help pull the team closer together, a local charity is reaping the reward as well.

• Fire seriously damages Gatineau, Que. restaurant

  Firefighters were called to Les 2 petits cochons on Chemin Montreal Ouest just before 7:30 p.m. Friday. No one was hurt in the fire.

• Fullerton resigns as MPP for Kanata-Carleton

  Kanata-Carleton Progressive Conservative MPP Merrilee Fullerton announced on Twitter Friday afternoon that she had tendered her resignation to Premier Doug Ford.

• Here's a look at the highest paid public sector employees in Ottawa in 2022

  Ottawa's former city manager, the top doctor and a deputy police chief were the highest paid public servants at Ottawa City Hall and Ottawa Police headquarters last year.

• Asylum seeker deal between U.S. and Canada won't stop drama at border, advocates say

  The new asylum seeker agreement between Canada and the United States will not deter migrants from trying to cross into Canada outside official ports of entry, Quebec immigration advocacy groups say.

• Biden visits Ottawa: U.S. president wraps up two-day trip to Ottawa

  Heavy security and sparse crowds gathered in downtown Ottawa for day two of U.S. President Joe Biden's whirlwind visit to the capital.

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  IN PICTURES | Northern Lights seen over Ottawa, eastern Ontario

  Ottawa and eastern Ontario residents who looked to the sky Thursday night were treated with a rare sight.

• Biden, Trudeau share 'Friend-chip Goals' ice cream from Ottawa shop

  U.S. President Joe Biden got to taste ice cream from a beloved Ottawa shop during his visit to the capital.

• 'Everything is interwoven': Trudeau and Biden vow continued Canada-U.S. collaboration during historic visit

  U.S President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced updates on a number of cross-border issues, after a day of meetings on Parliament Hill.