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  CHRISTMAS CHEER | Annual Christmas Cheer breakfast goes virtual in 2020

  This year's annual Christmas Cheer Breakfast in support of local charities will be virtual.

  

• Canada looking at fourth COVID-19 vaccine option; many Canadians willing to wait

  For many Canadians, it’s not a matter of if they’ll get the COVID-19 vaccine but when.

  

• These are the most-stolen vehicles in Canada in 2020

  While Ford pickup trucks usually top the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s annual ranking of the most-stolen vehicles in Canada, this year high-end SUVs have become the most desirable targets for thieves.

• COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for Dec. 2, 2020

  The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.

• Give and receive: Canadian burger joint supporting Ottawa Food Bank, hospitality workers in December

  It may be more blessed to give than to receive, but a Canadian burger chain with shops in Ottawa is offering a chance to do both for a good cause.

• Renfrew County COVID-19 free, for now

  For the first time in months, Renfrew County is COVID-19 free as two patients with the virus recovered on Tuesday.

• Hawkesbury man accused of 'developing plan to kill' people

  Ontario Provincial Police say they've arrested and charged a 56-year-old man following a months-long investigation into threatening messages that revealed an alleged plot to kill people.

• Ottawa MPPs ask about empty beds at Perley-Rideau; home says COVID-19 reduced capacity

  Two Ottawa area MPPs say they want to know why people are waiting for long-term care beds in the city when one home has more than one hundred empty beds.

• 34 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa; more than 1,700 in Ontario

  Ottawa Public Health is reporting 34 additional people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.

• Giving Tuesday: Charities more important than ever during pandemic

  In it’s eighth year, Giving Tuesday follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two of the busiest shopping days of the year.

• Demand for real Christmas trees on the rise

  There's an early rush to decorate for the holidays that could lead to a shortage of real Christmas trees.

• Free sushi offered for smiles

  A woman in Dacre, Ont., near the town of Renfrew, is offering free homemade sushi with delivery to those in her community to boost spirits at the end of a rough year.

• Downed lines knock out power to thousands in Barrhaven, Bells Corners

  More than 8,300 Hydro Ottawa customers in Barrhaven and Bells Corners lost power Tuesday afternoon, after power lines outside the city went down, according to the utility company.

• Committee approves adding 24th councillor to Ottawa city council

  Ottawa's Finance and Economic Development Committee has approved a plan that would see an extra seat added to the city council chambers.