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  • Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 26, 2020. LifeLabs is Canada's largest private provider of diagnostic testing for health care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck BREAKING

    Ontario forecasts up to 15,000 COVID-19 deaths with health measures in place

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  • New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa NEW

    29 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday

    Medical staff of a mobile unit collects samples to test for Covid-19 from people at a drive-through position at the Santa Maria della Pieta' hospital complex, in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) .

    Ontario confirms 14 more COVID-19 deaths; number of cases in province surpasses 3,000

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  • Shoppers Drug Mart NEW

    Shoppers Drug Mart employee in Kanata tests positive for COVID-19

    Only about 10 to 15 flights a day are departing the Ottawa Airport amid COVID-19, down from 100. (Ottawa Airport Authority)

    Ottawa Airport sees 'devastating decline' following COVID-19 travel restrictions

  • A woman is wearing a face mask as she walks through the old town in Jena, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

    To wear or not to wear? Canadian doctors weigh in on use of face masks for all

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    Horwath applauds release of COVID-19 models, calls for pruning of essential workplaces list

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  • Carnival's Holland America cruise ship Rotterdam, left, arrives at Port Everglades as the Zaandam, right, is docked in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. during the new coronavirus pandemic, on April 2, 2020. (Lynne Sladky / AP)

    Ottawa residents aboard cruise struck by COVID-19 set to return home

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    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) UPDATED

    3M says Trump halting mask exports to Canada has 'significant humanitarian implications'

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  • A healthcare worker shows a package with items used for testing people for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

    Ontario launches online COVID-19 test results portal, gives new staffing powers to public health units

    A Flood Watch has been lifted for the Rideau Valley Watershed (File photo: Barb Zappa/CTV Viewer) NEW

    Water levels expected to slowly decline across the Rideau Valley Watershed

  • Flood watch along Ottawa River

    Ontario spending $3.8-million in Ottawa Valley for 2019 flood recovery efforts

    Children reading and laughing NEW

    Ottawa Public Library invites kids to join them on Zoom for story time

  • Empty benches and chairs are part of a dog park Tuesday March 31, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Ottawa Bylaw set to issue fines for playing in parks, gathering in large groups

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    Quebec Police set up a checkpoint to limit non-essential travel between Ottawa and Gatineau amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Christina Succi/CTV News Ottawa)

    Quebec police turn away hundreds of motorists at Gatineau-Ottawa border

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  • Raindrops on a window

    Friday weather: A few showers, followed by a mild weekend

    Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance sits in chairs to ensure proper spacing between speakers during a news conference in Ottawa, Monday, March 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Warships returning, soldiers wait for call: Gen. Vance on COVID-19 preparations

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  • The jackpot for Friday's Lotto Max draw is worth $70 million NEW THIS MORNING

    Tonight's Lotto Max jackpot is worth $70 million

    The reports on users' movements in more than 131 countries will be made available on a special website, Google says. (AFP)

    Google's sharing Canadians' location data with the government, but says privacy's assured

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  • One of the five buses driven by an OC Transpo driver that tested positive for COVID-19 is being sanitized by a third party vendor.

    OC Transpo bus deep cleaned after driver tests positive for COVID-19

    Ottawa Food Bank

    Wu-Tang Clan, Ottawa residents donate $170,000 to Ottawa Food Bank in one day during COVID-19 pandemic

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  • File photo.

    Laws, bylaws, and directives in effect in Ottawa during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Discarded plastic gloves are showing up in Ottawa grocery store parking lots during the COVID-19 pandemic (Kimberley Johnson/CTV News Ottwa)

    'Disgusting' discarded plastic gloves showing up in Ottawa parking lots

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  • New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    58 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

    Ottawa police

    Ottawa man charged with voyeurism following incident in Sandy Hill

  • Two moose wandered into a south-end parking lot on Thursday, April 2 (Photo courtesy: Twitter/OPSDAoust

    Two moose wander into empty south-end parking lot

    A man makes his way to a COVID-19 assessment centre setup at a city building Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa's first COVID-19 care clinic opens Monday

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  • The shelves are still full at the Brockville and Area Food Bank, but volunteers are needed (Nathan Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Brockville Food Bank struggles for donations, volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic

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    Owner Talaal Baroudi of The Vault Restaurant in Manotick is looking over bills. April 02, 2020. (Tyler Fleming / CTV News Ottawa)

    Restaurants find new ways to survive during COVID-19 pandemic

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  • A woman walks with a stroller at Major's Hill Park in Ottawa on Monday, Oct 11, 2010. (Pawel Dwulit / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    NCC closes urban parks in Ottawa due to COVID-19

    Stoneridge Manor long term care home in Carleton Place, Ont. (Courtesy: ReveraLiving.com)

    COVID-19 outbreak declared at Stoneridge Manor home in Carleton Place, Ont.

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    New cases of COVID-19 in eastern Ontario, western Quebec on April 2

    Ottawa's Darren Campbell spent nine days in hospital for treatment from COVID-19.

    'It almost killed me': Ottawa man recovers from COVID-19

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  • Long term care

    Ontario long-term care minister defends COVID-19 response despite outbreaks and deaths

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    Ottawa Senators

    Senators announce temporary layoffs, staff hour reductions due to COVID-19 pandemic

  • Healthcare workers talk to a driver before issuing a test at a drive-thru COVID-19 evaluation clinic in Montreal, Sunday, March 29, 2020, as Coronavirus COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000

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    Ontario confirms 401 more cases of COVID-19 and 16 new deaths

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  • Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin says he hopes people will listen to police and only cross the Ontario-Quebec border for essential reasons.

