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  • The Ottawa Police Homicide Unit is investigating after a body was discovered on a trail near Dobson Lane in south Ottawa. March 7, 2021. (Mike Mersereau / CTV News Ottawa) BREAKING

    Death of man on snowmobile trail ruled a homicide, Ottawa police continue to investigate

  • Canadian Tire gas on Merivale Road more than $1.20 a litre on Sunday.(Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa)

    Fuelling driver frustrations: Ottawa gas prices sitting at highest level since July 2019

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    New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa sees 56 new cases, 0 new deaths on Sunday

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    Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah lays bare royal rift

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    A person walks along the sidewalk near Parliament Hill, on Jan. 14, 2021. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa's rising COVID-19 rates and 2 a.m. last call this spring and summer: Five stories to watch in Ottawa this week

  • Ottawa Bylaw Director Roger Chapman says the city has suspended enforcement of overtime parking on streets that do not have posted time limits. All other parking restrictions remain in effect. (Leah Larocque/CTV News Ottawa)

    113,000 fewer parking tickets issued to Ottawa motorists in 2020

    Snowblowers begin clearing the snow at the Kevin Haime Golf School in Ottawa. (Photo courtesy: Kevin Haime Golf School)

    Signs of spring in Ottawa: Kevin Haime Golf School begins clearing the snow

  • File photo: Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus sign. (CTV Ottawa)

    Ottawa Hospital COVID-19 vaccine clinic returns to normal operations after three hours of ‘longer line-up than usual'

    ClubLink wants to redevelop the Kanata Golf and Country Club lands to build homes, but the City of Ottawa says the company must uphold a 40% greenspace agreement. (Leah Larocque / CTV News Ottawa)

    ClubLink files appeal of Kanata Golf and Country Club greenspace ruling

  • CTV News Ottawa has everything you need know about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in Ottawa. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

    How do I get the coronavirus vaccine in Ottawa?

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    Minister of Health Patty Hajdu arrives for a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

    Vaccine passport for international travel 'very live' discussion among G7 countries: Hajdu

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  • A for sale sign on a house.

    Ottawa's hot housing market becoming unaffordable for some

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    In this May 25, 2020, file photo, a lab technician extracts a portion of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate during testing at the Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Sakchai Lalit

    No wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses in Ottawa

  • Unionville, Ont. resident Erica Mesa spent $47,000 on a brand new Hyundai Tucson in July 2019. (Supplied)

    Ontario woman says she's traumatized by new car that randomly slams on the brakes

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    People get their temperatures tested at the T&T grocery store to help curb to spread of COVID-19 in Markham, Ont., on Monday, April 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ontario records highest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks

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  • Chloe Rodgers and Stirling Martin are offering $20,000 to anyone who can help them find their puppy Marlowe, who they say was stolen. SOURCE: Stirling Martin

    Family hoping $20,000 reward entices someone to give information about missing dog

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    Frigid wind chills persist through the bright and beautiful sun

  • The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus on Oct. 13, 2020. (Katie Griffin / CTV News Ottawa)

    Ottawa Hospital looking to clear backlog of 24,000 women waiting for breast screening during pandemic

    This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson and Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP, File)

    Take the first COVID-19 vaccine available, infectious disease specialist recommends

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  • High school students arrive for school in Ottawa as in-person classes resume in the region for the first time since the winter holidays, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa flirts with the red zone and 208-litre drums of olive oil available at Ottawa's newest Costco: Top stories in Ottawa this week

    Cars drive along the highway as a sign reminds drivers to stay vigilant about the COVID-19 virus in Ottawa, Friday, March 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for March 7, 2021

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  • The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit building in Brockville. (Nate Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Lanark health unit orders new restrictions in Carleton Place, Mississippi Mills, Beckwith following COVID-19 outbreak

    Kingston residents walk down the street wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kimberley Johnson / CTV News Ottawa)

    COVID-19 vaccines could be available to the general public in Kingston in May, top doctor predicts

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    Hockey Eastern Ontario launches new campaign to toss verbal abuse of young officials out of the game

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    OPP investigating after two men assaulted at Rideau Ferry home

  • The Ottawa Police station on Elgin Street is seen in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa police say missing teen located 'in good health'

