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  • Souheil Tabbara, 74, contracted COVID-19 in late January and has been on a ventilator since early February. (Photo courtesy of Nadine Tabbara)

    Ottawa family believes COVID-19 patient being removed from life support 'too quickly' because of pandemic pressure in hospital

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  • Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott at a press conference April 13, 2021.

    Ontario health minister denies political decision behind labelling Ottawa’s K2V area a COVID-19 'hot spot'

    New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    COVID-19 cases in Ottawa dip below 200 on Tuesday but weekly trends remain high

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  • A photo shared on social media showing beer bottles left behind on picnic tables at Vincent Massey Park, April 11, 2021. (Source: @arnica246 / Twitter)

    City of Ottawa eyeing 8 p.m. curfew in parks

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    The Montfort Hospital sign is seen in this undated photo.

    PSW at Montfort hospital facing sexual assault charges

  • Kim Wallace receives the AstraZeneca vaccine at a Rexall pharmacy on April 13, 2021.

    Inside an Orléans pharmacy's vaccine rollout

    AstraZeneca doses available in Renfrew County.

    AstraZeneca doses available in Renfrew County

  • 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

    Here's how to get a refund if your Air Canada flight was cancelled due to COVID-19

    A man was taken to hospital after his vehicle rolled over and caught fire in the city's south end Tuesday. (Ottawa Fire Service)

    Man seriously injured after car rolls over, catches fire

  • File photo.

    CHEO preparing to accept adults under 40 requiring critical care amid surge of COVID-19 patients

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    A man walks along a street in Gatineau, Que as a province wide curfew began on Saturday, January 9, 2021. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Quebec extends lockdown in Gatineau to April 25; restrictions to apply to entire Outaouais region

  • JoAnne Simon enjoying her newfound talent, painting. (Dave Charbonneau / CTV News Ottawa)

    Painting the day away a relaxing pandemic hobby

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    Hospital bed

    Ottawa's COVID-19 fatality rate trending significantly lower in 2021 compared to 2020

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  • Pharmacist Barbara Violo shows off a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after providing doses to customers at the Junction Chemist which is a independent pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, March 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Canada receives first report of blood clot linked to AstraZeneca

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    A person walks past a COVID-19 mural designed by artist Emily May Rose on a rainy day during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, April 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ontario reports more than 3,600 new COVID-19 cases as positivity rate crosses 10 per cent

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  • 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)

    Canada closely watching U.S. pause of J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots

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    Ontario schools

    Ontario schools closing to in-person learning indefinitely as COVID-19 cases soar

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  • The tail section of a Flair Airlines plane is seen in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Flair Airlines

    Flair Airlines adding Ottawa-Kelowna flight this summer

    Cloudy overcast spring summer day

    Warm, overcast weather in Ottawa before rain arrives

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  • A guest is seen in a hotel window in Mississauga, Ont. by the Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 as new air travel rules come into effect in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

    Canadian snowbirds landing in U.S. border towns to avoid quarantine hotels

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    People wait for their appointment time to be called at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 13, 2021

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  • New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa surpasses 20,000 total COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

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    A photo shared on social media showing beer bottles left behind on picnic tables at Vincent Massey Park, April 11, 2021. (Source: @arnica246 / Twitter)

    City, NCC responding to reports of large parties in local parks

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  • Inside Ontario's hard-hit hospitals, staff are stretched thin, with experts warning that the third wave could cause ICUs to fill up with more patients than there are doctors and critical care nurses to treat them.

    Ontario's hard-hit ICUs aren't just running out of beds, but also doctors and nurses

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    The Ottawa COVID-19 vaccine community clinic at the Nepean Sportsplex. (CTV News Ottawa)

    COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa: nearly 48,000 shots in Ottawa last week

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  • The Box of Life is a multi-level wooden box that can hold worms and soil, which you can use to create compost even if you don't have the space outdoors. (Photo courtesy of Akil Mesiwala / The Box of Life)

    Have food waste? Let worms create compost for you in this indoor habitat

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    Human remains found in 2018 confirmed to be Killaloe man reported missing in 2013

  • A lone lady walks in an empty Air Canada line at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Air Canada, Canadian government reach agreement in $5.9-billion 'liquidity program'

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    Stained glass art hangs at Northern Art Glass Inc. (Photo courtesy of Alexei Netchaev)

    Stained glass shining bright for new hobbyists

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  • Renfrew County and District Health Unit RCDHU

    Renfrew County to ramp up vaccine delivery following new shipment of AstraZeneca doses

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

    Ottawa police launch new unsolved homicides task force

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  • The Hazeldean Road bridge over the Carp River. (Ryan Arden / CTV News Ottawa)

    New work on troubled Hazeldean bridge underway

    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 investigating report of gunshots near Lansdowne Park

  • What lockdown looks like in Gatineau

    Outaouais region sets pandemic record with 290 new COVID-19 cases

    Doctors warn of a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 as daily case counts hit new heights in Ottawa. (Colton Praill/CTV News Ottawa)

