Ottawa's top doctor wants non-essential businesses closed during stay-at-home order
"We need to limit the number of places that are open that provide a place for COVID-19 to be transmitted," said Dr. Vera Etches.

"We need to limit the number of places that are open that provide a place for COVID-19 to be transmitted," said Dr. Vera Etches.
Odelia Scher is no stranger to the intensive care unit at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 181 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
AstraZeneca vaccines are now available for anyone 40 and older in the province, but there is concern about whether there is enough supply to go around.
Ottawa's top doctor is hopeful the COVID-19 transmission in the community may be stabilizing, however it's too soon to discuss when students can return back to school.
Two G2 motorists have received an expensive lesson on the speed limit on Ottawa roads, including that Highway 174 is "not a raceway."
OC Transpo has reported 107 cases of COVID-19 involving staff since the start of the pandemic.
The preschool program at a city of Ottawa run child care centre will be closed for at least two weeks after a child tested positive for COVID-19.
The Ottawa Police Service's unsolved homicide task force has released new photos of a car believed to be linked to the killing of a 17-year-old boy in 2016.
Canada has been seeing its highest COVID-19 numbers since January this past week, in what experts suggest is due to a combination of the spreading of variants, provinces reopening too early, and hospitals that are still recovering from the second wave.
U.S. President Joe Biden says the United States plans to provide Canada with more help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines.
A Bloc Quebecois MP has apologized for taking a photo of a Liberal MP who appeared nude in a non-public view of the virtual House of Commons last week, but says he doesn't know how it was leaked.
The country's chief public health officer says given COVID-19 variants are no longer unique to specific countries and are spreading quickly across the globe, Canada is sticking by its universal approach to travel restrictions.
A missile launched from Syria struck Israel's Negev desert region early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country's top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it struck the missile launcher and other targets in neighbouring Syria.
There will be no public celebration as Queen Elizabeth II marks her 95th birthday just days after the funeral for her husband Prince Philip.
U.S. traffic-safety officials are investigating after two men died in a Tesla with no one sitting in the driver's seat.
Justin Trudeau says they are currently working out the details for him to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy.
'VaxHuntersCan' is a volunteer run group that helps Canadians book their COVID-19 vaccination appointment.
India's Ministry of Railways shared a video of a railway employee saving a child who had fallen onto the tracks from an oncoming train.
Gianetta Baril converted a large cargo van into a self-contained rolling concert hall, so she can take live harp music on the road.
Chef Tallis Voakes tells us about the new Tims for Good sustainability platform, which is designed to promote continuous improvement at Tim Hortons.