NEW THIS MORNING | COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 21, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
Less than two days after police began stopping interprovincial drivers crossing into Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service said it would stop monitoring the crossings 24/7.
Ottawa Public Health says 186 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
Jim Hurcomb has written a love letter. It's a tribute to Ottawa's great musicians of the 1950s and 60s—performers who gave Ottawa a golden era of rock 'n roll.
With Ontario now allowing adults aged 40 and older to sign up for AstraZeneca COVID-19 appointments, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are in the process of booking their first doses, as opposition leaders schedule their shots too.
An Instagram post showing an Ottawa woman's wait for the emergency room is highlighting the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on other people who need critical care.
The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable.
A UBC student is urging others to think twice before judging a car and its driver based on its licence plates after a note was left on the vehicle, telling the woman to go back to Ontario.
Police in western Quebec say a missing six-year-old has been found safe after an overnight search in Val-des-Monts.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five things to watch in Ottawa this week.
Spring is usually the perfect time to get outside for a little exercise, but there are limits to what you can do during the province-wide stay-at-home order.
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
The City of Kingston says the popular Breakwater Park will remain closed for at least another week.
The Keystorm Pub in Brockville announced the winners of its curbside charity challenge on Tuesday, a challenge that far exceeded expectations.
The drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at 300 Coventry Rd. will be closed Wednesday, with snow in the forecast.
Anyone within five metres of playground equipment, including play structures, swings, slides, climbers, and sand boxes, must wear a face covering under the new order.
Ottawa Public Health reported 203 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, but the number of people in hospital with the disease has jumped significantly.
Ottawa police officers will be stationed 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the Ontario side of the Champlain Bridge, Portage Bridge, Chaudiere Bridge and Macdonald-Cartier Bridge.
Ontario Provincial Police say their operations did not change on Saturday after the Ontario government announced and then revised new police powers to enforce the provincial stay-at-home order.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the back to school plans this week as schools in Ottawa and eastern Ontario shift to remote learning.
The upcoming health order restricting travel between B.C.'s health authority regions has a lot of people wondering just how it will be enforced.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has shifted his focus away from the immediate COVID-19 response and is 'devoting his time' to vaccine procurement, according to his deputy premier.
A quick thinking six-year-old potentially saved her mother after a post-surgery reaction to medication left her unconscious on the bathroom floor.
India's Ministry of Railways shared a video of a railway employee saving a child who had fallen onto the tracks from an oncoming train.
'VaxHuntersCan' is a volunteer run group that helps Canadians book their COVID-19 vaccination appointment.
Hester Ford had 53 grandchildren, 120 great grandchildren and 126 great-great grandchildren.
Chef Tallis Voakes tells us about the new Tims for Good sustainability platform, which is designed to promote continuous improvement at Tim Hortons.
A dozen elite European football clubs' proposed breakaway league has sparked controversy and condemnation.
Canadian politicians, activists and athletes reacted with grief and relief in response to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction in the death of George Floyd.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is isolating after learning that a staff member he came in close contact with Monday has tested positive for COVID-19.
A judge is scheduled to release her decision Wednesday on a request to delay the final leg of hearings in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case.
The Bank of Canada will say today how it sees the economy faring over the coming months and the path for inflation amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment -- even over a decade after returning to society.
Less than two days after police began stopping interprovincial drivers crossing into Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service said it would stop monitoring the crossings 24/7.
With Ontario now allowing adults aged 40 and older to sign up for AstraZeneca COVID-19 appointments, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are in the process of booking their first doses, as opposition leaders schedule their shots too.
Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.
New Brunswick reported its first case of blood-clotting in a person who received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd.
U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the nation after ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty, and he pledged to work on police reform.
Amanda Stubbs was walking on a U.K. beach when she was forced to run from a huge landslide.
U.S. traffic-safety officials are investigating after two men died in a Tesla with no one sitting in the driver's seat.
O'Toole rips Trudeau over 2021 budget, says it's 'reckless'