    Doctor warns of possible fourth wave if Ontario reopens too soon after third

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  • People take part in an anti-curfew protest in Montreal on Sunday April 11, 2021. Hundreds of people gathered in Old Montreal tonight in defiance of a new 8 p.m. curfew. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giuseppe Valiante

    'Absolutely unacceptable': Rioters set fires, smash windows in Montreal curfew protest

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    People line up in the rain for a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic at the Masjid Darus Salaam in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood in Toronto on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Thousands of people have lined over the weekend for vaccine doses at the mosque in the hard hit neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Ontario reports more than 4,400 COVID-19 infections as ICU admissions climb

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  • The Ottawa Civic hospital is seen Tuesday January 7, 2020 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Concerns rise over growing hospitalizations, ICU admissions in Ottawa and across Ontario

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    A vial of COVID-19 vaccine sits on a desk at a pharmacy in Ottawa. April 3, 2021. (Jeremie Charron / CTV News Ottawa)

    Province expanding COVID-19 vaccinations to more pharmacies in Ottawa and eastern Ontario

  • People enjoy the sunny, hot weather in Ottawa on Saturday, April 10. 2021.

    Sunny weather to start the week

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    New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa breaks another COVID-19 case count record with 370 cases Sunday

  • People walk down an Ottawa street during the COVID-19 pandemic. April 11, 2021. (Colton Praill / CTV News Ottawa)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 12, 2021

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    Pfizer vaccine

    Canada set to receive 1M Pfizer-BioNTech doses, Moderna playing catch-up

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  • Small groups of people were gathered at Mooney's Bay Park on Sunday, April 11, 2021, but some residents reported much bigger gatherings the day before. Ontario is under a 28-day stay-at-home order. (Jackie Perez / CTV News Ottawa)

    Local councillor wants to step up enforcement of stay-at-home order in city parks

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    La Soufriere volcano on Saint Vincent erupting. (Photo courtesy: Navin Patterson)

    Ottawa residents worry for family in St. Vincent after volcanic eruption

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  • A 'masks required' sign in Ottawa. April 3, 2021. (Jeremie Charron / CTV News Ottawa)

    A decision on keeping schools open, more COVID-19 vaccines and record case counts: Five stories to watch in Ottawa

    Health-care worker Thi Nguyen administers Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa prepares to begin vaccinating special education teachers

  • Pedestrians walk past a manhole cover for a sewer in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

    The COVID-19 wasteland: searching for clues to the pandemic in the sewers

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    The Ottawa COVID-19 vaccine community clinic at the Nepean Sportsplex. (CTV News Ottawa)

    Appointments at Ottawa's COVID-19 vaccination community clinics 'temporarily fully booked'

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    'No speed limit on the 401': Toronto-area driver disputes stunt driving charge

    Test kits sit on a table as healthcare professional Kenzie Anderson prepares to take a sample at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Friday, June 26, 2020. (The Canadian Press)

    Ontario breaks COVID-19 record with more than 4,400 new cases reported

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  • A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic at the Masjid Darus Salaam in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood in Toronto on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Thousands of people have lined for vaccine doses at the mosque in the hard hit neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Canada is outpacing U.S. for new COVID-19 cases per capita

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    The current office for Broken Heart Love Affair is seen in Toronto, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Only one year after the agency formed, it's also realizing it's a good time to leave behind the exposed brick walls and industrial-style ceilings staff fell in love with, and upgrade to a larger space. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

    Increased office vacancies offer chance for growing companies to expand

  • Ottawa police are investigating a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle on Prince of Wales Drive Saturday evening. (Aaron Reid/CTV News Ottawa)

    Motorcyclist seriously injured in two-vehicle crash in Ottawa's south end

    Ontario Provincial Police say a driver was spotted going 182 km/h on Highway 417 Friday night. (Photo courtesy: OPP_ER)

    Driver clocked at 182 km/h racing to a party on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa

  • The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as lawmakers return to the House of Commons following the winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 11, 2021

    The Confederation Building reflects off the windows of a building in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday, April 7, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    'A record we don't want to keep breaking': Ottawa sees record high 325 COVID-19 cases Saturday

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  • Businesses hurt with extended stay-at-home order

    Ottawa begins a 28-day stay-at-home order and a Renfrew home sells for $1 million over asking: Top five stories this week

    Loblaws

    Ten cases of COVID-19 at Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore and Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa since Wednesday

  • Ottawa fire

    Ottawa fire rescues passengers from inflatable boat filling with water at Petrie Island

    Farah Aw-Osman of the Centre for Resilience and Social Development hands out information on the COVID-19 vaccine in a high-risk Ottawa neighbourhood. (Jackie Perez/CTV News Ottawa)

    Ottawa Public Health and its partners target high-risk neighbourhoods with COVID-19 vaccine information

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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 police seize cocaine, cash and ammunition at Orleans home

    COVID-19 test swab

    COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic education workers, students offered during April break

  • Spring in Ottawa. (Photo by Alesia Kazantceva on Unsplash)