    New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa surpasses 15,000 COVID-19 cases

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  • People make their way along Somerset Street during the first day of the Ontario stay home order in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Etches calls for three more months of physical distancing, limiting close contacts in Ottawa

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    Winter's icy hand grips the capital this weekend but its grasp is loosening

  • Seedy Saturday at the Brockville Public Library. (Nate Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Brockville's Seedy Saturday a success as gardeners hope to avoid seed shortage

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    'Sharp increase' in opioid overdoses in Renfrew County

  • RIck Chiarelli appears at Ottawa City Council on Feb. 26, 2020. (Tyler Fleming/CTV News Ottawa)

    Ontario probing changes to municipal councillors' code of conduct

    Mike Mersereau / CTV News Ottawa

    Ottawa firefighters douse two overnight blazes

  • Hockey hall-of-fame legend Wayne Gretzky, right, watches the casket of his father, Walter Gretzky, as it is carried from the church during a funeral service in Brantford, Ont., Saturday, March 6, 2021. Walter Gretzky, also know as Canada's hockey dad, was 82 years-old. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    'Canada's hockey dad': Funeral for Walter Gretzky held in Brantford, Ont.

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    A pedestrian makes their way along the Rideau Canal in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for March 6, 2021

  • Emergency crews on the scene of a fatal crash on the Hwy. 417 off-ramp at Carp Road. (Mike Mersereau/CTV News Ottawa)

    Truck driver killed in single-vehicle crash on Highway 417

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    Bars, restaurants face new restrictions in Renfrew County as region moves to yellow

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    'We can't vaccinate our way out of this:' Etches warns of rising COVID-19 levels; 49 new cases on Friday

    The city of Ottawa is offering 30 minutes of free parking at its gated parking garages at 70 Clarence Street, 141 Clarence Street and the parking lot at Ottawa City Hall until March 31, 2021 to help support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ottawa offering 30 minutes free parking at three parking garages in March

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    Maple syrup season returns to Fulton's Pancake House and Sugar Shack

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    Sens Sickos: A look at the Sens fans movement on social media

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  • Charles Henry looks at photo of him with Wayne and Walter Gretzky (Joel Haslam/CTV News Ottawa)

    Honouring Walter Gretzky’s legacy: An Ottawa friend says goodbye and thanks

    Norma O’Connor was one of the first residents in Ottawa’s general population to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, March 5. (Colton Praill/CTV News Ottawa)

    COVID-19 vaccinations begin for the general public in Ottawa

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    Moose dies after being struck by vehicle on Hwy. 417

    Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, holds a technical briefing in Ottawa on Friday, March 5, 2021, on the authorization of the COVID-19 vaccines in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Canada authorizes one-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

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  • The Ottawa Police station on Elgin Street is seen in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa man charged with sexual assault at east-end Tim Hortons: Ottawa police

    Blasting the Rideau River

    Beware of thin ice across Ottawa region: police

  • Locomotive 17 sits at the corner of Ninth Street and Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall. (Nate Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Cornwall's historic Locomotive 17 finds a new home

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    Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, watch a health-care work fill a vile with the coronavirus vaccine as he tours a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Peel Region during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ontario releases new detailed list of those eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 2

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  • Walter Gretzky father of hockey hall-of-famer Wayne Gretzky waves to fans as the Buffalo Sabres play against the Toronto Maple Leafs during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Walter Gretzky, father of hockey legend Wayne, dies at 82

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    OPP

    'OnStar' system helps the OPP track down a stolen vehicle on Hwy 401 in Kingston

  • Gilda Shannon, right, and Jana Steingass are chased by their dogs Luna, left and Rudy, centre, as they toboggan down Carlington Hill in Ottawa after an overnight snowfall, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: March 5-7

    Ottawa Realtors say vacancies are more prevalent in the downtown core and neighbourhoods near universities. (Colton Praill/CTV News Ottawa)

    Some Ottawa landlords struggle amid high vacancy rates

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  • A couple of people make their way along Wellington Street in Ottawa Friday, March 5, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Windy, chilly Friday in store for the capital

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    This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, green, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)

    COVID-19 variants detected in Ottawa's wastewater

  • A health worker holds up a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to be administered to members of the Italian Army at a vaccination center set up at the military barracks of Cecchignola, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

