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  • An Ottawa man is facing charges after police officers found an alleged victim of sexual assault in Westboro. NEW

    Man charged with sexual assault after police find alleged victim in Westboro

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  • Penny the cat was reunited with her owner after somehow getting from Barrhaven to Boundary Road.

    From Barrhaven to Boundary Road: Penny the cat back home after wild ride

    Pedestrians walk past the offices of SNC Lavalin, in Montreal, March 26, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

    Fatally flawed: The glaring weaknesses of SNC-Lavalin’s winning bid for Stage 2 of LRT

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  • Friends say Doug and Joan Foster were well-known and beloved members of the Renfrew community. The couple died when John Anstie, then 24, collided head-on with Joan, 66, and Doug , 69, on Dec. 4, 2016, on March Rd. near Carp.

    'This can’t go unpunished' Sentencing hearing begins for driver convicted in Renfrew couple's death

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    A traveler wears a face mask beneath an information display showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) UPDATED

    4 people in Quebec test negative for coronavirus; test results pending for fifth

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  • Hull's Giant Tiger store to close in March

    Giant Tiger to close historic Hull store

    Elementary teachers stage one-day strike

    Elementary teachers to strike for the day in UCDSB and Limestone Board Wednesday

  • A mother says her worst nightmare was revealed when she set up a secret recording while her former friend was watching her 8-year-old son, who has autism. CTV NEWS EXCLUSIVE

    EXCLUSIVE: Alleged abuse of child with autism caught on camera

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    CTV Ottawa: Snow causes dozens of crashes

    Freezing rain and heavy snow expected this weekend: Environment Canada

  • A worker shovels snow as a major winter storm hits Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Metro Group president disappointed by closure of two of the company's franchises

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    Police are investigating a fatal collision on Highway 401 near Brockville.

    Truck driver charged in fatal crash on Hwy. 401 near Brockville

  • An east-bound OTrain pulls in to Rideau Station on the Confederation Line of the Light Rail Transit system in Ottawa, ON.

    Only 12 trains for launch of Confederation Line on Friday morning: OC Transpo

    A westbound train travels along the Confederation Line of Ottawa's Light Rail System.

    RTG calls in outside experts to assess Confederation Line operations

  • Police Chief: “Alarming” rise in hate crimes

    Ottawa Police reintroducing hate crime section

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    Flying snow off Gatineau Police vehicle

    Flying snow from Gatineau Police truck

  • Conservative Finance Critic Pierre Poilievre responds to the federal economic and fiscal update on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Pierre Poilievre will not run for Conservative leadership

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    The design for Ottawa's new central library, a $192-million joint project between the Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada, was revealed on Thursday.

    Take a first look at Ottawa's new central library

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  • Police in West Quebec have found two suspects they say broke into a home in Val-des-Monts and stole $75,000 worth of items, mostly to furnish their own home.

    Suspects steal $75,000 worth of stuff to furnish own home: police

    A 43-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with voyeurism and committing an indecent act following an alleged incident in Kanata last year.

    Man charged with voyeurism, committing indecent act in Kanata

  • Kingston radio station Pure Country 99 is playing a 50/50 split of female and male artists this week, to start a conversation about female representation in country radio. (Pure Country 99 / Twitter)

    50/50 vision: Kingston’s Pure Country 99 playing equal split of female and male artists

    Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly takes part in a panel to discuss Traffic Stop race Data Collection report and Diversity Audit report in Ottawa on Wednesday November 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

    Help for the frontlines: Police chief wants to hire 100 officers by end of 2020

  • Daytime highs above zero degrees Celcius until next Tuesday

    Expect daytime highs above zero through the weekend

    An east-bound OTrain pulls in to Rideau Station on the Confederation Line of the Light Rail Transit system in Ottawa, ON.

    Fourth straight day of train shortages on Confederation Line

  • Council security measures criticized

    New security screening measures start today at Ottawa City Hall

    Allan Hubley

    RTG will provide LRT progress report at Transit meeting: Hubley

  • A train approaches the platform at Hurdman Station along the Confederation Line of Ottawa's LRT system. (CTV News Ottawa)

    LRT Lemon or growing pains?- Transit Commision Special Meeting today

    A bus driver is being hailed a hero after she got 7 children off this school bus before it burst into flames Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

    'We got to move fast' Bus driver rushes children to safety from burning vehicle

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    No Term One report cards for elementary students: OCDSB

    Quebec Provincial Police say one person has died and two other people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 50 on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (@Surete_Ouest/Twitter)

    One dead, two injured in Hwy. 50 crash near Buckingham

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  • People skate on the Rideau Canal Skateway on Family Day in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Most of Rideau Canal Skateway to open Wednesday

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    A westbound train travels along the Confederation Line of Ottawa's Light Rail System.