    Going to the cottage is not essential, Gatineau mayor says, as police stop non-essential crossings

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    Three YMCA-YWCA centres in Ottawa closed today

    YMCAs across Canada offer free online programming and workouts

  • Workers restock grocery store shelves with canned goods early in the morning in Toronto on Friday March 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Why empty shelves don't mean we're out of food: How Canada's supply chain works

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    Many restaurants forced to close

    COVID-19 has been a disaster for restaurants in Canada, according to entrepreneurs

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  • Hobo plans to open massive Byward Market store.

    Hobo Cannabis opens new store in Merivale Mall

    The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on November 4, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Tax collectors, auditors to help field 'historic' numbers of benefit-seeking callers

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  • Patches of blue sky will turn to grey as the day goes on. (Elenamiv / Shutterstock)

    Thursday weather: clouds move in, bringing a chance of showers

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    Residents of a west Ottawa building make noise for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, April 1, 2020.

    West-end neighbourhood makes noise for essential workers

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

    RTG meets March 31 deadline to deliver plan to fix Confederation Line

    A man and a woman were found deceased inside a Brockville home on April 1, 2020 (Nathan Vandermeer/CTV News Ottawa)

    Brockville Police investigating murder-suicide in a home

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  • Hydro power lines can be seen near Tweed, Ont., on Dec. 14, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Lars Hagberg)

    Key Ontario power system staff may end up locked down at work sites due to COVID-19, operator says

    The redevelopment of Lansdowne Park includes a Cineplex VIP cinema (CTV Ottawa)

    Bylaw responds to 139 calls on Tuesday about people gathering in parks, large groups

  • Ottawa police

    Man wounded in Westboro stabbing

    Hull hospital

    COVID-19 unit opens at Hull Hospital

  • Ottawa Senators

    Four additional members of Senators organization test positive for COVID-19

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    Residents of Almonte held a birthday parade for Aiden Fotherby-Verk, who is battling brain cancer. (Photo courtesy: Stephanie Fotherby-Verk)

    Impromptu birthday parade for Almonte boy with cancer

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  • A group plays basketball in Ottawa's Inverness Park in Nepean. March 31, 2020.

    Basketball games, skateboard practice continues despite COVID-19 park closures

    Ottawa Fire says firefighters will wear the Self Contained Breathing Apparatus while responding to call calls with patient contact. (Photo courtesy: YouTube/Ottawa Fire Services)

    Ottawa firefighters will wear breathing apparatus during patient contact calls during COVID-19 pandemic

  • Ottawa Police

    Man hurt in shooting near Carleton University

    Ottawa police

    Man accused of spitting on Ottawa cop

  • OC Transpo

    OC Transpo driver tests positive for COVID-19

    D-Squared Construction is donating $25,000 to people and businesses who are in need amid COVID-19 (Katie Griffin/CTV News Ottawa)

    Ottawa construction company donating $25,000 to people, businesses in need

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  • New cases of COVID-19 in eastern Ontario and western Quebec

    COVID-19 cases: New cases in eastern Ontario and western Quebec on April 1

    COVID-19

    Ontario confirms 426 more cases of COVID-19; provincial total surpasses 2,000

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  • RIDE

    Those violating Ontario's emergency orders must ID themselves or face steep fine

    Long term care

    Consider bringing loved ones home during COVID-19 pandemic, advocacy group suggests

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  • Bieber CTC

    Justin Bieber, HAMILTON postponed in Ottawa due to COVID-19

    CTV Saskatoon

    Stretch of Highway 174 westbound closing Saturday night after work postponed due to weather

  • Bluesfest organizers say if you want to do this this summer, stay inside this spring.

    Want to go to Bluesfest? Stay home now, festival organizers urge

    Light rush hour traffic crosses an inter-provincial bridge between Gatineau, Que. and Ottawa, Monday, March 16, 2020 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa adjusts traffic signals as traffic volume drops by 50% during COVID-19 pandemic

  • child care

    Child care centres for health care and frontline staff during COVID-19 pandemic

    Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre

    Guards refuse to work in Ottawa jail over lack of COVID-19 screening protocols

  • Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches speaks to CTV News Ottawa from her home on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

    Next two weeks are crucial in fight against COVID-19: Ottawa's top doctor

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    Promenade Retirement Residence on Rossignol Drive in Orleans. (CTV News Ottawa)

    Second resident of Orleans Retirement Residence dies from COVID-19

  • Three residents and a staff member of a long-term care home in Almonte have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Saturday, March 28, 2020.

    Two deaths in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark linked to COVID-19

    A healthcare worker shows a package with items used for testing people for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

    14 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

  • Two people died as the result of a two-alarm fire at a row house complex on Barnstone Dr. in Barrhaven in the early hours of Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

    Mother, son killed in Barrhaven house fire: Neighbours

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    Classroom Ontario schools closed

    Ontario schools will stay closed until May to combat spread of COVID-19

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    Employee at Miramichi Lodge in Pembroke tests positive for COVID-19

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