Two new COVID-19 related deaths in Ottawa Monday and uptick in hospitalizations
Ottawa Public Health is reporting two deaths related to COVID-19 on Monday as well as a slight increase in the number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19.
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Parking ban in effect as snow plows begin multi-day process of clearing residential streets
The city of Ottawa has issued a 24-hour parking ban between 7 p.m. Monday and 7 p.m. Tuesday, and there will be no garbage, recycling and green bin pickup on Monday due to the snow.
Record snowfall as Ottawa sees close to 50 cm during major blizzard
There was more snow in Ottawa in a single hour Monday morning than had ever fallen on any Jan. 17 in the city's history.
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Ottawa paramedics are thanking an eight-year-old boy for saving an elderly man who was almost completely buried in snow during a blizzard Monday morning.
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When Aeman Alkadour hand-rolls his mouthwatering pastries, he’s making life more delicious for his customers.
Two new COVID-19 related deaths in Ottawa Monday and uptick in hospitalizations
Ottawa Public Health is reporting two deaths related to COVID-19 on Monday as well as a slight increase in the number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19.
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These images show scale of snowstorm in Toronto and parts of Ontario
From cars buried in snow to ambulances scrambling through barely visible streets, CTVNews.ca has collected images showing the extent of the snowfall across Toronto and parts of Ontario.
Ottawa boy, 8, saves man nearly buried in snow
Ottawa paramedics are thanking an eight-year-old boy for saving an elderly man who was almost completely buried in snow during a blizzard Monday morning.
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A winter storm is battering southern Ontario and parts of Quebec Monday, with anywhere from 15 to 60 centimetres of snow expected to fall across the provinces.
'Highly improbable': Experts dispute claim Beijing Omicron case from Canadian mail
Chinese officials have alleged that Beijing's first case of the Omicron variant may have travelled to the city through a piece of mail from Canada, but experts tell CTV News that the claim doesn't add up.
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