The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Saturday, Feb. 27.
This weekend is expected to be the warmest so far this year in Ottawa.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca has everything you need to know about receiving the vaccines in Ottawa, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
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Ottawa Bylaw Services says officers issued 2,824 tickets for violations of the winter weather parking ban on Thursday.
CFRA technical producer Brian Fraser has died at the age of 26 after a battle with leukemia. Brian's efforts to direct people to the cause of blood donation drew national attention, including appearances on national CTV News broadcasts.
On the heels of Health Canada's authorization of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Johnson & Johnson shot could join the country's arsenal within weeks, says Health Canada's Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma.
Sources tell CTV News Ottawa that Ottawa Police Service officers are being moved into the phase 1 priority group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine first.
"I think we've made it through this week holding in the orange, it's good. I appreciate all the hard work people are doing; this has been a year of hard work," said Dr. Vera Etches on CTV Morning Live Friday morning.
As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths grows by the day, medical professionals lament that Canadians have become desensitized to the daily COVID-19 data.
Warmer weather continues to transition the capital towards summer, marking an end to the skating season on the Rideau Canal and leaving some wondering about the city’s many summer festivals.
A group of Ottawa Ice Cross Downhill athletes are getting attention online as their viral video has now been shared and seen millions of times around the world.
Claudia Sosa and her family wanted more living space but did not want to move out of their Gilmour Street home.
Ottawa Public Health will be using automated phone calls to contact home-care patients in some higher-priority areas who are soon able to get their vaccine.
Four security guards, an employee and two clients at a city of Ottawa physical distancing centre have tested positive for COVID-19
Four cases of suspected COVID-19 variants of concern have been confirmed in eastern Ontario.
A Belleville, Ont. woman has put together of the largest puzzles in the world in what she believes is record time.
An 11-year-old Ottawa boy pursuing a career hosting a podcast booked an extra special star guest this week.
CFRA technical producer Brian Fraser has died at the age of 26 after a battle with leukemia. Brian's efforts to direct people to the cause of blood donation drew national attention, including appearances on national CTV News broadcasts.
A group of Ottawa Ice Cross Downhill athletes are getting attention online as their viral video has now been shared and seen millions of times around the world.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at what's happening across the region this weekend.
A Belleville, Ont. woman has put together of the largest puzzles in the world in what she believes is record time.
For an Ottawa-area couple dreaming of warmer days, they transformed their backyard into a nine-hole mini-putt golf course.
The Ottawa Humane Society says Gerda is recovering after being rushed to the clinic three weeks ago near death.
For frequent online shoppers, one frustration may be ordering a small item that comes in a box 10 times larger than it needs to be, creating more waste.
At a McDonald's drive-thru in a Chicago suburb, customers may notice something different about the voice that takes their orders for Big Macs and fries.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca has everything you need to know about receiving the vaccines in Ottawa, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
Sources tell CTV News Ottawa that Ottawa Police Service officers are being moved into the phase 1 priority group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine first.
Four security guards, an employee and two clients at a city of Ottawa physical distancing centre have tested positive for COVID-19
"I think we've made it through this week holding in the orange, it's good. I appreciate all the hard work people are doing; this has been a year of hard work," said Dr. Vera Etches on CTV Morning Live Friday morning.
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Friday, Feb. 26.
Ottawa Public Health will be using automated phone calls to contact home-care patients in some higher-priority areas who are soon able to get their vaccine.
Warmer weather continues to transition the capital towards summer, marking an end to the skating season on the Rideau Canal and leaving some wondering about the city’s many summer festivals.
"I think people will probably want to continue to celebrate Canada Day in smaller groups, as opposed to larger groups," said Dr. Vera Etches.
The city's first pop-up vaccination clinics for adults 80 and older and adult recipients of chronic home care will be held in certain neighbourhoods starting next week.
Cineplex has announced it is reopening movie theatres across Ontario this week, as COVID-19 restrictions ease in many jurisdictions.
Some Montrealers are facing headaches as they try to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their elderly parents.
While some students have struggled to navigate new ways of learning, some employees have found their office hours bleeding into their personal time as they adjust to working from home.
Millions have viewed NASA's video of Perseverance making its entry into the Martian atmosphere and the rover touching down on the red planet amidst a cloud of dust.
26-year-old Brian Fraser has died while battling cancer. Creeson Agecoutay has the story on how he inspired a nation to give.
The TSA recently shared their top ten bizarre catches of 2020 and among them was a dead baby shark and a live smoke grenade
Etiquette expert Julie Blais Comeau shares valuable workday advice, from signing emails to accepting friend requests from colleagues.
Queen Elizabeth II is encouraging people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the shot is quick, harmless and will help protect others against the disease
An Arizona teen admitted to police that he faked his own kidnapping to get out of going to work.
W5 investigates Canada's controversial practice of flying live horses around the world to be slaughtered for fresh, raw, horsemeat. The campaign to stop the live horse export has ramped up with the celebrity endorsement of Canadian singer Jann Arden, who calls it the 'sinister side of agriculture.'
On the heels of Health Canada's authorization of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Johnson & Johnson shot could join the country's arsenal within weeks, says Health Canada's Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma.
The number of people who would have died from a COVID-19 infection is likely to be much higher than recorded because death certificates don't always list the virus as the cause of a fatality, experts say.
A Second World War-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Sir Tom Moore, in honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard.
Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.
Canada is seeing an upsurge in vaccines distributed across the country, with numbers making up more than double of what was allocated in the last two weeks.
The planet is on 'red alert' because governments are failing to meet their climate change goals, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday.
Health Canada has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a related shot by the Serum Institute of India for use around the country with the first doses expected to arrive soon.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted early Saturday morning to approve President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward enacting the first legislative priority of the new administration
Starting Feb. 22, passengers flying back to Canada are subject to a hotel quarantine.
A Canadian travelling back home after three months in the U.S. says everything about the experience was 'awful.'
Justin Trudeau says there are several factors like variants and infection rates to consider before reopening the country.
Officials in Ontario are investigating if the province's stockpile of personal protective equipment contains fake N95 masks.
Canada's approval of AstraZeneca's vaccine comes amid concerns about its effectiveness, particularly against COVID-19 variants.