    Confederation Line train shortage continues today

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  • There are 76 Carlton Cards and Papyrus stores in Canada, all of which are expected to close in the next four to six weeks. (Raysonho / Creative Commons)

    All Carlton Cards and Papyrus stores closing within weeks

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    UOttawa launches scholarship fund to honour students killed in Iran plane crash

  • The Ten Thousand Villages store on Richmond Rd. in Westboro is set to close. (Peter Szperling/CTV Ottawa)

    Ten Thousand Villages closing in Westboro

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    An election official hands back to a voter her marked ballot to place in the ballot box so she can cast her vote for the federal election at a polling station on Toronto's Ward Island on Monday, May 2, 2011. (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Main three parties have candidates set for upcoming Ottawa byelections

  • Zachary Wittke, 22, is facing several charges, including first-degree murder, in the Sept. 2017 crash in Arnprior that killed 65-year-old Sheila Welsh.

    'He wanted to die': Man accused of murder in Arnprior crash testifies in his own defence

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    A westbound train travels along the Confederation Line of Ottawa's Light Rail System.

    ‘It hasn’t gotten done’: Transit Chair says RTM failing to uphold maintenance agreement

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  • A train approaches a station along the Confederation Line of Ottawa's Light Rail System.

    Ottawa blames private partner as train shortage bedevils new transit line

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    For the first time since LRT has launched, the system will run on 10 trains instead of 13.

    Ottawa's LRT nightmare continues: Downtown express buses to return for Tuesday rush hours

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  • Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Phillippe Champagne speaks to media in regards to the Iranian black boxes during the third and final day of the Liberal cabinet retreat at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

    First remains repatriated to Canada following Iran plane crash

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    Prince Harry disembarks from a WestJet plane at Victoria International Airport on Vancouver Island on Jan. 20, 2020.

    'No updates': PM still can't say who will pay to keep Harry, Meghan safe in Canada

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  • Gatineau Police

    Woman in her 60s injured in Gatineau home invasion; four arrested

    In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

    First coronavirus case confirmed in United States

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  • The pride and transgender flags fly on Parliament Hill following a ceremony with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Wednesday June 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    New LGBTQ2+ National Monument planned for Ottawa

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    Majic 100 morning show host Stuntman Stu has announced on Twitter that his leukemia has returned.

    'We will beat it again': Stuntman Stu's leukemia returns

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  • Parking ban

    Why the city didn’t issue an overnight parking ban

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    Thousands more Ontario children with autism are on waiting lists for treatment than they were 10 years ago, and government figures suggest the number of kids receiving treatment is actually dropping. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

    Some Ontario parents donate strike subsidy back to education system

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  • Martin Burger of the Ottawa area says this is the result of his windshield being smashed when a flying chunk of ice shattered it on January 16, 2020 GRAPHIC WARNING

    Ottawa Valley driver injured by flying chunk of ice

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    Jim Watson

    RTG needs to be more proactive: Watson

  • The third Monday in January is widely known as Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year, despite little to no scientific evidence backing up that claim. (Nathan Cowley / Pexels)

    Blue Monday: How to overcome the 'saddest day' of the year

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    A snowboarder takes advantage of prime conditions in St. John’s on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Andrew Vaughan)

    Unprecedented snowstorm no match for that famous Newfoundland wit

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  • Ottawa hits the dead of winter

    Ottawa hits the 'dead of winter': Phillips

    Braving the cold temperatures in Ottawa's ByWard Market.

    Frostbite Advisory kicks off the new work week

  • All elementary schools in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will be closed Monday as elementary teachers hold a one-day walkout.

    Ottawa elementary schools closed Monday for one-day teachers' strike

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    City of Ottawa New This Morning

    Strike day activities for Kids

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    Ontario Liberal Leadership candidates gather in Ottawa

    Digging out after the snowfall

    Record snowfall buries Ottawa

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  • The record snowfall that buried the capital on Saturday caused a pair of issues for the city's LRT system.

    Record snowfall causes problems on LRT line

    A 44-year-old man is dead after his snowmobile crashed into a tree near Algonquin Park on Saturday.

    Man dead after snowmobile crash near Algonquin Park

  • Ottawa resident Rosanne Palmer says her rear windshield was smashed by a piece of ice as she waited at a Tim Hortons drive-thru on Friday. (Courtesy: Rosanne Palmer)

    Falling ice smashes back windshield at Tim Hortons drive-thru

    Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex smile during their visit to Canada House in thanks for the warm Canadian hospitality and support they received during their recent stay in Canada, in London, Jan. 7, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool Photo via AP)

    Prince Harry, Meghan will no longer use 'royal highness' titles

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  • Lindsay Delisle says her family stands with the teachers amid growing labour unrest across Ontario.