    Things to do in Ottawa for spring break as city urges residents not to travel

    The Keystorm Pub in Brockville is hosting the 10-day challenge to support frontline storms in the city. (Nate Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Brockville's Keystorm Pub offers 10-day challenge to benefit essential workers

  • Ranunculus for sale at Sunset Nursery in Pembroke, Ont. (Dylan Dyson/CTV News Ottawa)

    Green thumbs growing while stuck at home during COVID-19

    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. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

    Employee at Canadian Tire store in Cornwall tests positive for COVID-19

  • A nurse uses a swab to perform a test on a patient at a drive-in COVID-19 clinic in Montreal, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

    COVID-19 testing sites in Richmond, Kemptville open to Ottawa residents

    A photo of Britain's Prince Philip is among flowers left by the public outside the gates of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

    Funeral for Prince Philip to be held on April 17, Harry plans to attend

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  • FILE - AN empty teacher's desk is pictured at the front of a empty classroom at Mcgee Secondary school in Vancouver on Sept. 5, 2014. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

    Ottawa schools will likely close after April break, top doctor says

    The COVID-19 vaccine immunization clinic at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa, Ont. (CTV News Ottawa)

    City says it doesn’t have enough supply to vaccinate residents 50 and older in high-priority neighbourhoods

  • Tests are still being done around the world in a hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine. (AFP)

    COVID-19 cases in Ontario drop below 4,000, but positivity rate rises slightly

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    Sunny in Ottawa

    Sunny, summerlike Saturday caps off a week of gorgeous weather

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions from the media at the Seneca College mass vaccination site during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar

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    Customers line up outside the Farm Boy at the Train Yards in Ottawa on the first day of Ontario's latest provincewide shutdown. April 3, 2021. (Mike Mersereau / CTV News Ottawa)

    New COVID-19 rules for Ottawa businesses includes line monitors and COVID-19 case reporting requirements

  • Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health. (Kimberley Johnson / CTV News Ottawa)

    Kingston health unit recommends transit riders on two Monday buses seek COVID-19 testing

    WHO special adviser Dr. Peter Singer, in an interview on CTV's Question Period.

    Canada in tough place, but more vaccine doses key to getting out of this pandemic: WHO adviser

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  • File photo of downtown Ottawa. (Photo by Robbie Palmer of Unsplash)

    COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 10, 2021

    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died April 9, 2021 at Windsor Castle. (Source: The Royal Family / Twitter) 1921-2021

    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dead at 99

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  • A pick-up truck decked out with green flashing lights for volunteer firefighters. (Nate Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    See a green flashing light on a vehicle? Eastern Ontario mayor urges you to pull over

    City of Kingston staff install fencing around Breakwater Park on Friday. (Kimberley Johnson/CTV News Ottawa)

    Kingston Bylaw officers issue $6,000 in fines for breaking COVID rules at Gord Downie Pier

  • Kirk Parsons and his pup, Max, are taking a bike ride along the Rideau Canal pathway. (Tyler Fleming / CTV News Ottawa)

    Cyclists roll onto pathways as Ottawa enjoys summer-like weather

    A brush fire forced the brief closure of Highway 416 in Ottawa's south end Friday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: Ottawa Fire Service)

    Brush fire burns two acres of field along Highway 416

  • The city of Kingston is closing Breakwater Park for 10 days. (Kimberley Johnson/CTV News Ottawa)

    Kingston closes popular waterfront park to prevent COVID-19 spread

    Algonquin College students have designed this self-driving robot that could de-ice a driveway or fertilize the lawn. (Photo courtesy: Algonquin College / Brady MacDonald)

    This robot is designed to de-ice your driveway and fertilize your lawn

  • New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    'This is our defining moment:' Ottawa sets new COVID-19 case record

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    The Charmain Craven Child Care Centre on Jasmine Crescent. (Photo courtesy: Google Streetview)

    Police investigating sexual abuse allegation at Ottawa child care centre

  • The NCC is closing the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway on weekends in May (Photo courtesy: Twitter: NCC_CCN)

    NCC closing Ottawa parkways to cars this weekend

    Ottawa City Hall

    Employee at city of Ottawa child care centre tests positive for COVID-19

  • File photo of a Brockville police cruiser. (Nate Vandermeer / CTV News Ottawa)

    Brockville man arrested for spitting in grandmother’s face

    Prince Philip inspects an honour guard from the 3rd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Saturday April 27, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Why Prince Philip visited Canada more than 45 times over the decades

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  • The Order of Merit members pose for a group photograph after attending attending the Order of Merit service at Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London, May 4, 2017. (John Stillwell/Pool Photo via AP)

    Controversial, candid, and not politically correct: Jean Chretien reflects on his time with Prince Philip

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    A man walks along a street in Gatineau, Que as a province wide curfew began on Saturday, January 9, 2021. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Quebec extends lockdown for Gatineau until April 18 as COVID-19 cases rise

  • Veterinary technician students at College Boreal are facing some uncertainty themselves. After working towards their diploma for the past two years, many were surprised to find their program's accreditation had been revoked. (Ian Campbell/CTV News)

    College Boreal veterinary students in limbo as program loses accreditation

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