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• Ontario parents can now apply for second COVID-19 payout. Here's how

  Ontario parents can now apply for their second COVID-19 payment from the provincial government to help offset child-care costs amid the pandemic.

  

• 'I need a date': Ontario premier to ask drugmakers about COVID-19 vaccine delivery timeline

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will be speaking with vaccine manufacturers to find out when COVID-19 vaccines will be going into Ontarians' arms.

  

• Former Ottawa councillor turned MPP wants to see mechanism to remove councillors after Chiarelli probe

  A former Ottawa City Councillor turned Member of Provincial Parliament says he wants the provincial government to come up with a way to remove municipal politicians from office in cases where they have 'abus(ed) the trust and authority placed in them.'

• Winter storm could bring 20 cm of snow to Ottawa Valley; rain expected in Ottawa

  Environment Canada says Arnprior, Renfrew, Pembroke and Petawawa could see up to 20 cm of snow by Wednesday, while Ottawa will see mostly rain.

• City employee at Minto Recreation Complex tests positive for COVID-19

  The City of Ottawa says an employee at the Minto Recreation Complex in Barrhaven has tested positive for COVID-19 and two additional employees are self-isolating.

• Ottawa police seek to ID two bank robbery suspects

  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help identifying two men accused of robbing a bank in Nepean.

• Federal deficit on track to exceed $381B, as spending increases in wake of second COVID-19 wave

  The federal government is unveiling a new round of financial supports to respond to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, as the latest projections show the national deficit is projected to hit a new high: at least $381.6 billion this fiscal year.

• Ottawa police seek help locating Quebec woman last seen in Ottawa

  Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 57-year-old woman from Prévost, Que. who was last seen in Ottawa.

• Wait for the whistle: Ottawa crossing guards using two-step whistle system at intersections

  The Ottawa Safety Council has issued a FOX-40 electronic whistle to crossing guards to help them communicate with pedestrians and drivers.

• One man hospitalized after fire in Carp

  Ottawa Paramedics say a man in his 20s is in serious condition in hospital with smoke inhalation after a fire in Carp.

• Ontario logs more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 as positivity rate inches higher

  Ontario is reporting more than 1,700 new COVID-19 infections Monday morning as the province’s positivity rate inches closer to five per cent.

• Significant rain expected Monday in Ottawa

  Environment Canada says showers will start around noon on Monday with 10 to 20 millimetres of rain expected.

• Gatineau police seek witnesses to two serious collisions

  Gatineau police are appealing to the public for help following two serious collisions this past weekend.

• Kingston restaurant worker testing blitz yields no new COVID-19 cases

  A special testing blitz by Kingston health officials targeting food service workers has ended with no new cases of COVID-19 discovered.