NEW THIS MORNING | COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for March 2, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Tuesday, March 2.

The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Tuesday, March 2.
A new COVID-19 vaccine eligibility tool has been launched on Ottawa Public Health's website, to determine if you are able to book an appointment this week.
Ottawa Public Health says 65 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca has everything you need to know about receiving the vaccines in Ottawa, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board says that some programs, such as special education and certain types of French immersion, won’t be available to virtual students.
When vaccine supply arrives and public health officials give the go-ahead, the Queensway Carleton Hospital says its vaccination clinic is ready to go.
As Kingston prepares to roll out more COVID-19 vaccines, the region is being treated as a testing ground for the new provincial booking system.
Environment Canada is calling for a 'relatively narrow but intense snow squall' to move across the Ottawa area on Monday.
The public health unit for the Outaouais region of Quebec says residents 80 and older can begin booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments starting Tuesday, March 2.
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."
March is fraud prevention month and on CTVNews.ca, financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid highlights the 5 most popular scams Canadians are falling victim to during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Essential workers who are more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 should be prioritized for immunization with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine now that a national panel is not recommending it for seniors, experts say.
Canada has now administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 3.72 per cent of the population.
A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley's Human Rights Center identified more than 1,100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year.
A Toronto man says he found hundreds of his grandparents' touching love letters from the Second World War.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Watch as an almost 2-year-old condor is released back into the wild in Utah after being treated for lead poisoning.
More than 50 dogs were rescued from Texas and await a new home in Toronto, after a historic snowstorm pummeled the state.
An iceberg 1,270 sq. km. in size has broken off from Antarctica.