Ottawa sees lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since mid-December
Ottawa Public Health is reporting its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in the city since mid-December.

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.
Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for parts of eastern Ontario along Highway 401 because of a band of rapid snow moving across the region.
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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The trial of Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the Canadian rock band Hedley, has been pushed back to next year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Arty Hurst has built a giant snow fort outside his Ottawa home, naming the snow-structure after Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
UNESCO figures show two-thirds of an academic year has been lost on average worldwide due to COVID-19 closures.
Ottawa cybersecurity expert John Robinson says he has seen a noticeable increase in spam during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
The whereabouts of a man who went missing from a B.C. ranch in 2019 are still unknown two years later.
A Winnipeg cartoonist is getting noticed for his comic book on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ time living in Canada
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.
Neighbours in Houston are thanking an Amazon delivery driver for helping to find a baby that was abandoned after an apparent carjacking.
Montreal’s Shina Novalinga is keeping her Indigenous culture alive by throat-singing with her mom on TikTok.
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.
Providence Therapeutics of Calgary says 60 subjects will be monitored for 13 months, with the first results expected next month.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he remains confident in Canada's vaccine supplies coming out of Europe despite warnings from the European Commission that it is going to impose an 'export transparency mechanism.'
Companies that want in on a new federal loan program will have to show sharp revenue declines during the pandemic and that they have already applied for other business aid.
A new study has found that air purifiers used in elevators and other confined spaces may actually increase airborne transmission of COVID-19.
Internet users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread outages Tuesday.
Like politicians and other high-profile individuals who have recently been caught travelling in defiance of regional health orders, rank and file employees are now facing career consequences for risky behaviour that would otherwise go unnoticed.
For the first time since December, Ontario is reporting fewer than 1,800 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of tests performed falls well below provincial lab capacity.
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.
Officials from across the country provide updates on the pandemic across Canada.
Brad Sorenson, CEO of Providence Therapeutics says if successful, the vaccine could be released by the end of the year.