Long weekend kicks off in Ottawa
Ottawa has plenty of events for Victoria Day which not only could be popular with the hometown crowd, but for tourists as well.

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Ottawa has plenty of events for Victoria Day which not only could be popular with the hometown crowd, but for tourists as well.
Advance polls opened on Thursday and are open daily until Saturday, May 28 in all ridings across Ottawa.
The city of Ottawa will launch its annual campaign to deal with wild parsnip next week, the invasive plant that can cause skin and eye irritation and makes the skin prone to burning and blistering.
Your long weekend road trip will be a little cheaper today, as gas prices drop below $2 a litre at Ottawa stations.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at what's open and closed in Ottawa over the Victoria Day long weekend.
"Fifty per cent of provincial funding for Stage 3 of Ottawa's regional transit plan is in the platform," Liberal leader Steven Del Duca told CTV Morning Live Friday morning.
A protest took place in Sainte-Cecile-de-Masham, Que., a community north of Ottawa. The group was pushing back against Bill 96, proposed legislation that seeks to affirm that the only official and common language of Quebec is French.
Country star Brett Kissel has postponed his concert at Ottawa's Arena at TD Place tonight due to an issue with his voice.
If you feel the price of gas, and well, the price of everything has put the brakes on your long weekend fun, author Laura Byrne Paquet will accelerate your planning.
The United Kingdom's former prime minister Tony Blair says Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine is an 'act of madness.'
Ten children in Canada were found to be suffering from acute severe hepatitis not caused by known hepatitis viruses over a nearly six-month period recently, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Friday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to reassure parents on Friday amid a nationwide shortage of baby formula designed specifically for infants with food allergies.
Canadians may find a lot of long faces at the pump heading into the long weekend as gas prices across the country remain high.
With the price of gas rising above $2 per litre and setting new records in Canada this year, CTVNews.ca looks at what goes into the price per litre of gasoline and where the situation could go from here.
One of the biggest players in the world of hip-hop J. Cole is coming to Scarborough to play for its Canadian Elite Basketball team.