    Kingston pharmacies prepare to administer doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of roll out

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    Costco's new Canadian Business Centre on Cyrville Road in Ottawa. (Jim O'Grady/CTV News Ottawa)

    You can buy a 208-litre drum of olive oil at Ottawa's newest Costco

  • Library at Parliament Hill from above, overlooking the Ottawa River on winter's day. (Photo by SGC on Unsplash)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for March 5, 2021

    Renfrew County and District Health Unit

    Renfrew County health unit warns patrons at Arnprior bar may have been exposed to COVID-19

  • Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Have a credit with Air Canada because of the pandemic? You may be closer to a refund

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    The Ottawa Police station on Elgin Street is seen in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa man facing charges in connection to alleged indecent acts in Kanata

  • A view of Kingston, Ont. city hall. (Andrew MacKinnon /Flickr)

    Kingston imposing 10 p.m. last call, no live music at bars for St. Patrick's Day

    New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa inches closer to 'red-control' threshold with 80 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

  • The Neumann family visit the Canadian Museum of History during the Quebec March Break. March 4, 2020. Gatineau, Que. (Tyler Fleming/CTV News Ottawa)

    A COVID-19 March Break in Quebec

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    Ontario COVID-19 restriction alert levels

    Code Red: Ottawa's top doctor issues new warning about COVID-19 rates in the community

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  • A gravel spill closed the westbound lanes of Highway 417 at Pinecrest on Thursday. (Photo courtesy: Ontario Ministry of Transportation)

    Gravel spill closes westbound lanes of Hwy. 417 in Ottawa's west end

    An OC Transpo bus is seen at a public transit garage in Ottawa, Thursday March 4, 2021. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa eyes more electric buses for OC Transpo fleet

  • A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Tiny Hoppers daycare in Kingston. (Kimberley Johnson/CTV News Ottawa)

    Eight COVID-19 cases linked to outbreak at Kingston daycare

    The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says that seven people were killed after a plane crashed in Kingston, Ont. (Twitter/@TSBCanada)

    TSB concludes fatal Kingston plane crash highlights risk of flying at night with inadequate visual references

  • Amanda Parsons, a registered nurse on staff at the Northwood Care facility, administers a dose of the Moderna vaccine to Audrey Wiseman in Halifax on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Andrew Vaughan-Pool

    All eastern Ontario residents could receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by May, top doctor says

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    City of Ottawa

    Ottawa, eastern Ontario municipalities receive COVID-19 financial boost from the Ontario government

  • An Ottawa Police cruiser is seen near the Elgin Street police station in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa police say two missing teens located in Timmins

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    Suspect facing charges after alleged road rage incident in Chelsea, Que: Police

  • People dine in at a restaurant in Ottawa's ByWard Market, as the region remains in the Orange-Restrict zone of the province's COVID-19 response framework, on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    COVID-19 pandemic could be over in Canada by September, microbiologist predicts

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    CTV Ottawa: Cold and windy!

    A cold and windy Thursday in store for the capital

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  • Love locks on Corktown Bridge over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ont. (Photo by Jesse Little of Unsplash)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for March 4, 2021

    COVID-19 variants

    Ottawa Public Health investigating 73 cases involving COVID-19 variants of concern

  • A nurse prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Wayne, W.Va. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

    Ottawa plans to begin mass vaccinating residents over 80 later this month

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    A for sale sign outside a home indicates that it has been sold, in Ottawa, on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa real estate market sets record in February

  • The Thirsty Moose Pub & Eatery in Carleton Place is closed as health officials investigate a COVID-19 outbreak. (Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa)

    Carleton Place pub closed due to COVID-19 outbreak

    Co-working becomes a post-pandemic option

    Co-working becomes a post-pandemic option in Ottawa

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  • People sit at an outdoor patio at a bar in the ByWard Market in Ottawa, as others wait for a table, on Sunday, July 12, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa councillors approve 2 a.m. patio closing time

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    Police say Jama Roble, 30, of Ottawa, is wanted in relation to a shooting on Dalhousie Street last month. (Ottawa Police)

    Woman arrested, man wanted in Dalhousie Street shooting

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