    'It's going to be a challenge' Ottawa mother prepares for strike

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    Brendon Wayne Spurrell, 22, is described as a Caucasian male, 5’10” (178cm), 160 lbs (73kg) with black short hair and blue eyes. (Ottawa Police handout)

    Ottawa Police arrest wanted man released by mistake

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  • A man pulls his shopping cart along the snow-covered street in Ottawa on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS) WEATHER WARNING

    Biggest snowstorm of 2020: Snowfall warning in effect for eastern Ontario

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    Skaters make their along the Rideau Canal Skateway during the 32nd annual Winterlude Triathlon in Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Rideau Canal Skateway to open Saturday morning

  • A woman makes her way through the snow-covered streets in St. John’s on Friday, January 17, 2020. The City of St. John's has declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads as blizzard conditions descend on the Newfoundland and Labrador capital. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

    'Unprecedented' blizzard prompts state of emergency in St. John's, N.L.

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    A broken overhead wire at St. Laurent Station on Thursday forced passengers to exit a stalled train. (Viewer photo)

    Officials apologize after longest LRT disruption yet

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  • Ottawa drivers reports damage to vehicles from flying ice.

    Police say drivers could be fined for snow and ice left on vehicles

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    After five years and $360 million the new Rideau Centre expansion is finally open. CTV’s Annie Bergeron-Oliver has the details.

    Rideau Centre ranked #11 of top 30 Canadian shopping centres

  • A B.C. man has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act in a crash about 65 kilometres southwest of Ottawa.

    Man charged in Hwy. 7 fatal collision

    Art Is In take-out location in Byward Market

    Art Is In Bakery take-out to open in Byward Market

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  • The teenager was cycling along Jeanne D’Arc Boulev

    Driver charged in connection to July crash that killed Ottawa teen

    A 60-year-old man is in critical condition after falling from the back of a truck while offloading it on Laurier Ave. Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.

    Worker, 60, critically injured after falling from truck on Laurier Ave

  • Ottawa Police are searching for three suspects in a break-and-enter in Richmond last October.

    Suspects wanted in Richmond break-in

    CTV Toronto: ETFO gives province a warning

    All Renfrew schools to close Tuesday for ETFO walkout

  • New cannabis infused ginger ale from Tweed

    Cannabis company Canopy Growth delaying launch of infused beverages

    An OC Transpo driver was injured when ice flew off another vehicle and struck the windshield of the bus. (OPP)

    Bus driver injured when ice smashes windshield

  • Members of the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation team show off the 10 of Spades that was pulled in Thursday's draw of the Catch the Ace lottery. The jackpot for whoever finds the Ace of Spades is now over $675,000. (Aaron Reid/CTV Ottawa, January 16, 2020)

    Elusive Ace of Spades: Jackpot for Catch the Ace tops $675,000

    Temperatures could dip down past -26 C overnight in Ottawa.

    Bundle Up! Frostbite Advisory issued for Ottawa

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    Ford criticizes teachers' union leaders, says he won't give in to salary demands

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    Brendon Wayne Spurrell, 22, is described as a Caucasian male, 5’10” (178cm), 160 lbs (73kg) with black short hair and blue eyes. (Ottawa Police handout)

    Ottawa Police arrest wanted man released by mistake

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  • A man suffered serious burns in a fire on Fraser Road in Aylmer Wednesday night.

    Gatineau man seriously injured in fire

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    Signs are at the ready in the Elementary Teachers Federation's Ottawa office as members await word if they can protest

    ETFO plans one-day strikes in Ottawa, Renfrew County next week

  • A variety of cannabis edibles are displayed at the Ontario Cannabis Store in Toronto on Friday, January 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

    Cannabis edibles to go on sale digitally this morning via Ontario's online store

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    Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne, right, and Dominic Raab the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State speak to reporters following a meeting in Montreal, Thursday, January 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Iran must compensate crash victims' families, Canada-led group agrees

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  • Thursday morning snow blankets Ottawa

    City of Ottawa crews keeping an eye on second snowstorm this weekend

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    FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 file photo, a rescue worker shows pictures of a girl recovered from a Ukrainian plane crash site in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. The crash of a Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran this week that killed all 176 on board comes as a test for Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office less than eight months ago with no prior political experience. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

    Ford to announce new scholarships this morning in memory of Ukraine Airlines crash victims

  • Heavy snowfall has shut down traffic in the region several times this winter.

    Special Weather Advisory remains in place

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