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- Ottawa skating rinks, sledding hills to remain open during stay-at-home order
- Ottawa's active COVID-19 cases soar to new high with another triple-digit case count
- COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for Jan. 14, 2021
- Small business owners say big box stores favoured in latest lockdown
- Seaway towns pressuring province to stop big box stores from selling non-essential items
- Rideau Canal Skateway to open this year without food and drink stands
CASES IN OTTAWA
- Active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa reach new high
- Ottawa sees drop in daily COVID-19 cases but weekly trends remain high
- Ottawa adds 127 new COVID-19 cases on Monday for more than 1,000 in past week
- COVID-19 cases in Ottawa still trending in triple digits; record-breaking active cases
- Ottawa breaks daily COVID-19 case count record for second day in a row
- Ottawa sets new one-day record with 210 cases of COVID-19; Ontario reports record 4,200 cases
HOW DOES IT AFFECT ME?
- Families turn to backyard rinks for skating fun
- Ottawa skating rinks, sledding hills to remain open during stay-at-home order
- Rideau Canal Skateway to open this year without food and drink stands
- Stay-at-home order puts local photographer's charity mission on ice
- New shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Ottawa; province unveils mass vaccination plan
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit receives first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa reach new high
- Restaurateurs adapt to new reality as pandemic puts damper on business
COVID-19 VACCINE
- Ottawa on track to be fully vaccinated by summer: Ottawa Hospital CEO
- New shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Ottawa; province unveils mass vaccination plan
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit receives first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Ottawa Hospital to resume COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday as more doses arrive
COVID-19 TESTING
- COVID-19 testing options in Ottawa-Gatineau for international travellers
- Ontario to test asymptomatic students and teachers in Ottawa for COVID-19
LONG TERM CARE HOMES
- Ottawa outlines priority list to administer COVID-19 vaccine at long-term care homes
- Long-term care residents can now receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in their homes
- COVID-19 outbreak declared at City of Ottawa run long-term care home
- COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Ottawa long-term care home hard hit by the coronavirus
- New COVID-19 outbreak declared at City-run Champlain long-term care home
WHAT'S OPEN
WHAT'S CLOSED
HOW CAN I GET HELP?
- CHEO opens drive-up mental health vitals clinic for patients
- Respite centre for homeless to be moved from McNabb rec centre to Tom Brown Arena
YOUR FINANCES DURING THE CRISIS
- Feds to subsidize wages through the summer, PM says
- Essential workers to get salary top-up, eligibility for emergency benefit expanded: PM
TAKING CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
LENDING A HELPING HAND
RESOURCES
- Ottawa Public Health
- Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region | 613-238-3311
- Self-assessment: 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Public Health Ontario
- Telehealth: Toll-free 1-866-797-0000
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- World Health Organization on Coronavirus
- Travel Notices
- Emergency Assistance for Canadians Abroad
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FROM ACROSS CANADA...
Toronto
- Police arrest person who barricaded inside Oakville, Ont. home
- Young woman from Toronto who was lost on B.C. mountain has died, police say
Montreal
- Mother charged with criminal negligence in death of seven-year-old girl in Laval, Quebec
- Quebec lays out life-and-death COVID-19 triage guide, but some say province hasn't exhausted other options
Northern Ontario
- After a busy 2020, The Gathering Place plans to expand in 2021
- Review could see air traffic control removed from Sault airport
London
- COVID-19 outbreak declared in Stratford surgical unit
- Lawyers for LHSC and former CEO spar over termination
Vancouver
- 26 more flights involving B.C. airports added to COVID-19 exposures list
- Kids wear black to school to promote anti-racism during first-ever 'Black Shirt Day'
Edmonton
- 'Another blow': Shandro says vaccine delivery delay could slow vaccination effort in Alberta
- Chief calls EPS member's conspiratorial Facebook posts 'unacceptable and concerning'
Calgary
- Calgary parents charged with neglect after adult son found malnourished, unresponsive
- Confusion, contradiction and computers: Why some frontline workers struggle obtain COVID-19 vaccines
Winnipeg
- Parents of slain Winnipeg teen forgive men responsible in son's home invasion death
- 'It upholds the systemic racism': Brandon mother upset over offensive image in child's homework
Saskatoon
- 'I would have died': Resident of Saskatoon apartment building with carbon monoxide leak says he experienced nausea and headaches
- Sask. teen was helping a driver in the ditch when he was hit by passing vehicle: fire chief
Vancouver Island
- 13 more COVID-19 cases found on Vancouver Island
- Pfizer vaccine shortage will have 'significant' impact on B.C. in short term, says minister
NATIONAL HEADLINES...
Canada
- Thousands share Indigenous ribbon skirt photos in solidarity with Sask. girl
- Canadian who shares name, occupation with Trump supporter who stormed U.S. Capitol harassed online
Entertainment
- Movie reviews: 'One Night in Miami' is a fascinating what-if scenario
- Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy dies
World
- NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas
- MTA: Bus driver refuses drug test after careening off bridge
Health
- Medical experts call on employers to help cover the cost of fertility services
- Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
Politics
- In mandate letter, PM tells Freeland to spend on temporary measures until crisis ends
- Trudeau leaves door open to tighter travel ban, eyeing COVID-19 mutations abroad
