NEW THIS MORNING | COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for Jan. 27, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in the city since mid-December.
The city of Ottawa's immediate focus, amid a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, is on long-term care and retirement homes.
Keeping students engaged while they're learning online is no easy task, but one Ottawa elementary school teacher has created a very cool classroom.
Some talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times, according to a new study.
The father of a 19-year-old who died last week after being diagnosed with COVID-19 said his son absolutely died from the disease and did not take his own life.
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An Ottawa teen is facing a $561 fine for breaking curfew in Quebec after trying to get home from an ice fishing trip.
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Both 'Patient Zero' and his wife have long since recovered from COVID-19, but their cases would mark Canada's first minor health-care skirmish of what was to become an all-out global defensive war against a pandemic.
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Ottawa Public Health is reporting its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in the city since mid-December.
The latest news about COVID-19 in Ottawa for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.
An Ottawa teen is facing a $561 fine for breaking curfew in Quebec after trying to get home from an ice fishing trip.
Provincial inspectors handed out two dozen fines to businesses in Ottawa during a COVID-19 safety blitz this past weekend.
Elementary and secondary school students in Ottawa and the Eastern Ontario Health Unit will continue to attend classes virtually this week.
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The annual celebration of winter in Canada's capital region is still taking place this year but, with COVID-19 restrictions keeping people home, Winterlude has gone virtual.
The city only issued eight marriage certificates in April, May and June of last year, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the spring
An Ottawa-based company has received Health Canada approval for a new COVID-19 rapid testing device — and some local health experts are calling it a "game changer."
Ottawa cybersecurity expert John Robinson says he has seen a noticeable increase in spam during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The father of a 19-year-old who died last week after being diagnosed with COVID-19 said his son absolutely died from the disease and did not take his own life.
Keeping students engaged while they're learning online is no easy task, but one Ottawa elementary school teacher has created a very cool classroom.
The whereabouts of a man who went missing from a B.C. ranch in 2019 are still unknown two years later.
The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is speculated to be hosting the new season of the Bachelorette.
A restaurant owner in Montreal is garnering rave reviews for serving up bluntly honest blurbs for his dishes.
What started out as a suspicious package left at Cape Breton University turned out to be a mystery of a different kind.
The Italian town of Rota Greca was hit by a landslide on Jan. 26, prompting the evacuation of 40 people.
Bodycam footage captures the dramatic rescue as police officers pulled a woman from icy waters in Wisconsin, on January 15.
Newly released documents show federal officials have been aware since the fall that some new parents might be receiving a smaller amount of money than they would have if not for a change in the way COVID-19 pandemic benefits are delivered to Canadians.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians to expect more travel restrictions soon and reiterated to avoid all non-essential travel, both abroad and in between provinces.
The president of a union representing employees at some of the largest meat-packing plants in the country says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily available to essential workers.
Military and coast guard personnel scoured the waters off Victoria, B.C. Tuesday evening after receiving reports of a downed aircraft with one person on board.
The lower house of Russian parliament on Wednesday quickly approved the extension of the last remaining nuclear arms control pact days before it's due to expire.
A new work permit program for international students in Canada is taking applications starting Wednesday.
With few psychologists trained to understand or treat racial trauma, a form of PTSD, some researchers are looking at alternative solutions like psychedelic drugs to help -- and the results have been significant and encouraging, they say.
United Nations human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling conditions.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he remains confident in Canada's vaccine supplies despite threats from Europe that it might impose export controls on vaccines produced on that continent.
Brad Sorenson, CEO of Providence Therapeutics says if successful, the vaccine could be released by the end of the year.
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